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... considerable village , where the peculiar terrace cultivation of Lebanon , of the mulberry and vine , as well as of grain , advantageously appears ; close to the village there is a small stream , running west . From Jezzin to Deir el ...
... considerable village , where the peculiar terrace cultivation of Lebanon , of the mulberry and vine , as well as of grain , advantageously appears ; close to the village there is a small stream , running west . From Jezzin to Deir el ...
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... considerable branch of the Damascus trade , and the manufacture is carried on to some extent . The black mulberry is found in considerable quantities , and is cultivated for its deli- cious fruit . The white walnut is with the natives a ...
... considerable branch of the Damascus trade , and the manufacture is carried on to some extent . The black mulberry is found in considerable quantities , and is cultivated for its deli- cious fruit . The white walnut is with the natives a ...
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... considerable ; of Kenath of Numbers , probably Canatha , one of the ten cities of the Decapolis , which is placed by Eusebius near Bostra , & c . ... East of Jebel Haurán is the minor district of Bathaniyah , perhaps a portion of the ...
... considerable ; of Kenath of Numbers , probably Canatha , one of the ten cities of the Decapolis , which is placed by Eusebius near Bostra , & c . ... East of Jebel Haurán is the minor district of Bathaniyah , perhaps a portion of the ...
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... considerable and interesting , is Boszra , the Bostra of the Greeks and Romans , and which has by many been regarded as the Bozrah of Edom ; but this appears un- likely , from the fact that the Hauran Bozra lies far beyond the limits of ...
... considerable and interesting , is Boszra , the Bostra of the Greeks and Romans , and which has by many been regarded as the Bozrah of Edom ; but this appears un- likely , from the fact that the Hauran Bozra lies far beyond the limits of ...
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... considerable distance . : " The valley of Baalbec has an excessively rich soil , but it is put to little advantage , being very partially cultivated , and having no trees except in the immediate neighbourhood of Baalbec itself , which ...
... considerable distance . : " The valley of Baalbec has an excessively rich soil , but it is put to little advantage , being very partially cultivated , and having no trees except in the immediate neighbourhood of Baalbec itself , which ...
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Page 170 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 81 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 189 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 198 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
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