The Classical Journal, Volume 27A. J. Valpay., 1823 - Classical philology |
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... temple , saying , I am undone ; take me , O object of my adoration , by the hand ! I am afflicted to the soul , have compassion on my body ! He would often be thus fervent in his devotion , for his affairs were not in the train of being ...
... temple , saying , I am undone ; take me , O object of my adoration , by the hand ! I am afflicted to the soul , have compassion on my body ! He would often be thus fervent in his devotion , for his affairs were not in the train of being ...
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... temple in the island of Panchæa , a genealogical account of a family , that had once reigned there ; in which were comprised the principal deities then worshipped by the Greeks.3 The theory , which he formed from this pre- I See Bryant ...
... temple in the island of Panchæa , a genealogical account of a family , that had once reigned there ; in which were comprised the principal deities then worshipped by the Greeks.3 The theory , which he formed from this pre- I See Bryant ...
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... temple , it is natural that he should prefer that system of religion , which decorated him with its highest honors , to that which excluded him from its only solemn rites.5 217. This system had also another great advantage : for as all ...
... temple , it is natural that he should prefer that system of religion , which decorated him with its highest honors , to that which excluded him from its only solemn rites.5 217. This system had also another great advantage : for as all ...
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... temples exhibited a similar pro- gression or graduation of personified attributes and emanations in the statues and symbols which decorated them . Many of these existed in various parts of the Macedonian and Roman empires ; but none are ...
... temples exhibited a similar pro- gression or graduation of personified attributes and emanations in the statues and symbols which decorated them . Many of these existed in various parts of the Macedonian and Roman empires ; but none are ...
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... temple of the Syrian goddess Astartè ; who was precisely the same as the Cybelè , or universal mother , of the Phrygians ; whose attributes have been already explained , and may be found more regularly detailed in a speech of Mopsus in ...
... temple of the Syrian goddess Astartè ; who was precisely the same as the Cybelè , or universal mother , of the Phrygians ; whose attributes have been already explained , and may be found more regularly detailed in a speech of Mopsus in ...
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Page 379 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 115 - BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Page 61 - I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Page 365 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest . Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 113 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 246 - I have suffered him these hundred years, although he dishonoured me ; and couldst thou not endure him one night when he gave thee no trouble ? Upon this, saith the story, Abraham fetched him back again, and gave him hospitable entertainment and wise instruction. Go thou and do likewise, and thy charity will be rewarded by the God of Abraham.
Page 246 - ... asked him why he did not worship the God of heaven. The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other God. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night in an unguarded condition.
Page 344 - The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Page 113 - Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
Page 61 - The primeval religion of Iran, if we may rely on the authorities adduced by Mohsani Fani, was that which Newton calls the oldest . (and it may justly be called the noblest) of all religions — a firm belief that ' One Supreme God made the world by his power, and continually governed it by his providence; a pious fear, love and adoration of him, and due reverence for parents and aged persons ; a fraternal affection for the whole human species, and a compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation.