 | 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... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. . t• ', 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 502 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 ma* jesty ?. Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first walled round by Belus... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 492 pages
...completed, we may form some judgment of the original design. " The king (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 tfifljesty ? Abydenus informs us from... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 524 pages
...completed, we may form some judgment of the original design. " The king (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,... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...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 built for 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joshua Spalding - 1808 - 472 pages
...God; and, in the place thereof, engraved, Is not this Great Babylon,that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom) by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majcfty? The policy of Babylon, wasv the fame as that purfued by the ferpent, in tempting our firft... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pages
...; and arrogates a style that becomes none but the King of heaven : " Is not this great Babylon that /have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?"* While he is thus self-deified, he that is higher than the highest, and who pours contempt upon... | |
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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. 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... 
