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Library of universal knowledge Volume 13; A reprint of the last (1880) Edinburgh and London edition of Chambers' encyclopaedia, with copious additions by American editors - Softcover
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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. 1880 Excerpt: ...Its surface is undulating, and extensively covered with forests of oak, ash, beach, and sugar-maple. Soil sandy but fertile, producing wheat, maize, oats, and hay. SHIB BOLETH (Heb ear of corn, or stream), the test-word used by the Gtleadites, under Jephthah, after their victory over the Ephraimites, recorded in Judges xii. 6. It appears that the latter could noff pronounce the ah, and, by saying oibboleth, betrayed themselves, and were slaughtered mercilessly. It may be noticed that all those Hebrew names in the Old Testament which commence with the sh, have now, through the inability of the Septuagint to render this sound in Greek, become familiar to us through the versions that flowed from it, as beginning with the simple, e.g., Sem, Simon, Samaria, Solomon, Saul. etc. The word shibboleth is used in modern languages in the sense indicated: viz., a test of speech and manners of a eertain party or class of society. SHIDZUOKA, a city in Suruga province, Japan, formerly called Sumpu or Fuchin, noted even in mediaeval times. Iyeyasu, the great unifier of Japan, made it the capital of his fief, and after establishing his family in Yedo, made it the seat of his labors for the revival of literature and the arts of peace, 1604-16, during which time many Euro peans visited the city and described it in their works. In 1868 the tycoon and his followers were ordered to make this city, their foimer ancestral home, their abiding place, its name Fuchiu being changed to Sfhidzuoka, which means Peaceful Slope. The surrounding region is the richest tea-district in Japan. Inlaid lacquer-work and split ware are largely manufactured. Looming before the city is the sacred Fujiyama. Six miles distant is the famed Kuno San, and the sea-port of Shimidzu. Christian churches and fl...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1232082430
- ISBN 13 9781232082439
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages814
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