Arts, Antiquities, and Chronology of Ancient Egypt: From Observations in 1839 |
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18th dynasty Ægyptus Africanus Amasis Amenof Amosis Amun-neitgori ancient ANCIENT EGYPT antiquity appears architecture architrave Beni Hassan blocks building built Cambyses capital century chamber Cheops Cheops's chronology colonnades colossal colours columns cornice court descent Diodorus Diospolites duration dynasty early edifice Egyptian entrance Eratosthenes erected Ethiopian Eusebius excavated feet formed founder front grand granite Greece Greek grottoes hall Hassan Herod Herodotus hewn hieroglyphic inscriptions intaglio Jerusalem Karnak kings Lower Egypt Luqsor Manetho Manetho's canon masonry Medeenet Haboo Memphites Menes ments monarch monuments mountains mummy Nectanebo Nile obelisks Old Chronicle original Osirtasen painted passage perhaps period Persians Pharaohs piers plate portico prenomen probably Psammitichi Ptolemies pylon pyramids quadrangle queen Ramses Ramses II reign remarkable river rock roof ROYAL OVALS Saites Saophis sculptures seems sepulchral Shepherd Shishak statues stone successors Suphis supposed Tanites temple Thebaid Theban Thebes Thothmes throne tion tomb vast walls whole
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Page 227 - He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Page 201 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Page 97 - Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 9 - And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 12 - And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD...
Page 97 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 116 - Now sinks at last, or feebly mans the soul ; While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed, And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.
Page 228 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 249 - The gates unfolding pour forth all their train ; Squadrons on squadrons cloud the dusky plain : Men, steeds, and chariots, shake the trembling ground ; The tumult thickens, and the skies resound. And now with shouts the shocking armies closed, To lances lances, shields to shields opposed, Host against host with shadowy legions drew, The sounding darts in iron tempests flew ; Victors and vanquish'd join promiscuous cries, Triumphant shouts and dying groans arise...
Page 63 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.