The Eve of the DelugeShoberl, publisher, 1851 - 224 páginas |
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... called after its Founder , the City of Cain , and had advanced rapidly in magnificence . and godlessness , in luxury and depravity , until under Riesen's sovereignty it attained to the summit of its splendour and power . This despot was ...
... called after its Founder , the City of Cain , and had advanced rapidly in magnificence . and godlessness , in luxury and depravity , until under Riesen's sovereignty it attained to the summit of its splendour and power . This despot was ...
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... called his pride , as he reflected that he had made it what it was , a splendid and lasting monument of his greatness . The reality of what now lay before his eyes soon chased away the strange and terrible scenes , his dreams had so ...
... called his pride , as he reflected that he had made it what it was , a splendid and lasting monument of his greatness . The reality of what now lay before his eyes soon chased away the strange and terrible scenes , his dreams had so ...
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... called me , O Iärban ? " Then the Priest replied : Riesen , the mightiest of monarchs , inquires of thee the interpretation of his dream . " 66 Riesen I know , and his dream I know , ” returned the voice . " Let him heed well its ...
... called me , O Iärban ? " Then the Priest replied : Riesen , the mightiest of monarchs , inquires of thee the interpretation of his dream . " 66 Riesen I know , and his dream I know , ” returned the voice . " Let him heed well its ...
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... called mean , or brutish . But how vainly I am dreaming , and yet this might have been no dream , but a reality , had it not been for that accursed usurper ! Fool that I was to let him thus escape ; I might have sprinkled poison on ...
... called mean , or brutish . But how vainly I am dreaming , and yet this might have been no dream , but a reality , had it not been for that accursed usurper ! Fool that I was to let him thus escape ; I might have sprinkled poison on ...
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... of temper some- times called a pout to those pretty lips , or a frown to that fair brow . These , however , always passed away with the rapidity of a summer cloud from the azure heavens , leaving it by the con- THE DELUGE . 67.
... of temper some- times called a pout to those pretty lips , or a frown to that fair brow . These , however , always passed away with the rapidity of a summer cloud from the azure heavens , leaving it by the con- THE DELUGE . 67.
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Adah alabaster amid Antediluvians arms Arphaxad beautiful beneath blood brow Calmar cave CHAPTER city of Cain columns cried dagger dark daughter death Deluge despair diest dream earth escape evil exclaimed eyes father fear feel feet fell felt fire flames flood forest gaze gold grasp grief guards hair hand heard heart Heaven hermit HERMIT'S CAVE hour hyæna Iärban Irad Jabin Jared Jared's Javan King laugh looked magnificent Mahal mand marble mistress monarch mountain multitude nature night Opah palace passions paused pile present pride priests Prince Princess purple Ocean reached revenge Riesen rock rose rushed Salah sate seemed seized side slaves soon spirit steed stood strange summit tain temple terrible thee thou hast thou shalt threw throne tion trees turned uttered victims voice volcano waters WEEN wild beasts worship wretched young Zelma
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