A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... sacred writings . Solomon says to his espoused , how fair and how pleasant art thou , O Love , for de- lights : thy stature is like a Palm tree . And the Psalmist for an encouragement to holiness , says , that the righteous shall ...
... sacred writings . Solomon says to his espoused , how fair and how pleasant art thou , O Love , for de- lights : thy stature is like a Palm tree . And the Psalmist for an encouragement to holiness , says , that the righteous shall ...
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... sacred and prophane . The blessed in heaven are represented in the Apocalypse by St. John , " as standing before the throne in white robes , with branches of Palm in their hands . The notion of this plant being an emblem of royalty ...
... sacred and prophane . The blessed in heaven are represented in the Apocalypse by St. John , " as standing before the throne in white robes , with branches of Palm in their hands . The notion of this plant being an emblem of royalty ...
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... sacred writers of the old testament never make use of it to distinguish either the people or coun- try . This part of Canaan is never by them called Phoenicia yet others did call it so ; and the na- tives were styled Phoenices before ...
... sacred writers of the old testament never make use of it to distinguish either the people or coun- try . This part of Canaan is never by them called Phoenicia yet others did call it so ; and the na- tives were styled Phoenices before ...
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... sacred character . The meaning of the term was so obvious , that one would imagine no mistake could have ensued : yet such is the perverseness of human wit , that we find it by the Greeks and Romans constantly misapplied . They could ...
... sacred character . The meaning of the term was so obvious , that one would imagine no mistake could have ensued : yet such is the perverseness of human wit , that we find it by the Greeks and Romans constantly misapplied . They could ...
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... his serpentine representation . The whole species , in consequence of this , were made sacred to him , Lycophron . v . 439 . 5 Comment . upon Lycophron . p . 68 . and styled Canyphian . To this Lucan alludes , when ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 15.
... his serpentine representation . The whole species , in consequence of this , were made sacred to him , Lycophron . v . 439 . 5 Comment . upon Lycophron . p . 68 . and styled Canyphian . To this Lucan alludes , when ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 15.
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æra alluded altar Amonians antient Apollo apud Babylonia Boeotia built Byzant Cadmians Cadmus Cahen called Canaan Chaldea Chron Clemens Colchis Cuthites Cyclopes Cyclopians Deity denominated Diodorus Sic Diodorus Siculus Dionusus dragon Egypt Egyptians esteemed Euseb fire Grecians Greece Greeks Hence Hercules Hermes Herodotus Hivites Homer Hymn Ibid island Jupiter king likewise Lycophron mentioned nations natives Nonnus Odyss Ophel Ophite Orpheus Orus Osiris Pausan Pausanias Perseus person personage Phrygia Pliny Plutarch Poets priests purport rendered represented rites river sacred says Schol Scholia Scholiast Semiramis serpent Sesostris settled shepherd shew shewn Sicily Sicul signified sons of Chus speaks Steph Stephanus Strabo styled Suidas supposed swans Syria takes notice temple term Thrace tion tomb towers whence worship writers Zoroaster γαρ δε δι εις εκ εν ην και κατα μεν παρ παρα περι πολις τας τε τοις ὡς
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الصفحة 73 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
الصفحة 68 - This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
الصفحة 43 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
الصفحة 68 - And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
الصفحة 164 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
الصفحة 7 - The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
الصفحة 275 - Nigh the cursed shore, and listen to the lay. No more that wretch shall view the joys of life, His blooming offspring, or his beauteous wife ! In verdant meads they sport ; and wide around Lie human bones, that whiten all the ground : The ground polluted floats with human gore, And human carnage taints the dreadful shore.
الصفحة 7 - Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments : they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
الصفحة 274 - Next, where the Sirens dwell, you plough the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Unblest the man, whom music wins to stay Nigh the cursed shore, and listen to the lay...
الصفحة 131 - Dissert. 8, c. vi. p. 85.) that Taxiles, a mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed a god. It was of a stupendous size, being in extent equal to five acres, and resided in a low, deep place, walled round to a great height. The Indians offered sacrifices to it, and it was daily fed by them from their flocks and herds.