The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volume 1H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 - Europe |
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... gods who governed the world " ; while they pre- tended to fortel the fates of men , and of kingdoms , by reading the aspects of those luminaries . Hence , from the unhappy conjunction of the astronomical science with priest - craft ...
... gods who governed the world " ; while they pre- tended to fortel the fates of men , and of kingdoms , by reading the aspects of those luminaries . Hence , from the unhappy conjunction of the astronomical science with priest - craft ...
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... god Hermes1o3 ; and on purpose to restrain the wanderings of carnal appetite , and give stability to the amorous passion ... gods ( Herodot . lib . ii . cap . cxliv . Diod . Sicul . lib . i . init . ) ; and all ancient chronologers agree ...
... god Hermes1o3 ; and on purpose to restrain the wanderings of carnal appetite , and give stability to the amorous passion ... gods ( Herodot . lib . ii . cap . cxliv . Diod . Sicul . lib . i . init . ) ; and all ancient chronologers agree ...
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... gods , " proceeds Critias , " our politician said they inhabited that place , where swift corrusca- " tions of enkindled meteors , accompanied with horrid bursts of thun- " der , run through the starry vaults of heaven , the beautiful ...
... gods , " proceeds Critias , " our politician said they inhabited that place , where swift corrusca- " tions of enkindled meteors , accompanied with horrid bursts of thun- " der , run through the starry vaults of heaven , the beautiful ...
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... gods for his reco- very 201 ; and , to perpetuate the memory of that event , he erected , in the temple of the sun at Heliopolis , two obelisks , each one hundred cubits high , and eight cu- bits square at the base202 . tiers of ...
... gods for his reco- very 201 ; and , to perpetuate the memory of that event , he erected , in the temple of the sun at Heliopolis , two obelisks , each one hundred cubits high , and eight cu- bits square at the base202 . tiers of ...
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... gods , were , the four elements : by whatever names , or under whatever sym- bols , they might be worshipped219 . Consequently PAN , or the whole of nature ( as his name imports ) , the eldest of those great gods , was symbolical of the ...
... gods , were , the four elements : by whatever names , or under whatever sym- bols , they might be worshipped219 . Consequently PAN , or the whole of nature ( as his name imports ) , the eldest of those great gods , was symbolical of the ...
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Page 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 400 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 130 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Page 130 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 400 - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together; the floods stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Page 129 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 402 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 402 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 400 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Page 400 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.