An Historical Compend: Containing a Brief Survey of the Great Line of History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day ... V. 2 (only).

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H.P. Russell, 1807 - Chronology, Historical - 227 pages

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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 95 - to whom a thousand years are but as one day, and one day as a thousand years...
Page 95 - Redeemer shall, in his own time and way, show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

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