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... Egypt ; and by others , that the Phoenicians and Ethiopians taught the first use of letters ; but sacred history informs us , that Moses originally taught the art to the Jews , and that the Phoenicians learned them from the Jews , and ...
... Egypt ; and by others , that the Phoenicians and Ethiopians taught the first use of letters ; but sacred history informs us , that Moses originally taught the art to the Jews , and that the Phoenicians learned them from the Jews , and ...
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... Egypt , so that the land was darkened . Exod . x . 13 , 15 . 342 That o'er the realm of impious Pharoah hung . A title anciently belonging to the kings of Egypt . 343 And darkened all the land of Nile . A river of Egypt . gave his name ...
... Egypt , so that the land was darkened . Exod . x . 13 , 15 . 342 That o'er the realm of impious Pharoah hung . A title anciently belonging to the kings of Egypt . 343 And darkened all the land of Nile . A river of Egypt . gave his name ...
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... Egypt , which fertilizes the whole country . 415 Orgies . All sacred feasts and rites among the Greeks , were called Orgia , particularly those of Bacchus . 417 Moloch . Before explained , line 392 . 418 Till good Josiah . Moreover ...
... Egypt , which fertilizes the whole country . 415 Orgies . All sacred feasts and rites among the Greeks , were called Orgia , particularly those of Bacchus . 417 Moloch . Before explained , line 392 . 418 Till good Josiah . Moreover ...
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... Egyptian war . 467 Him followed Rimmon . When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon , to worship there . 2 Kings , v . 18. An Assyrian goddess who held the pomegranate in her hands ; the same as Pomona among the Romans ; and ...
... Egyptian war . 467 Him followed Rimmon . When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon , to worship there . 2 Kings , v . 18. An Assyrian goddess who held the pomegranate in her hands ; the same as Pomona among the Romans ; and ...
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... Egypt , daughter of Inachus and Ismena , turned by Jupiter into a cow . 478 Orus . Son of Isis and king of Egypt , deified after death ; he represented the sun , presided over the hours , and was the god of time . 484 The calf in Horeb ...
... Egypt , daughter of Inachus and Ismena , turned by Jupiter into a cow . 478 Orus . Son of Isis and king of Egypt , deified after death ; he represented the sun , presided over the hours , and was the god of time . 484 The calf in Horeb ...
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