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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In other places they became in great measure effaced : but among the Athenians
her name was preserved , and they used to the last to swear by s Isis . In short ,
the far greater part of the Grecian rites and ceremonies was imported from Egypt .
In other places they became in great measure effaced : but among the Athenians
her name was preserved , and they used to the last to swear by s Isis . In short ,
the far greater part of the Grecian rites and ceremonies was imported from Egypt .
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4 To this river Achilles had preserved his fine hair for an offering . Homer . Il . . v .
142 . 5 Επι πε και ποταμοις τιμη , ώσπες Αιγυπτιους προς τον Νειλον - - - ως
Θετταλοις προς τον Γιηνειον , - - ως Αιτωλοις προς τον Αχελωον . κ . τ . λ .
Maximus ...
4 To this river Achilles had preserved his fine hair for an offering . Homer . Il . . v .
142 . 5 Επι πε και ποταμοις τιμη , ώσπες Αιγυπτιους προς τον Νειλον - - - ως
Θετταλοις προς τον Γιηνειον , - - ως Αιτωλοις προς τον Αχελωον . κ . τ . λ .
Maximus ...
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This personage was supposed to have been of old preserved by means of a 3
fish : and was represented one half under that form ; and the other half as a *
woman . She was esteemed to be the same as the Aphrodite of the Greeks , and
the ...
This personage was supposed to have been of old preserved by means of a 3
fish : and was represented one half under that form ; and the other half as a *
woman . She was esteemed to be the same as the Aphrodite of the Greeks , and
the ...
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Of this we may be certain , that the frog , like the tortoise , crocodile , & c . was an
emblem of preservation in floods and inundations : also of lymphatic prophecy .
And Philastrius Brixiensis tells us , " that it was held sacred by the Egyptians .
Of this we may be certain , that the frog , like the tortoise , crocodile , & c . was an
emblem of preservation in floods and inundations : also of lymphatic prophecy .
And Philastrius Brixiensis tells us , " that it was held sacred by the Egyptians .
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400 , But it was not the rising of the luminary , but the renovation and restoration
of a person , stiled Helius , Sol : who had been exposed upon the waters , and
preserved : whom the Egyptians called Osiris . preservation , when exposed to
the ...
400 , But it was not the rising of the luminary , but the renovation and restoration
of a person , stiled Helius , Sol : who had been exposed upon the waters , and
preserved : whom the Egyptians called Osiris . preservation , when exposed to
the ...
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Page 115 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 201 - Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 349 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20.
Page 350 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left...
Page 209 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 188 - And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Page 180 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 219 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 336 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 56 - But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron...
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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 | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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