History of Priestcraft in All Ages and NationsE. Wilson, 1833 - 260 pagina's |
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... thing is more certain than that paganism had one common origin in the early ages of the world , " after the Flood and there is no doubt that it was invented by knaves , who first contrived to brutalize the people , and then to exalt ...
... thing is more certain than that paganism had one common origin in the early ages of the world , " after the Flood and there is no doubt that it was invented by knaves , who first contrived to brutalize the people , and then to exalt ...
Pagina 13
... things , Kingcraft , seizing upon the office of civil government , not as the gift of popular choice , and to be filled for the good of nations , but with the desperate hand of physical violence , has proclaimed that it was not made for ...
... things , Kingcraft , seizing upon the office of civil government , not as the gift of popular choice , and to be filled for the good of nations , but with the desperate hand of physical violence , has proclaimed that it was not made for ...
Pagina 20
... things had entered and floated away safely over the destroying waters . It was the type of the earth into which Adam had entered by death ; and , as they supposed , reappeared in Noah . Hence , an ark is to be found in nearly every ...
... things had entered and floated away safely over the destroying waters . It was the type of the earth into which Adam had entered by death ; and , as they supposed , reappeared in Noah . Hence , an ark is to be found in nearly every ...
Pagina 23
... things , by that which was found to exist at the time of their discovery in America and the isles of the Indian Ocean . By this plan we shall have our course clear in a direct progress through an- cient Egypt , Greece , and Hindostan ...
... things , by that which was found to exist at the time of their discovery in America and the isles of the Indian Ocean . By this plan we shall have our course clear in a direct progress through an- cient Egypt , Greece , and Hindostan ...
Pagina 29
... thing in their overwhelming tide . The northern parts of Brit- ain , Ireland , Wales , Gaul , and some other districts , retained the Celtic character ; while England , Scan- dinavia , Germany , Belgium , and some other tracts , became ...
... thing in their overwhelming tide . The northern parts of Brit- ain , Ireland , Wales , Gaul , and some other districts , retained the Celtic character ; while England , Scan- dinavia , Germany , Belgium , and some other tracts , became ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 139 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Pagina 59 - Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands.
Pagina 101 - where two or three were gathered together in his name, he would be in the midst of them...
Pagina 233 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Pagina 202 - Ah ! (said the Hind) how many sons have you Who call you Mother, whom you never knew ( But most of them who that relation plead Are such ungracious youths as wish you dead. They gape at rich revenues which you hold, And fain would nibble at your grandame Gold; Inquire into your years, and laugh to find Your crazy temper shows you much declined.
Pagina 132 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder ; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.
Pagina 139 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Pagina 219 - The schools of Oxford and Cambridge were founded in a dark age of false and barbarous science ; and they are still tainted with the vices of their origin. Their primitive discipline was adapted to the education of priests and monks; and the government still remains in the hands of the clergy, an order of men whose manners are remote from the present world, and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy.
Pagina 251 - Contemptuous of all honourable rule, Yet bartering freedom and the poor man's life For gold, as at a market ! The sweet words Of Christian promise, words that even yet Might stem destruction, were they wisely preached, Are muttered o'er by men, whose tones proclaim How flat and wearisome they feel their trade : Bank scoffers some, but most too indolent To deem them falsehoods or to know their truth.
Pagina 105 - ... the statues of the saints were laid on the ground ; and as if the air itself were profaned, and might pollute them by its contact, the priests carefully covered them up, even from their own approach and veneration. The use of...