Monumenta antiqua; or The stone monuments of antiquity yet remaining in the British isles, particularly as illustrated by Scripture. Also, A dissertation on Stonehenge, with a compendious account of the Druids. To which are added Conjectures on the origin and design of the pyramids of Egypt, and of the round towers of Ireland1840 |
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Monumenta Antiqua: Or, the Stone Monuments of Antiquity Yet Remaining in the ... Robert Weaver Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Página 31 - upon a certain place and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it
Página 1 - he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder
Página 94 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Página 72 - Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Página 32 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it, and he called the name of that place Bethel.
Página 66 - If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; and thou shalt come unto the
Página 188 - I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest; with kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves, or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver."*
Página 153 - Keep, therefore, and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Página 4 - and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Bethel,