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 64
... hour . If it were near noon he would say the sixth . Inquire the day of the week , he will tell you it is the fourth day , just as Moses wrote.2 Question him further on the point , and he will inform you that last night and this morning ...
... hour . If it were near noon he would say the sixth . Inquire the day of the week , he will tell you it is the fourth day , just as Moses wrote.2 Question him further on the point , and he will inform you that last night and this morning ...
Page 133
... hour when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away , And clouds beneath the glancing ray Melt off , and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity ! " EVERY vestige of yesterday's commotion has disappeared , and ...
... hour when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away , And clouds beneath the glancing ray Melt off , and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity ! " EVERY vestige of yesterday's commotion has disappeared , and ...
Page 135
... hour , hundreds of persons thus engaged all over the country . Not a few spend their last farthing in these ruinous efforts . I heard a respectable man in Sidon declare that if he had been one of those fortunate diggers in this garden ...
... hour , hundreds of persons thus engaged all over the country . Not a few spend their last farthing in these ruinous efforts . I heard a respectable man in Sidon declare that if he had been one of those fortunate diggers in this garden ...
Page 142
... hour . We can believe this the more readily , because they are now frequented by the oldest communities in the ... hours from Sidon . The modern road , however , passes south of this , through the long wady Kafûr to Nebatîyeh , and ...
... hour . We can believe this the more readily , because they are now frequented by the oldest communities in the ... hours from Sidon . The modern road , however , passes south of this , through the long wady Kafûr to Nebatîyeh , and ...
Page 143
... hour and place ? Perhaps he has made a vow to say his prayers at this time of day , wherever he may be , and if he fails he must do penance or pay a piastre , which is worse . Alas ! religion in the East has always been joined in ...
... hour and place ? Perhaps he has made a vow to say his prayers at this time of day , wherever he may be , and if he fails he must do penance or pay a piastre , which is worse . Alas ! religion in the East has always been joined in ...
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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