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writer in the JSTotes and Queries has suggested that this drink is no less than Spartan .. broth , which was said to sharpen greatly the appetite . This idea we think extremely improbable : but whether or no , this " black bitterish drink" is very pleasant , whether sipped with
the addition of a petit verre in Paris , after an evening stroll in the Champs Ely sees , or quaffed in London , less rich , less black , less bitter , and white with milk and cream . We consider ourselves connoisseurs of coffee , and would recommend our country friends , who love peace and privacy , to sip their coffee at Groom ' s , confectioners , near Temple-bar , if they can get attended to (?) ; or if they are fond
of wandering in restaurant and cafe land , which surrounds Leicestersquare , they may obtain a good cup of coffee at Newton's Hotel ,
which still bears the name of the fashionable and eccentric Bertolini . Monsieur B . and his daughters have given up cantering on splendid steeds in Hyde Park , and have retired with a large and honestly gained fortune to their native land , in the sunny south . Thus much by way of gossip .
Voices From Dead Nations. By Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, F.S.A., Ph.D.
VOICES EROM DEALT NATIONS . BY KENJSTETH R . H . MACKENZIE , F . SA ., Ph . D .
EGYPT AND THE HOPELESS AGE . c & Zev ( 3 a < Ji \ ev ttjq X ^ tttot ^ toq t & v ( ppevwv . Aristoph . Ne ^ eXai , 158 .
CHAPTER I .
In the consideration of the history of the ancient world , it will be seen that , as has been indicated in the introductory chapter , its distinctive feature is the realization of the idea of religion as a practical guide through the troubles and mysteries of life , and the
gradual progressive development of worship from being a mere act of fear , or dull compliance with custom , in the Eetichistic and Polytheistic dispensation , to becoming a voluntary and habitual act of love in the Monotheistic condition . It must of course be remembered , that I speak of Monotheism , as of the two other religious developments , in its normal and healthy state , before it declined
into , what I fear is the case with too many at the present day , mere monotonous lip-worship of the Eternal , with real devotion only at the golden shrines of that other master , Mammon . In England , such an age of true worship expired so soon as Cromwell had become successful . Great and glorious , honest and Q-od-fearing acts , were done by the Parliamentary party while the struggle against a vile tyranny , both religious and social , was proceeding ; but Puritanism ,
having performed its work , as soon as successful became divided against itself , fell for ages into obscurity , and even now , resuscitated
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writer in the JSTotes and Queries has suggested that this drink is no less than Spartan .. broth , which was said to sharpen greatly the appetite . This idea we think extremely improbable : but whether or no , this " black bitterish drink" is very pleasant , whether sipped with
the addition of a petit verre in Paris , after an evening stroll in the Champs Ely sees , or quaffed in London , less rich , less black , less bitter , and white with milk and cream . We consider ourselves connoisseurs of coffee , and would recommend our country friends , who love peace and privacy , to sip their coffee at Groom ' s , confectioners , near Temple-bar , if they can get attended to (?) ; or if they are fond
of wandering in restaurant and cafe land , which surrounds Leicestersquare , they may obtain a good cup of coffee at Newton's Hotel ,
which still bears the name of the fashionable and eccentric Bertolini . Monsieur B . and his daughters have given up cantering on splendid steeds in Hyde Park , and have retired with a large and honestly gained fortune to their native land , in the sunny south . Thus much by way of gossip .
Voices From Dead Nations. By Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, F.S.A., Ph.D.
VOICES EROM DEALT NATIONS . BY KENJSTETH R . H . MACKENZIE , F . SA ., Ph . D .
EGYPT AND THE HOPELESS AGE . c & Zev ( 3 a < Ji \ ev ttjq X ^ tttot ^ toq t & v ( ppevwv . Aristoph . Ne ^ eXai , 158 .
CHAPTER I .
In the consideration of the history of the ancient world , it will be seen that , as has been indicated in the introductory chapter , its distinctive feature is the realization of the idea of religion as a practical guide through the troubles and mysteries of life , and the
gradual progressive development of worship from being a mere act of fear , or dull compliance with custom , in the Eetichistic and Polytheistic dispensation , to becoming a voluntary and habitual act of love in the Monotheistic condition . It must of course be remembered , that I speak of Monotheism , as of the two other religious developments , in its normal and healthy state , before it declined
into , what I fear is the case with too many at the present day , mere monotonous lip-worship of the Eternal , with real devotion only at the golden shrines of that other master , Mammon . In England , such an age of true worship expired so soon as Cromwell had become successful . Great and glorious , honest and Q-od-fearing acts , were done by the Parliamentary party while the struggle against a vile tyranny , both religious and social , was proceeding ; but Puritanism ,
having performed its work , as soon as successful became divided against itself , fell for ages into obscurity , and even now , resuscitated