Ancient History: History of the PersiansReligious Tract Society, 1842 - 123 pagina's |
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Pagina 2
... means were great robbers . This description agrees with the mountaineers of the modern Looristaun , in the south of Media , and harmo- nizes with sacred history , which represents Chedorlaomer the Elamite , making a preda- tory inroad ...
... means were great robbers . This description agrees with the mountaineers of the modern Looristaun , in the south of Media , and harmo- nizes with sacred history , which represents Chedorlaomer the Elamite , making a preda- tory inroad ...
Pagina 7
... mean barrier . ARIA . Aria is the modern Heraut , sometimes pro- nounced without the aspirate . This province lay to ... means agreed among geographers . The situation of Aria corresponds to that of the modern Sejestan , and the southern ...
... mean barrier . ARIA . Aria is the modern Heraut , sometimes pro- nounced without the aspirate . This province lay to ... means agreed among geographers . The situation of Aria corresponds to that of the modern Sejestan , and the southern ...
Pagina 10
... means . Wheels were so constructed as to draw up the water from such streams as lay nearest , and conveyed it over the fields : and an ingenious contrivance was formed of connecting successive wells by subterranean conduits , called ...
... means . Wheels were so constructed as to draw up the water from such streams as lay nearest , and conveyed it over the fields : and an ingenious contrivance was formed of connecting successive wells by subterranean conduits , called ...
Pagina 11
... means of bringing waste land into cultivation , and it is by no means un- common for the poor to associate to make a cau- raiz , and to divide the land which it irrigates amongst them . Cauraizees are common in all the west of the ...
... means of bringing waste land into cultivation , and it is by no means un- common for the poor to associate to make a cau- raiz , and to divide the land which it irrigates amongst them . Cauraizees are common in all the west of the ...
Pagina 12
... mean article of internal trade . These fruits are apricots , peaches , apples , plums , pears , nectarines , quinces , figs , pomegranates , mulberries , currants , cherries , almonds , walnuts , and pistachio nuts . Vine plantations ...
... mean article of internal trade . These fruits are apricots , peaches , apples , plums , pears , nectarines , quinces , figs , pomegranates , mulberries , currants , cherries , almonds , walnuts , and pistachio nuts . Vine plantations ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 48 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Pagina 50 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Pagina 106 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Pagina 39 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect. unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Pagina 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Pagina 41 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Pagina 96 - Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Pagina 14 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Pagina 87 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Pagina 50 - Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.