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In the Exposition, a specious apology, the orator assumes, with consummate art, the tone of candour and simplicity; and the ten-horned monster is transformed, at his magic touch, into the milk-white hind, who must be loved as soon as she is seen.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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But the lion, the bear, the leopard, and the nameless ten-horned monster, each distinct in Daniel, are all united in one in Revelation.
The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson
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For while Anti-Christ is ruling in Jerusalem, and battling with the saints of the Most High, having conquered and plucked up by the roots three of the ten-horned kingdoms by his victories and cunning craft, and his alliance with the beast or the Church of Rome, he will become proud, blasphemous, and arrogant, and will at once try to force the people to worship the beast.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild
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The first obtained his power and authority from the dragon which preceded him; while the second derived his power from the ten-horned beast "before him."
The Last Reformation 1913
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The student of prophecy can not fail to see the striking similarity between the description of the little horn in Daniel 7 and that of the ten-horned leopard-beast of Revelation 13.
The Last Reformation 1913
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In the following chapter the Papacy is described as _seated_ upon a ten-horned beast, the ten horns of which symbolized the kingdoms of Europe.
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Again, if this symbolic appearance of Christ is not his real appearance, how can we tell that there is any reality in the appearance of the horsemen of the first four seals, the ten-horned beast, or the harlot woman?
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The description of the papal power under the symbol of the ten-horned beast of Revelation 13 and the little horn of Daniel 7 presents a melancholy picture of world-events during the long period of twelve hundred and sixty years ending with the sixteenth century reformation.
The Last Reformation 1913
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The second beast also exhibits the characteristics of a persecuting power, and in this respect it is similar to the ten-horned beast.
The Last Reformation 1913
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And since it is the same seven-headed and ten-horned beast, representing the same political power, we conclude that the human characteristics exhibited in this connection symbolize the same religious power -- the Church of Rome.
The Last Reformation 1913
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