Sentences with phrase «such ancient evils»

Small in number, they were big in commitment... they brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest...

Not exact matches

He concludes that more attention to the Bible did not necessarily mean more virtuous action; that personal engagement with the Bible did result in self - sacrificing service, but also in divisive hubris, mistaken interpretations (such as the identification of America with ancient Israel), and blindness to social evils; and that Protestant spiritual individualism undercut corrupt hierarchies and supported democracy, but also promoted political excesses and violent anti-Catholicism.

In 1850, in In Memoriam, Tennyson expressed perplexity about the ancient earth and evolution, before On the Origin of Species was published in 1859: «Are God and Nature then at strife, / That Nature lends such evil dreams?»

World folklore is littered with references to its ability to protect us, such as in ancient Greece, where mid-wives hung cloves on the windows to ward off evil spirits during childbirth.

From here on the game crams as many cliches in as possible, including such favorites as the ancient power that risks being abused by the evil sorceress Rilix (likely relation to estrogen - powered pop rock outfit Lillix), who just so happens to be chancellor of the nearby kingdom, controlling the mind of its king.

But, in the midst of such conflict, an ancient evil has stirred that has seen Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, return to Tamriel.

Her luminous, colorful images employ ancient forms, such as the ogee (back - to - back S - curves representing breasts), the mandorla (a pointed, upright, ovular form representing the vagina), and the lingam (a phallic representation of the energy of Shiva, the Hindu deity of transformation and the destruction of evil).