Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 1 |
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... twelve hours set upon it , after which they filled the ves- sel with water , which issued drop by drop out of the little hole : in the water was a cork with a pin stuck into it , and the point of that pin turned - to the first hour when ...
... twelve hours set upon it , after which they filled the ves- sel with water , which issued drop by drop out of the little hole : in the water was a cork with a pin stuck into it , and the point of that pin turned - to the first hour when ...
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... twelve hours , answered to the hour - glass , with as many little brazen balls which dropt down on a sort of bells underneath and sounded each hour ; and there were also twelve figures of cavaliers , which at the approach of each hour ...
... twelve hours , answered to the hour - glass , with as many little brazen balls which dropt down on a sort of bells underneath and sounded each hour ; and there were also twelve figures of cavaliers , which at the approach of each hour ...
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... twelve lunations or lunar year , to 355 days . A superstitious regard was indeed not only paid to odd numbers , throughout the whole of the Roman Empire until its downfall , but has been preserved even to the present day in this country ...
... twelve lunations or lunar year , to 355 days . A superstitious regard was indeed not only paid to odd numbers , throughout the whole of the Roman Empire until its downfall , but has been preserved even to the present day in this country ...
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... twelve days were intercalated ; in- stead of nine . - This mistake was likewise cor- rected by AUGUSTUS , who ordered , that the fol- lowing years should not be intercalated ; that so these three days , which by the overhastiness of the ...
... twelve days were intercalated ; in- stead of nine . - This mistake was likewise cor- rected by AUGUSTUS , who ordered , that the fol- lowing years should not be intercalated ; that so these three days , which by the overhastiness of the ...
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... twelve days beginning from the 31st of December ; thus if the 31st of December should be fair , so will the ensuing January ; if the 1st of January should be fair , so will the succeeding February ; if the 2d of January , & c . so will ...
... twelve days beginning from the 31st of December ; thus if the 31st of December should be fair , so will the ensuing January ; if the 1st of January should be fair , so will the succeeding February ; if the 2d of January , & c . so will ...
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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.