The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Band 2Harper & Brothers, 1859 |
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... seen it done , and have done it myself to houses in Lebanon , but there is always more dust made than is agreeable . The materials now employed are beams about three feet apart , across which short sticks are arranged close together ...
... seen it done , and have done it myself to houses in Lebanon , but there is always more dust made than is agreeable . The materials now employed are beams about three feet apart , across which short sticks are arranged close together ...
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... seen at such a great distance they appear small , they are , in reality , rough volcanic mounts , and some of them very respectable mountains . Beyond them , eastward and southward , stretch the vast and fertile plains of the Hauran ...
... seen at such a great distance they appear small , they are , in reality , rough volcanic mounts , and some of them very respectable mountains . Beyond them , eastward and southward , stretch the vast and fertile plains of the Hauran ...
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William McClure Thomson. camp , hid away so perfectly that it could not be seen until one is directly above it . Our nine hours ' ride had made us all weary , and we gladly pitched our tent near that of the sheikh . He was not then at ...
William McClure Thomson. camp , hid away so perfectly that it could not be seen until one is directly above it . Our nine hours ' ride had made us all weary , and we gladly pitched our tent near that of the sheikh . He was not then at ...
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... seen no gen- uine columnar basalt in the Jaulan . Were it not for the countless springs of water in the southern part , this whole province would be a black and barren wilderness , incapable of sustaining even the goats which now ...
... seen no gen- uine columnar basalt in the Jaulan . Were it not for the countless springs of water in the southern part , this whole province would be a black and barren wilderness , incapable of sustaining even the goats which now ...
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... seen just such salt , and the identical disposition of it that our Lord has mentioned . A merchant of Sidon having farmed of the gov- ernment the revenue from the importation of salt , brought over an immense quantity from the marshes ...
... seen just such salt , and the identical disposition of it that our Lord has mentioned . A merchant of Sidon having farmed of the gov- ernment the revenue from the importation of salt , brought over an immense quantity from the marshes ...
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Abraham ancient appear Arabs beautiful Bedawîn Beisan Beit Bethlehem Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave church cisterns David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt emeer entire Esdraelon fact farther flocks Gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Harosheth Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jermuk Jerusalem Jesus Jews Jezreel Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king Kishon lake Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moslems mosque mountain Nablûs Nazareth never night northwest Palestine pass Philistines plain pools probably prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred Samaria Saul says scene seen sepulchre sheikh shore side Sisera southeast stone suppose tell Temple tent thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers trees unto vale valley valley of Jezreel vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion
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Seite 501 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Seite 163 - Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Seite 380 - ... bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Seite 406 - Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Seite 21 - Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
Seite 146 - Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Seite 103 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 218 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Seite 92 - After whom is the king of Israel come out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Seite 247 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening