The Hymns of Callimachustranslator, and sold, 1755 - 212 pages |
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... Such ftories want only to be mentioned , to refute themfelves . It appears very plain , why the heathens used this fymbol , if we refer to the Scripture , and nothing elfe can give us any plaufible folution of the matter . We may firft ...
... Such ftories want only to be mentioned , to refute themfelves . It appears very plain , why the heathens used this fymbol , if we refer to the Scripture , and nothing elfe can give us any plaufible folution of the matter . We may firft ...
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... Such as befuits the delegates of heav'n : Ver . 124. By Jove , & c . ] This fentiment that all the power and authority of kings was derived from the fupreme , and fo , confe- quently divine , is by no means peculiar to our author ...
... Such as befuits the delegates of heav'n : Ver . 124. By Jove , & c . ] This fentiment that all the power and authority of kings was derived from the fupreme , and fo , confe- quently divine , is by no means peculiar to our author ...
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... Such far - fetched and over - ftrained . conjectures fhould not be indulged , when the whole tenor of an author's thoughts feems too nobly elevated to be capable of mean infinua- tions like thefe , be ye lift up ye everlafting doors ...
... Such far - fetched and over - ftrained . conjectures fhould not be indulged , when the whole tenor of an author's thoughts feems too nobly elevated to be capable of mean infinua- tions like thefe , be ye lift up ye everlafting doors ...
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... such abfurd etymo- logies are affigned by the Greck grammarians from their own language , and to countenance those of the words relating to religion , fuch childish ftories of their Gods , and their mammas when they were children ...
... such abfurd etymo- logies are affigned by the Greck grammarians from their own language , and to countenance those of the words relating to religion , fuch childish ftories of their Gods , and their mammas when they were children ...
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... such was Cnoffus ; otherwife , why fhould he not have mentioned any other city , river or mountain than that he has done ? Arte valet , was Ovid's character of him , and there is undoubtedly pe- culiar elegance and nicety in this method ...
... such was Cnoffus ; otherwife , why fhould he not have mentioned any other city , river or mountain than that he has done ? Arte valet , was Ovid's character of him , and there is undoubtedly pe- culiar elegance and nicety in this method ...
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æther affigned alfo amongst antient becauſe bleft Cabir Callimachus Ceres Cherubim Chrift Cyclops Cyrene defcribed defcription deity Delos Deucalion Diana divine Dodona earth emblem Epigram expreffion exprefs fable facred faid fame fays fcholiaft fcripture fecond feems fenfe ferpent feven fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince fing fire firft firſt fo called folar folar light fome fpeaks fpirit ftars ftill ftory fubject fuch fuppofed fymbol Goddeſs Gods hath heathen heaven Hebrew hence himſelf honour hymn to Apollo ibid ifland Jove Juno Jupiter king Latona Lord Macrobius Mifs moft Moon moſt muſt nymphs o'er obferved occafion oracles original Ovid paffage Pallas Peneus perfon Pindar poet praiſe prefent Ptolemy purpoſe reader reafon remarkable reprefented ſhall ſhe Spanheim ſpeak temple thee thefe Theocritus theſe things thofe thoſe thou tranflation univerfal uſed Virgil virgin whence whofe whoſe word worshipped
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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 75 - Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him : knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more ; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Page 183 - Tho' mark'd by none but quick poetic eyes; (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot thro' liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair.
Page 35 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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 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?
Page 150 - 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 121 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they saw not...
Page 20 - from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor " riches, feed me with food convenient for me : left I be " full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left " I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in " vain," On the fame thing is founded the advice of Solomon, with regard to the fin of fenfuality : Proverbs xxiii.
Page 14 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me.