Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 228
struction M 162 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday were Leadbetters Dialling and Fergusons Lectures^the same book from which George and RobertStephenson, the great railroad engineers, constructedthe vertical dial which may still be seen on thehumble cottage at Killingworth, which was theirearly home.… … John S. Bailey, Dial-maker, in his Workshop. CHAPTER VII THE SUN-DIAL AS AN EMBLEM ** An Emblem is but a silent Parable. Before the knowledge ofletters, God was known by hieroglyphics. And what indeed arethe Heavens, the Earth, nay every creature, but Hieroglyphics andEmblems of His Glory? I have…
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