The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . of is no joy, no movement, no noise, you wouldtake it for a vast prison, where the days are as silentas the night; or rather an immense monastery, whoseinhabitants are constantly engaged in prayer. Andamid the desolations which inspired prophecy hadforetold, we may inquire for Nineveh, that exceedinggreat city, the capital of Assyria, and seated on thebanks of the Euphrates. Alas ! Nineveh is no more,—^empty and void, and waste,—the city, and eventhe ruins of the cit
The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . of is no joy, no movement, no noise, you wouldtake it for a vast prison, where the days are as silentas the night; or rather an immense monastery, whoseinhabitants are constantly engaged in prayer. Andamid the desolations which inspired prophecy hadforetold, we may inquire for Nineveh, that exceedinggreat city, the capital of Assyria, and seated on thebanks of the Euphrates. Alas ! Nineveh is no more,—^empty and void, and waste,—the city, and eventhe ruins of the city, have long since disappeared,—such is the testimony of Gibbon. Its very site is thesubject of debate, and cannot certainly be known. What has become of Tyre ^ The joyous city,and the strength of the sea, and are there now, inthis once the capital of the Phoenicians, no merchantprinces? Tyre is now a miserable village of poorfishermen. She was to become like the top of arock, and a place for the spreading of nets, and Brucesays it is a rock whereon fishers dry their is the mighty fallen! 83. West View of the ^ Kasr of Bahy J on. The above wood-cut represents the west view of theruins of the Kasr/ or Palace, among the mounds ofBabylon, and the athele is seen in the distance ; it isa solitary lonely tree—perhaps a scion of one of thenumber that once graced the pensile or hanginggardens of Nebuchadnezzars palace, which were nearthe river; it seems to be the tamarioc this spot, Mr. Rich found the brick with thefigure of the spade already referred to: according tohis accurate measurement, the ruins, being square, are700 yards in length, by a similar extent in breadth. Major Keppel describes the Kasr, which faces thefour cardinal points, as composed of kiln burnt bricksof the finest description, agglutinated with cement, soas not to be separated; the walls are eight feet thick,rent throughout by some convulsive throe. The solidappearance, he says, of
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