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In reply to a question, wherefore the custom was instituted, of sprinkling the
graves with holy water, he says there are ... because the'grave sometimes serves
as a special purgatory, •where soul and body suffer together, and in that case
both ...
In reply to a question, wherefore the custom was instituted, of sprinkling the
graves with holy water, he says there are ... because the'grave sometimes serves
as a special purgatory, •where soul and body suffer together, and in that case
both ...
Página 373
Thus under Caesar when the Romans began to rebuild Corinth, the soldiers,
accidentally lighting upon a grave in which they found brazen and earthen
vessels, broke open every grave in Corinth ; for these things were highly prized,
and in a ...
Thus under Caesar when the Romans began to rebuild Corinth, the soldiers,
accidentally lighting upon a grave in which they found brazen and earthen
vessels, broke open every grave in Corinth ; for these things were highly prized,
and in a ...
Página 379
The rule which was made at that synod shows to what an extent the practice had
prevailed : it said that such bodies as were already buried in the church might not
be cast out, but that the pavement should be so made over the grave that no ...
The rule which was made at that synod shows to what an extent the practice had
prevailed : it said that such bodies as were already buried in the church might not
be cast out, but that the pavement should be so made over the grave that no ...
Página 392
Women in mourning repeat the prayers for the dead over the grave, and men are
seen prostrate on the ground. The Spaniards have a custom upon that day
almost as loathsome as the feast of the dead among the North American savages
, ...
Women in mourning repeat the prayers for the dead over the grave, and men are
seen prostrate on the ground. The Spaniards have a custom upon that day
almost as loathsome as the feast of the dead among the North American savages
, ...
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The Afghauns call their cemeteries the Cities of the Silent ;• and hang garlands
on the tombs and burn incense before them, because they believe that the ghosts
of the departed dwell there, and sit each at the end of his own grave, enjoying ...
The Afghauns call their cemeteries the Cities of the Silent ;• and hang garlands
on the tombs and burn incense before them, because they believe that the ghosts
of the departed dwell there, and sit each at the end of his own grave, enjoying ...
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Página 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Página 50 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Página 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Página 59 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Página 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 397 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Página 61 - ... waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou...
Página 61 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Página 360 - Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day; and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic, which scarce stands one moment.
Página 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen 21 |
| Autores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1819 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 13 Jun 2005 |
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