 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pages
...of hisheart, he exclaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon that I have built, for " the house of the kingdom, -by 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... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1804 - 290 pages
...says he, in the pride and vanity of his heart, great Babylon, ivhich I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? The following description of this magnificent city is collected chiefly from Herodotus ; who had been... | |
 | 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]... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...impression. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,, that I have built f9r the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? He strutted about as though he were independent of the most High ; surveying the glory of a creation... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 524 pages
...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was Jirst walled round by Belus ; but in time... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...mouth, with this haughty question, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the 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... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 pages
...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty f Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first walled round by Belus ; but in time... | |
 | John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...prosperity, as he was pronouncing " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the 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... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...the kingdom of Babylon, and said, " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the 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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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, and for the honour of my majesty? 
