Illustrations of Biblical Literature Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings ...: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other ... Biblical Scholars, Volume 1Carlton, 1856 - Bible |
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... called , were not first taught by Moses , leaves us utterly ignorant of the first inventor of them ; and all that we are able to trace out from history concern- ing their invention , amounts to little more than some few plausible ...
... called , were not first taught by Moses , leaves us utterly ignorant of the first inventor of them ; and all that we are able to trace out from history concern- ing their invention , amounts to little more than some few plausible ...
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... called the son of Pharaoh's daughter , thereby renouncing the claim he might have had on the Egyptian throne , was never likely to be influenced by secular views in the government of the misera- ble multitudes which he led out of that ...
... called the son of Pharaoh's daughter , thereby renouncing the claim he might have had on the Egyptian throne , was never likely to be influenced by secular views in the government of the misera- ble multitudes which he led out of that ...
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... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
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... called Lady Mead , which belongs to the tithing man for the year . Thence an adjourn- ment is made to a neighbouring public house . The proceedings of the court are recorded on a piece of wood , called a tally , about three feet long ...
... called Lady Mead , which belongs to the tithing man for the year . Thence an adjourn- ment is made to a neighbouring public house . The proceedings of the court are recorded on a piece of wood , called a tally , about three feet long ...
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... called cudduttum , or curruttum . It is thus composed : A slip of cotton cloth , from eight inches to one foot in breadth , and from twelve to eighteen feet in length , is skilfully covered with a compost of paste and powdered charcoal ...
... called cudduttum , or curruttum . It is thus composed : A slip of cotton cloth , from eight inches to one foot in breadth , and from twelve to eighteen feet in length , is skilfully covered with a compost of paste and powdered charcoal ...
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