The Twilight of the Gods: And Other TalesJ. Lane, 1903 - 327 sider |
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66 Thou Abdallah Adeliza Alcibiades Ananda Apollo appeared asked Aurelia Basil beauty behold Belial bell bishop Bonze Buddha burned Butterfly Cardinal cavern chamber Chryso Cornelius cried daughter dead deemed demon Devil disciple earth Elenko Emir Emperor Epicurean Epinal Eubulides Eucherius Eulogius Euphronius Euprepia Euschemon Eustachio exclaimed eyes father Gaddo Gallienus gaze Gerbert Gods gold hair hand hath head Heaven Helladia Holiness Holiness's honour infernal inquired Jupiter king lamp Leaena learned looked Lucifer Magician Majesty Manto Mantua Mithridata never Nonnus oracle Otto Pachymius Palace of Truth person personage philosophers Photinius Plotinus poisons Pope Porphyry present priest Prometheus purple ratcatcher rats rejoined replied returned ring robe sage saint Saracens scrolls seemed sorcerer Sorianus stood temple thee Theocles things thou art thou hast thou wilt thought thyself Timon tion truth woman young youth Zeus
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Side 274 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Side 21 - And this great belly, first of deities, Should I be bound to sacrifice ? I well know The wise man's only Jupiter is this : To eat and drink during his little day, And give himself no care. And as for those Who complicate with laws the life of man, I freely give them tears for their reward. I will not cheat my soul of its delight, Or hesitate in dining upon you...
Side 124 - Again she was commanded to depart, and again obeyed without a murmur. But the adventure now occasioned the priest much serious reflection. To his excited fancy, the patient persistency of the crone began to assume something of a supernatural character. He considered that the ways of the Gods are not as our ways, and that it is rather the rule than the exception with them to accomplish their designs in the most circuitous manner, and by the most unlikely instruments. He also reflected upon the history...
Side 131 - Apollo. All was silence for a space. It was at length broken by Phoebus. " Well, Eubulides," inquired he, with the bland raillery of an Immortal, " has it at length occurred to thee that I may have been long enough away from Parnassus, filling thy place here while thou hast been disporting thyself amid heretics and barbarians ? " The abashed Eubulides made no response.
Side 88 - A tiara and a train, however, made fair amends for the deficient appendages, and Lucifer now looked every inch a Pope. He was about to call the master of the ceremonies, and summon a consistory, when the door was burst open, and seven cardinals, brandishing poniards, rushed into the room. 90 " Down with the sorcerer ! " they cried, as they seized and gagged him. " Death to the Saracen ! " " Practises algebra, and other devilish arts ! " " Knows Greek ! " " Talks Arabic !
Side 42 - And when I heard him speak of having recourse to that cheat and impostor my spirit was grieved within me, and I wrote the Book of Ad myself. And I was heedful to put in none but wholesome and profitable precepts, and more especially did I forbid polygamy, having perceived a certain inclination thereunto in my disciple. "After many days he came again, and this time he was in violent terror and agitation, and hair was wanting to the lower part of his countenance. "'O Abdallah,' I inquired, 'where is...
Side 122 - In the days of King Attalus, before oracles had lost their credit, one of peculiar reputation, inspired, as was believed, by Apollo, existed in the city of Dorylseum, in Phrygia.
Side 92 - I may so express myself," pursued Anno, " did not your Holiness inform us that you -were the devil ? Not a hand would then have been raised against you. I have myself been seeking all my life for the audience now happily vouchsafed me. Whence this mistrust of your faithful Anno, who has served you so loyally and zealously these many years ? " Lucifer pointed significantly to the gag and fetters. " I shall never forgive myself," protested the Cardinal, " for the part I have borne in this unfortunate...
Side 224 - For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark; For them his ears gush'd blood; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay full of darts; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark : Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel.
Side 325 - And the fandacyon of it was of egges, and in that town of Napells he made a tower with iiii corners, and in the toppe he set an apell upon an yron yarde, and no man culde pull away that apell without he brake it; and thoroughe that yren set he a bolte, and in that bolte set he a egge.