 And they shall turn the rivers far away ; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up : the reeds and flags shall wither. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven...  A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians - Page 100de Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1854Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1874 - 464 pages
...cloth, or on leather. But though a rigid monopoly secured the value of the paper, it did not ens-ore the employment of the plant in its manufacture ; other...survive : the "Bible," or book, is so called from the byblus, and its other name, papyrus, will be perpetuated in " paper." It was perhaps the desire to... | |
 | William Garrett Lewis - 1874 - 304 pages
...nothing more surprising than the declaration made by Isaiah of the utter failure of the papyrus crop : " The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, And everything sown by the brooks, Shall wither, be driven away, and be no more."1 Incredible as it... | |
 | Edward Lightwood - 1874 - 104 pages
...since disappeared. It is never met with now; and one is reminded of another prophecy of Isaiah : " The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more." (Chap. xix. 7.) The... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1875 - 628 pages
...away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 ogether the 9 The prophet which and every thing sown by the brooks, shall IA wither, be driven away, 'and be no ait. marc. 8 The fishers... | |
 | 1875 - 402 pages
...her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.' — Gen. xvi. 7. ' The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.' — Isa. xix. 7.... | |
 | James John Garth Wilkinson - 1876 - 626 pages
...away ; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up : the reeds and flags shall wither. " The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. " The fishers also... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pages
...predicted by the Scripture writers ! Says the Prophet Isaiah, " The reeds and flags shall wither ; the paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks shall wither, be driven away, and be no more." But the question comes,... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1877 - 344 pages
...remarkable prophecy of Isaiah," writes Sir .Gardner Wilkinson,* "has come to pass which foretold that the papyrus should be no more in Egypt : ' The paper...survive ; the ' Bible,' or book, is so called from the byblus, and its other name, papyrus, will be perpetuated in 'paper.'" Papyrus paper is still prepared,... | |
 | John Smith - 1878 - 340 pages
...of it are to be seen in the hothouses at Kew and other Botanic Gardens. PAPER REEDS (Heb., aroth). " The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more." — Isa. xix., 7;... | |
 | George Washington Moon - 1881 - 200 pages
...flowers. The cyperus papyrus has now disappeared from Egypt, thus making good the words of Isaiah, — " The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of " the...brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be " no more." Isa. xix, 7. The manufacture of paper from the papyrus was on this wise :- — the filmy fibres of... | |
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