The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh from Sea to Sea: A Thousand Miles on Horseback ...Harper & brothers, 1876 - Всего страниц: 455 |
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... hour- they seemed most devout . The coming twilight , the si- lence of all nature sinking to rest , added to the solemnity of the scene . Nothing diverted their attention . They appeared unconscious of the eyes that gazed upon them ...
... hour- they seemed most devout . The coming twilight , the si- lence of all nature sinking to rest , added to the solemnity of the scene . Nothing diverted their attention . They appeared unconscious of the eyes that gazed upon them ...
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... hour till morning . The fog and the darkness passed simultaneously away . The sun rose clear and bright , but no one knew where we were . For twenty hours we steamed up and down the coast , looking for the har bor . Each man had his ...
... hour till morning . The fog and the darkness passed simultaneously away . The sun rose clear and bright , but no one knew where we were . For twenty hours we steamed up and down the coast , looking for the har bor . Each man had his ...
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... hour . It was a run of two hundred and forty - five miles , and occupied more than thirty hours to accomplish . While yet the stars were bright , we anchored in the outer harbor , and waited for the dawn . And when the sun rose , the ...
... hour . It was a run of two hundred and forty - five miles , and occupied more than thirty hours to accomplish . While yet the stars were bright , we anchored in the outer harbor , and waited for the dawn . And when the sun rose , the ...
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... hour . " " Twas the voice of nature calling Earth's weary children to repose ; While , round the couch of nature falling , Gently the night's soft curtains close . Soon o'er a world in sleep reclining , Numberless stars throughout yond ...
... hour . " " Twas the voice of nature calling Earth's weary children to repose ; While , round the couch of nature falling , Gently the night's soft curtains close . Soon o'er a world in sleep reclining , Numberless stars throughout yond ...
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... Hour after hour we steamed through those reddened waters , and contem- plated this wonder of the deep . Some suggested that it was the spawn on which whales feed . Others thought it a mass of young dead fish . But it proved to be a vast ...
... Hour after hour we steamed through those reddened waters , and contem- plated this wonder of the deep . Some suggested that it was the spawn on which whales feed . Others thought it a mass of young dead fish . But it proved to be a vast ...
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Стр. 164 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Стр. 145 - Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Стр. 160 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Стр. 302 - 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.
Стр. 225 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Стр. 273 - And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Стр. 59 - Quiet, though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both ? O flowers, That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation and my last • At even, which I bred up with tender hand • From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear...
Стр. 160 - Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg.
Стр. 31 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Стр. 309 - The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.