. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . y Jew, wheresoever living,to be paid to the temple of Jupiter, on the capitol, whichthey had formerly paid to the temple of Jerusalem. Suchof the Jews, however, as were not destroyed within thecity, still remained in Judea; they were again encouragedby false prophets to rebel, till they were banished by Adrianfrom their native soil, and cruelly persecuted in every coun-try under his sway. About the year 362, the Emperor Julian, called the Apos-tate, endeavoured to rebuild the temple
. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . y Jew, wheresoever living,to be paid to the temple of Jupiter, on the capitol, whichthey had formerly paid to the temple of Jerusalem. Suchof the Jews, however, as were not destroyed within thecity, still remained in Judea; they were again encouragedby false prophets to rebel, till they were banished by Adrianfrom their native soil, and cruelly persecuted in every coun-try under his sway. About the year 362, the Emperor Julian, called the Apos-tate, endeavoured to rebuild the temple ; but its foundations,which were then visible, were destroyed and entirely dis-persed by an earthquake. A Turkish mosque now standsin the centre of the site of the temple, and the Mahomme-dans, on payraentof a certain tribute, permit some Christianmonasteries within the walls. Mrs. Jiustin. The whole history of the Jews is veryinteresting, from the days of Abraham, who entertainedangels,^ to the present day, when his descendants are scat-tered over all the world. * See cut on p. 120. AUSTIN HALL. 127 iiV-n. CHAPTER X. MONDAY EVENING. Florence, I think, papa, you said that the story youpromised us on Saturday evening was about Haroon alRasheed. Was there ever such a person, or is he onlythe hero of the Arabian Nights ? Mr. Jiustin. Tlie khahf Haroon was surnamed AlRasheed from his love of justice : he was the contemporaryof Charlemagne, whom he equalled in ability and power,and much exceeded in magnificence ; for the court of the 128 AUSTIN HALL. French Emperor was rude and barbarous, whilst that ofBagdad was the model of the oriental luxury which is por-trayed in so lively a manner in the Arabian Tales. AlRasheed was in correspondence with Charlemagne, andsent him, in token of esteem, a tent, a water clock, an ele-phant, and the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. Mmy. Then he had possession of Judea. Mr. Austin. Yes, his dominions comprehended Pales-tine, Asia Minor, and Egypt. The Gr
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