 | John Kersey - 1708 - 708 halaman
...or in a Clork. , COirtlitj or COfmera, (G.) a Flre-bel. ching Monfter, feign'd by the Poets to have the Head of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of a Serpent : Alfo a meer \Vhimfey, or idle Fancy. (iCfflfflCKCil!, belonging to fuch a Ch'inera, that... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1714 - 506 halaman
...fully confirm. 660. Chimera ] A Sort of Monfter that vomits Flame, and that has a Head and Breaft like a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of a Serpent. Ovid, Mctara. 9. v. ¿4.a. Qiioque Chirazra jugo mediis in partibus Hircum, Pecftus & ora... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - 1714 - 508 halaman
...•'•'•обо. Chimera ] A Sort of Moniler that vomits Flame, and that has a Head and Breaft like a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of* a Serpent. Ovid, Metam. 9. v. 6i,6. Quoque Chimxra jugo mediis in partibus Hircum, Pectus & ora lex,... | |
 | Ovid - 1726 - 528 halaman
...bottom are Serpents. This gave Rife to the Fable, that the CMmtra was a Moufter that vomited out Flames, having the Head of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of a Dragon. Lucret. Prima Leo,foftrenu Draa, mtdia ipfa Chimera. And becaufe "Bcllcropkon made thil Mountain... | |
 | Ovid - 1726 - 546 halaman
...are Serpents. This gave Rife to the Fable, that the Chimtra was a Monfter that vomited out Flames, having the Head of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tau of a Dragon. Lucret. 'Frima Leo, poßrema Dría, media iffa Chimara. And becaufe "BtUerophan made... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1737 - 720 halaman
...Fails of Serpents. (6.) The Cbii/iisra, Chimera, a Mcrjler vomiting Fire ; he hath an Head and Breaft of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of a Dragon, and was flain by Belleropbon. (j.) The Sphinx begotten ofTyphon and Echidna ; had Sphinx, the... | |
 | John Milton - 1745 - 484 halaman
...Waters overflow forae (i) Cb;meras;Lat.Gr. \.t.Goati. A Chimera was a fabulous MonItcr, faid to have had the Head of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat ; and the Tail of a Serpent. It svas only a Mountain of l.ycia, a Branch of the M. Taurus in Ajia t whofe Top did caft... | |
 | Claude Lancelot - 1748 - 414 halaman
...fable, which paints the Chimera as a monfter throwing fire out of its throat, with the head and breaft of a lion, the belly of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. And becaufe Betterophon rendered this mountain inhabitable, it has been thence feigned that... | |
 | William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 halaman
...the hierarchy :. placed next in order to the Seraphim. J. Chimera, A fabulous monfter, faid to have the head of a lion, the belly of a goat, and the tail of a ferpent. Chinefe of Sericana. Serica is a region betwixt China to the Eaft, and the mount Imaus to... | |
 | Nathan Bailey - 1770 - 944 halaman
...Barrel. Cbaiic. CHIMERA ? [Chiatre. F. X,V«ia,Gr.l CHIME'RA 5 aMonllcr, feigned by the Poeu to have the Head of a Lion, the Belly of a Goat, and the Tail of a Serpent, that belches out Fire ; a ll.ange Fancy, a Caftle in the Air, an idle Conceit. L. CHIMER'ICAL... | |
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Idea of a chimaera is nothing else than the idea of the head of a lion, the belly of a goat and the tail of a serpent, out of which the mind forms a single Idea, though apart or singly they are adventitious. 
