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... invisible to us , and know all our " thoughts . They are intermediate between gods and men , " their function is to interpret and convey to the gods what “ comes from men , and to men what comes from the gods . All " intercourse and ...
... invisible to us , and know all our " thoughts . They are intermediate between gods and men , " their function is to interpret and convey to the gods what “ comes from men , and to men what comes from the gods . All " intercourse and ...
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... invisible ? it had explored in all directions the present life , why not the future ? it could take knowledge of the distant in space , why not of the distant in time ? did not the evolution manifestly tend to the convergence of all ...
... invisible ? it had explored in all directions the present life , why not the future ? it could take knowledge of the distant in space , why not of the distant in time ? did not the evolution manifestly tend to the convergence of all ...
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... invisible to the spectators present ! ( ουκ επ ' δρωμενον τοις παρουσι θεωρίας ) -- Hence it is is manifest that ... invisible to then . This is a power not yet , so far as I know , attained by any modern Medium . The spirits often ...
... invisible to the spectators present ! ( ουκ επ ' δρωμενον τοις παρουσι θεωρίας ) -- Hence it is is manifest that ... invisible to then . This is a power not yet , so far as I know , attained by any modern Medium . The spirits often ...
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... invisible . " There is not a woman here as at Delphi , but a priest is elected from certain families , and mostly from Miletus , who is informed only of the name and number of those who come to consult the Oracle . He then retires into ...
... invisible . " There is not a woman here as at Delphi , but a priest is elected from certain families , and mostly from Miletus , who is informed only of the name and number of those who come to consult the Oracle . He then retires into ...
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... invisible world , they felt as if they were sacrilegiously tresspassing on hallowed ground , and quieted their consciences , and at the same time honored and placated the spirits , by the due per- formance of sacred rites . Sometimes ...
... invisible world , they felt as if they were sacrilegiously tresspassing on hallowed ground , and quieted their consciences , and at the same time honored and placated the spirits , by the due per- formance of sacred rites . Sometimes ...
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Page 13 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
Page 6 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, "See, this is new"? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Page 3 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 121 - God: they shall dwell in gardens of delight. . . . Reposing on couches adorned with gold and precious stones; sitting opposite to one another thereon. Youths which shall continue in their bloom for ever, shall go round about to attend them, with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine ; their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed...
Page 196 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then you, and I, and all of us, fell down.
Page 8 - Plato, with great propriety, periods of fertility and sterility; for in these periods a fertility or sterility of men, irrational animals, and plants takes place; so that in fertile periods mankind will be both more numerous, and upon the whole superior in mental and bodily endowments, to the men of a barren period. And a similar reasoning must be extended to animals and plants.
Page 43 - Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque, unde refert nobis victor quid possit oriri, quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique quanam sit ratione atque alte terminus haerens. Quare religio pedibus subiecta vicissim obteritur, nos exaequat victoria caelo.
Page 59 - Pythian thus spoke in hexameter verse : " I know the number of the sands, and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb, and hear him that does not speak ; the savor of the hard-shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh of lamb strikes on my senses ; brass is laid beneath it, and brass is put over it.
Page 82 - ... earth, walk in the air ! not for the purpose of display, which was quite foreign to the character of the men; but because whatever they did, elevated, in common with the sun, above the earth, would be more acceptable to that deity. * * * Having bathed, they formed a choral circle, having...