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 77
... inhabitants , to assemble along the proposed route , and prepare the way before him . The same was done in 1845 , on a grand scale , when the present sultan visited Brusa . The stones were gathered out , crooked places straightened ...
... inhabitants , to assemble along the proposed route , and prepare the way before him . The same was done in 1845 , on a grand scale , when the present sultan visited Brusa . The stones were gathered out , crooked places straightened ...
Page 108
... inhabitants is said to be about 9000. Of these , 6800 are Moslems , including the Metawelies , 850 Greek Catholics , 750 Maronites , 150 Greeks , and 300 Jews . These are ecclesiastical returns , and they are always under - stated , in ...
... inhabitants is said to be about 9000. Of these , 6800 are Moslems , including the Metawelies , 850 Greek Catholics , 750 Maronites , 150 Greeks , and 300 Jews . These are ecclesiastical returns , and they are always under - stated , in ...
Page 109
... inhabitants allowed the ledge of rocks on the seaward side to be quarried away for building - stone . This invaluable barrier has thus been so much lowered that the sea breaks over into the harbour in every storm , not only endangering ...
... inhabitants allowed the ledge of rocks on the seaward side to be quarried away for building - stone . This invaluable barrier has thus been so much lowered that the sea breaks over into the harbour in every storm , not only endangering ...
Page 145
... inhabitants of all towns in Syria , and their fountains must be protected at any cost . All these things , however , speak Proofs of unmistakably of misrule and danger , even far beyond anything known to the misrule present generation ...
... inhabitants of all towns in Syria , and their fountains must be protected at any cost . All these things , however , speak Proofs of unmistakably of misrule and danger , even far beyond anything known to the misrule present generation ...
Page 147
... inhabitants of Sidon , but also on the science , skill , and courage of her antiquity . engineers . The proposition to carry the water of Neb'a et Tasy from its source , in the wild ravine of Jebel Rihan , to Sidon , would make even a ...
... inhabitants of Sidon , but also on the science , skill , and courage of her antiquity . engineers . The proposition to carry the water of Neb'a et Tasy from its source , in the wild ravine of Jebel Rihan , to Sidon , would make even a ...
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