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Strona xiii
... Plain of Me diyad . Jezirah ibn Omar described . Its Chief . - Swimming the Ti- gris . Skirt the Mountains to Accra and the Zab . - Change of Scenery . -Cross the Zab . - Erbile ( Arbela ) . Altun Kupri . - Kirkook . Kufri ...
... Plain of Me diyad . Jezirah ibn Omar described . Its Chief . - Swimming the Ti- gris . Skirt the Mountains to Accra and the Zab . - Change of Scenery . -Cross the Zab . - Erbile ( Arbela ) . Altun Kupri . - Kirkook . Kufri ...
Strona xv
... Plains of Assyria . - Spring Flow- ers . Summer.- Common Plants . - Potherbs.- Fruits.- Cultivated Plants . Vegetables . · THIRD DISTRICT - Alluvial . Succulent Plants . - Grasses . - Sedges . - Babylonian Willow . - Limit between the ...
... Plains of Assyria . - Spring Flow- ers . Summer.- Common Plants . - Potherbs.- Fruits.- Cultivated Plants . Vegetables . · THIRD DISTRICT - Alluvial . Succulent Plants . - Grasses . - Sedges . - Babylonian Willow . - Limit between the ...
Strona 17
... plains of Shinar witnessed not only the defeat of that presumptuous enterprise , which scattered them abroad upon the face of the earth , but also the exploits of the " Mighty Hunter , " and the triumph of his ambition in the establish ...
... plains of Shinar witnessed not only the defeat of that presumptuous enterprise , which scattered them abroad upon the face of the earth , but also the exploits of the " Mighty Hunter , " and the triumph of his ambition in the establish ...
Strona 18
... plains of Mesopotamia borne witness to the catastrophe of Cunaxa , and the gallant bear- ing of the indomitable ten thousand ; seen the defeat and death of Crassus ; the retreat of Marc Antony ; the fall of the apostate Julian ; the ...
... plains of Mesopotamia borne witness to the catastrophe of Cunaxa , and the gallant bear- ing of the indomitable ten thousand ; seen the defeat and death of Crassus ; the retreat of Marc Antony ; the fall of the apostate Julian ; the ...
Strona 20
... plains in the environs of Nineveh , namely , Dolomenia , Calachenia , Chazenia , and Adiabene ; the val- leys of the Gordyæans , and the Mygdonians of Nisibis even to Zeugma of the Euphrates ; and the vast region beyond the river ...
... plains in the environs of Nineveh , namely , Dolomenia , Calachenia , Chazenia , and Adiabene ; the val- leys of the Gordyæans , and the Mygdonians of Nisibis even to Zeugma of the Euphrates ; and the vast region beyond the river ...
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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.