Mesopotamia and Assyria: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time; with Illustrations of Their Natural History |
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... less is known of Assyria , which now constitutes a portion of the Turkish em- re ; and there is no general account of the present state of the two provinces , although much valuable information may be gathered from the works of Nie ...
... less is known of Assyria , which now constitutes a portion of the Turkish em- re ; and there is no general account of the present state of the two provinces , although much valuable information may be gathered from the works of Nie ...
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... less , and instead of rocks and pebbles , the bed is now formed of sand or mud , while the current is duller and deeper than before . As far as Hillah , almost the only habitations to be seen are the black hair- tents of the Bedouins ...
... less , and instead of rocks and pebbles , the bed is now formed of sand or mud , while the current is duller and deeper than before . As far as Hillah , almost the only habitations to be seen are the black hair- tents of the Bedouins ...
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... less known . The Diala issues from the Koh Saugur , between Hama- dan and Kermanshah , from whence , bursting through a pass of the Shahu Mountains , and receiving many tribu- taries in its course , it forces its way through the remarka ...
... less known . The Diala issues from the Koh Saugur , between Hama- dan and Kermanshah , from whence , bursting through a pass of the Shahu Mountains , and receiving many tribu- taries in its course , it forces its way through the remarka ...
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... less known ; and it is highly probable that the alluvial territory between the Hye , the Tigris , and the Euphrates , was equal- ly well supplied with such means of irrigation . In like manner , the districts about Bussora bear marks of ...
... less known ; and it is highly probable that the alluvial territory between the Hye , the Tigris , and the Euphrates , was equal- ly well supplied with such means of irrigation . In like manner , the districts about Bussora bear marks of ...
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... less than 3268 years . A difference of 1142 years occurs , in like manner , among authors in fixing the era of the Deluge ; they disagree , also , to the extent of 300 years regarding the time of the fall of Nineveh ; and a like ...
... less than 3268 years . A difference of 1142 years occurs , in like manner , among authors in fixing the era of the Deluge ; they disagree , also , to the extent of 300 years regarding the time of the fall of Nineveh ; and a like ...
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Page 41 - 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 53 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 71 - 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. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces : and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 71 - 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 59 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 65 - 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 65 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 65 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Page 59 - Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches : for his root was by great waters...
Page 115 - ... whole. The other parts of the summit of this hill are occupied by immense fragments of brick-work of no determinate figure, tumbled together and converted into solid vitrified masses...