The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 36
... beautiful city on this coast . But its decline commenced under this reign . On the 9th of July , A.D. 551 , one of those awful earthquakes , which repeatedly shook the whole Roman world in the time of Justinian , seems to have entirely ...
... beautiful city on this coast . But its decline commenced under this reign . On the 9th of July , A.D. 551 , one of those awful earthquakes , which repeatedly shook the whole Roman world in the time of Justinian , seems to have entirely ...
Page 39
... beautiful , that I can scarcely keep away from them , day or night . So absorbed was I just now in gazing about , that , if it had not been for the parapet , I should have walked quite off , and then have found myself on the ground with ...
... beautiful , that I can scarcely keep away from them , day or night . So absorbed was I just now in gazing about , that , if it had not been for the parapet , I should have walked quite off , and then have found myself on the ground with ...
Page 50
... beautiful tree all along our journey , everywhere repeating , as an old friend , the same lessons of piety and encouragement . The raven . CLUSTER OF DATES . What large black birds are those which fly furiously across the horizon , as ...
... beautiful tree all along our journey , everywhere repeating , as an old friend , the same lessons of piety and encouragement . The raven . CLUSTER OF DATES . What large black birds are those which fly furiously across the horizon , as ...
Page 52
... beautiful ; but perhaps one's eye needs to be educated before it can distinguish properly , and decide correctly , on such questions in new and strange circumstances . Oil out of the rock . No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading ...
... beautiful ; but perhaps one's eye needs to be educated before it can distinguish properly , and decide correctly , on such questions in new and strange circumstances . Oil out of the rock . No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading ...
Page 57
... beautiful illustration . This aged and plants decayed tree is surrounded , as you see , by several young and thrifty shoots , table , which spring from the root of the venerable parent . They seem to uphold , protect , and embrace it ...
... beautiful illustration . This aged and plants decayed tree is surrounded , as you see , by several young and thrifty shoots , table , which spring from the root of the venerable parent . They seem to uphold , protect , and embrace it ...
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