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Common terms and phrasesallusions ancient beautiful believe Bombay Brahmans called ceremonies Ceres Christian church cleft Colchis common connected connexion curious deemed deity described early Egypt Egyptian Eleusis England engraved extensively fables faith fancied farther feeling given Gnostic goddess Greece Greek Habesh half head hill Hindu Hinduisms holy India Indra Kala Kali Kalic Kaliya King Koran Krishna language legends letters Linga Lingaic Mahommedan Mahratta means mentioned mountains mysterious mystical mythological names of places native Neptune noticed observed occasion occur origin pagan papal Parvati patra Pausanias perhaps persons pious Plate poetical preceding priests probably reader recollect reference regions religion river Rome sacred saint Sanskrit seal seen Seringapatam similar Siva sometimes sound stone Suffolk superstition supposed symbol temple things Thiva tion town traced tree triliteral trisula Venus village Virgin Vishnu volume word write written Yamuna Popular passagesPage 270 - Yet mark'dI where the bolt of CUPID fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound. Fetch me that flower— —and be thou here again, Ere the Leviathan can swim a league. Page 97 - that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the other sacraments; that the forgiveness of all sins was to be obtained by it from GOD without the merits of JESUS CHRIST; that the old law of CHRIST was soon to be abolished ; and that a new law enjoining the baptism of blood Page 88 - Patron Saints assumed the offices of Household Gods. ST. GEORGE took the place of MARS. ST. ELMO consoled the mariner for the loss of CASTOR and POLLUX. The Virgin Mother and CECILIA succeeded to VENUS and the Muses. The Page 310 - driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give his kine fodder. Page 430 - HE knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come. His throne is extended over heaven and earth; and the preservation of both is no burthen to him. HE is the Page 246 - The Curtian lake, and the Ruminal fig-tree in the forum, having been touched by lightning, were held sacred; and the memory of the accident was preserved by a puteal, or altar, resembling the mouth of a well, with a little chapel covering the cavity supposed to be made by the thunderbolt. Page 430 - living, the selfsubsisting. Neither slumber nor sleep seizeth Him. To Him belongeth whatever is in heaven and on earth. HE knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come. His throne is extended over Page 119 - they believe him !—Oh! the lover may Distrust the look which steals his soul away; The babe may cease to think that it can play With heaven's rainbow;—alchymists may doubt The shining gold their Page 174 - with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression ? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Page 113 - Airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove attune The trembling leaves; while universal PAN, Knit with the References from web pagesCrishna's Contributions Bibliographic information
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