| 单词 | vault of heaven |
| 例句 | At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Atlas, who bore the vault of heaven upon his shoulders, was the father of the Hesperides, so Hercules went to him and asked him to get the apples for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of these delights the time seems to fly as though the sun were racing down the great vault of heaven. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z It was a perfect summer night, moonless, but the whole purple vault of heaven powdered with stars. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z It is in the open air, under the blue vault of heaven, before the eyes of thousands, that they love to bask and disport themselves. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Later, the sky darkens by degrees, and a dull, leaden hue spreads over the vault of heaven. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Had they not La Madonna dell'Immacolata, whose sky-blue garment was strewn with gold stars from the vault of heaven itself? Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z This profound repose! every shadow sleeping just where it lay, when I used to wonder what immeasurable depth of waters could so represent the vault of heaven! Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z That vault of heaven, under which we reel, we might, in thought, liken to a lantern. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Undoubtedly the most beautiful spires are those which at once spring clear from the summit of the tower and gradually rise needle-like towards the blue vault of heaven. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Never a cloud in the blue vault of heaven, and never a breath of wind—not even as much as would suffice to raise one feathery flake of the starry snow. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z The vault of heaven grows in immensity as we gaze into its limitless expanse, whilst the shadows and attractions of earth fade away from view, or allure only those who have forsaken nature. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The thunder pealed along the vault of heaven—the lightning appeared to rend the firmament. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z O foolish one! this moulded earth is naught, This particoloured vault of heaven is naught; Our sojourn in this seat of life and death Is but one breath, and what is that but naught? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z It scintillates with the brilliant lights of genius as the vault of heaven is fretted with the glittering stars. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Heracles supports on his shoulders the vault of heaven, while the Titan Atlas brings him the golden apples of the Hesperides. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z When he had stilled her flutterings, he laid her on his breast, that he might bear her home and tend her until she could fly once more under the vault of heaven. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z It was one of those mild southern spring nights when man feels beneath the star-enamelled vault of heaven that he is nowhere better in health or stronger than in the open air. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z In such conversation the morning passed; but when the sun had rolled up high on the vault of heaven they became serious, for in a few hours they were to see Valadinka. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Her vows were to me the source of consolation and of hope; I could look again without despair into the blue unclouded vaults of heaven! The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Two light wings quiver on his rounded cap, the vault of heaven in little.... Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Light, downy clouds were moving along the vault of heaven. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The children of Nature read them in the leafy woodlands, on the broad prairie, in the blue vault of heaven, the crimson sunset, the dark storm-threatening clouds, in every gentle breeze or sweeping hurricane. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z It appeared to men as if the vault of heaven had suddenly dropped on the Commonwealth. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z No doubt the ancients thought the vault of heaven was solid, enclosing the atmosphere which covers the earth, and that the stars were either fixed upon it or moved in their courses on its surface. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z The interpreters of the Vedas attempted to distinguish Mitra from Varuna by making the former the god of the daylight, the latter the god of the midnight vault of heaven. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It is also in this sense that Sophocles speaks of the Garden of Phœbus, near the vault of heaven, and not far from the sources of the night, i.e. of the setting of the sun. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Some of the stars which we see in the vault of heaven, are globes, like it; some smaller than the earth, some larger. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Suddenly she was aware of a point of light in the far vault of heaven. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The vault of heaven showed in the Rhine like some shattered bell, and up above us the dome of the temple wherein dwelleth Eternity lay in calm and motionless rest, with all its unchanging suns. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z A low roll of thunder was now heard to pass over the dun clouds which the tempest had left, and the setting sun filled the entire vault of heaven with the magnificence of his fire. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z “Surely no human beings can fix their habitations in such a spot as this, and we shall have to pass the night under the blue vault of heaven,” observed Jovinian. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Its type is always before us in that of the apparent vault of heaven, and horizon of the earth. