| 单词 | Tower of Babel |
| 例句 | The Tribune called the ball “the strangest gathering since the destruction of the Tower of Babel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This premier city was the cradle of ancient art and architecture, as well as the site of both the Hanging Gardens and Tower of Babel. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Black person to black person, and neither could understand the other—the Tower of Babel. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Biblical writers saw the magnificent, 270-foot-high Tower of Babel as an emblem of man’s arrogance in trying to reach heaven. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z God, who made Eden, also wrecked the Tower of Babel, by dividing people. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that the Hebrew scriptures history of the world was false, that there was no Tower of Babel, no rainbow as a sign from God after a big flood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No one now reads his scholarly disquisitions on the Tower of Babel, or on the Scribes and the Pharisees. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My nightly mountains of homework made the Tower of Babel look like a toothpick, and it was only worsened by my late shifts at Finnegan’s. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It loomed over us as precariously as the Tower of Babel, a marvel of glass and steel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To work through the Tower of Babel of software and hardware speaking different languages that evolved in the 1980s and early 1990s, however, required another big breakthrough. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z For now, this "Tower of Babel" strategy is paying off. Netflix: Is mainstream content squeezing out the daring plots viewers originally fell for? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The final symptom of the malady of the world is the Tower of Babel. The Book of Genesis, part 4: The problem and the answer 2011-01-03T10:00:02Z Kapoor said one of his references was the Tower of Babel. Climb this: Anish Kapoor's massive artwork that will tower over London 2010-03-31T13:57:00Z With the 400-plus photographs of storefront shops she took for her “Analogue” series, she created a vision of globalization as a vulnerable, grass-roots Tower of Babel. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z When we joined them, we encountered a veritable Tower of Babel — we could pick out French, Ukrainian and Cantonese. On the rocks, with ice: Utah’s national parks just as spectacular in the offseason 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, mankind’s coordinated efforts to build a tower to heaven are thwarted by the divinely sent obstacle of mutually incomprehensible languages. Review: A Sunny but Disappointing Take on the Tower of Babel 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The key was born in 1960, when an I.B.M. programmer named Bob Bemer was trying to solve a Tower of Babel problem: computers from different manufacturers communicated in a variety of codes. Design: Who Made That Escape Key? 2012-10-07T16:24:30Z A 1960s-era documentary on the delays called the project an “Antipodean Tower of Babel.” The Sydney Opera House Goes Quiet. Finally. 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Left unchecked, social media would land us in a Tower of Babel moment. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z They belong to the all-embracing culture of the internet, which for them turns out to be a confounding Tower of Babel. Review: Reaching Across Korean Borders in ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The Tower of Babel, for example, is viewed today as the embodiment of vanity and arrogance. Building societies 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The "Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is imagined as an orange and black construction sign with the partly finished tower rising above busy workers. Barter system part of appeal for Brussels art show 2012-01-31T16:50:11Z Because by all rights we should be living in the crystal palaces of Atlantis or in the Tower of Babel’s penthouse apartments, right? A Wildly Inventive Fantasy Series That Began on the Web and Became a Best-Seller 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z A conlang could be Esperanto, the creation of a Polish physician that some want to see adopted as a universal language, rebuilding the Tower of Babel. New Dictionary Additions: 7 Useful Words You Probably Don't Know 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Especially now, when the distribution and consumption of data have assumed the proportions of a Tower of Babel that seems ready to topple at any moment. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z It was important for me to make this scene that looks like the Tower of Babel in which people talk a lot, but don't communicate. "It is always the other who is guilty, never us": Movie "R.M.N." examines what drives xenophobia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z A leading painter of the Northern Renaissance, known for works like “The Tower of Babel,” “The Peasant Wedding,” and “The Triumph of Death,” Bruegel created meticulously detailed, chaotic worlds. Peeling Back the Paint to Discover Bruegel’s Secrets 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The house, called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin With Tower of Babel,” in turn provided the central image for the one American museum solo Thek had in his lifetime, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Art Review: Believing Is Seeing (Or, the Meat Of the Matter) 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z A 1963 sculpture aptly titled “Tower of Babel” by León Ferrari is a crazed column of wire that seems to visibly speak in tongues. Postwar Art Gets a Nervy Makeover 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z A great art historical discovery only divides the characters; several of them invoke the Tower of Babel story to suggest that humans will always fall into sectarian factions. David Edgar’s ‘Pentecost,’ Revived by PTP/NYC 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z During the Middle Ages, clerics and cartographers tried to locate such biblical sites as the Tower of Babel and the Garden of Eden. Review | A look at the maps that shaped our world 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The Masonic inspiration of the frescoes — which include multi-part sequences of the building of Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and the Temple in Jerusalem — was rediscovered by the American scholar Douglas Lewis. Review: A Forgotten Master's Irreverence 2010-05-28T16:00:00Z It's about a fictional megacity called Babeldom, glimpsed initially through breaks in an icy fog: the Tower of Babel, as imagined by the elder Bruegel. Babeldom – review 2013-03-07T21:30:02Z The show’s cast of five divides and multiplies into a densely populated, horizontal Tower of Babel. Review: ‘D Deb Debbie Deborah,’ a Dizzying Subversion of Identity 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In the first two hours we'd covered Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Tower of Babel and Abraham's sacrificial offering of his son Isaac. In the beginning of the King James Bible readathon 2011-03-03T12:01:21Z Ms. Mishan describes a neighborhood that looks like a Tower of Babel, doubtfully inducive to enjoyment of food. A Jackson Heights Oasis for Japanese Snacks: 969 NYC Coffee 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z His belief was that a universal language