 | 1830 - 426 pàgines
...is erected ; the cave too of Machpclah, at Hebron, s covered by a large and ancient mosque, and ill around, the soil is held inviolable. The cave is in...century, not more than two or three Europeans are criown, either by daring or bribery, to have visited it ; the last was an Italian Count, a traveller,... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 262 pàgines
...than this. Over that of David and Solomon, on the declivity of Zion, a mosque is erected ; the cave of Machpelah, at Hebron, is covered by a large and...traveller, who by paying very high, was allowed by his guides to tread the floor of the mosque, and descend into the obscurity of the hallowed cavern ; this... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 pàgines
...than this. Over that of David and Solomon, on the declivity of Zion, a mosque is erected ; the cave of Machpelah, at Hebron, is covered by a large and...traveller, who by paying very high, was allowed by his guides to tread the floor of the mosque, and descend into the obscurity of the hallowed cavern ; this... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pàgines
...Jew nor Christian is now allowed to enter. Mr. Came says, " This cave has been covered by the Turks by a large and ancient mosque, and all around the...edifice; its dark and deep entrance only is visible. The cave is said by the Turks to be deep and very spacious, cut out of the solid rock, and that the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1856 - 780 pàgines
...Hittite, for a burial-place for his wife Sarah. (Gen. xxxiii. 8.) This cave has been covered by the Turks, "by a large and ancient mosque ; and all around the...entrance only is visible, and it is rarely entered The cave is said by the Turks to be deep and very spacious, cut out of the solid rock, and that the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1856 - 780 pàgines
...for a burial-place for his wife Sarah. (Gen. xxxiii. 8.) This cave has been covered by the Turks, " by a large and ancient mosque ; and all around the...; its dark and deep entrance only is visible, and h is rarely entered The cave is said by the Turks to be deep and very spacious, cut out of the solid... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1858 - 364 pàgines
...by a large and ancient mosque, and all around the soil is held inviolable. The cave is in the centre of the edifice ; its dark and deep entrance only is...rarely entered, even by the steps of the faithful. For upwards of a century, not more than two or three Europeans are known, either by daring or bribery,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1872 - 776 pàgines
...mosque ; and all around the soil is held inviolable. The cave is in the middle of the interior of ihe edifice ; its dark and deep entrance only is visible, and it is rarely entered The cave is said by the Turks to be deep and very spacious, cut out of the solid rock, and that the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1877 - 776 pàgines
...cave has been covered by the Turks, "by a large and antient mosque ; and all around the soil is belJ inviolable. The cave is in the middle of the interior of the edifice j its dark «nd deep entrance only is visible, and it is j rarely entered The cave is said by the Turks... | |
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Hebron, is covered by a large and ancient mosque, and all around the soil is held inviolable. The cave is in the middle of the interior of the edifice ; its dark and deep entrance only is visible, and it is rarely entered, even by the steps of the faithful.... 