Lectures on the Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities. With plates |
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... given of the majestic and wonderful ruins existing throughout Nubia and Egypt , have excited so much general interest in favour of hieroglyphics and Egyptian antiquities , that every thing connected with the existence and past grandeur ...
... given of the majestic and wonderful ruins existing throughout Nubia and Egypt , have excited so much general interest in favour of hieroglyphics and Egyptian antiquities , that every thing connected with the existence and past grandeur ...
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... given by Herodotus , Manetho , and others , may be of use to us . On this subject I shall say more hereafter . Sometimes the hieroglyphics seem to describe some scene that has taken place , to relate some story , to refer to some ...
... given by Herodotus , Manetho , and others , may be of use to us . On this subject I shall say more hereafter . Sometimes the hieroglyphics seem to describe some scene that has taken place , to relate some story , to refer to some ...
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... given at these ruins , is a new cause of amazement and wonder ; and when a man thinks to have acquired a perfect knowledge of the whole , he must be convinced that this pre- tended knowledge is much beneath the reality of truth ...
... given at these ruins , is a new cause of amazement and wonder ; and when a man thinks to have acquired a perfect knowledge of the whole , he must be convinced that this pre- tended knowledge is much beneath the reality of truth ...
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... given so many accurate fac similies of most of the principal monuments still existing in Egypt , and brought over so many and various monuments of Egyptian antiquity , as to allow our learned men to become quite familiar with the ...
... given so many accurate fac similies of most of the principal monuments still existing in Egypt , and brought over so many and various monuments of Egyptian antiquity , as to allow our learned men to become quite familiar with the ...
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... given of them , not only to enable you the better to understand such refer- ences as I may hereafter make to them , but to im- press upon your minds more strongly , the interest that belongs to hieroglyphics themselves . Were you , in ...
... given of them , not only to enable you the better to understand such refer- ences as I may hereafter make to them , but to im- press upon your minds more strongly , the interest that belongs to hieroglyphics themselves . Were you , in ...
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Abydos Akerblad alphabet Ammon amongst ancient antiquity arbitrary marks ascertain belonging Belzoni bird called Cambyses Champollion Chinese chronology considered contained Coptic Coptic language curious decyphering deities demotic Diodorus discovery dynasty Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptians emblem employed enchorial endeavoured engraved Ethiopia exhibited existing express fact father figure glyphics goddess gods Greeks half circle Hebrew Herodotus hiero hierogly hieroglyphical characters Hyk-shos idea inscription instance invention Isis Karnac king language learned Lecture legend letter magnificent Manetho mankind means mentioned ments mode of writing monuments nations nature Nile obelisks object observed original Osiris Osorchon oval Pharaohs phonetic Phtha priesthood priests prince pschent Ptolemy racters Ramesses raohs reign representation represented Roman Rosetta stone ruins sacred seems Septuagint serpent shew Shishak signify signs Smé sort sovereigns spelling Strabo syllable symbolical Table temple Thebes thing tians tion tomb vowels whole word
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Page 455 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 238 - I have no pleasure in them;" while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 472 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 106 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 222 - Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Page 226 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 460 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Page 24 - The most sublime ideas that can be, formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as...
Page 459 - Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Page 459 - An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever...