Benjamin Stillingfleet:Literary Life And Select Works Of Benjamin Stillingfleet (volume 2, Pt. 1); Several Of Which Have Never Before Been Published. Ill
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1811 Excerpt: ... DRAMAS. 1. JOSEPH. 2. MOSES AND ZIPPORAH. 3. MEDEA. Vol. I. E JOSEPH. DRAMATIS PERSONS. Joseph. Potiphar. Amenthe, Wife to Potiphar. Methura, Servant and Confident to Amenthe. Angels. , Priests, Musicians, &c. Scene, Heliopolis, in Egypt. The Drama begins early in the morning. Potiphar sets out for Sais. In the evening Amenthe tempts Joseph. Towards the morning the hymn begins. Towards the evening Potiphar returns to Heliopolis. ADVERTISEMENT. IN order to vindicate myself from the imputation of having capriciously invented circumstances merely for the embellishment of the following Drama, it will be necessary to cite some passages from writers not generally read; for though the Muse is allowed a great latitude for invention; yet no ornaments become her so much as those which she borrows from History, because no other can have equal propriety. Gentle asp, p. 60.--It may be worthwhile to cite here a curious piece of natural history, in relation to the asp. Prosper Alpinus, Rer.-flLgyp. lib. iv. c. 4, says, that its bite is very small; that it does not cause any inflammation or swelling; and that its poison immediately runs over all the body, and brings on a kind of numbness or lassitude, accompanied with a gentle sleep, so that those who die of it die not without pleasure. Prosper Alpinus seems to say this from his own knowledge, and quotes Nicander to the same purpose. That lake which parts, &c. p. 60.--Diodorus Siculus, lib. 1, mentioning that passage in the Odyssey, where Homer describes the descent of the souls of the suitors into Hades, lib. 24, says, that by the gates of the sun the poet meant the city Heliopolis; and by the Asphodel meadow, where he supposed the dead to inhabit, he meant a place beyond the Acherusian lake, near Memphis, where there wer... Benjamin Stillingfleet, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary Life And Select Works Of Benjamin Stillingfleet (volume 2, Pt. 1); Several Of Which Have Never Before Been Published. Ill Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2, pt. 1; Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees; Publication date: 1811; Subjects: Natural history; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science<
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Benjamin Stillingfleet:Literary Life And Select Works Of Benjamin Stillingfleet (volume 2, Pt. 1); Several Of Which Have Never Before Been Published. Ill
- nieuw boek ISBN: 9781154040548
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Meer...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1811 Excerpt: ... DRAMAS. 1. JOSEPH. 2. MOSES AND ZIPPORAH. 3. MEDEA. Vol. I. E JOSEPH. DRAMATIS PERSONS. Joseph. Potiphar. Amenthe, Wife to Potiphar. Methura, Servant and Confident to Amenthe. Angels. , Priests, Musicians, &c. Scene, Heliopolis, in Egypt. The Drama begins early in the morning. Potiphar sets out for Sais. In the evening Amenthe tempts Joseph. Towards the morning the hymn begins. Towards the evening Potiphar returns to Heliopolis. ADVERTISEMENT. IN order to vindicate myself from the imputation of having capriciously invented circumstances merely for the embellishment of the following Drama, it will be necessary to cite some passages from writers not generally read; for though the Muse is allowed a great latitude for invention; yet no ornaments become her so much as those which she borrows from History, because no other can have equal propriety. Gentle asp, p. 60.--It may be worthwhile to cite here a curious piece of natural history, in relation to the asp. Prosper Alpinus, Rer.-flLgyp. lib. iv. c. 4, says, that its bite is very small; that it does not cause any inflammation or swelling; and that its poison immediately runs over all the body, and brings on a kind of numbness or lassitude, accompanied with a gentle sleep, so that those who die of it die not without pleasure. Prosper Alpinus seems to say this from his own knowledge, and quotes Nicander to the same purpose. That lake which parts, &c. p. 60.--Diodorus Siculus, lib. 1, mentioning that passage in the Odyssey, where Homer describes the descent of the souls of the suitors into Hades, lib. 24, says, that by the gates of the sun the poet meant the city Heliopolis; and by the Asphodel meadow, where he supposed the dead to inhabit, he meant a place beyond the Acherusian lake, near Memphis, where there wer... Benjamin Stillingfleet, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary Life And Select Works Of Benjamin Stillingfleet (volume 2, Pt. 1); Several Of Which Have Never Before Been Published. Ill Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, General Books LLC<
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