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الصفحة 14
... fire , they make a report like powder . Too fierce a fire will also destroy the substance altogether . Copper has been discovered in Azer- bigan , and other places ; but , like the iron , it is of little use unless it is mingled with ...
... fire , they make a report like powder . Too fierce a fire will also destroy the substance altogether . Copper has been discovered in Azer- bigan , and other places ; but , like the iron , it is of little use unless it is mingled with ...
الصفحة 15
... fire was extinguished by the superior radiance of the crescent ; and the sceptre of empire , wielded by the successors of Artaxerxes for more than four centuries , dropped from the hands of the unfor- tunate Yasdijerd , while the sun of ...
... fire was extinguished by the superior radiance of the crescent ; and the sceptre of empire , wielded by the successors of Artaxerxes for more than four centuries , dropped from the hands of the unfor- tunate Yasdijerd , while the sun of ...
الصفحة 17
... fire , beauty , and truth with which these quadrupeds are drawn , will hardly appear credible but to one who has appeared on the spot ; for no artist , whether in Greece or Rome , could have been more faithful to the proportions of ...
... fire , beauty , and truth with which these quadrupeds are drawn , will hardly appear credible but to one who has appeared on the spot ; for no artist , whether in Greece or Rome , could have been more faithful to the proportions of ...
الصفحة 19
... fire , which was the symbol of divinity among the ancient Persians . It is a singular fact , that in this building there are no representations of guards round the various effigies of the monarch to protect him . Perhaps Ormuzd was ...
... fire , which was the symbol of divinity among the ancient Persians . It is a singular fact , that in this building there are no representations of guards round the various effigies of the monarch to protect him . Perhaps Ormuzd was ...
الصفحة 27
... fires , which were always ready at certain distances , and lighted as occasion required . The guards which attended the king's person consisted of 15,000 men . These were called the king's relations . There was , also , a body of 10,000 ...
... fires , which were always ready at certain distances , and lighted as occasion required . The guards which attended the king's person consisted of 15,000 men . These were called the king's relations . There was , also , a body of 10,000 ...
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.