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Page xxviii
... proper to state , because , without noticing it , we shall be led into mistakes . Astronomers , then , distin- guish between a fixed and intellectual zodiac ; and the moveable and visible zodiac . According to the former , Aries still ...
... proper to state , because , without noticing it , we shall be led into mistakes . Astronomers , then , distin- guish between a fixed and intellectual zodiac ; and the moveable and visible zodiac . According to the former , Aries still ...
Page xlvi
... proper symbol for the sign than the Crab . I must confess , however , that I suspect that there is more ingenuity than truth in the conjec- ture of Macrobius . I have likewise a great suspicion , that the same author has shown more ...
... proper symbol for the sign than the Crab . I must confess , however , that I suspect that there is more ingenuity than truth in the conjec- ture of Macrobius . I have likewise a great suspicion , that the same author has shown more ...
Page lxv
... proper to retract an opinion , that I have given elsewhere , namely , that the sign of Scorpius was repre- sented by a crocodile in the most ancient Egyptian Zodiacs . Both the Scorpion and the Balance are to be found in the Zodiac of ...
... proper to retract an opinion , that I have given elsewhere , namely , that the sign of Scorpius was repre- sented by a crocodile in the most ancient Egyptian Zodiacs . Both the Scorpion and the Balance are to be found in the Zodiac of ...
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... proper to remark , that there is every reason to suppose , that the twelve signs of the zodiac were really painted on the standards of the twelve tribes of Israel . Aben Ezra reports , that accord- ing to the traditions , the figure of ...
... proper to remark , that there is every reason to suppose , that the twelve signs of the zodiac were really painted on the standards of the twelve tribes of Israel . Aben Ezra reports , that accord- ing to the traditions , the figure of ...
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... proper hieroglyphic . We have seen from indubitable evidence , that a horse , and an ass , rising towards the meridian opposite to a sign may kop purely be classed among its paranatellons . When they arrive there at night- full they ...
... proper hieroglyphic . We have seen from indubitable evidence , that a horse , and an ass , rising towards the meridian opposite to a sign may kop purely be classed among its paranatellons . When they arrive there at night- full they ...
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Page 23 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 21 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Page 30 - The archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him and hated him. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.
Page 23 - Let Asher be blessed with children ; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Page 23 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Page 23 - Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Page 6 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 23 - And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Page 118 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page xvii - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.