 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...drops that tall conflantly into it. f But the molt furpriftng thing belonging to thcfe fubterrancou* chambers was their doors ; of which there is only...as it were on purpofe to puzzle the beholders. It confided of a plank of ftone of about fix inches in thicknefs, and in its other dimenfions equalling... | |
 | Edward Wells - Bible - 1801 - 394 pages
...channel cut in the floor, which ferved to drain the drops that fell conftantly into it. But the moft furprifing thing belonging to thefe fubterraneous chambers was their doors ; of which there was only one remaining entire, being left as it were on purpofe to puzzle the beholders. It confifted... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Palestine - 1824 - 398 pages
...drops that fall constantly into it. " But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers was their doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left as it were on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness,... | |
 | English essays - 1826 - 696 pages
...constantly into it. " But the most surprizing thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers was the doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left as it were on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness,... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 542 pages
...fall constantly into it. • • • But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers was their doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left as it were on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness,... | |
 | Henry Maundrell - Jerusalem - 1836 - 294 pages
...drops that fall constantly into it. But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers was their doors ; of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left as it were on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness,... | |
 | Bible - 1840 - 408 pages
...drops that fall constantly into it. " But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers was their doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging. It consisted of a plank of stone about six inches in thickness, and in its other dimensions equalling... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 pages
...Sepulchre of the Kings, near Jerusalem. " The most surprising thing belonging to these subterranean chambers was their doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left as it were on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness... | |
 | George Fisk - Eretz Israel - 1845 - 562 pages
...drops that fall constantly into it. But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterraneous chambers, was their doors, of which there is only...one that remains hanging, being left, as it were, on purpose to puzzle beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone, of about six inches in thickness, and... | |
 | Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier, Elers Napier - Eretz Israel - 1847 - 442 pages
...David. (2 Chron. xxxii. 33.) * * * * " But the most surprising thing belonging to these subterranean chambers was their doors, of which there is only one that remains hanging, being left, as it were, on purpose to puzzle the beholders. It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness,... | |
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It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness, and in its other dimensions equalling the size of an ordinary door, or somewhat less. It was carved in such a manner, as to resemble a piece of wainscot. The stone of which it was made... 
