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 xvii
... side , did I but know their language . You are to be my dragoman to interpret this unknown tongue of the Holy Land . Such , you remem- ber , is our compact . " I am told that the necessary preparation for our travels can only be made in ...
... side , did I but know their language . You are to be my dragoman to interpret this unknown tongue of the Holy Land . Such , you remem- ber , is our compact . " I am told that the necessary preparation for our travels can only be made in ...
Page 32
... side to side , we have accomplished that feat ; but here is a string of donkeys carrying brush and water ; their bundles actually sweep both sides of the street , and the ground too ; there can be no creeping under this time . True ...
... side to side , we have accomplished that feat ; but here is a string of donkeys carrying brush and water ; their bundles actually sweep both sides of the street , and the ground too ; there can be no creeping under this time . True ...
Page 38
... side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond which it is choked up with rubbish . Descend- ing to the margin of the plain ...
... side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond which it is choked up with rubbish . Descend- ing to the margin of the plain ...
Page 45
... side . The aqueduct will also attract attention , clinging to the perpendicular rock , and dressed out in drooping festoons of ivy , and other Aqueduct . creepers , whose every twig and leaf sparkle with big drops of brightest crystal ...
... side . The aqueduct will also attract attention , clinging to the perpendicular rock , and dressed out in drooping festoons of ivy , and other Aqueduct . creepers , whose every twig and leaf sparkle with big drops of brightest crystal ...
Page 47
... side and a wall on that ; " the angel with drawn sword was in front , and the path — Ba- poor beast thrust herself against the wall and crushed the prophet's foot.2 Now this file of donkeys , with rough stone from the quarries on their ...
... side and a wall on that ; " the angel with drawn sword was in front , and the path — Ba- poor beast thrust herself against the wall and crushed the prophet's foot.2 Now this file of donkeys , with rough stone from the quarries on their ...
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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