What the ark of the covenant was to the armies that marched in the wilderness, or the cross of St. Peter to the pilgrims approaching Rome, that the great dome, towering cloud ward in the perpetual blue, was to the wondering eye of the soldier as his glance first fell upon it; that it was for monthsyes, ever afteron the plains of Arlington and in the deadly exhalations of the Chickahominy.

Turning over the picture of the ark with too much haste, I unhappily made a breach in its ingenious fabricdriving my inconsiderate fingers right through the two larger quadrupedsthe elephant, and the camelthat stare (as well they might) out of the two last windows next the steerage in that unique piece of naval architecture.

He stopped to have a good look at this first one of the Pymeut caches, for this modest edifice, like a Noah's Ark on four legs, was not a habitation, but a storehouse, and was perched so high, not for fear of floods, but for fear of dogs and mice.

Were you telling me you came over here to get married, or did I dream it?" "'Ark at him," said the blushing Mr. Kemp, as Mrs. Bradshaw shook her head at the offender and told him to behave himself.

As the great event of David's reign was the removal of the Ark to Jerusalem, so the culminating glory of Solomon was the dedication of the Temple he had built to the worship of Jehovah.

And the priests set the Ark in the house of our Lord in the oracle of the temple, in sancta sanctorum, under the wings of cherubim.

If it comes to that, the owner himself never confided in me just what the large idea was in buying this ark for a plaything.

It was during this period that the Philistines had carried away the sacred ark from Shiloh, and had overrun the country and oppressed the Hebrews, who it seems had fallen into idolatry, worshipping Ashtaroth and other strange gods.

Soon the princess will perceive The ark among the flags, and give Command to her attendant maid That its contents shall be display'd.

The description of the construction of the ark in Genesis 6:14-16 is not only closely parallel to that found in the Babylonian account, but the methodthe smearing of the ark within and without with bitumenis peculiar to the Tigris-Euphrates valley.

Q. When Pharaoh's daughter saw the ark amongst the flags, what did she do?

The leader of a war party and his attendant bore the ark by turns, but they never set it on the ground nor would they themselves sit on the bare earth while they were carrying it against the enemy.

The Smithsons had a "matted dounga," and she "walked away" from our heavier ark down the winding Sind at a great pace.

The introduction of the ark into the ceremonies of Freemasonry evidently is in reference to its loss and recovery; and hence its symbolism is to be interpreted as connected with the masonic idea of loss and recovery, which always alludes to a loss of life and a recovery of immortality.

In the mean time I am lying around loose on the deck of this magnificent vessel, the Mercy G. Tarbox, of Nantucket, bred by Noah's Ark out of Pilot-boat, dam by Mudscow out of Raging Canawl.

The Talmud informs us that Noah had no other light in the ark than that which came from precious stones.

Ararat is celebrated as the resting-place of Noah's ark after the Deluge, and as the spot whence the descendants of Noah peopled the earth.