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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... road to Gaza . Throughout all Chariots . this long period there were countless carriages in this country , and , of necessity , roads for them . How is it that now there is neither the one nor the other ? Natural enough , and very ...
... road to Gaza . Throughout all Chariots . this long period there were countless carriages in this country , and , of necessity , roads for them . How is it that now there is neither the one nor the other ? Natural enough , and very ...
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... road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open ...
... road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open ...
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... road- the scenery was beautiful , and even sublime . Good old Lebanon , with a diadem of stars around his snowy turban , looked for all the world like some august monarch of the universe , with his head in heaven and his feet upon the ...
... road- the scenery was beautiful , and even sublime . Good old Lebanon , with a diadem of stars around his snowy turban , looked for all the world like some august monarch of the universe , with his head in heaven and his feet upon the ...
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... road . Ancient inscrip- tions . CHAPTER IV . DOG RIVER . * Ancient inscriptions - Caves - Natural bridge . January 27th . SAFELY back , and welcome ! How have you enjoyed this first excursion in the East ? Perfectly . It has been a day ...
... road . Ancient inscrip- tions . CHAPTER IV . DOG RIVER . * Ancient inscriptions - Caves - Natural bridge . January 27th . SAFELY back , and welcome ! How have you enjoyed this first excursion in the East ? Perfectly . It has been a day ...
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... road leads thence over the steep shoulder of the mountain for an hour and a half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of The caves . them , and all in the ...
... road leads thence over the steep shoulder of the mountain for an hour and a half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of The caves . them , and all in the ...
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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