Ancient History: Containing the History of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, Carthaginians, Persians, Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria, and Parthians: History of the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, and CarthagianiansR. Carter, 1844 - History, Ancient |
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... honour of the idol god Be- This was called the 18 . TOWER OF BELUS . It would appear that Nebuchadnezzar , whose reign com- enced about 605 years B. c . , took the idea of making this ncient pile the principal ornament of the city ...
... honour of the idol god Be- This was called the 18 . TOWER OF BELUS . It would appear that Nebuchadnezzar , whose reign com- enced about 605 years B. c . , took the idea of making this ncient pile the principal ornament of the city ...
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... honour of my majesty ? " Dan . iv . 30. But where now is all its greatness ? Reader , while in the plenitude of its power , and , according to the most accurate chronologers , one hundred and sixty years be- fore the foot of an enemy ...
... honour of my majesty ? " Dan . iv . 30. But where now is all its greatness ? Reader , while in the plenitude of its power , and , according to the most accurate chronologers , one hundred and sixty years be- fore the foot of an enemy ...
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... honours , as will be seen in their history , and set themselves above all the nations and the gods of the nations they vanquished . " Hath any of the gods of the na- tions , " said Sennacherib , by the lips of the vaunting Rabsha- keh ...
... honours , as will be seen in their history , and set themselves above all the nations and the gods of the nations they vanquished . " Hath any of the gods of the na- tions , " said Sennacherib , by the lips of the vaunting Rabsha- keh ...
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... honour of serving in the monarch's presence that was not re- markable for comeliness of person and excellency of parts . As might be expected , this rule extended to their wives and concubines . Of these latter there appears to have ...
... honour of serving in the monarch's presence that was not re- markable for comeliness of person and excellency of parts . As might be expected , this rule extended to their wives and concubines . Of these latter there appears to have ...
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... honours by the herald duly paid , In mode and form , e'en to a very scruple ; Oh cruel irony ! these come too late ; And only mock whom they are meant to honour . Surely there's not a dungeon slave , that's buried In the highway ...
... honours by the herald duly paid , In mode and form , e'en to a very scruple ; Oh cruel irony ! these come too late ; And only mock whom they are meant to honour . Surely there's not a dungeon slave , that's buried In the highway ...
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Page 50 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the 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.
Page 116 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 163 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 117 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? 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.
Page 60 - No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Page 295 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 78 - Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Page 116 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 186 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n.
Page 163 - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, ivhich is New Jerusalem, which corneth down out of heaven from my God, and / will write upon him my new name.