Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... once existed , is now known . It is diffi- cult , and has , in fact , been done only in a few in- stances , to identify the mouldering remnants of cities that are scattered over the vast tracts of Persia , with the names of the cities ...
... once existed , is now known . It is diffi- cult , and has , in fact , been done only in a few in- stances , to identify the mouldering remnants of cities that are scattered over the vast tracts of Persia , with the names of the cities ...
Page 77
... vest is all from seed cast into the ground with mingled hopes and fears . The rolling river springs from brooks among the hills , whose tiny fountains an infant's hand could turn aside . " That yew tree of a thousand years was once.
... vest is all from seed cast into the ground with mingled hopes and fears . The rolling river springs from brooks among the hills , whose tiny fountains an infant's hand could turn aside . " That yew tree of a thousand years was once.
Page 78
... once a little seed ; And Nero's marble Rome , a shepherd's mud - built hovel : A speck is on the tropic sky , and it groweth to the terrible tornado . An apple , all too fair to see , destroyed a world of souls ! A tender babe is born ...
... once a little seed ; And Nero's marble Rome , a shepherd's mud - built hovel : A speck is on the tropic sky , and it groweth to the terrible tornado . An apple , all too fair to see , destroyed a world of souls ! A tender babe is born ...
Page 85
... once filled with oleanders , pomegranates , dates , lemons , oranges , or covered with " golden seas of corn , " while the distant view was bounded by snow - clad moun- tains , somewhere amongst which the remains of Noah's ark are ...
... once filled with oleanders , pomegranates , dates , lemons , oranges , or covered with " golden seas of corn , " while the distant view was bounded by snow - clad moun- tains , somewhere amongst which the remains of Noah's ark are ...
Page 88
... once stood a terrible siege . Under the Sassanian kings Susa appears as a considerable city . In the third cen- tury it was a Christian See . Under its walls was fought a great battle by the Persians under Hormuzan , against the Moslem ...
... once stood a terrible siege . Under the Sassanian kings Susa appears as a considerable city . In the third cen- tury it was a Christian See . Under its walls was fought a great battle by the Persians under Hormuzan , against the Moslem ...
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