 Almost all the heathen temples were dark. Even in the barbarous temples of the Americans at this day, they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in...  The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Page 132by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 572 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...in the shade of the oldest and most spreading oaks. DEBTOil LAWS. THERE are two capital faults in our law with relation to civil debts. One is, that every... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...in the shade of the oldest and most spreading oaks. DEBTOK LAWS. THERE are two capital faults in our law with relation to civil debts. One is, that every... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 522 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...expression, in their strongest light, by the force of a judfcious obscurity, than Milton. His description of death in the second book is admirably studied... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the Druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the darkest woods, and the shade of the oldest and most spreading oaks. No person seems better to have understood the secret... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 362 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For. this purpose too the Druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...better to have understood the secret of heightening, * Part IV. sect. 14, 15, 16. heightening, or of setting terrible things, if I may use the expression,... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...in the shade of the oldest and most spreading oaks. DEBTOR LAWS. THERE are two capital faults in our law with relation to civil debts. One is, that every... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 446 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...to have understood the secret of heightening, or of * Part IV. Sect- 14, 15, 16setting terrible things, if I may use the expression, in their strongest... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...breath, Ne ought to sec, but like a shade to ween, Unbodied, unsoul'd, unheard, unseen. Thyer. 666. No person seems better to have understood the secret...judicious obscurity, than Milton. His description of Death is admirably studied; it is astonishing with what a gloomy pomp, with what a significant and expressive... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...breath, Ne ought to see, but like a shade to ween, Unbodied, unsoul'd, unheard, unseen. Thyer. 666. No person seems better to have understood the secret...strongest light, by the force of a judicious obscurity, thnn Milton. His description of Death is admirably studied ; it is astonishing with what a gloomy pomp,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 510 pages
...idol in a dark part of the hut, which is consecrated to his worship. For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the...the shade of the oldest and most spreading oaks. No * Part IV. Boct. 14. 13. It). person seems better to have understood the secret of heightening, or... | |
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