Ancient History: History of the PersiansReligious Tract Society, 1842 - 123 páginas |
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... magi ; and Strabo the circuit of the earth , with its seas and rivers , and Arrian relate , that the tomb of Cyrus was he points , among other places , to Susa , saying : at this place . Their description of its situation " On the banks ...
... magi ; and Strabo the circuit of the earth , with its seas and rivers , and Arrian relate , that the tomb of Cyrus was he points , among other places , to Susa , saying : at this place . Their description of its situation " On the banks ...
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... magi , in the princi- ples of justice and equity . These are the great and essential duties of the regal dignity , and though the kings of Persia were transcendently vicious in other respects , yet were they very scrupulous , and very ...
... magi , in the princi- ples of justice and equity . These are the great and essential duties of the regal dignity , and though the kings of Persia were transcendently vicious in other respects , yet were they very scrupulous , and very ...
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... magi , as their priests were called , a species of the Sabian superstition prevailed . The sun , moon , and planets received divine wor- ship , while the more ancient belief in the one supreme God was not wholly effaced from the minds ...
... magi , as their priests were called , a species of the Sabian superstition prevailed . The sun , moon , and planets received divine wor- ship , while the more ancient belief in the one supreme God was not wholly effaced from the minds ...
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... magi in religious matters , ( which made Plato define magic , or the learning of the magi , the art of worshipping the gods in a becoming manner , ) gave them great authority , both with the prince and people . They could not offer ...
... magi in religious matters , ( which made Plato define magic , or the learning of the magi , the art of worshipping the gods in a becoming manner , ) gave them great authority , both with the prince and people . They could not offer ...
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... magi . The ancient Persians , indeed , dared not by their religion ex- tinguish fire with water ; but endeavoured to smother it with earth , stones , or anything similar ; a superstition which still influences the parsees of Guzerat ...
... magi . The ancient Persians , indeed , dared not by their religion ex- tinguish fire with water ; but endeavoured to smother it with earth , stones , or anything similar ; a superstition which still influences the parsees of Guzerat ...
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according Alexander ancient appear Aristagoras arms Arrian Artaphernes Artaxerxes Asia Athenians Babylon Baharam battle body brother called Cambyses caused chariot Chedorlaomer Chosroes Christian command conqueror conquest crown Cyrus Darius death defeated desert dominions earth east Egypt Egyptians emperor enemy evil favour feet fire fleet forces gold governor Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hellespont Herodotus historians honour Hormisdas horse Hyrcania Hystaspes inhabitants invaded Jews Jezdegerd king's kingdom kings of Persia Lacedæmonians land Lord Macedonians magi marched Mardonius Mazanderan Medes Megabyzus mighty miles modern monarch mountains nations Ochus palace pass peace Persepolis Persian army Persian empire Pharnabazus plain possessed prince prophet provinces reign religion revenge revolted river Roman royal ruins sacred Sapor Sardis says sent sians slain soon Strabo subjects Susa Syria temple thou throne tion Tiribazus Tissaphernes tract troops victory whence whole writers Xenophon Xerxes Zoroaster
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Página 48 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Página 50 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Página 106 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Página 39 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect. unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Página 41 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 96 - Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Página 14 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 87 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Página 50 - Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.