 | Charles Rollin - 1820 - 386 pages
...magnificence of his buildings, he said," Is not this great Babylon, " which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the " might of my power, and for the honour, of my majesty ?" Would a secret impulse of complacency and vanity in a prince, at the sight of such noble structures... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1820 - 620 pages
...out into these glorious words : ' Is not this ' great Babel, that I have built for the house of * the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for * the honour of my majesty ?" Surely if those things be true that are by Josephus rehearsed of him out of Berosus and Megasthenes,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1821 - 558 pages
...and magnifience, is saying to himself, ° Is not tins great Babylon that I built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of' my power, and for the honour of my majesty 9 in this very instant, when, by vainly flattering himself that he held his power and kingdom from... | |
 | Alexander Watson - 1867 - 1026 pages
...uninterrupted success and power, " 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 !" Nebuchadnezzar was a heathen, but he had previous discoveries made to him by Daniel's interpretation... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...splendour of his palace, he exclaimed, " 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 ? " Thus boasted proud man before his Maker : but " those that walk in pride, God is able to abase... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...Dan. iii. 14, 15. The king said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in hta mouth, &c. a voice said, The kingdom is departed from thee. — Dan. iv. 30,31. Though Belshazzar... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...Dan. iii. 14, 15. The king said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in his mouth, &c. a voice said, The kingdom is .departed from thee. — Dan. iv. 30, 31. Though Belshazzar... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1824 - 366 pages
...by grace. As Nebuchadnezzar 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 ; so Christ may say of the church, his spiritual temple ; and what he says of the church in general,... | |
 | Joseph Wilson (minister of Laxton.) - 1824 - 368 pages
...survey the whole city, " And he 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?" He ascribes no glory to God; no praise to the Most High ; he speaks, as if he were the sole author... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...Sometimes pride shews itself in word. 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 ? Daniel iv. 30. And again hi. 15; Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands ? It was... | |
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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? 
