A Symbolical DictionaryJ. Nisbet and Company, 1842 - 225 pages |
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... Plautus's Mercator , Act II . sec . I .; where , when Demipho hath told his dream about a fair she - goat ( a proper symbol for a Miss ) and comes to consider that he had seen a fair slave he fell in love with , he saith , ver . 29 ...
... Plautus's Mercator , Act II . sec . I .; where , when Demipho hath told his dream about a fair she - goat ( a proper symbol for a Miss ) and comes to consider that he had seen a fair slave he fell in love with , he saith , ver . 29 ...
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... Plautus , * " I eat your discourse with a vast deal of plea- sure ; " and elsewhere , † " that is meat to me which you tell me . " And so to taste signifies to make trial of any thing ; as in the same writer , ‡ " I had a mind to taste ...
... Plautus , * " I eat your discourse with a vast deal of plea- sure ; " and elsewhere , † " that is meat to me which you tell me . " And so to taste signifies to make trial of any thing ; as in the same writer , ‡ " I had a mind to taste ...
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... Plautus , being taken out of the quarry pits , saith , " Lucis das tuendæ copiam , " ( you release me from my slavery . ) † DAY ( as the time of light ) , is the symbol of a time of prosperity . And , on the contrary , NIGHT , ( as ...
... Plautus , being taken out of the quarry pits , saith , " Lucis das tuendæ copiam , " ( you release me from my slavery . ) † DAY ( as the time of light ) , is the symbol of a time of prosperity . And , on the contrary , NIGHT , ( as ...
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... Plautus , ten signifies many . * 0 . OIL . SEE FRUITS OF THE EARTH . P. PALMS . Branches of palm trees are the symbol of joy after a victory , attended with antecedent sufferings . By the Mosaical Law , Lev . xxiii . 40 , they were used ...
... Plautus , ten signifies many . * 0 . OIL . SEE FRUITS OF THE EARTH . P. PALMS . Branches of palm trees are the symbol of joy after a victory , attended with antecedent sufferings . By the Mosaical Law , Lev . xxiii . 40 , they were used ...
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... Plautus alludes , in his saying that he had been at the head of that river : - " Ad caput amnis , quod de cœlo exoritur , sub solio Jovis . " † But with God only is the fountain of life , from whom pro- ceeds a river of pleasures ...
... Plautus alludes , in his saying that he had been at the head of that river : - " Ad caput amnis , quod de cœlo exoritur , sub solio Jovis . " † But with God only is the fountain of life , from whom pro- ceeds a river of pleasures ...
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Page 15 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; but, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them ; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Page 140 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
Page 121 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Page 119 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 180 - And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath...
Page 204 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Page 131 - AND it shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob ; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths : For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 99 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 127 - And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Page 200 - My bowels, my bowels ! I am pained at my very heart ; my heart maketh a noise in me ; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.