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... it took form in this book . The facts it contains are very old ; the novelty it claims is the point of view from which those facts are seen and presented . I have treated all religions with reverence , and shown no PAGE PREFACE.
... it took form in this book . The facts it contains are very old ; the novelty it claims is the point of view from which those facts are seen and presented . I have treated all religions with reverence , and shown no PAGE PREFACE.
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... contain the twelve signs of the zodiac , represented by almost precisely the same em- blems now in use among us . According to the learned astronomer , M. Bailly , their observations of the heavenly VOL . I - 1 A bodies may be dated as ...
... contain the twelve signs of the zodiac , represented by almost precisely the same em- blems now in use among us . According to the learned astronomer , M. Bailly , their observations of the heavenly VOL . I - 1 A bodies may be dated as ...
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... contains the following description of a traveller in the forest approach- ing one of these holy places : - " The distant cry of deer , the song of birds , the hum of bees , resounded gently in his ear , and conveyed to his soul an ...
... contains the following description of a traveller in the forest approach- ing one of these holy places : - " The distant cry of deer , the song of birds , the hum of bees , resounded gently in his ear , and conveyed to his soul an ...
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... contains two women , bright and fair as pearls . In the centre of the rose is the Sacred Triangle , that mysterious emblem , of which no mortal tongue may declare the significance . " The Mahabharata describes the Paradise of Vishnu as ...
... contains two women , bright and fair as pearls . In the centre of the rose is the Sacred Triangle , that mysterious emblem , of which no mortal tongue may declare the significance . " The Mahabharata describes the Paradise of Vishnu as ...
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... contain fewer obsolete terms than the other volumes , and are therefore supposed to be less ancient . Few , even of the most learned Bramins , can read all passages in the three oldest Vedas . Copies of the original manuscripts are now ...
... contain fewer obsolete terms than the other volumes , and are therefore supposed to be less ancient . Few , even of the most learned Bramins , can read all passages in the three oldest Vedas . Copies of the original manuscripts are now ...
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The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three ..., Volym 1 Lydia Maria Child Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volym 1 Lydia Maria Child Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three ..., Volym 1 Lydia Maria Child Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
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Sida 402 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Sida ix - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Sida 400 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Sida 419 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Sida 438 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Sida ix - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Sida 401 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Sida 407 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Sida 406 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Sida 440 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.