A Scriptural and Allegorical Glossary to Milton's Paradise LostAuthoress, 1828 - 282 pages |
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... goddess of hunting . The children gather wood , and the fathers kindle the fire , and the women knead the dough , to make cakes for to the queen of heaven . Jer . vii . 18 . 444 That uxorius King . Solomon , king of Israel , being ...
... goddess of hunting . The children gather wood , and the fathers kindle the fire , and the women knead the dough , to make cakes for to the queen of heaven . Jer . vii . 18 . 444 That uxorius King . Solomon , king of Israel , being ...
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... goddess who held the pomegranate in her hands ; the same as Pomona among the Romans ; and worshipped , after her death , by the Egyptians , under the name of Isis . 468 Damascus . West of Jerusalem . There Cain slew his bro- ther , and ...
... goddess who held the pomegranate in her hands ; the same as Pomona among the Romans ; and worshipped , after her death , by the Egyptians , under the name of Isis . 468 Damascus . West of Jerusalem . There Cain slew his bro- ther , and ...
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... goddess of war ; she prepared the chariot and horses for Mars , when he went to battle . 939 Quench'd in a boggy Syrtis . Sand banks , dangerous in navigation . 943 As when a gryphon . 4 A fabulous , terrible and rapacious bird ; said ...
... goddess of war ; she prepared the chariot and horses for Mars , when he went to battle . 939 Quench'd in a boggy Syrtis . Sand banks , dangerous in navigation . 943 As when a gryphon . 4 A fabulous , terrible and rapacious bird ; said ...
Page 59
... goddesses of the arts and sciences , music and poetry , and are called , by the poets , the daughters of Memory , because it is to that mental endow- ment mankind are indebted for their progress in knowledge . They are represented as ...
... goddesses of the arts and sciences , music and poetry , and are called , by the poets , the daughters of Memory , because it is to that mental endow- ment mankind are indebted for their progress in knowledge . They are represented as ...
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... goddess . She lived on earth , as the poets mention , in the golden age . All men were happy , and all men were good ; the earth brought forth its fruits without the labour of man , and cares , wants , and diseases were unknown ; but ...
... goddess . She lived on earth , as the poets mention , in the golden age . All men were happy , and all men were good ; the earth brought forth its fruits without the labour of man , and cares , wants , and diseases were unknown ; but ...
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