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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... ruin . But when the seat of power , during the Parthian and Sassanian dynasties , was once more transferred to the Tigris , the canals would be repaired and new ones excavated , as new cities arose in the vicinity . Hence , in the days ...
... ruin . But when the seat of power , during the Parthian and Sassanian dynasties , was once more transferred to the Tigris , the canals would be repaired and new ones excavated , as new cities arose in the vicinity . Hence , in the days ...
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... ruins of the Kasr at Babylon , and which has been supposed to be a last remnant or offspring of the sloping or hanging gardens , that appeared to Quintus Cur- tius like a forest , is also a tamarisk , but it differs from the Athleh in ...
... ruins of the Kasr at Babylon , and which has been supposed to be a last remnant or offspring of the sloping or hanging gardens , that appeared to Quintus Cur- tius like a forest , is also a tamarisk , but it differs from the Athleh in ...
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... ruins , " and again , as a " huge mountain . " He is supported in his opinion by D'Anville , Rennell , and other ... ruin ; and in most of the ravines are numbers of bats and owls . Yes , these mighty buildings , which were once ...
... ruins , " and again , as a " huge mountain . " He is supported in his opinion by D'Anville , Rennell , and other ... ruin ; and in most of the ravines are numbers of bats and owls . Yes , these mighty buildings , which were once ...
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... ruin on the western bank , and its distance from the river and the other ruins . This difficulty is not in- superable ; but without identifying the Birs Nemroud with the Temple of Belus , we prefer giving the reader a descrip- tion of ...
... ruin on the western bank , and its distance from the river and the other ruins . This difficulty is not in- superable ; but without identifying the Birs Nemroud with the Temple of Belus , we prefer giving the reader a descrip- tion of ...
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... ruins stand on a prodigious mound , the whole of which is itself in ruins , channelled by the weather , and strewed with fragments of blackstone , sandstone , and marble . In the east- ern part , layers of unburned brick , but no reeds ...
... ruins stand on a prodigious mound , the whole of which is itself in ruins , channelled by the weather , and strewed with fragments of blackstone , sandstone , and marble . In the east- ern part , layers of unburned brick , but no reeds ...
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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.