The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh from Sea to Sea: A Thousand Miles on Horseback ...Harper & brothers, 1876 - 455 páginas |
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... twenty - five years , and thith- er these devotees had journeyed to worship and to pay . On leaving port , they had expressed their superstition by throwing cocoa - nuts into the sea to insure a pleasant voyage ; but the gods of the ...
... twenty - five years , and thith- er these devotees had journeyed to worship and to pay . On leaving port , they had expressed their superstition by throwing cocoa - nuts into the sea to insure a pleasant voyage ; but the gods of the ...
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... twenty of those hideous creatures , which are treated with more than human kindness . Pilgrims come from afar to offer sheep and goats to these horrid monsters . On the neighboring plains , the priestly shepherds keep large flocks to ...
... twenty of those hideous creatures , which are treated with more than human kindness . Pilgrims come from afar to offer sheep and goats to these horrid monsters . On the neighboring plains , the priestly shepherds keep large flocks to ...
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... twenty hours we steamed up and down the coast , looking for the har bor . Each man had his opinion , charts were consulted , landmarks were scanned , and each mountain and inlet was carefully viewed through the glass . It was appar ent ...
... twenty hours we steamed up and down the coast , looking for the har bor . Each man had his opinion , charts were consulted , landmarks were scanned , and each mountain and inlet was carefully viewed through the glass . It was appar ent ...
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... twenty - five miles from Bom- bay , and located on the Gulf of Oman , which is interme- diate between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean . The bold bluffs of Castle Hill and Ras Noo " O'er the deep their shadows flung , " as in the ...
... twenty - five miles from Bom- bay , and located on the Gulf of Oman , which is interme- diate between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean . The bold bluffs of Castle Hill and Ras Noo " O'er the deep their shadows flung , " as in the ...
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... twenty dollars each . South of the town are extensive gardens , where the palm grows in its beauty . In summer the air is as the blast of a fur- nace , and mortal vapors are exhaled from the earth : the fields are then dry and black as ...
... twenty dollars each . South of the town are extensive gardens , where the palm grows in its beauty . In summer the air is as the blast of a fur- nace , and mortal vapors are exhaled from the earth : the fields are then dry and black as ...
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Adventure Aleppo ancient Arabs Armenians Ashur Assyrian Babylon Bagdad banks bazaars beasts beautiful boat brick bridge Busrah called camels canal captives caravan Chaldean Christian church Cloth crossed Ctesiphon cuneiform Damascus deep desert Diarbekir dome dred East Egypt empire Esar-haddon Euphrates feet high fifty flocks four gardens gates gold Half Calf Hezekiah Hillah hills Holy horses hour hundred feet Illustrations inscriptions Isaiah Jews journey khajawahs khan king Kurdistan lady land less lions Lord Maps Mesopotamia miles minaret Monophysites morning Moslems mosque Mosul mounds mountains mules Nabopolassar native Nebuchadnezzar Nestorians Nestorius night Nimroud Nineveh ornamented palace passed Persian Persian Gulf plain prophet residence rich river Roman royal ruins Sennacherib shepherds shore side Sir Henry Rawlinson soldiers steamer stream summit Syrian tablets temple tents thousand three hundred Tigris tion tomb tower town traveler tukhteravan Turkish Turks valley vast village vols walls wherein women
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.