An original history of ancien AmericaLongman, Brown & Longmans, 1843 - 461 sidor |
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Sida 59
... pyramidal structures , rising from thirty , to one hundred and forty feet on a slope . The whole line of survey ( of this Temple ) is two thousand eight hundred and sixty - six feet , which though gigantic and extraordinary for a ruined ...
... pyramidal structures , rising from thirty , to one hundred and forty feet on a slope . The whole line of survey ( of this Temple ) is two thousand eight hundred and sixty - six feet , which though gigantic and extraordinary for a ruined ...
Sida 60
... the water- no part of which is now visible . Beyond are the re- mains of two small pyramidal structures , to the largest of which is attached a wall running along the 60 ORIGINAL HISTORY OF [ BOOK I. , CH . V. , § 11 .
... the water- no part of which is now visible . Beyond are the re- mains of two small pyramidal structures , to the largest of which is attached a wall running along the 60 ORIGINAL HISTORY OF [ BOOK I. , CH . V. , § 11 .
Sida 61
... pyramidal structure one hundred and twenty feet high on the slope . On the right are other remains of terraces and pyramidal buildings , and here , also , was probably a gateway , by a passage about twenty feet wide , into a ...
... pyramidal structure one hundred and twenty feet high on the slope . On the right are other remains of terraces and pyramidal buildings , and here , also , was probably a gateway , by a passage about twenty feet wide , into a ...
Sida 62
... pyramidal struc- ture , with masses of fallen stone [ ruins ] resting against its base , is grand , and it would be difficult to exceed the richness of the ornament and sharpness of the sculpture . This , too , was painted , and the red ...
... pyramidal struc- ture , with masses of fallen stone [ ruins ] resting against its base , is grand , and it would be difficult to exceed the richness of the ornament and sharpness of the sculpture . This , too , was painted , and the red ...
Sida 63
... pyramidal sides , and then joined on to terraces or other structures of the same kind . " The first line of this last quotation is distinctly con- tradicted a few lines before it - for he says , " At a short distance is a detached ...
... pyramidal sides , and then joined on to terraces or other structures of the same kind . " The first line of this last quotation is distinctly con- tradicted a few lines before it - for he says , " At a short distance is a detached ...
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Sida 178 - In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace ; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Sida 424 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Sida 209 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard; And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Sida 294 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Sida 240 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Sida 330 - Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall ? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.
Sida 181 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Sida 140 - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Sida 212 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Sida 270 - The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.