Nineveh: its rise and ruin, a course of lectures1850 |
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... facts and opinions recorded in several works , that have been published or referred to since the Lectures were delivered , had also to be con- sidered . Many alterations and additions have therefore been made ; some statements have been ...
... facts and opinions recorded in several works , that have been published or referred to since the Lectures were delivered , had also to be con- sidered . Many alterations and additions have therefore been made ; some statements have been ...
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... fact , with an abundance which has been compared with the fertility of Egypt . " The plains are clothed with the most luxuriant pasturage , and form one vast meadow , enamelled with innumerable flowers of the brightest colours , and ...
... fact , with an abundance which has been compared with the fertility of Egypt . " The plains are clothed with the most luxuriant pasturage , and form one vast meadow , enamelled with innumerable flowers of the brightest colours , and ...
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... facts and traditions , secured at a time when much might have been gathered up to repay the patient industry of the collector of history . But as not a trace of such a work is to be found amongst the fragments of antiquity , some ...
... facts and traditions , secured at a time when much might have been gathered up to repay the patient industry of the collector of history . But as not a trace of such a work is to be found amongst the fragments of antiquity , some ...
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... facts may be collected respecting the Assyrians . " Berossus , a Babylonian , flourished in the reign of Alexander the Great , and lived some time at Athens ; he wrote , according to many , a Chaldæan history in the Greek language . As ...
... facts may be collected respecting the Assyrians . " Berossus , a Babylonian , flourished in the reign of Alexander the Great , and lived some time at Athens ; he wrote , according to many , a Chaldæan history in the Greek language . As ...
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... fact of creation against the atheistical specula- tions of certain modern philosophers - so , in His all- wise providence , he has preserved beneath " huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , " memorials of that mighty ...
... fact of creation against the atheistical specula- tions of certain modern philosophers - so , in His all- wise providence , he has preserved beneath " huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , " memorials of that mighty ...
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amongst ancient angels antiquity appear Assarac Asshur Assyrian army Assyrian monarchy Babylon Babylonian Book of Chronicles brought called captivity Chaldæan chap chariots cherubim Chushan-rishathaim conquest Ctesias desolation discoveries Divine earth east Egypt Egyptians empire Euphrates Ezekiel fact faithful father figures forms glory gods Greek hand heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hezekiah honour idolatry idols illustrated inhabitants inscriptions inspired Isaiah Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jonah Judah king of Assyria kingdom kingdom of Judah land Layard learned lecture lion Lord Major Rawlinson Medes Mesopotamia mighty Moses Mosul mountains Nahum nations Nestorians Nimrod Nineveh Ninus Nisroch observed overthrow palace Palestine Pekah Persian plain princes prophet proud records reign repentance river ruins sacred Samaria says sculptures seems seen Sennacherib solemn spirit symbols Syria temple thee thou throne Tigris tion tribes truth unto walls whilst wickedness wings word worship
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Página 183 - WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Página 180 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Página 129 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Página 106 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Página 134 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Página 135 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Página 16 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 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 39 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Página 117 - Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Página 147 - Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.