 | William Ogilvie Porter - 1831 - 378 pages
...the gift only of God ; to possess, may be his gift also ; or, it may be the gift of him who said, ' I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.' " — " True, my own best gift ! " I replied ; " I should be the most ungrateful of men,... | |
 | William Ogilvie Porter - Caribbean Area - 1831 - 260 pages
...the gift only of God; to possess, may be his gift also ; or, it may be the gift of him who said, ' I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.""—" True, my own best gift!" I replied ; " I should be the most ungrateful of men, to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 634 pages
...the gift only of God ; to possess, may be his gift also ; or it may be the gift of him who said, • I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.' " " True, my own best gift ! " I replied, " I should be the most ungrateful of men, to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 608 pages
...the gift only of God ; to possess, may be his gift also ; or it may be the gift of him who said, • I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.' " " True, my own best gift ! " I replied, " I should be the most ungrateful of men, to... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1841 - 1030 pages
...is the gift only of God ; to possess, may be his gift also ; or, it may be the gift of him who said, 'I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou VOL. i. Q wilt fall down and worship me.'" — "True, my own best gift!" I replied; "I should be the... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Occultism and science - 1877 - 696 pages
...it according to the operator's will. ' I will give unto thee,' says the Serpent, in the Gospel myth, 'all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.' The initiate should reply to him, 'I will not fall down, but thou shall crouch at my feet;... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Occultism and science - 1877 - 688 pages
...according to the operator's will. ' I will give unto thee,' says the Serpent, in the Gospel myth, ' all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.' The initiate should reply to him, 'I will not fall down, but thou shall crouch at my feet;... | |
 | Armand Ravelet - 1890 - 388 pages
...It was thus that Satan did when he transported Christ to the top of the mountain; he said to Him : " I will give thee all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and adore me. " Like his master, Blessed de la Salle resisted the tempter, and refused to betray truth, whatever... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Occultism - 1895 - 72 pages
...according to the operator's will. 'I will give unto thee', says the Serpent, in the Gospel myth, ' all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me'. The initiated should reply to him, ' I will not fall down, but thou shalt crouch at my... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Occultism - 1910 - 70 pages
...Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, quoted in Itis Unveiled, I, 138. the Serpent, in the Gospel myth, "all the kingdoms of the earth, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." The initiate should reply to him, " I will not fall down, but thou shalt crouch at my... | |
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All the magical operations consist in freeing one's self from the coils of the Ancient Serpent; then to place the foot on its head, and lead it according to the operator's will. "I will give unto thee", says the Serpent, in the Gospel myth, "all the kingdoms... 
