Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent... A succinct account of all the religions, and various sects in religion, that ... - Page 71 de William Heckford - 1791 Affichage du livre entier -
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