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453) quotes an epistle of Isidore of Pelusium, which reproaches the primate with the idolatrous worship of gold, the auri sacra fames.] [Footnote 4711: An English traveller, Mr.Wilkinson, has discovered the secret of the vocal Memnon.
There was a cavity in which a person was concealed, and struck a stone, which gave a ringing sound like brass. The Arabs, who stood below when Mr.Wilkinson performed the miracle, described sound just as the author of the epigram .-- M.] [Footnote 48: Rufinus names the priest of Saturn, who, in the character of the god, familiarly conversed with many pious ladies of quality, till he betrayed himself, in a moment of transport, when he could not disguise the tone of his voice.
The authentic and impartial narrative of Aeschines, (see Bayle, Dictionnaire Critique, Scamandre,) and the adventure of Mudus, (Joseph.Antiquitat.Judaic.l.xviii.
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