History of the Assyrians, Chaledeans, Medes, Lydians and Carthaginians1850 - 327 pages |
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... covered with the rubbish of ruined towns and canals . The banks of the Euphrates and Shat - al - Hie are not so perfectly desolate as those of the Tigris ; but it is only near rivers and canals that we may expect any redeeming features ...
... covered with the rubbish of ruined towns and canals . The banks of the Euphrates and Shat - al - Hie are not so perfectly desolate as those of the Tigris ; but it is only near rivers and canals that we may expect any redeeming features ...
Page 32
... covered with the blos- soms of the white floating crowfoot . Of the cultivated fruit trees , near the towns , the date palm is the most important , a 1 it contributes largely to the subsistence of the population . 32 HISTORY OF THE ...
... covered with the blos- soms of the white floating crowfoot . Of the cultivated fruit trees , near the towns , the date palm is the most important , a 1 it contributes largely to the subsistence of the population . 32 HISTORY OF THE ...
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... covered with heaps of rubbish ; in digging into which , layers of broken burned brick , cemented with mortar , are discovered , and whole bricks , with antique inscriptions on them , are not unfrequently found . The whole is covered ...
... covered with heaps of rubbish ; in digging into which , layers of broken burned brick , cemented with mortar , are discovered , and whole bricks , with antique inscriptions on them , are not unfrequently found . The whole is covered ...
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... covering , and thy couch the earth ? How art thou fall'n from thine ethereal height , Son of the morning , sunk in endless night ! How art thou fall'n , who saidst in pride of soul , I will ascend above the starry pole , Thence rule the ...
... covering , and thy couch the earth ? How art thou fall'n from thine ethereal height , Son of the morning , sunk in endless night ! How art thou fall'n , who saidst in pride of soul , I will ascend above the starry pole , Thence rule the ...
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... covered with broken bricks and other fragments of buildings , while the ground around its base presents a nitrous surface . A few hundred yards in the advance , is another mound of still greater elevation , from which other elevations ...
... covered with broken bricks and other fragments of buildings , while the ground around its base presents a nitrous surface . A few hundred yards in the advance , is another mound of still greater elevation , from which other elevations ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.