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... escape of Titus .... 66 CHAPTER VII . Page 104 The famous siege of Jerusalem . Description of Jerusalem , and of Herod's palace . Description of the Temple . Titus views the walls . His friend Nicanor wounded by a dart . The engines and ...
... escape of Titus .... 66 CHAPTER VII . Page 104 The famous siege of Jerusalem . Description of Jerusalem , and of Herod's palace . Description of the Temple . Titus views the walls . His friend Nicanor wounded by a dart . The engines and ...
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... escape with their Son . " " It was the very same , my dear . ” Herod was active and enterprising ; he under- took to expel the robbers who infested Syria . He seized Hezekias , and put him and some of his followers to death . Herod was ...
... escape with their Son . " " It was the very same , my dear . ” Herod was active and enterprising ; he under- took to expel the robbers who infested Syria . He seized Hezekias , and put him and some of his followers to death . Herod was ...
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... escape . He leaped out of the window , and shewed himself to his enemies , with his clothes rent , and ashes sprinkled on his head . Some pitied his sad con- dition , and others reproached him . At last , they allowed him to speak ; and ...
... escape . He leaped out of the window , and shewed himself to his enemies , with his clothes rent , and ashes sprinkled on his head . Some pitied his sad con- dition , and others reproached him . At last , they allowed him to speak ; and ...
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... escape of Jose- phus ; and he formed a fresh plot against him . He wrote a letter to him , pretending that he was very ill , and begging Josephus to allow him to use the warm baths at Tiberias . Josephus , who Page 45 . Page 54 ...
... escape of Jose- phus ; and he formed a fresh plot against him . He wrote a letter to him , pretending that he was very ill , and begging Josephus to allow him to use the warm baths at Tiberias . Josephus , who Page 45 . Page 54 ...
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... escape to the haven , where he jumped into a ship with two of his guards , and sailed into the midst of the lake . His friends were anxious to avenge his cause , and took up arms against John : but Josephus , after thanking them for ...
... escape to the haven , where he jumped into a ship with two of his guards , and sailed into the midst of the lake . His friends were anxious to avenge his cause , and took up arms against John : but Josephus , after thanking them for ...
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Página 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.
Página 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!
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Página 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.
Página 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.