History of Priestcraft in All Ages and NationsE. Wilson, 1833 - 260 pages |
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... arts ow idolatry was diffused over the d of no less amplitude than the estcraft to exercise itself in ; full ll of systems prolific in all the erstition , so auspicious to priestly ll soon see that such advantages by that evil power ...
... arts ow idolatry was diffused over the d of no less amplitude than the estcraft to exercise itself in ; full ll of systems prolific in all the erstition , so auspicious to priestly ll soon see that such advantages by that evil power ...
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... art come to this place , for it is tain that before the sun riseth the valiant all make thee feel his hatred . " eople persuaded themselves sometimes that Is answered by a gesture , or nod of the head . he history of Olave Tryggeson ...
... art come to this place , for it is tain that before the sun riseth the valiant all make thee feel his hatred . " eople persuaded themselves sometimes that Is answered by a gesture , or nod of the head . he history of Olave Tryggeson ...
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... art of the community . CHAPTER V. DIANS , MEXICANS , AND PERUVIANS . iscovered , to the surprise of the learned , in octrines , and Practices of the Northern Indians , vians - Dominance of the Priests and Nobles , People - their bloody ...
... art of the community . CHAPTER V. DIANS , MEXICANS , AND PERUVIANS . iscovered , to the surprise of the learned , in octrines , and Practices of the Northern Indians , vians - Dominance of the Priests and Nobles , People - their bloody ...
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... present Indians ; a people who had more of the arts ed life among them than these ever possessed . in caves of Kentucky , mummies have even und . Now connecting these facts with the us nations there were found all the great of that.
... present Indians ; a people who had more of the arts ed life among them than these ever possessed . in caves of Kentucky , mummies have even und . Now connecting these facts with the us nations there were found all the great of that.
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... arts than the northern = r tribes more savage and warlike nd that they themselves gradually ments , in accordance with their own simple theory seems to solve the s so long puzzled both the European quarians . vho had advanced far before ...
... arts than the northern = r tribes more savage and warlike nd that they themselves gradually ments , in accordance with their own simple theory seems to solve the s so long puzzled both the European quarians . vho had advanced far before ...
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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.