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 83
... region , which often returns several hundred fold . I have been assured by respectable farmers that they have gathered more than four hundred Four hun- fold of this corn . dred fold . stalks from one In the time of Christ the country ...
... region , which often returns several hundred fold . I have been assured by respectable farmers that they have gathered more than four hundred Four hun- fold of this corn . dred fold . stalks from one In the time of Christ the country ...
Page 110
... region time out of mind . The whole country about that lake is volcanic , and these marble columns had been brought there from a great distance for their special accommodation . Need we wonder , therefore , at the disappearance of ruins ...
... region time out of mind . The whole country about that lake is volcanic , and these marble columns had been brought there from a great distance for their special accommodation . Need we wonder , therefore , at the disappearance of ruins ...
Page 141
... region . Each village has one or more ; and , besides these , every conspicuous hill - top has a willy or mazar , beneath a spreading oak , to which people pay High religious visits , and thither they go up to worship and to discharge ...
... region . Each village has one or more ; and , besides these , every conspicuous hill - top has a willy or mazar , beneath a spreading oak , to which people pay High religious visits , and thither they go up to worship and to discharge ...
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... are passing over , and so quietly too , a region whose eventful story runs back to the earliest records of our race . Is 12 Kings iv . 10 . 2 Mark vti . 24-30 . Luke iv . 20-29 . PART I. Origin of nicians . there any reason to 11.
... are passing over , and so quietly too , a region whose eventful story runs back to the earliest records of our race . Is 12 Kings iv . 10 . 2 Mark vti . 24-30 . Luke iv . 20-29 . PART I. Origin of nicians . there any reason to 11.
Page 186
... regions ) . The merchants of Sheba and Raamah occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices , and with all precious stones and gold . ( The Abyssinians claim Sheba , and Raamah was probably in the same region , where spices grow and ...
... regions ) . The merchants of Sheba and Raamah occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices , and with all precious stones and gold . ( The Abyssinians claim Sheba , and Raamah was probably in the same region , where spices grow and ...
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