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... had long before elevated that VAST LADDER , ( a symbol of the sidereal me- tempsychosis , and an imitation , doubtless , by these romantic Sabian * Herodotus , lib . i . sect . 98 . G devotees , of Jacob's ladder , which he saw in 41.
... had long before elevated that VAST LADDER , ( a symbol of the sidereal me- tempsychosis , and an imitation , doubtless , by these romantic Sabian * Herodotus , lib . i . sect . 98 . G devotees , of Jacob's ladder , which he saw in 41.
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... symbol of perfection ; and gold , being the most pure of metals , was symbolized by the same figure . The moon , being the next orb in apparent purity and bright- ness , was shadowed out by silver , the second in rank of the precious ...
... symbol of perfection ; and gold , being the most pure of metals , was symbolized by the same figure . The moon , being the next orb in apparent purity and bright- ness , was shadowed out by silver , the second in rank of the precious ...
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... symbol was a DOVE or pigeon , which her name in the Syrian language implies , she having been nursed by pigeons , according to their legends ; and that emblem was therefore painted on the standards of the Assyrians , when they went ...
... symbol was a DOVE or pigeon , which her name in the Syrian language implies , she having been nursed by pigeons , according to their legends ; and that emblem was therefore painted on the standards of the Assyrians , when they went ...
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... benefit to a race devoted to agricultural concerns , the symbol of abundance and fertility to an exulting nation , was thought * Selden de Diis Syriis , Syntagma 2 , cap . 7 . I a proper abode for the munificent Semiramis . But there 57.
... benefit to a race devoted to agricultural concerns , the symbol of abundance and fertility to an exulting nation , was thought * Selden de Diis Syriis , Syntagma 2 , cap . 7 . I a proper abode for the munificent Semiramis . But there 57.
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... symbol ; and on the Egyptian sphere of the Barberini family , this portion of it , which the bull Apis occupies , is denominated Statio Veneris , the mansion of Venus Hence , too , it is not impossi- ble , that her very name of ...
... symbol ; and on the Egyptian sphere of the Barberini family , this portion of it , which the bull Apis occupies , is denominated Statio Veneris , the mansion of Venus Hence , too , it is not impossi- ble , that her very name of ...
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Seite 28 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Seite 26 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Seite 66 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Seite 118 - And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Seite 118 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Seite 60 - Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
Seite 117 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Seite 64 - Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words." Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Seite 26 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Seite 68 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.