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 47
... pass . These stone - carrying donkeys are a great nuisance ; but we are free from them at last , and you will not encounter a similar annoyance in all Syria , nor meet an equally patent illustration of Balaam's misfortune . I shall not ...
... pass . These stone - carrying donkeys are a great nuisance ; but we are free from them at last , and you will not encounter a similar annoyance in all Syria , nor meet an equally patent illustration of Balaam's misfortune . I shall not ...
Page 48
... pass . This broad track through the centre of the Damascus . pine forest is the sultan's highway to Damascus . You can see it yonder to the south - east , winding up the face of Lebanon . - When but a few days old in the country , I ...
... pass . This broad track through the centre of the Damascus . pine forest is the sultan's highway to Damascus . You can see it yonder to the south - east , winding up the face of Lebanon . - When but a few days old in the country , I ...
Page 63
... pass to force against an enemy holding these rugged heights . My horse can scarcely keep his feet on this detestable pavement . Now take the advice of an old traveller , and learn to possess your soul in Bad roads patience , even when ...
... pass to force against an enemy holding these rugged heights . My horse can scarcely keep his feet on this detestable pavement . Now take the advice of an old traveller , and learn to possess your soul in Bad roads patience , even when ...
Page 67
... pass over their houses , was wrought into these tokens and frontlets . The command to have the great acts of the Lord as signs upon the hand , & c . , may appear to contradict the prohibition in Leviticus , where the people are ...
... pass over their houses , was wrought into these tokens and frontlets . The command to have the great acts of the Lord as signs upon the hand , & c . , may appear to contradict the prohibition in Leviticus , where the people are ...
Page 82
... pass round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely ... passes through the cultivated land ; where thorns grow in clumps all around ; where the rocks peep out in places ...
... pass round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely ... passes through the cultivated land ; where thorns grow in clumps all around ; where the rocks peep out in places ...
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