You meet with it sometimes in old Egyptian manuscripts.

There was a monastery somewhere near the excavations which I had the honor to conduct in Syria, where an ancient prayer-book contained several prayers in this language.

Literally I cannot translate this for you; actually I will.
I can get at the sense--I can get at the sense quite well.

But if one could only find the man who wrote it! He is the man I should like to see, Mr.Burton.If the pages were written so recently, where is the writer ?" "He is dead," Burton replied.
Mr.Cowper sighed.
"Well, well," he continued, starting upon his task with avidity, "we will talk about him presently.

This is indeed miraculous.