Ruins of sacred and historic lands. Babylon, Nineveh &c1852 |
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الصفحة 9
... stones left one upon an- other ! The ambition of the old Babel - builders was well directed for this world . There are but two strong con- querors of the forgetfulness of men , Poetry and Archi- tecture ; and the latter in some sort ...
... stones left one upon an- other ! The ambition of the old Babel - builders was well directed for this world . There are but two strong con- querors of the forgetfulness of men , Poetry and Archi- tecture ; and the latter in some sort ...
الصفحة 10
... stone , and slime had they for mortar . And they said , 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 . " Their aim gives ...
... stone , and slime had they for mortar . And they said , 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 . " Their aim gives ...
الصفحة 20
... stone or impressed in brick , and were by no means adapted for current writ- ing . An ingenious suggestion has been recently thrown out , by which their intimate connection with the early brick - makers of the Asiatic plains is rendered ...
... stone or impressed in brick , and were by no means adapted for current writ- ing . An ingenious suggestion has been recently thrown out , by which their intimate connection with the early brick - makers of the Asiatic plains is rendered ...
الصفحة 22
... Stone inscription existed , with parallel inscription or translations ; and so dubious was the whole inquiry , that it even remained open to question , if the markings impressed on the bricks , and hewn on the sculptures and rocks of ...
... Stone inscription existed , with parallel inscription or translations ; and so dubious was the whole inquiry , that it even remained open to question , if the markings impressed on the bricks , and hewn on the sculptures and rocks of ...
الصفحة 25
... stone tablets or rocks . At Nimroud , the cursive writing was found on part of an alabaster vase , and on fragments of pottery , taken out of the rubbish covering the ruins . On the alabaster vase it accompa- nied an inscription in the ...
... stone tablets or rocks . At Nimroud , the cursive writing was found on part of an alabaster vase , and on fragments of pottery , taken out of the rubbish covering the ruins . On the alabaster vase it accompa- nied an inscription in the ...
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Adjunta ages amid ancient antiquities appear Asia Asiatic Assyrian Babylon Babylonian beautiful believed bricks builders building caves centuries character Cholula civilization Cloth extra creed cuneiform deity desolate discovered discovery divine dynasty early earth Edom Egyp Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology Ellora empire Engravings evidence excavations feet Foolscap 8vo furnish gilt leaves Greek heaps heaven hieroglyphic historian human hundred Idumea Indians inscriptions interesting investigation Jerusalem Judah Khorsabad king labour land Layard Major Rawlinson Manetho ments Mexican mighty modern monarch monuments Morocco mound nations native Nile Nimroud Nineveh ornaments Osiris palaces peculiar period Pompeii probably pyramid of Cholula pyramids race records reign relics remains remarkable Roman Rome Rosetta Stone Royal Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Samian ware scene sculptures seems Shinar singular stone strange symbol temple thou tion tombs traces tumuli Typhon Uxmal vast walls whole worship
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الصفحة 58 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
الصفحة 98 - Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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 40 - Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
الصفحة 111 - 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 99 - 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 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. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd...
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 47 - Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom , being about threescore and two years old.
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.