 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Classical dictionaries - 1812 - 500 pages
...opposite Pylos, on the coast of Messcnia. Thev are also called Sphagiae. SPHI&X, a monster which had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, and a human voice. It sprang from the union... | |
 | William Godwin - Gods, Greek - 1814 - 342 pages
...a monster whoinfested the border of Bceotia, sprung from the marriage of Orthus ffcd Echidna, with the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the clans of a lion, the wings of a bird, and a human voice: this monster had stationed here Soph. OEd.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...clitoridts. Its use is to contract the mouth, of the vagina. SPHINX, in fabulous history, a monster which had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, and an human voice. It sprang from the... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - America - 1824 - 196 pages
...pyramids is another stupendous object, called the Sphynx. It is in shape a compound of several animals; having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion. What the ancient Egyptians meant by... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1821 - 194 pages
...pyramids is another stupendous object, called the Sphynx. It is in shape a compound of several animals ; having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a Eg-ypt 4. dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion. What the ancient... | |
 | Catechism - 1820 - 88 pages
...monster, made up of various parts, all bearing a' resemblance to some animal or other: thus she had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, and a human voice. Q. Where did she reside... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...and the body of a lion. Peacham on Drawing. SPHINX, or SPHYNX, in the mythology, a monster which had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, and a human voice. It sprang from the union... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...Superstitious dread in the mind of fallen man conceived this most extravagant idea, which consists of the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, and a human voice ! DR. POCOCK, about two... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Classical antiquities - 1837 - 372 pages
...mentioned. (t) The Sphinx was the offspring of Orthos and Chimaera, or of Typhon and Echidna; a monster having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, the paws of a lion, with a human voice. This monster infested... | |
 | John Britton - Archaeology - 1838 - 624 pages
...in the original — an abbreviation of "sperware." SPHINX, 2p//|, or 2^/77^, Gr., a fabulous monster having the head and breasts of a woman ; the body of a dog, or other animal; and the claws of a lion. From its mysterious nature, the sphinx appears to have been... | |
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SPHINX. A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion. 
