The North American Review, Volume 83Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1856 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 34
... Damascus , as its elder in sacredness , if not positively in years . Was not the city where Abraham fixed his place of burial better than the city from which he brought his steward ? But Hebron has nothing ancient left in it ex- cept ...
... Damascus , as its elder in sacredness , if not positively in years . Was not the city where Abraham fixed his place of burial better than the city from which he brought his steward ? But Hebron has nothing ancient left in it ex- cept ...
Page 48
... Damascus is derived from the large traffic of which it is the centre . From all directions caravans come with heavy or costly merchandise . The regular customers are the neighboring tribes of Arabs , and the mountain - races of the ...
... Damascus is derived from the large traffic of which it is the centre . From all directions caravans come with heavy or costly merchandise . The regular customers are the neighboring tribes of Arabs , and the mountain - races of the ...
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... Damascus , dividing it into five periods . The first comprehends its his- tory prior to the Assyrian conquests , and is learned almost entirely from the notices in the Hebrew Scriptures and in the works of Josephus . In this period the ...
... Damascus , dividing it into five periods . The first comprehends its his- tory prior to the Assyrian conquests , and is learned almost entirely from the notices in the Hebrew Scriptures and in the works of Josephus . In this period the ...
Contents
DAMASCUS | 30 |
BONDS GENEALOGIES OF WATERTOWN | 52 |
THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AMERICAN ART | 84 |
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