The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1Harper, 1858 |
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Page 81
... wady . This name - Damûr - is it a mere variation of the Tamyras of Strabo , the Damura of Polybius ? Yes , if the variation is not that of the Greek and Roman . I suspect that Damûr is the true original . The main source of this river ...
... wady . This name - Damûr - is it a mere variation of the Tamyras of Strabo , the Damura of Polybius ? Yes , if the variation is not that of the Greek and Roman . I suspect that Damûr is the true original . The main source of this river ...
Page 82
... wady of ' Ain Zehalteh abounds in remarkable cliffs of blue argillaceous marl , which are subject to slides and avalanches on a terrific scale . The Emeer Hyder , in his history of Lebanon , says that about ninety - five years ago a ...
... wady of ' Ain Zehalteh abounds in remarkable cliffs of blue argillaceous marl , which are subject to slides and avalanches on a terrific scale . The Emeer Hyder , in his history of Lebanon , says that about ninety - five years ago a ...
Page 104
... Wady et Teim , between the two Leba- nons . They utter a loud scream when about to fly , which sounds like a prolonged teet , and hence the name Bu - Teet- father of teet . It is the dûkephath of Moses , translated lap- wing in our ...
... Wady et Teim , between the two Leba- nons . They utter a loud scream when about to fly , which sounds like a prolonged teet , and hence the name Bu - Teet- father of teet . It is the dûkephath of Moses , translated lap- wing in our ...
Page 109
... Wady il ' Ahsa : " It had now become dark , and this was , without exception , the most dangerous route I ever traveled in my life . The descent is steep , and there is no regular road over the smooth rocks , where the foot slips at ...
... Wady il ' Ahsa : " It had now become dark , and this was , without exception , the most dangerous route I ever traveled in my life . The descent is steep , and there is no regular road over the smooth rocks , where the foot slips at ...
Page 111
... wady , made large profits from the liberality and extravagances of Lady Hester , and they are full of wonderful stories about her . Several of our friends in Sidon were in her service for years , and from them , and from others still ...
... wady , made large profits from the liberality and extravagances of Lady Hester , and they are full of wonderful stories about her . Several of our friends in Sidon were in her service for years , and from them , and from others still ...
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Acre Ain et Tîny ancient antiquity Arabs Asher Baal-gad Baalbek Banias beautiful Beirût Bible Bichri birds bitumen called Capernaum castle cliffs columns custom Deir doubt Druses east entire fact farther flocks Galilee Gennesaret Hamath Hasbany Hazor Hebrew Hermon hills hour Hûleh Hûm hundred feet Hunîn inhabitants Jabin Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kefr Kenite Kings Kudes Kurn lake land Lebanon Lord marsh mentioned Metawelies miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali never night olive once Oriental Palestine pass Phoenician plain plow poor prophet ravine region Rehob ride river road rock round ruins Safed says seen Sheikh shepherd shore side Sidon Solomon stone stream suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thee thing thorns thou thousand Tiberias TIBNIN tion tombs trees tribe Tyre valley vast village wady wall whole wild wind wonder Zaanaim
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