Ancient History: History of the PersiansReligious Tract Society, 1842 - 123 pages |
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... body . In the summer , it seldom rains ; but the heat is mitigated by a brisk wind , which blows during the night , so that the traveller may proceed on his journey by the light of the glittering stars without inconve- nience . In the ...
... body . In the summer , it seldom rains ; but the heat is mitigated by a brisk wind , which blows during the night , so that the traveller may proceed on his journey by the light of the glittering stars without inconve- nience . In the ...
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... body of the bull is indicative of power , and his horn of force exerted by that instrument . Every symbolical animal of this kind which Sir Robert Ker Porter saw in Persian architecture had but one horn ; hence he conjectures that these ...
... body of the bull is indicative of power , and his horn of force exerted by that instrument . Every symbolical animal of this kind which Sir Robert Ker Porter saw in Persian architecture had but one horn ; hence he conjectures that these ...
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... body . This is the only specimen known to exist in Persia of the human and bestial form combined . Hence much learned speculation has been put forth to the world upon this subject . It is an enigma , however , which no one has yet ...
... body . This is the only specimen known to exist in Persia of the human and bestial form combined . Hence much learned speculation has been put forth to the world upon this subject . It is an enigma , however , which no one has yet ...
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... body of immense weight . Opposite is a flight of steps , of a double ascent , beginning from beneath in- wardly . These steps are greatly decayed , and bas - reliefs of guards , with duplicates of the combats between the bull and the ...
... body of immense weight . Opposite is a flight of steps , of a double ascent , beginning from beneath in- wardly . These steps are greatly decayed , and bas - reliefs of guards , with duplicates of the combats between the bull and the ...
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... body with his right hand . The animal has the head and neck of an eagle , and is covered with immense plumage half way down its back . Though wounded , it seems to oppose its adver- sary with rampant violence . The corresponding ...
... body with his right hand . The animal has the head and neck of an eagle , and is covered with immense plumage half way down its back . Though wounded , it seems to oppose its adver- sary with rampant violence . The corresponding ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.