That temple; it was arranged as an octagon; its length double its breadth; entrances on all four quarters of temple; enormous mirrors covering six of the eight walls (there were no mirrors in the East and West or in the western halves of the South and North sides).
There were an altar and two obelisks in the temple; a lamp above the altar; and other furniture.
Kiblah -- any point to which one turns to pray, as Mecca is the Kiblah of the Mohometan.
"It shall not fade," etc. It has not hitherto been practicable to carry out this command."
The language is here so obvious and so inane that one is bound to suspect a deeper sense. It sounds as bad as "the last winking Virgin" or St. Januarius.
That temple; it was arranged as an octagon; its length double its breadth; entrances on all four quarters of temple; enormous mirrors covering six of the eight walls (there were no mirrors in the East and West or in the western halves of the South and North sides).
There were an altar and two obelisks in the temple; a lamp above the altar; and other furniture.
Kiblah -- any point to which one turns to pray, as Mecca is the Kiblah of the Mohometan.
"It shall not fade," etc. It has not hitherto been practicable to carry out this command."