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... cuftom amongst the Greeks for women to purify themselves by washing : A custom not eafily accounted for unless we have recourfe to the original and pofitive inftitution of purification by wafhing ; and indeed , this would open a large ...
... cuftom amongst the Greeks for women to purify themselves by washing : A custom not eafily accounted for unless we have recourfe to the original and pofitive inftitution of purification by wafhing ; and indeed , this would open a large ...
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... and then prefently the clouds gather all around , the sky lowers , and fhortly fhowers of rain refresh the Arcadian vallies . " This cuftom , deferves our attention . " Prove thou , O earth , with me a 6 THE HYMN TO JUPITER .
... and then prefently the clouds gather all around , the sky lowers , and fhortly fhowers of rain refresh the Arcadian vallies . " This cuftom , deferves our attention . " Prove thou , O earth , with me a 6 THE HYMN TO JUPITER .
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... cuftom amongst all nations , Perfians , Greeks , Romans , Indians , & c . when we confider its origin , and that more- over , it was reclaimed to himself by the true light , and ordered to be kept in his temple . " The fire fhall ever ...
... cuftom amongst all nations , Perfians , Greeks , Romans , Indians , & c . when we confider its origin , and that more- over , it was reclaimed to himself by the true light , and ordered to be kept in his temple . " The fire fhall ever ...
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... cuftom , it is applied from that fpe- cies of it , to hunting in general , as apßoxia , which though commonly used for hunting in ge- neral , fignifies in particular flag - hunting . DIANA'S Speech . ] Frifchlinus is ingenious enough in ...
... cuftom , it is applied from that fpe- cies of it , to hunting in general , as apßoxia , which though commonly used for hunting in ge- neral , fignifies in particular flag - hunting . DIANA'S Speech . ] Frifchlinus is ingenious enough in ...
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... cuftom to have thefe groves round the temples , and fo diftinguishing a part of the heathen idola- try , that the worthippers of the the true God were particularly forbidden the use of them . See Deut . xvi . 21. Exod . xxxiv . 13. Deut ...
... cuftom to have thefe groves round the temples , and fo diftinguishing a part of the heathen idola- try , that the worthippers of the the true God were particularly forbidden the use of them . See Deut . xvi . 21. Exod . xxxiv . 13. Deut ...
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