Nineveh: its rise and ruin, a course of lectures1850 |
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xii. oldal
... Fire - Charred wood found by M. Botta and Dr. Layard - The city taken and destroyed The tomb - Epitaph and funereal pall of Nineveh - Conclusion - These discoveries afford informa- tion connected with the history of the human race ...
... Fire - Charred wood found by M. Botta and Dr. Layard - The city taken and destroyed The tomb - Epitaph and funereal pall of Nineveh - Conclusion - These discoveries afford informa- tion connected with the history of the human race ...
11. oldal
... fire or decay destroyed the roof , and the sun - dried bricks were exposed to the action of heavy rains , the upper walls of clay became soft and subsided , so that these precious works of art were buried beneath the masses of almost ...
... fire or decay destroyed the roof , and the sun - dried bricks were exposed to the action of heavy rains , the upper walls of clay became soft and subsided , so that these precious works of art were buried beneath the masses of almost ...
51. oldal
... fire , and one is at a loss to conceive how such treasures should escape the hands of the soldiery in a general pillage , unless we suppose that they were enveloped in a confla- gration , which first prevented their being sacked , and ...
... fire , and one is at a loss to conceive how such treasures should escape the hands of the soldiery in a general pillage , unless we suppose that they were enveloped in a confla- gration , which first prevented their being sacked , and ...
52. oldal
... fire . It is said that the throne has been partially fused by the heat . " - Morning Chronicle , March 16th , 1850. It is possible that these statements may be modified when his own accounts of these discoveries are before the public ...
... fire . It is said that the throne has been partially fused by the heat . " - Morning Chronicle , March 16th , 1850. It is possible that these statements may be modified when his own accounts of these discoveries are before the public ...
60. oldal
... of idolatry and wickedness . Dr. Layard has observed on the sculptures a marked difference between the religion of the earlier and later Assyrians . On the former he found no traces of fire - worship , which was 60 NINEVEH :
... of idolatry and wickedness . Dr. Layard has observed on the sculptures a marked difference between the religion of the earlier and later Assyrians . On the former he found no traces of fire - worship , which was 60 NINEVEH :
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amongst ancient angels antiquity appear Assarac Asshur Assyrian army Assyrian monarchy Babylon Babylonian Book of Chronicles brought called captivity Chaldæan chap chariots cherubim Chushan-rishathaim conquest Ctesias desolation discoveries Divine earth east Egypt Egyptians empire Euphrates Ezekiel fact faithful father figures forms glory gods Greek hand heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hezekiah honour idolatry idols illustrated inhabitants inscriptions inspired Isaiah Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jonah Judah king of Assyria kingdom kingdom of Judah land Layard learned lecture lion Lord Major Rawlinson Medes Mesopotamia mighty Moses Mosul mountains Nahum nations Nestorians Nimrod Nineveh Ninus Nisroch observed overthrow palace Palestine Pekah Persian plain princes prophet proud records reign repentance river ruins sacred Samaria says sculptures seems seen Sennacherib solemn spirit symbols Syria temple thee thou throne Tigris tion tribes truth unto walls whilst wickedness wings word worship
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183. oldal - WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
180. oldal - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
129. oldal - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
106. oldal - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
134. oldal - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
135. oldal - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
16. oldal - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
39. oldal - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
117. oldal - Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
147. oldal - Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.