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Page 9
... figures in the margin . It is the opinion of the learned Prideaux , that Ezra made additions in several parts of the Bible , where anything appeared necessary for illustrating , connecting , or completing the work , in which he appears ...
... figures in the margin . It is the opinion of the learned Prideaux , that Ezra made additions in several parts of the Bible , where anything appeared necessary for illustrating , connecting , or completing the work , in which he appears ...
Page 98
... figures carved in black stone still existed amongst the ruins ; but we searched for them in vain , during the greater part of a day in which we were engaged in exploring the heaps of earth and bricks , covering a consider- able extent ...
... figures carved in black stone still existed amongst the ruins ; but we searched for them in vain , during the greater part of a day in which we were engaged in exploring the heaps of earth and bricks , covering a consider- able extent ...
Page 101
... figure , the remainder of which was still buried in the earth . I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull , similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis . It was in admirable preservation . The expression was calm ...
... figure , the remainder of which was still buried in the earth . I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull , similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis . It was in admirable preservation . The expression was calm ...
Page 102
... now ordered a trench to be dug due south from the head , in the expectation of finding a corresponding figure , and before nightfall reached the object of my search about twelve feet distant . 102 NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS ,
... now ordered a trench to be dug due south from the head , in the expectation of finding a corresponding figure , and before nightfall reached the object of my search about twelve feet distant . 102 NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS ,
Page 107
... figures about eight feet in height . On the centre slab is the king , seated on a stool or throne of most elegant design and careful workmanship . His feet are placed upon a footstool supported by lions ' paws . In his ele- vated right ...
... figures about eight feet in height . On the centre slab is the king , seated on a stool or throne of most elegant design and careful workmanship . His feet are placed upon a footstool supported by lions ' paws . In his ele- vated right ...
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Page 31 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 251 - But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Page 203 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 7 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 28 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 250 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 244 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 268 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Page 31 - ... For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?