The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and Appendices, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1866 |
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... thought to connect with the German " backen " and our " bake . " Lassen , however , throws doubt on this connexion , and suggests a formation from the Sanscrit root pac , which becomes ( he says ) in Greek Té - W , Latin cog - uo ...
... thought to connect with the German " backen " and our " bake . " Lassen , however , throws doubt on this connexion , and suggests a formation from the Sanscrit root pac , which becomes ( he says ) in Greek Té - W , Latin cog - uo ...
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... thought to have been foretold by this unusual phenomenon at that place . In Up- per Egypt showers only occur about five or six times in the year , but every fifteen or twenty years heavy rain falls there , which will account for the ...
... thought to have been foretold by this unusual phenomenon at that place . In Up- per Egypt showers only occur about five or six times in the year , but every fifteen or twenty years heavy rain falls there , which will account for the ...
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... thought to mean principally , if not solely , Hecatæus . ( Müller ad Hecat . Fragm . Fr. 295 and 296. ) Col. Mure shows satisfactorily ( Literature of Greece , vol . iv . p . 148 , note 1 ) that this is not the case , since the persons ...
... thought to mean principally , if not solely , Hecatæus . ( Müller ad Hecat . Fragm . Fr. 295 and 296. ) Col. Mure shows satisfactorily ( Literature of Greece , vol . iv . p . 148 , note 1 ) that this is not the case , since the persons ...
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... thought by some to apply to the Euphrates- ( He ) " shall smite it in its seven streams , and make men go over dry - shod . " Most ancient writers agree in reckoning seven mouths , the order of which , beginning from the E. , was - 1 ...
... thought by some to apply to the Euphrates- ( He ) " shall smite it in its seven streams , and make men go over dry - shod . " Most ancient writers agree in reckoning seven mouths , the order of which , beginning from the E. , was - 1 ...
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... thought to belong to Libya and Arabia , in some places reaching to the extent of two days ' journey from its banks , in some even exceeding that distance , but in others falling short of it . Concerning the nature of the river , I was ...
... thought to belong to Libya and Arabia , in some places reaching to the extent of two days ' journey from its banks , in some even exceeding that distance , but in others falling short of it . Concerning the nature of the river , I was ...
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Page 113 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 147 - If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Page 63 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 208 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 158 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
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Page 43 - The Nasamonians could not understand a word of .their language, nor had they any acquaintance with the language of the Nasamonians. They were led across extensive marshes, and finally came to a town, where all the men were of the height of their conductors, and black-complexioned. A great river flowed by the town, running from west to east, and containing crocodiles.