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The vault of heaven literally quivers with stars like an ocean with waves of light, so full does infinite space appear of twinkling tremulous luminaries. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Then her eyes lifted to the faint light which streamed from the leaden vault of heaven. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z In the blue vault of heaven they were compelled to kill or be killed, or even deal out complete and horrifying destruction to each other. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z All that could be seen from this narrow chamber was the blue vault of heaven, with sometimes a bird careering freely in the clear ether. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Or dost thou think the impious wish forgiven, Because, when thunder shakes the vault of heaven, The bolt innoxious flies o'er thee and thine, To rend the forest oak and mountain pine? Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z A most fascinating sight to see them floating up in waving chains into the vault of heaven; they reminded me of making daisy chains as a child. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Huge volumes of flame darted up with commingled black smoke towards the vault of heaven. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z This conception is embodied in our idea of the vault of heaven, or of the sky. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Pope Boniface IV. beheld this wonder of ancient art, and longed to make a church of that beautiful dome which hung like the vault of heaven over the broadest expanse ever covered by a roof. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII When to the gods the sacred flames aspire, Does from the starry vault of heaven receive. Heathen Mythology Then are days so clear and frosty, all early in the morning, that it is as though the whole vault of heaven were made of clear crystal. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions Give us who are Americans the splendid arena of the plains and the open vault of heaven. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The party now advanced towards the palace, which in the gloom of a starless night was still entirely hidden from their sight, save as a darker mass set square against the black vault of heaven. The Firebrand A strip of land a few hundred yards wide is covered by lofty cocoa-nut trees, above which is the blue vault of heaven. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The moon, shining radiantly from the starry vault of heaven, inundates with its mellow light the esplanade of the Castle of Lavaur. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Overhead, the dark vault of heaven seemed literally to flash and grow with constellations. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt He had been born full grown and did not at all resemble the birds, such as the sparrows and swallows, that fly beneath the vault of heaven. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series On the 13th of September I saw the majestic Alps with their snow-clad summits, which seemed to touch the very vault of heaven. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant They found the good giant Atlas, kneeling on a black rock above the snow, holding up the vault of heaven with either hand. Tales of Troy and Greece Cheering thoughts passed through his mind, in rapid succession, like bright vapours flying under the blue vault of heaven. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. The sky was clear, and the immense vault of heaven appeared in awful majesty and splendour. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions At every turn were heard roofs tumbling in with a crash and throwing upward toward the starry vault of heaven large jets of flame and sparks of fire. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The night was most beautiful; the vault of heaven being studded with stars, so that either army was in plain view of the other, at no very great distance separated. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles And alone with his lonely soul, There sits a man on the cold strand And turns his death-cold glances Towards the vast, death-cold vault of heaven, And toward the vast, billowy sea. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine "The sea-girt disk of the earth supports the vault of heaven." History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Summer seemed to have returned that day for a short while, so hot were the rays that poured down upon the earth from the deep-blue vault of heaven. Jena or Sedan? The very vault of heaven swung to and fro, ebbing and heaving with the general convulsion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. As this host was about to set out, a great clap of thunder resounded in the vault of heaven, and the King’s nobles perforce regarded it as a bad omen. Legends & Romances of Brittany Yonder myriad stars the eyes are Of my darling, and they twinkle, And they beckon to me kindly From the azure vault of heaven. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine Yet there was one, gallant cavalier of the South, peerless captain, just the dauntless heart for any forlorn hope under the starry vault of heaven, if he were only here! The Missourian "What is that?" asked the poet, as the song seemed to die away in the blue vault of heaven. Eighth Reader The early stars were twinkling in the gray vault of heaven when lights from the welcome asylum greeted their eyes. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Upward to the blue vault of heaven, like the streaming mists that rise through the tropic moonlight from the hot llanos, goes the ceaseless cry of humanity. Carmen Ariza On the azure vault of heaven, Still I gaze through blessed hours, Till a white and filmy vapor Veils from me those eyes belovèd. