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... and conformed to the lills over which it passes , massive in appearance , but in reality very far from substantial ; it was built in the sixteenth century , and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date .
... and conformed to the lills over which it passes , massive in appearance , but in reality very far from substantial ; it was built in the sixteenth century , and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date .
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It is the Stone of Unction , on which it is said the body of our Lord tras laid from anointing when taken from the Cross . Notwithstanding the fact that the str.De har often been charged , that it belonged at one time to the Corts ...
It is the Stone of Unction , on which it is said the body of our Lord tras laid from anointing when taken from the Cross . Notwithstanding the fact that the str.De har often been charged , that it belonged at one time to the Corts ...
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The dead were lying in heaps , even upon the Stone of Unction , and I saw full four hundred wretched people , dead and living , heaped promiscuously one upon another — in some places about five feet high . ” * In making the tour of the ...
The dead were lying in heaps , even upon the Stone of Unction , and I saw full four hundred wretched people , dead and living , heaped promiscuously one upon another — in some places about five feet high . ” * In making the tour of the ...
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Not much beyond a stone's - throw from the Holy of holies itself , in the ir net of the busiest and most sacred portion of the city , we are , according to this live logine " the place Golgotha , ” where malefactors were publicly put to ...
Not much beyond a stone's - throw from the Holy of holies itself , in the ir net of the busiest and most sacred portion of the city , we are , according to this live logine " the place Golgotha , ” where malefactors were publicly put to ...
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On the floor of the cavern is a slab of stone covering the Well of Spirits , from whence , on the Day of Judgment , all souls will be brought up , to appear before the throne of God , which will be planted upon the rock .
On the floor of the cavern is a slab of stone covering the Well of Spirits , from whence , on the Day of Judgment , all souls will be brought up , to appear before the throne of God , which will be planted upon the rock .
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| Title | Cities of the world, Volume 3 Cities of the world, Edwin Hodder |
| Author | Edwin Hodder |
| Published | 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2006 |
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