An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... truth , have been transmitted from age to age , and been gene- rally received as narratives of real facts . Pluche has unveiled many of these poetical fictions , and pointed out the source from which they were derived . My limits will ...
... truth , have been transmitted from age to age , and been gene- rally received as narratives of real facts . Pluche has unveiled many of these poetical fictions , and pointed out the source from which they were derived . My limits will ...
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... Work . I Find myself under the necessity of oversetting , or unravelling , fables , in order to establish truth . The men most celebrated , who have treated of the formation of the heavens and of the 2 DOGMAS AND CUSTOMS OF.
... Work . I Find myself under the necessity of oversetting , or unravelling , fables , in order to establish truth . The men most celebrated , who have treated of the formation of the heavens and of the 2 DOGMAS AND CUSTOMS OF.
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... truths , by some anal- ogy or relation between the figure and the thing they had a mind to have understood , were devised . This method of saying or showing one thing , to intimate others , is what induced among the eastern nations the ...
... truths , by some anal- ogy or relation between the figure and the thing they had a mind to have understood , were devised . This method of saying or showing one thing , to intimate others , is what induced among the eastern nations the ...
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... truths , and to inculcate their principal duties . † The character of the Egyptian writing designed to signify God , was not a simple flame or blaze , as was the general usage of the East but a circle , or rather a sun . They added to ...
... truths , and to inculcate their principal duties . † The character of the Egyptian writing designed to signify God , was not a simple flame or blaze , as was the general usage of the East but a circle , or rather a sun . They added to ...
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... Truth drawn from Fables " by Dr. Constantio . ) t It is a little remarkable , that one of the significations given to tower , is high head- dress . - Edit . This is Mosaic work , and was no doubt intended to represent in anticipation ...
... Truth drawn from Fables " by Dr. Constantio . ) t It is a little remarkable , that one of the significations given to tower , is high head- dress . - Edit . This is Mosaic work , and was no doubt intended to represent in anticipation ...
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