An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 2T. Osborne, 1747 |
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... tion as we can by no means depend on , having been them- felves grofly impofed upon by forged records , and falfe tra- ditions . All we can do therefore is , to acquaint the rea- der with the sentiments of the antients on this fubject ...
... tion as we can by no means depend on , having been them- felves grofly impofed upon by forged records , and falfe tra- ditions . All we can do therefore is , to acquaint the rea- der with the sentiments of the antients on this fubject ...
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... tion can be made into fuch cha- racters , which represent things . and not words ( 15 ) . But as these characters are plainly cal- led letters , we conceive they could not be hieroglyphical in the common acceptation of the word , but ...
... tion can be made into fuch cha- racters , which represent things . and not words ( 15 ) . But as these characters are plainly cal- led letters , we conceive they could not be hieroglyphical in the common acceptation of the word , but ...
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... tion , muft needs be very precarious ; and it seems much more reasonable to rely on the coincidence of facts , and hiftorical fynchronisms , from which chiefly we fhall , in the course of our hiftory of Egypt , endeavour to fix the ...
... tion , muft needs be very precarious ; and it seems much more reasonable to rely on the coincidence of facts , and hiftorical fynchronisms , from which chiefly we fhall , in the course of our hiftory of Egypt , endeavour to fix the ...
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... tion of Sefoftris in any of his poems , as he did of Memnon , who must have followed this conqueror very near ? Memnon was celebrated , fays Marfbam , because he lived nearer to the poetical times ; but Perizonius will have it , that ...
... tion of Sefoftris in any of his poems , as he did of Memnon , who must have followed this conqueror very near ? Memnon was celebrated , fays Marfbam , because he lived nearer to the poetical times ; but Perizonius will have it , that ...
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... tion made of Sefoftris and what he did in holy writ . To this he answers , that the Ifraelites , when Sefoftris came into Pale- fine , were under fubjection to the various nations which in- habited the country ; for that Paleftine bent ...
... tion made of Sefoftris and what he did in holy writ . To this he answers , that the Ifraelites , when Sefoftris came into Pale- fine , were under fubjection to the various nations which in- habited the country ; for that Paleftine bent ...
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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.