 | Mary Ann Dwight - Mythology, Classical - 1849 - 516 pages
...multiplied, as it were, in those beings, who like guardian angels lead by the hand every individual mortal through life, from the hour of his birth to that of his death. In this sense it was, that man swore by his Jupiter, and woman by her Juno, speaking of their own genius,... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - Mythology, Classical - 1864 - 356 pages
...multiplied, as it were, in those beings, who, like guardian angels, lead by the hand every individual mortal through life, from the hour of his birth to that of his death. In this sense it was, that man swore by his Jupiter, and woman by her Juno, speaking of their own genius,... | |
 | E. M. Berens - Mythology, Classical - 1894 - 402 pages
...invoked by Women before the birth of their children. The Camense are frequently identified by Roman writers with the Muses. GENII. A comforting and assuring...spirit, called his genius, who prompted him to good and noble deeds, and acted towards him as a guardian angel, comforting him in sorrow, and guiding him throughout... | |
 | Sir Valentine Chirol - Education - 1910 - 408 pages
...teaching, it could only result in failure. For the Hindu, perhaps more than for any other, religion governs life from the hour of his birth to that of his death. His birth and his death are in fact only links in a long chain of existences inexorably governed by... | |
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Unrest, 1910, blzz. 24—36. 22 op de godsdienstige instellingen, die de Hindoesche wereld in sterke mate beheerschen. „For the Hindu", zegt CHIROL, „perhaps more than for any other, religion governs life from the hour of his birth to that of his... 