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine The vault of heaven did not exchange its cerulean hue for the blackness of night; it still retained it, though it had assumed a deeper shade. Pepita Ximenez They doubtless imagined the blue vault of heaven as a solid thing, in which were stuck the sun, moon, and stars, and no higher than the sailing clouds. Bible Romances First Series Presently the aurora borealis shakes over the vault of heaven its veil of glittering silver—changing now to yellow, now to green, now to red. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I To the south the deep blue vault of heaven was dotted with downy clouds. Carmen Ariza The whole earth rocked and shook, she fancied, under that smashing blow, and thereupon a savage bellowing filled the vault of heaven, and the forest quivered with the reverberations. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Francisco cast his eyes up to the vault of heaven, and was astonished to find that there were no stars visible—a gray mist covered the whole firmament. The Pirate, and The Three Cutters The least noise resounded in the vaults of heaven. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories His impression was that the aurora borealis spread from the sun over the whole vault of heaven like the stripes on the inner skin of an orange. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I High aloft in the pale blue vault of heaven, a solitary eagle soared in ever widening circles in its flight toward the sun. When Dreams Come True The stars themselves were considered as fixed inalterably upon the vault of heaven. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language When we wish to refer to super-terrestrial space, we have two expressions in modern English by which to describe it: we can speak of "the vault of heaven," or of "the canopy of heaven." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture And now the mighty dome opens upon you, like the vault of heaven itself. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge They spread over the vault of heaven above us, and right away towards the north. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The vault of heaven, full of soft, shining stars, stretched vast and fathomless above him. The Brothers Karamazov The wind blew soft from the west, and the vault of heaven might have been hollowed out of the darkling depths of an amethyst of inconceivable splendour and planetary size. The Dop Doctor "The vault of heaven" is most used, it has indeed been recently adopted as the title of a scientific work by a well-known astronomer. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Never does a breath of wind agitate the foliage, never a cloud obscure the vault of heaven. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Chaste, beautiful, and proud, thou floatest through ether over the frozen sea, thy glittering garment, woven of aurora beams, covering the vault of heaven. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I But with every instant he felt clearly and, as it were, tangibly, that something firm and unshakable as that vault of heaven had entered into his soul. The Brothers Karamazov A stray bird twitted among the trees, but the great silence was settling down every hour as the feathered immigrants mounted from copse and dell into the blue vault of heaven. Colorado Jim Then in the thirteenth century, men wake as if they heard an alarum through the whole vault of heaven, and true human life begins again, and the cradle of this life is the Val d'Arno. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving What gorgeous scenes the midnight skies have witnessed where the altar raises its marble carvings and mystic symbols to the open vault of heaven. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Star after star would spring into sight till the whole vault of heaven was glistening with diamond points of light. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Over everything reigned a stillness, not of sleep or of death, but as if Nature were holding her breath, that her image might be photographed on the blue vault of heaven. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He looked benignantly at the vault of heaven, which had been so obligingly free from any current of air. The Wonder He had been "born old," and did not at all resemble the birds that fly beneath the vault of heaven, such as the sparrows and the swallows. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Vision of beauty! there floats not a cloud O'er the blue vault of heaven thy glory to shroud; The star-gemmed horizon thou spannest sublime, Like the path to a better and lovelier clime. Enthusiasm and Other Poems Processions of children parade the streets with lights and waving banners; and, above these, clear and lofty rises the vault of heaven, studded with glittering stars. The Sand-Hills of Jutland It rings it out in the vault of heaven, far, far out, forever and ever, till the heaven bells sound "Ding-dong! ding-dong!" Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen All things are comparative; and to the Doctor, whose sole canopy during the whole expedition was the vault of heaven, the canvass covering enjoyed by his comrades evidently appeared a Sybaritical indulgence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The lightning seemed to cleave asunder the vault of heaven, as its vivid flashes wrapped the whole scene in a ghastly glare for a moment, to be again swallowed up in darkness. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 The stars looked farther away than usual in the fathomless vault of heaven, and the world slumbered with a feeling of restlessness under the burden of the aching solitude of the night. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Three great waterfalls I know of, And as many lakes extensive, And as many lofty mountains, Underneath the vault of heaven. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The moment had come, and all along the extended British battle-line the turret guns opened fire with a roar of angry sound that seemed to split the grey vault of heaven. The Long Trick He touches the golden harp, and the vaults of heaven echo the triumphant song, “Worthy, worthy, worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and lives again!” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Nut was the goddess personifying the vault of heaven, the sky, and the space, in which the sun was supposed to have been born. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. The north, before us, was as blue as the Mediterranean, and the vault of heaven, overhead, canopied us with pink. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Answered in the words which follow: "None in any land or country, Under all the vault of heaven, Like myself can build a vessel, Or so deftly can construct it." Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes It is, moreover, the beautiful canticle which forever resounds through the vaults of heaven. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus How does the learned sergeant know that, beneath the vault of heaven at night, studded with those angelic eyes, the stars, is an unfit place to bend the knee, and raise the soul in prayer? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The clear blue vault of heaven was suddenly overcast by clouds, which gradually assumed the frowning face of my colonel. The Defence of Duffer's Drift Overhead the vault of heaven was unflecked by a single cloud, though far away on the eastern sea-rim a faintly curling bank gave promise of a breeze before the sun rose much higher. Tessa 1901 The Cæsar laid three fingers on the young man's head, and turned his bloodshot eyes up to the vault of heaven. "Unto Caesar" Not a star In all the vaults of heaven could trouble you With whisperings of more transcendent goals. Mr. Faust The ivied ruins, the grassy floor, the blue vault of heaven, seemed to greet her with a benignant smile. Rookwood Her star-decked vault of heaven, absolutely free from all mists and fogs and damps, seems so high and vast. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians His disk looked like a glorious lustre suspended in the azure vault of heaven. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. The theatre had for roof the blue vault of heaven; the sun served for footlights and for the lights above the heads of those who acted. A Book of Myths The night that he was buried the mysterious aurora lit up the vault of heaven. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The night air swept cool around him; above him was the high vault of heaven, cloudless now, where a young moon rode in the loneliness of space. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The Poor Boy looked up into the blue vault of heaven. If You Touch Them They Vanish The vault of heaven seemed full of it, and all the ravines and by-ways caught up its overflow in a grand chorus of praise to the new-whitening morning. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Francisco cast his eyes up to the vault of heaven, and was astonished to find that there were no stars visible—a grey mist covered the whole firmament. The Pirate Very frequently, however, we dispensed with any shelter beyond such as the wood afforded, and, wrapt in our blankets, lay down to sleep on the snow, canopied by the starry vault of heaven. With Axe and Rifle And, at night, under the moon, which passes across the vault of heaven, you think of things, and singular things, which would never have occurred to your mind under the brilliant light of day. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories In reading them one has a feeling that the vault of heaven is very high, and that the earth stretches away to interminable distances upon all sides. The Bibliotaph and Other People Contrary to our hopes, it was exquisitely fine, not a single shred of cloud obscuring the deep blue vault of heaven. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Noble Chārudatta, the moon and the sun dwell in the vault of heaven, yet even they are overtaken by disaster. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika The monks wished to bury him in the chancel of the minster; but the bishop had directed that his body should be interred under the open vault of heaven. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The earth is not a sphere according to Babylonian ideas, but a hollow hemisphere having an appearance exactly like the vault of heaven, but placed in position beneath the heavenly canopy. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria The building is as large as a market-place, and the beautiful dome, round as the vault of heaven, is 180 feet above the floor. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The men outside saw it rise swiftly into the sky, straight toward the blue vault of heaven. The Black Star Passes But she only saw bright stars look down upon her, now and then dimmed by the Northern lights, which waved their shining, fleeting veils over the vault of heaven. Strife and Peace God wants no chambers—even though they were built of the clouds, arched with rainbows, as wide as the whole vault of heaven. True Words for Brave Men All things, in winter, assume a mournful aspect,—all beneath the vault of heaven becomes aged. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Oases are like stars in the dark vault of heaven, like moments of happiness and prosperity in a man's life. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The master-mahout's voice was rising up into the vault of heaven and falling over upon the horizon. Son of Power Atlas, who knew where to find the apples, brought them to Hercules, who meantime supported the vault of heaven. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Nor was it an unyielding, incorruptible, irresistible justice, "attaining the very vault of heaven." The Buried Temple Shouts of joy the people uttered as by sudden impulse driven, Mingled voice of tens of thousands struck the pealing vault of heaven! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Thus at twelve o'clock noon by Astronef time they might have seen a gigantic rim of silver-blue overarching the whole vault of heaven in front of them. A Honeymoon in Space On the 18th fifty heavy shells, including 12-inch and 14-inch, dropped out of the blue vault of heaven on to the Anzacs. