Mount Lebanon: A Ten Years' Residence, from 1842 to 1852, Describing the Manners, Customs, and Religion of Its Inhabitants; with a Full & Correct Account of the Druse Religion, and Containing Historical Records of the Mountain Tribes ...Saunders and Otley, 1853 - 399 |
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Strona 3
... taken into his pay the superior workmen of Sidon , so renowned as hewers of timber , he " raised a levy of thirty thousand out of all Israel , and sent them to Lebanon , ten thousand a month , by courses : a month they were in Lebanon ...
... taken into his pay the superior workmen of Sidon , so renowned as hewers of timber , he " raised a levy of thirty thousand out of all Israel , and sent them to Lebanon , ten thousand a month , by courses : a month they were in Lebanon ...
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... taken up in traversing a hundred yards . This uncom- monly tedious rate of advancing is intended to indicate , that the bride is in no extraordinary haste to reach her future husband , and is a part of that characteristic reserve and ...
... taken up in traversing a hundred yards . This uncom- monly tedious rate of advancing is intended to indicate , that the bride is in no extraordinary haste to reach her future husband , and is a part of that characteristic reserve and ...
Strona 51
... upon them , and not taken off until they had paid what- ever sum it pleased their chiefs to exact . The slightest resistance was immediately punished by of 52 IMPUNITY OF CRIMES . summary corporal punishment . Indeed E 2.
... upon them , and not taken off until they had paid what- ever sum it pleased their chiefs to exact . The slightest resistance was immediately punished by of 52 IMPUNITY OF CRIMES . summary corporal punishment . Indeed E 2.
Strona 55
... taken to build the Haram at Mecca . The Christians glory in it as the land of the prophets and saints , and the scene of the Saviour's labours , suffering , and triumph . Under the Turkish go- vernment , it has lately been divided into ...
... taken to build the Haram at Mecca . The Christians glory in it as the land of the prophets and saints , and the scene of the Saviour's labours , suffering , and triumph . Under the Turkish go- vernment , it has lately been divided into ...
Strona 89
... taken place , and there are new leaders springing up amongst them , as has been observed , ready to throw over them the shield of protection , and to offer them the hand of encouragement , in case of need . The chief Maronite schools ...
... taken place , and there are new leaders springing up amongst them , as has been observed , ready to throw over them the shield of protection , and to offer them the hand of encouragement , in case of need . The chief Maronite schools ...
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Strona xiii - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Strona xi - And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home : and Adoniram was over the levy.
Strona xi - By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
Strona xiii - ... the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs...
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