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... entered the city ; and , having extirpated the inhabitants , became masters of the country , where David built a city , and Solomon dedicated a temple . See Joshua vi . 3. 20 , 21 . 3 Moses introduced a system of religion very different ...
... entered the city ; and , having extirpated the inhabitants , became masters of the country , where David built a city , and Solomon dedicated a temple . See Joshua vi . 3. 20 , 21 . 3 Moses introduced a system of religion very different ...
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... entered their temple . It is a fact well known , that he found no image , no statue , no symbolical representation of the Deity : the whole presented a naked dome ; the sanctuary was unadorned and simple . By Pompey's order the walls of ...
... entered their temple . It is a fact well known , that he found no image , no statue , no symbolical representation of the Deity : the whole presented a naked dome ; the sanctuary was unadorned and simple . By Pompey's order the walls of ...
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... . The natural causes which led to the destruction of Jerusalem have been in some degree explained al- ready , but may with propriety be retouched in this place , when we are entering on a siege that 36 APPENDIX . - BOOK V.
... . The natural causes which led to the destruction of Jerusalem have been in some degree explained al- ready , but may with propriety be retouched in this place , when we are entering on a siege that 36 APPENDIX . - BOOK V.
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus. place , when we are entering on a siege that terminated in the ruin of a devoted people . The mad ambition of Caligula to have his statue placed in the temple was the first occurrence that roused the ...
Publius Cornelius Tacitus. place , when we are entering on a siege that terminated in the ruin of a devoted people . The mad ambition of Caligula to have his statue placed in the temple was the first occurrence that roused the ...
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... entered Jerusalem to the most barba- rous cruelties , and the most violent acts of depredation , he continued in the city to practise the same horrible outrages , till the people resolved to call in another ty- rant to their assistance ...
... entered Jerusalem to the most barba- rous cruelties , and the most violent acts of depredation , he continued in the city to practise the same horrible outrages , till the people resolved to call in another ty- rant to their assistance ...
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Seite 267 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his...
Seite 39 - 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!
Seite 91 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Seite 289 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of.
Seite 159 - The punishing of wits enhances their authority," saith the Viscount St. Albans, "and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.
Seite 265 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Seite 3 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Seite 265 - I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is therefore not of the body?
Seite 56 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Seite 123 - ... wearing apparel. The slave obeys, and the state of servitude extends no further. All domestic affairs are managed by the master's wife and children. To punish a slave with stripes, to load him with chains, or condemn him to hard labour, is unusual.