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Where there is freedom unrestrain'd, where the triple vault of heaven's in sight, Where worlds of brightest glory are, oh, make me but immortal there! The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life You can just hear, through the crash, the shriek of a third and fourth shell as they come tearing down the vault of heaven—crash—crash. Letters from France I would shout up into the empty vault of heaven: 'Ah, why plaguest Thou me so? Life of Father Hecker Then from the vault of heaven darted a ribbon of emerald fire. Visionaries The gods gather In azure vaults of heaven soaring bright, In lofty castles filled with endless joy, The God of Thunder, Perkons, dwells in light, And pleasure knows whose sweetness cannot cloy. Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse The globe trembles on its axis; the moon is covered with a bloody veil; the threatening stars hang half detached from the vault of heaven, and the agony of the world commences. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Beneath the entire vault of heaven's dark blue that night there was nowhere lifted to the Unknown a prayer more humbly passion-full and gratefully imploring than her final whisper. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The name, which is etymologically connected with Ουρανος, signifies "the encompasser," and is applied to heaven—especially the all-encompassing, extreme vault of heaven—not the nearer sky, which is the region of cloud and storm. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans It seemed to be situated at the summit of the vault of heaven. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria All around, the black vault of heaven was dotted with luminous points which seemed to move somewhat, though, of course, in their extreme distance their relative size underwent no change. All Around the Moon The anthem of their praise shook the pillars of the creation, and filled the vault of heaven with a pulsing flood of harmony. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life You imagine, you invent—proceedings which are not sanctioned by the practice of any living man under the vault of heaven—and then you call to your assistance constraint and prohibition. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Once or twice a meteor flashed across the vault of heaven; and the sharp, clear stars lighted with magic fires the pure crystals of the first frost. The Grey Cloak This remarkable mountain is steep, rugged and precipitous, and towers up hundreds of feet towards the clear, blue vault of heaven. Vellenaux A Novel High overhead in the sunny, dazzling blue vault of heaven a huge solitary hawk slowly circled with wide-spread, motionless wings, uttering intermittently its querulous, eerie whistle. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police His cry uprose and was lost in the immense vault of heaven. His Masterpiece A love as virgin as the snow upon the Everlasting Hills, swifter than Mother Ganges, deeper than the Indian Ocean, and higher than the vault of heaven. Leonie of the Jungle Silver rippling waves shimmered under that starlit sky; tall weird pines waved gently in the night breeze; slender cedars, resembling spectres, reared their heads toward the blue-black vault of heaven. The Day of the Beast The evening was clear and calm, countless stars studded the dark purple vault of heaven. Vellenaux A Novel Twilight had fallen on the earth, and the blue vault of heaven was studded with its myriad lamps. Inez A Tale of the Alamo Ahead and astern, the lofty masts of the squadron tapered darkly towards the sky, whilst the outline of every rope and spar was sharply defined against the clear blue vault of heaven. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 And down below on earth shone flames that licked up to the vault of heaven from all directions. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts Up from its sullen gloom Leaped the Grand Army, as if God had writ With fiery finger 'thwart the vault of heaven A solemn promise of swift victory. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Atlas consented, and for some days Hercules supported the earth and the starry vault of heaven upon his shoulders. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The vault of heaven was spread out like a curtain, and the square earth supported all on it, and all creatures were happy. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The space between the earth and the firm vault of heaven is therefore divided into three spheres, that of the sun, of the moon, and of the stars. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology At their feet, under the great vault of heaven, a speck in the midst of the white vastness, huddled the golden city—puny and sordid, feebly protesting against immensity, man's challenge to the infinite! A Daughter of the Snows Was ‘sky’ thought of as a person, and, if so, as a savage or as a civilised person; as a god, sans phrase; as the inanimate visible vault of heaven; as a totem, or how? Modern Mythology This succession of ideas indicates the course pursued in the earliest stages of perceptive contemplation, and reminds us of the ancient conception of the "sea-girt disk of earth," supporting the vault of heaven. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 She herself shines forth in unbroken radiance, and a double lunar rainbow, in all its spectral grandeur, spans the vault of heaven. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) In creating the material world, which was in reality only an incorporation of the spiritual world of Fravashis, Ormazd first created the firm vault of heaven, and the earth on which it rests. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology But he never imagined the end should come in this way: by the earth's burial under the vault of heaven with its inhabitants all dying from heat and suffocation! The Emperor of Portugalia At that moment confused sounds reached their ears; the sleeping camp was awaking amid a tumult that rose and filled the dark vault of heaven. The Downfall On this side of the vault of heaven the lightness of the night appears to increase almost as much as at the first quarter of the moon. