Stonehenge; Or, The Romans in Britain: A Romance Or the Days of Nero, 3. köide |
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... Persian Magi . * Nor were they inept in mechanical know- ledge ; as that monument of dynamic skill , Stonehenge , sufficiently evinces at the present day . Indeed , an ancient triad celebrates as the three mighty labours of Britain ...
... Persian Magi . * Nor were they inept in mechanical know- ledge ; as that monument of dynamic skill , Stonehenge , sufficiently evinces at the present day . Indeed , an ancient triad celebrates as the three mighty labours of Britain ...
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... Persian superstitions , is applicable to those of the Britons . The Persians , ' says he , first worshipped an invisible being , calling the whole circle of the heavens their god , and not confining him within the bounds of any temple ...
... Persian superstitions , is applicable to those of the Britons . The Persians , ' says he , first worshipped an invisible being , calling the whole circle of the heavens their god , and not confining him within the bounds of any temple ...
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... Persians , as well as almost all the other nations of anti- quity . Lastly , we would conclude this part of the subject by a brief allusion to one or two sin- gular customs in the worship and divinations of the Druids . They had a ...
... Persians , as well as almost all the other nations of anti- quity . Lastly , we would conclude this part of the subject by a brief allusion to one or two sin- gular customs in the worship and divinations of the Druids . They had a ...
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... Persian Magi ; * and to consider the Persian Magi and the order of Druids to be of identical origin : Madai the ancestor of the former , and Gomer the ancestor of the latter , being brethren . † ( G ) Druidism having , at a very early ...
... Persian Magi ; * and to consider the Persian Magi and the order of Druids to be of identical origin : Madai the ancestor of the former , and Gomer the ancestor of the latter , being brethren . † ( G ) Druidism having , at a very early ...
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... PERSIANS AND CELTS . “ A l'égard des Perses , je ne doute point du tout qu'ils ne fussent le même peuple que les Celtes . Ni la langue des Perses , ni leurs coutumes , ni leur religion ne diffé- raient pas anciennement de celle des ...
... PERSIANS AND CELTS . “ A l'égard des Perses , je ne doute point du tout qu'ils ne fussent le même peuple que les Celtes . Ni la langue des Perses , ni leurs coutumes , ni leur religion ne diffé- raient pas anciennement de celle des ...
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