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Side 9
It appears to have been a Zulu custom to put the king to death - as soon as he
began to have wrinkles or gray hairs . At least this seems implied in the following
passage , written by one who resided for some time at the court of the notorious ...
It appears to have been a Zulu custom to put the king to death - as soon as he
began to have wrinkles or gray hairs . At least this seems implied in the following
passage , written by one who resided for some time at the court of the notorious ...
Side 17
... mighty a being as a king , who reigned as his vicegerent on earth , to perish by
violence unless for his sins he thoroughly deserved it . from the tropical island of
Sumatra a rule of the same sort appears to have obtained among the old Slavs .
... mighty a being as a king , who reigned as his vicegerent on earth , to perish by
violence unless for his sins he thoroughly deserved it . from the tropical island of
Sumatra a rule of the same sort appears to have obtained among the old Slavs .
Side 24
The appearance of a meteor on such a night - of a star precipitated from the
celestial vault - might prove for the king not merely a symbol but a sentence of
death . It might be the warrant for his execution . In some places it appears that ...
The appearance of a meteor on such a night - of a star precipitated from the
celestial vault - might prove for the king not merely a symbol but a sentence of
death . It might be the warrant for his execution . In some places it appears that ...
Side 25
... defended by J. Bernays ( Hermes , ix . ( 1875 ) 127 sq . ) , who suggests that
Macrobius may have misunderstood the meaning of the Zanes at Olympia , as to
which see Pausanias , v . 21. 2. The Babylonian custom , so far as appears from ...
... defended by J. Bernays ( Hermes , ix . ( 1875 ) 127 sq . ) , who suggests that
Macrobius may have misunderstood the meaning of the Zanes at Olympia , as to
which see Pausanias , v . 21. 2. The Babylonian custom , so far as appears from ...
Side 26
When the time drew near for the king to be put to death in Babylon this appears to
have been at the end of a single year's reign ) he abdicated for a few days ,
during which a temporary king reigned and suffered in his stead . At first the ...
When the time drew near for the king to be put to death in Babylon this appears to
have been at the end of a single year's reign ) he abdicated for a few days ,
during which a temporary king reigned and suffered in his stead . At first the ...
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Side 42 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Side 45 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Side 47 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat...
Side 46 - Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine.
Side 47 - Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give It me.
Side 42 - Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Side 44 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Side 43 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Side 44 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.