 | 1854 - 618 sider
...discoursing on trees, and feel shocked at the idolatry of the primitive naturalist, as he tells us that "in old times trees were the very temples of the gods ;" and further asserts, that " verily we ourselves adore not with more reverence and devotion the stately... | |
 | 1854 - 614 sider
...coursing on trees, and feel shocked at the idolatry of the primitive naturalist, as he tells ui that "in old times trees were the very temples of the gods ;" and further asserts, that " verily we ourselves adore not with more reverence and devotion the stately... | |
 | Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi - 1902 - 418 sider
...of his statements.5 On the subject of the reverence paid to trees, Pliny says : — " In old time, trees were the very temples of the gods : and according...other, the goodliest and fairest Trees that they can meet withall First and foremost, the ancient ceremony of dedicating this and that kind of Tree to several... | |
 | Albert Charles Seward - 1911 - 160 sider
...regard to the duration of life. As a seventeenth-century translator of Pliny's Natural History writes, ' In old times trees were the very temples of the gods : and according to that antient manner, the plaine and simple peasants of the country, savouring still of antiquity, do at... | |
 | Pradyot Kumar Maity - 1989 - 256 sider
...been associated with one or other deity is explained by Pliny who writes: "In old times, trees were very temples of the gods; and according to that ancient...manner, the plain and simple peasants of the country . . . do at this day consecrate to one god or other, the goodliest and fairest trees that they can... | |
 | Hui-Lin Li - 1996 - 292 sider
...cemeteries, as memorials. Later on in Roman days, Pliny observes, "In old times trees were the very temple of the gods; and, according to that ancient manner,...do at this day consecrate to one god or other the godliest and fairest trees that they can meet withall; and verily, we ourselves adore, not with more... | |
 | 164 sider
...regard to the duration of life. As a seventeenth-century translator of Pliny's Natural History writes, ' In old times trees were the very temples of the gods : and according to that antient manner, the plaine and simple peasants of the country, savouring still of antiquity, do at... | |
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In old times trees were the very temples of the gods ; and, according to that ancient manner, the plain and simple peasants of the country, savouring still of antiquity, do at this day consecrate to one god or other the goodliest and fairest trees that... 