History of the Egyptians: From Rollin and Other Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern |
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... called Pathros , as distinguished from the Lower , properly called Caphtor or Egypt . Com- pare Isa . xi . 11 , with Ezek . xxix . 14 ; and Jer . xliv . 1 , with Ezek . xxx . 14-16 , Deut . ii . 23 , Jer . xlvii . 4. The latter term ...
... called Pathros , as distinguished from the Lower , properly called Caphtor or Egypt . Com- pare Isa . xi . 11 , with Ezek . xxix . 14 ; and Jer . xliv . 1 , with Ezek . xxx . 14-16 , Deut . ii . 23 , Jer . xlvii . 4. The latter term ...
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... called the Most Holy River , and the rites with which its benefits are cele- brated , exhibit in the present inhabitants of Egypt a tendency towards the same superstitious form of adoration and gratitude . One feature of the Nile ...
... called the Most Holy River , and the rites with which its benefits are cele- brated , exhibit in the present inhabitants of Egypt a tendency towards the same superstitious form of adoration and gratitude . One feature of the Nile ...
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... called eddow , and the inundated places of the Nile produce an abundance of it . Its root is also the food of numbers both in the East and West Indies , and in the South Sea Islands . Holcus Sorghum . - This plant , which in Latin is called ...
... called eddow , and the inundated places of the Nile produce an abundance of it . Its root is also the food of numbers both in the East and West Indies , and in the South Sea Islands . Holcus Sorghum . - This plant , which in Latin is called ...
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... called Sel- langees , who place it on a finely - polished board , not lying in a flat position , but a little sloping . The Sellangee , after pouring some water on the board , rubs it with his hand , at first gently , but afterwards ...
... called Sel- langees , who place it on a finely - polished board , not lying in a flat position , but a little sloping . The Sellangee , after pouring some water on the board , rubs it with his hand , at first gently , but afterwards ...
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... called Ammon ; " and Plutarch , that the term signified " hidden . " This was also an epithet of the true God : 66 Why askest thou thus after my name , seeing it is secret ? " Judg . xiii . 18 ; and it ac- cords with the inscription on ...
... called Ammon ; " and Plutarch , that the term signified " hidden . " This was also an epithet of the true God : 66 Why askest thou thus after my name , seeing it is secret ? " Judg . xiii . 18 ; and it ac- cords with the inscription on ...
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Page 34 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 43 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 30 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Page 2 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 87 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Page 61 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 62 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 54 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 5 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...