Universal History, ancient and modern; from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801, Band 2 |
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... metropolis , which was regarded as the centre of God's worship , and his peculiar habitation : and Christian writers have deemed it worthy of the same honour , as being the scene on which the coequal Son of God accomplished the great ...
... metropolis , which was regarded as the centre of God's worship , and his peculiar habitation : and Christian writers have deemed it worthy of the same honour , as being the scene on which the coequal Son of God accomplished the great ...
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... metropolis it- But now those works are overthrown , and their fragments ap- pear like a succession of huge rocks . About half a mile east of the town is a curious pyramidal hill , so improved by art , that its steepness renders it ...
... metropolis it- But now those works are overthrown , and their fragments ap- pear like a succession of huge rocks . About half a mile east of the town is a curious pyramidal hill , so improved by art , that its steepness renders it ...
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... metropolis of the Holy Land . Jerusalem was formerly divided into four parts , each enclosed with separate walls , viz . The old city of Jebus , situated on Mount Zion , where David and his successors resided ; the lower city ...
... metropolis of the Holy Land . Jerusalem was formerly divided into four parts , each enclosed with separate walls , viz . The old city of Jebus , situated on Mount Zion , where David and his successors resided ; the lower city ...
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William Fordyce Mavor. This once rich and stately metropolis is at pre- sent reduced to a thinly inhabited town , of about three miles in circumference . It stands in 31 deg . 48 min . of north latitude , and 35 deg . 34 min . of east ...
William Fordyce Mavor. This once rich and stately metropolis is at pre- sent reduced to a thinly inhabited town , of about three miles in circumference . It stands in 31 deg . 48 min . of north latitude , and 35 deg . 34 min . of east ...
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... metropolis of Palestine . The Philistines , alarmed at David's increasing power , made a sudden inroad into Bethlehem , and garrisoned it with their own forces , before he was able to make suitable preparations against them . But their ...
... metropolis of Palestine . The Philistines , alarmed at David's increasing power , made a sudden inroad into Bethlehem , and garrisoned it with their own forces , before he was able to make suitable preparations against them . But their ...
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