 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1776 - 608 pages
...gratitude, and curiofity, a dream or an omen, a Angular diforder, or a diftant journey, perpetually difpofed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the lift of his protectors. The thin texture of the Pagan mythology was interwoven •with various, but... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1776 - 612 pages
...difpofed 'him to multiply the atticles of his belief, an.l to enlarge the lift of his proteelors. T he thin texture of the Pagan mythology was interwoven, with various, but not difcordant materials. As foon as it was allowed that fages and .heroes, who had lived, or who had died... | |
 | Books - 1776 - 612 pages
...journey, perpetually difpofed him to multiply the articles of his belief, arid to enlarge the lift of his protectors. The thin texture of the Pagan mythology was interwoven v ;;.. various, but not difcordant materials. As foon as it was allowed that fages and heroes, who... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...gratitude, and curiofuy, a dream or an omen, a fmgular diforder, or a dillant journey, perpetually difpofed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the lift of his proteftors. The thin texture of the Pagan mythology was interwoven with various, but not... | |
 | Charles Putt - Jurisprudence - 1830 - 496 pages
...faith the different religions of the earth. Fear, gratitude, and curiosity—a dream or an omen—a singular disorder or a distant journey, perpetually...belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors."! In process of time, as knowledge enlarged and philosophy improved the understanding, man began to meditate... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1848 - 798 pages
...bringing together words of opposite meanings into the same sentence. As in Gibbon, vol. 1, page 30. " As soon as it was allowed that Sages and Heroes, who had lived, or who had died, for the benefit of their country," &c. And again in the same volumes, pages 478, 479—... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...Natural History of Religion: and the beat contrast in Bossnot'a Universal History. Some dream or an omen, a singular disorder or a distant journey, perpetually...it was allowed that sages and heroes, who had lived or who had died for the benefit of their country, were exalted to a state of power and immortality,... | |
 | Robert Hare - Spiritualism - 1855 - 484 pages
...implicit faith the different religions of the earth. Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular •disorder, or a distant journey,...was allowed that sages and heroes, who 'had lived, or who had died, for the benefit of their country, were ex.alted to a state of power and immortality,... | |
 | Robert Hare - Bible and spiritualism - 1855 - 556 pages
...implicit faith the different religions of the earth. Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually...pagan mythology was interwoven with various, but not dis• cordant, materials. As soon as it was allowed that sages and heroes, who had lived, or who had... | |
 | George West Royston Pigott - 1856 - 308 pages
...dream, rare omen, a singular disorder, a distant journey, perpetually disposed the devout polytheist to multiply the articles of his belief and to enlarge the list of his protectors. The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed in peace, their local and respective... | |
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Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually disposed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors. 
