Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volumen1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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... Plutarch de Superstitione tells us ) the priests of Bellona , when they sacrificed to that goddess , besmeared the victim with their own blood . The Persian magi ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and ...
... Plutarch de Superstitione tells us ) the priests of Bellona , when they sacrificed to that goddess , besmeared the victim with their own blood . The Persian magi ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and ...
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... Plutarch describes the manner in which they preserved it ( Sympos . lib . vi . 2 , 6. ) by covering it with straw , and coarse cloths unshorn . Xenophon says , it was necessary to procure snow to cool the wines in summer , which ...
... Plutarch describes the manner in which they preserved it ( Sympos . lib . vi . 2 , 6. ) by covering it with straw , and coarse cloths unshorn . Xenophon says , it was necessary to procure snow to cool the wines in summer , which ...
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... opinion , that the celebrated Stonehenge , in Wilts , was neither a Roman temple nor Danish monument , but rather somewhat belonging to the idol Markolis , ( Nat . Hist , Oxf . c . 10 , 81 , 102. ) Plutarch , in his life of PROVERBS . 135.
... opinion , that the celebrated Stonehenge , in Wilts , was neither a Roman temple nor Danish monument , but rather somewhat belonging to the idol Markolis , ( Nat . Hist , Oxf . c . 10 , 81 , 102. ) Plutarch , in his life of PROVERBS . 135.
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... Plutarch , in his life of Cimon , mentions the erection of stone Mercuries , with inscriptions upon them , in honour of taking the city Eione from the Persians , And Gyraldus asserts that the heathens had their deus lapideus or stone ...
... Plutarch , in his life of Cimon , mentions the erection of stone Mercuries , with inscriptions upon them , in honour of taking the city Eione from the Persians , And Gyraldus asserts that the heathens had their deus lapideus or stone ...
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... Plutarch , in the life of Marcellus telling us , that he took away , out of the temple of Syracuse , the most beautiful pic- tures and statues of their gods ; and that afterwards it became a reproach to Marcellus , and raised the indig ...
... Plutarch , in the life of Marcellus telling us , that he took away , out of the temple of Syracuse , the most beautiful pic- tures and statues of their gods ; and that afterwards it became a reproach to Marcellus , and raised the indig ...
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Página 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Página 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Página 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Página 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Página 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Página 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Página 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
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Página 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.