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... living and the human from an inward impulse . Man is to himself the centre of the world , and from all the regions of nature life and character reflect themselves back upon him . The perspicuity and figurativeness of writing and of ...
... living and the human from an inward impulse . Man is to himself the centre of the world , and from all the regions of nature life and character reflect themselves back upon him . The perspicuity and figurativeness of writing and of ...
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... living plants and beasts out of the earth , is symbolised in it . He has his dwelling in the depths of the sea ; that is , his slumbering and characteristic strength . There stand his horses ; but , as the monarch of the sea , he ...
... living plants and beasts out of the earth , is symbolised in it . He has his dwelling in the depths of the sea ; that is , his slumbering and characteristic strength . There stand his horses ; but , as the monarch of the sea , he ...
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... living embrace . " The conquest of Mars by Hercules , sung by Hesiod , who represents him as a subterranean power with his helm on his feet , characteristic of the earth - magnetism , says the same thing . Pliny also relates of a statue ...
... living embrace . " The conquest of Mars by Hercules , sung by Hesiod , who represents him as a subterranean power with his helm on his feet , characteristic of the earth - magnetism , says the same thing . Pliny also relates of a statue ...
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... living embrace , held fast a statue of Mars , which was raised into the air . Pausanias also speaks of a splendid seat or throne of iron , which stood near the consecrated sacrificial hearth of Apollo at Delphi . Plutarch , on Isis and ...
... living embrace , held fast a statue of Mars , which was raised into the air . Pausanias also speaks of a splendid seat or throne of iron , which stood near the consecrated sacrificial hearth of Apollo at Delphi . Plutarch , on Isis and ...
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... living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ancient orgies , and founded new ; and thus arose the type of the Dionysos- figures . In the bearded god was recognised the Indian ...
... living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ancient orgies , and founded new ; and thus arose the type of the Dionysos- figures . In the bearded god was recognised the Indian ...
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