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... Tribes - Decline of Learning in Ethiopia CHAPTER V. RELIGION AND LITERATURE OF ETHIOPIA . 138 Abyssinia received Christianity at an early Period - Influence of Re- ligion on its Political State and Civil History -- Story of Frumentius ...
... Tribes - Decline of Learning in Ethiopia CHAPTER V. RELIGION AND LITERATURE OF ETHIOPIA . 138 Abyssinia received Christianity at an early Period - Influence of Re- ligion on its Political State and Civil History -- Story of Frumentius ...
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... tribes . Here indeed , as in Egypt , we possess the record of monuments which indicate the genius and religion of the people by whom the land was occupied at a very distant period ; but it is manifest that , in reading the language ...
... tribes . Here indeed , as in Egypt , we possess the record of monuments which indicate the genius and religion of the people by whom the land was occupied at a very distant period ; but it is manifest that , in reading the language ...
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... tribes of the East , the name of this remarkable section of mankind is to be found ; and when the faint glimmering of fable gives way to the clearer light of history , the lustre of their character is still undiminished . They continue ...
... tribes of the East , the name of this remarkable section of mankind is to be found ; and when the faint glimmering of fable gives way to the clearer light of history , the lustre of their character is still undiminished . They continue ...
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... tribes in the interior of Libya . Herodotus , indeed , observes that the Asiatics have straight hair , while such as dwell above Egypt have it very much curled . It is certain , however , that all the black inhabitants of Africa do not ...
... tribes in the interior of Libya . Herodotus , indeed , observes that the Asiatics have straight hair , while such as dwell above Egypt have it very much curled . It is certain , however , that all the black inhabitants of Africa do not ...
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... tribes and those whose lineage might perhaps be traced to the Arabian immigrants . The latter have not only dwelt in the land more than two thousand years , and mingled freely with the older stock , but their language also has been so ...
... tribes and those whose lineage might perhaps be traced to the Arabian immigrants . The latter have not only dwelt in the land more than two thousand years , and mingled freely with the older stock , but their language also has been so ...
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abuna Abyssinia Africa ancient animal appears Arabia authority Axum Ayto banks beautiful Begemder Berber body Bruce Cailliaud called capital cataract chief Christian church colour described desert distance district Dongola eastern Egypt Egyptian Ethiopia excavated faith father feet figures Fremona Frumentius Galla Gojam Gondar Greek ground hand head Heeren Herodotus hieroglyphics holy hundred hyena inhabitants Ishmael king kingdom Kordofan length manner mentioned Merawe Meroë monarch monuments mountains Napata narrative nations natives Nile Nubia observed Ozoro pasha patriarch Pearce pillars possession present priests prince pronaos province Ptolemy pyramids Ras Michael reader Red Sea regard reign religion remarkable resemblance respect river rock Roman ruins Rüppel sacred Salt says sculptures Selassé Sennaar Shendy shores side soon species stone Strabo Suakin Tacazze Tecla temple throne Tigré tion traveller tree tribes troops Upper Egypt Wady Halfa walls whole Yasous
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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.