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 viii
... Wild Mustard , 415 Pipes , 113 ... Syrian Locust , 416 Argelehs - Finjan and Zarf , 114 ... Tares of Palestine , 421 Syrian Gentlemen in full Dress , 116 Assault of Robbers , 423 Dress of Working Class , 117 Mount Tabor , opposite 434 ...
... Wild Mustard , 415 Pipes , 113 ... Syrian Locust , 416 Argelehs - Finjan and Zarf , 114 ... Tares of Palestine , 421 Syrian Gentlemen in full Dress , 116 Assault of Robbers , 423 Dress of Working Class , 117 Mount Tabor , opposite 434 ...
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... wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt . Accustomed only to the horse , the camel , and the ass , they despised all other means of travel and ...
... wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt . Accustomed only to the horse , the camel , and the ass , they despised all other means of travel and ...
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... best type of invincible steadfastness . What power on earth can pluck up such a tree ? Heaven's thunderbolt may strike it down , the wild 1 Amos vii . 14 . 2 Luke xvii . 6 . PART I. Illustra- tion of power of faith . Wood.
... best type of invincible steadfastness . What power on earth can pluck up such a tree ? Heaven's thunderbolt may strike it down , the wild 1 Amos vii . 14 . 2 Luke xvii . 6 . PART I. Illustra- tion of power of faith . Wood.
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... wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sunnîn beyond and above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanah , and Deir el Kulâh , with the deep ravine of Nahr Beirût ; the hills of El Ghurb , bold and bright against the southern sky , from Aleih to ...
... wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sunnîn beyond and above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanah , and Deir el Kulâh , with the deep ravine of Nahr Beirût ; the hills of El Ghurb , bold and bright against the southern sky , from Aleih to ...
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... wild beasts and with one another , as Josephus informs us in the seventh book of his " Wars . " Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat of Christi- remarkable — yet Christianity was early planted here ...
... wild beasts and with one another , as Josephus informs us in the seventh book of his " Wars . " Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat of Christi- remarkable — yet Christianity was early planted here ...
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