 These are excavated deep in the earth ; and contain on either hand, as you enter, the bodies of the dead, buried in the wall. It is all so dark there, that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled, — 'Let them go down quick into hell.  The Architectural History of the Christian Church - Page 4by Arthur George Hill - 1908 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 874 pages
...of the dead buried in the wall It is all so dark there that the language of the prophet (Ps. Iv. 15) seems to be fulfilled, ' Let them go down quick into...then not so much through a window as through a hole. You take each step with caution, as, surrounded by deep night, yon recall the words of Virgil — "... | |
 | John William Burgon - Catacombs - 1862 - 478 pages
...either hand, as you enter, the bodies of the dead, buried in the wall. It is all so dark there, that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled,...then, not so much through a window as through a hole." • He speaks of a shaft. Jerome says that it reminded him of a passage in Virgil : — " A nameless... | |
 | John William Burgon - Catacombs - 1862 - 456 pages
...either hand, as you enter, the hodies of the dead, buried in the wall. It is all so dark there, that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled,...then, not so much through a window as through a hole." " He speaks of a shaft. Jerome says that it reminded him of a passage in Virgil : — " A nameless... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1870 - 528 pages
...walla on either side as you enter, are full of the bodies of the dead. It is all so dark there, that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled, Let them go down alive into hell. Here and there a little light, admitted from above, suffices to give a momentary relief... | |
 | John Henry Parker - Architecture, Roman - 1877 - 384 pages
...all so dark there, that the language of the I'lophel seems to be fulfilled : — 'Let them go duwn quick into hell.' Only occasionally is light let in...not so much through a window as through a hole'." He speaks also of the shafts called Ittmitiaria, and says that it reminded him of a passage in Virgil... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Catacombs - 1877 - 234 pages
...either hand, as you enter, the bodies of the dead, buried in the wall. So great is the darkness that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled, — ' Let them go down quick into hell.' Here and there a little light from above relieves for a brief space the horror of the darkness ; but... | |
 | Palestine - 1883 - 250 pages
...enter, the bodies of the dead buried in the wall.' After speaking of the dreadful darkness, he says, 'Only occasionally is light let in to mitigate the...then not so much through a window as through .a hole. You take each step with caution, surrounded by deep night.' " " Oh, I was thinking he was a very lucky... | |
 | Albert Walkley - Church history - 1897 - 180 pages
...either hand, as you enter, the bodies of the dead buried in the wall. It is all so dark there that the language of the prophet seems to be fulfilled, ' Let them go down quick into Hades.' Only occasionally is the light let in to mitigate the horror of the gloom, and then not so... | |
 | 1889 - 488 pages
...language of the prophet (Psalm Iv. 15) seems to be fulfilled, 'Let them go quick down into hell.' Ouly occasionally is light let in to mitigate the horror...then not so much, through a window as through a hole. You take eich step with caution as, surrounded by deep night, you recall the words of Virgil : 'Horror... | |
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