Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 438
CARRYING THE DRAGON. in all convulsions of nature recognize the agency of thispotent and amphibious monster. Serpents are lookedupon as manifestations of this deity, and in times of floodoften receive worship at the hands of the educated andthe uneducted alike. During the flood which overspreadthe… … get rid of the intruder, the priests welcomed it as a sa-cred guest of good omen, and Li-Hung-chang, the viceroy 27 43* THE GOD OF LITERATURE.
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