Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 464
... body moved on , and that of the body moving : for fuch furfaces confifting alternately of eminences and cavities , either the eminences of the one must be raised over those of the other , or they must be both broke and worn off ; but ...
... body moved on , and that of the body moving : for fuch furfaces confifting alternately of eminences and cavities , either the eminences of the one must be raised over those of the other , or they must be both broke and worn off ; but ...
Page 501
... body might purify themfelves by washing ; it being the opinion of the Greeks , as well as of the Jews , that pollution was contracted by touch- ing a dead body . The ceremonies by which they expreffed their for- row for the death of ...
... body might purify themfelves by washing ; it being the opinion of the Greeks , as well as of the Jews , that pollution was contracted by touch- ing a dead body . The ceremonies by which they expreffed their for- row for the death of ...
Page 502
... body entire in the ground : and it was ufual to bestow the honour of embalming upon at least , if not upon others . the martyrs for burial , by washing it with water , and dreffing it They prepared the body in a funeral attire . The ...
... body entire in the ground : and it was ufual to bestow the honour of embalming upon at least , if not upon others . the martyrs for burial , by washing it with water , and dreffing it They prepared the body in a funeral attire . The ...
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