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Page 96
... sculptures , the domestic uten- sils , the arms , and the gods of that very people , be- fore whose gates Ezekiel had stood and Jonah had lifted up his voice . From the dust and debris that had covered them for twenty - five centuries ...
... sculptures , the domestic uten- sils , the arms , and the gods of that very people , be- fore whose gates Ezekiel had stood and Jonah had lifted up his voice . From the dust and debris that had covered them for twenty - five centuries ...
Page 102
... sculpture , and giving directions for the con- tinuation of the work , a noise of horsemen was heard , and presently Abd - ur - rahman , followed by half his tribe , appeared on the edge of the trench . As soon as the two Arabs had ...
... sculpture , and giving directions for the con- tinuation of the work , a noise of horsemen was heard , and presently Abd - ur - rahman , followed by half his tribe , appeared on the edge of the trench . As soon as the two Arabs had ...
Page 103
... sculptures , whose fame had been spread over the town and provinces , I was desirous of gratifying their curiosity before the heat of summer had rendered the plain of Nim- roud almost uninhabitable . An opportunity at the same time ...
... sculptures , whose fame had been spread over the town and provinces , I was desirous of gratifying their curiosity before the heat of summer had rendered the plain of Nim- roud almost uninhabitable . An opportunity at the same time ...
Page 107
... sculptures , and the size of its slabs . I uncovered the northern wall , and the east- ern as far as the entrance . Each slab , except the corner - stones , was occupied by two figures about eight feet in height . On the centre slab is ...
... sculptures , and the size of its slabs . I uncovered the northern wall , and the east- ern as far as the entrance . Each slab , except the corner - stones , was occupied by two figures about eight feet in height . On the centre slab is ...
Page 108
... sculptures are in the best state of preservation ; the most delicate carv- ings are still distinct , and the outline of the figures retains its original sharpness . runs the customary inscription . velled at these strange figures ...
... sculptures are in the best state of preservation ; the most delicate carv- ings are still distinct , and the outline of the figures retains its original sharpness . runs the customary inscription . velled at these strange figures ...
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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?