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Page 7
... height of thirty - nine feet the masonry is of a different character , and it is supposed by some that the lower part is a portion of the fortress erected by King David , or , according to others , of the Tower of Hippicus , built by ...
... height of thirty - nine feet the masonry is of a different character , and it is supposed by some that the lower part is a portion of the fortress erected by King David , or , according to others , of the Tower of Hippicus , built by ...
Page 23
... height of from one hundred and seventy to one hundred and eighty feet - a curious justification of a passage of Josephus , in which he describes the dizziness with which the spectator looked down into the valley beneath . The whole rock ...
... height of from one hundred and seventy to one hundred and eighty feet - a curious justification of a passage of Josephus , in which he describes the dizziness with which the spectator looked down into the valley beneath . The whole rock ...
Page 26
... height , having conjoined with it a great Sar L 1 2 1 ( LITH ented somes . 1 soetang 1 see at last the mighty front of the Temple rock , as the Twelve weer tæer marveled at the great stones which were still fresh from the chisel of 1 + ...
... height , having conjoined with it a great Sar L 1 2 1 ( LITH ented somes . 1 soetang 1 see at last the mighty front of the Temple rock , as the Twelve weer tæer marveled at the great stones which were still fresh from the chisel of 1 + ...
Page 30
... height of the bend in the outlet , it begins to flow through it , and continues to flow , on the syphon principle , until it has sunk in the basin to the point where the outlet begins . " From this well a path ascends to the north , to ...
... height of the bend in the outlet , it begins to flow through it , and continues to flow , on the syphon principle , until it has sunk in the basin to the point where the outlet begins . " From this well a path ascends to the north , to ...
Page 31
... height , adorned with four half - columns and capitals of the Ionic order , and a Doric frieze and architrave . The interior is now choked with stones and rubbish , thrown in by Jews , who never pass the monument without pelting it with ...
... height , adorned with four half - columns and capitals of the Ionic order , and a Doric frieze and architrave . The interior is now choked with stones and rubbish , thrown in by Jews , who never pass the monument without pelting it with ...
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