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cipal one, which attended this plague of the. fly. It was 
not till this time, and by means of this infe£f, that God 
laid he would feparate his people from the Egyptians ; 
and it would feem that then a law was given to them that 
fixed the limits of their habitation. It is well known, as 
I have reneatedly faid, that the land of Gofhen, the pof- 
feition of the Ifraeiites, was a land of pafture, which was 
not tilled or fown, becaufe it was not overflowed by the 
Nile. But the land overflowed by the Nile was the black 
earth of the valley of Egypt, and it was here that God 
confined the flies; for he fays it (hall be a fign of the re¬ 
paration of the people, which he had then made, that not 
one fly fliould be leeti in the fand or pafture-ground, 
the land of Gofhen ; and this kind of foil has ever fince 
been the refuge of all cattle emigrating from the black 
earth to the lower part of Atbara. Ifaiah indeed fays 
that the fly (hall be in all the defert places, and confe- 
quently the finds; yet this was a particular difpenfation 
of Providence to anfwer a fpecial end, the defolation of 
Egypt; and was not a repeal of the general law, but a 
confirmation of it; it was an exception, for a particular 
purpofe, and a limited time.” 
Mr. Bruce adds that this infect has no fling, but that 
its motion is more rapid than that of the bee, and refem- 
bles that of the gad-fly in England ; and that there is 
lomething particular in its found or buzzing. It is a jar¬ 
ring noife, together with a humming, which induces Mr. 
Bruce to fuppofe that it proceeds, at lead in part, from a 
vibration made with the three hairs at the fnout. He 
obferves farther, that the Chaldee verfion is content with 
calling this animal Amply zebub, which lignifies “ the 
fly” in general, as we exprefs it in Englifli. The Arabs 
call it zimh in their tranflation. The Ethiopic tranflation 
calls it tfaltfalya, which is the true name of this particular 
fly in Geez, and wens the fame in Hebrew. 
Qi'TA, in ancient geography, a mountain of Theflaly, 
extending from Thermopylae vveftward to the Sinus Am- 
bracius, and in fome meafure cutting at right angles the 
mountainous country ftretching out between Parnaffus 
to the fouth, and Pindus to the north. At Thermopylae 
it is very rough and high, riling and ending in fharp and 
fleep rocks, affording a narrow pr.flage between it and 
the fea from Theflaly to Locris (Strabo), with two paths 
over if; the one above Trachis, very deep and high ; the 
other through the country of the EEnianes, much eafier 
and readier for travellers; by this it was that Leonidas 
was attacked in rear by the Perfians (Paufanias). Here 
Hercules laid himfelf on the funeral pile (Silius Italicus, 
Ovid); the fpot thence called Ptjra (Livy), who fays, 
that the extreme mountains to the ead are called Oeta; 
and hence the poets allege, that day and night, fun and 
ftars, arofe from Oeta, (Seneca, Statius, Silius Italicus, 
Catullus, Virgil’s Calex ;)—circumdances which lhow the 
height of this-mountain. 
CET'TING (New), a town of Bavaria : eight miles 
north-wed of Burkhaufen, and forty-fix eafl of Munich. 
Lat 48. 12. N. Ion. 12. 38. E. 
CET'TINGEN, or Oetting, a county of Germany, 
fituafed to the north of the Danube, bounded on the ead 
by the duchy of Neuburg, and on the wed by the pro- 
vodfhip of Elwangen ; about thirty miles long and 
eighteen broad. The Roman Catholic and Lutheran re¬ 
ligion are equally profeffied in the country. 
CET'TINGEN, a city of Germany, on the Wernitz, 
capital of the above county, the refidence of the prince 
of. CEttingen Spielberg, and feat of the regency and trea- 
fury. It contains a lociety of arts, a grammar-fchool, 
and an orphan-houfe: fourteen miles fouth of Anfpach, 
and fixteen north-north-wed of Donauwert. Lat. 48. 57. 
