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... truth is , that the divine appearances are the rule , and not the reserve , of the ancient epopee . The reader expects them . The associations of those times , alone could redeem them from a certain clumsiness of contrivance . Often ...
... truth is , that the divine appearances are the rule , and not the reserve , of the ancient epopee . The reader expects them . The associations of those times , alone could redeem them from a certain clumsiness of contrivance . Often ...
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... a refinement upon all the liberalism ever recorded , one was as good as ano- This is a great truth . For were the greater number ther . • Eneid lib . viii . 698 . found any more at large upon the earth , the 10 ON THE ISIAC MYSTERIES .
... a refinement upon all the liberalism ever recorded , one was as good as ano- This is a great truth . For were the greater number ther . • Eneid lib . viii . 698 . found any more at large upon the earth , the 10 ON THE ISIAC MYSTERIES .
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... truth itself , had degenerated in later times . The pyramids are most true to the meridian . The most rational solution of the sphinx is that it denoted the zodiacal signs of Leo and Virgo when the sun was apparently passing from the ...
... truth itself , had degenerated in later times . The pyramids are most true to the meridian . The most rational solution of the sphinx is that it denoted the zodiacal signs of Leo and Virgo when the sun was apparently passing from the ...
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... truth . I approached the border of death : I touched the threshold of the invisible world : I return whirled through every element . I saw the sun shining in the fullest splendour at midnight : I stood before the gods , both heavenly ...
... truth . I approached the border of death : I touched the threshold of the invisible world : I return whirled through every element . I saw the sun shining in the fullest splendour at midnight : I stood before the gods , both heavenly ...
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... truth ! Much information , though not falling under my plan , may be obtained on the Egyptian character of this Order from the learned and adorned work of Laurentius Pignorius . That of Meursius I have not been able to consult . Perhaps ...
... truth ! Much information , though not falling under my plan , may be obtained on the Egyptian character of this Order from the learned and adorned work of Laurentius Pignorius . That of Meursius I have not been able to consult . Perhaps ...
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Æneid affected amidst ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Aristophanes Aristotle asked Bacchus beauty boast brain called character Cicero common confess course Craniologists Craniology death dialect divine earth Eleans Eleusis enquiry Euripides evil express Falstaff fame favour fear feel Games genius give Grecian Greece Greek head heart heaven Hercules Herodotus heroes honour human idea identity Iliad impression intellectual Iphitus Julius Cæsar Jupiter king language Latin living look Macbeth means ment mind moral mysteries nations nature never noble Olympic once organ original Osiris Palæstra passion Pausanias peculiar perfect perhaps person Phidias philosophy Pindar Plato Plutarch poet principle probably prove quæ Roman sacred Saxon says scarcely scene seems sense sentiment Shakspeare skull solemn song Sophocles soul sound speak species spirit strange supposed temple thee thing Thou thought Thucydides tion truth virtue word