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Strona 20
... head of the Persian Gulf , and from Mount Taurus to the Arabian Desert . + D'Anville assigns to both countries nearly the same lim- its which we have given them , and describes Mesopota- mia as a region between rivers , the Aram ...
... head of the Persian Gulf , and from Mount Taurus to the Arabian Desert . + D'Anville assigns to both countries nearly the same lim- its which we have given them , and describes Mesopota- mia as a region between rivers , the Aram ...
Strona 46
have been equally severe on him . " Who can see Ninus at the head of millions of men , at a time when the earth must have been but thinly inhabited , when mankind must have been a good deal in a state of simplicity and nature ; who can ...
have been equally severe on him . " Who can see Ninus at the head of millions of men , at a time when the earth must have been but thinly inhabited , when mankind must have been a good deal in a state of simplicity and nature ; who can ...
Strona 59
... head among nations . In process of time , indeed , other towns rose from amid its ruins , and flourished , and decayed , and were for- gotten ; but even at the present day the site of that great and mighty capital may be traced upon the ...
... head among nations . In process of time , indeed , other towns rose from amid its ruins , and flourished , and decayed , and were for- gotten ; but even at the present day the site of that great and mighty capital may be traced upon the ...
Strona 62
... head of a powerful army against the Egyptians , who had formed an alliance with the revolted tribes on the western bank of the Euphrates . In this enterprise he was not only successful , but on his re- turn entered Judea , took ...
... head of a powerful army against the Egyptians , who had formed an alliance with the revolted tribes on the western bank of the Euphrates . In this enterprise he was not only successful , but on his re- turn entered Judea , took ...
Strona 72
... head be tween the measurement given by Herodotus and that of Strabo . But he provided for the repopulation of Babylon by sending them 50,000 women to replace those they had murdered ; and , to cherish a spirit of loyalty , gave them ...
... head be tween the measurement given by Herodotus and that of Strabo . But he provided for the repopulation of Babylon by sending them 50,000 women to replace those they had murdered ; and , to cherish a spirit of loyalty , gave them ...
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Strona 41 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Strona 53 - 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 71 - 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.
Strona 59 - 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 65 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Strona 65 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Strona 65 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Strona 61 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Strona 65 - I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Strona 59 - 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.