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... Sphinxes , Griffins , Tritons , Satyrs , and Fawns , but especially of winged human beings , as Auroras , Cupids , and Psyches , in figures of the Winds , and in Genii generally , the profane versions of the Angel ; of which , in later ...
... Sphinxes , Griffins , Tritons , Satyrs , and Fawns , but especially of winged human beings , as Auroras , Cupids , and Psyches , in figures of the Winds , and in Genii generally , the profane versions of the Angel ; of which , in later ...
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... sphinx . " " The Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure representing a king , and may be considered , when with the head of a man and the body of a lion , as the union of intellectual and physical force . Besides the ...
... sphinx . " " The Egyptian sphinx was usually an emblematic figure representing a king , and may be considered , when with the head of a man and the body of a lion , as the union of intellectual and physical force . Besides the ...
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... sphinx none are winged ; male , leonine , and apteral being the true type of the large dignified statues in the round of the Egyptian standard form . Probably we may look upon the Andro - sphinx as affording , even in its want of wings ...
... sphinx none are winged ; male , leonine , and apteral being the true type of the large dignified statues in the round of the Egyptian standard form . Probably we may look upon the Andro - sphinx as affording , even in its want of wings ...
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... sphinx was usually canine and female , being represented with the face and bosom of a maiden , the body of a dog , the wings of a bird , and some- times the tail of a serpent ; so that the dignity of the type was at once lost . The paws ...
... sphinx was usually canine and female , being represented with the face and bosom of a maiden , the body of a dog , the wings of a bird , and some- times the tail of a serpent ; so that the dignity of the type was at once lost . The paws ...
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... Sphinx , of Earthly power and intellect . Returning to the winged leoninė Andro - sphinx , I conceive its meaning , cleared from fables , not only unmistakeable , but that it has a just claim , in the universal alphabet of art , to be ...
... Sphinx , of Earthly power and intellect . Returning to the winged leoninė Andro - sphinx , I conceive its meaning , cleared from fables , not only unmistakeable , but that it has a just claim , in the universal alphabet of art , to be ...
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