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... thousand inhabitants . Orion arm'd . A celebrated hunter of superior strength and stature , after death , he was made a constellation , which was composed of seventeen stars . Orion rises about 288 The Tuscan artist. ...
... thousand inhabitants . Orion arm'd . A celebrated hunter of superior strength and stature , after death , he was made a constellation , which was composed of seventeen stars . Orion rises about 288 The Tuscan artist. ...
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Christian Cann. which was composed of seventeen stars . Orion rises about the 9th of March , and sets about the 21st of June ; his rising is generally accompanied with great rains and storms . 307 Busiris and his Memphian chivalry . A ...
Christian Cann. which was composed of seventeen stars . Orion rises about the 9th of March , and sets about the 21st of June ; his rising is generally accompanied with great rains and storms . 307 Busiris and his Memphian chivalry . A ...
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... stars that thou hast ordained . 2 What is man that thou art mindful of him , and the son of man that thou visitest him ? Thou makest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship . Thou makest him to have dominion of ...
... stars that thou hast ordained . 2 What is man that thou art mindful of him , and the son of man that thou visitest him ? Thou makest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship . Thou makest him to have dominion of ...
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... stars . The fable is taken from Hercules , who squeezed two serpents to death in his cradle ; or , from Esculapius , whom they worshipped under the form of a serpent . Here it means the dragon , a northern constella- tion , which ...
... stars . The fable is taken from Hercules , who squeezed two serpents to death in his cradle ; or , from Esculapius , whom they worshipped under the form of a serpent . Here it means the dragon , a northern constella- tion , which ...
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... stars sung together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy . And shall man , whom this gracious dispensation principally respects , - shall man , who is the centre of all these gladden- ing rays ; shall have no heart to adore , no ...
... stars sung together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy . And shall man , whom this gracious dispensation principally respects , - shall man , who is the centre of all these gladden- ing rays ; shall have no heart to adore , no ...
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Adam Africa Alcinous Almighty Ammonites ancient angels Apollo appear Asia beautiful behold blessed called Canaan celebrated chariot Christ clouds Colchis cubits daughter death Deucalion divine dreadful earth east Egypt Egyptians eternal Ethiopia Eurylochus everlasting evil Exod eyes faith Father Faunus fear fire fruit garden glorious glory goddess gods golden grace hand hath heart heaven Hellespont holy honour idol immortal inhabitants island Israel Jacob Jehovah Jerusalem Jesus Jobates Jove Jupiter king kingdom land Lemnos living Lord Lucifer mercy mercy seat mighty miles Moses Mount Mount Etna mountains naphtha night nymph o'er Paradise Persia Psalms Pythian games reign rise river round sacred Satan Saturn Scythia seat serpent servant shew Sicily soul spirit stars stone temple thee Thessaly thine things thou hast thou shalt throne tree unto voice waters wind wings worship