They note the astrologic signs of heaven, Whene’er the goats or scorpions of great Jove, Or other monstrous names of brutal forms, Rise in the zodiac; but not one regards The sensible facts of earth, on which we tread, While gazing on the starry prodigies.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero
77 Massachusetts was identified by the words, “The Founders of Liberty,” and a simulated boulder, which Blue Robin watched with great trepidation for fear the blithesome Mary Chilton, who stood victorious on this Forefathers’ Rock, in too zealous jubilation would shake it too much.
— from The Liberty Girl by Rena I. Halsey
The third, fourth and fifth fingers would have to be invoked for relief in this zone.
— from Zone Therapy; Or, Relieving Pain at Home by Edwin F. (Edwin Frederick) Bowers
The bodies of fallen Russians in the zone of our obstacles formed great piles many meters high.
— from Stories and Letters from the Trenches by Various
In accordance with the desire of Catherine II of Russia her favourite room in the Zarskoe Selo palace was adorned with lapis lazuli, symbolic of the country she governed, and amber, as a symbol of herself.
— from The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones by Isidore Kozminsky
They have lived to see the flag of our republic floating resplendent in the zenith, as a token that the Union lives, and that liberty reigneth forever.
— from The Army Mule, and Other War Sketches by Henry A. (Henry Anson) Castle
Before making a cursory examination of the following lists of homonyms of the names for bull=ah, uau and ka, I must revert to astronomical pictures and signs and make some statements concerning the hawk-headed human form found represented in the zodiacs in close association with the image of Ursa Major, the bull; (see pl.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall
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