A popular account of discoveries at Nineveh, abridged [from Nineveh and its remains]. |
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vii. oldal
... rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with ...
... rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with ...
viii. oldal
... rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the ...
... rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the ...
x. oldal
... rubbish he found a few frag- ments of pottery , bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of ...
... rubbish he found a few frag- ments of pottery , bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of ...
4. oldal
... rubbish which had accumulated around the base of the great mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs ...
... rubbish which had accumulated around the base of the great mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs ...
16. oldal
... rubbish , amongst which I found with joy the fragment of a bas - relief . The material on which it was carved had been exposed to fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery ...
... rubbish , amongst which I found with joy the fragment of a bas - relief . The material on which it was carved had been exposed to fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery ...
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already amongst ancient appear Arabs Assyrian banks bas-reliefs bricks brought building built bull called carried centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians church collected completely containing covered described difficulty discovered discovery earth East entered entrance evident excavations face feet figures followed formed four frequently hand head History horses houses inhabitants inscriptions journey Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurds lions looked Mosul mound mountains nature nearly night Nimroud object once opened orders origin ornaments palace party Pasha passed Persian plain Post 8vo prepared present preserved priests principal probably raising reached received remains removed represented resembling rest river rocks rode round ruins scarcely sculptures Second Edition Sheikh side similar slabs soon standing stones tents tomb trees trenches tribe valley village Vols walls warriors whilst whole winged women Woodcuts workmen Yezidis
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54. oldal - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
323. oldal - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
2. oldal - BELL (Sir Charles). The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression, as Connected with the Fine Arts.
49. oldal - Sheikh could be prevailed upon to descend into the pit, and convince himself that the image he saw was of stone. " This is not the work of men's hands...
254. oldal - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
253. oldal - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
307. oldal - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
216. oldal - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without; the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
54. oldal - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
6. oldal - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of his Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo. 42s. CUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.