Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus, Band 3

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T. Ewing, 1786
 

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Seite 549 - But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Seite 575 - And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Seite 442 - Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan.
Seite 559 - And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep } the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Seite 549 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove...
Seite 549 - ... and invited to eat at the table of the devils; and fo were joined in federal fociety with them : and by this kind of communion with devils, they were able to prophefy and foretel things to come. According to the opinion of this Rabbi, they thought their demons efteemed it fuch a favour and obligation to be treated in this manner, that they would, in the wild and open places where (J) See a defcription of this temple, by the learned Governor Vowr.nl, vol.
Seite 451 - And here it may not be amifs to take notice of the beautiful propriety with which a cock was made ufe of, to awaken St. Peter from his guilt, after he had denied our Lord. Step. Morinus, proves, the...
Seite 613 - ... with apples at one point, and candles lighted at the other, and endeavour to catch the apple, while it is in a circular motion, in the mouth. These, and many other superstitious ceremonies, the remains of Druidism, are observed on this holiday, which will never be eradicated while the name of Saman is permitted to remain.
Seite 436 - To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates...
Seite 560 - Their sentiments of joy or of grief, are properly transports ; and their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly outrageous.— When any one returns from a long journey, or dies, his family burst into cries that may be heard twenty doors off; and this is renewed at different times, and continues many days, according to the vigour of the passion. Especially are these cries long in the case of death, and frightful; for the mourning is right down despair, and an image of hell. I was lodged...

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