Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 12
... pass to the south , and then return again to the north , passing always through the twelve constellations of the zodiac , Aries , Taurus etc. Hence the sun returns , after a year , to the same point in the heavens whence it set out ...
... pass to the south , and then return again to the north , passing always through the twelve constellations of the zodiac , Aries , Taurus etc. Hence the sun returns , after a year , to the same point in the heavens whence it set out ...
Page 21
... pass after death into the state of animals . 21. The second state of punishment is that of the Preittà , and of these there are various species . Some there are , who live upon spittle , ordure and other filth , and inhabit the common ...
... pass after death into the state of animals . 21. The second state of punishment is that of the Preittà , and of these there are various species . Some there are , who live upon spittle , ordure and other filth , and inhabit the common ...
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... passes from the age of the sun to that of the moon ; and when he enters the twenty - second , he is said to pass into the age of Mars . Now if any one desires to know how he will succeed in an affair , as for example if he will meet ...
... passes from the age of the sun to that of the moon ; and when he enters the twenty - second , he is said to pass into the age of Mars . Now if any one desires to know how he will succeed in an affair , as for example if he will meet ...
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