OR

THE HISTORY

OF THE

EMPIRE OF ASSYRIA:

COMPILED FROM

ROLLIN, PRIDEAUX, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF LILY DOUGLAS,
&c. &c.

"O! rapt Isaiah! were not these thy words:-
How hath she ceased-the golden city ceased!
Will all that wealth but ransom thee an hour,
Or bribe the impartial and undazzled Ruin
One instant to suspend her swooping wing."

EDINBURGH:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM OLIPHANT,
22, SOUTH BRIDGE STREET;

AND SOLD BY M. OGLE, AND W. COLLINS, GLASGOW; J.
FINLAY, NEWCASTLE; J. HATCHARD AND SON, HAMIL-
TON, ADAMS AND CO. J. NISBET, J. DUNCAN, AND B. J.
HOLDSWORTH, LONDON; R. M. TIMS, AND W. CURRY,
JUN, AND CO. DUBLIN.

M.DCCC.XXVII.