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Page 27
... to deprive February of one of the days before assigned to it ; so that his calendar stood thus , Januarius 31 Februarius 28 Martius Aprilis Maius Junius - 31 - 30 31 - 30 - Julius - 31 Sextilis September 30 - 31 changed to 27.
... to deprive February of one of the days before assigned to it ; so that his calendar stood thus , Januarius 31 Februarius 28 Martius Aprilis Maius Junius - 31 - 30 31 - 30 - Julius - 31 Sextilis September 30 - 31 changed to 27.
Page 28
... changed to Augustus . October 1 31 November 30 December 31 365 with the intercalary day every 4th year , as before mentioned : which regulation , with a very trifling difference , was for near sixteen centuries almost universally ...
... changed to Augustus . October 1 31 November 30 December 31 365 with the intercalary day every 4th year , as before mentioned : which regulation , with a very trifling difference , was for near sixteen centuries almost universally ...
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... changed its name afterwards to Sol - monath , from the then returning Sun. On the 18th of this month the Sun enters Pisces , or that sign of the Zodiac typified by Fishes , which -being the most prolific of all animated nature , aptly ...
... changed its name afterwards to Sol - monath , from the then returning Sun. On the 18th of this month the Sun enters Pisces , or that sign of the Zodiac typified by Fishes , which -being the most prolific of all animated nature , aptly ...
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... changed to the 1st of January , form- ing a period of about four centuries . In France MARCH was generally reckoned the first month until the year 1564 ; and it retained that prece- dence , in various legal points in this country , even ...
... changed to the 1st of January , form- ing a period of about four centuries . In France MARCH was generally reckoned the first month until the year 1564 ; and it retained that prece- dence , in various legal points in this country , even ...
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... changed to Lenet - Monat , “ that is , according to our now orthography , Length Moneth , because the dapes did then first begin in length to exceed the nights ; and this moneth being by our an cestors so called when they received ...
... changed to Lenet - Monat , “ that is , according to our now orthography , Length Moneth , because the dapes did then first begin in length to exceed the nights ; and this moneth being by our an cestors so called when they received ...
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Page 196 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Page 101 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 402 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 245 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 180 - And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 290 - When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Page 180 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: **And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 290 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 245 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.