The Truth of Revelation, Demonstrated by an Appeal to Existing Monuments, Sculptures, Gems, Coins, and MedalsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1831 - 276 pages |
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... heads , we have nothing to fear , though the lightnings flash and the thunders roll beneath us . Eternity and a world to come are no trifles in the eye of right reason , and in the estimation of the imperial and noble aspirant for ...
... heads , we have nothing to fear , though the lightnings flash and the thunders roll beneath us . Eternity and a world to come are no trifles in the eye of right reason , and in the estimation of the imperial and noble aspirant for ...
Page xvi
... head , —the pride of humanity — the would - be interpreter of nature's laws and phenomena . " Ye shall be as gods , " said the wily tempter to the too credulous pair in Eden's Elysium , -ambition kindled at the thought , and the crown ...
... head , —the pride of humanity — the would - be interpreter of nature's laws and phenomena . " Ye shall be as gods , " said the wily tempter to the too credulous pair in Eden's Elysium , -ambition kindled at the thought , and the crown ...
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... heads . Too much deference , we think , has been paid to genius - men of vast acquirements in literature , or art and science . The metaphysician too often " darkens counsel " by mysticism : there are " wheels within wheels , " as in ...
... heads . Too much deference , we think , has been paid to genius - men of vast acquirements in literature , or art and science . The metaphysician too often " darkens counsel " by mysticism : there are " wheels within wheels , " as in ...
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... head ; and in the reverse of another , the cynocephalus or dog - head- ed anubis , with the caduceus and sistrum . Nothing can more decidedly expose the eccentric follies of the human mind , than the speculations in which it indulged ...
... head ; and in the reverse of another , the cynocephalus or dog - head- ed anubis , with the caduceus and sistrum . Nothing can more decidedly expose the eccentric follies of the human mind , than the speculations in which it indulged ...
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... head is sick , and the whole heart is faint . " Conscience , and the record of observation , attest the truth , that all is not right with humanity , and that some terrible catastrophe has befallen it - it is not with it as in times ...
... head is sick , and the whole heart is faint . " Conscience , and the record of observation , attest the truth , that all is not right with humanity , and that some terrible catastrophe has befallen it - it is not with it as in times ...
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