could be found, the language of God and the builders of the Tower of Babel, "a language that would embody the truth of the Universe", Mr Woolley said. Magical mystery man 2011-06-07T07:09:40Z This divine skill, which manifests in certain people at 13 or before, is believed to originate from globally scattered fragments of the biblical Tower of Babel. Fascinating Alternate Histories in Four New Novels 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The Tower of Babel remained as incomplete as the Winchester Mystery House. Liner notes for the Citadel 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z While he is pushing for neighbour Argentina to join, he said any new members would need to meet certain conditions, so the group does not become a "Tower of Babel". China's Xi calls for BRICS unity as bloc weighs expansion 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The 10-track collection is rooted in myth and legend, with some songs titled “Come on, Aphrodite,” ”Narcissus,” “Tower of Babel” and “The Feast of Saint Valentine.” Natalie Merchant emerges from darkness with nothing but love 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “The world has become a Tower of Babel in which we have lost the possibility of common discourse and shared values,” he told The Times in 1976. Henry Rosovsky, Who Redefined Harvard to Its Core, Dies at 95 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The tower’s height prompts comparisons with the Tower of Babel, its blinding light with the burning bush. ‘Eye of Sauron’: The Dazzling Solar Tower in the Israeli Desert 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z One element we shouldn’t miss is Ng’s bold reversal of the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. Review: 'Little Fires Everywhere' author Celeste Ng ventures boldly into the dark future 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z It’s a problem as old as the Tower of Babel: How do you communicate with others when you don’t speak their language? How to use translation apps and services for travelers 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z That upbeat vibe can be heard in “Come on, Aphrodite” and the funky “Tower of Babel,” with a video of Merchant dancing along. Natalie Merchant emerges from darkness with nothing but love 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “When we talk about speaking with one voice, we talk about the Tower of Babel,” he said. Bishop Sycamore, IMG and the high school football game that duped ESPN 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z "Before that it was really a Tower of Babel," Mr Davis says. Face palm: When the emoji you want doesn't exist 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z But you'd hear Hebrew and Russian and other languages in the Tower of Babel that was Champlain Towers. Inside the collapsed tower, a microcosm of a multicultural city 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Others were reminded of Pieter Bruegel’s painting “The Tower of Babel.” Amazon unveils Helix building as heart of campus in Arlington 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Michael Sears’s new thriller, “Tower of Babel,” which Soho Press planned to release this summer, has also been delayed until 2021. Fall Is Now Jam-Packed for Book Publishers. That Could Be a Problem. 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z He’s turned his orchestra into a madness – a Tower of Babel,” Lula said. Lula: Bolsonaro leading Brazil 'to slaughterhouse' over Covid-19 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z A prime example: Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Tower of Babel” as examined by Feist. Get your museum fix here: Six Google art discoveries for your coronavirus quarantine 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z This is a lesson of the biblical story of the Tower of Babel; we are fated to live in a fallen, scattered state. Review | What ruins can teach us about beauty and decay 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z She compared the Abuja airport to Bruegel’s “Tower of Babel,” with “suitcases half opened, flung on the floor, people, children, people losing each other, calling to each other.” Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Tower of Babel centers on Batman’s secret plans on how to neutralize Superman and other key members of the Justice League in case they go rogue. The Boys demonstrates why evil-Superman stories are so popular 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z It contained a Bible passage about the Tower of Babel, which Earth’s people built after travelling west to escape a great deluge: A Year Without a Name 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z And he sought to underscore E.U. wastefulness with his description of a “kilometre-high Tower of Babel” to be built in Brussels. Want to understand Boris Johnson, Britain’s probable next prime minister? Read his incendiary journalism. 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Between 2014 and 2017 archaeologists discovered mosaics depicting Noah’s Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, Jonah and the fish and the Tower of Babel, painting a fascinating picture of life at the ancient site. 1,600-year-old Biblical mosaic discovered in Israel, sheds light on ancient Judaism 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The contemptible colonials at least gave us an easy means of communicating with one another, preventing a Tower of Babel situation on the continent. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In both Irredeemable and the DC series JLA: Tower of Babel, Waid considers the possibility that smart, paranoid people living in a world with a Superman-caliber hero might not wait around for them to snap. The Boys demonstrates why evil-Superman stories are so popular 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z LAX was the only airport I could imagine feeling like this, with a six-lane freeway up on top, possibly an entire new city under construction, the second story of the Tower of Babel. “The Starlet Apartments” 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Now he was supervising the occupation of southern Iraq from a makeshift headquarters in Babil near the site of the legendary Tower of Babel. Jim Mattis would not betray allies 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Today, SpongeBob is a universal standard online, a digital Tower of Babel. SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg gave the internet language 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Magness also notes that the panel depicting the Tower of Babel shows different construction activities around the tower, such as the quarrying of stone, woodworking and the use of a giant pulley. Stunning biblical mosaics revealed in detail for the first time 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “Confusion” and age-old drama reigned in the styles of Rick Owens’ spring-summer ode to the Tower of Babel. Abloh’s historic debut at Vuitton is a big draw in Paris 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “It was like the Tower of Babel,” says Daniel Meilán, the country’s current mining secretary. A battle for supremacy in the lithium triangle 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He made searing criticisms of the US after touring North America in 1925, comparing its cultural diversity to the Tower of Babel. Read Bolshevik poet Mayakovsky, Russia advises US - BBC News 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z So among the obituaries in this book devoted to “The Lives and Deaths of History’s Greatest Buildings” are the Tower of Babel, King Minos’s palace on Crete, the Roman Forum and the Bastille in Paris. Opinion | Scrambling over ruins of the world’s lost great wonders 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The mosaics depict Noah’s Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, Jonah and the fish and the Tower of Babel, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stunning biblical mosaics revealed in detail for the first time 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Blackrock's ETF strategy is a numbers game destined to be another financial Tower of Babel. At BlackRock, a Wall Street Rock Star’s $5 Trillion Comeback 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z New York being New York, which is to say a cacophonous Tower of Babel, the Cyclones’ stadium should be bubbling over Thursday and through the weekend, and by no means just with Jewish fans. Good Bat? Cannon Arm? Jewish? Sign Him Up! 