A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... never had a son . 1 A certain abbé Bazin , with his simple common sense , doubts another tale of Diodorus . It is of a king of Egypt , Sesostris , who probably existed no more than the island of Panchaica . The father of Sesostris , who ...
... never had a son . 1 A certain abbé Bazin , with his simple common sense , doubts another tale of Diodorus . It is of a king of Egypt , Sesostris , who probably existed no more than the island of Panchaica . The father of Sesostris , who ...
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... never outside of the col- lege of Mazarine , arrayed himself with great animation on the side of Sesostris and his runners . He pretends that Herodotus , in speaking of the Greeks , does not reckon by the stadia of Greece , and that the ...
... never outside of the col- lege of Mazarine , arrayed himself with great animation on the side of Sesostris and his runners . He pretends that Herodotus , in speaking of the Greeks , does not reckon by the stadia of Greece , and that the ...
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... never have been read . It is well to observe , that though they were sacred they were all different ; and from province to province , and island to island , each had a different history of the gods , demi - gods , and heroes , from that ...
... never have been read . It is well to observe , that though they were sacred they were all different ; and from province to province , and island to island , each had a different history of the gods , demi - gods , and heroes , from that ...
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Voltaire. neighbours . But it should also be observed , that the people never fought for this mythology . The respectable history of Thucydides , which has several glimmerings of truth , begins at Xerxes ; but , before that epoch , how ...
Voltaire. neighbours . But it should also be observed , that the people never fought for this mythology . The respectable history of Thucydides , which has several glimmerings of truth , begins at Xerxes ; but , before that epoch , how ...
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... never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was the world before ; " Then , to preach reason's but one error more . Viewing this earth ...
... never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was the world before ; " Then , to preach reason's but one error more . Viewing this earth ...
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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.