A New System; Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology:: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity,J. Walker; W. J. and J. Richardson; R. Faulder and Son; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Cuthell and Martin; H.D. Symonds; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; E. Jeffery; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Booker; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Asperne; J. Murray; and J. Harris., 1807 |
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第 xxxix 頁
... obtained upon the subject , and shew the universal scope of writers . I shall endea- vour particularly to compare sacred history with profane , and prove the general assent of mankind to the wonderful events re- corded . My purpose is ...
... obtained upon the subject , and shew the universal scope of writers . I shall endea- vour particularly to compare sacred history with profane , and prove the general assent of mankind to the wonderful events re- corded . My purpose is ...
第 xli 頁
... obtain- ing an insight must be by an etymological process , and by recurring to the primitive language of the people , concerning whom we are treating . As the Amonians betook themselves to regions widely separated ; we shall find in ...
... obtain- ing an insight must be by an etymological process , and by recurring to the primitive language of the people , concerning whom we are treating . As the Amonians betook themselves to regions widely separated ; we shall find in ...
第 xliii 頁
... obtained by deduction , I have been obliged to bring my authorities im- mediately under the eye of the Reader . He may from thence be a witness of the propriety of my appeal ; and see that my inferences are true . This however will ren ...
... obtained by deduction , I have been obliged to bring my authorities im- mediately under the eye of the Reader . He may from thence be a witness of the propriety of my appeal ; and see that my inferences are true . This however will ren ...
第 xlv 頁
... , and filled with groups of fantastic imagery , such as we see upon an Indian screen ; where the eye is painfully amused ; but whence little can be obtained , which is sa- tisfactory , and of service . We must , how- PREFACE . xlv.
... , and filled with groups of fantastic imagery , such as we see upon an Indian screen ; where the eye is painfully amused ; but whence little can be obtained , which is sa- tisfactory , and of service . We must , how- PREFACE . xlv.
第 8 頁
... obtained . It is thought , by many learned men , that the term , Mizraim , is properly a plural ; and that a people are by it signified , rather than a person . This people were the Egyptians : and the head of their family is imagined ...
... obtained . It is thought , by many learned men , that the term , Mizraim , is properly a plural ; and that a people are by it signified , rather than a person . This people were the Egyptians : and the head of their family is imagined ...
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Amonians antient antiquity Apollo Apollonius Rhodius apud Bochart called Callimachus Canaan cavern chief Chron Chus Clemens compounded Damascius Deity denominated derived Diodorus Siculus Dionusus divine Egypt Egyptians esteemed etymology Euseb Eusebius fire fountain Gods Grecians Greece Greeks Gruter Hanes Helladians Hence Herodotus Hesychius Homer honour Hymn Ibidem inscription Josephus Jupiter king language learned likewise Lycophron mentioned Mithras nations natives Omphi oracle oracular temple original Orphic Orus Osiris Pausanias Petra Pindar places Plin Pliny Plutarch poet Præp priests prince purport rendered rites river Romans sacred says Scholia shew shewn signifies Solis speaks Stephanus Stephanus Byzantinus Strabo styled Suidas supposed Syria takes notice term tion truth whence word worship writers Zeus γαρ δε δι δια Διος εις εκ εν επι ες εςι εσιν Ζευς και κατα μεν παρ παρα περι πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ ὡς
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第 374 頁 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
第 62 頁 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
第 237 頁 - Summe deum, sancti custos Soractis Apollo, 785 quem primi colimus, cui pineus ardor acervo pascitur et medium freti pietate per ignem cultores multa premimus vestigia pruna, da, pater, hoc nostris aboleri dedecus armis, omnipotens. Non exuvias pulsaeve tropaeum 790 virginis aut spolia ulla peto (mihi cetera laudem facta ferent) : haec dira meo dum vulnere pestis pulsa cadat, patrias remeabo inglorius urbes.
第 xiii 頁 - Observations upon the Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians ; in which is shewn the Peculiarity of those Judgments, and their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatry of that People ; with a prefatory discourse concerning the Grecian colonies from Egypt/
第 374 頁 - It is said of Cecrops that he first offered up this sort of sweet bread. Hence we may judge of the antiquity of the custom, from the times to which Cecrops is referred. The prophet Jeremiah takes notice of this kind of offering, when he is speaking of the Jewish women at Pathros, in Egypt, and of their base idolatry ; in all which their husbands had encouraged them. The women, in their expostulation upon his rebuke, tell him : " Did we make her cakes to worship her?
第 58 頁 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
第 10 頁 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
第 292 頁 - But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
第 244 頁 - That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt...
第 xi 頁 - Observations on the Poems of Thomas Rowley, in which the Authenticity of these Poems is ascertained.