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" Think not that they were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy understanding be ever so little exerted, thou must acknowledge... "
The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author - Page 124
by John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807
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Asiatic Researches, Volume 2

Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1801 - 540 pages
...only an exalted object, on the " luflre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled " themfelves a whole week before God, and, if thy *' underftanding...thou muft ." acknowledge thy dependence on the Being fupreme" ly pure." In a ftory of Sadi, near the clofe of his beautiful Bttftan, concerning the idol...
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Works, Volume 3

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 480 pages
...part of his faith ; and he often repeated with. emphafis the verfes of FIRDAUSI on the proftration of CYRUS and his paternal grandfather before the blazing...that element was " only an exalted object, on the luflre of which " they fixed their eyes ; they humbled them" felves a whole week before GOD; and, if...
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An Attempt to Prove the Truth of Christianity: From the Wisdom Displayed in ...

John Penrose - 1808 - 416 pages
...any part of his faith : and he often repeated with emphafis the verfes of Firdaufi on the proftration of Cyrus and his paternal grandfather before the blazing...luftre of which they fixed their eyes : they humbled themfelvea a whole week before God : and if thy underftanding be ever fo little exerted, thou muft...
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The Desatir,or the Sacred Writings of the Ancient Persian Prophets, in the ...

1818 - 642 pages
...the prottration of Cyrus and " his paternal grandfather be fiire the blazing altar; ' Think not (hat they • were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object ' on fhe lustre of which they fixed íheireyesí they humbled themselves 1 a whofe week before God ;' and,...
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Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, Volume 2

Literary Society of Bombay - 1820 - 428 pages
...part of his faith ; and he often rer peated with emphasis the verses of Firdausi, on the prostration of Cyrus and his paternal grandfather before the blazing...for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy...
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Discourses delivered before the Asiatic society: and miscellaneous papers on ...

Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 pages
...any part of his faith; and he often repeated with emphasis the verses of Firdausi on the prostration of Cyrus and his paternal grandfather before the blazing...for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy...
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Elements of the History of Philosophy and Science: From the Earliest ...

Thomas Morell - 1827 - 614 pages
...assertions. In one of these, the following explanation is given of the act of Cyrus, in prostrating himself before the blazing altar : — " Think not, that they...for that element was only an exalted object on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy...
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Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia ...

William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1851 - 568 pages
...thou dost." Again, in another place, Zoroaster himself says, speaking of Cyrus and his grandfather, " Think not that they were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves for a whole week before God ; and if...
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Anacalypsis, an Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis ..., Volume 1

Godfrey Higgins - 1874 - 610 pages
...speaking of the prostration of Cyrus and his paternal grandfather before the blazing altar, says, " Think not that they were " adorers of fire, for that element was only an exalted object, on the " lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a " whole week before God ; and if...
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The Sacred Anthology: A Book of Ethnical Scriptures

Moncure Daniel Conway - 1874 - 496 pages
...the rubbed stick, and man begets the immortals. CLV. The Fire- Worshipper. Think not that our fathers were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object on the lustre F?rd"u"i. of which they fixed their eyes : they humbled themselves before God ; and if thy understanding...
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