N. Ion. 10. 37. E. 
CET'TINGEN. See Ettlingen, vol. vii. 
CEPSKA'IA, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Irkutlk : forty miles north of Irkutlk. 
CEVA'RA, a town of South America, in the province 
of Choco ; forty miles north ofZitara. 
OF 
CEUIL, a river of France which runs into the Cher in 
the department of the Alber. 
CEY'RAS, a town of Portugal, in Edramadura, on 
the Tagus: eight miles wed of Lilbon, and fix ead of 
Cafcaes. 
CEY'RAS (New), a town of Africa, in the kingdom 
of Angola. 
OF, prep. [Saxon. This word is fometimes redun¬ 
dantly placed after the participle afilive ; and fliould be 
avoided. Some have objected to the ternary exhibition, 
in one fentence, of this word : “She [Great Britain,] fits 
in the midfl of a mighty affluence of all the neceflaries 
and conveniences of life.” Addifon’s State of the War. 
The image, in this fentence, bifhop Hurd has obferved, is 
fine ; but the expreifion fomevvhat exceptionable, on the 
account of three ofs coming together. Others fee no in¬ 
elegance in this accumulation; and cite Gen. iii. 2. “We 
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.” Todd.~\ 
It is put before the lubdantive that follows another in 
condruCfion ; as, Of thefe, part were fain ; that is, part of 
thefe. —He to his natural endowments of a large invention, 
a ripe judgment, and a flrong memory, has joined the 
knowledge of the liberal arts. Dry den.— All men natu¬ 
rally fly to God in extremity, and the mod atheidical 
perfon in the world, when forfaken of all hopes of any 
other relief, is forced to acknowledge him. fillotfon .— 
The value of Ipnd is raifed only by a greater plenty of 
money. Locke. 
I cannot indantly raife up the grofs 
Oft uil three thoufand ducats. Shakcfpeare. 
It is put among fuperlative adjeftives.—Peace, of all 
v or dly blefiings, is the mod valuable. Small. —We are 
not to deferibe our fhepherds as fhepherds at this day 
really are, but as they may be conceived then to have 
been, when the bed of men follow'ed the employment. 
Pope.- —From.—The captain of the Helots, with a blow 
whofe violence grew of fury, not o/'drength, or of H rength 
proceeding of fury, flruck Palladius upon the fide of the 
head. Sidney.- -Concerning ; relating to.—This .cannot 
be underdood o/'the firfl difpofition of the waters, as thev 
were before the flood. Burnet. 
The quarrel is not now off ame and tribute, 
Or of wrongs done unto confederates, 
But for your own republic. B. Jonfon. 
Out of.—Yet of this little he had fome to fpare. Dryclen. 
Look once again, and, for thy hufband lofi, 
Lo all that’s left of him, thy hulband’s ghofi. Dryclen. 
Among. —He is the only perfon, of all others, for an epic 
poem. Dry den. 
Of all our heroes thou canfl boad alone, 
That Jove, whene’er he thunders, calls theefon. Dryden. 
By. This fenfe was once very frequent, but is not now 
in ufe.—Led a more honourable man than thole be bidden 
of him, Nelfan's Fefi. — I was friendly entertained of the 
Englifli conful. Sandys. 
Like heav’n in all, like earth in this alone, 
That, though great dates by her fupport do dand, 
Yet (he herfeif i'upported is of none, 
But by the finger of the Almighty’s hand. Dairies. 
According to.—They do of right belong to you, being- 
mod of them firfl preached amougdyou. Tillotfon's Dedi¬ 
cation. 
Tancred, whofe delight 
Was plac’d in his fair daughter’s daily fight. 
Of cudom, w hen his flate-aJfairs were done, 
Would pals his pleating hours with her alone. Dryden. 
Noting power, ability, choice, or fpontaneity. With 
the reciprocal pronoun.—Some foils put forth odorare 
herbs of themfelves : as wild thyme. Bacon's Aat. Hif. — 
Of himfelf man is confefledly unequal to his duty. 
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