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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Asses, wild, 393, 509. Assos, description of, S26. Assurbampal, library of, 40. Assur nasir pal, annuls of, 337. Assyria, relation of, to B.iliylonia, 75, 631. DEGREES" DEGREES A field of evidences, 6. Assyrians, carrying away the gods, 489. Astarte, or Baal, 305. Astrologers, Chaldean, 499. Of the East, 647. Astyages, dreams of, 555. Atheism, the folly of, 401.1 Athenians seeking news, 816. Athens, description of, 811. Idolatry abounding in, 812. Atoms, not eternal, 16. Attalia, situation of, 805. Attitude in prayer, 293, 406. Augustus' Band, 836. A roras, remarkable, 19. Authoiity of Christ demanded, 698. Avarice, the evils of, 447. The folly of, 456. Avenger of blood, 204. Ayoun Mousa, 155, 156. Azoic, the, period, 18. Azotus, site and condition of, 793. 2. Baal, the figure of, 305. Prophets of, slain, 309. Babel, mound of, 475. Tower of, 78, 80. Babylon, brought down, 498. Conquered by the Mcdes and Persians, 532- Decline and decay of, 474. Defence of, against Darius, 498. Description of, 472. Entered by the river's bed, 495, 536. Excavations in her ruins. 476. Extent and grandeur of, 565. Filled with enemies, 537. Gates of, 495. Grinding for Cyrus, 498. Her men of war as women, 537. Night of her capture, 572. Occupied by wild beasts, 475, 536. Present aspect of her site, 475, 534, 535. Prophecy concerning, fulfilled, 476,518. Plundered by Demetrius, 534. Summary of predictions of, 541. Babylon, taken in a night of revelry, 4S0, 536, 533. Uninhabitable, 474. . Walls and quays, 474. Walls of, destroyed, 534. 541. Wealth of, taken and d.vidcd, 533. Babylonia, primitive, 73, 75. A region of waste, 534. Babylonian Captivity, end of, 518, 519. Babylonians in dismay, 471, 537. Baldness, disgrace of, 315. Balm of Gilead, medicinal, 512, 524. Baptist, the, Death of, 682. Doubts a...