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... called IRAK , once famous for its fertility and population , but now for the most part a barren swampy desert . - Summary description of Bubylon and its edifices , from ancient classical au- thors . — The asserted extent of its walls ...
... called IRAK , once famous for its fertility and population , but now for the most part a barren swampy desert . - Summary description of Bubylon and its edifices , from ancient classical au- thors . — The asserted extent of its walls ...
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... called the Nubian geographer , as being washed by the FRAT , or Euphrates , at p . 197 , when describing the courses of that river from its sources in Armenia , to its efflux into the Persian Gulph . BRICK dried in the sun , or baked in ...
... called the Nubian geographer , as being washed by the FRAT , or Euphrates , at p . 197 , when describing the courses of that river from its sources in Armenia , to its efflux into the Persian Gulph . BRICK dried in the sun , or baked in ...
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... called the NAHR - MALKA , or fluvius regum , which had been the labor of so many kings , and had for its object to join together those two great rivers , made it the chosen seat of princely domination . When properly irrigated and ...
... called the NAHR - MALKA , or fluvius regum , which had been the labor of so many kings , and had for its object to join together those two great rivers , made it the chosen seat of princely domination . When properly irrigated and ...
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... called TAUK - KESRA , or the throne of the mighty Chosroes , built by Nushirvan in the 6th century * ; and the more modern , but far - famed , cities of Bagdad and Bassora . The greater part of the massy materials with which these ...
... called TAUK - KESRA , or the throne of the mighty Chosroes , built by Nushirvan in the 6th century * ; and the more modern , but far - famed , cities of Bagdad and Bassora . The greater part of the massy materials with which these ...
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... called Babel . His account is interesting and instructive , and he has the merit of having established , as far as the distance and de- vastation of time will admit of proof , the fact of these ruins being at least a part of the actual ...
... called Babel . His account is interesting and instructive , and he has the merit of having established , as far as the distance and de- vastation of time will admit of proof , the fact of these ruins being at least a part of the actual ...
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according adored æra ages alluded ancient animals antiquity Anubis arch Arrian Asia Asiatic Assyrian asterism astronomical avatar Babel Babylon Babylonian Belus bitumen bricks called canals celebrated Chaldæans characters Christ colours columns constellation cubits dæmons deity denominated Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine doubtless early earth edit Egypt Egyptian emblem engraved erected Euphrates fact feet figures fish formed gold golden Greek heaven Hebrew height Herodotus hieroglyphic Hist honour immense Indian inscription inundation lion mentioned monuments mythology nature Nebuchadnezzar Nile obelisk observed original Orion Osiris palace particular period Persepolis Persian Phoenicians pillars plants Pliny Plutarch priests probably pyramids race reader remains remarkable resembling respect Rich rites river ruins Sabian sacred says scripture sculptured Semiramis serpent solar species sphere statue stone Strabo superstition supposed symbol temple of Belus tion tower travellers Typhon vast venerated walls whole worship zodiacal
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 28 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Seite 26 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Seite 66 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Seite 118 - And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Seite 118 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Seite 60 - Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
Seite 117 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Seite 64 - Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words." Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Seite 26 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Seite 68 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.