Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
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We know , that the Sun , or Apollo , was the same as ' Osiris : and we are
informed by * Plutarch , that no animal was so little ... of that tree under which
Apollo was supposed to have been born , had many of these animals engraved
at its basis .
We know , that the Sun , or Apollo , was the same as ' Osiris : and we are
informed by * Plutarch , that no animal was so little ... of that tree under which
Apollo was supposed to have been born , had many of these animals engraved
at its basis .
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Upon this account this animal was depicted upon the lotos to denote the
preservation of Osiris , the prophetic god , when he ... Above all things , these
animals were particularly natives of those sacred streams , from whence
inspiration was ...
Upon this account this animal was depicted upon the lotos to denote the
preservation of Osiris , the prophetic god , when he ... Above all things , these
animals were particularly natives of those sacred streams , from whence
inspiration was ...
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From hence I should be farther induced to think , that these animals were of old
types of magicians , priests , and prophets ; particularly those of Egypt . If this be
true , the miracle , which Moses at this time exhibited , was attended with a ...
From hence I should be farther induced to think , that these animals were of old
types of magicians , priests , and prophets ; particularly those of Egypt . If this be
true , the miracle , which Moses at this time exhibited , was attended with a ...
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People , who travelled in deserts , were generally much in want of water : and it is
said , that they used to follow the asses of the wilderness , or trace their footsteps
, in order to arrive at the pools and fountains , with which those animals were ...
People , who travelled in deserts , were generally much in want of water : and it is
said , that they used to follow the asses of the wilderness , or trace their footsteps
, in order to arrive at the pools and fountains , with which those animals were ...
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They thought , that fire was a living animals Anyuttiosos de vevouiis on Aug. To
Ongcoy seves fuluyor . The Egyptians esteemed fire to be a living informed
animal . But in ge + neral they had a still higher notion of this element , as we
learn from ...
They thought , that fire was a living animals Anyuttiosos de vevouiis on Aug. To
Ongcoy seves fuluyor . The Egyptians esteemed fire to be a living informed
animal . But in ge + neral they had a still higher notion of this element , as we
learn from ...
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| Title | Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
| Author | Jacob Bryant |
| Publisher | T. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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