The Travels of Cyrus: To which is Annexed A Discourse Upon the Theology and Mythology of the PagansPratt and Doubleday, 1814 - 404 páginas |
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Página viii
... shew that all nations had from the beginning some idea of those principles more or less confused . In the last book , several important reflections are ad- ded to give more accuracy to the reasonings of Eleazar , and more strength to ...
... shew that all nations had from the beginning some idea of those principles more or less confused . In the last book , several important reflections are ad- ded to give more accuracy to the reasonings of Eleazar , and more strength to ...
Página xi
... shew , that courage , great exploits , and military talents , may indeed excite our admiration , but do not form the character of a true hero , without the addition of wisdom , virtue , and noble sentiments . In order to form such a ...
... shew , that courage , great exploits , and military talents , may indeed excite our admiration , but do not form the character of a true hero , without the addition of wisdom , virtue , and noble sentiments . In order to form such a ...
Página xiii
... shew the gradu- al progress of the mind in the search of truth , to com- pare the religions , governments and laws of different nations , and to form the legislator , rather than the conqueror unity af action is by no means necessary in ...
... shew the gradu- al progress of the mind in the search of truth , to com- pare the religions , governments and laws of different nations , and to form the legislator , rather than the conqueror unity af action is by no means necessary in ...
Página xiv
... shew that the earliest opinions of the most knowing and civilized na- tions come nearer the truth than those of latter ages ; that the theology of the Orientals is more pure than that of the Egyptians , that of the Egyptians less xiv ...
... shew that the earliest opinions of the most knowing and civilized na- tions come nearer the truth than those of latter ages ; that the theology of the Orientals is more pure than that of the Egyptians , that of the Egyptians less xiv ...
Página xv
... shew the wild extravagance of those who main- tain that the doctrines of religion are only the effects of the ignorance and stupidity of the infant world ; that the first men , not knowing the phyisical causes , had recourse to ...
... shew the wild extravagance of those who main- tain that the doctrines of religion are only the effects of the ignorance and stupidity of the infant world ; that the first men , not knowing the phyisical causes , had recourse to ...
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Adonis adore Amasis Amenophis Anaximander ancient Apries Araspes Arimanius army Astyages Athenians Athens Babylon beauty body Cambyses Cassandana corrupted court crimes Cyaxares Cyrus Cyrus's death Deity discourse divine doctrine earth Ecbatana Ecnibal Egypt Egyptians endeavored eternal evil eyes father friendship gave genii genius give goddess gods Greece Greeks happy heart heaven Hebrew hero Hystaspes ideas imagination immense infinite intelligences Jupiter king Lacedemon laws liberty lived Lycurgus magi Mandane manner Medes Megacles ment mind misfortunes mortal motion Mythras Nabonassar Nabuchodonosor nations nature never noble oracles Oromazes Osiris passions perceived perfect Periander Persia philosophers Pisistratus Plato pleasure Plutarch prince of Persia prince's principle punish pure Pythagoras reason reign religion says Selima sentiments shew Solon soon soul sovereign Spartans spirits substance suffer supreme temple thing thought throne tion troops truth Typhon universe Urania virtue wisdom young prince Zoroaster
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Página 318 - Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Página 338 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Página 304 - I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, And make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Página 305 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it : I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Página 318 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Página 339 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
Página 305 - For Jacob, my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me...
Página 294 - It was this Messiah who conversed with the patriarchs under a human form: it was he who appeared to Moses upon the Holy Mount : it was he who spoke to the prophets under a visible appearance ; and it is he who will at last come in triumph upon the clouds to restore the universe to its primitive splendour and felicity.
Página 336 - He is the universal spirit that pervades and diffuseth itself over all nature. All beings receive their life from Him. There is but one only God, who is not, as some are apt to imagine, seated above the world, beyond the orb of the universe ; but being Himself all in all, He sees all the beings that...
Página 305 - I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron ; and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.