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... remains to Ægæ , in Macedonia , where , generally , the Macedonian kings were buried ; but Egypt prevailed . His body , said to have been embalmed in honey , and enclosed in a coffin of gold , was deposited first at Memphis , and ...
... remains to Ægæ , in Macedonia , where , generally , the Macedonian kings were buried ; but Egypt prevailed . His body , said to have been embalmed in honey , and enclosed in a coffin of gold , was deposited first at Memphis , and ...
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... remains of Cleopatra's magnificent palace ; and , without the city , is a pillar very much admired , the shaft of which is six fathoms high , all of one piece , of admirable granite . Granite is a very hard stone , composedas it were ...
... remains of Cleopatra's magnificent palace ; and , without the city , is a pillar very much admired , the shaft of which is six fathoms high , all of one piece , of admirable granite . Granite is a very hard stone , composedas it were ...
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... remains of which were mingled with the posterity of Jocktan and Adnan , and so became Mo- sarabes or Mostaarabes , i . e . mixed Arabians , i . e . blended with foreigners . They believe that Goliah , who was overcome by David , was ...
... remains of which were mingled with the posterity of Jocktan and Adnan , and so became Mo- sarabes or Mostaarabes , i . e . mixed Arabians , i . e . blended with foreigners . They believe that Goliah , who was overcome by David , was ...
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... remains inexhaustible . Josephus , and Tacitus , lib . v . , speak of it , as well as Pliny ; but the authors who treat of the holy wars , take no other notice of the sands of Belus than of something out of use , and known only by the ...
... remains inexhaustible . Josephus , and Tacitus , lib . v . , speak of it , as well as Pliny ; but the authors who treat of the holy wars , take no other notice of the sands of Belus than of something out of use , and known only by the ...
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... remains of Mosaics , also of painting on wood , certainly very ancient . ( Also of various decrees of synods and councils of early ages . ) Two spiral staircases , each composed of fifteen steps , open on the sides of the outer church ...
... remains of Mosaics , also of painting on wood , certainly very ancient . ( Also of various decrees of synods and councils of early ages . ) Two spiral staircases , each composed of fifteen steps , open on the sides of the outer church ...
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Page 101 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Page 37 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 34 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 147 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up?
Page 261 - They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Page 73 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Page 30 - And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Page 93 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 57 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 261 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.