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" So that it was no marvel (the manner of antiquity being to consecrate inventors) that the Egyptians had so few human idols in their temples, 'but almost all brute : Omnigenumque Deum monstra, et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum, et Venerem, contraque... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 129
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...etflore comantem Purpureo ; non ilia feris incognita caprisf Gramina cum tergo volucres h<zsere sagittee. So that it was no marvel, the manner of antiquity...their temples, but almost all brute; Omnigenumque Deum monstra,et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum, et Venerem,contraque Minervam, etc. And if you like better...
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Bibliotheca Classica Latina sive Collectio Auctorum Classicorum ..., Volume 128

1819 - 526 pages
...prospieit, aut cogitât. Sequitur forte Virgilius famam aliqnam , duoï earn angues sibi admovisse. 3o. Omnigenumque deum monstra, et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum, et Venerem, contraque Minervam Tela tenent : SÍEVÍÍ medio in certamine Mavors 70» Caelatus ferro, tristesque ex aethere Dirae;...
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P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolicorum Eclogæ Decem: The Bucolicks of Virgil, with ...

Virgil - Pastoral poetry, English - 1820 - 456 pages
...rubescunt. Regina in mediis patrio vocat agmina sistro : Necdum etiam gerainos a tergo respicit angues. Omnigenumque Deum monstra, et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum et Venerem contraque Minervam Tela tenent: ssevit medio in certamine Mavors Caelatus ferro, tristesque ex eethere Dirse ; Et scissa...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1842 - 614 pages
...benefactors of the human species. " It was no marvel," says Bacon, in the " Advancement of Learning," " the manner of antiquity being to consecrate inventors,...human idols in their temples, but almost all brute." In the opinion of the same writer, the invention of arts and sciences is more justly to be ascribed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...refer them rather to Beasts, Birds, and Fishes, and Serpents, than to Men. So that it was no marvaile (the manner of antiquity being to consecrate Inventors)...human idols in their temples, but almost all brute. Who taught the Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...refer them rather to Beasts, Birds, and Fishes, and Serpents, than to Men. So that it was no marvaile (the manner of antiquity being to consecrate Inventors)...human idols in their temples, but almost all brute. Who taught the Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...refer them rather to Beasts, Birds, and Fishes, and Serpents, than to Men. So that it was no marvaile (the manner of antiquity being to consecrate Inventors)...human idols in their temples, but almost all brute. Who taught the raven in a drought to throw pebbles into a hollow tree when she spied water, that the...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...refer them rather to Beasts, Birds, and Fishes, and Serpents, than to Men. So that it was no marvaile (the manner of antiquity being to consecrate Inventors)...human idols in their temples, but almost all brute. Who taught the raven in a drought to throw pebbles into a hollow tree when she spied water, that the...
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Publii Virgilii Maronis opera

Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1824 - 496 pages
...rubescunt. Regina in mediis patrio vocat agmina sistro ; Necdum etiam geminos a tergo respicit anguis. Omnigenumque deum monstra, et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum et Venerem contraque Minervam Tela tenent. Saevit medio in certamine Mavors Caelatus ferro, tristesque ex aethere Dirae ; Et scissa...
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Bibliothèque Latine-Française, Volume 143

1834 - 498 pages
...rubescunt. Regina in mediis patrio vocal agmina sistro, Necdum etiam geminos a tergo respicit angues. Omnigenumque deum monstra, et latrator Anubis, Contra Neptunum et Venerem , contraque Minervam ïela tenent : saevil medio in certamine Mavors Caelatus feiro, tristesque ex œthere dirœ, Et scissa...
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