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z And the crowd within was a Tower of Babel: foreign tourists and locals who struggled to communicate as the menace approached. How a Tunisian Immigrant Staged the Simple, Deadly Attack in Nice 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z It was already hard in a pluralistic society where evangelical Christians, seculars, Unitarians, technology postmodernransgender advocates, conservative Jews and so forth all live in one Tower of Babel. Truthiness, Trumpiness and the gut 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The particulars of the case involve demonic possession, super-hackers, and the Tower of Babel. Just say no to this random 'Offering' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Blackrock's ETF strategy is a numbers game destined to be another financial Tower of Babel. At BlackRock, a Wall Street Rock Star’s $5 Trillion Comeback 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Like the biblical Tower of Babel, Europe's ambitious construction is in danger of toppling because its peoples are not speaking the same political language. EU's Tower of Babel may fall while leaders distracted 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Who knows what the biblical stonemasons sang to themselves during work hours at their Tower of Babel. In Age of Digital Records, Paper Still Carries Weight 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z A winning hand’s score depends on which rules are played, and that’s the problem: Mahjong is a table-game Tower of Babel. Mahjong Strategists Cluck Over ‘Chicken Hand’ Rule 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Most archaeologists say that this the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but it looks like the Tower of Babel to me. Ben Carson explains other phenomena using his pyramid logic 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Barnaby Barford's Tower of Babel will be on display in the V&A's Medieval & Renaissance Galleries, from 8 September to 1 November. Barnaby Barford has built a tower from 3,000 porcelain shops - BBC News 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Earth is a veritable Tower of Babel: Up to 7000 languages are still spoken across the globe, belonging to roughly 150 language families. All languages have evolved to have this in common 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z That way they can escape the Big Data equivalent of Bruegel’s Tower of Babel. TeradataVoice: What Is A Creative Data Scientist Worth? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z This third-person, platforming puzzle game with just a pinch of combat offers an immersion into Brazillian folklore while mixing in doses of the Tower of Babel and Tree of Life mythologies. Zadzooks: Toren review (PS4) 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z “They were first-generation immigrants, they spoke French, all kinds of languages. It was a real Tower of Babel.” Love battles revenge in Audiard’s refugee drama ‘Dheepan’ 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z "They were first-generation immigrants, they spoke French, all kinds of languages. It was a real Tower of Babel." Love battles revenge in Audiard's refugee drama 'Dheepan' 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The room was a seated Tower of Babel: lots of French, Italian and Spanish. How Auction Houses Are Going, Going Digital 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z I was not, of course, directly involved in the Tower of Babel debacle; I was only in high school at the time. Meeting for Dinner in the Tower of Babel 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The humming command center — and the base as a whole — is a kind of low-slung, high-tech Tower of Babel, even though English, the language of aviation, is the lingua franca. Qatar's ties to militants complicate relations with U.S., neighbors 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel. Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But it often seems to produce more chatter than substance, like a virtual Tower of Babel, with many discordant voices clamoring to be heard. If Social Media Can Get You Elected, Why Shouldn't It Help You Govern? 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Explorers optimistically searched for the Garden of Eden or Noah’s Ark or the Tower of Babel, expecting to find them — and sometimes succeeding. Book review: ‘The Serpent’s Promise,’ on Bible-Science tensions, by Steve Jones We are, potentially, meeting for dinner in the Tower of Babel with, I fear, a predictable outcome. Meeting for Dinner in the Tower of Babel 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z English is the lingua franca at the site, a Tower of Babel studded with Hebrew-speaking managers from Israel, Bulgarian demolition crews, German bricklayers and African day laborers. The new land of opportunity for immigrants is Germany The flats were run-down and there were no bathrooms or elevators, but it was a happy Tower of Babel. 'My absolute priority is housing,' says Paris' first female mayor 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z There had been at least a dozen efforts to erect a Tower of Babel. Minecraft: here's one I made earlier 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z If we fail to do this, we will relive the story of the Tower of Babel, doomed to suffer from mutual misunderstandings. Why Can't You Take Your Medical Data on Holiday? 2013-11-18T15:45:00.353Z In the case of the Tower of Babel, calamity resulted from the hubris of humans, reaching for the heavens. Meeting for Dinner in the Tower of Babel 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Once you set out to prove God via scientific method, you're climbing the Tower of Babel and generally missing the point. Mocking faith - how far can you go? 2013-05-08T16:29:56Z But so far at least, at small advisory firms—as well as at large brokerages—performance reporting remains a Tower of Babel. New Ways to Weigh Your Adviser 2012-06-29T23:46:55Z Review of the Deluge and the confusion of Tongues at the Tower of Babel. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Colleagues for decades, late-life romantic partners, the pair has occasionally, wistfully, been called American medicine’s royal couple — as if that contentious Tower of Babel could ever support such a topper. Profiles in Science: A Drumbeat on Profit Takers 2012-03-20T00:38:38Z He knew that it was impossible that the story of the Tower of Babel should be true. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Heaven bless his cover; but I let you throw me from the Tower of Babel, if he get the parsonage: can't you see, then, that Aufhammer's hands are tied? Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z That this was the case is implied by the reverse, which deals mainly—perhaps exclusively—with the great shrine of Borsippa called Ê-zida, and identified by many with the Tower of Babel. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z In the case of the builders of the Tower of Babel, it is said—“And the Lord came down to see the city, and the tower which the children of men builded.” A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z "This is a modern Tower of Babel," he said, pointing at the structure with a stubby forefinger. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z We also know that the account of the Tower of Babel is an ignorant and childish fable. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z We knew that Birs Nimroud, the great ruin which is looked upon as the Tower of Babel, lay beyond this again, although we could not see it from where we stood. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The Akkadians—The Semitic Babylonians—The Hebrews—Nimrod—Assur—The Tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues—Babylonian temple-towers—How the legend probably arose—The Patriarchs to the time of Abraham. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The whole world is society, and I believe there was not so much confusion at the Tower of Babel after all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z And Mr. Morris tells me you want to know all about the Tower of Babel and Solomon's Temple, the Druidical temples, and St. Helen's Church here, with bridges and I do not know what beside. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Our discourse was in English, French, Italian, German, Greek, Russian, Polish, and I know not what else, as if we were the very people stricken with confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z It should be borne in mind that, according to the Younger Edda, it was Zoroaster who first thought of building the Tower of Babel, and that in this undertaking he was assisted by seventy-two master-masons. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z There is no doubt that one of the most striking and attractive episodes of the sacred narrative of Genesis is the Tower of Babel. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The Tower of Babel was a great misfortune for humanity. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Mr. Pryse would hardly do that; though he is a bad man, and looked, oh, so wickedly pleased when he knocked down the Tower of Babel I was building. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Common names made the trouble when the Tower of Babel was building. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z In the Persian and in the classical literatures this Zoroaster has naught to do with Babel, still less with the Tower of Babel. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The principal treats of his restoration of the temple Ê-temen-ana-kia, the shrine at Ê-sagila, which the Babylonians regarded as the Tower of Babel. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The Jaredites, who came from the Tower of Babel, the place of which was "a plain in the Land of Shinar." Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z We also knew that the account of the Tower of Babel is an ignorant and childish fable. About The Holy Bible A Lecture 2011-10-12T02:00:50.780Z The book professes to give the history of America from its first settlement by a colony of refugees from the crowd dispersed by the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z He stopped short in the passage-way irresolute, suffering that most wretched and miserable of human embarrassments, the one that began with the Tower of Babel. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z To recapitulate: The story of the Tower of Babel is a break in the narrative of the genealogies, so striking that any thinking man must have been able to recognize it easily. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z It is like the Tower of Babel; a Hungarian servant takes your name at the door, he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The Tower of Babel, if set opposite Wall Street, would squat as low as Trinity: for its top, when confusion broke off the work, had advanced scarcely more than seven stories from the pavement. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Why is the P. C. like the Tower of Babel? Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The ark will be the centerpiece of a proposed $155 million religious theme park, called the Ark Encounter, and will include other biblical icons like the Tower of Babel and an old world-style village. New Noah?s Ark theme park project in Ky. seeks to show visitors that Bible?s stories are true 2011-08-17T17:46:09Z "Why, it is the Tower of Babel which brought it on, don't you know?" broke in the popadja, blushing violently at her presumption. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Judging by the diameter of his bankroll, he must have feared the sort of a deluge which caused the early settlers to lay the ground plans for the Tower of Babel. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Since the untimely collapse of the architects of the Tower of Babel, there could seldom have been so diverse and bizarre a collection of humanity. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Last night I dreamt that Nimrod built the Tower of Babel on my chest.” A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z At a time like this, when a forward movement is the only hope of saving our great material structure from becoming another Tower of Babel, a retrograde movement is lamentable. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z This he did, through vivid descriptions of the languorous beauty of island life, the linguistic Tower of Babel bequeathed by colonialism and the continuing legacy of the slave trade. Intellectual action man 2011-06-10T16:06:51Z Another trail runs from Moraine Lake around an imposing cliff known as the Tower of Babel to Consolation Valley, and still another leads in the opposite direction to Wenkchemna Glacier. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z Here Heinrich quickly unrolled the ground-plans and elevations of his castle in the air, the building grants of his Tower of Babel. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "Bid me become one of the builders of the Tower of Babel," hastily interrupted Cornelius. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z The Tower of Babel is a like case. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Heaven bless his cover; but I let you throw me from the Tower of Babel, if he get the parsonage; can't you see, then, that Aufhammer's hands are tied? The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Now there was the Tower of Babel," said the ruler of the realm reflectively, "that was a creative idea. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z The company speculated a little on the multiplicity of languages; and all agreed, that had it not been for the unfortunate affair of the Tower of Babel, all the world would have spoken French. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z By the perversion and unlawful use of this science king Nimrod built the stupendous Tower of Babel, but was frustrated, and his works were destroyed before their completion. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z Germany really built her Tower of Babel, and is to-day suffering from a confusion of tongues. