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 38
... built of well - cut stone - altogether a very imposing structure . Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them by a ...
... built of well - cut stone - altogether a very imposing structure . Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them by a ...
Pàgina 58
... built along the road from Jerusalem to Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings of the discovery of the true cross , for which she was then ransacking the rub- bish of the Holy City . You may accept that , or ...
... built along the road from Jerusalem to Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings of the discovery of the true cross , for which she was then ransacking the rub- bish of the Holy City . You may accept that , or ...
Pàgina 60
... built by the Emeer Beshîr She- hâb , some thirty - five years ago ; but it soon gave way before the violence of the stream . From the nature of the bottom , it has always been difficult to establish a bridge at this place . The emîr ...
... built by the Emeer Beshîr She- hâb , some thirty - five years ago ; but it soon gave way before the violence of the stream . From the nature of the bottom , it has always been difficult to establish a bridge at this place . The emîr ...
Pàgina 79
... built the original house , to which Lady Hester added some twenty - five or thirty rooms . At his death , soon after that of Lady Hester , the property was left to an only son , who quickly spent it all by his extravagance . He then ...
... built the original house , to which Lady Hester added some twenty - five or thirty rooms . At his death , soon after that of Lady Hester , the property was left to an only son , who quickly spent it all by his extravagance . He then ...
Pàgina 86
... built it probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his ...
... built it probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his ...
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