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 pàgines |
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Pàgina xvii
... beautiful reality . For twenty years and more , as you well know , a visit to Palestine has been the unattained object of my fondest aspirations ; and now here ain I safely landed on her sacred shore , in perfect health , and ready to ...
... beautiful reality . For twenty years and more , as you well know , a visit to Palestine has been the unattained object of my fondest aspirations ; and now here ain I safely landed on her sacred shore , in perfect health , and ready to ...
Pàgina 30
... beautiful , it is carefully concealed under their curious head - dresses ; and what appears to be hair is either silk imitation , or it is borrowed . Then , by a strange perversity of manners , or silly antagonism to Christianity , the ...
... beautiful , it is carefully concealed under their curious head - dresses ; and what appears to be hair is either silk imitation , or it is borrowed . Then , by a strange perversity of manners , or silly antagonism to Christianity , the ...
Pàgina 31
... beautiful lady's strength and defence . Modestly veiled , she appears anywhere and everywhere in perfect safety . She is held inviolate by a sensitive and most jealous public sentiment , and no man insults her but at the risk of being ...
... beautiful lady's strength and defence . Modestly veiled , she appears anywhere and everywhere in perfect safety . She is held inviolate by a sensitive and most jealous public sentiment , and no man insults her but at the risk of being ...
Pàgina 33
... beautiful place ? I did ; but you could not understand , and no wonder . Neither pen nor pencil can do justice to Beirût . Things hereabouts are on a scale so vast , and there is such an infinite variety in the details , that it is ...
... beautiful place ? I did ; but you could not understand , and no wonder . Neither pen nor pencil can do justice to Beirût . Things hereabouts are on a scale so vast , and there is such an infinite variety in the details , that it is ...
Pàgina 34
... beautiful pine forests , planted , or rather sowed , by successive governors at different times , from the famous Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn to Wamic Pasha , the present representative of the Sublime Porte at Beirût . There are a few ...
... beautiful pine forests , planted , or rather sowed , by successive governors at different times , from the famous Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn to Wamic Pasha , the present representative of the Sublime Porte at Beirût . There are a few ...
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