Baal Durotrigensis. A dissertation on the antient colossal figure at Cerne, Dorsetshire; and an attempt to illustrate the distinction between the primal Celtæ and the Celto-Belgæ of Britain: with observations on the worship of the serpent and that of the sun1842 |
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Seite 23 - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Seite 49 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Seite 44 - And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau ; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
Seite 34 - Patrick do, but he comes behind the great heavy lid of the chest, and, putting his two hands to it, down he slaps it, with a bang like thunder. When the rogue of a sarpint saw the lid coming down, in went his tail, like a shot, for fear of being whipped off him, and Saint Patrick began at once to boult the nine iron boults.
Seite 34 - ... chest made with nine boults upon it. " So one fine morning, he takes a walk to where the sarpint used to keep ; and the sarpint, who didn't like the saint in the least, and small blame to him for that, began to hiss and show his teeth at him like any thing.
Seite 29 - Deity, to distinguish him from Aroeris, the brother of Osiris, who was styled the Elder Horus. He was supposed to have come into the world soon after the birth of his parents, and on the death of Osiris to have stood forth as the avenger of his father ; defeating Typho in several battles, and enabling Isis to thwart his evil intentions. It was probably in consequence of his victories over the enemy of mankind, that he was so often identified with Apollo ; the story of whose combat with the serpent...
Seite 34 - Patrick out of the gallon of porter; so, swelling himself up as big as he could, in he got to the chest, all but a little bit of his tail.
Seite 34 - Patrick had druve all the rest of the sarpints into the sea, he meant no harm to himself; so the sarpint walks fair and easy up to see him and the house he was speaking about. But when the sarpint saw the nine great boults upon the chest he thought he was sould (betrayed), and was making off with himself as fast as ever he could. * 'Tis a nice warm house you see,' says Saint Patrick, ' and 'tis a good friend I am to you.
Seite 33 - THE LAST OF THE IRISH SERPENTS. SURE everybody has heard tell of the blessed St. Patrick, and how he druve the sarpints and all manner of venomous things out of Ireland ; how he " bothered all the varmint
Seite 34 - to be sure I will, by all manner of means ; but, you see, I haven't time now, so you must wait till to-morrow...