Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page 5
... passed . Years ago we stood on Mount Carmel , and asked ourselves , as we looked upon this " Key of the East , " whether her fill of blood was yet measured : -the last pacification " of the East was a fearful answer . We 66 may repeat ...
... passed . Years ago we stood on Mount Carmel , and asked ourselves , as we looked upon this " Key of the East , " whether her fill of blood was yet measured : -the last pacification " of the East was a fearful answer . We 66 may repeat ...
Page 10
... passed through the villages , anxious to gain a few paras from the passing stranger , we should have suffered cruelly . In the after- noon , just as we entered the hills , we came upon a well by the road - side , most welcome to us in ...
... passed through the villages , anxious to gain a few paras from the passing stranger , we should have suffered cruelly . In the after- noon , just as we entered the hills , we came upon a well by the road - side , most welcome to us in ...
Page 15
... passing the battlements we come to the boun- dary of the Mosque of Omar , which obliges us to de- scend and pursue our way without the wall . Here we are struck with the different character of the masonry ; large stones of great ...
... passing the battlements we come to the boun- dary of the Mosque of Omar , which obliges us to de- scend and pursue our way without the wall . Here we are struck with the different character of the masonry ; large stones of great ...
Page 37
... passing through The air sublime , Over the wilderness , and o'er the plain , Till underneath them fair Jerusalem , The holy city , lifted high her towers ; And higher yet the glorious temple reared Her pile , far off appearing like a ...
... passing through The air sublime , Over the wilderness , and o'er the plain , Till underneath them fair Jerusalem , The holy city , lifted high her towers ; And higher yet the glorious temple reared Her pile , far off appearing like a ...
Page 38
... passed on the slope , and at the base of Olivet , are those to which he was accustomed to retire with his disciples , and to traverse on his way to Bethany . Tradition has given the name of the Garden of Geth- semane to a group of ...
... passed on the slope , and at the base of Olivet , are those to which he was accustomed to retire with his disciples , and to traverse on his way to Bethany . Tradition has given the name of the Garden of Geth- semane to a group of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.