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And he sent forth a raven , which went forth to and fro , until the waters were dried up from off the earth . Both the raven and the dove were the objects of much superstitious regard . The raven was sacred to Apollo , and was generally ...
And he sent forth a raven , which went forth to and fro , until the waters were dried up from off the earth . Both the raven and the dove were the objects of much superstitious regard . The raven was sacred to Apollo , and was generally ...
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And he stayed yet other seven days : and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; 11. And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and , lo , in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off ; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from ...
And he stayed yet other seven days : and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; 11. And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and , lo , in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off ; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from ...
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66 " A dove was sent forth as a leader over the unknown sea . fixed constantly . " - PROPERT . 1. II . eleg . 20 . • Eight souls . " . In the ancient mythology of Egypt there were precisely eight principal gods .
66 " A dove was sent forth as a leader over the unknown sea . fixed constantly . " - PROPERT . 1. II . eleg . 20 . • Eight souls . " . In the ancient mythology of Egypt there were precisely eight principal gods .
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The Arabians neither sent ambassadors to Alexander requesting his friendship , as all others thereabouts had done , nor made him any presents , nor paid him homage . " ARR . Exped . Alex . 1. vII . c . 19 . 13.
The Arabians neither sent ambassadors to Alexander requesting his friendship , as all others thereabouts had done , nor made him any presents , nor paid him homage . " ARR . Exped . Alex . 1. vII . c . 19 . 13.
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Lycaon had been a captive to Achilles who sent him to Lemnos , to be sold ; but he escaped from thence and was again found by Achilles on the field of ttle . He thus pleads for life , — Thy well - known captive , great Achilles ! see ...
Lycaon had been a captive to Achilles who sent him to Lemnos , to be sold ; but he escaped from thence and was again found by Achilles on the field of ttle . He thus pleads for life , — Thy well - known captive , great Achilles ! see ...
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Page 24 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 101 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 170 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 260 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 208 - For there is hope of .a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 38 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 15 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 50 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 37 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said. My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 33 - And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him...
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| Title | The Testimony of the Heathen to the Truths of Holy Writ: A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments ATLA monograph preservation program [American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection |
| Author | Thomas Street Millington |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1863 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2007 |
| ISBN | 0790514397, 9780790514390 |
| Length | 648 pages |
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