Walks about the City and Environs of JerusalemG. Virtue, 1844 - 224 páginas |
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... length some refreshment was presented us , and a bed pre- pared in the middle of an immense hall . Recollecting our former nocturnal vigils in Palestine , we entered it with misgivings , nor were we at all mistaken . To add to our ...
... length some refreshment was presented us , and a bed pre- pared in the middle of an immense hall . Recollecting our former nocturnal vigils in Palestine , we entered it with misgivings , nor were we at all mistaken . To add to our ...
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... length of the city - wall , the valley of the Kidron unrolls her memorable scenery , sacred to holier associations than those of warring hosts , animated as they were by lofty enthusiasm . That dark plot of olives , in the cleft of the ...
... length of the city - wall , the valley of the Kidron unrolls her memorable scenery , sacred to holier associations than those of warring hosts , animated as they were by lofty enthusiasm . That dark plot of olives , in the cleft of the ...
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... length a small breach was made in the second wall , and the troops poured into the narrow and crowded streets of the lower city . There they were entangled and attacked from the roofs and side - alleys with such fury that , after a ...
... length a small breach was made in the second wall , and the troops poured into the narrow and crowded streets of the lower city . There they were entangled and attacked from the roofs and side - alleys with such fury that , after a ...
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... length taken , and the Jews retreated within the second . If the reader will again consult our view , he will form some idea of the desperate situation of the band of fanatic heroes , who with no hope , save , perhaps , the still ...
... length taken , and the Jews retreated within the second . If the reader will again consult our view , he will form some idea of the desperate situation of the band of fanatic heroes , who with no hope , save , perhaps , the still ...
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... length surrendered , and was spared , and sent to Italy . Simon lurked for some time among the temple vaults , but was also obliged to come forth , and was reserved to grace the triumph of the Roman conqueror . " Thus fell , and for ...
... length surrendered , and was spared , and sent to Italy . Simon lurked for some time among the temple vaults , but was also obliged to come forth , and was reserved to grace the triumph of the Roman conqueror . " Thus fell , and for ...
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Acra Aksa angle antiquity Antonia appearance Arab arch Armenian Author beautiful beneath Beyrout Bezetha bridge buildings centre Christian church cloister cloth gilt cloth lettered court David deep descend desert dome east enclosure Engravings entered feet fountain gardens George Virtue Godfrey of Bouillon ground Herod Holy City Holy Sepulchre hundred Illustrated Jaffa Jaffa Gate Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Josephus Judah Kidron kings Latin convent Lord Mahomedan masonry Moriah Mosque of Omar Mount of Olives Mount Zion Mussulmen numbers object occupied Olivet Ophel pilgrims pious plain platform Pool of Siloam portion Portrait present probably prophet Robinson rock rocky Roman ruins sacred Saracenic scene second wall seen side siege sketch slope Solomon spot stones streets supposed thence thou tion Titus tomb Tower of Hippicus trace tradition traveller Turkish Tyropeon upper city Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat vaults Volume whole
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Página 27 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...
Página 100 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 72 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Página 72 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos; or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Página 22 - The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
Página 25 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away ! for, lo ! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell.
Página 63 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Página 145 - What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock ? 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Página 66 - Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more: her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
Página 54 - The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.