Ruins of Sacred and Historic LandsThomas Nelson, 1850 - 392 páginas |
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... IDEAS OF A FUTURE STATE , 202 ... VI . - HISTORICAL VALUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES , 211 PART III . - AMERICA . CHAP . I. - THE NEW WORLD , 226 . II . - MEXICAN ARCHITECTURE , 248 ... III , RUINS OF YUCATAN , ... 267 ... IV . - AMERICAN ...
... IDEAS OF A FUTURE STATE , 202 ... VI . - HISTORICAL VALUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES , 211 PART III . - AMERICA . CHAP . I. - THE NEW WORLD , 226 . II . - MEXICAN ARCHITECTURE , 248 ... III , RUINS OF YUCATAN , ... 267 ... IV . - AMERICAN ...
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... primitive thought , and of the low and most inadequate ideas of God , and of the uni- verse , man had already acquired . All the elevating con- ceptions taught to man either amid the purity and holi 10 THE BEGINNING OF EMPIRES .
... primitive thought , and of the low and most inadequate ideas of God , and of the uni- verse , man had already acquired . All the elevating con- ceptions taught to man either amid the purity and holi 10 THE BEGINNING OF EMPIRES .
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... idea of a monument in honour of Belus ; and the same motives which made them persist in adhering to the spot on which such a miracle had been wrought , would naturally enough induce them to select its principal structure for that ...
... idea of a monument in honour of Belus ; and the same motives which made them persist in adhering to the spot on which such a miracle had been wrought , would naturally enough induce them to select its principal structure for that ...
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... idea , in general so prejudicial to effect , and so particularly lamented by those who visit the Pyramids . Just as we were within the proper distance , it burst at once upon our sight in the midst of rolling masses of thick black ...
... idea , in general so prejudicial to effect , and so particularly lamented by those who visit the Pyramids . Just as we were within the proper distance , it burst at once upon our sight in the midst of rolling masses of thick black ...
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... idea that the science of Assyrian decipherment was exhausted , and that nothing now re- mained to be done but to read the inscriptions and reap the fruits of our knowledge . He observed , that in the alphabetical branch of the subject ...
... idea that the science of Assyrian decipherment was exhausted , and that nothing now re- mained to be done but to read the inscriptions and reap the fruits of our knowledge . He observed , that in the alphabetical branch of the subject ...
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Adjunta ages amid ancient antiquities appear Asiatic Assyrian Babylon Babylonian beautiful believed bricks builders building buried caves centuries character Cholula Christian civilization continent creed cuneiform curious deity desolate discovered discovery divine dynasty early earth Edom Egyp Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology Ellora empire evidence excavations feet furnish Greek hand Herculaneum hieroglyphic historian human hundred Idumea Indians inscriptions interesting investigations Jerusalem Khorsabad king labour land Layard magnificence Major Rawlinson Manetho marble ments Mexico modern monarchs monuments mound nations native Nile Nimroud Nineveh numerous origin ornaments Osiris palaces peculiar period plain Pompeii pottery priests probably pyramid of Cholula pyramids race records reign relics remains remarkable Roman Rome Rosetta Stone Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Samian ware scene sculptures seems Shinar singular stone strange symbol temple thou Tinted Engravings tion tombs traces tumuli Typhon Uxmal vast walls whole worship Yucatan
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Página 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 113 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Página 10 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Página 101 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth...
Página 55 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Página 58 - So the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Página 45 - BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Página 13 - 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.
Página 364 - And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David) ; to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Página 40 - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.