Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 1 |
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... hand of Time : To explain such of those customs and sayings as appear to possess a sufficient interest to warrant notice , has also been an object of the Author's solicitude . The Historical Extracts , with the Classical and other ...
... hand of Time : To explain such of those customs and sayings as appear to possess a sufficient interest to warrant notice , has also been an object of the Author's solicitude . The Historical Extracts , with the Classical and other ...
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... hand , or rather the hand of an angel , revolved past the numerals . If contrived with graceful attitude and easy motion , the thought was singularly ap- propriate , -a heavenly messenger marking the progress of time . " Malcolm . In ...
... hand , or rather the hand of an angel , revolved past the numerals . If contrived with graceful attitude and easy motion , the thought was singularly ap- propriate , -a heavenly messenger marking the progress of time . " Malcolm . In ...
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... hands , who insists that if ever GALILEO thought of such a thing , he never brought it to any degree of perfection.- The first pendulum clock made in ENGLAND was in the year 1662 , by Mr. FROMANTIL , a Dutch- man . " Having traced the ...
... hands , who insists that if ever GALILEO thought of such a thing , he never brought it to any degree of perfection.- The first pendulum clock made in ENGLAND was in the year 1662 , by Mr. FROMANTIL , a Dutch- man . " Having traced the ...
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... hand several marks or symbols , denoting the golden number , or cycle of the moon : which number , if under 5 , is represented by so many points ; but if it be 5 , then a line is drawn from the notch , or day to which it belongs , with ...
... hand several marks or symbols , denoting the golden number , or cycle of the moon : which number , if under 5 , is represented by so many points ; but if it be 5 , then a line is drawn from the notch , or day to which it belongs , with ...
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... hand , and issuing from the notches , are several inscriptions and figures , hiero- glyphically representing the festival days by some actions , offices , or endowments of the saints : or else the work or sport in fashion at the time of ...
... hand , and issuing from the notches , are several inscriptions and figures , hiero- glyphically representing the festival days by some actions , offices , or endowments of the saints : or else the work or sport in fashion at the time of ...
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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.