 | William Carr - 1828 - 386 pages
...sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed. - Baltein signifies the fire of Baal. Baal or Ball is the only word in Gaelic for a globe. This festival... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...is little doubt of those inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the east, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...only compel the devoted person to leap three times througli the flames; with which the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' The Dr. in a note traces... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...flames ; with which the ceremonies of this festival are cloMd," (Id. vol. xi. p. 621.) ТЫ* pngaii ceremony of lighting fires in honor of the Asiatic god... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1833 - 178 pages
...having " once been offered up in this country as well as in the East, although they now " pass over the act of sacrificing and only compel the devoted person to leap through " the fire three times. " JAMIESON. In some places they raise small lumps, like nipples, all... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1833 - 174 pages
...having " once been offered up in this country as well as in the East, although they now " pass over, the act of sacrificing and only compel the devoted person to leap through " the fire three times. " JAMIESON. In some places they raise small lumps, like nipples, all... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...the writer adds, ' of these inhuman sacriDces having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' The minister of Logerait, in Perthshire, gives a similar account {Ibid. vol. vp 84) of the celebration... | |
 | Amariah Brigham - 1835 - 366 pages
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...flames ; with which the ceremonies of this festival are closed."—[Statistic Accounts of Scotland, vols. iii. and xi.J In China, notwithstanding the denial... | |
 | 1835 - 566 pages
...having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although ihcy now pass from l ho .u : t of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' The following account of the beltein is given in Foca!<>tr Gaoidhilge-Sax-Bhiuria, or an Irish-English... | |
 | Amariah Brigham - 1835 - 350 pages
...inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they novv pass from the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the names ; with which the ceremonies of this festival are closed." — [Statistic Accounts of Scotland,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1839 - 292 pages
...sacrifices having been once o/fered in this country, as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times thro' the flames, with which the ceremonies of this festival are closed. " Baltein signifies the fire... | |
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Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal* whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once... 
