Ninevah and Its Ruins, Or, The History of the Great CityPartridge, Oakey, 1855 - 102 sider |
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Robert Ferguson. men , and had his dwelling with the beasts of the field , and was seen eating grass like the oxen . His reason was taken from him ; his glory was trampled in the dust ; and his empire doomed to pass away . Scarcely had ...
Robert Ferguson. men , and had his dwelling with the beasts of the field , and was seen eating grass like the oxen . His reason was taken from him ; his glory was trampled in the dust ; and his empire doomed to pass away . Scarcely had ...
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... fields for pasturage . Its grandeur was equal to its size . Even at that early age , architecture had attained to high perfection , and its productions were on a gigantic and magnificent scale . Science and art had combined to create a ...
... fields for pasturage . Its grandeur was equal to its size . Even at that early age , architecture had attained to high perfection , and its productions were on a gigantic and magnificent scale . Science and art had combined to create a ...
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... fields of suns and systems , whose mingled light goes to make up so many beautiful clusters and burning constellations , and the date of whose existence is to be found far down in the depth of a past eternity ? Is it true that geology ...
... fields of suns and systems , whose mingled light goes to make up so many beautiful clusters and burning constellations , and the date of whose existence is to be found far down in the depth of a past eternity ? Is it true that geology ...
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... field of war ; and having surrounded himself by a goodly number of bold and well - exercised men , we find that this hero of antiquity became as successful in warfare as he had proved himself in the chase . His conquests led to. HUNTING ...
... field of war ; and having surrounded himself by a goodly number of bold and well - exercised men , we find that this hero of antiquity became as successful in warfare as he had proved himself in the chase . His conquests led to. HUNTING ...
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... field of warfare , and having during his absence expressed a strong desire for the society of his wife , we are told that Semiramis set out for the camp , and with that mixture of prudence and vanity which is peculiar to woman's ...
... field of warfare , and having during his absence expressed a strong desire for the society of his wife , we are told that Semiramis set out for the camp , and with that mixture of prudence and vanity which is peculiar to woman's ...
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ancient Arabs arms army arrows Asshur Assyrian Assyrian empire Babylon Bactria bas-reliefs battle beautiful Bible Botta bulls captives carried cedar chamber character chariots clothed colossal conquest Crystal Palace deity discovery divine earth emblem empire enemy eunuch Euphrates Ezekiel feet glory gourd grandeur hast hath head heaven height Hezekiah horses Hoshea hundred idolatry inhabitants inscriptions Israel Jerusalem Jonah Khorsabad king of Assyria kingdom Kouyunjik Layard Lebanon Lord luxury magnificent MAN-BULL Medes midst mighty monarch monument Mosul mound Nahum nations Nimroud Nineveh Ninus Nisroch north-west palace ornaments overthrow priests prince prophet reign religious represented rich right hand river royal ruins of Nineveh sacred tree saith Scripture sculptured seen Semiramis Sennacherib sent Shalmaneser siege slabs stand symbol Syria Tarshish temple thee thou throne thy merchandise thy merchants Tigris Tyre victory walls warriors wealth whole wickedness winged figures worship
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Side 51 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Side 57 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Side 49 - 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?
Side 51 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Side 56 - 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.
Side 55 - And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say : Nineveh is laid waste : who will bemoan her?
Side 57 - 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.
Side 7 - This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me.
Side 49 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Side 4 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 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.