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 34
... head on high And spreads his feathery plume along the sky ; " View from stead . while the mulberry , melia , kharûb , sycamore , prickly oak , and many a tree and shrub of humbler name , cast abroad their grateful shade , and draw their ...
... head on high And spreads his feathery plume along the sky ; " View from stead . while the mulberry , melia , kharûb , sycamore , prickly oak , and many a tree and shrub of humbler name , cast abroad their grateful shade , and draw their ...
Page 37
... head of this sea with the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf , that will infallibly dictate where the emporium of Syria is to be . If Beirût can attract this mighty line of trade and travel to her door , she will quickly take rank among the ...
... head of this sea with the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf , that will infallibly dictate where the emporium of Syria is to be . If Beirût can attract this mighty line of trade and travel to her door , she will quickly take rank among the ...
Page 57
... head of the sea , until , stopped by the Cape of Beirût , it has been thrown out by the waves on to this plain . Others say that it is the sand of the Nile transported hither by the northern current in this part of the Mediterranean ...
... head of the sea , until , stopped by the Cape of Beirût , it has been thrown out by the waves on to this plain . Others say that it is the sand of the Nile transported hither by the northern current in this part of the Mediterranean ...
Page 58
... head against the marble vault of heaven . Pic- turesque villages by the hundred sleep at his feet , cling to his sides , hide in his bosom , or stand out in bold relief upon his ample shoulders , giving life and animation to the scene ...
... head against the marble vault of heaven . Pic- turesque villages by the hundred sleep at his feet , cling to his sides , hide in his bosom , or stand out in bold relief upon his ample shoulders , giving life and animation to the scene ...
Page 60
... head of this river is not so wild as in many other places ; but the basins of the different tributaries expand on an ... heads are steady enough for the giddy perch ; and no one breathes freely there , or looks without a shud- der into ...
... head of this river is not so wild as in many other places ; but the basins of the different tributaries expand on an ... heads are steady enough for the giddy perch ; and no one breathes freely there , or looks without a shud- der into ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion