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... productive of tobacco and corn . Higher up the scenery becomes wild and bold ; hill rises to mountain ; soft springing green corn gives place to sterner crag , smooth plain to precipitous heights ; and if in the more elevated region the ...
... productive of tobacco and corn . Higher up the scenery becomes wild and bold ; hill rises to mountain ; soft springing green corn gives place to sterner crag , smooth plain to precipitous heights ; and if in the more elevated region the ...
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... productive 1 The derivation of Lebanon Lexicon , p . 1119 ; Fürst , Concor- ( i ) from 1 , white , ' is gene- dantia , p . 588. ) rally admitted . ( See Gesenius , 2 Stanley , Sinai and Palestine , Thesaurus , p . 369 ; Buxtorf . p ...
... productive 1 The derivation of Lebanon Lexicon , p . 1119 ; Fürst , Concor- ( i ) from 1 , white , ' is gene- dantia , p . 588. ) rally admitted . ( See Gesenius , 2 Stanley , Sinai and Palestine , Thesaurus , p . 369 ; Buxtorf . p ...
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... productive gardens -- empha- tically a ' good land , ' that might well content whoso- ever should be so fortunate as to possess it . There is nothing equal to it in Western Asia . The Damas- cene oasis , the lower valley of the Orontes ...
... productive gardens -- empha- tically a ' good land , ' that might well content whoso- ever should be so fortunate as to possess it . There is nothing equal to it in Western Asia . The Damas- cene oasis , the lower valley of the Orontes ...
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... productive of olives , which yield an excellent oil ; and in the hills towards the south - west are veins of lead , containing a percentage of silver , which are thought to bear traces of having been worked at a very early date.2 Near ...
... productive of olives , which yield an excellent oil ; and in the hills towards the south - west are veins of lead , containing a percentage of silver , which are thought to bear traces of having been worked at a very early date.2 Near ...
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... productive of olive oil . trees , ' it is said , ' cover the tract , ' annual exportation amounts to 40,000 hectolitres . 6 1 See Davis's Carthage , pp . 128- | 130 ; and compare the woodcut in the Geograph . Univ . xi . 259 . 2 Beulé ...
... productive of olive oil . trees , ' it is said , ' cover the tract , ' annual exportation amounts to 40,000 hectolitres . 6 1 See Davis's Carthage , pp . 128- | 130 ; and compare the woodcut in the Geograph . Univ . xi . 259 . 2 Beulé ...
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