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Side 2
... give a full account of the various mythologies of the ancient world does not come within the design of the present Paper ; but it is necessary to the under- standing of the rites and mysteries which rose out of them , that the prin ...
... give a full account of the various mythologies of the ancient world does not come within the design of the present Paper ; but it is necessary to the under- standing of the rites and mysteries which rose out of them , that the prin ...
Side 5
... give to the animal these distin- guishing and indispensable characteristics . When a bull possessing them was found , the mourning for his predecessor was changed for demonstra- tions of the most exuberant joy , with which his ...
... give to the animal these distin- guishing and indispensable characteristics . When a bull possessing them was found , the mourning for his predecessor was changed for demonstra- tions of the most exuberant joy , with which his ...
Side 11
... give a brief account of the Anthesteria . This festival was celebrated in the month of February ( Anthesterion ) —whence its name - and lasted three days . The Greeks were accustomed to broach their wine on the first day , and on the ...
... give a brief account of the Anthesteria . This festival was celebrated in the month of February ( Anthesterion ) —whence its name - and lasted three days . The Greeks were accustomed to broach their wine on the first day , and on the ...
Side 15
... give a particular account of those of Ceres , concerning which we possess the greatest amount of knowledge . Concerning the mysteries of Isis much may be gathered from the ' Meta- morphosis ' of Apuleius , a Platonist philosopher of ...
... give a particular account of those of Ceres , concerning which we possess the greatest amount of knowledge . Concerning the mysteries of Isis much may be gathered from the ' Meta- morphosis ' of Apuleius , a Platonist philosopher of ...
Side 16
... give a tolerably correct account of the matter , though not a complete one . Alciphron , a young Athenian of the school of Epicurus , penetrates into the subterraneans of the temple of Isis at Memphis , in quest of a beautiful young ...
... give a tolerably correct account of the matter , though not a complete one . Alciphron , a young Athenian of the school of Epicurus , penetrates into the subterraneans of the temple of Isis at Memphis , in quest of a beautiful young ...
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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
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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.