The Resurrection of Assyria: A Lecture Delivered in Renfield Presbyterian Church, Glasgow on January 31, 1875

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S. Bagster, 1875 - 63 Seiten
 

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Seite 63 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Seite 49 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the Brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Seite 41 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Seite 42 - I, Sennacherib, king of multitudes, king of Assyria, have given chains of gold, stores of ivory, a cup of gold, crowns and chains besides, all the riches of which there are heaps, crystal and another precious stone and bird's stone : one and a half manehs, two and a half cibi, according to their weight : to Essar-haddon my son, who was afterwards named Assur-ebil-mucin-pal according to my wish ; the treasure of the Temple of Amuk and (Nebo)-irik-erba, the harpists of Nebo.
Seite 12 - But perhaps the most interesting of all is a list of every species of animal known to the Assyrians, classified in families and genera. No doubt the great divisions of this classification are those of a very rudimentary science, but we may well be astonished to find that the Assyrians had already invented a scientific nomenclature similar in principle to that of Linnaeus.
Seite 57 - ... to the centre of the place. It was a day of festivity among them, and whilst the citizens were engaged in dance and merriment, Babylon was, for the first time*, thus taken.
Seite 47 - Palace of Asshurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, to whom the god Nebo and the goddess Tashmit (the goddess of wisdom) have given ears to hear, and eyes to see what is the foundation of government. They have revealed to the kings, my predecessors, this cuneiform writing, the manifestation of the god Nebo, the god of supreme intelligence. I have written it upon tablets, I have signed it, I have placed it in my palace for the instruction of my subjects.
Seite 39 - ... teeth of buffaloes, dan wood, ku wood, a great treasure of every kind, and his daughters, and the male and female inmates of his palace, male slaves and female slaves, unto Niniveh my royal city after me he sent ; to pay tribute and do homage he sent his envoy.
Seite 15 - The poisonous spittle of the mouth * which is noxious to the voice, the phlegm which is destructive to the . . ., the pustules of the lungs, the pustule of the body, the loss of the nails, the removal and dissolving of old excrement, the skin which is stripped off, the recurrent ague of the body, the food which hardens in a man's body, the food which returns after being eaten, the drink which distends after drinking, death by poison, from the swallowing of the mouth which distends, the unreturning...
Seite 16 - TABLET I. Ten shekels of the best silver, (being) chains for Istar of Nineveh, which Billu-baladh, in the presence of Manuci-Arbela [here follow 3 seals], has lent on a loan ; the silver is to have interest paid upon it at 4 per cent. On the 3rd day of the month the silver has been given. (Dated) 3rd day of the month Sebat, during the eponymy of Rimmonsallim-ani.

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