The Christian Review, Volume 15Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1850 |
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... Assyrian sculpture . The investigations of M. Botta did not extend beyond the mound of Khorsabad . Mr. Layard , encouraged by the successful endeavors of the French consul , was anxious to pursue these investigations , and especially in ...
... Assyrian sculpture . The investigations of M. Botta did not extend beyond the mound of Khorsabad . Mr. Layard , encouraged by the successful endeavors of the French consul , was anxious to pursue these investigations , and especially in ...
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... Assyrians ; their architecture , their strategy , their dress , their worship , their domestic life , and their progress in science and the arts . It is especially through these remains that we are introduced with unerring precision to ...
... Assyrians ; their architecture , their strategy , their dress , their worship , their domestic life , and their progress in science and the arts . It is especially through these remains that we are introduced with unerring precision to ...
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... Assyrian imagery , and the seraphim of Isaiah , ( chap . vi . ) If the build- ing uncovered were a temple , these creatures , as emblems of the Deity , might have been objects of worship , agreeably to what is said in the prophet ...
... Assyrian imagery , and the seraphim of Isaiah , ( chap . vi . ) If the build- ing uncovered were a temple , these creatures , as emblems of the Deity , might have been objects of worship , agreeably to what is said in the prophet ...
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... Assyrian art in existence . " On an- other sculpture , two kings facing one another are separated by a tree , and over them the emblem of divinity with the wings and tail of a bird , inclosed in a circle , and holding a ring in one hand ...
... Assyrian art in existence . " On an- other sculpture , two kings facing one another are separated by a tree , and over them the emblem of divinity with the wings and tail of a bird , inclosed in a circle , and holding a ring in one hand ...
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... Assyrian emblem is translated into words . Cyrus , who came from the east , was likened to the bird of prey . The wings might imply swiftness , and the head ferocity , as characteristics of the conqueror . The winged , human - headed ...
... Assyrian emblem is translated into words . Cyrus , who came from the east , was likened to the bird of prey . The wings might imply swiftness , and the head ferocity , as characteristics of the conqueror . The winged , human - headed ...
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Página 80 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not THEE, marks not the mighty hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres; Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Página 316 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Página 572 - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day, the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank ; the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America.
Página 120 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall : and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Página 317 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Página 600 - For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Página 28 - Kemble.— The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth till the period of the Norman Conquest.
Página 113 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it...
Página 111 - Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 121 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...