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... oracle , a temple to the Furies 149 of Laius and Edipus ; * * Temple . ] - The original is ipov , which means a sacred edifice . 149 The Furies . ] - With a view to the information and amusement of the English reader , I subjoin a few ...
... oracle , a temple to the Furies 149 of Laius and Edipus ; * * Temple . ] - The original is ipov , which means a sacred edifice . 149 The Furies . ] - With a view to the information and amusement of the English reader , I subjoin a few ...
Page 49
... oracle about something of a different nature , was commanded by the Pythian to build a city in Libya . " I , " replied the prince , am " too old and too infirm for such an undertaking ; " suffer it to devolve on some of these younger 66 ...
... oracle about something of a different nature , was commanded by the Pythian to build a city in Libya . " I , " replied the prince , am " too old and too infirm for such an undertaking ; " suffer it to devolve on some of these younger 66 ...
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... oracle ; when the sending a colony to Libya was again recom- mended by the Pythian : as therefore no alterna- tive remained , they sent some emissaries into Crete , to inquire whether any of the natives or strangers residing among them ...
... oracle ; when the sending a colony to Libya was again recom- mended by the Pythian : as therefore no alterna- tive remained , they sent some emissaries into Crete , to inquire whether any of the natives or strangers residing among them ...
Page 54
... oracle , or from the subsequent dignity which he attained . Battus , in the Libyan tongue , signifies a prince ; and I should think that the Pythian , foreseeing he was to reign in Libya , distinguished him by this African title . As ...
... oracle , or from the subsequent dignity which he attained . Battus , in the Libyan tongue , signifies a prince ; and I should think that the Pythian , foreseeing he was to reign in Libya , distinguished him by this African title . As ...
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... oracle on the subject . The Pythian in- formed them , that if , under the conduct of Battus , they would colonize Cyrene in Libya , things would certainly go better with them : they accord- ingly dispatched Battus to accomplish this ...
... oracle on the subject . The Pythian in- formed them , that if , under the conduct of Battus , they would colonize Cyrene in Libya , things would certainly go better with them : they accord- ingly dispatched Battus to accomplish this ...
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Page 475 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 356 - I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Page 357 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 99 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 115 - And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 311 - And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Page 356 - This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth...
Page 101 - And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Page 121 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Page 270 - We greet not here as man conversing man, Met at an oak, or journeying o'er a plain; No season now for calm familiar talk, Like youths and maidens in an evening walk; War is our business, but to whom is given To die or triumph, that determine Heaven!