Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... ancient fenfe , the science or discipline and doctrine of the magi , or wife men , of Perfia . See MAGI . The origin of magic and , the magi is afcribed to Zoroafter . Salmafius derives the very name from Zo- roafter , who , he fays ...
... ancient fenfe , the science or discipline and doctrine of the magi , or wife men , of Perfia . See MAGI . The origin of magic and , the magi is afcribed to Zoroafter . Salmafius derives the very name from Zo- roafter , who , he fays ...
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... ancient philosophy_of the Perfians , in which he had been inftructed during his youth . He combined these two fyftems , and ap- plied and accommodated to Jesus Christ the characters and actions which the Perfians attributed to the god ...
... ancient philosophy_of the Perfians , in which he had been inftructed during his youth . He combined these two fyftems , and ap- plied and accommodated to Jesus Christ the characters and actions which the Perfians attributed to the god ...
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... ancient charges and general regulations . " " By this precaution the original conftitutions were established as the basis of all fucceeding mafonic jurif . diction in the south of England ; and the ancient land- marks , as they are ...
... ancient charges and general regulations . " " By this precaution the original conftitutions were established as the basis of all fucceeding mafonic jurif . diction in the south of England ; and the ancient land- marks , as they are ...
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