 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 pages
...that profane' monarch, who cried, 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 ? On the contrary, grant that I may devoutly adore him by whom I reign ; and that I m;iy prostrate... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1825 - 276 pages
...XXIII. 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 1 DANIEL, chap, iv, ver. 30. ' O KING, live for ever!' for the narrow term of a mortal life, it seems,... | |
 | William Penn - 1825 - 616 pages
...mouth, with this haughty question, "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 c ?" But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, "a voice from heaven rebuked the pride... | |
 | John Davison - 1825 - 578 pages
...man's own feeling and wisdom. " 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*?" This was the arrogancy of an elated king : but the bias of nature, the ordinary movement of human feeling,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...Vol. iii, p. 45. ; ' boasted, " Is not this great Babylon which I have builded for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty :"1 and he was instantly visited with a similar punishment, but proportioned to the greater enormity... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
..." built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" Alas! poor vain mortal ! — " he O king Nebuchadnezzar, the kingdom is departed from thee!" What follows need not to be strained to... | |
 | Teacher's offering - 1825 - 140 pages
...he claims, in Dan. iv. 30 ; " 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 ?" This city was fortified by immense walls, 87 feet thick, and 350 high, built in an exact square,... | |
 | John Platts - 1825 - 1006 pages
...palace of Babylon, he began to say, " 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 ?" Scarcely had he pronounced these words, when he fell into a distemper or distraction, which so altered... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pages
...height of his pride, 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 ? But while the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, О king Nebuchadnezzar,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 630 pages
...arrogant boost : " Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for tlie house [or capital] of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty :" (Dun. iv. 30) It contained many streets, adorned with houses, three or four stories high ; and these... | |
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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? 
