 | 1796 - 612 էջ
...and he reigned the most potent monarch in the universe, that haughty prince reviews his possessions, and says, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the honour of my majesty ?" But after God, as a chastisement for his arrogance, at once bereft him of his... | |
 | James Anderson - 1800 - 632 էջ
...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 of the kingdom, by the might of my .power, and for the honour of my majesty?" and, regardlefs of the fate that had followed this vainglorious toast,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 էջ
...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, and for the honour of my majesty 1 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 396 էջ
...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...house of the kingdom, by the might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had lie thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed,... | |
 | 1855 - 604 էջ
...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 of the kingdom by the 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... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 էջ
...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...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,... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 էջ
...yet still his heart was hardened through unbelief, and he boasted of his greatness, 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 ?" Thus was his boasting, till a voice from heaven said, the kingdom is... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1804 - 290 էջ
...wonders of the world. Is not this, 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 էջ
...but little 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... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 էջ
...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 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... | |
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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... 
