The Hymns of Callimachustranslator, and sold, 1755 - 212 pages |
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... amongst them . " For , fays he , in Crete , upon the tomb of Minos was this infcription Mos Te Aos Tapos , the tomb of Minos , the fon of Jupiter . In procefs of time , by fome means or other , the firft words were effaced and ...
... amongst them . " For , fays he , in Crete , upon the tomb of Minos was this infcription Mos Te Aos Tapos , the tomb of Minos , the fon of Jupiter . In procefs of time , by fome means or other , the firft words were effaced and ...
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... amongst the Greeks for women to purify themselves by washing : A custom not eafily accounted for unless we have recourfe to the original and pofitive inftitution of purification by wafhing ; and indeed , this would open a large Obfcure ...
... amongst the Greeks for women to purify themselves by washing : A custom not eafily accounted for unless we have recourfe to the original and pofitive inftitution of purification by wafhing ; and indeed , this would open a large Obfcure ...
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... amongst the zealous worshippers of this god : - fo that I cannot approve a reading once offered , at TIV TOTE , quæ fe tibi nutrices præbuerunt . Dr. Bentley , the younger , would have prefer to Rhea , and in the true fpirit of ...
... amongst the zealous worshippers of this god : - fo that I cannot approve a reading once offered , at TIV TOTE , quæ fe tibi nutrices præbuerunt . Dr. Bentley , the younger , would have prefer to Rhea , and in the true fpirit of ...
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... amongst the ftars . They , who know how and Pfal . lxxxi . 16. Hence he fays of him- frequently the letters N and L are changed one felf , " I have eaten my honey - comb with my for the other , will eafily perceive that Amalthea honey ...
... amongst the ftars . They , who know how and Pfal . lxxxi . 16. Hence he fays of him- frequently the letters N and L are changed one felf , " I have eaten my honey - comb with my for the other , will eafily perceive that Amalthea honey ...
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... amongst them a type or fymbol of the air , though they had forgotten the next step , namely , that the air was ittelf but a type : From this figure of the Cherubim most of the abufes and furprifing conjunctions in the heathen mythology ...
... amongst them a type or fymbol of the air , though they had forgotten the next step , namely , that the air was ittelf but a type : From this figure of the Cherubim most of the abufes and furprifing conjunctions in the heathen mythology ...
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Page 25 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 100 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
Page 97 - And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron : and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Page 18 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 157 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 70 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets ; 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Page 191 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels ; not in the bought smile Of harlots, loveless, joyless, unendeared, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mixed dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starved lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain...
Page 154 - Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Page 97 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 7 - And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?