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z “You get so much input, it’s like a Tower of Babel.” On Education: Closing the Achievement Gap Without Widening a Racial One 2011-02-14T00:48:34Z It has been called chaos, nothingness, the Tower of Babel, a work of disorder and destruction, the gospel of Satan and even the ruins of Palmyra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Long before that there was the Tower of Babel of biblical legend. Pinnacle Envy Signals a New Bubble Is Inflating: William Pesek 2011-01-30T20:06:50Z An official of the World Monuments Fund holds a satellite image near the foundations of the Tower of Babel in Babylon. At War: Babylon's Processional Way ? Then and Now 2011-01-05T13:13:55Z The shape of this high truncated cone recalls the pictures of the Tower of Babel that used to appear in our child’s geographies. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Containing the Description of the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the Times of the Patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian Fables, and Legends of the Gods; from the Cuneiform Inscriptions. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Rosen ran through a list of what shareholders cite as potential assets and dismissed it as a "Tower of Babel." WaMu ends hearings on $10 billion deal to end bankruptcy 2010-12-08T00:35:00Z Specifically, it will be as though the Tower of Babel never happened; you'll be able to read every Web page, no matter what language it's written in. In Praise Of Google Translate 2010-06-17T10:00:00Z He said he and Balmond were referencing the Tower of Babel and trying to convey a sense of instability and a tower that could be viewed differently from different parts of the city. Anish Kapoor's tangled tower at the heart of London 2012 2010-03-31T22:14:00Z People had already carted off bricks and stones, leaving almost nothing of the Ziggurat, known from the historian Herodotus and the Bible as the Tower of Babel. A Project to Reclaim Ancient Babylon, After Years of Abuse 2010-03-22T20:51:00Z Jewish and Arabic tradition makes this the Tower of Babel, which was supposed to have been destroyed by lightning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" But quitting this twilight region, Teufelsdröckh hastens from the Tower of Babel, to follow the dispersion of Mankind over the whole habitable and habilable globe. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The period closes with the story of the Tower of Babel, which is to be read from the Bible. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. The said tower, or wall of Babylon, was begun 700 years after the Flood, and there were 2,354 years from the beginning of the world to the confusion of the Tower of Babel. Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani The Tower of Babel, long since reduced to rubble, is surrounded by standing water. A Project to Reclaim Ancient Babylon, After Years of Abuse 2010-03-22T20:51:00Z We are also told that the Tower of Babel was consecrated to Bel, but that the upper story was devoted to Æsculapius. A Modern Wizard Now Mr. George Smith discovered some broken fragments of a cuneiform text which evidently related to the building of the Tower of Babel. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments He says that as French is not mentioned among the seventy-two languages which sprang from the Tower of Babel, it must be derived from Greek. Lectures on The Science of Language They did not fear to build up still higher this falling Tower of Babel; they increased it by two stories: first, they asserted the infallibility of the pope in matters of faith. Priests, Women, and Families Where is the Tower of Babel, proudly raised, As to defy the Lord, above the clouds! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 It rose gradually from a recumbent to an upright position amid a confusion of tongues, after the manner of the Tower of Babel. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The Tower of Babel, or the confusion of tongues, is nowhere alluded to in the Old Testament outside of Genesis, where the story is related. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning In fact, a little Tower of Babel group, in dress, no dress, address, and language. Wanderings in South America The builders of this Tower of Babel are threatened in these latter days with confusion of tongues. Logic, Inductive and Deductive That fifty-story building they tell about, in their big city—what is it but another Tower of Babel? Our Southern Highlanders Geneva was like Pentecost, or the Tower of Babel. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings In regard to the story of "The Tower of Babel" little need be said. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning There! it always makes me think of the Tower of Babel. Mrs. Tree We cannot tell whether the original differentiation of language, symbolized by the story of the Tower of Babel, took place before or after the racial differentiation of men. My Autobiography A Fragment It was like going into the Tower of Babel, with all the languages in full blast. Phemie Frost's Experiences Philologists like Max M�ller and Whitney must regard the story of the Tower of Babel, and the confusion of tongues, as a capital joke. Bible Romances First Series We are told next that "the remains of the Tower of Babel have been found." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) It’s his bank, and his wife, and his son, and his ‘Tower of Babel that he has builded,’ and now he wants me to bury myself in it and worship at his idolatry.” The Eye of Dread And hard by rose a gigantic tower, like the Tower of Babel, leading the eye up and up. Dreamers of the Ghetto Rubinstein's sacred opera "The Tower of Babel" given in concert form by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events The writer of the Jehovist portion of Genesis, which contains the story of the Tower of Babel, certainly did not flourish before the time of Solomon, about b.c. Bible Romances First Series The audience, ever ready to act when those on the stage cease that occupation, gave a splendid imitation of the historic last scene at the Tower of Babel. The Fifth String There was to be a great concert in the course of a week or two; the “Tower of Babel” was to be given at it. The First Violin A Novel I am putting up at one of the shanties they call an hotel, but one might as well try to live in the Tower of Babel. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California The girls began to wish either that the Tower of Babel had never been attempted, or that the world had reached a sufficient stage of civilization to adopt a universal language. The Madcap of the School We are justified in holding that the Jewish story of the Tower of Babel is only a modification of the older story of the Temple of Belus. Bible Romances First Series The confusion in Scotty's mind was like that which befell the builders of the Tower of Babel; and for once Hamish failed to satisfy him. The Silver Maple The ‘Tower of Babel’ and the ‘Lenore’ Symphony were among the things we had practiced. The First Violin A Novel Such was the form of the first great building on record, the Tower of Babel, as we have it represented; the type in many respects of the Sarde Nuraghe. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. In the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel we are told: "They had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar." A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Near to the old palace stood the Tower of Babel. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The originals of many pictures made familiar to us by engravings, are still to be found here, such as "Noah Inebriated," "Building of the Tower of Babel," "The Last Judgment," etc. