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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... tree , and others that the sycamine of this passage and the sycamore are different trees ; and there is a slight difference in the Greek . I know it ; but the word sycamine seems to be derived from the Hebrew name for sycamore , and I ...
... tree , and others that the sycamine of this passage and the sycamore are different trees ; and there is a slight difference in the Greek . I know it ; but the word sycamine seems to be derived from the Hebrew name for sycamore , and I ...
Page 34
... tree rears his stately head on high And spreads his feathery plume along the sky ; " View from stead . while the mulberry ... trees , and waving festoons of vines and cunning creepers of many colours — this , this is Beirût , with the ...
... tree rears his stately head on high And spreads his feathery plume along the sky ; " View from stead . while the mulberry ... trees , and waving festoons of vines and cunning creepers of many colours — this , this is Beirût , with the ...
Page 38
... trees , which had grown old upon the top , have been undermined and thrown away ; and where the work of quarrying has been completed , the ground has been levelled , and orchards of mulberry - trees are now flourishing . What a pity ...
... trees , which had grown old upon the top , have been undermined and thrown away ; and where the work of quarrying has been completed , the ground has been levelled , and orchards of mulberry - trees are now flourishing . What a pity ...
Page 48
... trees . Look now at those stately palm - trees , which stand here and there on the plain , like military sentinels , with feathery plumes nodding gracefully on their proud heads . The stem , tall , slender , and erect as Rectitude ...
... trees . Look now at those stately palm - trees , which stand here and there on the plain , like military sentinels , with feathery plumes nodding gracefully on their proud heads . The stem , tall , slender , and erect as Rectitude ...
Page 49
... TREES . 49 The royal poet has derived more than one figure from the customs of men , CHAPTER and the habits of this noble tree , with which to adorn his sacred ode . The V. palm grows slowly , but steadily , from century to century ...
... TREES . 49 The royal poet has derived more than one figure from the customs of men , CHAPTER and the habits of this noble tree , with which to adorn his sacred ode . The V. palm grows slowly , but steadily , from century to century ...
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