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... received the mythology merely from Homer and the historic times . But the ground and substance of mythology lie far beyond Homer , whom an- tiquity represents expressively by the phrase of " the wise poet , " and as an old man , who ...
... received the mythology merely from Homer and the historic times . But the ground and substance of mythology lie far beyond Homer , whom an- tiquity represents expressively by the phrase of " the wise poet , " and as an old man , who ...
Side 20
... received the lordship of the subterrane . Like fire , which at first appears as a feeble spark , was Vulcan at his birth . He was weak , ugly , ailing , slow and limping ; but when grown up , and requiring his strength , possessed of a ...
... received the lordship of the subterrane . Like fire , which at first appears as a feeble spark , was Vulcan at his birth . He was weak , ugly , ailing , slow and limping ; but when grown up , and requiring his strength , possessed of a ...
Side 25
... received from nature feeling , and , as it were , a heart in the magnet . What less compulsory than hard iron ? But here it gives way ; assumes manners ; allows itself to be drawn by the magnet ; and while it conquers everything else ...
... received from nature feeling , and , as it were , a heart in the magnet . What less compulsory than hard iron ? But here it gives way ; assumes manners ; allows itself to be drawn by the magnet ; and while it conquers everything else ...
Side 26
... received from Helios in the remotest western regions , in which must have laid a northerly - directed influence , for there Helios sunk in the western sea : ' that this turned constantly to the north while , in fact , magnetism in a ...
... received from Helios in the remotest western regions , in which must have laid a northerly - directed influence , for there Helios sunk in the western sea : ' that this turned constantly to the north while , in fact , magnetism in a ...
Side 32
... received upon a ball , or in a sieve of brass , is easily to be understood . The iron Samothracian wings , which we have mentioned from Lucretius , and which " he saw leap , " were undoubtedly preserved in the temple not without an ...
... received upon a ball , or in a sieve of brass , is easily to be understood . The iron Samothracian wings , which we have mentioned from Lucretius , and which " he saw leap , " were undoubtedly preserved in the temple not without an ...
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Side 523 - History of the House of Austria. From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh to the Death of Leopold II., 1218-1792.
Side 129 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Side 130 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Side 130 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.