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 19
... remarkable people to whom it gave its name . The great size and importance of Beirût are quite modern , attained , indeed , within the last thirty years . They are due to its foreign commerce , there being regular steam - commuuication ...
... remarkable people to whom it gave its name . The great size and importance of Beirût are quite modern , attained , indeed , within the last thirty years . They are due to its foreign commerce , there being regular steam - commuuication ...
Pàgina 23
... remarkable tree . It not only bears several crops of figs during the year , but those figs Figs . grow on short stems along the trunk and large branches , and not at the end of twigs , as in other fruit - bearing trees . The figs are ...
... remarkable tree . It not only bears several crops of figs during the year , but those figs Figs . grow on short stems along the trunk and large branches , and not at the end of twigs , as in other fruit - bearing trees . The figs are ...
Pàgina 30
... remarkable that in their synagogues the men in our day keep on their hats or other head- dresses , and those who read the service throw a large veil over the head and shoulders , as if in direct and intentional contradiction to the ...
... remarkable that in their synagogues the men in our day keep on their hats or other head- dresses , and those who read the service throw a large veil over the head and shoulders , as if in direct and intentional contradiction to the ...
Pàgina 31
... remarkable passage ? head . The word translated " power " is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil “ Power ” itself ; nor is the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the veil is , in fact , the ...
... remarkable passage ? head . The word translated " power " is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil “ Power ” itself ; nor is the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the veil is , in fact , the ...
Pàgina 36
... remarkable — yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished that it soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian emperors , it con- tinued to prosper down to the reign of Justinian . It was then one of the most ...
... remarkable — yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished that it soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian emperors , it con- tinued to prosper down to the reign of Justinian . It was then one of the most ...
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