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 41
... remarkable passage . Verse 2d goes on to say , " Thou art full of Passage in stirs , a tumultuous city , a joyous city ; " from which one might suppose that the Isaiah people had gone to the roofs to eat , drink , clap hands , and sing ...
... remarkable passage . Verse 2d goes on to say , " Thou art full of Passage in stirs , a tumultuous city , a joyous city ; " from which one might suppose that the Isaiah people had gone to the roofs to eat , drink , clap hands , and sing ...
Page 51
... remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long their low , soft ...
... remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long their low , soft ...
Page 58
... remarkable relics of past ages are those sarcophagi on the side of the mountain . Their number is surprising , since for ages the inhabitants have been breaking them up for building - stone , and burning them into lime ; and still there ...
... remarkable relics of past ages are those sarcophagi on the side of the mountain . Their number is surprising , since for ages the inhabitants have been breaking them up for building - stone , and burning them into lime ; and still there ...
Page 60
... remarkable cliffs of blue argillaceous marl , which are subject to slides and avalanches on a terrific scale . The Emir Hyder , in his " History of Lebanon , " says , that about ninety - five years ago a projecting terrace at Kefr ...
... remarkable cliffs of blue argillaceous marl , which are subject to slides and avalanches on a terrific scale . The Emir Hyder , in his " History of Lebanon , " says , that about ninety - five years ago a projecting terrace at Kefr ...
Page 67
... some of the incidents in the experience of that very remarkable prophet . Is this low building on our left the tomb ? Yûnas . 1 Lev . xix . 28 . 2 Deut . xxxii . 5 3 Isa . xlix . 15 , 16 PART I. A khân . The first is a khân.
... some of the incidents in the experience of that very remarkable prophet . Is this low building on our left the tomb ? Yûnas . 1 Lev . xix . 28 . 2 Deut . xxxii . 5 3 Isa . xlix . 15 , 16 PART I. A khân . The first is a khân.
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