Two Lectures on the Remains of Ancient Pagan Britain: Illus. by Nearly Forty Lithographic Drawingsauthor, 1833 - 79 strán (strany) |
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Strana 14
... temples ; in these also , as I have hinted before , the deception of oracular responses was probably carried on . I have been credibly informed , that in some remote parts of Ireland , the priests , to this day , sit in these cells ...
... temples ; in these also , as I have hinted before , the deception of oracular responses was probably carried on . I have been credibly informed , that in some remote parts of Ireland , the priests , to this day , sit in these cells ...
Strana 19
... temple called Roll - right , in Oxfordshire , is of this simple kind ; at other times , two or more circles are contiguous to each other , or perhaps intersect each other , as in No. 15 ; or are included in each other , as at Abury and ...
... temple called Roll - right , in Oxfordshire , is of this simple kind ; at other times , two or more circles are contiguous to each other , or perhaps intersect each other , as in No. 15 ; or are included in each other , as at Abury and ...
Strana 20
... temple at Abury , in N. Wiltshire , ( see No. 16 , ) of which the external , consisted of thirty , and the internal ... temples , the most complex and magnificent , in this coun- try were Stonehenge and Abury : the one in North , and the ...
... temple at Abury , in N. Wiltshire , ( see No. 16 , ) of which the external , consisted of thirty , and the internal ... temples , the most complex and magnificent , in this coun- try were Stonehenge and Abury : the one in North , and the ...
Strana 21
... temple was of that kind which ancient writers term DRACONTINE , from their serpentine figure : it is situated about a mile , due North , from the little village of Kennet , about five miles West of Marlborough , on the high road to Bath ...
... temple was of that kind which ancient writers term DRACONTINE , from their serpentine figure : it is situated about a mile , due North , from the little village of Kennet , about five miles West of Marlborough , on the high road to Bath ...
Strana 22
... temple at Abury , proves the founders of it to have been acquainted with the picture writing of the Egyptians ; this symbol could only have been introduced into Britain through the medium of the Phenicians , or the Grecians , who , at a ...
... temple at Abury , proves the founders of it to have been acquainted with the picture writing of the Egyptians ; this symbol could only have been introduced into Britain through the medium of the Phenicians , or the Grecians , who , at a ...
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ABEN MESICHITH Abury Abury and Stonehenge ancient Britons antiquity appears Baal Barrow Beltane Bethel brass Brighton Britain British priests buried Cæsar called Camp Canaanitish Celts chariots Christian circular Cornwall Cromlech Crystal cubits cubits high declivities derived diameter ditto divine Drawing Druidical earth enchased evident exhibited existed feet Fibula formed frequently Gaash gold Grecians ground heap Hebrew hill idolatry ILIAD inches Israelites Jacob Joshua Kennet Avenue kind Lecture LENOX AND TILDEN LIATH MEISICHITH LINCHETS masses military cars Mount Ephraim nations noticed origin Pagan Palestine patriarchal person Phenicians Pillars and Altars PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR referred remains respect rites Rocking Stone sacred writings sepulchral mounds Silbury Hill similar Sir R. C. South specimens stone of speculation Stonehenge Stones of Memorial structure superstitions temple terraces thee TILDEN FOUNDATIONS Tolmen tourquoise trench trilithons Tumulus Tyrians unto URIM and THUMMIM valley vestiges worship YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Strana 6 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Strana 64 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Strana 60 - Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Strana 6 - And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south, and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Strana 6 - And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Strana 52 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Strana 9 - When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones ? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Strana 7 - This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Strana 52 - And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art : and they made a very great burning for him.
Strana 42 - The car, the car of war comes on, like the flame of death ! the rapid car of Cuthullin, the noble son of Semo! It bends behind like a wave near a rock ; like the sun-streaked mist of the heath. Its sides are embossed with stones, and sparkle like the sea round the boat of night. Of polished yew is its beam ; its seat of the smoothest bone. The sides are replenished with spears; the bottom is the footstool of heroes...