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... person named Frumentius was the Abba Salama or Fremonatos , as he is elsewhere denominated , who , after having resided some time in Abyssinia , was raised to the rank of a bishop by Athanasius , the patriarch of Alexandria . It ...
... person named Frumentius was the Abba Salama or Fremonatos , as he is elsewhere denominated , who , after having resided some time in Abyssinia , was raised to the rank of a bishop by Athanasius , the patriarch of Alexandria . It ...
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... persons . They carry with them oxen , salt , and iron . When they arrive upon the frontiers of the country they take up their quarters , and make a large barrier of thorns . In the mean time , having slain and cut up their oxen , they ...
... persons . They carry with them oxen , salt , and iron . When they arrive upon the frontiers of the country they take up their quarters , and make a large barrier of thorns . In the mean time , having slain and cut up their oxen , they ...
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... , engaged in continual war , had at this time no other capital . They forthwith advanced be- tween two rows of about 40,000 persons , among whom a hundred were constantly employed with whips in their hands to NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA . 97.
... , engaged in continual war , had at this time no other capital . They forthwith advanced be- tween two rows of about 40,000 persons , among whom a hundred were constantly employed with whips in their hands to NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA . 97.
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... persons were killed . The king , incensed at these pastimes of the gover- nor , confined him on the top of a high mountain ; but , being rescued by the valour of his countrymen , a compromise was at length effected , in virtue of which ...
... persons were killed . The king , incensed at these pastimes of the gover- nor , confined him on the top of a high mountain ; but , being rescued by the valour of his countrymen , a compromise was at length effected , in virtue of which ...
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... person and goods , in public and private . " Such a decree , without any means of enforcing it , occasioned , of course , a violent persecution against the mission . Oviedo was banished to a remote and desolate mountain , where he ...
... person and goods , in public and private . " Such a decree , without any means of enforcing it , occasioned , of course , a violent persecution against the mission . Oviedo was banished to a remote and desolate mountain , where he ...
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Seite 317 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Seite 27 - Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, and of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: and thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Seite 208 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Seite 306 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds, Dislodging from a region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids On hills where flocks are fed, flies toward the springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams; But in his way lights on the barren plains Of Sericana, where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light...
Seite 194 - And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Seite 316 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Seite 93 - And he arose and went : and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
Seite 270 - The drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Seite 294 - ... for no other prey at that time. As his mouth was full, and he had no claws to tear with, I was not afraid of him, but with a pike struck him as near the heart as I could judge. It was not till then...
Seite 27 - So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.