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 69
... run , the whole arbour is covered . It forms a shade absolutely impenetrable to the sun's rays even at noonday . It flourishes best in the very hottest part of summer . And , lastly , when injured or cut , it withers away with equal ...
... run , the whole arbour is covered . It forms a shade absolutely impenetrable to the sun's rays even at noonday . It flourishes best in the very hottest part of summer . And , lastly , when injured or cut , it withers away with equal ...
Page 86
... runs ) until the sapper's chisel was driven up through the rug on which he was reclining . Then he surrendered , was taken to Constantinople , and there beheaded on the 14th of March 1635-- the fate of a thousand other rebels against ...
... runs ) until the sapper's chisel was driven up through the rug on which he was reclining . Then he surrendered , was taken to Constantinople , and there beheaded on the 14th of March 1635-- the fate of a thousand other rebels against ...
Page 89
... runs parallel with the march of time , down the ceaseless current of human generations . Not so Tyre . Long ages have rolled away since con- tinental Tyre sunk beneath the " burden " of prophecy , and the very site where she stood was ...
... runs parallel with the march of time , down the ceaseless current of human generations . Not so Tyre . Long ages have rolled away since con- tinental Tyre sunk beneath the " burden " of prophecy , and the very site where she stood was ...
Page 92
... run about the city and its environs ; and in the evenings we shall have reunions of friends , in which all sorts of subjects are discussed . You will thus be in a fine school of manners - Oriental I mean , and may learn more of the ...
... run about the city and its environs ; and in the evenings we shall have reunions of friends , in which all sorts of subjects are discussed . You will thus be in a fine school of manners - Oriental I mean , and may learn more of the ...
Page 99
... runs into a horrid , deep growl , like wild beasts , in which it is impossible to distinguish any words - merely Allah , Allah , Allah , ” which they drive through their throats at a most peril- ous rate . This they will continue until ...
... runs into a horrid , deep growl , like wild beasts , in which it is impossible to distinguish any words - merely Allah , Allah , Allah , ” which they drive through their throats at a most peril- ous rate . This they will continue until ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion