sparrows · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

Sparrow2 mentions

Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (English) · De Fuga in Persecutione (Latin)

But, how can a nation love an embryo litter of fluctuating precedents, concealed in the womb of time, each of which as it grows, hustles some principle out of the constitution, as the cuckoo does the sparrow out of its own nest?

section 11 the bank decision precedents ¶

in the texts

De Carnis ResurrectioneLate Antiquity · Latin

Common birds invoked in Christ's saying and compared to the phoenix to argue humans deserve resurrection all the more.

The Lord pronounced that we are of more worth than many sparrows;

de carnis resurrectione ¶

For although this is not granted to sparrows, yet we are of more worth than many sparrows, in that, falling, we rise again — affirming that the very hairs of whose head are all numbered, surely He promises in turn to be safe.

de carnis resurrectione ¶

BirdsClassical · Greek

The birds Pisthetaerus proposes to unleash upon human crops as a punishment for continued worship of the Olympian gods.

Then a cloud of sparrows greedy for corn must descend upon their fields and eat up all their seeds;

birds ¶

Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated19th Century · English

Bird cited as the displaced party in the cuckoo simile, representing constitutional principles ousted by precedent.

But, how can a nation love an embryo litter of fluctuating precedents, concealed in the womb of time, each of which as it grows, hustles some principle out of the constitution, as the cuckoo does the sparrow out of its own nest?

section 11 the bank decision precedents ¶

ChrestomathyLate Antiquity · Greek

Birds devoured by the serpent in the portent at Aulis.

and the portent of the serpent and the sparrows is shown to them, and Calchas foretells to them what is to come about.

chrestomathy ¶

De Fuga in PersecutioneLate Antiquity · Latin

A small bird cited as an example of God's providence extending even to trivial creatures.

Believe it, surely—if indeed you believe in that God without whose will not even a sparrow worth a farthing falls to the ground.

de fuga in persecutione ¶

ScorpiaceLate Antiquity · Latin

Small birds cited in Christ's saying as an example of divine providence, contrasted with human worth.

" When he says above, "You are of more worth than many sparrows," not in vain — that is, not without recompense — does he promise that we shall fall to the earth, if we choose to be slain by men rather than by God.

chapter 17 ¶