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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... rock : there the author lived , thought , felt , and wrote ; and , no doubt , place and circumstance have given colour and character to many parts of the work . He would not have it otherwise . That blessed Book , at once his guide ...
... rock : there the author lived , thought , felt , and wrote ; and , no doubt , place and circumstance have given colour and character to many parts of the work . He would not have it otherwise . That blessed Book , at once his guide ...
Page 19
... rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off , and yet you could almost read your own name there , if written with a bold hand on its calm , cold brow . Through such utter ...
... rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off , and yet you could almost read your own name there , if written with a bold hand on its calm , cold brow . Through such utter ...
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... rock , and passing beneath the city at Bab Yacōb . It must either have had a more permanent supply than the present , which fails in dry weather , when it is most needed , or have been con- nected with the great canal which brought ...
... rock , and passing beneath the city at Bab Yacōb . It must either have had a more permanent supply than the present , which fails in dry weather , when it is most needed , or have been con- nected with the great canal which brought ...
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... rock , and dressed out in drooping festoons of ivy , and other Aqueduct . creepers , whose every twig and leaf ... rocks , and a stranger might pass within in the a few feet of it without suspecting its existence . Creep carefully over ...
... rock , and dressed out in drooping festoons of ivy , and other Aqueduct . creepers , whose every twig and leaf ... rocks , and a stranger might pass within in the a few feet of it without suspecting its existence . Creep carefully over ...
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... rock . No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading like a silver sea along the base of the hills , and climbing their ascending terraces , is perfectly charming ; and it speaks of peace and plenty , food and gladness . The olive ...
... rock . No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading like a silver sea along the base of the hills , and climbing their ascending terraces , is perfectly charming ; and it speaks of peace and plenty , food and gladness . The olive ...
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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