The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volume 2James, John and Paul Knapton, 1734 |
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... fpeak of all thefe together , order to give the reader a more clear and difting idea of that stupendous city . The principal works , which have rendered Baby lon fo famous , are the walls of the city ; the keys and the bridge ; the lake ...
... fpeak of all thefe together , order to give the reader a more clear and difting idea of that stupendous city . The principal works , which have rendered Baby lon fo famous , are the walls of the city ; the keys and the bridge ; the lake ...
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... fpeak of by and by . The new palace , which ftood on the weft fide of the river , oppofite to the other , was fixty furlongs ( or feven miles and an half ) in com- pass . It was furrounded with three walls , one with- in another , with ...
... fpeak of by and by . The new palace , which ftood on the weft fide of the river , oppofite to the other , was fixty furlongs ( or feven miles and an half ) in com- pass . It was furrounded with three walls , one with- in another , with ...
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... fpeak any thing amifs against the God of Ananias , Mifael , and Azarias : He likewise promoted these three young men to the highest ho- nours and employments . If . xxiii . 8 . Nebuchadnezzar , in the twenty - first year of his reign ...
... fpeak any thing amifs against the God of Ananias , Mifael , and Azarias : He likewise promoted these three young men to the highest ho- nours and employments . If . xxiii . 8 . Nebuchadnezzar , in the twenty - first year of his reign ...
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... fpeak ) and yet arrives at her point as furely as the other . Dejoces , who faw things fucceeding according to his wish , sent his emiffaries to the affembly , after having inftructed them in the part they were to act . When expedients ...
... fpeak ) and yet arrives at her point as furely as the other . Dejoces , who faw things fucceeding according to his wish , sent his emiffaries to the affembly , after having inftructed them in the part they were to act . When expedients ...
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... fpeak more justly , a foul fuperiour to all ambition : Nothing can fhew him fo perfectly worthy of that important charge , as the opinion he has of his not being fo , and his fears of being unequal to it . But when he generously fa ...
... fpeak more justly , a foul fuperiour to all ambition : Nothing can fhew him fo perfectly worthy of that important charge , as the opinion he has of his not being fo , and his fears of being unequal to it . But when he generously fa ...
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Affyrians Afia againſt alfo almoſt amongſt AN.MUN ancient anfwer army Athens Babylon becauſe befides call'd Cambyfes caufe cauſe chariots confequently confiderable confifted Crofus cuftom Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus Cyrus's Darius defign defire empire enemy eſtabliſhed faid fame father fays fcripture fecond felf fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fiege filver fince firft firſt foldiers fome foon fore CHR fpeak ftate ftill fubjects fucceeded fuch give Gobryas greateſt Grecian Greece Herodotus hiftory himſelf honour horfes inftruct juft juftice king kingdom laft laws likewife Lycurgus mafter manner Medes moft moſt muſt neceffary Nineveh obferves occafion Perfians perfons Plato pleaſure Plut Plutarch prefent prince publick reafon refpect reft reign Scythians SECT Semiramis ſeveral ſhall Smerdis Solon Sparta ſpeaking ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand throne treaſures troops underſtanding uſe whofe wiſdom Xenoph Xenophon
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Page 43 - ... under it, and the fowls from his branches : nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth : let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him ; and let seven times pass over him.
Page 44 - ... he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Page 60 - Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? "The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Page 44 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 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 150 - 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 144 - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people ; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together : the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Page 43 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know, that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 143 - And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Page 15 - The whole was covered with thick sheets of lead, upon which lay the mould of the garden. And all this floorage was contrived to keep the moisture of the mould from running away through the arches. The...
Page 141 - Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.