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... Greece ; but the fair Medora pays her devotions to Osiris and Isis ; and she would have become a priestess at Philæ , where her brother serves in the great temple , and where she was brought up in A TALE OF THE EARLY CHURCH . 19.
... Greece ; but the fair Medora pays her devotions to Osiris and Isis ; and she would have become a priestess at Philæ , where her brother serves in the great temple , and where she was brought up in A TALE OF THE EARLY CHURCH . 19.
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... Osiris and the benignant Isis , the goddess to whose worship she was especially devoted . Alypius ' natural disposition was hardly less compassionate and averse to cruelty than Medora's ; but the creed which he professed , and the ...
... Osiris and the benignant Isis , the goddess to whose worship she was especially devoted . Alypius ' natural disposition was hardly less compassionate and averse to cruelty than Medora's ; but the creed which he professed , and the ...
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... Osiris and Isis , and to the moon as a type of the goddess , her religion is at least as pure and elevated as that which Rome inculcates . Nothing mean or degrading could find an entrance into the soul that dwells in that lovely shrine ...
... Osiris and Isis , and to the moon as a type of the goddess , her religion is at least as pure and elevated as that which Rome inculcates . Nothing mean or degrading could find an entrance into the soul that dwells in that lovely shrine ...
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... Osiris , in the form of a mummy , and about three feet in length . This image was carried slowly round the tables , and presented to the gaze of each guest separately , as a warning that in the midst of life and enjoyment death was ever ...
... Osiris , in the form of a mummy , and about three feet in length . This image was carried slowly round the tables , and presented to the gaze of each guest separately , as a warning that in the midst of life and enjoyment death was ever ...
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... Osiris and Isis , and all their countless train of inferior deities , were indeed tottering on their thrones ; but they still found a stronghold in the Isle of Philæ , and they still had many worshippers in all the towns of Egypt . It ...
... Osiris and Isis , and all their countless train of inferior deities , were indeed tottering on their thrones ; but they still found a stronghold in the Isle of Philæ , and they still had many worshippers in all the towns of Egypt . It ...
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