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Page 230 - And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
Page 68 - Omnino apud veteres, qui rerum potiebantur, iidem auguria tenebant ; ut enim sapere, sic divinare regale ducebant. Ut testis est nostra civitas, in qua et reges augures et postea privati eodem sacerdotio praediti rem publicam religionum auctoritate rexerunt.
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Page 286 - To THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE JAMES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c., the Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy and peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Page 141 - Nee fonte labra prolui caballino nee in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso memini, ut repente sic poeta prodirem. Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen illis remitto quorum imagines lambunt 5 hederae sequaces; ipse semipaganus ad sacra vatum carmen adfero nostrum. quis expedivit psittaco suum "chaere" picamque docuit verba nostra conari?
Page 175 - 99. Bushman Presentiments. - They feel in their bodies that certain events are going to happen. There is a kind of beating of the flesh, which tells them things. Those who are stupid, do not understand these teachings; they disobey them, and get into trouble, - such as being killed by a lion, etc.
Page 110 - God having appointed that secret supernaturall signe, for triall of that secret unnaturall crime, so it appeares that God hath appointed (for a supernaturall signe of the monstrous impietie of witches,) that the water shall refuse to receive them in her bosome, that have shaken off them the sacred water of baptisme, and wilfully refused the benefite thereof...
Page 240 - Et quoniam omnium rerum magnarum ab dis immortalibus principia ducuntur, volo ut mihi respondeas tu, qui te Pythagoreum soles dicere et hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus praetendere, quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, qui tantus furor, ut, cum inaudita ac nefaria sacra susceperis, cum inferorum animas elicere, cum puerorum extis deos manes mactare soleas...
Page 163 - twas my lot to meet A third who squinted more — a fourth, and he Squinted more vilely than the other three. Such omens met the eye when...