History of the Assyrians, Chaledeans, Medes, Lydians and Carthaginians1850 - 327 Seiten |
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... king of Lycia , says : " 6 First , dire Chimera's conquest was enjoin'd , A mingled monster of no mortal kind ; Behind a dragon's fiery tail was spread ; A goat's rough body bore a lion's head Her pitchy nostrils flaky flames expire ...
... king of Lycia , says : " 6 First , dire Chimera's conquest was enjoin'd , A mingled monster of no mortal kind ; Behind a dragon's fiery tail was spread ; A goat's rough body bore a lion's head Her pitchy nostrils flaky flames expire ...
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... king of Assyria was greatly encouraged by an ancient prophecy , That Nineveh should never be taken until the river became its enemy ; and that when the Tigris overflowed its banks , and swept away about twenty furlongs of its wall , he ...
... king of Assyria was greatly encouraged by an ancient prophecy , That Nineveh should never be taken until the river became its enemy ; and that when the Tigris overflowed its banks , and swept away about twenty furlongs of its wall , he ...
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... king of Babel ; from which we may conclude that its origin is coeval with the earliest period of the Babylonian monarchy . The Na- har Malcha extended from Macepracta , on the Euphrates , to Seleucia , on the Tigris , and it was the ...
... king of Babel ; from which we may conclude that its origin is coeval with the earliest period of the Babylonian monarchy . The Na- har Malcha extended from Macepracta , on the Euphrates , to Seleucia , on the Tigris , and it was the ...
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... king of Persia , who did so in his indignation against the form of idolatry with which it had become associated . He describes the spot as a sacred inclosure , dedicated to Jupiter Belus , consisting of a regular square , of 1,000 feet ...
... king of Persia , who did so in his indignation against the form of idolatry with which it had become associated . He describes the spot as a sacred inclosure , dedicated to Jupiter Belus , consisting of a regular square , of 1,000 feet ...
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... kings concealed , for a season , the marks of the original de- vastation , and that now , the destruction of time and man have reduced it to nearly the same condition in which it appeared after the confusion . As it exists , it reminds ...
... kings concealed , for a season , the marks of the original de- vastation , and that now , the destruction of time and man have reduced it to nearly the same condition in which it appeared after the confusion . As it exists , it reminds ...
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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.