The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... God , Jesus Christ . " An exposition of their doctrines was pub- lished in 1656 under the title of The Divine Looking - Glass . Among other views ( besides the doctrine of the divine mission of the authors ) this work taught that the ...
... God , Jesus Christ . " An exposition of their doctrines was pub- lished in 1656 under the title of The Divine Looking - Glass . Among other views ( besides the doctrine of the divine mission of the authors ) this work taught that the ...
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... gods hardly known to the Vedic hymns became the deities of the former Hindu Trimurti . Vol . v . ( 1870 ) was on the Vedic myth- ology . These texts form still our most exhaustive work on the Vedic age , and show better than any others ...
... gods hardly known to the Vedic hymns became the deities of the former Hindu Trimurti . Vol . v . ( 1870 ) was on the Vedic myth- ology . These texts form still our most exhaustive work on the Vedic age , and show better than any others ...
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... gods , are mostly large , often colossal in scale . The other subjects , illustrating the life and amuse- ments of the king , his prowess in war or hunting , or long processions of prisoners and tribute - bearers coming to do him homage ...
... gods , are mostly large , often colossal in scale . The other subjects , illustrating the life and amuse- ments of the king , his prowess in war or hunting , or long processions of prisoners and tribute - bearers coming to do him homage ...
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... gods of ancient Greece . The favour- ite early subject , Christ the Good Shepherd ( fig . 9 ) , is represented as Orpheus playing on his lyre to a circle of beasts , the pagan origin of the picture being shown unmistakably by the ...
... gods of ancient Greece . The favour- ite early subject , Christ the Good Shepherd ( fig . 9 ) , is represented as Orpheus playing on his lyre to a circle of beasts , the pagan origin of the picture being shown unmistakably by the ...
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... gods , and of men , the might and the glorious deeds of Zeus . At the banquets of the gods their joyous music is heard . They honour also the great heroes ; they sing at the marriage of Cad- mus and of Peleus ; their mourning song at ...
... gods , and of men , the might and the glorious deeds of Zeus . At the banquets of the gods their joyous music is heard . They honour also the great heroes ; they sing at the marriage of Cad- mus and of Peleus ; their mourning song at ...
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