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... Mediterranean Sea . At their feet was the long deep basin of the River Jordan , running through a most luxuriant scene of cul- tivation into the Dead Sea : -Jericho and her groves were right over against them , on the further edge.
... Mediterranean Sea . At their feet was the long deep basin of the River Jordan , running through a most luxuriant scene of cul- tivation into the Dead Sea : -Jericho and her groves were right over against them , on the further edge.
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... feet above the level of the surrounding platform , evidently left by design , for a particular purpose , and well answering to the account in 1 Kings , ch . vi . , where it is stated that " the door for the middle chamber was in the ...
... feet above the level of the surrounding platform , evidently left by design , for a particular purpose , and well answering to the account in 1 Kings , ch . vi . , where it is stated that " the door for the middle chamber was in the ...
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... feet in depth , has buried every trace of it . But though the surface of the hill may have somewhat changed , its general form and character is , and ever must be , the * Milman . LOWER POOL OF GIHON . WWAMFER same . On Our 58 MOUNT ZION .
... feet in depth , has buried every trace of it . But though the surface of the hill may have somewhat changed , its general form and character is , and ever must be , the * Milman . LOWER POOL OF GIHON . WWAMFER same . On Our 58 MOUNT ZION .
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... more prominent objects . On the extreme left of the * Dimensions from Robinson : -- Length along the centre Mean breadth Depth • 592 feet 260 37 + 2 on the Map . LONDON . GEORCE VIRTUE . We recog- view is seen 60 MOUNT ZION .
... more prominent objects . On the extreme left of the * Dimensions from Robinson : -- Length along the centre Mean breadth Depth • 592 feet 260 37 + 2 on the Map . LONDON . GEORCE VIRTUE . We recog- view is seen 60 MOUNT ZION .
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... flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallow'd feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit . " It was not without emotion , as we recalled these * View 4 on the Map . J.C.Bentley , so LONDON . GEORGE VIRTUL . lines , 72 MOUNT ZION .
... flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallow'd feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit . " It was not without emotion , as we recalled these * View 4 on the Map . J.C.Bentley , so LONDON . GEORGE VIRTUL . lines , 72 MOUNT ZION .
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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.