The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 7John Kitto C. Cox, 1851 - Bible |
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... Remains ; with an Account of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan , and the Yezidis , or Devil- Worshippers ; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians . By AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD , Esq . , D.C.L. Seventh ...
... Remains ; with an Account of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan , and the Yezidis , or Devil- Worshippers ; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians . By AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD , Esq . , D.C.L. Seventh ...
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... remains to us , enabling us to form conceptions of the manners and customs of extinct peoples . Mutilated statues , fragmentary architectural remains , warlike and domestic instru- ments encrusted with venerable oxide , frescoes from ...
... remains to us , enabling us to form conceptions of the manners and customs of extinct peoples . Mutilated statues , fragmentary architectural remains , warlike and domestic instru- ments encrusted with venerable oxide , frescoes from ...
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... remains awaken a yet more intense curiosity . Assyria was not only the earliest of empires , but its territory was the cradle of the human race . Civilization is here traced to its very source . If the traveller deserves the thanks of ...
... remains awaken a yet more intense curiosity . Assyria was not only the earliest of empires , but its territory was the cradle of the human race . Civilization is here traced to its very source . If the traveller deserves the thanks of ...
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... remains , all concur in pointing to that great city as one of the metropolitan cities of the first post - diluvian empire , in other words , the first resting - place of civilization . Mr. Fletcher has a theory on which he sets con ...
... remains , all concur in pointing to that great city as one of the metropolitan cities of the first post - diluvian empire , in other words , the first resting - place of civilization . Mr. Fletcher has a theory on which he sets con ...
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... remains themselves indicate the rebuilding of palaces , probably by the founders of the second Assyrian dynasty , out of the ruins of the palaces in- habited by their predecessors . Moreover , it is observed that the sculpture of the ...
... remains themselves indicate the rebuilding of palaces , probably by the founders of the second Assyrian dynasty , out of the ruins of the palaces in- habited by their predecessors . Moreover , it is observed that the sculpture of the ...
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Page 8 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 494 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Page 401 - And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine : and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Page 288 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 308 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 383 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 101 - And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Page 333 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 436 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them ; and he did it not.
Page 507 - And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground ; and it practised, and prospered.