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Side 233
... Nile . The Eu- phrates overflows , but its inundations do not , like those of the Nile , produce fertility . Limum autem non invehunt Euphrates Tigrisque , sicut in Egypto Nilus . ' And for this reason , Queen Nitocris had dug a lake of ...
... Nile . The Eu- phrates overflows , but its inundations do not , like those of the Nile , produce fertility . Limum autem non invehunt Euphrates Tigrisque , sicut in Egypto Nilus . ' And for this reason , Queen Nitocris had dug a lake of ...
Side 262
... Nile carries along with its waters . " It had risen the height of eight cubits from the reign of Moris to the time of the visit of Herodotus to Egypt , that is to say in 800 years ; a cubit every 100 years . But as from the time of this ...
... Nile carries along with its waters . " It had risen the height of eight cubits from the reign of Moris to the time of the visit of Herodotus to Egypt , that is to say in 800 years ; a cubit every 100 years . But as from the time of this ...
Side 263
... Nile also should rise in proportion ; and thus adding twenty - two cubits to the sixteen which it used to rise in the time of Herodotus , it will give thirty - eight cubits for the height which it must rise to occasion an abundant ...
... Nile also should rise in proportion ; and thus adding twenty - two cubits to the sixteen which it used to rise in the time of Herodotus , it will give thirty - eight cubits for the height which it must rise to occasion an abundant ...
Side 264
... Nile rises fifteen cubits , or something more , the harvest is sufficient for the support of the inhabitants ; that only a part , however , of the tribute is then paid to the caliph ; but when it attains sixteen cubits , the whole is ...
... Nile rises fifteen cubits , or something more , the harvest is sufficient for the support of the inhabitants ; that only a part , however , of the tribute is then paid to the caliph ; but when it attains sixteen cubits , the whole is ...
Side 265
... Nile has always been the same . The in- fluence of religion may perhaps have contributed to preserve the unity of this cubit . The Egyptians believed that Serapis was the author of the increase of the river ; and the measure was ...
... Nile has always been the same . The in- fluence of religion may perhaps have contributed to preserve the unity of this cubit . The Egyptians believed that Serapis was the author of the increase of the river ; and the measure was ...
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Side 527 - Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Side 277 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Side 318 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Side 318 - And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
Side 375 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered : Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place : for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
Side 501 - I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Side 321 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke...
Side 591 - And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Side 466 - Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand...
Side 501 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, ' Thus saith the Lord God : Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal...