 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...  Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future - Page 49by Atticus Greene Haygood - 1881 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Newton - Bible - 1766 - 540 pages
...as he boafted himfelf (Dan. IV. 30.) Is not this great BabyLn that I have built for the houfe of tbf kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my tnaje/ly ? Nor is this afferted only in fcripture, but is likewife attefted by heathen authors, Megafchenes,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...achievements of hi* power, exclaimed, as his eye proudly rolled, and his bosom heaved with his own greatness, " Is not this great Babylon that I have...house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" In the same hour, he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen... | |
 | James Anderson - Agriculture - 1800 - 632 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1800 - 620 pages
...language of the proud monarch of the eaft, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built, fdr " the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of MY power, " and for the honor of MY majefly ?"* But mark the unexpefted change by the more powerful word of the King of Kings. " When the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1802 - 396 pages
...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,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 606 pages
...of the proud monarch of the eaft, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for *'' the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of MY power, *' and for the honor of MY majefty ?"<z But mark the unexpected change bv the more powerful word of the King of kings. " When... | |
 | 1855 - 604 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Newton - Bible - 1803 - 460 pages
...it ; as he boafted himfelf (Dan. IV; 30.) Is not this great Babylon that I have built for thehau/e of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor ofntymajefty ? Nor is this, aflerted only in fcripture, but is likewife attetfed by heathen authors,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pages
...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,... | |
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