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set up Deioces a king
[ This expression of Josephus, that the Medes, upon this destruction of the Assyrian army, "overthrew" the Assyrian empire, seems to be too strong; for although they immediately cast off the Assrian yoke, and set up Deioces, a king of their own, yet it was some time before the Medes and Babylonians overthrew Nineveh, and some generations ere the Medes and Persians under Cyaxares and Cyrus overthrew the Assyrian or Babylonian empire, and took Babylon. — from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
scaring up ducks and kingfishers
[166] IX FRIDAY, JULY 31 We had smooth but swift water for a considerable distance, where we glided rapidly along, scaring up ducks and kingfishers. — from Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
“Our good is hidden so deeply that it is concealed under its opposite; thus life is hidden under death, real egotism under hatred of self, honour under shame, salvation under destruction, a kingdom under exile, heaven under hell, wisdom under foolishness, righteousness under sin, strength under weakness; indeed all our affirmation of any good is concealed under its negation in order that faith in God, Who is the negation of all, may remain supreme ... — from Luther, vol. 1 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar
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