Two lectures on the remains of ancient pagan Britain; illustr. with drawings |
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ABEN MESICHITH Abury Abury and Stonehenge ancient British ancient Britons antiquity appears Baal Bards Barrow Beltane Bethel brass Brighton Britain British priests buried Cæsar called Camp Canaanitish Cassiterides Celts chariots Christian circular Cornwall Cromlech Crystal cubits cubits high declivities derived diameter distance ditto divine Drawing earth enchased erected evident exhibited existed feet Fibula fire formed frequently Gaash gold Grecians ground heap Hebrew idolatry ILIAD inches Israelites Jacob Joshua Kennet Avenue kind large stone Lecture LIATH MEISICHITH LINCHETS masses massy military cars Mount Ephraim nations noticed origin Pagan Palestine patriarchal Patroclus person Phenicians Pillars and Altars probable referred remains rites Rocking Stone Sacred Writ sepulchral mounds Silbury Hill Sir R. C. solemn South specimens stone of speculation Stonehenge Stones of Memorial structure superstitions Tartessus temple terraces thee Tolmen tourquoise trench trilithons Tumulus Tyrians unto URIM and THUMMIM valley vestiges worship
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الصفحة 6 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
الصفحة 58 - Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
الصفحة 6 - And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
الصفحة 6 - And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
الصفحة 9 - When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones ? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
الصفحة 87 - At her command rush forth the steeds divine ; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits ; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass; the polish'd axle, steel.
الصفحة 7 - This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
الصفحة 45 - ... taste what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women ? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king...
الصفحة 42 - And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art : and they made a very great burning for him.
الصفحة 88 - The car, the car of war comes on, like the flame of death ! the rapid car of Cuthullin, the noble son of Semo! It bends behind like a wave near a rock ; like the sun-streaked mist of the heath. Its sides are embossed with stones, and sparkle like the sea round the boat of night. Of polished yew is its beam ; its seat of the smoothest bone. The sides are replenished with spears; the bottom is the footstool of heroes...