The question is asked of Nineveh, " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea ? Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite.... Travels in Mesopotamia - Seite 56von James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 571 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd - 1797 - 310 Seiten
...alliances and our fleets—but God has prepared the canker-worm, and will smite the gourds of our pride. " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate...the waters round about it, whose rampart was the Sea ? Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite : Put and Lubim were her helpers. Yet she... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 Seiten
...scarcely a doubt of the identity of Thebes of Egypt, with the No-Amon mentioned by the prophet Nahum: "Art thou better than populous No, that was situate...away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and... | |
| George Mogridge - 1799 - 368 Seiten
...scarcely a doubt of the identity of Thebes of Egypt, with the NoAmon mentioned by the prophet Nahum : " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate...Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite : Poland Lubim were thy helpers. Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity : her young children... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 Seiten
...bemoan her, as hired mourner» at a funeral ? Whence »hall I seek comforters for • thec l Art tliou better than populous No, that was situate among the...rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea ? that is, Лттоп, or 7'hebes, (a fine city in Egypt) famous for 9 it» hundred gates, and the... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 Seiten
...had the watery to environ it, and in defenced with that great and sea-like lake ot ) llI. H Art thmi better than populous No, that was situate among the...that had the waters round about it, whose rampart wa* the arit, and her wall wa^/iw/i the sea * III. ;i Kthiopia and Kfj/pt were her strength, and it... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 Seiten
...thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her ? whence shall I seek comforters for thee ? Art thou better than populous No, that was situate...away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the. top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and... | |
| Catherine Housman - 1821 - 462 Seiten
...the well-favored harlot;" (Bel) " Art thou" (comparing Nineveh) " better than populous No, (Amori) that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters...about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was the sea? Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite. Yet was she carried away, she went... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 Seiten
...and say, Nineveh is laid waste : Who will bemoan her ? whence shall I seek comforters for thee ? 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate...rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea ? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 552 Seiten
...tributary acknowledgment. 1 The lot of populous No was very severe. This ancient and celebrated city, " that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters...rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea," had probably made a long and obstinate resistance: " Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity;... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 684 Seiten
...—Art thou better, says he to Nineveh, than populous No, that was situate among tfie rivers, that had waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall ivas from the sea ? Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite ; Put and Luoim were... | |
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