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«Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity»
«Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war . . .»
«It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.»
«The people should fight for the law as for their city wall»
Author: Heraclitus of Ephesus
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city wall
«And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.»
Author: Bible
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City of David, city wall, eastward, House of David, The Fountain, water gate
«Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.»
«All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.»
«Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.»
«Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; / And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.»
Author: Bible
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appertain, appertained, appertaining, city wall, governors, keeper, The Palace, timber
«A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which piled up in the west an airy city, wall heaped on wall, and battlement on battlement; the light was all withdrawn; the shining church turned cold and dark; the stream forgot to smile; the birds were silent; and the gloom of winter dwelt on everything.»
Author: Charles Dickens
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airy, battlement, battlements, city wall, gloom, heaped, Long Winter, The Long Dark, The Shining, withdrawn
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