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The Explanation of the Roman or Julian Calendar was afterwards inserted ,
according to the proper Day of each recorded Observation , and an Account of
the various Heathen Deities was appended . Numerous Persons sent to the
Editor ...
The Explanation of the Roman or Julian Calendar was afterwards inserted ,
according to the proper Day of each recorded Observation , and an Account of
the various Heathen Deities was appended . Numerous Persons sent to the
Editor ...
Page 273
There is some little discrepancy as to a day or two with respect to the time of
certain feasts recorded in the Roman Calendar of Julius Caesar , and that
versified by Ovid : we have , in every instance we believe , abided by the former
as to dates ...
There is some little discrepancy as to a day or two with respect to the time of
certain feasts recorded in the Roman Calendar of Julius Caesar , and that
versified by Ovid : we have , in every instance we believe , abided by the former
as to dates ...
Page 383
been wrought on this day ; but noné , perhaps , are recorded on more positive
testimony than the following recent miracle , which is said to have taken place on
Lammas Day 1823 , at the Convent of St. Joseph in Ireland . Determined not to ...
been wrought on this day ; but noné , perhaps , are recorded on more positive
testimony than the following recent miracle , which is said to have taken place on
Lammas Day 1823 , at the Convent of St. Joseph in Ireland . Determined not to ...
Page 385
It might in each recorded case be worth while to inquire , how far the said
persons were actually dead ? and in prophetic visions ,How far the predicted
event could be foreseen , and by impressing the mind strongly , become the
basis of a ...
It might in each recorded case be worth while to inquire , how far the said
persons were actually dead ? and in prophetic visions ,How far the predicted
event could be foreseen , and by impressing the mind strongly , become the
basis of a ...
Page 485
St. Cyprian recorded today was Archbishop of his native city Carthage . He was
regarded as the greatest luminary of the third age , and died a martyr in the year
258. The Saint who bears this name , and is recorded in the Almanacks and ...
St. Cyprian recorded today was Archbishop of his native city Carthage . He was
regarded as the greatest luminary of the third age , and died a martyr in the year
258. The Saint who bears this name , and is recorded in the Almanacks and ...
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| Title | The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster |
| Author | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster |
| Published | 1824 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2007 |
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