A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... considered unclean as well as the griffin , the hare , the pig , and the eel ; there must have been some moral or physical reason for it , which we have not yet dis- covered . See ADULTERY . + Napoleon managed his divorce from Josephine ...
... considered unclean as well as the griffin , the hare , the pig , and the eel ; there must have been some moral or physical reason for it , which we have not yet dis- covered . See ADULTERY . + Napoleon managed his divorce from Josephine ...
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... considered , that these expressions and images are always delivered with seriousness and gravity , and that in no book of equally high antiquity is the slightest jeering or raillery ever applied to the great subject of human production ...
... considered , that these expressions and images are always delivered with seriousness and gravity , and that in no book of equally high antiquity is the slightest jeering or raillery ever applied to the great subject of human production ...
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... considered probable in countries in which Apollo came down from heaven to slay the serpent Python . Serpents were also supposed to be exceedingly sensible animals . Their sense consists in not running so fast as we do , and in suffering ...
... considered probable in countries in which Apollo came down from heaven to slay the serpent Python . Serpents were also supposed to be exceedingly sensible animals . Their sense consists in not running so fast as we do , and in suffering ...
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... considered as a thing regular and constant . The sacred scripture itself , which always enters into our weaknesses , deigned to conform itself to this vulgar idea . " The deaf adder , which shuts its ears that it may not hear the voice ...
... considered as a thing regular and constant . The sacred scripture itself , which always enters into our weaknesses , deigned to conform itself to this vulgar idea . " The deaf adder , which shuts its ears that it may not hear the voice ...
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... considered , both among the Greeks and Romans , as the most powerful of philtres . It was called planta aphrodisia , the plant of Venus . That called by the Latins eruca , is now often added to the former . * Et venerem revocans eruca ...
... considered , both among the Greeks and Romans , as the most powerful of philtres . It was called planta aphrodisia , the plant of Venus . That called by the Latins eruca , is now often added to the former . * Et venerem revocans eruca ...
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Common terms and phrases
admit adore Ęsop afterwards ancient animals antiquity appear astonishing beautiful believe bishop Cęsar CALCHAS called christian church Cicero court crimes Descartes dispute divine DONDINDAC earth Egypt Egyptians elegant eloquence emblem emperor Epictetus Epicurus eternal existence expression eyes fables faith fanaticism fanatics father favour figure final causes France Franks French Gauls genii genius Gerar give glory gods gospel grace Greek heaven Herodotus Hesiod holy honour human hundred idea imagination jansenists jesuit Jesus Christ Jews Julius Cęsar Jupiter king labour language laws liberty LOGOMACHOS Lord Louis XIV Lucretius manner matter mind nation nature necessary never opinion Ovid passage person philosophers Plato poet pope possess present pretended priest prince reason received religion ridiculous Romans Rome Scythian sense serpent signifies soul sovereign speak species Tertullian thee things thou tion truth verses virtue Visigoths Voltaire word
Popular passages
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 146 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 52 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 90 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 48 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 74 - In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, the word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar ; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Page 294 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 52 - And there arose a great cry : and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Page 312 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 71 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.