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... mysterious litany of their fathers . In this grove are the ruins of terraces laid out in quadrilateral enclosures , the boundaries of which are marked by blocks of stone laid or fixed in the ground . Here and there on the terraces are ...
... mysterious litany of their fathers . In this grove are the ruins of terraces laid out in quadrilateral enclosures , the boundaries of which are marked by blocks of stone laid or fixed in the ground . Here and there on the terraces are ...
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... mysterious universe of which he knows nothing , he is compelled to fashion for himself some sort of fixed stay or support , however provisional . Believing in sorcery , he must frame some vague conception of a sorcerer and strive to get ...
... mysterious universe of which he knows nothing , he is compelled to fashion for himself some sort of fixed stay or support , however provisional . Believing in sorcery , he must frame some vague conception of a sorcerer and strive to get ...
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... mysterious awe of that immensity around them which they could not apprehend in definite thought and feeling that man in his early days created so many gods ; just as in this age and country a person not disposed to superstition could ...
... mysterious awe of that immensity around them which they could not apprehend in definite thought and feeling that man in his early days created so many gods ; just as in this age and country a person not disposed to superstition could ...
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... mysterious means of bringing supernaturally to pass that which the sagacious mind , seeing farther ahead * A learned Buddhist or a philosophical disciple of Confucius would doubtless include Moses at Mount Horeb . The greatest obstacle ...
... mysterious means of bringing supernaturally to pass that which the sagacious mind , seeing farther ahead * A learned Buddhist or a philosophical disciple of Confucius would doubtless include Moses at Mount Horeb . The greatest obstacle ...
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... mysterious words ; the very mystery of the oracular language was calculated to impress the imagination , increase the awe , and conquer the belief of the anxious inquirer . E until they become complete romances , and in the end ...
... mysterious words ; the very mystery of the oracular language was calculated to impress the imagination , increase the awe , and conquer the belief of the anxious inquirer . E until they become complete romances , and in the end ...
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