Walks about the City and Environs of JerusalemG. Virtue, 1844 - 224 páginas |
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... tion ; and on this , ruin upon ruin , are the remains of a structure of the middle ages , apparently a church ; a great number of scattered broken columns lie among the sea - weed . Gaining an elevated mound , we cast our eyes around ...
... tion ; and on this , ruin upon ruin , are the remains of a structure of the middle ages , apparently a church ; a great number of scattered broken columns lie among the sea - weed . Gaining an elevated mound , we cast our eyes around ...
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... tion says , that through this gate the Christians will again enter the city in triumph . Proceeding along under the wall , we have the rocky Jewish burial- ground , at a great depth below , in which both Jews and Mahometans place the ...
... tion says , that through this gate the Christians will again enter the city in triumph . Proceeding along under the wall , we have the rocky Jewish burial- ground , at a great depth below , in which both Jews and Mahometans place the ...
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... tion . It is overhung by the mosque El - aksa , and above waves a solitary palm . The wall now climbs the breast of Zion ; it is wholly Saracenic , and runs across what was formerly the centre of the city . The view hence is very ...
... tion . It is overhung by the mosque El - aksa , and above waves a solitary palm . The wall now climbs the breast of Zion ; it is wholly Saracenic , and runs across what was formerly the centre of the city . The view hence is very ...
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... tion of his father , David , ( which had been set aside by the wars in which he was engaged , ) of building a temple on Moriah , to the God of Israel . The pious monarch sent ambassadors to Hiram , King of Tyre , * to make arrangements ...
... tion of his father , David , ( which had been set aside by the wars in which he was engaged , ) of building a temple on Moriah , to the God of Israel . The pious monarch sent ambassadors to Hiram , King of Tyre , * to make arrangements ...
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... tion - the aqueducts leading into the city , and the pools and fountains surrounding it . Now , not a solitary cedar is to be seen nearer than the heights of Lebanon , and thence the tree is rapidly disappearing . Those descriptions of ...
... tion - the aqueducts leading into the city , and the pools and fountains surrounding it . Now , not a solitary cedar is to be seen nearer than the heights of Lebanon , and thence the tree is rapidly disappearing . Those descriptions of ...
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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.