Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 16Archibald Constable, 1823 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Hebrew , " The par- tridge lays many eggs , but does not hatch them all . " Le Clerc , upon the authority of Bocchart , understands the Hebrew word kore here to signify a woodcock . Le Clerc's translation is as follows : Rusticula ova ...
... Hebrew , " The par- tridge lays many eggs , but does not hatch them all . " Le Clerc , upon the authority of Bocchart , understands the Hebrew word kore here to signify a woodcock . Le Clerc's translation is as follows : Rusticula ova ...
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... Hebrew children . They were to eat the lamb the same night that followed the sacrifice ; they ate it roast- ed , with unleavened bread , and a salad of wild lettuce . The Hebrew says literally , with bitter things , as suppose mustard ...
... Hebrew children . They were to eat the lamb the same night that followed the sacrifice ; they ate it roast- ed , with unleavened bread , and a salad of wild lettuce . The Hebrew says literally , with bitter things , as suppose mustard ...
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... Hebrew appellation Patros comes the gentilitious name Pathrusim , ( Moses ) . PATTANS , PATANS , or AFGHANS , a very warlike race of men , who had been subjects of the vast empire of Bochara . They revolted under their governor Ab ...
... Hebrew appellation Patros comes the gentilitious name Pathrusim , ( Moses ) . PATTANS , PATANS , or AFGHANS , a very warlike race of men , who had been subjects of the vast empire of Bochara . They revolted under their governor Ab ...
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... Hebrew name and another Greek or Latin one . From the isle of Cyprus , St Paul and his company went to Perga in Pamphylia , where John Mark left them , to return to Jerusalem : but making no stay at Perga , they came to Antioch in ...
... Hebrew name and another Greek or Latin one . From the isle of Cyprus , St Paul and his company went to Perga in Pamphylia , where John Mark left them , to return to Jerusalem : but making no stay at Perga , they came to Antioch in ...
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... Hebrew ( Act xxii ) , and related to them the manner of his conversion , and his mission from God to go and preach to the Gentiles . At his mention- ing the Gentiles , the Jews began to cry out , " Away with this wicked fellow out of ...
... Hebrew ( Act xxii ) , and related to them the manner of his conversion , and his mission from God to go and preach to the Gentiles . At his mention- ing the Gentiles , the Jews began to cry out , " Away with this wicked fellow out of ...
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Page 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Page 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Page 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Page 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Page 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Page 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...