Ninevah and Its Ruins, Or, The History of the Great CityPartridge, Oakey, 1855 - 102 |
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... river , Euphrates , passed through the city from north to south , over which there was a magnificent bridge about one - eighth of a mile long , and at least sixty feet wide . At the east end of this bridge stood the old palace , and at ...
... river , Euphrates , passed through the city from north to south , over which there was a magnificent bridge about one - eighth of a mile long , and at least sixty feet wide . At the east end of this bridge stood the old palace , and at ...
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... river Tigris , about two hundred and eighty miles north of Babylon , which was the metropolis of the Chaldean empire , and which it sought to rival in splendour and renown . Holy Scripture says that " Nineveh was an exceeding great city ...
... river Tigris , about two hundred and eighty miles north of Babylon , which was the metropolis of the Chaldean empire , and which it sought to rival in splendour and renown . Holy Scripture says that " Nineveh was an exceeding great city ...
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... river Kir or Cyrus , which unites its waters with the Araxes , and empties itself into the Caspian Sea . The people of Galilee were taken into Assyria . Nothing could withstand the power of Assyria . Conquest every- where crowned the ...
... river Kir or Cyrus , which unites its waters with the Araxes , and empties itself into the Caspian Sea . The people of Galilee were taken into Assyria . Nothing could withstand the power of Assyria . Conquest every- where crowned the ...
Strona 51
... rivers ; Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth . The mountains quake at him , and the hills melt , and the earth is burned at his presence , yea , the world and all that dwell therein . Who can stand ...
... rivers ; Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth . The mountains quake at him , and the hills melt , and the earth is burned at his presence , yea , the world and all that dwell therein . Who can stand ...
Strona 53
... river - the taking of the palace - the captivity , the lamentation , and the flight of the inhabitants - the sacking of the city - the bearing away of its treasures- ANOTHER BATTLE SCENE . together with the consequent desolation and ...
... river - the taking of the palace - the captivity , the lamentation , and the flight of the inhabitants - the sacking of the city - the bearing away of its treasures- ANOTHER BATTLE SCENE . together with the consequent desolation and ...
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ancient Arabs arms army arrows Asshur Assyrian Assyrian empire Babylon Bactria bas-reliefs battle beautiful Bible Botta bulls captives carried cedar chamber character chariots clothed colossal conquest Crystal Palace deity discovery divine earth emblem empire enemy eunuch Euphrates Ezekiel feet glory gourd grandeur hast hath head heaven height Hezekiah horses Hoshea hundred idolatry inhabitants inscriptions Israel Jerusalem Jonah Khorsabad king of Assyria kingdom Kouyunjik Layard Lebanon Lord luxury magnificent MAN-BULL Medes midst mighty monarch monument Mosul mound Nahum nations Nimroud Nineveh Ninus Nisroch north-west palace ornaments overthrow priests prince prophet reign religious represented rich right hand river royal ruins of Nineveh sacred tree saith Scripture sculptured seen Semiramis Sennacherib sent Shalmaneser siege slabs stand symbol Syria Tarshish temple thee thou throne thy merchandise thy merchants Tigris Tyre victory walls warriors wealth whole wickedness winged figures worship
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Strona 51 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Strona 57 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Strona 49 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Strona 51 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Strona 56 - 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 55 - And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say : Nineveh is laid waste : who will bemoan her?
Strona 57 - I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
Strona 7 - This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me.
Strona 49 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Strona 4 - 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. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.