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands The confusion which would follow would be worse than at the Tower of Babel. Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio Neither years nor barbarians have been able to overthrow these artificial mountains, the most gigantic monuments, except, perhaps, the Tower of Babel, ever raised by man. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The French wars were something more than a national hatred, they were a national dislike of foreigners, a dislike that had its probable origin in the Tower of Babel. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The ancient Tower of Babel is now a mound of oblong form, the total circumference of which is 2,286 feet. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Will it be like the Tower of Babel, great in conception, great in execution, but overreaching in its greatness? The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia They were of all ages, countries, complexions, and tongues, and looked as if they had been kidnapped by a pressgang as they had knocked off from the Tower of Babel. Great Pirate Stories Burnt brick was known to have been used in building the Tower of Babel. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed This pyramid, in mythology, divides with the Tower of Babel the shame, or vain glory, of being presumptuously, and first among great edifices, built with 'brick for stone.' The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Surely confusion of intellect can go no further, and the German Tower of Babel must soon fall. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War Two hieroglyph-bearing columns of red sandstone, strong and broad enough to have supported a Tower of Babel, formed the portals of the outer gate of the palace. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner A Mr. Sitzoff, who spent some time there, has published a description of this modern Tower of Babel. Modern Saints and Seers He calculates on rebuilding the Tower of Babel, and dethroning God. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The pitch that coated Noah's ark, the slime of the builders of the Tower of Babel, and the slime-pits of the Vale of Siddim all refer to mineral products associated with petroleum. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges On one side of the river the fortified palace of the king stood, and on the other the temple of Jupiter Belus, which may have been built on the site of the Tower of Babel. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World "There weren't any dates then, unless they counted the geological periods; and the Tower of Babel came later, so the French language wasn't invented," objected Tattie. A harum-scarum schoolgirl It was even a livelier time than that at the hotel, made so by the confusion of tongues, which was not far short of that at the Tower of Babel. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics They could have bridged the Mississippi, rebuilt the Tredegar works, finished the Tower of Babel, drained the Chesapeake, constructed the Great Eastern, paved Broadway, replaced the Grand Trunk railroad, or tunnelled the Straits of Dover. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The builders of the Tower of Babel, the family of the shepherd kings who conquered Egypt, and built the pyramids, and were driven from Syria by Joshua. Diary in America, Series Two In "The Tower of Babel" and "Paradise Lost," Rubinstein has given us works which are certainly larger in design than the cantata, and are entitled to be called oratorios. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers They forgot all unpleasant things, and the rattle of tongues would have made any one believe in the story of the Tower of Babel. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge Hang the legend of the Tower of Babel! it was always confronting him in this part of the world. The Lure of the Mask How often have I cursed up hill and down dale, the Tower of Babel, which first brought the curse of languages upon the p. 146world! Memoirs Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell were seated at a centre-table reading the evening papers, while Johnny and his sister Grace were constructing a Tower of Babel with some blocks upon the carpet before the fire. Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter The Tower of Babel and the Confusion of tongues—by Mr. Howes: the contribution of various tradesmen connected with the Cathedral. 5th. Ely Cathedral But, quitting this twilight region, Teufelsdröckh hastens from the Tower of Babel, to follow the dispersion of Mankind over the whole habitable and habilable globe. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Of operas and dramatic works there are twelve, several of which, such as "The Tower of Babel," "Paradise Lost" and "Moses," are biblical operas, a type of dramatico mystical work created by Rubinstein. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present By the way, it was a juvenile conjecture of mine that the Tower of Babel was destroyed for being a shot-tower, in which ammunition was prepared to be used by the heathen. Memoirs My dear, it made the Tower of Babel seem like "going into the silence." Jane Journeys On Burnt brick were known to have been used in building the Tower of Babel. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference But now instead we build a Tower of Babel, A heavy, barbarous structure. Essays on Scandinavian Literature It makes one think of the Tower of Babel. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium Some of the buildings are of brick, and are lofty enough for a modern Tower of Babel. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City In street and alley what strange tongues are these, Accents of menace alien to our air, Voices that once the Tower of Babel knew! Aliens or Americans? Of a truth, the story of the Tower of Babel is more than a myth. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry The League of Nations had, G. K. held, been thought at first to be a kind of Pentecost but had in reality "come together to rebuild the Tower of Babel." Gilbert Keith Chesterton Both speak in the same tone of the Tower of Babel; both give the same description of luxury, of pride, of avarice, of gluttony. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary It rivals the Tower of Babel in height, and is alive with little closets called “offices.” Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City At last, after what seemed like mounting the Tower of Babel, they stumbled up through a narrow doorway into the most extraordinary place in the world. A Popular Schoolgirl The language is Georgian, of course; and then there is Tartar, and Polish, and Russian, and I can't help thinking that the Tower of Babel was the poorest joke that was ever played on mankind. My War Experiences in Two Continents The Tower of Babel," replied the major, "or rather that is its popular name. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Jasper, when you get home, read very carefully that passage about the Tower of Babel. Dead Man's Rock It was suggestive of the Tower of Babel. The Title Market The Abode of the Fairies is a similar, though smaller room, with The Tower of Babel for a handsome show-piece. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills The architectural efforts of a child with a box of bricks or a heap of sand explain the Tower of Babel, the Pyramids, and the Golden House of Nero. The Quest of the Simple Life His scheme was to send the car round to meet us at the Tower of Babel and we would walk. