 | John Potter - 1808 - 588 pages
...but two stones fitly cemented together. Then the priest that initiated them, called li£op«»n)?, proposed certain questions, as, whether they were...&c. to which they returned answers in a set form, ns may be seen in Meursius's treatise on this festival, to which 1 refer the reader. This done, strange... | |
 | John Potter - Greece - 1818 - 590 pages
...two stones fitly cemented together. Then the priest that initiated them, call ed 'le£op«'»T)if, proposed certain questions, as, whether they were...&c. to which they returned answers in a set form, as may be seen in Meursius's treatise on this festival, to which I refer the reader. This done, strange... | |
 | John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 590 pages
...in a set form, as may be seen in Meursius's treatise on this festival, to which I refer the reader. This done, strange and amazing objects presented themselves...; sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them, sometimes appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again covered... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 490 pages
...Hierophanles, proposed certain questions, which were answered after a set form. This done, wonderful objects presented themselves ; sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake as with an earthquake ; sometimes it appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, which... | |
 | sir John Gardner Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1841 - 532 pages
...consisted of two stones fitly cemented together. Then the priest who initiated them, called tepo^avr^g, proposed certain questions, as whether they were fasting,...themselves. Sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them ; sometimes it appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1841 - 528 pages
...consisted of two stones fitly cemented together. Then the priest who initiated them, called iepoQavryg, proposed certain questions, as whether they were fasting,...themselves. Sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them.; sometimes it appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again... | |
 | Robert Macoy - Freemasons - 1855 - 566 pages
...which they returned answers in a set form, as may be seen in Meursius's Treatise on this festival. This done, strange and amazing objects presented themselves...: sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them, sometimes appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire ; and then again... | |
 | rev. Alexander Hislop - Papacy - 1862 - 512 pages
...he thus proceeds : — " Then the priest that initiated them, called ' lepofavrr)? [the Hierophant], proposed certain QUESTIONS, as, whether they were...fasting, &c., to which they returned answers in a set form."J The etcetera here might not strike a casual reader; but it is a pregnant etcetera, and contains... | |
 | sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 768 pages
...consisted of two stones fitly cemented together. Then the priest who initiated them, called hieroplutntes, proposed certain questions, as whether they were fasting, &c., to which they returned answers in a set form.1 This done, strange and amazing objects presented themselves. Sometimes the place they were in... | |
 | Augustus Leplongeon - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 228 pages
...called hierophantes. He proposed certain questions, to which answers were returned in a set form. Then, strange and amazing objects presented themselves. Sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake, as if an earthquake was occurring, or whirl round and round as if carried away in a tornado. Sometimes... | |
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This done, strange and amazing objects presented themselves. Sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them ; sometimes it appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again was covered with black darkness. 
