Mesopotamia and Assyria: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time ; with Illustrations of Their Natural HistoryHarper, 1842 - 336 páginas |
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Página 112
... thick and several yards long . It was half full of brackish water , is nearly seven feet in height , and , the workmen said , increased farther on so much in size that a horseman might pass through it . The superstructure over it is ...
... thick and several yards long . It was half full of brackish water , is nearly seven feet in height , and , the workmen said , increased farther on so much in size that a horseman might pass through it . The superstructure over it is ...
Página 119
... thick , and laid in mortar an inch deep . In a portion of the wall at the northwest angle , the several courses , instead of being on a level , had a gentle inclination ; those facing the north sloped towards the east , and those on the ...
... thick , and laid in mortar an inch deep . In a portion of the wall at the northwest angle , the several courses , instead of being on a level , had a gentle inclination ; those facing the north sloped towards the east , and those on the ...
Página 128
... thick between every five or six courses . These reeds protrude from the weather - worn edges of the bricks , communicating to the profile of the edifice a singular ser- rated look , visible from a distance . In appearance they are still ...
... thick between every five or six courses . These reeds protrude from the weather - worn edges of the bricks , communicating to the profile of the edifice a singular ser- rated look , visible from a distance . In appearance they are still ...
Página 129
... thick beds of bitumen , which bore the impression of the matted reeds . The workmanship , on the whole , was very good , and much of it quite perfect , as there have not been any materials abstracted from it as at Babylon . The mass is ...
... thick beds of bitumen , which bore the impression of the matted reeds . The workmanship , on the whole , was very good , and much of it quite perfect , as there have not been any materials abstracted from it as at Babylon . The mass is ...
Página 132
... thick . The mounds themselves , except in this particular , are not very remarkable ; but the size and multitude of the slabs were perplexing . It was told us that they are formed into millstones and various other articles ; and , in ...
... thick . The mounds themselves , except in this particular , are not very remarkable ; but the size and multitude of the slabs were perplexing . It was told us that they are formed into millstones and various other articles ; and , in ...
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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. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces : and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
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 - 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 - 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 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Página 59 - Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches : for his root was by great waters...
Página 115 - ... whole. The other parts of the summit of this hill are occupied by immense fragments of brick-work of no determinate figure, tumbled together and converted into solid vitrified masses...