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden In comparison with this product, this creation, this triumph of the divine intellect in man, what were undertakings like the Tower of Babel, allowing that they were not isolated instances and had actually been completed. Atlantis "If there is one thing that convinces me that the story of the Tower of Babel is true, it is the names of the towns in Injy." The Soldier of the Valley Like the falling of the Tower of Babel, with its crumbling of dust and its confusion of tongues, she tumbled headlong from her pinnacle of strength. Sally Bishop A Romance By whom was the Tower of Babel erected, and why? A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. It looked the part splendidly, so the Tower of Babel it should be as far as Brown was concerned. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden We next come, on the sides, to the story of Noah and the Tower of Babel. A Wanderer in Venice The fa�ade of the structure, as posthumously revealed to us, is an indication that he was really engaged in building a Tower of Babel. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe It needs no legend of a Tower of Babel to make this plain. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope The first landing was made at Guaymas in Sonora, the people being fugitives from the divine wrath that destroyed the Tower of Babel. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Only builders of the Tower of Babel know the awfulness of its overthrow. Idolatry A Romance On the west of the Euphrates, however, is a vast mound called Birs Nimrood, which used to be regarded as the ruins of the Tower of Babel. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods Talk to me about your Tower of Babel! The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness Thence it is four miles to the Tower of Babel, which the generation whose language was confounded built of the bricks called Agur. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela His spirited definition of the word "projects" included Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel, as well as Captain Phipps's scheme for raising the wreck of a Spanish ship laden with silver. Daniel Defoe This prepares us for the fact that the worms represent a stage in animal life corresponding fairly well to the Tower of Babel in biblical history. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Equally Babylonian in origin is the history of the Tower of Babel, while two of the rivers of Eden are the Tigris and Euphrates, and Eden itself is the Edin or "Plain" of Babylonia. Patriarchal Palestine In the very centre of the room a fine castle of bricks had been rising, a perfect Tower of Babel in its frustrated ambition. The Golden Scarecrow What a misfortune to mankind that the Tower of Babel was ever commenced! Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life But Alick's shambling legs carried him fastest, and he was first at the edge, the neighborhood looking on, prepared to build a Tower of Babel heaven high on the foundation of a single brick. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 And lo! when this was read there arose such a cry of joy as never was heard, no, not at the Tower of Babel on Saturday night. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy What is your opinion, your Excellency," one said to the other after breakfast one day, "is the Story of the Tower of Babel true? Best Russian Short Stories "Volumes of Aristotelian philosophy have been written which, if piled one upon another, would have equalled the Tower of Babel in Height, and far exceeded it in Confusion." Sydney Smith Its ruins are now known as the Birs-i-Nimrûd, in which travellers have seen the Tower of Babel. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations It was like the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. The Moon-Voyage But they had both served a life apprenticeship to sea trading, and the curse of the Tower of Babel had very little power over them. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle One of Nebuchadnezzar's temples is thought to have stood on the —— of the Tower of Babel. Practical Exercises in English It was to this effect.—When the Tower of Babel was being built, the workmen all spoke one tongue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 What the ancestors of the Russians did at the Tower of Babel to have been afflicted with such a complicated, contorted, mixed up, utterly incomprehensible language, I can hardly conjecture. Tent Life in Siberia It's like the Tower of Babel upstairs," she said, "and just about as likely ever to get built. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. Some affirm that they are the remains of the Tower of Babel, others that they are those of the Temple of Baal. A Woman's Journey Round the World This stone was thrown at the sainted Stephen, and the other two are from the Tower of Babel. The White Company They were the descendants of Cush, or Cuth, and were believed to have been the architects of the Tower of Babel. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion I never in my life saw such swarms of beggars, and you walked down that street to the accompaniment of entreaties for alms in all the tongues of the Tower of Babel. Greenmantle The audience, ever ready to act when those on the stage cease that occupation, gave a splendid imitation of the historic last scene at the Tower of Babel. The Fifth String On'y foreign tongues used in the days of the Tower of Babel, when no two families spoke alike. Jude the Obscure The Tower of Babel of which we hear so much in the Old Testament was nothing but the ruin of an artificial peak, built hundreds of years before by a band of devout Sumerians. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations It would seem that the fierce wars which had devastated the land had ceased prior to the beginning of the Tower of Babel. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion There could have been nothing like it since the Tower of Babel. The Happy Foreigner A new opera, by BALFE, is spoken of; subject, the Tower of Babel. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 In like manner the text on K. 3657, which Smith thought referred to the Tower of Babel, is now known to contain no mention of a tower or building of any sort. The Babylonian Legends of the Creation Yet every building of brick or wood is a hint of that high railroad; every chimney points to some star, and every tower is a Tower of Babel. Alarms and Discursions It is not improbable that idolatry began with the Tower of Babel. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion To their young imaginations the nursery wing of Hale Castle must have seemed remarkably like the Tower of Babel. The Lovels of Arden The atmosphere of the room must have been a very Tower of Babel, where strange foreign bacilli from all parts of the world rose up and wrangled in the air. Roden's Corner Probably our forefathers borrowed each other's expletives when things went so lamentably wrong over the Tower of Babel. The Slave of the Lamp With its twoscore lofty stories, and its massive base, this wonderful structure rose above the lower quarter of the city, and dominated it, like a veritable Tower of Babel, made to defy the flood. The Second Deluge At what time in the history of mankind the Tower of Babel was erected has not been ascertained, but the great antiquity of Chaldea is no longer questioned. