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Strona vii
... less is known of Assyria , which now constitutes a portion of the Turkish em- fire ; and there is no general account of the present state of the two provinces , although much valuable information may be gathered from the works of Nie ...
... less is known of Assyria , which now constitutes a portion of the Turkish em- fire ; and there is no general account of the present state of the two provinces , although much valuable information may be gathered from the works of Nie ...
Strona 26
... less , and instead of rocks and pebbles , the bed is now formed of sand or mud , while the current is duller and deeper than before . As far as Hillah , almost the only habitations to be seen are the black hair tents of the Bedouins ...
... less , and instead of rocks and pebbles , the bed is now formed of sand or mud , while the current is duller and deeper than before . As far as Hillah , almost the only habitations to be seen are the black hair tents of the Bedouins ...
Strona 28
... less known . The Diala issues from the Koh Saugur , between Hama- dan and Kermanshah , from whence , bursting through a pass of the Shahu Mountains , and receiving many tribu- taries in its course , it forces its way through the remarka ...
... less known . The Diala issues from the Koh Saugur , between Hama- dan and Kermanshah , from whence , bursting through a pass of the Shahu Mountains , and receiving many tribu- taries in its course , it forces its way through the remarka ...
Strona 32
... less known ; and it is highly probable that the alluvial territory between the Hye , the Tigris , and the Euphrates , was equal- ly well supplied with such means of irrigation . In like manner , the districts about Bussora bear marks of ...
... less known ; and it is highly probable that the alluvial territory between the Hye , the Tigris , and the Euphrates , was equal- ly well supplied with such means of irrigation . In like manner , the districts about Bussora bear marks of ...
Strona 38
... less than 3268 years . A difference of 1142 years occurs , in like manner , among authors in fixing the era of the Deluge ; they disagree , also , to the extent of 300 years regarding the time of the fall of Nineveh ; and a like ...
... less than 3268 years . A difference of 1142 years occurs , in like manner , among authors in fixing the era of the Deluge ; they disagree , also , to the extent of 300 years regarding the time of the fall of Nineveh ; and a like ...
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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.