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الصفحة 32
... which bear a considerable resem- blance to the pyramidal tower of Birs , so that it seems reasonable to conclude that these are the relics of the vast temples once devoted to the rites of that long extinct and forgotten faith .
... which bear a considerable resem- blance to the pyramidal tower of Birs , so that it seems reasonable to conclude that these are the relics of the vast temples once devoted to the rites of that long extinct and forgotten faith .
الصفحة 33
Whether we look to sacred or profane history , scarcely any relic of the former site of human habitations , royal palaces , and pagan temples , can equal in interest the ruins of ancient Babylon . Leaving those early sacred narrations ...
Whether we look to sacred or profane history , scarcely any relic of the former site of human habitations , royal palaces , and pagan temples , can equal in interest the ruins of ancient Babylon . Leaving those early sacred narrations ...
الصفحة 34
This most interesting relic belongs to the period of Artaxerxes , the first , as is pre- sumed , who ascended the throne 465 years before Christ . Another example similar to this had been previously noted . It is on an alabaster vase ...
This most interesting relic belongs to the period of Artaxerxes , the first , as is pre- sumed , who ascended the throne 465 years before Christ . Another example similar to this had been previously noted . It is on an alabaster vase ...
الصفحة 35
When contrasted with these records of the world's first empires , how mean and insignificant do the relics of our most ancient cities and kingdoms appear . We speak of the 15th century as of a remote era , and regard the 10th and 11th ...
When contrasted with these records of the world's first empires , how mean and insignificant do the relics of our most ancient cities and kingdoms appear . We speak of the 15th century as of a remote era , and regard the 10th and 11th ...
الصفحة 53
Though completely dis- tinct in character and style from the monuments of Egypt , these relics of old Assyrian art still present such affini- ties to them as might be anticipated from the productions NINEVEH . 53.
Though completely dis- tinct in character and style from the monuments of Egypt , these relics of old Assyrian art still present such affini- ties to them as might be anticipated from the productions NINEVEH . 53.
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الصفحة 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
الصفحة 113 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
الصفحة 10 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
الصفحة 101 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth...
الصفحة 55 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
الصفحة 58 - So the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
الصفحة 45 - BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
الصفحة 13 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
الصفحة 364 - And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David) ; to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
الصفحة 40 - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.