An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 2T. Osborne, 1747 |
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... also be answered , that though Thoth made the first infcriptions on those pillars , yet it is not impoffible but , in fucceeding times , other infcriptions might be added to thofe of Thoth ; for the pillars might be in common phrase ...
... also be answered , that though Thoth made the first infcriptions on those pillars , yet it is not impoffible but , in fucceeding times , other infcriptions might be added to thofe of Thoth ; for the pillars might be in common phrase ...
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cerning the death of Ofiris ; but the story was also told after the following manner : Typhon , hearing that his bro- ther was on his return , entered into a conspiracy with fe- venty - two perfons , exclufive of the queen of Ethiopia ...
cerning the death of Ofiris ; but the story was also told after the following manner : Typhon , hearing that his bro- ther was on his return , entered into a conspiracy with fe- venty - two perfons , exclufive of the queen of Ethiopia ...
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... also another ftatue of his mother , ftanding by her- felf , twenty cubits high , and cut out of one stone : fhe had three queens on her head , fignifying , that the had been the daughter , wife , and mother of a king . This court led to ...
... also another ftatue of his mother , ftanding by her- felf , twenty cubits high , and cut out of one stone : fhe had three queens on her head , fignifying , that the had been the daughter , wife , and mother of a king . This court led to ...
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... also to Amafis himself , who gave them a thousand talents of alum . Marries a He made an alliance with the Cyreneans , and , being de- Greek . firous of a Grecian woman , or elfe willing to give an am- ple teftimony of the affection he ...
... also to Amafis himself , who gave them a thousand talents of alum . Marries a He made an alliance with the Cyreneans , and , being de- Greek . firous of a Grecian woman , or elfe willing to give an am- ple teftimony of the affection he ...
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... also the diftinction of fex , and re- gular purgations , as if it were alive ( 22 ) ; which fable has been fwallowed by fome Chriftian writers ( 23 ) . Some late com- mentators ( 24 ) , after all , think , that there was no miraculous ...
... also the diftinction of fex , and re- gular purgations , as if it were alive ( 22 ) ; which fable has been fwallowed by fome Chriftian writers ( 23 ) . Some late com- mentators ( 24 ) , after all , think , that there was no miraculous ...
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Page 236 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD...
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Page 447 - Calvary, and runs down to an unknown depth in the earth. That this rent was made by the earthquake that happened at our Lord's Passion there is only tradition to prove ; but that it is a natural and genuine breach, and not counterfeited by any art, the sense and reason of every one that...
Page 467 - ... a fufficient breadth and length for the edifice, were 1000 cubits in length at the bottom, and 800 at the top, and the breadth of them 100 more. 7. The huge buttrefles •which fupported the...
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Page 286 - Hierapolis. The pilgrim killed a fheep, cut it up in' joints, and feafted on it, fpreading the fleece on the: ground, and kneeling upon it. In this pofture he put the feet and head of the victim upon his own head, and befought the goddefs to accept his facrifice, and vowed her a better. To thefe we may add the offerings made upon the following occafion : twice a year a man, climbing up to the top of one of the priaps, continued there feven days.
Page 437 - This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width...
Page 239 - Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him ? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.