The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... hand of Mrs. Child . " Flowers for Children . A Series of volumes in Prose and Verse , for Children of various ages . 37 cts . each . In one volume , 88 cts . " A collection of gems in which sparkle all the beauties of truth , holiness ...
... hand of Mrs. Child . " Flowers for Children . A Series of volumes in Prose and Verse , for Children of various ages . 37 cts . each . In one volume , 88 cts . " A collection of gems in which sparkle all the beauties of truth , holiness ...
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... hands of Egyptians to the hands of Jews , and from the hands of Jews to the hands of Christians , still casts its gleams upon the earth . ” THE name of this country was derived from one of its principal rivers . Stan signifies land ...
... hands of Egyptians to the hands of Jews , and from the hands of Jews to the hands of Christians , still casts its gleams upon the earth . ” THE name of this country was derived from one of its principal rivers . Stan signifies land ...
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... hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus addressed them : - ' The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for some good works I have performed in a previous state of existence . I possess all desirable ...
... hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus addressed them : - ' The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for some good works I have performed in a previous state of existence . I possess all desirable ...
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... hand . Because he repro- duces forms , as well as destroys them , he is often painted with the venomous serpent Cobra de Capello , emblem of death , in one hand , and a Lotus and Pomegranate , emblems of renovation , in the other ...
... hand . Because he repro- duces forms , as well as destroys them , he is often painted with the venomous serpent Cobra de Capello , emblem of death , in one hand , and a Lotus and Pomegranate , emblems of renovation , in the other ...
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... hands , full of deadly weapons , a necklace of human skulls , and a girdle of slaughtered giants ' hands . There is a very striking difference in the habits of the Asiatic and European mind with regard to ideas deemed by us indelicate ...
... hands , full of deadly weapons , a necklace of human skulls , and a girdle of slaughtered giants ' hands . There is a very striking difference in the habits of the Asiatic and European mind with regard to ideas deemed by us indelicate ...
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