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... worship of the ( Phenicians and Cartha- ginians has been illustrated by ( Movers ) from the ruins of their ancient temples , and from scattered notices in classical writers ; nay , even the religious ideas of the ( Nomads of the ...
... worship of the ( Phenicians and Cartha- ginians has been illustrated by ( Movers ) from the ruins of their ancient temples , and from scattered notices in classical writers ; nay , even the religious ideas of the ( Nomads of the ...
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... worship and mytho- logy , and these too have lately been more carefully collected and explained by ( d'Ohson , Castrèn , and others . In ( America ) the religions of Mexico and Peru ) had long attracted the attention of theologians ...
... worship and mytho- logy , and these too have lately been more carefully collected and explained by ( d'Ohson , Castrèn , and others . In ( America ) the religions of Mexico and Peru ) had long attracted the attention of theologians ...
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... of Rome . There is hardly any religion that has been studied in its sacred literature , and watched in 2 Abel Rémusat , 7 Mélanges , ' p . 162 . its external worship with greater care than the modern religion xvi PREFACE .
... of Rome . There is hardly any religion that has been studied in its sacred literature , and watched in 2 Abel Rémusat , 7 Mélanges , ' p . 162 . its external worship with greater care than the modern religion xvi PREFACE .
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... worship and nothing else . But let us hear one of the mass of the people , a Hindu of ( Benares , who in a lecture delivered before an English and native audience defends his faith and the faith of his forefathers against such sweeping ...
... worship and nothing else . But let us hear one of the mass of the people , a Hindu of ( Benares , who in a lecture delivered before an English and native audience defends his faith and the faith of his forefathers against such sweeping ...
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... worship with the Pheni- cian , Grecian , or Roman idolatry as represented by European writers , and then charge us with poly- theism in the teeth of thousands of texts in the Purânas , declaring in clear and unmistakable terms that ...
... worship with the Pheni- cian , Grecian , or Roman idolatry as represented by European writers , and then charge us with poly- theism in the teeth of thousands of texts in the Purânas , declaring in clear and unmistakable terms that ...
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