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 20
... stand - point up yonder I have often be- held that favourite isle of the Paphian Venus glowing in the golden light of our summer evenings . More distinctly still is Lebanon visible from Cyprus . There is a splendid view of it from the ...
... stand - point up yonder I have often be- held that favourite isle of the Paphian Venus glowing in the golden light of our summer evenings . More distinctly still is Lebanon visible from Cyprus . There is a splendid view of it from the ...
Page 25
... standing erect , he cries Allah - hú - akbar , as at the beginning . Then see him drop upon his knees , and bend forward until his nose and forehead touch the ground , directly between his expanded hands . This he repeats three times ...
... standing erect , he cries Allah - hú - akbar , as at the beginning . Then see him drop upon his knees , and bend forward until his nose and forehead touch the ground , directly between his expanded hands . This he repeats three times ...
Page 30
... stand uncovered when the gospel , which contains the words of Christ , is read . Or these directions of the Apostle may merely be part and parcel of those modifications and adaptations by which the gospel was ( as Paul says of himself ) ...
... stand uncovered when the gospel , which contains the words of Christ , is read . Or these directions of the Apostle may merely be part and parcel of those modifications and adaptations by which the gospel was ( as Paul says of himself ) ...
Page 48
... stand here and there on the plain , like military sentinels , with feathery plumes nodding gracefully on their proud heads . The stem , tall , slender , and erect as Rectitude herself , sug- gests to the Arab poets many a symbol for ...
... stand here and there on the plain , like military sentinels , with feathery plumes nodding gracefully on their proud heads . The stem , tall , slender , and erect as Rectitude herself , sug- gests to the Arab poets many a symbol for ...
Page 53
... standing , almost as perfect as they were twenty centuries ago , although every vestige of the groves which supplied the oil has long since dis- appeared . I notice that the branches of some trees have been cut off , and then grafted ...
... standing , almost as perfect as they were twenty centuries ago , although every vestige of the groves which supplied the oil has long since dis- appeared . I notice that the branches of some trees have been cut off , and then grafted ...
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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