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... GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE JERUSALEM , FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES BETHANY to face 102 105 . " 9 108 " " 113 VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT WELL OF THE VIRGIN GROUP OF TOMBS TOMB OF ABSALOM to face 117 119 to face 121 123 JERUSALEM , FROM THE NORTH ...
... GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE JERUSALEM , FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES BETHANY to face 102 105 . " 9 108 " " 113 VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT WELL OF THE VIRGIN GROUP OF TOMBS TOMB OF ABSALOM to face 117 119 to face 121 123 JERUSALEM , FROM THE NORTH ...
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... gardens of Jaffa , through which we rode . Here the " lofty palm " rose gracefully into the sky , charged with her clusters of dates , and rustling with the softest of sounds in the summer air . The broad , dark - leaved , overhanging ...
... gardens of Jaffa , through which we rode . Here the " lofty palm " rose gracefully into the sky , charged with her clusters of dates , and rustling with the softest of sounds in the summer air . The broad , dark - leaved , overhanging ...
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... gardens and orchards , and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits . " I made me pools of water , to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees . ” This description well answers to the works in ques- tion - the aqueducts ...
... gardens and orchards , and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits . " I made me pools of water , to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees . ” This description well answers to the works in ques- tion - the aqueducts ...
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... Garden , and the stairs that go down from the City of David , or Zion . Ophel , which quarter was occupied by the Nethinims , or servants of the tem- ple , was again enclosed . The same extent was probably still occupied , for " the ...
... Garden , and the stairs that go down from the City of David , or Zion . Ophel , which quarter was occupied by the Nethinims , or servants of the tem- ple , was again enclosed . The same extent was probably still occupied , for " the ...
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... gardens and fountains , its baths and porticoes , overlooking the whole city . Around it were probably grouped the principal palaces of the nobles , and an open place , called the Xystus , for public concourse , was in this ...
... gardens and fountains , its baths and porticoes , overlooking the whole city . Around it were probably grouped the principal palaces of the nobles , and an open place , called the Xystus , for public concourse , was in this ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 54 - The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.