Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 1Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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Pàgina 13
... Persian name , which denotes the Persian deity Mithras . Superstitious people , moreover 14 used to write the word Abracadabra , in the PRTABOUKIR - ABRACADABRA . B.
... Persian name , which denotes the Persian deity Mithras . Superstitious people , moreover 14 used to write the word Abracadabra , in the PRTABOUKIR - ABRACADABRA . B.
Pàgina 15
... Persian language ; Bellermann thinks it to be a composition of the Egyp- tian words Abrac and Sax , and renders it " the holy word of bliss , " which reminds us of the Tetragrammaton of the Jews . Different explanations have been ...
... Persian language ; Bellermann thinks it to be a composition of the Egyp- tian words Abrac and Sax , and renders it " the holy word of bliss , " which reminds us of the Tetragrammaton of the Jews . Different explanations have been ...
Pàgina 63
... Persians . It certainly prevailed at an early period all over the East . The Roman ceremony of adoration has been thus described : the devotee , having his head covered , applied his right hand to his lips , the fore finger resting on ...
... Persians . It certainly prevailed at an early period all over the East . The Roman ceremony of adoration has been thus described : the devotee , having his head covered , applied his right hand to his lips , the fore finger resting on ...
Pàgina 64
... Persians adored the sun and fire . The Greeks and Romans adored fire under the name of Vesta . Pliny mentions the adoration of light- ning by gently clapping the hands . The Egyptians adored animals , plants and fishes ; the Arabs ...
... Persians adored the sun and fire . The Greeks and Romans adored fire under the name of Vesta . Pliny mentions the adoration of light- ning by gently clapping the hands . The Egyptians adored animals , plants and fishes ; the Arabs ...
Pàgina 78
... Persians . After they had thrown off the Persian yoke , with the help of Athens , they were again subdued by Darius Пystaspes and , as the Greeks had afforded them re- peated aid , the famous Persian war arose , B.C.500 . They regained ...
... Persians . After they had thrown off the Persian yoke , with the help of Athens , they were again subdued by Darius Пystaspes and , as the Greeks had afforded them re- peated aid , the famous Persian war arose , B.C.500 . They regained ...
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Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Visualització completa - 1849 |
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