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... Taurus . - Goat . - Other Districts - Bats . - Insecti- Carnivora . - Lions . Tigers.- Chaus . - Lynx . - Hyenas.— Wolves , & c . - Domestic Cats . - Dogs . - Turkoman Dog . - Rodents.- Pachydermata.- Boar.- Horse.Ass.- Ruminants ...
... Taurus . - Goat . - Other Districts - Bats . - Insecti- Carnivora . - Lions . Tigers.- Chaus . - Lynx . - Hyenas.— Wolves , & c . - Domestic Cats . - Dogs . - Turkoman Dog . - Rodents.- Pachydermata.- Boar.- Horse.Ass.- Ruminants ...
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... Taurus to the Arabian Desert . + D'Anville assigns to both countries nearly the same lim- its which we have given them , and describes Mesopota- mia as a region between rivers , the Aram Naharaim of the Pentateuch , s and called " ul ...
... Taurus to the Arabian Desert . + D'Anville assigns to both countries nearly the same lim- its which we have given them , and describes Mesopota- mia as a region between rivers , the Aram Naharaim of the Pentateuch , s and called " ul ...
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By Strabo , Mesopotamia is declared to be bounded on the north by Taurus , which separates it from Armenia ; that it is largest near the mountains , where , between Thap- sacus , at the passage of the Euphrates , and the point where ...
By Strabo , Mesopotamia is declared to be bounded on the north by Taurus , which separates it from Armenia ; that it is largest near the mountains , where , between Thap- sacus , at the passage of the Euphrates , and the point where ...
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... Taurus , under the names of Karahjah Dag , Ali Dag , Madan , Mahrab , and Kalaat Dag . The last two are peaks of that range which divides the eastern Euphra- tes and the Tigris , the sources of the latter river being sit- uated in its ...
... Taurus , under the names of Karahjah Dag , Ali Dag , Madan , Mahrab , and Kalaat Dag . The last two are peaks of that range which divides the eastern Euphra- tes and the Tigris , the sources of the latter river being sit- uated in its ...
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... Taurus , and forms such a succession of rap- ids , and runs in so rocky a channel , that no rafts or boats attempt to pass . Below that space , he says , it becomes and continues to be navigable . C variety of position . These ...
... Taurus , and forms such a succession of rap- ids , and runs in so rocky a channel , that no rafts or boats attempt to pass . Below that space , he says , it becomes and continues to be navigable . C variety of position . These ...
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Página 41 - 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.
Página 53 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Página 71 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Página 59 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs...
Página 65 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Página 65 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Página 65 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 61 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Página 65 - I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Página 59 - I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.