A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs of the Whole World: Or, A Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe : Both Antient and Modern, from the Creation Down to the Present Time ... Designed to Form a Complete Family Library ... |
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... carry their infatuation , that those who had no children of their own , purchased those of the poor , that they might ... carried to such an height , that even mothers , divesting themselves of that ten- derness peculiar to their sex and ...
... carry their infatuation , that those who had no children of their own , purchased those of the poor , that they might ... carried to such an height , that even mothers , divesting themselves of that ten- derness peculiar to their sex and ...
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... carried him thro ' the south wall of the chancel ; and to commemorate this remark - ing at the same time , to shew her an exact represen- able event , there is a round window made in the breach with an inscription over it . In the cathe ...
... carried him thro ' the south wall of the chancel ; and to commemorate this remark - ing at the same time , to shew her an exact represen- able event , there is a round window made in the breach with an inscription over it . In the cathe ...
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... carry the ' child into some desert place , there to be preserved from the fury of the king . But the king had so many ... carried them to the top of a tree which stood very near the pond ; so that the wo- men began to consider themselves ...
... carry the ' child into some desert place , there to be preserved from the fury of the king . But the king had so many ... carried them to the top of a tree which stood very near the pond ; so that the wo- men began to consider themselves ...
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... carried home in a sedan by four men , when the whole is concluded by music and feasting . When a person is taken ill , a Bramin comes and prays with him . They believe that two spirits , one good and the other bad , attend at the hour ...
... carried home in a sedan by four men , when the whole is concluded by music and feasting . When a person is taken ill , a Bramin comes and prays with him . They believe that two spirits , one good and the other bad , attend at the hour ...
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... carrying heavy iron chains , one end of which are fixed to their legs , and the other to their shoulders . Some have ... carried our sor- rows . " Isaiah liii . 4 . The Bramins believe , that there are in heaven five different states or ...
... carrying heavy iron chains , one end of which are fixed to their legs , and the other to their shoulders . Some have ... carried our sor- rows . " Isaiah liii . 4 . The Bramins believe , that there are in heaven five different states or ...
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Popular passages
Page 26 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
Page 30 - Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them : and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Page 34 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 93 - For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 40 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 16 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 23 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Page 93 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 52 - And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun...
Page 33 - ... having changed the glory of the incorruptible God, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.