The Monthly Messenger: A Repository of Information : Comprising Original Articles on Various Subjects, and Select and Elegant Extracts from the Writings of Both Ancient and Modern Authors : Interspersed Wih Remarks Critical and ExplanatoryJ. Watson, 1840 - 236 Seiten |
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... object an agreeable and innocent relaxation ; and Thirdly , The mediatorial dances , which were in use in expiations and sacrifices . " * " Let it be also recollected , " says Higgins , " that Diodorus informs us , that Apollo was ...
... object an agreeable and innocent relaxation ; and Thirdly , The mediatorial dances , which were in use in expiations and sacrifices . " * " Let it be also recollected , " says Higgins , " that Diodorus informs us , that Apollo was ...
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... object to religion when it is properly explained . But this term Christianity has been made a watchword , a bugbear amongst the priests , wherewith to frighten people into a compliance with their ghostly wishes . They have built a ...
... object to religion when it is properly explained . But this term Christianity has been made a watchword , a bugbear amongst the priests , wherewith to frighten people into a compliance with their ghostly wishes . They have built a ...
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... object of ostentation and luxury . Inhuman in their vindictiveness , they fre- * Historical and Moral Essays ; essay ii . , p . 54 . quently carry their friendship to an exalted pitch of heroism A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION . 17.
... object of ostentation and luxury . Inhuman in their vindictiveness , they fre- * Historical and Moral Essays ; essay ii . , p . 54 . quently carry their friendship to an exalted pitch of heroism A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION . 17.
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... object of their profession rather to govern than instruct . " * The unity of the Deity is a theological opinion which is considered by the priesthood to be of primary importance in religion . It being admitted among all civilized ...
... object of their profession rather to govern than instruct . " * The unity of the Deity is a theological opinion which is considered by the priesthood to be of primary importance in religion . It being admitted among all civilized ...
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... objects of worship ; the benefactors of mankind in all ages have been oftener persecuted than worshipped . No , divine honours ( if such they can be called ) were reserved for Alexander of Macedon , the drunkard , for Augustus Caesar ...
... objects of worship ; the benefactors of mankind in all ages have been oftener persecuted than worshipped . No , divine honours ( if such they can be called ) were reserved for Alexander of Macedon , the drunkard , for Augustus Caesar ...
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absolute creation absurd according action Anacalypsis ancient antiquity appears argument Arnobius assert atheist attribute beauty behold believe body bone bosom brain called cause character Christian chronology circumstances dancing Daniel Mace deity Democritus Diodorus Siculus divine doctrine earth effect Egypt Egyptians endeavour eternal evil existence faculties favour feelings fire Godfrey Higgins gods Greeks happiness heaven Hispaniola Hist human Ibid ignorance individual influence intellectual Jupiter labour language LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS learned logh Lord mankind marriage means ment metaphysical mind modern moral Moses nations nature object observes opinion origin ossification passion philosophers Plato Playfair Plutarch present priests principle produced proof prove Pythagoras racter reason religion rendered respecting Robert Owen says Sir William Sir William Jones socialism socialists society spirit Strato supernatural superstition supposed temple thee theology things thou tion true truth Univ universal wealth whole word worship writers zuzim Ζεὺς
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 36 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Seite 36 - Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me,
Seite 17 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Seite 37 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Seite 107 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Seite 44 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Seite 36 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite 213 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Seite 214 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Seite 25 - ... robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to assume ; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.