An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time, Volume 2 |
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... river Eleutherus the boundary of Phoenice to the north ; but Pliny d , Mela , and Ste- phanus , place it in the ifland of Aradus , lying north of that river . Strabo obferves , that fome will have the river Eleutherus to be the boundary ...
... river Eleutherus the boundary of Phoenice to the north ; but Pliny d , Mela , and Ste- phanus , place it in the ifland of Aradus , lying north of that river . Strabo obferves , that fome will have the river Eleutherus to be the boundary ...
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... river between thefe two cities , bearing that name , was known to the ancients . Phoenice ex- tended , according to ... rivers ; which , running down from Mount Libanus , fometimes fwell to an immoderate de- gree , either increased by ...
... river between thefe two cities , bearing that name , was known to the ancients . Phoenice ex- tended , according to ... rivers ; which , running down from Mount Libanus , fometimes fwell to an immoderate de- gree , either increased by ...
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... river Adonis ; at certain feafons , and upon certain occafions , it appears bloody . Hence was continued , at leaft , the fuperftitious ceremony performed in memory of Thammuz , or Adonis , yearly wounded . The caufe of this red ...
... river Adonis ; at certain feafons , and upon certain occafions , it appears bloody . Hence was continued , at leaft , the fuperftitious ceremony performed in memory of Thammuz , or Adonis , yearly wounded . The caufe of this red ...
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... river Adonis be- low , and was thought to be Venus . ( K ) We only know , that he was in great repute among f Vide Bochart Geogr . Sacr . lib . them ; and that the Tyrians , when befieged by Alexander , were fo much afraid that he ...
... river Adonis be- low , and was thought to be Venus . ( K ) We only know , that he was in great repute among f Vide Bochart Geogr . Sacr . lib . them ; and that the Tyrians , when befieged by Alexander , were fo much afraid that he ...
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... river Adonis of a bloody hue . They then proceeded to their facrifices , having first difciplined themselves with fcourging . Next day , pretending he had rifen , and afcended through the air to the upper regions , they shaved their ...
... river Adonis of a bloody hue . They then proceeded to their facrifices , having first difciplined themselves with fcourging . Next day , pretending he had rifen , and afcended through the air to the upper regions , they shaved their ...
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