 | William Burnet - 1724 - 190 pagina’s
...K Heaven, and behold, a great Red Drdgon, Xll• * ^ having fcvcn Heads and ten Horns, and fevcn ^< Crowns upon his Heads. "And his Tail drew the third part of the * Stars of Heaven, and did caft them to the ** ^ Earth. — Here is a Wonder in Heaven, Reprefenting M the the fourth Kingdom... | |
 | Jacob Ilive - 1733 - 134 pagina’s
...Wonder in Heaven, and behold a great red ." Dragon, having feven Heads, and ten Horns, and feven " Crowns upon his Heads. And his Tail drew the third Part «' of the Stars of Heaven, and did caft them to the Earth." And I think I am juftified from the Words recited in the Account I give of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 702 pagina’s
...4. Behold a great red dragon having feven heads, and ten barm, ondfevtn crowns upon his heads. Arid his tail drew the third part of the Stars of heaven, and did cajl them to the earth. Which paflage Milton alludes to, where Death thus fpeaks to Satan, ii. 691.... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1762 - 286 pagina’s
...DRAGON in the REVELATIONS. " Behold a great red dragon, " having feven heads, and ten horns, and feven " crowns upon his heads ; and his tail drew the third " part of the ftars of heaven, and did caft them to " earth*." Again, " I faw a woman fit upon a " fcarlet-coloured... | |
 | Thomas Newton (bp. of Bristol.) - 1766 - 518 pagina’s
...the Roman empire, as we have feXZft /ijefore, is reprefented as the third part of the world. He Jlood before the woman, 'which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child asjbon as it was born: and the Roman emperors and magiftrates kept a jealous watchful eye over the... | |
 | James Bicheno - 1794 - 176 pagina’s
...another wonder in heaven, and behold a great red dragon, having feven heads and ten horns, and feven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the jtars of heaven, and did cajl them to the earth, &c. Moft of the authors whom 1 have confulted, though... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pagina’s
...him. Richardson. 7 10. Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's host.] " Behold a great red dragon, and his tail drew the third part of the stars of Heaven, and did cast them to the earth." Rev. xii. 3, 4. Dr. Bentley finds fault with this verse, as very bad measure : but as a person of much... | |
 | John Witherspoon - 1801 - 386 pagina’s
...another *' wonder in heaven, and behold a great red Dragon ha" ying feven heads and ten horns, and feven crowns upon " his heads, and his tail drew the third part of the ftars .*' of heaven, and did caft them to the earth." But this is a mifapplication of the paffage in... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pagina’s
...passages from the Revelations, whose intent is, indeed, so obvious, as to require no comment: — " Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head." This great dragon is called the devil, and Satan ; but after his subjugation by Michael, and... | |
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And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it w as born. 
