Two Lectures on the Remains of Ancient Pagan Britain: Illus. by Nearly Forty Lithographic Drawings |
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... side of the road is a valley enclosed by rocks , in this valley are many masses which seem to be formed , by a little assistance of art , into clumsy grotesque figures ; among these is that which is called the Toad Rock , which is much ...
... side of the road is a valley enclosed by rocks , in this valley are many masses which seem to be formed , by a little assistance of art , into clumsy grotesque figures ; among these is that which is called the Toad Rock , which is much ...
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... been primarily intended for Altars , others are loftier , and constitute one or more cells , open on one side ; these were probably the places in which the priests were con- sulted , and near which their religious rites were performed 13.
... been primarily intended for Altars , others are loftier , and constitute one or more cells , open on one side ; these were probably the places in which the priests were con- sulted , and near which their religious rites were performed 13.
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... side , and presented a most gratifying specimen of this part of the structure ; many of the stones were much corroded by the weather , but there were holes in the sides of some of them that appeared to be cut in the stone at first , and ...
... side , and presented a most gratifying specimen of this part of the structure ; many of the stones were much corroded by the weather , but there were holes in the sides of some of them that appeared to be cut in the stone at first , and ...
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... side of the former avenue , with not a single vestige of those that composed the other side ; to have had one sight of the last portion of this noble vista was , however , some alleviation of the mortification I felt at that time , as ...
... side of the former avenue , with not a single vestige of those that composed the other side ; to have had one sight of the last portion of this noble vista was , however , some alleviation of the mortification I felt at that time , as ...
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... side to the opposite exterior of the trench , was two hundred and forty cubits . The outer trench or boundary , with which these structures were frequently surrounded , seems to have been an imitation of what Moses did at Sinai , by the ...
... side to the opposite exterior of the trench , was two hundred and forty cubits . The outer trench or boundary , with which these structures were frequently surrounded , seems to have been an imitation of what Moses did at Sinai , by the ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 52 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...