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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... says Dr. A. Clarke , ( comment . in loc . , ) " is quite a possible case , as the Eastern inscriptions are frequently done in this way . There now is before me a large slab of basal tes , two feet long , by sixteen inches wide , on ...
... says Dr. A. Clarke , ( comment . in loc . , ) " is quite a possible case , as the Eastern inscriptions are frequently done in this way . There now is before me a large slab of basal tes , two feet long , by sixteen inches wide , on ...
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... says not a word of the colour of stone , on which , however , the whole idea turns . " " I rather suppose , therefore , that Moses acted in this matter with the same view to future ages as is related of Sostratus , the architect of the ...
... says not a word of the colour of stone , on which , however , the whole idea turns . " " I rather suppose , therefore , that Moses acted in this matter with the same view to future ages as is related of Sostratus , the architect of the ...
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... says , that in the palace of Strozzi , at Rome , he saw a book made of marble , the leaves of which were cut to a wonderful thinness , so that turning them over , you might see all the several kinds of marble . The ancient Chaldeans ...
... says , that in the palace of Strozzi , at Rome , he saw a book made of marble , the leaves of which were cut to a wonderful thinness , so that turning them over , you might see all the several kinds of marble . The ancient Chaldeans ...
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... says that table - books of wood were in use before the time of Homer . The Chinese , before the invention of paper , engraved with an iron tool upon thin boards , or upon bam- boo ; and in the Sloanian library at Oxford are six ...
... says that table - books of wood were in use before the time of Homer . The Chinese , before the invention of paper , engraved with an iron tool upon thin boards , or upon bam- boo ; and in the Sloanian library at Oxford are six ...
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... says , that from want of * Warton's Hist : of Eng . Poetry , vol . iii , p . 151 , note ( k . ) Douce's Illustrations of Shakspeare , vol . ii , pp . 227–229 . the teeth of the elephant , which are alone of 1 BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA . 37.
... says , that from want of * Warton's Hist : of Eng . Poetry , vol . iii , p . 151 , note ( k . ) Douce's Illustrations of Shakspeare , vol . ii , pp . 227–229 . the teeth of the elephant , which are alone of 1 BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA . 37.
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