False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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Page 19
... lines of the poet , which but hint at the various ex- ploits of this renowned Hero , or Deity of Heathen Mythology , give a small specimen of the extravagant and ridiculous falsehoods with which such history abounds ; by. 19 ...
... lines of the poet , which but hint at the various ex- ploits of this renowned Hero , or Deity of Heathen Mythology , give a small specimen of the extravagant and ridiculous falsehoods with which such history abounds ; by. 19 ...
Page 22
... deities , or invocations to gods and goddesses , such as Venus , Cupid , Mars , Neptune , & c . is not so much to be admired at ; but that sober people , endued with good un- derstanding , especially , professors of a belief in the ...
... deities , or invocations to gods and goddesses , such as Venus , Cupid , Mars , Neptune , & c . is not so much to be admired at ; but that sober people , endued with good un- derstanding , especially , professors of a belief in the ...
Page 23
... deity his particular attributes and functions ; they re- corded the actions of gods and he- roes , and celebrated their praises ; yet so far were many of these ac- tions from meriting praise , that they would have disgraced men . Not ...
... deity his particular attributes and functions ; they re- corded the actions of gods and he- roes , and celebrated their praises ; yet so far were many of these ac- tions from meriting praise , that they would have disgraced men . Not ...
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... deity or imaginary genii , conversant on the earth , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ...
... deity or imaginary genii , conversant on the earth , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ...
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