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Page 19
They might be constructed , at a moderate expense , in nearly all parts of the
country . Their total disappearance can easily be explained . When the wild
Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles
immediately ...
They might be constructed , at a moderate expense , in nearly all parts of the
country . Their total disappearance can easily be explained . When the wild
Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles
immediately ...
Page 30
They were , indeed ; and , although customs have changed in this respect , there
is still enough remaining in this country to remind one of those olden times when
nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has ...
They were , indeed ; and , although customs have changed in this respect , there
is still enough remaining in this country to remind one of those olden times when
nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has ...
Page 42
Intelligent natives say that the name is derived from beer , the word for well in
nearly all the Shemitic dialects . Beirût would then be the city of wells , and such it
pre - eminently is . Almost every house has one . They vary in depth from twenty
to ...
Intelligent natives say that the name is derived from beer , the word for well in
nearly all the Shemitic dialects . Beirût would then be the city of wells , and such it
pre - eminently is . Almost every house has one . They vary in depth from twenty
to ...
Page 47
From thence it descended the steep mountain , about fifteen hundred feet , in a
direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of
lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them
was ...
From thence it descended the steep mountain , about fifteen hundred feet , in a
direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of
lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them
was ...
Page 61
... the breadth from eighty to one hundred and forty ; and the height on the lower
side nearly two hundred feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without
any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now
inform ...
... the breadth from eighty to one hundred and forty ; and the height on the lower
side nearly two hundred feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without
any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now
inform ...
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| Title | The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land Volume 1 of The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy land, William McClure Thomson |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | Harper, 1859 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
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