Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia, with an Account of the Recent Researches in Those CountriesHall, Virtue & Company, 1855 - 542 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 15
... says ( Daniel iv . v . 30 ) , " Is not this great Babylon that I have built ? " Yet it does not follow necessarily that in either case the city was more than rebuilt , or adorned with greater and more sur- passing ornaments than it had ...
... says ( Daniel iv . v . 30 ) , " Is not this great Babylon that I have built ? " Yet it does not follow necessarily that in either case the city was more than rebuilt , or adorned with greater and more sur- passing ornaments than it had ...
الصفحة 17
... say , that the Lycus separates the Babylonian territory in which Arbela was , from the Assyrian in which Nineveh stood ... says , Inter quam Al Mosul et Ninivem pons tantùm intercedit ; " and Salucha , who was sent by the Nestorians to ...
... say , that the Lycus separates the Babylonian territory in which Arbela was , from the Assyrian in which Nineveh stood ... says , Inter quam Al Mosul et Ninivem pons tantùm intercedit ; " and Salucha , who was sent by the Nestorians to ...
الصفحة 20
... says that Teutamus , the twenty- third king of Nineveh , sent Memnon with a body of troops to aid the Trojans . It would seem also probable from a passage in Herodotus , that there must have been at least two Assyrian dynasties ; for he ...
... says that Teutamus , the twenty- third king of Nineveh , sent Memnon with a body of troops to aid the Trojans . It would seem also probable from a passage in Herodotus , that there must have been at least two Assyrian dynasties ; for he ...
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... says Mr. Layard ( vol . i . , p . 90 ) , " in the midst of wide - spreading flocks of sheep and camels . As far as the eye could reach , to the right , to the left , and in front , still the same moving crowd . Long lines of asses and ...
... says Mr. Layard ( vol . i . , p . 90 ) , " in the midst of wide - spreading flocks of sheep and camels . As far as the eye could reach , to the right , to the left , and in front , still the same moving crowd . Long lines of asses and ...
الصفحة 29
... say or do . " It may be easily imagined that with such a people education has made little or no progress , and that ... says Malcolm , " to ask a chief of one of the tribes what ruins were those upon the right of our road ? " His eyes ...
... say or do . " It may be easily imagined that with such a people education has made little or no progress , and that ... says Malcolm , " to ask a chief of one of the tribes what ruins were those upon the right of our road ? " His eyes ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 6 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
الصفحة 112 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
الصفحة 368 - As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man and the face of a lion, on the right side : and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four also had the face of an eagle.
الصفحة 109 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
الصفحة 71 - And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
الصفحة 137 - I was advised by a sage to humble myself before God; to distrust my own strength; and never to despise the most contemptible foe. I have neglected these lessons ; and my neglect has been deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit, of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my feet; and I said in my heart, surely thou art the king of the world, the greatest and most invincible of warriors. These armies are no longer mine; and in the...
الصفحة 32 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
الصفحة 32 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
الصفحة 78 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; in the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
الصفحة 70 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.