Cook's tourists' handbook for Palestine and Syria |
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... give exhaustive information , or to unravel the multitudinous threads of con- troversy woven around nearly every sacred site . It points out all that is to be seen , and endeavours to give concise information upon all subjects in which ...
... give exhaustive information , or to unravel the multitudinous threads of con- troversy woven around nearly every sacred site . It points out all that is to be seen , and endeavours to give concise information upon all subjects in which ...
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... than by the enlightened officials of the Custom House , or other public institutions . If each traveller would make it a rule never to give backsheesh , except for some positive service rendered , worth the sum given , he 6 INTRODUCTORY .
... than by the enlightened officials of the Custom House , or other public institutions . If each traveller would make it a rule never to give backsheesh , except for some positive service rendered , worth the sum given , he 6 INTRODUCTORY .
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... gives it a gay and bright appearance , and Turkey or Persian carpets are laid over the floor ; it is fitted up with neat iron bedsteads , with the cleanest of clean linen , and good comfortable beds ; round or against the tent - pole is ...
... gives it a gay and bright appearance , and Turkey or Persian carpets are laid over the floor ; it is fitted up with neat iron bedsteads , with the cleanest of clean linen , and good comfortable beds ; round or against the tent - pole is ...
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... give a short account of some of the numerous forms of vegetation which the remarkably fertile soil of Syria produces , and the following enumeration ( taken chiefly from Dr. Tristram's papers upon the Flora of Palestine ) while not ...
... give a short account of some of the numerous forms of vegetation which the remarkably fertile soil of Syria produces , and the following enumeration ( taken chiefly from Dr. Tristram's papers upon the Flora of Palestine ) while not ...
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... give a deep and welcome shade ; it thrives even on stony ground and in waste places . The fruit is produced at three or four periods of the year . First there is the bōcor , or early - ripe fig , which precedes the leaves , and ripens ...
... give a deep and welcome shade ; it thrives even on stony ground and in waste places . The fruit is produced at three or four periods of the year . First there is the bōcor , or early - ripe fig , which precedes the leaves , and ripens ...
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Ajalon altar Amorites ancient ascending Bazaar beautiful Beth-Horon Bethlehem Beyrout building built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel cave Chapel Christian Chron church columns cross Crusaders Damascus David DAY.-From Dead Sea descend east Egypt enter feet Frank Mountain Galilee gardens Gibeon Greek Haram Hebron Hermon Herod hill Holy Sepulchre Hotel interest Israel Jaffa Gate Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jews Jordan Joshua journey Judæa Judah Khân Kidron Kings Kirjath-jearim lake land Lebanon Lord Lydda Mahomedan Mar Saba miles Moab Mosque Mount of Olives mountain Muslim Nazareth Neby Palestine passed Philistines pilgrims plain Pool prophet Ramleh river road rock Roman round route ruins sacred Saladin Samaria Saul says scene Scripture seen Shunem side Solomon spot stands stones stood Street summit Syria Tabor Temple thou Tiberias Tomb tour tower town tradition traveller trees Tyre unto valley village wall wild Zion
Popular passages
Page 129 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Page 276 - Now, when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; and much people of the city was with her.
Page 234 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 149 - And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them. Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him.
Page 389 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Page 128 - Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold I bring him forth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
Page 302 - the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Page 254 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 226 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 309 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.