The National Miscellany, Том 1National Miscellany, 1853 |
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... Assyrian capital from the evident greatness of such kings as Tiglath Pileser , Sennacherib and Esarhaddon , it is remarkable that , except in the case of Sennacherib , none of these princes are , in the Bible , directly connected with ...
... Assyrian capital from the evident greatness of such kings as Tiglath Pileser , Sennacherib and Esarhaddon , it is remarkable that , except in the case of Sennacherib , none of these princes are , in the Bible , directly connected with ...
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... Assyria , but he would meet with but one reference to the seat of their empire . Nor is this silence peculiar to the Bible : for , on this subject , profane history is almost equally dark . The fall of Nineveh had preceded the first of ...
... Assyria , but he would meet with but one reference to the seat of their empire . Nor is this silence peculiar to the Bible : for , on this subject , profane history is almost equally dark . The fall of Nineveh had preceded the first of ...
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... Assyrian king with the different nations around his capital . No name was found , whereby their date could be determined , but a curious desire to perpetuate the natural features of the country they inhabited , was observed in rude ...
... Assyrian king with the different nations around his capital . No name was found , whereby their date could be determined , but a curious desire to perpetuate the natural features of the country they inhabited , was observed in rude ...
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... Assyrians procured their alabaster have not been discovered ) . Attached to it are cables , held by a large body of men ( ap- parently from their dress the captives of some war ) who are arranged in three rows , and are pulling it by ...
... Assyrians procured their alabaster have not been discovered ) . Attached to it are cables , held by a large body of men ( ap- parently from their dress the captives of some war ) who are arranged in three rows , and are pulling it by ...
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... Assyrian palaces were invariably built . The King , in a chariot drawn by eunuchs , overlooks the operations from a part of the mound to which the sledge is being drawn . Behind him are low hills with various fruit trees growing on them ...
... Assyrian palaces were invariably built . The King , in a chariot drawn by eunuchs , overlooks the operations from a part of the mound to which the sledge is being drawn . Behind him are low hills with various fruit trees growing on them ...
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Сторінка 237 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Сторінка 19 - Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them.
Сторінка 405 - However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things ; which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to carry a greater bundle of things upon his back, unless he can afford one or two strong servants to attend him.
Сторінка 405 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Сторінка 229 - ... professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness ; your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture ; your tenderness for the weak, the poor, the oppressed, the unhappy. To the best of his means and ability he comments on all the ordinary actions and passions of life almost. He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher, so to speak. Accordingly, as he finds, and speaks, and feels the truth best, we regard him, esteem him — sometimes love him.
Сторінка 6 - SONG. ON MAY MORNING. |0 W the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Сторінка 82 - mong men, not mailed in scorn, But in the armour of a pure intent. Great duties are before me, and great songs, And whether crowned or crownless, when I fall, It matters not, so as God's work is done.
Сторінка 79 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Сторінка 240 - As a picture of manners the novel of "Tom Jones" is indeed exquisite: as a work of construction quite a wonder: the by-play of wisdom; the power of observation; the multiplied felicitous turns and thoughts; the varied character of the great Comic Epic; keep the reader in a perpetual admiration and curiosity.* But against Mr.
Сторінка 227 - Lectures were once useful ; but now, when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. If your attention fails, and you miss a part of the lecture, it is lost ; you cannot go back as you do upon a book.