The Martyrs: Or, The Triumph of the Christian Religion, Band 2Whiting and Watson; John Forbes, printer, 1812 |
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... light and detached does it stand , that it touches the two under stones , but as it were on their points . " And again , " it is remarkable that these Tolmens rest on support- ers , and do not touch the earth , agreeably to an ...
... light and detached does it stand , that it touches the two under stones , but as it were on their points . " And again , " it is remarkable that these Tolmens rest on support- ers , and do not touch the earth , agreeably to an ...
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... lights instantly appeared in the bosom of the wood ; each oak seemed to give birth to a Gaul ; the Barbarians issued in crowds from their retreats : some were completely armed ; others bore a branch of oak in their right hands , and a ...
... lights instantly appeared in the bosom of the wood ; each oak seemed to give birth to a Gaul ; the Barbarians issued in crowds from their retreats : some were completely armed ; others bore a branch of oak in their right hands , and a ...
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... light of torches , upon a heath , near a tomb , in the blood of half slaughtered oxen , whose last roarings mingled with the blast of the tempest ; such are represented to us those assemblies of ness . the Spirits of darkness which ...
... light of torches , upon a heath , near a tomb , in the blood of half slaughtered oxen , whose last roarings mingled with the blast of the tempest ; such are represented to us those assemblies of ness . the Spirits of darkness which ...
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... light . They resolved to postpone the sacrifice until Dis , * the god of darkness , should enshroud the heavens in another night . The crowd dispersed over the heath and the lights were extinguished . A few torches on- ly , agitated by ...
... light . They resolved to postpone the sacrifice until Dis , * the god of darkness , should enshroud the heavens in another night . The crowd dispersed over the heath and the lights were extinguished . A few torches on- ly , agitated by ...
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... light which penetrated through these openings , were brilliantly reflected from the lances and eagles that were ranged in order along the walls . I had not lighted a torch , and was walking in the midst of darkness . " Suddenly , at one ...
... light which penetrated through these openings , were brilliantly reflected from the lances and eagles that were ranged in order along the walls . I had not lighted a torch , and was walking in the midst of darkness . " Suddenly , at one ...
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Achaia Æneid altar ancient Angel appeared Armorica arms arrived Astarte Athens Barbarians beauty behold bishop blood bosom Cæsar capitol Carausius catechumen celebrated Christians church Constantine covered cries Cymodocea Cyrillus Dæmon daughter of Homer death Demodocus descended desert Dioclesian divine Dorotheus Druidess Druids earth Egypt Emperor empire endeavoured eternal Eudorus exclaimed eyes Faithful father favour fear feet festival forests Galerius gates Gauls gods Greece grotto hand happiness head heart heaven Hierocles holy honour illustrious Jesus Christ Jupiter Lacedæmon Lasthenes martyr ment Messenia modocea mountains Muses night palace Plutarch priest of Homer prince pro-consul Ptolemy religion Rhedones Roman Rome ruins sacred sacrifice saluted sand says Segenax senate Sephora shore soldiers son of Lasthenes soon soul spouse summit Taygetus tears tempest temple Teutates thee Thermæ thou tomb Velleda victory virgin virtue voice warrior waves whilst wind words worship youth
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Seite 135 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 133 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he, and valour, form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Seite 42 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.
Seite 133 - His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad: She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection, but required with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best received Yielded, with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.
Seite 75 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Seite 85 - Egyptian plain (That spreads her conquests o'er a thousand states, And pours her heroes through a hundred gates, Two hundred horsemen and two hundred cars From each wide portal issuing to the wars...
Seite 181 - The rites and institutions, by which the Greeks, Romans, and other nations, had formerly testified their religious veneration for fictitious deities, were now adopted, with some slight alterations, by Christian bishops, and employed in the service of the true God.
Seite 182 - Hence it happened, that in these times, the religion of the Greeks and Romans differed very little, in its external appearance, from that of the Christians. They had both a most pompous and splendid ritual. Gorgeous robes, mitres, tiaras, wax tapers, crosiers," processions," lustrations, images, gold and silver vases, and many such circumstances of pageantry, were equally to be seen in the heathen temples and the Christian churches.