 | 1796 - 800 sidor
...Cyclops and Satyrs, of men with eyes in their breads, of men with the heads of dogs, and of animals with the head of a man and the body of a lion, are not fabulous; and that Egypt was anciently governed and iiiftrucled by Daemons. But we cannot devote... | |
 | 1834 - 576 sidor
...fire, and were talismans. He saw the animal martichoras, (mentioned four centuries before hy Ctesias,) with the head of a man and the body of a lion, fountains of golden water, men who dwelt below the ground, griffins, the phccnix, the precious stone... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1837 - 460 sidor
...Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure, representative of the king, and may be considered, when with the head of a man and the body of a lion, as the union of intellect and phyNo. 330. Monsters, in the paintings of Belli Hassan and Thebes. sical... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 528 sidor
...amongst fabulous animals must be conceded to the Sphinx. It was of three kinds, — the Andro-Sphinx, with the head of a man and the body of a lion, denoting...the union of intellectual and physical power; the Crio- Sphinx, with the head of a ram and the body of a lion; and the Hieraco-Sphinx, with the same... | |
 | 1842 - 544 sidor
...animals, the sphinx is certainly the most extraordinary. There are three kinds — the Andro-sphinx, with the head of a man and the body of a lion ; the Krio-sphinx, with the head of a ram and the body of a lion ; and the Hawk-sphinx, with the same... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 462 sidor
...like fire, and acted as talismans upon those who were not initiated in magic. He saw a fearful animal with the head of a man and the body of a lion, with a tail from which bristles grew of the length of a cubit, all as sharp as prickles, which it shot... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847 - 444 sidor
...Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure, representative of the king, and may be considered, when with the head of a man and the body of a lion, as the union of intellect and phyNo. 330. Monsters, in the paintings of Beni Hassan and Thebes. sical... | |
 | sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1854 - 456 sidor
...Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure, representative of the king, and may be considered, when with the head of a man and the body of a lion, as the union of intellect and physical force ; it is therefore scarcely necessary to observe that it... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1854 - 444 sidor
...Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure, representative of the king, and may be considered, when with the head of a man and the body of a lion, as the union of intellect and physical force ; it is therefore scarcely necessary to observe that it... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1859 - 276 sidor
...about the shape and meaning of the ancient sphinx. It was in Egypt of three kinds : ' the andro-sphinx, with the head of a man and the body of a lion; the crio-sphinx, with the head of a ram and the body CHAP, of a lion; and the hieraco-sphinx, with... | |
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Egyptian-style sphinx with the head of a man and the body of a lion. 
