 | William Penn - 1801 - 500 pages
...then his mouth, with.this haughty queftion, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefly ?c But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, a voice from heaven rebuked the... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. And the king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty 1 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 396 pages
...glories of the city he had adorned; unable to contain the pride of his heart, he exctaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon, that I have built, for " the...might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had lie thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed, " O king Nebuchadnezzar, " to... | |
 | John Jamieson - 1802 - 488 pages
...palace of Babylon, he " fpake and faid, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built " for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of " my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" Every word that he utters, is fraught with arrogance and felf-importance. It was folly in... | |
 | 1855 - 604 pages
...there a passage of more startling effect than those words, — the Emperor Nicholas is no more. ' Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power and for the honour of my majesty? While his word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from Heaven saying, " Oh ! " king to thee... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pages
...the glories of the city he had adorned, unable to contain the pride of hisheart, he exclaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon that I have built, for " the...might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had he thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed, " O king Nebuchad" nezzar, to... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...yet still his heart was hardened through unbelief, and he boasted of his greatness, and said — " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" Thus was his boasting, till a voice from heaven said, the kingdom is departed from dice ; and he... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1804 - 290 pages
...wonders of the world. Is not this, says he, in the pride and vanity of his heart, great Babylon, ivhich I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? The following description of this magnificent city is collected chiefly from Herodotus ; who had been... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...impression. The king spake, and said, Is not this greaUBabylon, that I have built for the house of th« kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? He strutted about at though he were independent of the most High ; surveying the glory of a creation... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...but little impression. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,, that I have built f9r the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? He strutted about as though he were independent of the most High ; surveying the glory of a creation... | |
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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... 
