Monumenta antiqua; or The stone monuments of antiquity yet remaining in the British isles, particularly as illustrated by Scripture. Also, A dissertation on Stonehenge, with a compendious account of the Druids. To which are added Conjectures on the origin and design of the pyramids of Egypt, and of the round towers of Ireland1840 |
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... twelve stones were pitched as a memorial of their passing through Jordan , and there Saul was inaugurated as king - but now it was an idolatrous place . for this your sacrifices every morning liketh you , O AN ESSAY ON.
... twelve stones were pitched as a memorial of their passing through Jordan , and there Saul was inaugurated as king - but now it was an idolatrous place . for this your sacrifices every morning liketh you , O AN ESSAY ON.
Sida 14
... twelve feet long by twelve feet broad , six feet high , and at the upper edge two feet thick . This cromlech rested originally on five stones , but one being detached or thrown down , four only bear its weight at present , leaving a ...
... twelve feet long by twelve feet broad , six feet high , and at the upper edge two feet thick . This cromlech rested originally on five stones , but one being detached or thrown down , four only bear its weight at present , leaving a ...
Sida 15
... twelve obelisks , on a hill in Brefin , a district of the county of Cavan , formerly belonging to Leitrim . " It was all over covered with gold and silver , the lesser figures on the twelve stones about it being only of brass . " So ...
... twelve obelisks , on a hill in Brefin , a district of the county of Cavan , formerly belonging to Leitrim . " It was all over covered with gold and silver , the lesser figures on the twelve stones about it being only of brass . " So ...
Sida 17
... twelve feet distance , there is a small stone set up on end in the manner of a desk , where , it is supposed , the priest kneeled and performed some ceremonies , while the sacrifice was burning on the altar . More probably he was there ...
... twelve feet distance , there is a small stone set up on end in the manner of a desk , where , it is supposed , the priest kneeled and performed some ceremonies , while the sacrifice was burning on the altar . More probably he was there ...
Sida 20
... twelve inches thick , its circum- ference at the bottom about sixty yards , and its height six yards . And Toland says , he remem- bers one of those carns on Fawn - hill , within some miles of Londonderry , known by the name Beal- teine ...
... twelve inches thick , its circum- ference at the bottom about sixty yards , and its height six yards . And Toland says , he remem- bers one of those carns on Fawn - hill , within some miles of Londonderry , known by the name Beal- teine ...
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Monumenta antiqua; or The stone monuments of antiquity yet remaining in the ... Robert Weaver Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1840 |
Monumenta Antiqua: Or, The Stone Monuments of Antiquity Yet Remaining in the ... Robert Weaver Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1840 |
Monumenta Antiqua: Or, the Stone Monuments of Antiquity Yet Remaining in the ... Robert Weaver Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2019 |
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according adoration altar amongst ancient Britons anointed appear Arch-Druid assembly authors Bards barrows Bethel Britain British Isles building Cæsar called carns Christ circles of stones conceive consecrated consider Cornwall cromlech cubits custom deity Diodorus Siculus divine Druidical Druidical priesthood Druids Egypt Elagabalus erected feast feet high festivals fire Gaul Gilgal heap of stones heathen Hengist Herodotus Hist holes honour hundred idol idolatrous worship immense intercourse Ireland Irish Israel Jacob kings land of Israel Lord lustration mentioned monument of antiquity Moore Moore's Ireland Moses obelisks object of worship observed offered origin oval perhaps Phoenicians pillars of stone place of worship Pliny probably purpose pyramids religion religious remarkable Reverend rock-stone rocks Round Towers sacred sacrificed sacrifices says Scotland Scripture sepulchral Shechem signifies speaking Stanton Moor Stonehenge Strabo structure Stukeley suppose Tarshish thou Toland trilithons twelve Tyre Universal History unto Vortigern way-marks
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Sida 31 - 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.
Sida 2 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the Lord ' stood above it, and said, 'I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it. and to thy seed...
Sida 31 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not. 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.
Sida 72 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Sida 66 - If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose ; and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment...
Sida 42 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
Sida 151 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Sida 13 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Sida 2 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Sida 186 - For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves...