Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia, with an Account of the Recent Researches in Those Countries, Tom 18A. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1850 - 436 |
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... stone wherewith they could exercise their archi- tectural genius . The vast waters of the Euphrates roll on to the sea in a slow and sluggish tide between banks so low that the least increase from the melting snows of Armenia would ...
... stone wherewith they could exercise their archi- tectural genius . The vast waters of the Euphrates roll on to the sea in a slow and sluggish tide between banks so low that the least increase from the melting snows of Armenia would ...
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... stones , and cedars made to be as the sycamore that are in the vale for abundance . " † The chief nations which adjoined the Israelites at that time were the Sidonians on the north , and the Philistines on the south ; both were con ...
... stones , and cedars made to be as the sycamore that are in the vale for abundance . " † The chief nations which adjoined the Israelites at that time were the Sidonians on the north , and the Philistines on the south ; both were con ...
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... stones . The darts have steel points about six inches long , and a weighty piece of iron or lead at the upper part to give them velocity when thrown by the hand . " On the other hand , men who have fixed dwellings , and are employed in ...
... stones . The darts have steel points about six inches long , and a weighty piece of iron or lead at the upper part to give them velocity when thrown by the hand . " On the other hand , men who have fixed dwellings , and are employed in ...
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... stone statue of the king stands in the temple of Vulcan , with a mouse in his hand . It is clear that this narrative was made up by the priests and by them communicated to Herodotus ; but , confused as it is , its connexion with the ...
... stone statue of the king stands in the temple of Vulcan , with a mouse in his hand . It is clear that this narrative was made up by the priests and by them communicated to Herodotus ; but , confused as it is , its connexion with the ...
Strona 55
... stone showing any vestige of antiquity . The Habor or Chebar is agreed by every one else but Dr. Grant to be as the Greeks and Romans determined long ago , the modern Khabur or Chaboras of Xenophon . It is attested by Jewish history ...
... stone showing any vestige of antiquity . The Habor or Chebar is agreed by every one else but Dr. Grant to be as the Greeks and Romans determined long ago , the modern Khabur or Chaboras of Xenophon . It is attested by Jewish history ...
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Strona 27 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
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