The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land, Volum 1Harper & Brothers, 1859 - 1174 pàgines |
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Pàgina 40
... building . It is mixed with comminuted shells and corals , is very porous , and absorbs water with great rapidity , which renders the houses damp in winter . This , indeed , is almost the only defect in this otherwise admirable building ...
... building . It is mixed with comminuted shells and corals , is very porous , and absorbs water with great rapidity , which renders the houses damp in winter . This , indeed , is almost the only defect in this otherwise admirable building ...
Pàgina 47
... building - stone that the greater part of it has been quarried and brought to the city . In this process , palm and olive trees , which had grown old upon the top , have been under- mined and thrown away ; and where the work of quarry ...
... building - stone that the greater part of it has been quarried and brought to the city . In this process , palm and olive trees , which had grown old upon the top , have been under- mined and thrown away ; and where the work of quarry ...
Pàgina 48
... build- est a new house , then thou shalt make a battlement for thy ROOFS - BATTLEMENTS . 49 roof , that thou bring. III . BEIRUT - Continued . HOUSE WITH ROOF AND BATTLEMENTS . 1 Matt . xxiv. 48 . THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... build- est a new house , then thou shalt make a battlement for thy ROOFS - BATTLEMENTS . 49 roof , that thou bring. III . BEIRUT - Continued . HOUSE WITH ROOF AND BATTLEMENTS . 1 Matt . xxiv. 48 . THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
Pàgina 50
... build very high parapets , in order to screen their women from observation ; but the Christians are very negligent , and often bring blood upon their houses by a sinful disregard of this law of Moses . Your remark about the Moslems ...
... build very high parapets , in order to screen their women from observation ; but the Christians are very negligent , and often bring blood upon their houses by a sinful disregard of this law of Moses . Your remark about the Moslems ...
Pàgina 53
... build in the windows and under the beams of the roof , and would stuff your hat full of stubble in half a day if they found it hanging in a place to suit them . They are ex- tremely pertinacious in asserting their right of possession ...
... build in the windows and under the beams of the roof , and would stuff your hat full of stubble in half a day if they found it hanging in a place to suit them . They are ex- tremely pertinacious in asserting their right of possession ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 440 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : At her feet he bowed, he fell : Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Pàgina 383 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Pàgina 136 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Pàgina 381 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Pàgina 257 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Pàgina 32 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Pàgina 214 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Pàgina 387 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, Or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Pàgina 327 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Pàgina 223 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.