Citations:Ægyptic

English citations of Ægyptic

Adjective: archaic form of Egyptic

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• 1807, The Complete Farmer, fifth edition, Volume II., page #659:

  Or take of rectified spirits of wine, and the sharpest vinegar, each two ounces ; tincture of myrrh and aloes, one ounce; of Ægyptic ointment, half an ounce ; mix them well together.

• 1808, William Hamilton in Archaeologia, Volume XVI., page #172:

  The third form comprehends the great body of the inscription ; and is probably the true Ægyptic character, as derived from, and contradistinguished to the Hieroglyphical writing : which writing, we may, I believe, on the authority of those who have most attend the subject, conclude was the original, and at one time the only written character known in Egypt ; and as such it was at first confined to the priests.

• 1897, Francis Thompson, New Poems, Archibald Constable and Co.; page #70:

  He, the Anteros and Eros,

  Mounts me in Ægyptic car,

  Twin‐yoked ; leading me, Ischyros

  Trembling to the untempted Far.