Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811: Now First Published : Memoir on the Ruins ... Remarks on the Topography of Ancient Babylon by Major Rennell ; in Reference to the Memoir : Second Memoir on the Ruins ; in Reference to Major Rennell's Remarks : with Narrative of a Journey to Persepolis |
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Ancient Babylon antiquity appears Arabs Babylonian Bagdad banks Beauchamp Birs Nemroud bitumen breadth building built burnt bricks Bushire Bussora called canal caravanserai cement centre CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH course covered Ctesias cuneiform curious Darius Hystaspes desert Diodorus earth east eastern embankment Euphrates face farsakhs feet fragments gardens gate grand mound heaps height Herodotus Hillah hills hundred yards inscriptions Jeremiah Kasr Khan layers Major Rennell mass Memoir mentioned Mesjid miles Mohawill mortar mounds of Amran Mujelibč Musseib Neel Niebuhr observed palace Pasha pass passage Persepolis Persian Pietro della Valle plain probably ravine reeds remains of Babylon remarkable Rich Rich page Rich's river road round rubbish ruins of Babylon says seen Semiramis Shirauz side spot stone Strabo summit supposed Temple of Belus Tigris tion tomb Tower of Belus town traces unburnt vestiges village walls whole
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Page xv - 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. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page xvi - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page xvi - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.
Page xxiv - Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children.
Page xvii - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page xv - 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. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 98 - And they said, 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.
Page xv - Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page xxiv - Howl ye ; for the day of the LORD is at hand ; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt : and they shall be afraid : pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another ; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the LORD...
Page xviii - Call together the archers against Babylon : all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about ; let none thereof escape : recompense her according to her work ; according to all that she hath done do unto her : for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the holy One of Israel.
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| Title | Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811: Now First Published : Memoir on the Ruins ... Remarks on the Topography of Ancient Babylon by Major Rennell ; in Reference to the Memoir : Second Memoir on the Ruins ; in Reference to Major Rennell's Remarks : with Narrative of a Journey to ... |
| Author | Claudius James Rich |
| Editor | Claudius James Rich |
| Publisher | Duncan and Malcolm, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 324 pages |
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