 VVe must not be surprised at finding, on a close examination, that the characters of all the pagan deities, male and female, melt into each other, and at last into one or two ; for it seems a well-founded opinion that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses,...  The Classical Journal - Página 3041813Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1823 - 872 páginas
...well-founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and likewise in Hindostán, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the sun, e.\pressed in a variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names." Nor is it only in Greece, Rome,... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1824 - 356 páginas
...well founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses In ancient Rome, and modern Varanes, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those...variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names. Thus ha^e I attempted to trace, imperfectly at present for want of ampler materials, but with a 122... | |
 | John Tanner, Edwin James - 1830 - 434 páginas
...goddesses of ancient Rome, the modern Vdritnes of the east, and Mani-toag of the west, mean, originally, only the powers of nature, and principally those of...the sun, expressed in a variety of ways, and by a number of fanciful names. (Asiatic Researches, Vol. I. p. 867, Lond. ed.) The resemblance between the... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 páginas
...opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and modern Varanes (Benares), mean only the powers of Nature, and principally those...variety of ways and by a multitude of fanciful names. "f But this opinion has evidently proceeded from not distinguishing between two circumstances of a... | |
 | 1850 - 574 páginas
...opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Komo and modern Savanes, mean only tho powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun,...variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names,' — Page 50. Thus, we see, (says Higgins) there is in fact an end of all the multitude of heathen gods... | |
 | Ephraim George Squier - 1851 - 278 páginas
...well-founded opinion that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses, in ancient Rome and modern Varanes, mean only the Powers of Nature, and principally those...variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names." * * "On the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India," Works, vol. vi., p. 273. The nations of the East, says... | |
 | James Prinsep - 1858 - 600 páginas
...opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses, in ancient Eome and modern Varanes (Benares), mean only the powers of nature, and principally those...variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names.'' The kind of radiated ' coma' which surrounds the head-dress of Vasu Deva in our coin (fig. 6, plate... | |
 | James Prinsep - 1858 - 554 páginas
...opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses, in ancient Koine and modern Varanes (Benares), mean only the powers of nature, and principally those...variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names.' ' The kind of radiated ' coma ' which surrounds the head-dress of Vasu Deva in our coin (fig. 6, plate... | |
 | William Ward - 1815 - 544 páginas
...well-founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and modern Vandres, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those...variety of ways, and by a, multitude of fanciful names.' Sir W. Jones.—' Nature herself, and its plastic powers, originating solely in the sovereign energies... | |
 | Morgan Peter Kavanagh - 1871 - 480 páginas
...well-founded opinion that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses, in ancient Rome and modern Varanes, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those...variety of ways and by a multitude of fanciful names 8." I beg to refer the reader to the work from which the above extract is taken, for other opinions... | |
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