The Travels of Cyrus: To which is Annexed A Discourse Upon the Theology and Mythology of the PagansPratt and Doubleday, 1814 - 404 Seiten |
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... Persia begins to entertain a contempt for religion , and in order to guard him against this danger , Hystaspes his gov- ernor engages him to make a visit to the Magi . This representation which Zoroaster makes of the wonders of nature ...
... Persia begins to entertain a contempt for religion , and in order to guard him against this danger , Hystaspes his gov- ernor engages him to make a visit to the Magi . This representation which Zoroaster makes of the wonders of nature ...
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... Persia ; so that the kings of Me- dia and Babylon became the two great potentates of the cast . Such was the state of Asia when Cyrus was born : His father Cambyses was king of Persia ; Man- dane his mother was daughter of Astyages ...
... Persia ; so that the kings of Me- dia and Babylon became the two great potentates of the cast . Such was the state of Asia when Cyrus was born : His father Cambyses was king of Persia ; Man- dane his mother was daughter of Astyages ...
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... Persia was to prevent the corruption of the heart : and for this reason the Persians punished ingratitude ; † a vice against which there is no provision made by the laws of other nations . Whoever was capable of for- getting a benefit ...
... Persia was to prevent the corruption of the heart : and for this reason the Persians punished ingratitude ; † a vice against which there is no provision made by the laws of other nations . Whoever was capable of for- getting a benefit ...
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... the Persians ; but the will of Cambyses , and the orders of Astyages , obliged her , whether she would or not , to undertake the journey . She set out , attend- ed by a body of the young nobility of Persia 26 The Travels of Cyrus .
... the Persians ; but the will of Cambyses , and the orders of Astyages , obliged her , whether she would or not , to undertake the journey . She set out , attend- ed by a body of the young nobility of Persia 26 The Travels of Cyrus .
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... Persia , under the command of Hystaspes , to whom the education of Cyrus had been committed . The young prince was seated in a chariot with her , and it was the first time that he had seen himself distinguished from his com- panions ...
... Persia , under the command of Hystaspes , to whom the education of Cyrus had been committed . The young prince was seated in a chariot with her , and it was the first time that he had seen himself distinguished from his com- panions ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.