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...ght together into one centre, they would fall far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs.

...in front of the whole congregation, and visible against the sky in lonely grandeur from end to end of the whole plain, is the very image of the 'mount that mi

...Kings 14:9; Cant. 4:8). The scenes of the Lebanon are remarkable for their grandeur and beauty, and supplied the sacred writers with many expressive similes (P

...the capital of the united kingdom. This city gradually grew in extent and grandeur, but in process of time it became subject to Assyria. On the fall of Nineve

...is recorded. He surrounded himself with all the luxuries and the external grandeur of an Eastern monarch, and his government prospered. He entered into an all ...t immediately on a period of peace which lasts for half a century. Wealth, grandeur, architectural magnificence, artistic excellence, commercial enterprise, a

...kingdom by constructing canals and aqueducts and reservoirs surpassing in grandeur and magnificence everything of the kind mentioned in history (Dan. 2:37). H

The pride of Ahasuerus's [[heart]] rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better i --Many instances of the grandeur of Ahasuerus might have been given: these were written in the Persian chron

...robably accompanying him and caring still for him. He grew up amid all the grandeur and excitement of the Egyptian court, maintaining, however, probably a cons

...rpendicular Gothic. Although the building is small, it is given a sense of grandeur by the proportions of the arcade and clerestory, the richness of the moldin

...s is the lust of covetousness. 3. The pride of life: a vain man craves the grandeur and pomp of a vain-glorious life; this includes thirst after honour and app

...m made more impression upon the queen of Sheba than all his prosperity and grandeur. There is a spiritual excellence in heavenly things, and in consistent [[Ch

...t or other, something that blemishes and diminishes him, some allay to his grandeur, some damp to his joy. This little maid, though only a girl, could give an

...s a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security; what vanity is all earthly grandeur, which [[death]] will so soon end! What will it avail, whether we are laid ...s now, and will sink at last. The high ones, that are puffed up with their grandeur, that think themselves out of the reach of danger, [[God]] will visit for t

...day of judgment. Dread and terror would seize on all sorts of men. Neither grandeur, riches, valour, nor strength, can support men at that time. They would be

...to do good in their days, cannot expect to prosper. How little is earthly grandeur to be depended upon, or flourishing families to be [[rejoice]]d in! But tho

In royalty and in grandeur and in power,

...d most expressive of the disease of sin. Pride, ambition, and desire after grandeur have always caused abundance of mischief, both to the [[world]] and to the

...t most easily besets us; it is sinful ambition to outdo others in pomp and grandeur. To put down the vanity and ambition of their request, [[Christ|Jesus Chris

Adrammelech, the cloak, glory, grandeur or power of the king

...[[Joseph]]'s two sons. Let them not succeed their father, in his power and grandeur in [[Egypt]]; but let them succeed in the inheritance of the promise made t