 I travelled, the dwellings of the inhabitants surrounded by their vineyards, for which they win a place where to a stranger's eye there seems little else than cliffs of rock. But wherever the ground opened, and the hills drew back a space, the cottages...  Julian: Or Scenes in Judea - Page 133by William Ware - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Unitarianism - 1840 - 424 pages
...some bare and rocky, but for the most part clothed with verdure, and showing, perched upon el vations far above the path I travelled, the dwellings of the...were mules and asses heavy-laden, and almost hidden from the sight, by the overhanging burden of the red grapes of Judea. Merry and noisy with the wild... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...but for the most part clothed with verdure, and showing, perched upon elevations far above the path 1 travelled, the dwellings of the inhabitants surrounded...were mules and asses heavy-laden, and almost hidden from the sight, by the overhanging burden of the red grapes of Judea. Merry and noisy with the wild... | |
 | Edward Livingston Wilson - Eretz Israel - 1890 - 424 pages
...either south or north, and always gives a sure sign of the neighboring habitation. As in Italy, so here, the vines are led from tree to tree and shrub to shrub wherever such natural supports are at hand, so forming many a welcome retreat from the heat of the... | |
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