单词 | ultima Thule |
例句 | To ancient explorers, “ultima Thule,” or the most distant region, was what lay past the northernmost edges of maps, beyond the borders of the known world. NASA has a New Year’s date with a distant space rock. Here’s how to watch. 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Pytheas called the place he encountered Thule, as in ultima Thule—the land beyond all known lands. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Men would be just as well off if they never reached this ultima Thule—perhaps, better off. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z At last Barmouth, the “ultima Thule” of their wanderings, was reached, lodgings were taken, and the party set steadily to work. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Food, warmth, sleep, and a book; these are all I at present ask—the ultima Thule of my wandering desires. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z In the female line their pedigrees can be traced to other sources, but for all practical purposes it suffices to regard one or other of these three animals as the ultima Thule of racing pedigree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z They gave to local affairs so excessive an importance that it also appeared to their eyes as if the boundary of the Indian city was the ultima Thule of civilization. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z And through all the story there ran the deeper current of his mental struggles till at last he fancied he found the ultima Thule in pure materialism. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Old, old, white-haired men, who had lived their lives in this ultima Thule, never remembered a fiercer storm. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z On the northern coast are Tory Island, and, farther east, Inishtrahull, the ultima Thule of Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Wherever the Romans conquered they inhabited, and introduced into all their provinces, from Syene, “where the shadow both way falls,” to the ultima Thule of the Scottish border, the germs of Latin civilization. Old Roads and New Roads But English will mean fame in ultima Thule; the isles of the sea, as the Bible says. Dreamers of the Ghetto "And you still remain on the barren rocks of your ultima Thule?" she questioned, at length. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Vergil’s ultima Thule, of the northernmost island known, variously identified with the Shetlands, Iceland, or Norway. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight From time to time anchorites sought refuge in that ultima Thule, "that they might pray to God in peace"; but whether they did any direct work of conversion is doubtful. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 Its extremity was ultima Thule, the other end of nowhere. A Short History of England It was variously placed, but always considered the northernmost land in the world—"ultima Thule." Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Penetanguishene is at present the ultima Thule of the British military posts in North America. Canada and the Canadians Volume I The Abbé Brasseur sees in it the ultima Thule of the ancient geographers, which suits his idea of early American history. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America From being one of the most inaccessible districts of the north—the very ultima Thule of civilization—Caithness became a pattern county for its roads, its agriculture, and its fisheries. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance But in the somewhat constricted Teuton mind the Zeppelin and the Zeppelin only represents the ultima Thule of aerial navigation and the means for asserting the universal character of Pan-Germanism as well as "Kultur." Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to, or at, in this outlandish ultima Thule. A Pair of Blue Eyes Boyé had said something about Europe, and at the time it had seemed to her the ultima Thule of her dreams. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California For here above all had the thought and the hand come from far away— even from ultima Thule, and yet were in possession triumphant and acclaimed. Italian Hours Sixteen miles to the westward, like a blue cloud on the horizon, rises the ultima Thule of Devon, the little isle of Lundy. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time |
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