 Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her : all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows ; and desolation is in the thresholds.  A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh - Page 54by Austen Henry Layard - 1855 - 360 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 704 pages
...Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness ; and flocks lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations : both the cormorant and bittern lodge...the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds." Ezekiel, xxxi. 3, &c. ; Zephaniah, ii. 13, 14. (Pp. 69—71.) This very fine passage is commended to... | |
 | George Bethune English - 1823 - 276 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof: the cormorant and bittern lodge in the temples and palaces. Their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds." The people who now occupy the territories of nations extinct or exterminated, have profited neither by... | |
 | 1833 - 460 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and hittern lodge in the towers and palaces ; their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. The Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 456 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and bittern lodge in the towers and palaces : their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. The Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 364 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and bittern lodge in the towers and palaces : their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. Tha Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | 1837 - 348 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and bittern lodge in the towers and palaces : their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. The Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | 1838 - 534 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and bittern lodge in the towers and palaces : their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. The Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1842 - 342 pages
...The flocks lie down in the midst thereof; the cormorant and bittern lodge in the towers and palaces : their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds. The Nile, meantime, which has seen so many generations rise and disappear, still moves onward to distribute... | |
 | 1853 - 730 pages
...lions were not idle creations, the offspring of mere fancy ; their meaning was written upon them." The entrance formed by the human-headed lions led...chamber, round which were sculptured winged figures. Other chambers were dug out, and by degrees Mr. Layard was enabled, not only to collect the longhidden... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 400 pages
...Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her ; all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge...the windows ; and desolation is in the thresholds."* Behind the lions was another chamber.f I uncovered about fifty feet of its northern wall. On each slab... | |
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