Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy WritOffice of the Illustrated London library, 1852 - 402 |
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... supported the principal palace of the kings of Assyria . On the western side , near the southern extremity of this hill , a few bricks of a large size , joined with bitumen , seemed to be the remains of some ancient building . It was at ...
... supported the principal palace of the kings of Assyria . On the western side , near the southern extremity of this hill , a few bricks of a large size , joined with bitumen , seemed to be the remains of some ancient building . It was at ...
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... supported by inflated skins ; the largest can carry great weights . These rafts ( which are called by the natives kalek ) are well adapted for descending the stream , which in summer is very shallow ; but they are of no use for going up ...
... supported by inflated skins ; the largest can carry great weights . These rafts ( which are called by the natives kalek ) are well adapted for descending the stream , which in summer is very shallow ; but they are of no use for going up ...
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... supported him with money , artists , and diplomatic influence ; in England , however , science meets but little sympathy from those in power , and the government leaves to individuals what ought to be the duty of the nation . Layard ...
... supported him with money , artists , and diplomatic influence ; in England , however , science meets but little sympathy from those in power , and the government leaves to individuals what ought to be the duty of the nation . Layard ...
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... supporting it , might break , and involve the destruction of the whole . Although ropes had been sent for from Aleppo across the desert , the best of them were too small to be relied on . A stout palm - fibre hawser had been obtained ...
... supporting it , might break , and involve the destruction of the whole . Although ropes had been sent for from Aleppo across the desert , the best of them were too small to be relied on . A stout palm - fibre hawser had been obtained ...
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... supported by six hundred skins , was brought close to the bank ; the wedges were removed , and the bull was slowly lowered into its place . The lion was next placed on board a second similar raft . In a few hours the two sculptures were ...
... supported by six hundred skins , was brought close to the bank ; the wedges were removed , and the bull was slowly lowered into its place . The lion was next placed on board a second similar raft . In a few hours the two sculptures were ...
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ancient appears arrows Asshur Assyrian empire Babylon bas-reliefs bearded beardless besieged Botta bracelets bricks building bulls carrying centre chamber chariot chief colossal columns compartment contains court covered cuneatic cuneiform cup-bearer curled decorated described divinity door doorway dress Egyptian elevated embroidered entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet figure fillet formed four fragments frieze fringed front gypsum hair head Herodotus holds horses inches inhabitants inscriptions jambs Karamles Khorsabad king of Assyria king's Layard left hand legs lion Medes Mesopotamia monument Mósul mound Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar Nimroud Nineveh Nisroch opening ornamented palace of Khorsabad pass passage Persepolis Persian plain plate platform recess reign remains represented resembling right hand river robe rosettes round ruins sculptures seen Sennacherib shield short tunic shoulders side slabs square stone sword symbolic tree tablets tassels teraphim terminating Tigris towers tribute tunic upper walls wearing winged
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Strona 51 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Strona 46 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
Strona 53 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Strona 264 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Strona 274 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. 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.
Strona 171 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Strona 294 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
Strona 289 - Thou, O king, art a king of kings : for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Strona 209 - Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly : and shalt thou be delivered ? Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar ? Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah...
Strona 333 - Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.