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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But still the time above mentioned , a ' wintry month , was not the season for them
to breed and swarm ; nor for frogs to multiply , and to cover the whole land : to
have been in such numbers , that when they died , they lay in heaps ; so that the
...
But still the time above mentioned , a ' wintry month , was not the season for them
to breed and swarm ; nor for frogs to multiply , and to cover the whole land : to
have been in such numbers , that when they died , they lay in heaps ; so that the
...
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The whole extent of this country in length , from Philæ and the cataracts
downwards , has been esteemed to have been between five and six hundred
miles . It consisted of three principal divisions , the Thebais , Heptanomis , and
Delta ; and ...
The whole extent of this country in length , from Philæ and the cataracts
downwards , has been esteemed to have been between five and six hundred
miles . It consisted of three principal divisions , the Thebais , Heptanomis , and
Delta ; and ...
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the whole country . The region about Delta ... Hence the river , as I have before
mentioned , had the name of a Oceanus , or the sea , and was a sure guard to the
whole region , which was hereby rendered impregnable . The seven streams ...
the whole country . The region about Delta ... Hence the river , as I have before
mentioned , had the name of a Oceanus , or the sea , and was a sure guard to the
whole region , which was hereby rendered impregnable . The seven streams ...
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A Recapitulation of the Whole . In this manner was the mighty operation carried
on , and the Israelites were conducted from the Nile and Rameses to Succoth ,
journeying all the way near the bottom of the Arabian mountain . From thence
they ...
A Recapitulation of the Whole . In this manner was the mighty operation carried
on , and the Israelites were conducted from the Nile and Rameses to Succoth ,
journeying all the way near the bottom of the Arabian mountain . From thence
they ...
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Adjeroute castle ; the whole thirty - two hours from Cairo ; or , as the authors
thinks , but twenty - nine . The caravan takes a larger compass . 31. Turned more
to the south , through an hollow way , to which the sea seemed formerly to have ...
Adjeroute castle ; the whole thirty - two hours from Cairo ; or , as the authors
thinks , but twenty - nine . The caravan takes a larger compass . 31. Turned more
to the south , through an hollow way , to which the sea seemed formerly to have ...
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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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