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Página 139
... be formed from the returns made to Parliament by the Stamp office , of the
amount of the stamp duties on all fire insurances , which , in the year 1830 , was
ascertained to be £ 776,007 . Now , as the stamps are very high in proportion to
the ...
... be formed from the returns made to Parliament by the Stamp office , of the
amount of the stamp duties on all fire insurances , which , in the year 1830 , was
ascertained to be £ 776,007 . Now , as the stamps are very high in proportion to
the ...
Página 150
The Irish Druids pretended to draw down fire from heaven by means of a crystal
termed Liath Meisicith , the magical stone of speculation ; and this fire they called
Logh Aesar , the essence of , or spiritual fire , and the presence of God . This fire
...
The Irish Druids pretended to draw down fire from heaven by means of a crystal
termed Liath Meisicith , the magical stone of speculation ; and this fire they called
Logh Aesar , the essence of , or spiritual fire , and the presence of God . This fire
...
Página 155
The fires which were lighted on hills were conceived to have a purifying quality ,
and on this account the Irish generally drove their cattle through them . As the
monument at New Grange formed one alteration from the original construction of
...
The fires which were lighted on hills were conceived to have a purifying quality ,
and on this account the Irish generally drove their cattle through them . As the
monument at New Grange formed one alteration from the original construction of
...
Página 311
In the portion taken from Munster the king erected an edifice for the sacred fire , to
which the druids and augurs were annually to repair , on the last day of October ,
in order to consume the sacrifices offered to their deities . No other fire , on that ...
In the portion taken from Munster the king erected an edifice for the sacred fire , to
which the druids and augurs were annually to repair , on the last day of October ,
in order to consume the sacrifices offered to their deities . No other fire , on that ...
Página 312
These edifices , though dignified by such a lofty appellation , seem only to have
been altars raised on mountains , on which the sacred fire was lighted . The one
mentioned as in the portion taken from Munster , was perhaps on the Bladhma ...
These edifices , though dignified by such a lofty appellation , seem only to have
been altars raised on mountains , on which the sacred fire was lighted . The one
mentioned as in the portion taken from Munster , was perhaps on the Bladhma ...
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Página 212 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 150 - And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Página 73 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
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Página 129 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Página 493 - Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Página 52 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Página 150 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Página 111 - ... be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.
Página 150 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.