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... JEWISH CEMETERY RAILWAY STATION S. MARIA MAGGIORE CAMP S.EUSEBIO VIA TIBURTINA P.S.LORENZO SBIBNA TEMPLE OF MINERVA MEDICA TOMB S.LORENZO $ SQUATTRO INCORONATI S.GIO E PAOLA COEL S.M DELLA NAVICELLA SITE OF PORTA CAPENA IAN CLEMENTE S ...
... JEWISH CEMETERY RAILWAY STATION S. MARIA MAGGIORE CAMP S.EUSEBIO VIA TIBURTINA P.S.LORENZO SBIBNA TEMPLE OF MINERVA MEDICA TOMB S.LORENZO $ SQUATTRO INCORONATI S.GIO E PAOLA COEL S.M DELLA NAVICELLA SITE OF PORTA CAPENA IAN CLEMENTE S ...
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... Jews in the then desolate mausoleum of Augustus . It is by thus entwining the Roman sights with one another , till they become the continuous links of a story , that they are best fixed in the mind . They should also be read about , not ...
... Jews in the then desolate mausoleum of Augustus . It is by thus entwining the Roman sights with one another , till they become the continuous links of a story , that they are best fixed in the mind . They should also be read about , not ...
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... Jews ( out of flattery to the Colonna , their neigh- bours at the Ghetto ) , ' in a fire of dry thistles , till it was reduced to ashes , and no fibre of it remained . ' ' In the midst of the sepultures is a recess where Octavian was ...
... Jews ( out of flattery to the Colonna , their neigh- bours at the Ghetto ) , ' in a fire of dry thistles , till it was reduced to ashes , and no fibre of it remained . ' ' In the midst of the sepultures is a recess where Octavian was ...
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... Jews expressed a wish to hear from S. Paul himself a statement of his religious sentiments , adding that the Christian sect was everywhere spoken against . A day was fixed for the meeting at his private lodging . ... The Jews came in ...
... Jews expressed a wish to hear from S. Paul himself a statement of his religious sentiments , adding that the Christian sect was everywhere spoken against . A day was fixed for the meeting at his private lodging . ... The Jews came in ...
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... Jewish Temple . In mediaeval times it was called the Arch of the Seven Candlesticks ( Septem lucernarum ) from the bas - relief of the candle- stick , concerning which Gregorovius remarks that the fantastic figures carved upon it prove ...
... Jewish Temple . In mediaeval times it was called the Arch of the Seven Candlesticks ( Septem lucernarum ) from the bas - relief of the candle- stick , concerning which Gregorovius remarks that the fantastic figures carved upon it prove ...
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adorned altar Ampère ancient Ancient Rome Antoninus Pius Ara-Coeli arch Arch of Titus Augustus avait Aventine bas-reliefs basilica Basilica Julia beautiful Borghese bronze building built buried Caesar Caligula called Capitol Capitoline Cardinal Catacombs Cenci century chapel Christ Christian church Claudius Clement Coliseum Colonna columns Commodus Constantine Corso death Domitian emperor entrance erected famous figure Forum fountain Francesca frescoes galleries garden Gregory Hadrian hill Hist honour inscription Jews Julia Julius Julius Caesar Jupiter Lateran magnificent marble Maria martyrs monument mosaic murder Nero occupied Ovid painted palace Palatine Palazzo Paul Peter Piazza di Spagna picture Pietro Pietro da Cortona Pius Pope Porta portico portrait qu'il Quirinal rebuilt remains represented Roma Roman Rome Romulus rooms rostra ruins Sacra sacred saint sculptured senate Septimius Severus Severus side staircase statue street temple Tiberius Titus tomb Trajan tribune Vespasian Vesta Via Appia Via Sacra Villa Virgin walls
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Page 185 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 107 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Page 57 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 57 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 4 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, — Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within...
Page 157 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 59 - Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive...
Page 291 - There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone. Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown: What was this tower of strength? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ?— A woman's grave.* c.
Page 253 - Who have for my life laid down their own necks : unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Page 173 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.