The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . n was gained to still other halls, lined every-where by the endless record. The mind grows dizzywith the thought of the splendor,—the processions ofsatraps and eunuchs and tributary kings winding upthe stair and pouring in a radiant stream throughthe halls,—the gold and embroidery,—the ivory andthe sumptuous furniture,—the pearls and the hang-ings. Nor let it be supposed it was merely barbaricsplendor. In modern times, in Italy, memorialshave been discovered of a refined people who wereprecursors of the Roman power,—delicate vases, andgold and
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . n was gained to still other halls, lined every-where by the endless record. The mind grows dizzywith the thought of the splendor,—the processions ofsatraps and eunuchs and tributary kings winding upthe stair and pouring in a radiant stream throughthe halls,—the gold and embroidery,—the ivory andthe sumptuous furniture,—the pearls and the hang-ings. Nor let it be supposed it was merely barbaricsplendor. In modern times, in Italy, memorialshave been discovered of a refined people who wereprecursors of the Roman power,—delicate vases, andgold and silver chased in forms of grace, for whichthe beholder finds no word but perfect. The oldEtruscan art is believed to-day to have been trans-planted from Assyria. Architecture found in thebalconies of Nineveh the beautiful Ionic distinction of all, it is believed that sculp-ture, the art of arts,—the white Phidian blossom, sopure and peerless in the chaplet of ancient Greece,budded in the chambers of the Assyrian
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