| Edward Payson - 1849 - 622 Seiten
...his palace, reflecting with self-complacency, on the nations he had subdued ; and proudly exclaiming, Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, l>y the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty? Then turn your eyes to the prophet. See... | |
| Church of England - 1849 - 1236 Seiten
...All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the pila« «f uous woman, and hath not oppressed any, but bath restored to greit Babylon, that I have built foi the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the... | |
| Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 Seiten
...monarch made the proud and independent speech which brought him to graze with the beasts of the field. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house oi the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty i That great city, Nineveh,... | |
| Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 Seiten
...the king to break off his sins by righteousness. About a year after, the king walked in his -palace, and said, " Is not this great Babylon that -I have built for the house of my kinff372 dom, by the might of my power, and the honour of my majesty ?" 'While he thus spoke a voice... | |
| 1851 - 514 Seiten
...though he were sole architect of his fame. Chap. v. 29 — " At the end of twelve months Nebuchadnezzar walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my... | |
| David Mather Masson - 1851 - 314 Seiten
...invaded several times—Nebuchadnezzar was celebrated for the magnificence of his designs as a ruler. ' Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of my kingdom ?' is the expression attributed to him in the book of Daniel, in which so many interesting... | |
| 1852 - 636 Seiten
...self-content, he felt that his empire was immovable, and that he was independent even of heaven itself. "At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spako and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 Seiten
...and vanishing as the steam itself; and the more secure you seem to be, the more you are in danger ! The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the bouse of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty ? While the word was... | |
| 1852 - 342 Seiten
...upon the inspired page of the predicted effect of pride in power : — " The king walked in the palaco of the kingdom of Babylon. " The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, that 1 have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1852 - 674 Seiten
...as, in the self-complacent boast of Nebuchadnezzar, no place could be found for any one but himself. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the honse of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? Dan. iv. 30. In the... | |
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