Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... death according to law - The se- clusion of the Harem - The model maid - Effects of a good education - Esther's trials as an orphan girl- The foundation laid for Mordecai's advancement Wait hopefully your time - General Havelock - God ...
... death according to law - The se- clusion of the Harem - The model maid - Effects of a good education - Esther's trials as an orphan girl- The foundation laid for Mordecai's advancement Wait hopefully your time - General Havelock - God ...
Page xiii
... DEATH . The second wine banquet - Orientals superstitious- " The feast of death " -The Queen's request for her life and that of her people - The enemy denounced - The King leaves the feast in anger - Shah Sefi - The Ro- man custom - The ...
... DEATH . The second wine banquet - Orientals superstitious- " The feast of death " -The Queen's request for her life and that of her people - The enemy denounced - The King leaves the feast in anger - Shah Sefi - The Ro- man custom - The ...
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... death , it was incorporated with the Persian monarchy . Should you ever travel through it , you will find the northern part of it hilly , while the central portion of it is a great plain , the greater part of which is very fertile , but ...
... death , it was incorporated with the Persian monarchy . Should you ever travel through it , you will find the northern part of it hilly , while the central portion of it is a great plain , the greater part of which is very fertile , but ...
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... death of Esther to the de- feat of the Persians by the Arabs on " the bloody plains of Cadessia , " where Iran's ancient diadem was broken , or to speak of Persia under the Saracens , and of her emancipation from them , and her present ...
... death of Esther to the de- feat of the Persians by the Arabs on " the bloody plains of Cadessia , " where Iran's ancient diadem was broken , or to speak of Persia under the Saracens , and of her emancipation from them , and her present ...
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... death - eternal life , eternal death . " * * * * " Read and revere the sacred page ; a page Where triumphs immortality ; a page Which not the whole creation could produce ; Which not the conflagration shall destroy ; In Nature's ruins ...
... death - eternal life , eternal death . " * * * * " Read and revere the sacred page ; a page Where triumphs immortality ; a page Which not the whole creation could produce ; Which not the conflagration shall destroy ; In Nature's ruins ...
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according Adar Agagite ancient Babylon banquet beautiful believe Bible Book of Esther chamberlains chapter Christ Christians Chronicles Church court crown crown royal custom Cyrus Daniel death decree deliverance destroy Divine duty earth enemies Esther the queen Ethiopia evil faith father favor fear friends gallows give glory God's gold golden sceptre Greek Haman Hammedatha hand hanged happy harem Hatach head heart Hebrew Herodotus Holy honor hundred Jesus Jews Josephus king Ahasuerus king's commandment king's gate king's house kingdom laws live Lord mind Mordecai Moses mother nations never passions perish Persian empire Persian kings prayer princes principle proof provinces Purim records religion Romans royal sacred says Scriptures Septuagint Shushan Shushan the palace Susa Targum thee things thou thousand throne tion tomb true truth unto Esther unto the king Vashti wicked wife wine wives women word wrath writings Xenophon Xerxes Zeresh
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Page 48 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Page 314 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 54 - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Page 302 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Page 329 - The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.
Page 46 - In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Page 253 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 50 - Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Page 314 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 54 - Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey...