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 45
... round toward the west . You must now light your torches , for the interior is utterly dark . A sort of gallery , or corridor , runs round three sides of this immense room . Descending to the lower part , you again come to the river ...
... round toward the west . You must now light your torches , for the interior is utterly dark . A sort of gallery , or corridor , runs round three sides of this immense room . Descending to the lower part , you again come to the river ...
Page 57
... round about thy CHAPTER table ? 1 . round the Follow me into the grove , and I will show you what may have suggested the Olive comparison . Here we have hit upon a beautiful illustration . This aged and plants decayed tree is surrounded ...
... round about thy CHAPTER table ? 1 . round the Follow me into the grove , and I will show you what may have suggested the Olive comparison . Here we have hit upon a beautiful illustration . This aged and plants decayed tree is surrounded ...
Page 62
... round their faithful guide , and look up to him in subdued but expressive thankfulness . Now , can you watch such a scene and not think of that Shepherd who leadeth Joseph like a flock ; and of another river , which all his sheep must ...
... round their faithful guide , and look up to him in subdued but expressive thankfulness . Now , can you watch such a scene and not think of that Shepherd who leadeth Joseph like a flock ; and of another river , which all his sheep must ...
Page 80
... round like a fort ; and crowning the top of this conical hill , with deep wadies on all sides , the appearance from a distance was quite imposing . But the site was badly chosen . The hill has no relative elevation above others ; the ...
... round like a fort ; and crowning the top of this conical hill , with deep wadies on all sides , the appearance from a distance was quite imposing . But the site was badly chosen . The hill has no relative elevation above others ; the ...
Page 82
... round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely . Let me call your atten- A convent . tion to that large convent , called Deir Mukhullis , on the mountain side across the wady ...
... round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely . Let me call your atten- A convent . tion to that large convent , called Deir Mukhullis , on the mountain side across the wady ...
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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