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" All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. And the king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power,... "
An abridgment of Scripture history, consisting of lessons selected from the ... - Page 241
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Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and ..., Volume 3

James Anderson - 1800 - 632 pages
...utterly forgot their own insignificance; and, like Nebuchadnezzar of old, they said in their hearts, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my .power, and for the honour of my majesty?" and, regardlefs of the fate that had followed this vainglorious toast, they would fain natter themselves...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 396 pages
...glories of the city he had adorned; unable to contain the pride of his heart, he exctaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon, that I have built, for " the...might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had lie thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed, " O king Nebuchadnezzar, " to...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 101

1855 - 604 pages
...there a passage of more startling effect than those words, — the Emperor Nicholas is no more. ' Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power and for the honour of my majesty? While his word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from Heaven saying, " Oh ! " king to thee...
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Life and Works: A Collection of Pamphlets, Volume 4

Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...come upon him; yet still his heart was hardened through unbelief, and he boasted of his greatness, and said — " Is not this great Babylon, that I have...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" Thus was his boasting, till a voice from heaven said, the kingdom is departed from dice ; and he...
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Universal history, ancient and modern, Volume 2

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pages
...the glories of the city he had adorned, unable to contain the pride of hisheart, he exclaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon that I have built, for " the...might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had he thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed, " O king Nebuchad" nezzar, to...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 6

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...creation of his own, reflecting on what he had done to mate the city beautiful and mag3 1 nificent. And While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell...to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from 32 thee. And they shall drive thee, or, thou shall be driven, from men, and thy dwelling [shall be]...
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...built for the house of the kingdom by the might of in y power, and for the honour of my majesty ? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell...thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee : 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field : they...
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No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the ...

William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...before the pride of his power had filled his heart, and then his mouth, with this haughty question, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?"c But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, " a voice from heaven rebuked the pride...
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Short Sermons on Important Subjects: Designed as a Companion for the Pious ...

Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar, take it all to ourselves. When that mpnarch walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, and said, " Is not this great Babylon, that I have...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" God saw him : and, " while the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice from heaven, saying,...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...and artificial lakes. But in the height of his grandeur and prosperity, as he was pronouncing " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" an affliction fell upon him, •which is mysteriously described in the book of Daniel, as being driven...
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