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 83
... hundred fold , some sixty fold , some thirty fold ! But do you suppose that the enormous increase of a hundred fold is ever gathered by the modern farmer ? Amount of increase . I was greatly surprised , when discussing this question on ...
... hundred fold , some sixty fold , some thirty fold ! But do you suppose that the enormous increase of a hundred fold is ever gathered by the modern farmer ? Amount of increase . I was greatly surprised , when discussing this question on ...
Page 85
... hundred and forty feet perpendicular - plumb as a wall . My measuring cord , held one foot in advance of the edge , did not touch the rock for more than two hundred feet . When the stream is swollen by the winter rains , it is a ...
... hundred and forty feet perpendicular - plumb as a wall . My measuring cord , held one foot in advance of the edge , did not touch the rock for more than two hundred feet . When the stream is swollen by the winter rains , it is a ...
Page 120
... hundred years . Shem and Japheth , after the Deluge , had a garment so large that they laid it on each of their shoulders , in order to cover the nakedness of their drunken father without beholding his shame . Seve- ral hundred years ...
... hundred years . Shem and Japheth , after the Deluge , had a garment so large that they laid it on each of their shoulders , in order to cover the nakedness of their drunken father without beholding his shame . Seve- ral hundred years ...
Page 168
... hundred towns , villages , and hamlets . Of the cities of Syria , Damascus is the largest , as it is the oldest - perhaps it is the most an- cient city in the world that is now flourishing and populous . It numbers about 120,000 ...
... hundred towns , villages , and hamlets . Of the cities of Syria , Damascus is the largest , as it is the oldest - perhaps it is the most an- cient city in the world that is now flourishing and populous . It numbers about 120,000 ...
Page 175
... hundred feet long , and so very narrow that I have sat on the west side and laid my hand on the opposite precipice , which rises at least one hundred feet perpendicular above the water . The river darts , swift as an arrow , through ...
... hundred feet long , and so very narrow that I have sat on the west side and laid my hand on the opposite precipice , which rises at least one hundred feet perpendicular above the water . The river darts , swift as an arrow , through ...
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