...marble have formed the floors, reminding us of the palace of Ahasuerus, where "the beds," or couches "were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue, and white and black marble ;" and all the furniture of the house was in full accordance with the imperial state of the sovereign....

...taken out of the temple, but purchased out of funds bequeathed for pious uses ; — " the beds are of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue, and white and black marble ; and all the officers of the house are appointed to do according to every man's pleasure." If young,...

...marble have formed the floors, reminding us of the palace of Ahasuertis, where "the beds," or couches "were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue, and while and black marble;" and all Ihe furniture of the house was in full accordance with the imperial...

...hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal...

...state of the arts at a remote period. In the description of the feast of Ahasuei-из it is said, " the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble;"}! to which we have a resemblance in the Egyptian practice, where a handsome pillow of coloured cotton,...

...blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings, and pillars of marble ; the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble." We may infer from this, that although the highways were frequently left unpaved in the ancient cities,...

...fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings, and pillars of marble ; and the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white and black marble. And the servants of the king gave the people royal wine in abundance, out of vessels of gold, diverse...

...gave a royal feast to his nobles, the beds, or, in other words, the triclinia, or banquetting couches, were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. (Esth. i., 6.) The voluptuous Egyptians, who exhausted their ingenuity in the invention of new luxuries...

...linen and purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble." The beds upon which the guests recline, are " of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue and black and white marble." Allow me to divert your attention from this scene, for a moment, to give you...

...hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; and that the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. The ruins at Persepolis, of the Chebel Minar, or palace of forty columns, may be supposed to furnish...