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Page 319 - Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 180 - Dii minorum gentium; and the Egyptians, in the same manner, distinguished their eight great Gods from those of an inferior rank. The names of the twelve great Gods of the Greeks have been preserved by Ennius in the following couplet: — " Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercurius, Jovis, Neptunus, Vulcanus, Apollo...
Page 145 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house...
Page 423 - Upon the whole, however, Osiris, or the good principle, has the superiority ; which seems likewise to have been the opinion both of Plato and Aristotle." * Looking, therefore, upon the bad as a necessary part of the universal system, and inherent in all things equally with the good, the Egyptians treated the Evil Being with divine honours, and propitiated him with sacrifices and prayers. It is not, however, impossible that they may have looked upon this Deity with different feelings in later times,...
Page 189 - Osiris was particularly worshipped, and which was one of the places where they supposed him to have been buried, his mysterious history is curiously illustrated * in the sculptures of a small retired chamber, lying nearly over the western adytum of the temple. His death and removal from this world are there described ; the number of twenty-eight lotust plants points out the period of years he was thought to have lived on earth ; and his passage from this life to a future state is indicated by the...
Page 176 - ... vindicate us from the foul aspersion so often cast upon us, that our land is an assylum for villains, and that Texas welcomes with outstretched arms felons the most base and is ever ready to shield from the vengence of outraged laws the culprit who seeks her soil no matter how deep dyed in crime. It is not my intention to enter into a detailed account of the advantages of the treaty but merely to touch upon the most important subjects. After again expressing my regrets at the loss of the copy...
Page 355 - the man from whose herd the divine beast has sprung, is the happiest of mortals, and is looked upon with admiration by all people ;" which refutes his previous statement respecting the divine cow : and the assertions of other writers, as well as probability, show that it was not the mother which was chosen to produce a. calf with particular marks, but that the Apis waa selected from its having them.
Page 331 - The first who knew the accident that had befallen their king, were the Pans and Satyrs who lived about Chemmis ; and they, immediately acquainting the people with the news, gave the first occasion to the name of Panic terrors. " Isis, as soon as the report reached her, cut off one of the locks of her hair, and put on mourning ; whence the spot where she then happened to be has ever since been called Koptos, or the city of mourning.
Page 117 - Amidst these are the cataracts, a succession of rapids, of which no single fall is more than about five feet. In Nubia, the valley is very narrow ; the rocks of the eastern and western mountains often coming close to the river, and leaving little or no space for the deposit of alluvium : in other places on the Libyan side, the sand covers the whole level space between the hills and the bank ; and the character of the country between the first and second cataract is totally different from Egypt. The...
Page 354 - From whatever cause the death of Apis took place, the people performed a public lamentation, as if Osiris himself had died : and this mourning lasted until the other Apis, his successor, had been found. They then commenced the rejoicings, which were celebrated with an enthusiasm equal to the grief exhibited during the previous mourning.