History of the Assyrians, Chaledeans, Medes, Lydians and Carthaginians1850 - 327 Seiten |
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... build a very lofty tower . " Go to , " said they , " let us build us a city and a tower , whose top may reach unto ... building but the object , which was displeas- ing in the sight of the Almighty ; and hence CHAPTER II TOPOGRAPHICAL ...
... build a very lofty tower . " Go to , " said they , " let us build us a city and a tower , whose top may reach unto ... building but the object , which was displeas- ing in the sight of the Almighty ; and hence CHAPTER II TOPOGRAPHICAL ...
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... building of a lofty tower is applicable , in the most re- markable manner , to the wide and level plains of Babylonia . In that plain no object exists , different to another , to guide the stranger in his journeying ; and which , in ...
... building of a lofty tower is applicable , in the most re- markable manner , to the wide and level plains of Babylonia . In that plain no object exists , different to another , to guide the stranger in his journeying ; and which , in ...
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... building , of whatever kind , must have been built of brick , and cemented in the manner mentioned in Scripture . " And they had brick for stone , and slime had they for mortar , " Gen. xi . 3 . It is generally supposed , that this ...
... building , of whatever kind , must have been built of brick , and cemented in the manner mentioned in Scripture . " And they had brick for stone , and slime had they for mortar , " Gen. xi . 3 . It is generally supposed , that this ...
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... building is most interesting , on account of the appearance which it presents . It is a straight wall , that seems ... buildings , which were once , perhaps , the chambers of royalty , are now the haunts of jackals , and other ferocious ...
... building is most interesting , on account of the appearance which it presents . It is a straight wall , that seems ... buildings , which were once , perhaps , the chambers of royalty , are now the haunts of jackals , and other ferocious ...
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... building , ' ex- actly similar to the brick pile . At the foot of the mound a step may be traced , scarcely elevated above the plain , exceed- ing in extent , by several feet each way , the true , or measured base ; and there is a ...
... building , ' ex- actly similar to the brick pile . At the foot of the mound a step may be traced , scarcely elevated above the plain , exceed- ing in extent , by several feet each way , the true , or measured base ; and there is a ...
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Seite 54 - And 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.
Seite 120 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Seite 119 - O'erflow thy courts: the Light himself shall shine Revealed, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ! But fixed his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns ! ALEXANDER POPE.
Seite 167 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Seite 168 - And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass...
Seite 194 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Seite 64 - No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Seite 101 - And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
Seite 144 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Seite 115 - Jehoiakim king of Judah ; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.