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... expressive of its pre- 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 ...
... expressive of its pre- 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 ...
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... expressive of the various seasons of production , maturity , decay , and torpidity of the vegetable world . In a terri- tory comprehending climates so diversified as France , the variations of the seasons must neces- sarily defy any ...
... expressive of the various seasons of production , maturity , decay , and torpidity of the vegetable world . In a terri- tory comprehending climates so diversified as France , the variations of the seasons must neces- sarily defy any ...
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... expressive of the period of the year in which they were respectively placed , and the latter merely the names of the idols worshipped on those particular days , there does not appear to have been much judgment exercised in the re ...
... expressive of the period of the year in which they were respectively placed , and the latter merely the names of the idols worshipped on those particular days , there does not appear to have been much judgment exercised in the re ...
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... expressive of the season in which it has been placed ; the word APRIL being universally allowed to be derived from " Aprilis , " of " aperire , to open , " in allu- sion to the buds then beginning to open , and to the earth generally ...
... expressive of the season in which it has been placed ; the word APRIL being universally allowed to be derived from " Aprilis , " of " aperire , to open , " in allu- sion to the buds then beginning to open , and to the earth generally ...
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... expressive of the heat of that orb , and his typified twin brother , the cold Ether , then bearing an equal share in the system of nature . The Saxons called this month Tri - Milki , and Tri - Milchi ; the juices of the young grass then ...
... expressive of the heat of that orb , and his typified twin brother , the cold Ether , then bearing an equal share in the system of nature . The Saxons called this month Tri - Milki , and Tri - Milchi ; the juices of the young grass then ...
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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 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 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...
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