The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... various Ages and Nations . 2 vols . Fifth edition . $ 1.25 . " Information as to the past and present condition of one - half the human race , put together in that lively and attractive form which is sure to grow up beneath the hand of ...
... various Ages and Nations . 2 vols . Fifth edition . $ 1.25 . " Information as to the past and present condition of one - half the human race , put together in that lively and attractive form which is sure to grow up beneath the hand of ...
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... till the end comes . Hindoos have no history to sustain these dates , com- prising such enormous intervals of time . Lists of kings , preserved in various parts of the country , have been 2 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... till the end comes . Hindoos have no history to sustain these dates , com- prising such enormous intervals of time . Lists of kings , preserved in various parts of the country , have been 2 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
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Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes Lydia Maria Child. preserved in various parts of the country , have been cal- culated to go back between four and five thousand years . It is a recognized fact that some individuals have tem ...
Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes Lydia Maria Child. preserved in various parts of the country , have been cal- culated to go back between four and five thousand years . It is a recognized fact that some individuals have tem ...
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... various names , indicating progressive degrees of sanc- tity ; such as , " the dweller in the forest , " " the man vowed to contemplation , " " the man who has subdued himself , " " the man who is absorbed into the Divine Soul . " The ...
... various names , indicating progressive degrees of sanc- tity ; such as , " the dweller in the forest , " " the man vowed to contemplation , " " the man who has subdued himself , " " the man who is absorbed into the Divine Soul . " The ...
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... various ranks and employments , acknow- ledge him as their leader . Poets and painters represent Surya , God of the Sun , in a golden car , drawn by seven green horses , with the Dawn for charioteer , followed by Spirits of Singing ...
... various ranks and employments , acknow- ledge him as their leader . Poets and painters represent Surya , God of the Sun , in a golden car , drawn by seven green horses , with the Dawn for charioteer , followed by Spirits of Singing ...
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