Secret Societies of the Middle AgesCharles Knight & Company, 1837 - 408 páginas |
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... favour by casting the mantle of mystery over his doctrines . He thus at once inspired the people with awe for them , and the nobles with zeal to become initiated in his secrets . The most perfect success , we are told , attended the ...
... favour by casting the mantle of mystery over his doctrines . He thus at once inspired the people with awe for them , and the nobles with zeal to become initiated in his secrets . The most perfect success , we are told , attended the ...
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... favour . It was the pride and the policy of Ardeshir to restore the ancient religion to the dignity which it had enjoyed under the descendants of Cyrus , and Religion , in return , lent her powerful aid to his plans of restoring the ...
... favour . It was the pride and the policy of Ardeshir to restore the ancient religion to the dignity which it had enjoyed under the descendants of Cyrus , and Religion , in return , lent her powerful aid to his plans of restoring the ...
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... favour of the established religion and government , he resolved to communicate his doctrines gradually , and he fixed on the mystic number seven as that of the degrees through which his disciples should pass to the grand revelation of ...
... favour of the established religion and government , he resolved to communicate his doctrines gradually , and he fixed on the mystic number seven as that of the degrees through which his disciples should pass to the grand revelation of ...
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... favour which I had enjoyed for so many years were near going into dust and being annihilated ; for at last his malignity broke out on a sudden , and the effects of his jealousy showed themselves in the most terrible manner in his ...
... favour which I had enjoyed for so many years were near going into dust and being annihilated ; for at last his malignity broke out on a sudden , and the effects of his jealousy showed themselves in the most terrible manner in his ...
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... favour of the monarch , we find him leaving the court in ' disgrace and vowing revenge on the sultan and his minister . This circumstance is left unexplained by the Ornament of the Realm , who however acknow- ledges , with great naïveté ...
... favour of the monarch , we find him leaving the court in ' disgrace and vowing revenge on the sultan and his minister . This circumstance is left unexplained by the Ornament of the Realm , who however acknow- ledges , with great naïveté ...
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Página 196 - Not to us, O Lord, not to us : but to thy name give glory.
Página 172 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 163 - From his Haram of night-flowers stealing away ; And the wind, full of wantonness, woos like a lover The young aspen-trees, till they tremble all over. When the East is as warm as the light of first hopes, And Day, with his banner of radiance unfurled, Shines in through the mountainous portal* that opes, Sublime, from that Valley of bliss to the world...
Página 164 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Página 73 - In order that none without his license might find their way into this delicious valley, he caused a strong and inexpugnable castle to be erected at the opening of it ; through which the entry was by a secret passage.
Página 74 - And then before the whole court who listened to them with eager curiosity and astonishment, they gave a circumstantial account of the scenes to which they had been witnesses. The chief thereupon addressing them said: "We have the assurances of our prophet that he who defends his lord shall inherit Paradise, and if you show yourselves devoted to the obedience of my orders, that happy lot awaits you.
Página 73 - Upon awakening from this state of lethargy, their senses were struck with all the delightful objects that have been described, and each perceived himself surrounded by lovely damsels, singing, playing, and attracting his regards by the most fascinating caresses, serving him also with delicate viands and exquisite wines; until intoxicated with excess of enjoyment amidst actual rivulets of milk and wine, he believed himself assuredly in Paradise, and felt an unwillingness to relinquish its delights.
Página 349 - Fehms, from wife and child, from father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and wind, from all that the sun shines on and the rain covers, from all that is between sky and ground, especially from the man who knows the law...
Página 73 - ... viands and exquisite wines; until intoxicated with excess of enjoyment amidst actual rivulets of milk and wine, he believed himself assuredly in Paradise, and felt an unwillingness to relinquish its delights. When four or five days had thus been passed, they were thrown once more into a state of somnolency, and carried out of the garden.