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and says , concerning the origin of man , a subject not touch ' d upon by Homer , “
Soon as the deathless gods were born , and man , A mortał race , with voice
endow ' d , began The heavenly powers from high their work behold , And the first
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and says , concerning the origin of man , a subject not touch ' d upon by Homer , “
Soon as the deathless gods were born , and man , A mortał race , with voice
endow ' d , began The heavenly powers from high their work behold , And the first
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Hence arose the necessity of sacrificeës to appease the wrath or procure the
favour of imaginary gods , but , in reality , to gratify the gluttonous and unnatural
appetites of real daemons . Domestick animals were the first victims . These were
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Hence arose the necessity of sacrificeës to appease the wrath or procure the
favour of imaginary gods , but , in reality , to gratify the gluttonous and unnatural
appetites of real daemons . Domestick animals were the first victims . These were
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Formerly , when men ( as we have fay ' d ) facrifice ' d fruit to the gods , but not
animals , nor use ' d them for food , it is reported , that a publick facrifice being
celebrateëd at Athens , one Dio . mus or Sopater , not a native , but a cultivator ,
in ...
Formerly , when men ( as we have fay ' d ) facrifice ' d fruit to the gods , but not
animals , nor use ' d them for food , it is reported , that a publick facrifice being
celebrateëd at Athens , one Dio . mus or Sopater , not a native , but a cultivator ,
in ...
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The first Athenians , following the injunction of Triptolemus , to regale the gods
with fruits , offer ' d them onely the produce of the earth . Af* Homers liad , B . 23 .
The pious Aeneas performs * fimilar ceremony at the funeral of Pallas : “ Four ...
The first Athenians , following the injunction of Triptolemus , to regale the gods
with fruits , offer ' d them onely the produce of the earth . Af* Homers liad , B . 23 .
The pious Aeneas performs * fimilar ceremony at the funeral of Pallas : “ Four ...
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Foree first made conqueft , and that conqueft , law ; ' Til superstition taught the
tyrant awe , Then shared the tyranny , then lent it aid , And gods of conqu ' rors ,
slaves of subjects made . She ' midit the light ' nings blaze and thunders found ...
Foree first made conqueft , and that conqueft , law ; ' Til superstition taught the
tyrant awe , Then shared the tyranny , then lent it aid , And gods of conqu ' rors ,
slaves of subjects made . She ' midit the light ' nings blaze and thunders found ...
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Page 55 - Nor think, in nature's state they blindly trod; The state of nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man. Pride then was not; nor arts, that pride to aid; Man walk'd with beast, joint tenant of the shade, The same his table, and the same his bed; No murder cloath'd him, and no murder fed.
Page 166 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 161 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 200 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 175 - E'er plough'd for him. They too are temper'd high, With hunger stung and wild necessity, Nor lodges pity in their shaggy breast. But Man, whom Nature form'd of milder clay, With every kind emotion in his heart, And taught alone to weep...
Page 176 - What have ye done; ye peaceful people, what, To merit death ? you, who have given us milk In luscious streams, and lent us your own coat Against the winter's cold?
Page 123 - Th' enormous faith of many made for one ; That proud exception to all Nature's laws, T...
Page 55 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Page 55 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 171 - And gorge th' ungodly maw with meats obfcene. Not fo the golden age, who fed on fruit, Nor durft with bloody meals their mouths pollute. Then birds in airy fpace might fafely move, And...
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| Title | An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty |
| Author | Joseph Ritson |
| Publisher | R. Phillips, 1802 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 236 pages |
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