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 32
... . The style of that city is wholly different , and carries one back as by enchantment to the age of the Califs and the fantastic creations of the " Thousand Nights . " VIEWS FROM BEIRUT . 33 CHAPTER II . BEIRUT - 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... . The style of that city is wholly different , and carries one back as by enchantment to the age of the Califs and the fantastic creations of the " Thousand Nights . " VIEWS FROM BEIRUT . 33 CHAPTER II . BEIRUT - 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
Page 38
... thousand of Syria's sad desolations . The Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife of Haroun er Raschîd . It is ...
... thousand of Syria's sad desolations . The Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife of Haroun er Raschîd . It is ...
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... thousand feet above the sea . CHAPTER III . BEIRUT - Continued . Roofs of Houses - Battlements . Proclamations from House - tops . Worship on House - tops . The Sparrow on the House - top . January 26th . houses . THE roofs of these ...
... thousand feet above the sea . CHAPTER III . BEIRUT - Continued . Roofs of Houses - Battlements . Proclamations from House - tops . Worship on House - tops . The Sparrow on the House - top . January 26th . houses . THE roofs of these ...
Page 56
... thousand owners , and in " shaking time " every one must look sharply after his own , or he loses all . There is an utter confounding of the meum and tuum in the general conscience of olive - gatherers . To what particular circumstance ...
... thousand owners , and in " shaking time " every one must look sharply after his own , or he loses all . There is an utter confounding of the meum and tuum in the general conscience of olive - gatherers . To what particular circumstance ...
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... thousand places , certain destruc- tion ; and no threatenings against the workers of iniquity are more terrible than that they shall be set in slippery places ; that " their feet shall slide in due time . " " 3 One needs a steady eye ...
... thousand places , certain destruc- tion ; and no threatenings against the workers of iniquity are more terrible than that they shall be set in slippery places ; that " their feet shall slide in due time . " " 3 One needs a steady eye ...
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