The Ten Tribes of Israel Historically Identified with the Aborigines of the Western HemisphereR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1836 - 370 pages |
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... stones -their mourning lasts a year . Their customs of women are like those of the Jews , their language is concise , masculine , full of energy , resembling the Hebrew ; one word serves for three , and the rest is supplied by the ...
... stones -their mourning lasts a year . Their customs of women are like those of the Jews , their language is concise , masculine , full of energy , resembling the Hebrew ; one word serves for three , and the rest is supplied by the ...
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... stones in one of the temples of the sacred city , we shall have a very conclusive proof of its truth , and this will be corroborated by so many others , that we shall be forced to acknowledge the history of the Aborigines excels those ...
... stones in one of the temples of the sacred city , we shall have a very conclusive proof of its truth , and this will be corroborated by so many others , that we shall be forced to acknowledge the history of the Aborigines excels those ...
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... stones , and other superstitious figures ; these were publicly burnt in the square . " The same Votan makes mention of having visited that LAND where the HOUSE of GOD was . ' See Clavegero . " The Chiapanese placed in their calendar ...
... stones , and other superstitious figures ; these were publicly burnt in the square . " The same Votan makes mention of having visited that LAND where the HOUSE of GOD was . ' See Clavegero . " The Chiapanese placed in their calendar ...
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... stones . Pantitlan , place of spinning . Tolpellic , mat of rushes . Quachtepec , the eagle's mountain . Tetepanco , a wall , composed of small Chicomoztoc , the seven tents or grottos . Huitz- quilocan , place of thistles ...
... stones . Pantitlan , place of spinning . Tolpellic , mat of rushes . Quachtepec , the eagle's mountain . Tetepanco , a wall , composed of small Chicomoztoc , the seven tents or grottos . Huitz- quilocan , place of thistles ...
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... stone surmounted by an Indian fig - tree , on which is an Eagle . Ibid . p . 178. Humboldt adds , this genealogy of nations reminds us of the ethneogra- phical table of Moses , and it is so much the more remark- able as the Toltics and ...
... stone surmounted by an Indian fig - tree , on which is an Eagle . Ibid . p . 178. Humboldt adds , this genealogy of nations reminds us of the ethneogra- phical table of Moses , and it is so much the more remark- able as the Toltics and ...
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Acosta adds affirm America amongst ancestors ancient Antiq appear Asia Assyria Aztecs Aztlan behold believed beloved Boturini called Casas celebrated ceremonies chapter Chiapa children of Israel Cholula circumcision Clavegero continent Cortez Creator crown curious customs death declared Devil divine earth Father feast festival Garcia gold Gomara hand heaven Hebrew language Hebrews Herrera historians holy Huayna Capac Huitzilopoctli Humboldt Incas Indians inhabitants Jerusalem Jewish Jews king kingdom land language laws manner Messiah Mexican Empire Mexican paintings Mexico migration Montezuma mountain nations observes Pachacamac passage person Peru Peruvians possessed present preserved priests prophet Quetzalcoatl redeemed religion religious remarkable represented resemblance rites sacred sacrifice Sahagun saith the LORD says serpent shew signifies Spain Spaniards Spanish Spirit stones symbol Temazcalli Temple Tezcatlipoca thee things thou Toltics Torquemeda tradition tree tribes unto Votan words worship writes YEHOVAH Yutican
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Page 350 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 334 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Page 152 - Spirit, and I will show wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke : the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
Page 350 - Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began...
Page xxx - Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath. And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun ; and for the precious things put forth by the moon...
Page xxxvii - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page xxxiii - And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Page 336 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page xii - Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Page xii - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.