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... erected at its eastern extremity . In the age when the world was reckoned to have seven wonders , this was ac ... erection of one at Ostia , ITS MONUMENTS AND HISTORY . 23.
... erected at its eastern extremity . In the age when the world was reckoned to have seven wonders , this was ac ... erection of one at Ostia , ITS MONUMENTS AND HISTORY . 23.
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Egypt. Appendix. his model in the erection of one at Ostia , at the mouth of the Tiber . Pliny commends the magnanimity of ... erected , the stucco crumbled away , and an inscription in stone became manifest , to the glory of Sostratus of ...
Egypt. Appendix. his model in the erection of one at Ostia , at the mouth of the Tiber . Pliny commends the magnanimity of ... erected , the stucco crumbled away , and an inscription in stone became manifest , to the glory of Sostratus of ...
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... erected ( possibly not for the first time ) by the Roman prefect of Egypt , about A.D. 300 , in honour of Diocletian ... erection of this pillar . On one of these fragments of old monuments is legible the name of Psammeticus I. The ...
... erected ( possibly not for the first time ) by the Roman prefect of Egypt , about A.D. 300 , in honour of Diocletian ... erection of this pillar . On one of these fragments of old monuments is legible the name of Psammeticus I. The ...
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... erect a solitary obelisk , covered with hieroglyphics . The ruins around it are in the form of a rectangle , and are about three miles in circum- ference . The obelisk bears the name of Osir- tasen 1. , the date of whose reign is fixed ...
... erect a solitary obelisk , covered with hieroglyphics . The ruins around it are in the form of a rectangle , and are about three miles in circum- ference . The obelisk bears the name of Osir- tasen 1. , the date of whose reign is fixed ...
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... erection of a temple for their use . It was built on the site of an ancient temple of Isis , and was the temple of Jerusalem in miniature . Onias was high - priest , and the whole service was arranged according to the Jewish ritual . To ...
... erection of a temple for their use . It was built on the site of an ancient temple of Isis , and was the temple of Jerusalem in miniature . Onias was high - priest , and the whole service was arranged according to the Jewish ritual . To ...
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Page 119 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Page 170 - ... wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...
Page 186 - 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...
Page 80 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 27 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Page 78 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 151 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 123 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 122 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, -without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Page 24 - If they contain what is agreeable with the Book of God, in the Book of God is sufficient without them ; and If they contain what Is contrary to the Book of God, there is no need of them; so give orders for their destruction.