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... bas - reliefs , before alluded to , will show that the present volume , whatever be its claims to correctness of description and deduction , is a work of inde- pendent research ; while a glance through its pages will be sufficient to ...
... bas - reliefs , before alluded to , will show that the present volume , whatever be its claims to correctness of description and deduction , is a work of inde- pendent research ; while a glance through its pages will be sufficient to ...
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... bas - reliefs . The gazelle , the emblem of female elegance and beauty , ranges the plains , and another antelope replaces it in the mountains . In ornithology the resemblance to European forms is so great , especially in the northern ...
... bas - reliefs . The gazelle , the emblem of female elegance and beauty , ranges the plains , and another antelope replaces it in the mountains . In ornithology the resemblance to European forms is so great , especially in the northern ...
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... bas - reliefs of Nineveh , proves that it was familiar to the ancient Assyrians . A starling of much bril- liancy of plumage , a blue - headed bee - eater , three species of king - fisher , and several of the doves , are peculiar . The ...
... bas - reliefs of Nineveh , proves that it was familiar to the ancient Assyrians . A starling of much bril- liancy of plumage , a blue - headed bee - eater , three species of king - fisher , and several of the doves , are peculiar . The ...
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... bas - reliefs of Khorsabad and Koyunjik , representations from the chisels of contemporary artists , not only of Samaria , but of that Jerusalem which contained the Temple of Solomon . I have already identified the Sama- ritans among ...
... bas - reliefs of Khorsabad and Koyunjik , representations from the chisels of contemporary artists , not only of Samaria , but of that Jerusalem which contained the Temple of Solomon . I have already identified the Sama- ritans among ...
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... bas - reliefs , —very frequently display the celes- tial orbs ; and that not only in the forms of which we have spoken , of disks , crescents , and rayed stars , which last are probably planets , but in groups of seven , eight , or ten ...
... bas - reliefs , —very frequently display the celes- tial orbs ; and that not only in the forms of which we have spoken , of disks , crescents , and rayed stars , which last are probably planets , but in groups of seven , eight , or ten ...
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adorned alluded ancient animals antiquity appears Armenia arms Asia Assyrian Babylon Babylonian bas-reliefs beasts beautiful Botta bricks bull captive carried character chariot cloth colours common court Ctesias cuneiform described doubtless early Egypt Egyptian embroidered Esarhaddon eunuchs Euphrates Ezek feet figures fly-whisk front garments gates gods gold Greeks hand head Hebrew Herod Herodotus horses hunting India inscriptions Israel ivory Jerusalem Khorsabad king king of Assyria king's Kouyunjik Layard lion LORD Medes mentioned metal mitre monarch monuments mountains nations Nebuchadnezzar Nimroud Nineveh Nisroch ornamented painted palace passage passed perhaps Persepolis Persian Phoenician Pict pillars plain present priests princes probably Rawlinson reign represented resembling river robe round royal sacred scene Scripture sculptures seen Sennacherib Shalmaneser shield shoulder side siege silver slabs sometimes spear species stones supposed sword Syria temple thou throne Tigris tion towers tribute unto walls warriors winged worn worship Xenophon
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Page 73 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 513 - And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 85 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 112 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Page 103 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Page 402 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Page 127 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 487 - The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
Page 72 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 284 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.