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... Greeks and Romans at all times , is certain , from testimonies , and descriptions of those ceremonies , still to be found in the most respectable writers of antiquity . Dionysius Halicarnassensis ( a ) relates that Darda- nus , upon ...
... Greeks and Romans at all times , is certain , from testimonies , and descriptions of those ceremonies , still to be found in the most respectable writers of antiquity . Dionysius Halicarnassensis ( a ) relates that Darda- nus , upon ...
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... Greeks , in the reign of " Priamus . It is very remarkable that " this oracle is in very good hexameter " " verse , and the language not at all differ- " ent from that of Homer , who writ 500 years after this period ; nor from the ...
... Greeks , in the reign of " Priamus . It is very remarkable that " this oracle is in very good hexameter " " verse , and the language not at all differ- " ent from that of Homer , who writ 500 years after this period ; nor from the ...
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... Greeks , which were not only convivial songs , and panegyrics to deceased heroes , but hymns to the Gods . St. James clearly distinguishes prayer from song ; chap . v . ver . 13 ( k ) . “ Is any among you afflicted ? " let him pray . Is ...
... Greeks , which were not only convivial songs , and panegyrics to deceased heroes , but hymns to the Gods . St. James clearly distinguishes prayer from song ; chap . v . ver . 13 ( k ) . “ Is any among you afflicted ? " let him pray . Is ...
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... Greeks pray in Greek , the Romans in Latin , and other people in the language of their country celebrate the praises " of God to the utmost of their power . " And when Celsus observes , that " though the Pagans sing hymns to Minerva ...
... Greeks pray in Greek , the Romans in Latin , and other people in the language of their country celebrate the praises " of God to the utmost of their power . " And when Celsus observes , that " though the Pagans sing hymns to Minerva ...
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... Greek fathers encouraged nocturnal sing- ing of psalms and hymns , especially on the vigils of Saints , and the eves of great festi- vals , on which account the custom was con- tinued inuch longer in the Greek church than in the Roman ...
... Greek fathers encouraged nocturnal sing- ing of psalms and hymns , especially on the vigils of Saints , and the eves of great festi- vals , on which account the custom was con- tinued inuch longer in the Greek church than in the Roman ...
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