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 xvi
... ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming wrath . Even the trees of her ...
... ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming wrath . Even the trees of her ...
Page 36
... Ruins of columns . Theatres . Planting anity . Earth- quake . number lie at the bottom of the sea in front of the town . In 1839-40 , Mahmûd Bey , governor of Beirût , built a break - water entirely of these columns , fished up from the ...
... Ruins of columns . Theatres . Planting anity . Earth- quake . number lie at the bottom of the sea in front of the town . In 1839-40 , Mahmûd Bey , governor of Beirût , built a break - water entirely of these columns , fished up from the ...
Page 48
... ruins of the dead . Doubtless the former is the richer field , at least in Palestine , but both should be carefully explored . In the meanwhile , turn a little to the left . The direct road to Sidon leads over a sandy desert , fatiguing ...
... ruins of the dead . Doubtless the former is the richer field , at least in Palestine , but both should be carefully explored . In the meanwhile , turn a little to the left . The direct road to Sidon leads over a sandy desert , fatiguing ...
Page 81
... ruins without beauty to charm or age to make vener- and man . able - itself a ruin of yesterday , and sinking fast to hopeless oblivion . Will such an end pay for such a life ? But enough of Lady Hester . Poor wander- ing star , struck ...
... ruins without beauty to charm or age to make vener- and man . able - itself a ruin of yesterday , and sinking fast to hopeless oblivion . Will such an end pay for such a life ? But enough of Lady Hester . Poor wander- ing star , struck ...
Page 86
... ruins of an ancient temple , with large columns , half - imbedded in rubbish , which any one who has a heart for it may examine . Those who built it probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this ...
... ruins of an ancient temple , with large columns , half - imbedded in rubbish , which any one who has a heart for it may examine . Those who built it probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this ...
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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