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 82
... round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely . Let me call your atten- tion to that large convent , called Deir Mukhullis , on the mountain side across the wady . It is the ...
... round the head of this ravine , through June , and down those sloping hills of white marl to the River Owely . Let me call your atten- tion to that large convent , called Deir Mukhullis , on the mountain side across the wady . It is the ...
Page 91
... round toward the north , which it is often slow to do , and will not now till the air becomes colder , and Lebanon is covered deep with snow . As in ancient times , the west wind Rainy brings rain , and the north drives it away.2 There ...
... round toward the north , which it is often slow to do , and will not now till the air becomes colder , and Lebanon is covered deep with snow . As in ancient times , the west wind Rainy brings rain , and the north drives it away.2 There ...
Page 109
... round west to the sea , about twenty rods to the south of the present upper castle . The Tell on which this castle stands is artificial , and , what is more remarkable , is made up , in a great measure , of old pottery , rubbish of ...
... round west to the sea , about twenty rods to the south of the present upper castle . The Tell on which this castle stands is artificial , and , what is more remarkable , is made up , in a great measure , of old pottery , rubbish of ...
Page 112
... round the room , with the dignity of a prince and the gravity of a court ; and when the new - comer reaches his seat , the ceremony is repeated in precisely the same words . In one of your full divans , therefore , a man gives and ...
... round the room , with the dignity of a prince and the gravity of a court ; and when the new - comer reaches his seat , the ceremony is repeated in precisely the same words . In one of your full divans , therefore , a man gives and ...
Page 118
... round the tarbush . The Turks now wear nothing but the fez , and many Arabs nothing but the tarbush , with its long tassel . Others have a small coloured handkerchief ( mandeel ) tied round the tar- bush . The Bedawîn have a heavier ...
... round the tarbush . The Turks now wear nothing but the fez , and many Arabs nothing but the tarbush , with its long tassel . Others have a small coloured handkerchief ( mandeel ) tied round the tar- bush . The Bedawîn have a heavier ...
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