 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of the Supreme Being? They could find no better type of intellect and knowledge than the head of a man ; of strength, than the body of the lion; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird.... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...from nature, bv men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being...could find no better type of intellect and knowledge tb«n the head of the man; of strength, than the body of the lion : of rapidity of motion, thnn the... | |
 | 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...from Nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light of Revealed Religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being?...intellect and knowledge, than the head of the man ; cf strength, than the body of the lion ; of ubiquity, than the wings of the bird. The winged human-beaded... | |
 | 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 730
...from nature by men, who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to borrow their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being ? They could find no betler type of intellect and knowledge than the head of the man ; of strength than the body of the... | |
 | 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...from nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being?...the man ; of strength than the body of the lion ; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird. These winged human-headed lions were not idle creations,... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 620
..."for hours these mysterious emblems, and muse over their intent and history. What more noble forms could have ushered the people into the temple of their...the man ; of strength, than the body of the lion; of rapidity of motion, than the wing of the bird. These winged human-headed lions were not idle creations,... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...from nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being...body of the lion ; of ubiquity, than the wings of the bird. These winged humanheaded lions were not idle creations, the offspring of mere fancy ; their... | |
 | John Cumming - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 190
...from nature by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being?...man — of strength than the body of the lion — of rapidity of motion than the wings of the bird. These winged human-headed lions were not idle creations,... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 638
...from nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being?...man ; of strength, than the body of the lion ; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird. These winged humanheaded lions were not idle creations,... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...from nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light ol' revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being...the man ; of strength, than the body of the lion; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird. These winged humanheaded lions were not idle creations,... | |
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What more noble forms could have ushered the people into the temple of their gods ? What more sublime images could have been borrowed from nature, by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom,... 