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Above them, in the vault of heaven, hung the Great Ship, blazed the Southern Cross. Sir Mortimer The vault of heaven expanded before her, and Henri had vanished. A Love Episode Above them, the vault of heaven and the friendly stars; below them, the great hollow of the valley, the scattered lights, the sounds of distant trains. A Great Success Here we rowed and swam, studied the country from the nearby hills, and then slept the sleep of the healthfully weary under the blue vault of heaven. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The vault of heaven would everywhere have appeared to rest on vast plains, and the stars to rise as if they emerged from the depths of ocean. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The vault of heaven and the spacious earth seemed in their large simplicity the true place for such a man to lie in state. Daniel Webster Beneath the flaming vault of heaven lay Paris, a mass of yellow, striped with huge shadows. A Love Episode By that time the storm had cleared away completely and the stars were showing themselves in the blue vault of heaven. Young Hunters of the Lake When great guns were discharged all the vault of heaven was lighted and lifted and then fell darkly back. Light There the depths of the earth and the vaults of heaven display all the richness of their forms and the variety of their phenomena. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 It is the image of the vault of heaven. Recollections of My Youth The roof is the blue vault of heaven; and the actual buildings are but altars, chantries and monuments. Kimono Canopus, the blue vault of heaven with its stars, revered and worshipped by the son of the sandy desert as a friend and guide to him, as he wanders over the waste at night alone. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Again on the 23rd, was the dark vault of heaven illumined about the same time in a similar manner, as well as on the 28th; the number of meteors being the same on each day. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The still radiance of the vault of heaven is for a moment animated with life and movement. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The open sky!" he cried with enthusiasm; "the vault of heaven itself! The Human Chord The former lay on his back, his head bolstered, and his face upturned toward the vault of heaven. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet He watched mechanically the vault of heaven broaden and brighten with the sunrise behind, and the waste beneath presently to show lines and patches and enclosures as they approached Boston harbour. Dawn of All Black clouds hung in huge, portentous masses over, the vault of heaven. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Instead of the great arched vault of heaven one usually looks up to, one sees only that part of the sky immediately above the valley. Out of Doors—California and Oregon He opened his window, and gazed long, with swelling heart, at the cloudless vault of heaven, and the moon, which shone like silver upon the two-fold stream flowing from far beyond the hills. The Black Tulip The moon had not yet risen, and only two little stars, like two guardian lighthouses, were twinkling in the dark-blue vault of heaven. A Hero of Our Time The whole surface of the earth for many leagues round showed nothing but scattered lights, and the face of the earth seemed to rival the vault of heaven with starry fires. Wonderful Balloon Ascents No cloud floated over the blue vault of heaven. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland And at night, under the moon, as it passes across the vault of heaven, you think of things, singular things, which would never have occurred to your mind under the brilliant light of day. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant The vault of heaven seemed illimitable and divine. Desert Gold The blue vault of heaven seemed emptied of sound. The Mountains The ring of ocean was unbroken on every side, and overhead the vault of heaven remained unchanged. The Lost Continent No bird flew in the blue vault of heaven, no man or beast moved upon the vast countryside which lay before us. The Poison Belt Evening came; the tired earth had dropped asleep, Born the Maytide night in silence calm and deep, Bright in azure vault of heaven the twinkling stars Vigils kept, as lover over his beloved. Pocahontas. A Poem There were no stars visible, but the whole vault of heaven was filled with a dim lustre, which quietly penetrated everything in this serene night. The Dream When thou art hence, where on all the vault of heaven shall I bear to gaze? Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal I stepped out into the night with the grass of the corn-yard under my feet, the awful vault of heaven over my head, and those shadowy ricks around me. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood The lark sings high in the blue vault of heaven above the church, and over the blue of the sea the gull skims white in the sunshine. Charlotte's Inheritance It was one of those strangely beautiful evenings in late summer that descend upon earth from the majestic azure vaults of heaven. Sanine And thus he wakes the dauntless song of death: Dark vault of heaven, that greet his daily throne. The Columbiad The glorious vault of heaven one day shall blaze with sudden self-kindled flame. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The waves gleam red, the lurid vault of heaven seems rent above. War Poetry of the South If this account be true, it shows a knowledge that the vault of heaven is a complete sphere, and that stars are shining at mid-day, although eclipsed by the sun’s brightness. History of Astronomy A thousand times did the duchess and her ladies watch the sun from the windows of the palace, as he slowly climbed the vault of heaven, and seemed still more slowly to roll down. The Crayon Papers Without having looked for it, he saw the Forum red under the setting sun, and the half-ruined arches of the Palatine and behind them the deep azure vault of heaven, a gulf of blue light. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The vault of heaven, earth and ocean, sun, moon, and stars were all regarded either as themselves divine or as the abode of divinities. Early European History How stupidly mistaken I was when I hoped to be able to turn my eyes upward and behold the blessed vault of heaven. Shallow Soil Probably the greatest step ever made in astronomical theory was the placing of the sun, moon, and planets at different distances from the earth instead of having them stuck on the vault of heaven. History of Astronomy In the morning was a red blaze of glory as the great orb of day rose from the east into the azure vault of heaven. Tales of the Wilderness The horizon began to enlarge in some part and the vault of heaven seemed no longer to rest at an equal distance on the grass-covered soil. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 See this great vault of heaven, full of golden light raining on trees and flowers -- every atom of air shining. The Marquis of Lossie I dreamed that, winged like Icarus of old, I flew aloft beneath the vault of heaven; I dreamed the gods endued my hands with strength Of giants, offered me the lightning flash. Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans Above, the ever-changing vault of heaven was of a beauty that no brush could paint. Dawn The thunder pealed along the vault of heaven--the lightning appeared to rend the firmament. Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea In mythology, the leader of the Titans, who fought the Gods, and was condemned by Zeus to carry the weight of the vault of heaven on his head and hands. Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson That objection seems to me as if somebody were to say, "If the vault of heaven breaks down, what shall we do?" Select Speeches of Kossuth When the moon, Closing her monthly round, returns again To glad the night; or when full orbed she shines _310 High in the vault of heaven; the lurking pest Begins the dire assault. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan Through the rich vault of heaven, which shines Like a warmed opal in the sun, With wide advance in broken lines The crows fly over Washington. Poems The twinkling, frosty blue points of starlight glittered in the cloudless vault of heaven, above the moonlit stillness of the valley. Peter's Mother The electric wires were in order, and when at last the buttons were touched and the explosion came, it seemed as if the very vaults of heaven were riven. The Wolf's Long Howl The sky that morning was clear and bright as ever; and the sun walked in unclouded brilliance and majesty through the deep blue vault of heaven. The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers But from the vault of heaven the stars looked down upon that lonely grave like the watching eyes of holy angels. Beltane the Smith Upwards the still air thickens, and there is no arch or vault of heaven. The Open Air A twofold roof is above us, first the green ceiling of climbing-plants, and then the vault of heaven sown with innumerable stars. Venus in Furs How beautiful it appears in the azure vault of heaven where twilight holds the connecting link between day and night. Canadian Wild Flowers The extended vault of heaven around me lies, Free and unfettered range my wandering eyes O'er space's vast, immeasurable sea! Mary Stuart My soul bounds upward On beams of light to the vault of heaven; My ship-steed sniffing its flank is laving With buoyant zest in the cooling billow. Poems and Songs High from the vault of heaven Its silver rays were shed; And the deep peace between us Was the peace of the dead. Perpetual Light : a memorial I say my discovery, although it was not mine originally, but another's whose illumined spiritual sense is as far above mine as the blue vaults of heaven are above the earth. The Pastor's Son Now flaming from the zenith, Sol had driven His fervid orb through half the vault of heaven; While on each host with equal tempests fell The showering darts, and numbers sank to hell. The Iliad Now they arrived at the base of a great knob or dome veneered with ice and powdered with snow—the utmost, summit, the last bit of solidity between them and the hollow vault of heaven. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 The vast crimson zone rose slowly from the horizon to the zenith and bade fair to cover the whole vault of heaven. Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian Vases and goblets were crowned with flowers; crowns were distributed to the guests, and dinners served beneath the vault of heaven, in groves, and amid all the wonders of nature. The Physiology of Taste Generation after generation would labour with unflagging zeal until the art sculptured fragment of the new Cathedral—the new Cathedral of Democracy—pointed upward toward the blue vault of heaven. The Inside of the Cup — Complete Generation after generation would labour with unflagging zeal until the art sculptured fragment of the new Cathedral—the new Cathedral of Democracy —pointed upward toward the blue vault of heaven. The Inside of the Cup — Volume 06 There was no pity in the dry, black vault of heaven, nor in the bone-dry earth, nor in the hearts of men, during that hot weather of '57. Told in the East I seemed to stand under the vault of heaven, it was black, black, not a star shone in it, and a great loneliness possessed me. Ayesha, the Return of She There was little that he could call his own beyond "The blue vault of heaven." He Knew He Was Right This nebulous mass was absolutely stirless, . . it appeared as though it had been thrown, a ponderous weight, into the vault of heaven, and having fallen, there purposed to remain. Ardath I was up writing at the time, and of a sudden found myself sitting without anything above me save the blue vault of heaven. Expedition into Central Australia Radiant, cold stars blinked pitilessly out of the vast blue-black vault of heaven. The U. P. Trail George's eye followed Robinson's finger, and in the center of the dark vault of heaven this glittered. It Is Never Too Late to Mend "The work of the second day of creation is to erect the vault of heaven, which is represented as supporting an ocean of water above it." Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science And, in one of God's first temples—a meadow decked with spring flowers and roofed by the blue vault of heaven—he preached to a congregation of over three thousand—chiefs, warriors, women, and children. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness Sometimes they tried to guess how far it probably was from the vault of heaven to the earth, and they had a myth as to the time it took Vulcan to fall. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science She lay calmly gazing at the Southern Cross and other lovely stars shining with vivid but chaste fire in the purple vault of heaven. Foul Play It was his impious wish to mimic the thundering car of Zeus as it rolled across the vault of heaven. The Golden Bough Then, indeed, there was a mighty uproar; cheer after cheer ascended to the red vault of heaven; women wept, men whooped, and the people rushed for the heroes with wide-open, welcoming arms. The Two Vanrevels The great vault of heaven with its myriad stars inspired them with awe; it was the abode of the spirit of spirits, the Master of Life. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness She represents the vault of heaven, and is the mother of the gods. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable From somewhere in the blue vault of heaven overhead came the joyous trilling of a lark, from below the silken rustling of the tideless sea. The Sea-Hawk Thy tale with raptures I could hear thee tell, Thy woes on earth, the wondrous scenes in hell, Till in the vault of heaven the stars decay. The Odyssey Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven, To hang their momentary fire Around the vault of heaven. Moby Dick, or, the whale To him it was a night of nights—a night of gems, he pronounced it, looking up into the jewelled vault of heaven. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series One would have pronounced them spiders' webs of the vault of heaven. Notre-Dame De Paris The sky cleared, showing the stars; suddenly the vault of heaven was suffused with a wonderful and pearly light, although on the earth the mist remained so thick that we could see nothing. Queen Sheba's Ring The Pilgrims of old an example have given Of mild resignation, devotion, and love, Which beams like the star in the blue vault of heaven, A beacon-light swung in their mansion above. Poems Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven, To hang their momentary fire Around the vault of heaven. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Then, the flash was followed by such an ear-splitting roar that the very vault of heaven seemed to be descending upon our heads. Boyhood The aisles were certainly roofed: whether the nave also was covered in, or whether, like the Greek hyp�thral temples, it lay open to the blue vault of heaven, is perhaps doubtful. History of Phoenicia They fought and fought, and an iron clank rose through the void air to the brazen vault of heaven. The Iliad It was the still mid-watch of a clear moonlight night; the stars, he says, were twinkling as fire in the high vault of heaven, and "Cynthia rinsing her golden locks in Aquarius." The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Such was Keb, the Earth-god, whose counterpart in the sky was the goddess Nut, her feet and hands resting at the limits of the world and her curved body forming the vault of heaven. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition For, since that unforgettable night, he had lived the life of a cave-man indeed, and now began to pine for the wider vault of heaven. The Yellow Claw Hours passed, but nothing met the eyes of the eagerly gazing warriors, save the boundless, gently rippling sea and the crystal-clear blue vault of heaven, stretched above it like a huge bell. The Coming Conquest of England The sun was beginning to beat upon the fields, fresh risen into the vault of heaven from the slow still currents of deep Oceanus, when the two armies met. The Iliad "Now is she a vixen or am I a fool, or is it both?" he asked the blue vault of heaven, and then went into the shed. Captain Blood And he shook his puny fist at the blue vault of heaven—Ajax defying Jupiter. Scaramouche Blue Lake Geneva!—blue as a woman's eye, blue as the vault of heaven, dropped into the lap of the green earth like a great sparkling sapphire! Penelope's Postscripts As we read these weird allegories, written by Deity in the starry vaults of heaven, the interested soul bows in reverence and awe before that almighty power we term Providence, and the profane call God. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 But when they go to banquet and festival, then they move up the steep to the top of the vault of heaven. Phaedrus Then with the seaman's instinct his eyes wandered to the darkling vault of heaven, spangled already with a myriad golden points of light. Captain Blood The fat cloud was succeeded by others, fatter; a corpulent army assailed the vault of heaven, heavy outriders before a giant of evil complexion and devastating temper. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William And the music rises higher, and rends the vault of heaven with its unutterable sweetness. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Once more out under the blue-black vault of heaven, with its myriads of twinkling stars, the voyagers resumed their westward journey. The Spirit of the Border The shivering stars and the shrunken moon looked infinitely remote in the black vault of heaven. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature |
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