A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... writing taught them by Cecrops . The Phenicians , in the capacity of merchants , sought to make every- thing easy of comprehension ; while the Egyptians , in their capacity of interpreters of the Gods , strove to make everything ...
... writing taught them by Cecrops . The Phenicians , in the capacity of merchants , sought to make every- thing easy of comprehension ; while the Egyptians , in their capacity of interpreters of the Gods , strove to make everything ...
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... his possession , and retired to Mount Marsica , near Carniola . On the contrary , the Benedictine Ambrose Cajeta , in a voluminous work written for the purpose , has endeavoured to trace the origin of the Jesuits to 12 ABBEY ABBOT .
... his possession , and retired to Mount Marsica , near Carniola . On the contrary , the Benedictine Ambrose Cajeta , in a voluminous work written for the purpose , has endeavoured to trace the origin of the Jesuits to 12 ABBEY ABBOT .
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... written on war , and may have seen it , without being able to conduct a war : he may be capable of commanding ; but to acquire the name of an able general , he must command more than once with success . A judge may know all the laws ...
... written on war , and may have seen it , without being able to conduct a war : he may be capable of commanding ; but to acquire the name of an able general , he must command more than once with success . A judge may know all the laws ...
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... written by the Holy Ghost , we feel towards it as we ought to feel . We have to do here only with the Arabs . They boast of having descended from Abraham through Ismaël , believing that this patriarch built Mecca and died there . The ...
... written by the Holy Ghost , we feel towards it as we ought to feel . We have to do here only with the Arabs . They boast of having descended from Abraham through Ismaël , believing that this patriarch built Mecca and died there . The ...
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... oxen , men - servants , and maid - servants . It might be said that this Abraham be- came rich principally by the means of his wife . Com- mentators have written a prodigious number of volumes to justify 28 ABRAHAM .
... oxen , men - servants , and maid - servants . It might be said that this Abraham be- came rich principally by the means of his wife . Com- mentators have written a prodigious number of volumes to justify 28 ABRAHAM .
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Page 368 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 221 - Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Page 24 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 183 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 22 - And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife : and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : that it may be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Page 231 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 124 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 153 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 290 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 124 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.