Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of the Nomenclature of the Present and Former Times |
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Aiur ancient applied Arabic ARIDATHA Arta ARTAPHERNES Asir Baal Balaam battle beautiful becomes Beotia bird birth bishop bold born brook bull burning called castle Celtic Celts dale dark daughter descendants divine dweller dwelling eagle earth Edom English father field fight fire French Gaels German given gives glorious glory goat Goth Greek HACHMONI head Hebrew Hence hill Hindoo honour horse identical Irish island Italian Jehovah Jews John Jotuns king Kirioth known lady land light lion living lord MAACHAH maker meadow means Milesian mother mountain noble patronymical Persian personal names PHICOL pilgrim poet priest Purgos raven river Roman sacred Saxon serpent servant shield shining sons Spanish spear star stone stream strong Thor Thor's thou town tree Tuisco uncon unto valley warrior whence wife wolf woman wood word worship
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Page 182 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 187 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 47 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 282 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Page 93 - His visage drawn he felt to sharp and spare ; His arms clung to his ribs : his legs entwining Each other, till supplanted down he fell A monstrous serpent on his belly prone...
Page 183 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy...
Page 113 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Page 102 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Page 205 - Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss itself: which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispell'd their fears.
Page 201 - And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.