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 EgyptT. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 - 392 pages |
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... shew , at what intervals , and by what persons , they were introduced . For if the rites alluded to were of late date , or doubtful origin , their au- thority would be of little weight and no just inference could be made from them . But ...
... shew , at what intervals , and by what persons , they were introduced . For if the rites alluded to were of late date , or doubtful origin , their au- thority would be of little weight and no just inference could be made from them . But ...
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... shew that Greece , according to the traditions of the na- tives , was in great measure peopled from E- gypt . Diodorus Siculus tells us , that some of the principal persons upon record among the Athenians were from this country and that ...
... shew that Greece , according to the traditions of the na- tives , was in great measure peopled from E- gypt . Diodorus Siculus tells us , that some of the principal persons upon record among the Athenians were from this country and that ...
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... shew how sig nificant they were in their operation ; and particularly adapted to the people , upon whom they were inflicted . They would have been marks of divine power to any nation upon earth at Nineve , or Babylon ; in Carthage , or ...
... shew how sig nificant they were in their operation ; and particularly adapted to the people , upon whom they were inflicted . They would have been marks of divine power to any nation upon earth at Nineve , or Babylon ; in Carthage , or ...
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... shew , what appeared to me to be the purpose of divine wisdom in this judgment displayed upon the Egyptians . For I cannot help thinking that without this explanation we see neither the extent nor the propriety of the punishment . THE ...
... shew , what appeared to me to be the purpose of divine wisdom in this judgment displayed upon the Egyptians . For I cannot help thinking that without this explanation we see neither the extent nor the propriety of the punishment . THE ...
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... shews that it is rightly expressed . Whence the Romans got the term Palma , for the Dog of the Greeks , is uncertain . The tree may have been so stiled among other nations ; and perhaps by the Egyptians . Even among the Greeks Haus ...
... shews that it is rightly expressed . Whence the Romans got the term Palma , for the Dog of the Greeks , is uncertain . The tree may have been so stiled among other nations ; and perhaps by the Egyptians . Even among the Greeks Haus ...
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Aaron Accaron Ægyptus ancient Arabia Baal Baal-zephon Bedea behold brought called children of Israel Clysma consequence Coptic darkness deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egyp Egyptians Ekron emblem encamped esteemed Etham evil Exod Exodus farther fire first-born flies Grecians Greek hail heaven Heliopolis Hence Herod Herodotus Ibid idolatry Israelites Josephus judgment king land of Egypt land of Goshen learned locusts Lord said unto Manetho mentioned Moses mountain night Nile nome Osiris particularly person Pharaoh plague Plato Pliny Plutarch Pocock priests prophet Ptolemy purport Red-sea rites river sacred says seems sent serpent shew shewn signified speaks stiled Strabo supposed swarms temple thee things thou tion unto Moses wilderness word worship writers Αιγυπτιοι γαρ δε εις εκ εν εσιν ην θεον και κατα μεν παρα προς τας τε τες τοις τῷ Ων