HOUSES
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Antiquity of
Deep and solid foundations required for
Sometimes built without foundation
In cities, built in streets
Often built on city walls
Accessible from the outside
The courts of, large and used as apartments
Entered by a gate or door
Doors of, low and small for safety
Doors of, how fastened
Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
Walls of, plastered
Serpents often lodged in walls of
Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
Had often several stories
Divided into apartments
Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments
Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
Lighted by windows
Street windows of, high and dangerous
When finished were usually dedicated
For summer residence
Liable to leprosy
Not to be coveted
Were hired
Were mortgaged
Were sold
Law respecting the sale of
Of criminals, desolated
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges
BUILT OF
Clay
Bricks
Stone and wood
Hewn or cut stone
THE FLAT ROOFS OF
Surrounded with battlements
Had often booths on them
Had often idolatrous altars on them
Used for drying flax
Used for exercise
Used for devotion
Used for making proclamations
Used for secret conference
Resorted to in grief
Often covered with week grass
APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN
Large and airy
Ceiled and painted
Inlaid with ivory
Hung with rich tapestries
Warmed with fires
OF THE RICH
OF BRICK OR CLAY
Plastered
Easily broken through
Often swept away by torrents
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the body
Of the grave
Of the church
Of saints' inheritance
(On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites
(On a rock,) of the hope of saints
(Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
(Building of,) of great prosperity
(Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
(To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings