The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures: By Wm HutchinsonF. Jollie, 1795 - 362 pages |
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... druids , when they committed any thing to writing , used the Greek alphabet- and I am bold to assert , the most perfect remains of the druidical rites and ceremonies are preserved in the ceremonials of Masons , that are to be found ...
... druids , when they committed any thing to writing , used the Greek alphabet- and I am bold to assert , the most perfect remains of the druidical rites and ceremonies are preserved in the ceremonials of Masons , that are to be found ...
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... druids were established in Britain before they gained any footing in Gaul : -to quote the authorities for this , would render my work too prolix . To shew how early the maxims and principles of the eastern na- tions might be ...
... druids were established in Britain before they gained any footing in Gaul : -to quote the authorities for this , would render my work too prolix . To shew how early the maxims and principles of the eastern na- tions might be ...
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... druids would at once derive their theological principles and their religious rites - the sacred groves , the unhewn altars , the stone pillars , the consecrated circles , emblematical of eternity , were adopted from the manners of the ...
... druids would at once derive their theological principles and their religious rites - the sacred groves , the unhewn altars , the stone pillars , the consecrated circles , emblematical of eternity , were adopted from the manners of the ...
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... Pythagoras . * From hence it would seem that our druids received their origin in Gaul ; but antiquaries of late years have been of opinion that they originated in Britain , I WILL next observe how far this part of the 26 THE RITES , & c .
... Pythagoras . * From hence it would seem that our druids received their origin in Gaul ; but antiquaries of late years have been of opinion that they originated in Britain , I WILL next observe how far this part of the 26 THE RITES , & c .
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... druids were wont to do . " " PYTHAGORAS lived at Samos , in the reign of Tarquin the Proud , the last King of the Romans , in the year of Rome two hundred and twenty ; or , according to Livy , in the reign of Servius Tullius , in the ...
... druids were wont to do . " " PYTHAGORAS lived at Samos , in the reign of Tarquin the Proud , the last King of the Romans , in the year of Rome two hundred and twenty ; or , according to Livy , in the reign of Servius Tullius , in the ...
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Page 325 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 108 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Page 330 - Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased ; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him.
Page 192 - He that backbiteth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his neighbour, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Page 318 - By geometry, we may curiously trace Nature through her various windings, to her most concealed recesses. By it, we may discover the power, the wisdom and the goodness of the Grand Artificer of the universe, and view with delight the proportions which connect this vast machine.
Page 73 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 75 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 48 - And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Page 72 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 55 - Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end. Nor stay'd ; but, on the wings of cherubim Uplifted, in paternal glory rode Far into Chaos and the world unborn ; For Chaos heard his voice.