Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 1 |
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... held as the festival of St. MAT- THIAS , conformably to the following rubric , viz . " When the years of our Lord may be divided into four even parts , which is every fourth year , then the Sunday letter leapeth ; and that year the ...
... held as the festival of St. MAT- THIAS , conformably to the following rubric , viz . " When the years of our Lord may be divided into four even parts , which is every fourth year , then the Sunday letter leapeth ; and that year the ...
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... held sacred , as relating to the Deity , or respectable as complimentary to human , virtue in past ages . This silly innovation was adopted and persevered in , until some time after the present RULER of France had destroyed all the ...
... held sacred , as relating to the Deity , or respectable as complimentary to human , virtue in past ages . This silly innovation was adopted and persevered in , until some time after the present RULER of France had destroyed all the ...
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... held sacred by a nation that had embraced Atheism , by the public sanction of the new government . These decades were called , according to their numerical order- Primidi , Duodi , Tredi , Quortidi , Quintidi , Sex- tidi , Septidi ...
... held sacred by a nation that had embraced Atheism , by the public sanction of the new government . These decades were called , according to their numerical order- Primidi , Duodi , Tredi , Quortidi , Quintidi , Sex- tidi , Septidi ...
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... one of the heathen Divinities held in the highest veneration . He was selected by NUMA , as a Deity possessed of qualifications pe- culiarly adapted for presiding over the year , not only from his great reputed judgment in all con- cerns ...
... one of the heathen Divinities held in the highest veneration . He was selected by NUMA , as a Deity possessed of qualifications pe- culiarly adapted for presiding over the year , not only from his great reputed judgment in all con- cerns ...
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... held ; or as other authors contend , from Febrais expiatoriis , sa- crifices for purging souls , there having been a feast upon the 2d day of this month , when the Heathens offered sacrifices to PLUTO , the infernal deity , for the ...
... held ; or as other authors contend , from Febrais expiatoriis , sa- crifices for purging souls , there having been a feast upon the 2d day of this month , when the Heathens offered sacrifices to PLUTO , the infernal deity , for the ...
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Popular passages
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.