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... walls of Babylon - The like found at Nimroud- Character of the sculptures - Exploded theories about physical and intellectual development - Art from Heaven- The basalt obelisk - Cuneiform characters - Major Raw- linson - Sabæism - Job ...
... walls of Babylon - The like found at Nimroud- Character of the sculptures - Exploded theories about physical and intellectual development - Art from Heaven- The basalt obelisk - Cuneiform characters - Major Raw- linson - Sabæism - Job ...
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... walls of the temples : from written records and traditionary knowledge he learned several points too well authenticated to be called in question . " a of Chorene , an Armenian historian , calls him a most learned Chaldæan . It is much ...
... walls of the temples : from written records and traditionary knowledge he learned several points too well authenticated to be called in question . " a of Chorene , an Armenian historian , calls him a most learned Chaldæan . It is much ...
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... walls of the palaces or temples which they reared on these stable platforms were built with the same materials , and usually carried up to about fifteen feet in height . In the low lands , between the eastern bank of the river Tigris ...
... walls of the palaces or temples which they reared on these stable platforms were built with the same materials , and usually carried up to about fifteen feet in height . In the low lands , between the eastern bank of the river Tigris ...
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... walls of the royal palace at Babylon " were represented , in most lively colours , a general hunting of all sorts of wild beasts , and amongst them Ninus in close fight with a lion , piercing him with his lance . " a Hales , vol . ii ...
... walls of the royal palace at Babylon " were represented , in most lively colours , a general hunting of all sorts of wild beasts , and amongst them Ninus in close fight with a lion , piercing him with his lance . " a Hales , vol . ii ...
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... walls of this most ancient ruin of Assyrian power are depicted in bas relievos , which have been brilliantly coloured , groups of figures engaged in the sport of hunting wild beasts . In all these scenes one heroic person is portrayed ...
... walls of this most ancient ruin of Assyrian power are depicted in bas relievos , which have been brilliantly coloured , groups of figures engaged in the sport of hunting wild beasts . In all these scenes one heroic person is portrayed ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.