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The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art: with that of His types; St. John the Baptist; and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1864)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green · leaf 271

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tutes a subject to the detriment of the figures ; thus intruding an attempt at a vulgar reality in place of the important lesson intended to be conveyed. To return to the Scriptural history of Daniel, as given in the mediaeval series. The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar is one of the regular subjects of… … 96 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. (Speculum. 15th century). The Second Dream of Nebuchadnezzar is also given, in which he saw the tree under which the beasts of the earth had shadow, and in the boughs of which the fowls of heaven dwelt. By a curious dis- regard of the text, where the person figured is…

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