Remains of Lost Empires Sketches of the Ruins of Palmyra Nineveh Babylon And
Remains of Lost Empires Sketches of the Ruins of Palmyra Nineveh Babylon And
Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937
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I have had such cases, as well as stone-swallowers, " etc. While pathology thus silences those who have endeavored to cast ridicule upon the Scriptural account of Nebuchadnezzar's malady, his- tory, as read in the inscriptions of that king, also comes forward to witness to the reliableness of the Biblical record. The " Standard In- scription" tells us that for a certain period of time Nebuchadnezzar ceased all his great works, and that all his undertakings were at a stand. The weight of this as... corroborative evidence will be at once appreciated. Vide Rawlinson's " Historical Evidences, " p. 137. Pro- fessor Fiske, in his " Myth and Myth-makers, " collects some of the most remarkable cases of lycanthropy. 214 REMAINS OF LOST EMPIRES. Hard by the ruined palace, on the north, growing upon the low deposits of the river, are some willows overhanging the watercourses. They were just flow- ering at the time of our visit, and while gathering from them souvenirs we could hardly forbear think- ing of that lament, containing the soul of pathos, uttered by the homesick captives of Israel when called to sing the song of Zion in the land of their exile : And they hung their harps on the willows by the river, and said, ''How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land V Separated from the Kasr ruin by the marsh re- fen-ed to above is the somewdiat larger, irregular, deeply furrowed mound of Amran.
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