Nineveh: its rise and ruin, a course of lectures1850 |
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... mind of the traveller with awe and sadness . " In such a country as this , " said the late Mr. Rich , " it is not easy to say what are ruins and what are not ; what is art , converted by the lapse of ages into a semblance of nature ...
... mind of the traveller with awe and sadness . " In such a country as this , " said the late Mr. Rich , " it is not easy to say what are ruins and what are not ; what is art , converted by the lapse of ages into a semblance of nature ...
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... mind , to lead to hope , or to tell of what has gone by . These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me , gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection , than the tem- ples of Balbec or the theatres of ...
... mind , to lead to hope , or to tell of what has gone by . These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me , gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection , than the tem- ples of Balbec or the theatres of ...
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... mind for his last daring aggression upon the rights of God , when he claimed Divine honours . That such impious adulation was ren- dered to him may be inferred from the eastern traditions , which declare that he was deified , and then ...
... mind for his last daring aggression upon the rights of God , when he claimed Divine honours . That such impious adulation was ren- dered to him may be inferred from the eastern traditions , which declare that he was deified , and then ...
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... mind . a Layard , vol . ii . p . 281 . are the most correct and This is but a pendant to " The most ancient sculptures severe in form , and show the highest degree of taste in their execution . " - Vaux's Nineveh and Persepolis , p ...
... mind . a Layard , vol . ii . p . 281 . are the most correct and This is but a pendant to " The most ancient sculptures severe in form , and show the highest degree of taste in their execution . " - Vaux's Nineveh and Persepolis , p ...
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... mind to courage ; he learned to distinguish useful from per- nicious plants , to resist the elements , to seize upon his prey , to defend his life ; and his misery was alleviated . " - Survey of the Revolutions of Empires , chap . vi ...
... mind to courage ; he learned to distinguish useful from per- nicious plants , to resist the elements , to seize upon his prey , to defend his life ; and his misery was alleviated . " - Survey of the Revolutions of Empires , chap . vi ...
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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.