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Page 45
... serpent , Python . 539 Others with vast Typhoean rage more fell , Typhoeus , one of the rebel giants that warred against heaven . It is said , that Jupiter put him to flight with his thunderbolts , and crushed him under Mount Etna , in ...
... serpent , Python . 539 Others with vast Typhoean rage more fell , Typhoeus , one of the rebel giants that warred against heaven . It is said , that Jupiter put him to flight with his thunderbolts , and crushed him under Mount Etna , in ...
Page 50
... serpent , the great dragon ; but , formidable as his violence , or artful and potent as the confederacy of infernal spirits may be , here is a victory gained over him , which calls for the congratulation of all the armies of the Lord ...
... serpent , the great dragon ; but , formidable as his violence , or artful and potent as the confederacy of infernal spirits may be , here is a victory gained over him , which calls for the congratulation of all the armies of the Lord ...
Page 51
... serpents to death in his cradle ; or , from Esculapius , whom they worshipped under the form of a serpent . Here it means the dragon , a northern constella- tion , which astronomers call Hercules , Esculapius , and Serpentarius . 716 ...
... serpents to death in his cradle ; or , from Esculapius , whom they worshipped under the form of a serpent . Here it means the dragon , a northern constella- tion , which astronomers call Hercules , Esculapius , and Serpentarius . 716 ...
Page 58
... serpent bit her foot , and she died of the wound ; her loss was severely felt by Orpheus , and he resolved to recover her , or perish in the attempt . With his lyre in his hand , he gained admission into the palace of Pluto , who was ...
... serpent bit her foot , and she died of the wound ; her loss was severely felt by Orpheus , and he resolved to recover her , or perish in the attempt . With his lyre in his hand , he gained admission into the palace of Pluto , who was ...
Page 93
... serpent , the great dragon ; but , formidable as his violence , or artful and potent as the confederacy of infernal spirits may be , here is a victory gained over him , which calls for the congratulation of all the armies of the Lord ...
... serpent , the great dragon ; but , formidable as his violence , or artful and potent as the confederacy of infernal spirits may be , here is a victory gained over him , which calls for the congratulation of all the armies of the Lord ...
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