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 19
... wild Arabs of the Mohammedan des- olation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt . Accustomed only to the horse , the camel , and the ass , they despised all other means of travel and ...
... wild Arabs of the Mohammedan des- olation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt . Accustomed only to the horse , the camel , and the ass , they despised all other means of travel and ...
Pàgina 24
... wild tornado may tear it to fragments , but nothing short of miraculous power can fair- ly pluck it up by the roots . I have but faint ideas of a faith that could pluck up and plant in the sea such a tree as that ; and these facts cer ...
... wild tornado may tear it to fragments , but nothing short of miraculous power can fair- ly pluck it up by the roots . I have but faint ideas of a faith that could pluck up and plant in the sea such a tree as that ; and these facts cer ...
Pàgina 27
... service , it is quite im- pressive . I have seen it admirably enacted by moonlight , on the wild banks of the Orontes , in the plain of Hamath , and the scene was something more than romantic . But , alas ! it was by as villainous a set of.
... service , it is quite im- pressive . I have seen it admirably enacted by moonlight , on the wild banks of the Orontes , in the plain of Hamath , and the scene was something more than romantic . But , alas ! it was by as villainous a set of.
Pàgina 41
... wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sun- nîn beyond and above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanah , and Deir el Kŭlâh , with the deep ravine of Nahr Beirût ; the hills of El Ghurb , bold and bright against the southern sky , from Aleih ...
... wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sun- nîn beyond and above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanah , and Deir el Kŭlâh , with the deep ravine of Nahr Beirût ; the hills of El Ghurb , bold and bright against the southern sky , from Aleih ...
Pàgina 44
... wild beasts and with one another , as Josephus informs us in the seventh book of his " Wars . " Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût- a fact somewhat remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so ...
... wild beasts and with one another , as Josephus informs us in the seventh book of his " Wars . " Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût- a fact somewhat remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so ...
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The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and ... W. M. Thomson Visualització completa - 1869 |
The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the ..., Volum 1 William McClure Thomson Visualització completa - 1881 |
The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the ..., Volum 1 William McClure Thomson Visualització completa - 1871 |
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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.