Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... walls represent him as receiving different tribes who appear to be Africans . Some of them are prisoners , and others are , apparently , About doing him homage . This King , Osirtasen I. , and B. C. his immediate successors , must have ...
... walls represent him as receiving different tribes who appear to be Africans . Some of them are prisoners , and others are , apparently , About doing him homage . This King , Osirtasen I. , and B. C. his immediate successors , must have ...
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... walls , and monkeys are represented as being trained to save labour by assist- ing in gathering fruit . Cattle are depicted as tended by decrepid herdsmen , a circumstance which serves to shew in what low estimation this class of ...
... walls , and monkeys are represented as being trained to save labour by assist- ing in gathering fruit . Cattle are depicted as tended by decrepid herdsmen , a circumstance which serves to shew in what low estimation this class of ...
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... walls and other great works of the Greeks could be put together in one , they would not equal , either for labour or ... wall surrounds the entire building . There are two different sorts of chambers throughout - half under ground , half ...
... walls and other great works of the Greeks could be put together in one , they would not equal , either for labour or ... wall surrounds the entire building . There are two different sorts of chambers throughout - half under ground , half ...
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... walls , and the walls were carved all over with figures : every court was surrounded with a colonnade , which was built of white stones , exquisitely fitted to- gether . At the corner of the Labyrinth stands a Pyra- mid 40 fathoms ( or ...
... walls , and the walls were carved all over with figures : every court was surrounded with a colonnade , which was built of white stones , exquisitely fitted to- gether . At the corner of the Labyrinth stands a Pyra- mid 40 fathoms ( or ...
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... wall of the Great Hall of Karnak , and his tomb with its sarcophagus of oriental alabaster , in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes , is one of the grandest monuments in Egypt ; -grand , but incom- plete ; for the reign and life of Sethos ...
... wall of the Great Hall of Karnak , and his tomb with its sarcophagus of oriental alabaster , in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes , is one of the grandest monuments in Egypt ; -grand , but incom- plete ; for the reign and life of Sethos ...
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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.