The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy LandT. Nelson & Sons, 1877 - 718 pages |
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Page 35
... probably from Sidon , with which it has ever been closely connected . Accordingly , the earliest mention of Beirût by Greek and Latin geographers and historians implies that it was then , and had been previously , a place of importance ...
... probably from Sidon , with which it has ever been closely connected . Accordingly , the earliest mention of Beirût by Greek and Latin geographers and historians implies that it was then , and had been previously , a place of importance ...
Page 36
... Probably this was only the repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from the ruins of the city and cast into the sea for that purpose . It is otherwise difficult to account for ...
... Probably this was only the repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from the ruins of the city and cast into the sea for that purpose . It is otherwise difficult to account for ...
Page 41
... probably so high that he could King look directly down into the courts of the neighbouring houses . There are such David's in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offence than to frequent a terrace which thus commands the ...
... probably so high that he could King look directly down into the courts of the neighbouring houses . There are such David's in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offence than to frequent a terrace which thus commands the ...
Page 75
... probably covered over with some sort of composition , not unlike the crushed rock of our modern macadamized roads . I have seen specimens of this in good preservation . One of my fair friends in America charged me to bring her some ...
... probably covered over with some sort of composition , not unlike the crushed rock of our modern macadamized roads . I have seen specimens of this in good preservation . One of my fair friends in America charged me to bring her some ...
Page 86
... probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his long ...
... probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his long ...
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Abraham Acre allusions ancient appear Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beit Beth-horon Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER church cisterns columns custom David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt En-rogel entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Gerar Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour Hûleh inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains never night north-west Palestine pass Philistines plain pools prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell Temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion