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Its origin is evidently the old Sindibád-namah translated from Syriac into Greek (“Syntipas,” xith century); into Hebrew (Mishlé Sandabar, xiith century) and from the
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[FN#180] In this same tale H.H. Wilson observes that the title of Sultan of Egypt was not assumed before the middle of the xiith century.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The word seems to be French of xiith century, but is uncertain: Littré proposes Galaticus, but admits the want of an intermediate form.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Al-'Ámir (xiith cent.) or that the author compared them with a work popular in his own age.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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After this, we drop down, (as far as S. Mark is concerned,) to 2 uncial MS.. of the viiith century, — 7 of the ixth, — 4 of the ixth or xth, (29) while cursives of the xith and xiith centuries are very numerous indeed, — the copies increasing in number in a rapid ratio as we descend the stream of Time.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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And yet, although the practice of thus indicating the beginning and the end of a liturgical section, does not seem to have come into general use until about the xiith century; and although, previous to the ixth century, systematic liturgical directions are probably unknown; (417) the
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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John Damascene in the viiith; — to Theophylact in the xith; — to Euthymius in the xiith (59): but I forbear.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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Since εὐθέως is not found in the xiith or the xiiith chapters of this same Gospel, — nor πάλιν in the ist, vith, ixth, or xiiith chapter, — (for the sufficient reason that _neither word is wanted in any of those places_,) — what possible “suspiciousness” can be supposed to result from the absence of both words from the xvith chapter also, where _also_ neither of them is wanted?
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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(I mean those of the xiith to the xvth century,) the
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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Jeroboam being thus advanced, and thinking policy the best piety, though indeed in nothing ever more befooled, the nature of sin being not only to defile, but to infatuate; in the xiith chapter, and the 27th verse, he thus argues; If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823
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