Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 1 |
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... sent to his royal master by ABDALLA king of Per- sia , about the year 807 : " A horologe brass , wonderfully constructed for the course of the twelve hours , answered to the hour - glass , with as many little brazen balls which dropt ...
... sent to his royal master by ABDALLA king of Per- sia , about the year 807 : " A horologe brass , wonderfully constructed for the course of the twelve hours , answered to the hour - glass , with as many little brazen balls which dropt ...
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... sent situation in our calendar . Notwithstanding JULIUS CAESAR was very care- ful in adjusting the exact time of the intercalation of the Bissextile day , the Pontiffs still erroneously or wilfully made so great an error , that AUGUSTUS ...
... sent situation in our calendar . Notwithstanding JULIUS CAESAR was very care- ful in adjusting the exact time of the intercalation of the Bissextile day , the Pontiffs still erroneously or wilfully made so great an error , that AUGUSTUS ...
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... sent period . It consisted of 22 days in the Alban , and of 31 in ROMULUS's calendar ; NUMA deprived it of the odd day , which JULIUS CÆSAR restored , since which it has remained undisturbed . Ro- MULUS Continued to this month the name ...
... sent period . It consisted of 22 days in the Alban , and of 31 in ROMULUS's calendar ; NUMA deprived it of the odd day , which JULIUS CÆSAR restored , since which it has remained undisturbed . Ro- MULUS Continued to this month the name ...
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... sent state of perfection . September was named , by the antient Saxons , " Gerst monat , for that barley which that moneth commonly peelded was antiently called Gerst , the name of barley being given unto it by reason of the drinke ...
... sent state of perfection . September was named , by the antient Saxons , " Gerst monat , for that barley which that moneth commonly peelded was antiently called Gerst , the name of barley being given unto it by reason of the drinke ...
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... sent to Henry the Eighth a New Testa- ment , richly illuminated , with an inscription on its cover , expressive of what he wished to impress upon his royal master's mind , though perhaps under no other licence dared he to have offered ...
... sent to Henry the Eighth a New Testa- ment , richly illuminated , with an inscription on its cover , expressive of what he wished to impress upon his royal master's mind , though perhaps under no other licence dared he to have offered ...
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afterwards almanac ALPHEGE ancestors antient Apostles appears appellation April Ash Wednesday AUGUSTUS CÆSAR authors bishop blessed CÆSAR calendar called cause celebrated ceremony Christian church Clepsydra clergy cock commencement considered Cornish language cross custom Deity denominated DIOCLESIAN distinguished divine Easter Ember Days emperor England expressive fasting feast Feast of Fools February festival Fools heathen held holy honour idol invented January JULIUS JULIUS CÆSAR Jupiter Jupiter Venus Saturn king Latin latter Lent Lord Lupercalia March mark Mars Mercury Jupiter Maundy Thursday Mercury Jupiter Venus monks month Moon Mars Mercury nature NUMA POMPILIUS Nychthemeron observed Odin origin Pagan PATRICK period persons pious Pope practice Reformed regulation reign retained Rogation days Roman Rome ROMULUS sacred Saint Saturn Sun Moon Saviour Saxon season Sextilis solemn sovereign Sun Moon Mars Sunday superstition term tion Trinity usage Venus Saturn Sun VERSTEGAN week whence worship
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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.