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 52
... vast grove spreads over a soft and sandy plain . You were not mistaken - only misled by appearances . The substratum of this plain is chalky marl , abounding in flint , and the sand is merely an in- truder blown in from this desert on ...
... vast grove spreads over a soft and sandy plain . You were not mistaken - only misled by appearances . The substratum of this plain is chalky marl , abounding in flint , and the sand is merely an in- truder blown in from this desert on ...
Page 56
... vast orchard of Shwoifat , through which we have been riding for the last hour , has a thousand owners , and in " shaking time " every one must look sharply after his own , or he loses all . There is an utter confounding of the meum and ...
... vast orchard of Shwoifat , through which we have been riding for the last hour , has a thousand owners , and in " shaking time " every one must look sharply after his own , or he loses all . There is an utter confounding of the meum and ...
Page 57
... vast amount of sand during the winter rains , which is also thrown on shore by the sea . But enough of speculation . The fact is only too certain and too sad . This sand is continually driven in upon these gardens like another deluge ...
... vast amount of sand during the winter rains , which is also thrown on shore by the sea . But enough of speculation . The fact is only too certain and too sad . This sand is continually driven in upon these gardens like another deluge ...
Page 59
... . Though not more than twenty - five miles long , yet , from the vast extent of lofty tr.ountains which pour their winter floods into its channel , it rises suddenly Damûr Isa . xxxiii . 12 . РАКТ I. Terrific land - slip . " The into.
... . Though not more than twenty - five miles long , yet , from the vast extent of lofty tr.ountains which pour their winter floods into its channel , it rises suddenly Damûr Isa . xxxiii . 12 . РАКТ I. Terrific land - slip . " The into.
Page 97
... vast flocks which annually come from Armenia and Northern Syria are nearly all males . The leather , therefore , is literally rams ' skins dyed red . It is pleasant to meet such perfect accuracy in the most incidental allusions and ...
... vast flocks which annually come from Armenia and Northern Syria are nearly all males . The leather , therefore , is literally rams ' skins dyed red . It is pleasant to meet such perfect accuracy in the most incidental allusions and ...
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