Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Bind 21821 |
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Side 10
... Probably one reason why Sesostris opened canals , was to prevent these hurtful inundations , as well as convey water to those places where they might think proper to have villages built , and to water the lands more conveniently , at ...
... Probably one reason why Sesostris opened canals , was to prevent these hurtful inundations , as well as convey water to those places where they might think proper to have villages built , and to water the lands more conveniently , at ...
Side 15
... probably be told him , and he might forgive it . It appears by a passage in Aristotle , that Darius attacked and conquered this country ; if so , the priest of Vulcan might personally oppose Darius . The au- 195 CXI . On the death of ...
... probably be told him , and he might forgive it . It appears by a passage in Aristotle , that Darius attacked and conquered this country ; if so , the priest of Vulcan might personally oppose Darius . The au- 195 CXI . On the death of ...
Side 16
... probably , in that writer , instead of Darius , we should read Xerxes . - Larcher . If Darius Hystaspes be intended , this prince certainly was in Ægypt , in the army of Cambyses , but I believe not whilst a king . 195 Pheron . ] - This ...
... probably , in that writer , instead of Darius , we should read Xerxes . - Larcher . If Darius Hystaspes be intended , this prince certainly was in Ægypt , in the army of Cambyses , but I believe not whilst a king . 195 Pheron . ] - This ...
Side 35
... probably something also alle- gorical and mysterious in the story - possibly there might be in this feast something similar to the Eleusinian mysteries ; the particular mention of Ceres suggests that opinion . — T . It should be added ...
... probably something also alle- gorical and mysterious in the story - possibly there might be in this feast something similar to the Eleusinian mysteries ; the particular mention of Ceres suggests that opinion . — T . It should be added ...
Side 47
... probably to commence ) ; but in the second , commonly called Chephren's pyramids , which may hint to us what was intended in them all , we see near a quarter of the whole pile very beautifully filled up , and ending at the top like the ...
... probably to commence ) ; but in the second , commonly called Chephren's pyramids , which may hint to us what was intended in them all , we see near a quarter of the whole pile very beautifully filled up , and ending at the top like the ...
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Side 138 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Side 337 - I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children :" but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children...
Side 436 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Side 263 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Side 32 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Side 32 - Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
Side 152 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Side 5 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Side 194 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does Man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away; The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd ; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And Virtue,...
Side 101 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.