 | 1860 - Počet stránok 692
...the city from him called Saba, and afterwards Mareb, made a vast mound or dam'.to serve as a basin or reservoir to receive the water which came down...a work so solid, that many of the inhabitants had iheir houses built upon it. Every family had a certain portion of thi3 • Poc. Spec. p. 40. ' Vide... | |
 | Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1865 - Počet stránok 620
...like a mountain itself above the city, and was esteemed so strong that it could never fail. The water was kept in on every side by a work so solid that many houses were built upon it, and every family had a certain portion of the water, distributed by aqueducts... | |
 | Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - 1898 - Počet stránok 534
...afterwards Mareb, made a vast mound or dam (Poeock, Specimen ffiit. Arab., p. 57), to serve as a basin or reservoir to receive the water which came down...certain portion of this water distributed by aqueducts. But at length God, being highly displeased at their great pride and insolence, and resolving to humble... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1867 - Počet stránok 684
...their city, and was by them esteemed so strong, that they were in no apprehension of its ever (ailing. The water rose to the height of almost twenty fathoms,...certain portion of this water distributed by aqueducts. But at length God being highly displeased at their great pride and insolence, and resolving to humble... | |
 | 1871 - Počet stránok 694
...their city, and wap by them esteemed so strong, -that they were in no apprehension of its ever 'ailing. The water rose to the height of almost twenty fathoms,...work so solid, that many of the inhabitants had their house* built upon it. Every family had a certain portion of this 1 Poc. ?pec p. 40. • Vide Hyde Hist.... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - Počet stránok 1420
...subjngated country in awe, by being masters of the water. The water rose to the height of almost 20 fathoms, and was kept in on every side by a work so...of the inhabitants had their houses built upon it. It stood like a mountain above the city, and no danger was apprehended of its ever failing. The inundation... | |
 | William Alexander Clouston - 1881 - Počet stránok 564
...greatly distress them. — Ancient Universal History, vol. xviii. p. 419. The water [in this reservoir] rose to the height of almost twenty fathoms, and was...kept in on every side by a work so solid, that many had their houses built upon it. But at length GOD, being highly displeased at their pride and insolence,... | |
 | William Alexander Clouston - 1881 - Počet stránok 566
...vol. xviii. p. 419. The water [in this reservoir] rose to the height of almost twenty fathoms, .ind was kept in on every side by a work so solid, that many had their houses built upon it. But at length GOD, being highly displeased at their pride and insolence,... | |
 | E. M. Wherry - 1882 - Počet stránok 432
...the city from him called Saba, and afterwards Marib, made a vast mound, or dam,2 to serve as a basin or reservoir to receive the water which came down...certain portion of this water, distributed by aqueducts. But at length GOD, being highly displeased at their great pride and insolence, and resolving to humble... | |
 | Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) - 1885 - Počet stránok 264
...their lands, but also to keep the country in greater awe by being masters of the water. This structure stood like a mountain above their city, and was by...of the inhabitants had their houses built upon it." It was however destroyed by a flood " which happened soon after the time of Alexander the Great, and... | |
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... their lands, but also to keep the country they had subjected in greater awe by being masters of the water. This building stood like a mountain above their city, and was by them esteemed so strong that they were in no apprehension of its ever failing.... 
