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 72
... follow them in their glib and heartless verbiage . The fact is , I suppose , that Oriental nations , although they sank into various forms of idolatry , never lost the phraseology of the pure original theosophy . We are struck with this ...
... follow them in their glib and heartless verbiage . The fact is , I suppose , that Oriental nations , although they sank into various forms of idolatry , never lost the phraseology of the pure original theosophy . We are struck with this ...
Page 77
... Follow me down this winding track into the gorge below , and be careful . On you be the responsibility . I have no longer any criterion by which to judge whether a path is safe or otherwise ; and as to these little horses , one might ...
... Follow me down this winding track into the gorge below , and be careful . On you be the responsibility . I have no longer any criterion by which to judge whether a path is safe or otherwise ; and as to these little horses , one might ...
Page 85
... follow if they sow too long before the rain comes . then rots , and the work must be done over again . The whole description of VII . drought in this chapter is terribly graphic : " That which the palmer - worm hath seed left hath the ...
... follow if they sow too long before the rain comes . then rots , and the work must be done over again . The whole description of VII . drought in this chapter is terribly graphic : " That which the palmer - worm hath seed left hath the ...
Page 96
... follow . SYRIAN SHEEP . " In Arabia , " says he , " there are two kinds of sheep . One of them is remark- able for an enormous length of tail , extending to three cubits , if not more . SYRIAN SHEEP . 97 VIII . If they were permitted. 1 ...
... follow . SYRIAN SHEEP . " In Arabia , " says he , " there are two kinds of sheep . One of them is remark- able for an enormous length of tail , extending to three cubits , if not more . SYRIAN SHEEP . 97 VIII . If they were permitted. 1 ...
Page 101
... follows , as the era of Joshua was long before the siege of Troy . Joshua fought at Merom at least 1450 years B.C. The usual date of the Trojan war is about two centuries later . -- ED . ] PART 1 and hearts bursting in agony and despair .
... follows , as the era of Joshua was long before the siege of Troy . Joshua fought at Merom at least 1450 years B.C. The usual date of the Trojan war is about two centuries later . -- ED . ] PART 1 and hearts bursting in agony and despair .
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