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion It contains fabulous stories of the settlement of refugees coming from the Tower of Babel to America, who were followed in 600 B.C. by a colony from Jerusalem that landed on the coast of Chili. Outline of Universal History He knew it was impossible that the story of the Tower of Babel should be true. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest According to the ghosts, the trouble at the Tower of Babel accounted for the fact that all the people did not speak the Hebrew language. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. It's just like the Tower of Babel, isn't it? Captain January He was speaking about his latest prose poems: "A Sleeping City," "Poppies," "The Tower of Babel." Shallow Soil They settled upon the bank of the Euphrates, near the ruins of the Tower of Babel, round which a city arose, sometimes free, sometimes under the power of the King of Nineveh. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children They were of all ages, countries, complexions, and tongues, and looked as if they had been kidnapped by a pressgang, as they had knocked off from the Tower of Babel. Tom Cringle's Log The Tower of Babel is thus carried up one storey higher. Roving East and Roving West Some of the buildings appeared to be as high as the Tower of Babel. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils From thence I travelled into Chaldea, which is a great kingdom, having a language peculiar to itself, and I passed beside the Tower of Babel. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The pride of the city was the Temple of Bel, which is thought to have been built on a fragment of the Tower of Babel. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Perhaps the first great monument which arose after the deluge of Noah was the Tower of Babel, built probably of brick. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements They rarely spoke and when they did the edifice of their conversation—their Tower of Babel, so to speak—was monosyllabic. Tutt and Mr. Tutt "Nor I neither," said Mause, "for the bidding of no earthly potsherd, though it be painted as red as a brick from the Tower of Babel, and ca' itsell a corporal." Old Mortality, Volume 1. The Tower of Babel, the world's first skyscraper, was a failure because of hurry. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities He was turning over Dot's scrap-book, and was looking at the Tower of Babel in a puzzled way. Esther : a book for girls The first were called Jaredites and came directly from the Tower of Babel. The Wentworth Letter When men build the Tower of Babel, Jahweh comes down to see it—he cannot see it from where he is. God and my Neighbour "We had a Tower of Babel effect," says Guy Steele. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software On the contrary, he seemed quite at his ease in this Tower of Babel. The Fortune of the Rougons At the building of the Tower of Babel, when God made the confusion of languages. Hudibras It seemed such a pity that this man was not alive when the hands knocked off work on the Tower of Babel; he could have put the job through without extending himself. Europe Revised These legends of the Flood and the Tower of Babel were obviously borrowed by the Jews during their Babylonian captivity. God and my Neighbour Stallman now faced another conundrum: if users made changes but didn't communicate those changes back to the rest of the community, the Tower of Babel effect would simply emerge in other places. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software It was," wrote Canisius, "as if the giants of old were seeking to rebuild the Tower of Babel. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries There is also a clearly established legend which singularly resembles the Bible record of the Tower of Babel. Atlantis : the antediluvian world "The Tower of Babel" has been performed upon the stage; how I cannot even guess. A Second Book of Operas I used to go with him to the socialist meetings over on the East Side, and the Tower of Babel isn't in it with those fellows. The Gates of Chance The stories of the Fall, of the Flood, and of the Tower of Babel, are incredible in their present form. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason The largest miniature represents the building of the Tower of Babel. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Observe the resemblances between this legend and the Bible account of the building of the Tower of Babel: Atlantis : the antediluvian world Here, as if harking back to his "Tower of Babel," Rubinstein brings in pictures of heaven and hell, with angels and devils contemplating the catastrophe. A Second Book of Operas No, not over dogs, but the Tower of Babel, too. The Inspector-General As at the Tower of Babel, the people spoke in a thousand tongues, and no one listened to another; every one was lost—blinded by his own passionate hopes and fears. Frederick the Great and His Family Such differences might arise in a day at the Tower of Babel, but in the processes of evolution they take thousands of years. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America In one form of the Tower of Babel legend, that of the Toltecs, we are told that the pyramid of Cholula was erected "as a means of escape from a second flood, should another occur." Atlantis : the antediluvian world A single family has no more right to build itself a temple of that sort than to erect a Tower of Babel. The Book of Snobs Tower of Babel - babbling hearts - I am your Queen. Poems and Tales from Romania The place is full of ragamuffins from every country in the world, and it really is like the Tower of Babel, for you can't go ten paces along a street without hearing as many languages. Carmen The first were called Jaredites, and came directly from the Tower of Babel. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Here you may hear more languages spoken than the Tower of Babel could have echoed. Three Men on the Bummel What did the noisiest project in the world—I mean the building of the Tower of Babel—result in finally? Strictly business: more stories of the four million On Seeing the Ruins of the Tower of Babel; 6. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 The Utmost for the Highest, as the people said when they built the Tower of Babel. The Man Who Knew Too Much Their special poise and position made one block of buildings especially look like a Tower of Babel with a hundred eyes. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare As a specimen of Matthias' preaching and sentiments, the following is said to be reliable: 'The spirit that built the Tower of Babel is now in the world-it is the spirit of the devil. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth The iniquity and godlessness of Nimrod reached their climax in the building of the Tower of Babel. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Tower of Babel; the confusion of tongues.—The primitive language. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science But the builders of the Tower of Babel were quite modest and domestic people, like mice, compared with old Aladdin. The Man Who Knew Too Much But, quitting this twilight region, Teufelsdrockh hastens from the Tower of Babel, to follow the dispersion of Mankind over the whole habitable and habilable globe. Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh Quickly the waitress returns bearing what is apparently a model of the Tower of Babel but what is really a pile of plates and flat tin dish-covers. Bleak House In the Ge, the fourth earth, live the generation of the Tower of Babel and their descendants. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 |
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