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Abbey Æneas afterwards altar ancestors ancient antiquity Apollo arms bard belonged bishop Britain British Britons Bryant says built bull Cæsar called Carausius castle Cecrops celebrated Ceres chief church Circe circle coast Conqueror Cornwall Crediton Crete dæmon Dartmoor daughter deity descended described Deucalion Devonshire Dioclesian divine druids Duke Earl earth Egypt Egyptian emperor Euphrates Exeter father Gaul gave gods Greece Greek head heaven Hercules Herodotus heroes Hesiod hill Homer honour hundred Hyperboreans Idomeneus inhabitants island Isle Julius Cæsar Jupiter king lake land language Lord means mentioned mountain nation neighbourhood oracle origin Persian Plutarch Pluto poet possessed priest prince promontory race regions residence river rock Roman Rome sacred Saxons Scotland serpent shore Sicily signifies stone stood Strabo styled supposed swans tells temple thou tion Titans town trees tribe Trojan Ulysses Welsh word worship
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Page 16 - I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou boldest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Page 267 - He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.
Page 61 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 208 - Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Page 388 - The mournful parents stand around in tears; And rising Crete against their shore appears. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen; Then how she cheats her bellowing lover's...
Page 389 - ... supplies. Look round the wood, with lifted eyes, to see The lurking gold upon the fatal tree ; Then rend it off, as holy rites command : The willing metal will obey thy hand, Following with ease, if...
Page 267 - His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Page 234 - Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas...
Page 388 - Thro' the hill's hollow sides : before the place, A hundred doors a hundred entries grace; As many voices issue, and the sound Of Sybil's words as many times rebound. Now to the mouth they come. Aloud she cries: "This is the time; enquire your destinies. He comes; behold the god!
Page 382 - In spinning, or the loom, she spends the night ; And cedar brands supply her father's light. From hence were heard, rebellowing to the main, The roars of lions that refuse the chain, The grunts of bristled boars, and groans of bears, And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors