Revelations of Egyptian Mysteries and Allegories of the Greek Lyric Poets Clearly Interpreted: History of the Works of Nature, with a Discourse on Health, According with the Wisdom of the AncientsColburn, 1850 - 284 pages |
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... Fire ; the Allegory of Pandora ; and the Punishment of Prometheus . 123 . CHAPTER V. Of the War of the Titans . 144 . CHAPTER VI . Of the War of Jove and Typhoeus , of its Renewal , and of the War of Michael and the Dragon . 154 ...
... Fire ; the Allegory of Pandora ; and the Punishment of Prometheus . 123 . CHAPTER V. Of the War of the Titans . 144 . CHAPTER VI . Of the War of Jove and Typhoeus , of its Renewal , and of the War of Michael and the Dragon . 154 ...
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... fire , its lightest part ; of air , which comes next in density and weight ; then water , and lastly , of earth , its solid , and heaviest matter . The atmosphere is constituted of earth and water , existing in the æriform state . The ...
... fire , its lightest part ; of air , which comes next in density and weight ; then water , and lastly , of earth , its solid , and heaviest matter . The atmosphere is constituted of earth and water , existing in the æriform state . The ...
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... fire , at great depth beneath the surface of the earth , is caused to expand enormously , and in a melted state to run out in great torrents , and to flow like water over the surrounding land , clouds of ashes and vast quantities of ...
... fire , at great depth beneath the surface of the earth , is caused to expand enormously , and in a melted state to run out in great torrents , and to flow like water over the surrounding land , clouds of ashes and vast quantities of ...
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... fire ; and on account of the luxuriant vegetation which rioted on the debris of the stone of those regions , the former has been , by the ancients , named the Cam- pania Felice , or Happy Fields . Between Naples and Cumea , in the space ...
... fire ; and on account of the luxuriant vegetation which rioted on the debris of the stone of those regions , the former has been , by the ancients , named the Cam- pania Felice , or Happy Fields . Between Naples and Cumea , in the space ...
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... fire of this volcano has evidently ex- tended itself to all the stone about Edinburgh . The hills in the north of England present volcanic hol- lows ; such also may be observed in other parts : the valley in which Bath stands ...
... fire of this volcano has evidently ex- tended itself to all the stone about Edinburgh . The hills in the north of England present volcanic hol- lows ; such also may be observed in other parts : the valley in which Bath stands ...
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Page 162 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Page 138 - I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls...
Page 175 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; We have waited for him, and he will save us: This is the Lord ; we have waited for him , We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Page 92 - And immediately I was in the Spirit ; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne : and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 161 - And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 106 - And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Page 162 - FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: And the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 147 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 162 - But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 14 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.