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Side 1
... common origin in the constitution of the human mind . Natural religion is the manifestation of the sentiments of wonder and veneration , and the powerful manner in which these organs were acted upon in the early ages of the world led ...
... common origin in the constitution of the human mind . Natural religion is the manifestation of the sentiments of wonder and veneration , and the powerful manner in which these organs were acted upon in the early ages of the world led ...
Side 7
... common origin is sufficient to account for the resemblance , and in reference to this Apollo is as identical with Belus , Mithra , and Crishna , as with Osiris . The other divinities of the first division were the creations of the same ...
... common origin is sufficient to account for the resemblance , and in reference to this Apollo is as identical with Belus , Mithra , and Crishna , as with Osiris . The other divinities of the first division were the creations of the same ...
Side 15
... common origin in Egypt explains the difficulty which the different states of Greece had in determining this point . The mysteries are said to have been introduced into Persia by Zoroaster , into Cyprus by Cinyras , into Crete by Minos ...
... common origin in Egypt explains the difficulty which the different states of Greece had in determining this point . The mysteries are said to have been introduced into Persia by Zoroaster , into Cyprus by Cinyras , into Crete by Minos ...
Side 18
... common temple of the earth ; ' but the similarity of the mysteries probably had some influence in leading to their absorption into those of Ceres , as well as the religious fame of the city near which the latter were celebrated . The ...
... common temple of the earth ; ' but the similarity of the mysteries probably had some influence in leading to their absorption into those of Ceres , as well as the religious fame of the city near which the latter were celebrated . The ...
Side 26
... common doctrine have maintained any hold upon the minds of those before whose eyes all the dramatis persona of Olympus , and all the scenery and properties of Tartarus and Elysium , had passed in review in the mystic temple of Eleusis ...
... common doctrine have maintained any hold upon the minds of those before whose eyes all the dramatis persona of Olympus , and all the scenery and properties of Tartarus and Elysium , had passed in review in the mystic temple of Eleusis ...
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afterwards Agnes ancient animal appear Apuleius Arthur Clavering beautiful Bertram Bessy Brougham called canal Captain celebrated Ceres character civilisation Clavering Confucius dear Egypt Eleusinian mysteries Eleusis empire England existence eyes father favour feelings festival Gertrude Greece hand happiness Harriette heart hierophant honour human Icelandic Inca influence Irby Japan jongleurs kind king knowledge labour lady land latter looked Lord Lord Brougham manner Marfreda married means Mencius miles mind Moore mother mysteries native nature never noble O'More object observed once Osiris passed passion persons Peru Peruvians philosopher Poer poet possession present priests railway received Red Sea Reginald remarkable replied rites secret seemed Semund shew Siamese Siberia society spirit Suez supposed temple things thought tion Tobolsk travellers tribes troubadours trouvères truth Vincent whole worship young Zealand Zillah
Populære passager
Side 11 - And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Side 5 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Side 27 - Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou: Our wills are ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
Side 30 - OH ! blame not the bard, if he fly to the bowers Where Pleasure lies, carelessly smiling at Fame, He was born for much more, and in happier hours His soul might have burned with a holier flame...
Side 10 - And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Side 27 - For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as was before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Side 10 - Saturn, the spots in the sun, and its turning on its own axis, the inequalities and selenography of the moon, the several phases of Venus and Mercury, the improvement of telescopes, and grinding of glasses for that purpose, the weight of air, the possibility, or impossibility of vacuities, and nature's abhorrence thereof, the Torricellian experiment in quicksilver, the descent of heavy bodies, and the degrees of acceleration therein ; and divers other things of like nature.
Side 10 - ... rends its kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service! She has, instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the throne of mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to...
Side 3 - ... jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions, but facts ; for I actually passed three carts broken down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.
Side 9 - I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy, and other parts of human learning ; and particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy, or Experimental Philosophy.