The wars of the Jews, adapted to the capacities of young persons [by aunt Jane].1832 |
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... it will be interesting to you , because you have just finished reading the historical parts of the Bible , to which this forms a conclusion . " " How kind of you , Aunt , always to be think- B ing of my improvement ! I will try to remember.
... it will be interesting to you , because you have just finished reading the historical parts of the Bible , to which this forms a conclusion . " " How kind of you , Aunt , always to be think- B ing of my improvement ! I will try to remember.
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... kind that made Josephus dwell on the rules and military skill of his adver- saries . His poor countrymen , without method or discipline , and always quarrelling among them- selves , had a very poor chance , indeed , with these hardy ...
... kind that made Josephus dwell on the rules and military skill of his adver- saries . His poor countrymen , without method or discipline , and always quarrelling among them- selves , had a very poor chance , indeed , with these hardy ...
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... kind of neck in the mid- dle , and was something like a camel's back , from which it took its name . On each side and before it were abrupt points , broken from the rest , and ending in deep valleys : behind , the mountain was rather ...
... kind of neck in the mid- dle , and was something like a camel's back , from which it took its name . On each side and before it were abrupt points , broken from the rest , and ending in deep valleys : behind , the mountain was rather ...
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... kind had broken out between people who had previously loved each other most dearly . Bands of robbers got together to pillage the surrounding country , and then returned to Jerusalem , which city received all without distinction ; for ...
... kind had broken out between people who had previously loved each other most dearly . Bands of robbers got together to pillage the surrounding country , and then returned to Jerusalem , which city received all without distinction ; for ...
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... a very just man , a great admirer of liberty , preferring the public good before his own , and peace above all things . At length , the Idumeans became weary of this K indiscriminate slaughter , and the Zealots set up a kind.
... a very just man , a great admirer of liberty , preferring the public good before his own , and peace above all things . At length , the Idumeans became weary of this K indiscriminate slaughter , and the Zealots set up a kind.
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Page 176 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people.
Page 119 - With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength. While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and glory to that fated -city, And, as our clouds of battle dust and smoke Are melted into air, behold the temple, In undisturb'd and lone serenity Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven!
Page 244 - Bible Illustrations; Or, a Description of Manners and Customs peculiar to the East, and especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With Engravings. Fourth Edition. Revised bv Dr. KITTO, Editor of " The Pictorial Bible,
Page 248 - WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE : a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks ; a short Account of the State of Modern Greece ; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. TH COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece.
Page 119 - Are melted into air, behold the Temple In undisturbed and lone serenity. Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven ! It stands before us A mount of snow, fretted with golden pinnacles, The very sun, as though he worshipped there, Lingers upon the gilded cedar roofs, And down the long and branching porticoes ; On every flowery-sculptured capital Glitters the homage of his parting beams.