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" ... the real sanctity of the idol, and the actual existence of the God whose figure he beheld. The bull Apis was by them deemed as sacred and as worthy of actual worship as the Divinity of which it was the type ; and in like manner were other emblems... "
The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private ... - Page 176
by John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847
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The Life of the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson: Compiled from His Printed and ...

1830 - 356 pages
...September, 1784, and arrived in this country, at New- York, on the third of November following. It is not my intention to enter into a detailed account of the transactions of this period. Those who wish for such an account, and for the arguments in vindication...
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British Farmer's Magazine, Volume 4

1840 - 532 pages
...from his usually careful track. I will, however, give you my reasons for so thinking. Now, Sir, it is not my intention to enter into a detailed account of the state of agriculture in this country at that period; I shall just content myself with furnishing what,...
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A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient ..., Volume 1

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 486 pages
...Terram fortiorem marem vocant, saxa cautesque ; foeminx nomen assignant huic tractabili ad culturam." tinguish the Apostles and saints by various accompanying...the general forms and characters of the Deities, and endeavour to explain the principle on which the superstructure of their Theogony was based. In the...
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Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, Volume 1

sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 484 pages
...Terram fortiorem marem vocant, saxa cautesque ; foemina: nomen assignant huic tractabili ad culturam." tinguish the Apostles and saints by various accompanying...the general forms and characters of the Deities, and endeavour to explain the principle on which the superstructure of their Theogony was based. In the...
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A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient ..., Volume 1

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 482 pages
...Terrain fbrtiorem marem vocant, saxa cautesque ; foeminie nomen assignant huic tractabili ad culturam." tinguish the Apostles and saints by various accompanying...the general forms and characters of the Deities, and endeavour to explain the principle on which the superstructure of their Theogony was based. : In the...
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The Modern Playmate: A Book of Games, Sports, and Diversions for Boys of All ...

John George Wood - 1875 - 926 pages
...a state of vapour, produced at a temperature of 2I23, and upwards, "Fahrenheit." In these pages it is not my intention to enter into a detailed account of the discover)-, or rather the invention, of the steam-engine (on which subject volumes have been and still...
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Volume 2

John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 552 pages
...objects they were taught to adore ; and every one was not only permitted, but encouraged, to believe in the real sanctity of the idol, and the actual existence...the general forms and characters of the deities, and endeavour to explain the principle on which the superstructure CHAP. XII.] ORIGINAL BELIEF IN A SOLE...
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Volume 2

John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 562 pages
...objects they were taught to adore ; and every one was not only permitted, but encouraged, to believe in the real sanctity of the idol, and the actual existence...numerous gods who composed their Pantheon, nor, indeed, hare we as yet sufficient data to enable us to penetrate into all the intricacies of this curious question...
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Volume 2

John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 546 pages
...them deemed as sacred and as worthy of actual worship as the Divinity of which it was the type ; arid in like manner were other emblems substituted for...the general forms and characters of the deities, and endeavour to explain the principle on which the superstructure of their theogony was based. In the...
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Haroun Alraschid, Caliph of Bagdad

Edward Henry Palmer - 1881 - 242 pages
...Mamun captive ; and Emfn accompanied the army for the first eight miles of their march from Bagdad. It is not my intention to enter into- a detailed account of the civil war of which this contest is the opening scene ; suffice it to say, that after a brief struggle...
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