Abstract of Four Lectures on Buddhist Literature in China: Delivered at University College, LondonTrübner & Company, 1882 - 185 pages |
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... societies ; the country was covered with temples and pagodas ; and thousands , stirred by this new impulse , sought to find out in the solitude of the hermit's cell the secret of the unrest that had seized them . The Buddhists of India ...
... societies ; the country was covered with temples and pagodas ; and thousands , stirred by this new impulse , sought to find out in the solitude of the hermit's cell the secret of the unrest that had seized them . The Buddhists of India ...
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... society of men friendly towards each other , holding marriage in no esteem , but yet not absolutely against it . 2. They hold riches in great contempt . is maintained in a very admirable manner . private property . Community of goods No ...
... society of men friendly towards each other , holding marriage in no esteem , but yet not absolutely against it . 2. They hold riches in great contempt . is maintained in a very admirable manner . private property . Community of goods No ...
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... society . 11. They are most exact and just in the administration of justice , never giving sentence but when there are at least a hundred present . 12. They distinguish themselves from all other Jews by abstaining from all manner of ...
... society . 11. They are most exact and just in the administration of justice , never giving sentence but when there are at least a hundred present . 12. They distinguish themselves from all other Jews by abstaining from all manner of ...
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... society . 5. They live together in sodalities , eating and drinking at the same common table ; so they there provide entertainment for any of the fraternity who shall come thither to them from any other place . Again Philo , speaking of ...
... society . 5. They live together in sodalities , eating and drinking at the same common table ; so they there provide entertainment for any of the fraternity who shall come thither to them from any other place . Again Philo , speaking of ...
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... society ; that they sit down in order and without noise ; that they have no wine or flesh , but only water and bread , salt and hyssop . Pliny's account of this sect is simply in confirmation of their temperance and chastity . Prideaux ...
... society ; that they sit down in order and without noise ; that they have no wine or flesh , but only water and bread , salt and hyssop . Pliny's account of this sect is simply in confirmation of their temperance and chastity . Prideaux ...
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