Ancient history

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Dewitt and Davenport, 1848 - History, Ancient
 

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Page 279 - 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 353 - LORD : so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Page 243 - In the lap of the statue is a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound, that might still be made use of to deceive a visitor who was predisposed to believe its powers...
Page 248 - There are two temples in a state of great preservation ; one of them consisting of high pyramidal propyla, a pronaos, portico, and sekos, the form most generally used in Egypt ; the other is peripteral, and is at the same time distinguished by having, on its several columns, the appalling figure of Typhon, the emblem of the Evil Principle. The pyramidal propylon which forms the principal entrance to the greater temple, is one of the most imposing monuments extant of Egyptian architecture. Each of...
Page 238 - Behind this scene the two lines of the enemy join their forces, and attack in a body the army of the invaders who move on to meet them. Besides the peculiarity of the incidents recorded in this interesting piece of sculpture...
Page 224 - Thy form stupendous here the gods have placed, Sparing each spot of harvest-bearing land ; And with this mighty work of art have graced A rocky isle. encumber'd once with sand ; And near the Pyramids have bid thee stand : Not that fierce Sphinx that Thebes erewhile laid waste, But great Latona's servant mild and bland ; Watching that prince beloved who fills the throne Of Egypt's plains, and calls the Nile his own.
Page 218 - Pyramid itself was a work of twenty years ; it is of a square form, every side being eight plethra in length, and as many in height. The stones are very skilfully cemented, and none of them of less dimensions than thirty feet.* " The ascent of the Pyramid was regularly graduated by what sdme call steps, and others altars.
Page 353 - Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, "and of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin; "and thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary; it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Page 238 - At one extremity of the west wing of the gateway, the beginning of this engagement appears to be represented ; the same monarch being seen at the head of his troops advancing against the double line of the enemy ; and first breaking their ranks. At the other extremity of the same wing, the conqueror is seated on his throne after the victory, holding a sceptre in his left hand, and enjoying the cruel spectacle of eleven of the principal chieftains among his captives, lashed together in a row, with...
Page 246 - Egyptian plain (That spreads her conquests o'er a thousand states, And pours her heroes through a hundred gates, Two hundred horsemen and two hundred cars From each wide portal issuing to the wars...