History of Priestcraft in All Ages and NationsE. Wilson, 1833 - 260 pages |
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... appears to have subdued f Shem . Arphaxad became the ews and other kindred nations ; founded Babylonia ; and Joktan , Is the east , probably became the Ophir , one of the sons of Joktan , Scripture as dwelling in a land of ges were made ...
... appears to have subdued f Shem . Arphaxad became the ews and other kindred nations ; founded Babylonia ; and Joktan , Is the east , probably became the Ophir , one of the sons of Joktan , Scripture as dwelling in a land of ges were made ...
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... appears to have been d by one great branch of the descendants of under the name of Sclavonians , and to have ined their settlements against all future comers ; other great branch , the Gomerians , or Celts , had ollowed by the warlike ...
... appears to have been d by one great branch of the descendants of under the name of Sclavonians , and to have ined their settlements against all future comers ; other great branch , the Gomerians , or Celts , had ollowed by the warlike ...
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... appear in 1 , and to bring offerings , which were placed in reat temple . Those who could not come sent presents by others , or paid their value in money ests whose business it was to receive the offer- Strangers flocked there in crowds ...
... appear in 1 , and to bring offerings , which were placed in reat temple . Those who could not come sent presents by others , or paid their value in money ests whose business it was to receive the offer- Strangers flocked there in crowds ...
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... appear een of a peculiarly gloomy and terrific nature ; to strike with terror even the most un- hearts . Hence their priests , in order that ht be enabled to go through the dreadful rites shuddering , anointed themselves with a pecu ...
... appear een of a peculiarly gloomy and terrific nature ; to strike with terror even the most un- hearts . Hence their priests , in order that ht be enabled to go through the dreadful rites shuddering , anointed themselves with a pecu ...
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... appears that their bloody rites ied to an enormous extent . ough of these terrible and revolting trophies raft . We might follow the course of this pes- to Africa and the South Sea Isles ; but I shall oose to refer all those who may be ...
... appears that their bloody rites ied to an enormous extent . ough of these terrible and revolting trophies raft . We might follow the course of this pes- to Africa and the South Sea Isles ; but I shall oose to refer all those who may be ...
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Page 137 - Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 137 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 135 - Fear not the tyrants shall rule for ever, Or the priests of the bloody faith ; They stand on the brink of that mighty river Whose waves they have tainted with death : It is fed from the depths of a thousand dells, Around them it foams and rages and swells, And their swords and their sceptres I floating see, Like wrecks, in the surge of eternity.
Page 99 - where two or three were gathered together in his name, he would be in the midst of them...
Page 231 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Page 57 - Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pharaoh's.
Page 195 - For the poor ye have always with you; but Me ye have not always.
Page 217 - The schools of Oxford and Cambridge were founded in a dark age of false and barbarous science; and they are still tainted with the vices of their origin. Their primitive discipline was adapted to the education of priests and monks; and the government still remains in the hands of the clergy, an order of men whose manners are remote from the present world, and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy.
Page 109 - So shall the World go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked, at return Of Him so lately promised to thy aid, The Woman's Seed — obscurely then foretold, Now amplier known thy Saviour and thy Lord...
Page 249 - Contemptuous of all honourable rule, Yet bartering freedom and the poor man's life For gold, as at a market ! The sweet words Of Christian promise, words that even yet Might stem destruction, were they wisely preached, Are muttered o'er by men, whose tones proclaim How flat and wearisome they feel their trade : Bank scoffers some, but most too indolent To deem them falsehoods or to know their truth.