Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, System of universal knowledge, Volume 221852 |
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... Deity were per- plexed with doubts and difficulties , not to be unravelled by the utmost subtility of which the human intellect is susceptible , their indignation was wound up to the highest degree , when uneducated men seized with ...
... Deity were per- plexed with doubts and difficulties , not to be unravelled by the utmost subtility of which the human intellect is susceptible , their indignation was wound up to the highest degree , when uneducated men seized with ...
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... deities their superior of the republic , the unexampled success of the Roman arms was to be attributed . The piety of Romulus and of Numa was believed to have laid the foundations of their greatness . The vast extent of the Roman 1 Cic ...
... deities their superior of the republic , the unexampled success of the Roman arms was to be attributed . The piety of Romulus and of Numa was believed to have laid the foundations of their greatness . The vast extent of the Roman 1 Cic ...
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... Deity than such as had been incorporated into the Roman religion by public authority ; and this law , though it might have been frequently allowed to slumber , was not abrogated at a very distant period from its original enactment . L ...
... Deity than such as had been incorporated into the Roman religion by public authority ; and this law , though it might have been frequently allowed to slumber , was not abrogated at a very distant period from its original enactment . L ...
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... deities , though they enabled harsh or unjust governors to pursue the most vigorous measures , were regarded by milder rulers as attended with considerable difficulty in their meaning and in their application . Method Pliny . Reasons ...
... deities , though they enabled harsh or unjust governors to pursue the most vigorous measures , were regarded by milder rulers as attended with considerable difficulty in their meaning and in their application . Method Pliny . Reasons ...
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... deities , for ancient glory , even for fables . " " glowing imagery of Pagan worship , with its train of varied associa- tions , had taken possession of his ardent fancy . The elegance of his taste lent charms to empty pageantry ; and ...
... deities , for ancient glory , even for fables . " " glowing imagery of Pagan worship , with its train of varied associa- tions , had taken possession of his ardent fancy . The elegance of his taste lent charms to empty pageantry ; and ...
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Page 61 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Page 146 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Page 146 - 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.
Page 170 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham.
Page 186 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 120 - Wilson's Illustration of the Method of explaining the New Testament, by the early opinions of Jews and Christians concerning Christ.
Page 131 - If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him; thou shalt surely help with him.
Page 167 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live. "And...
Page 147 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 30 - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.