Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... Alexandria Troas with a mouse in his hand . 66 Whilst engaged in the siege of Pelusium , the Assyrians employed a fleet of Phoenician vessels , or ships of Tarsus , to meet the land - forces with timber which was EGYPT AND THE ...
... Alexandria Troas with a mouse in his hand . 66 Whilst engaged in the siege of Pelusium , the Assyrians employed a fleet of Phoenician vessels , or ships of Tarsus , to meet the land - forces with timber which was EGYPT AND THE ...
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... Alexandria now stands . Here he made no stay ; but one glance— for he was never there a second time - must have shewn him that the place was formed by nature to be a great harbour , and that , with a little help from art , it would be ...
... Alexandria now stands . Here he made no stay ; but one glance— for he was never there a second time - must have shewn him that the place was formed by nature to be a great harbour , and that , with a little help from art , it would be ...
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... Alexandria , ordering also that the lighthouse which was to be built on the island of Pharos , should be named after him ; and as modern insurances against risks at sea usually commence with the words In the name of God , Amen ; " so ...
... Alexandria , ordering also that the lighthouse which was to be built on the island of Pharos , should be named after him ; and as modern insurances against risks at sea usually commence with the words In the name of God , Amen ; " so ...
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... Alexandria . For some reasons this might have appeared its most fitting home . Alexandria was one of the great monu- ments of the power and wisdom of the king from whom its name was derived , and who had founded it . In the time of the ...
... Alexandria . For some reasons this might have appeared its most fitting home . Alexandria was one of the great monu- ments of the power and wisdom of the king from whom its name was derived , and who had founded it . In the time of the ...
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... Alexandria . Towering above all was to be seen the temple of Serapis , whose worship was derived from the reverence paid by the Egyptians to Osiris , blended with some of the mythological legends of the Greeks . It was to this city that ...
... Alexandria . Towering above all was to be seen the temple of Serapis , whose worship was derived from the reverence paid by the Egyptians to Osiris , blended with some of the mythological legends of the Greeks . It was to this city that ...
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Page 356 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 367 - And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Page 358 - At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, 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...
Page 323 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 108 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said : — " My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 358 - And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and 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...
Page 41 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 353 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 289 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.