| 单词 | vestal virgin |
| 例句 | But there was more than a hint that these were not vestal virgins, more like young brides looking for a gown. Fashion Review: Valli: ‘Girly, Young and Fun’ 2014-01-21T14:52:14Z Swarming deferentially around their maestro like white-coated eunuchs tending a rather demanding vestal virgin, the chefs record failures as meticulously as successes. | 'El Bulli': Pushing Cuisine?s Envelope, on a Molecular Level 2011-07-26T16:43:02Z In addition to vestal virgin white, the dresses are available in ivory, blush and champagne — something women with previous experience at the altar might particularly appreciate. | Vera Wang's White Collection 2011-02-03T20:06:48Z It brims over with energy and colour, Mars's red mantle swelling with erotic fury in response to the folded, yellow robes of the vestal virgin, surprised in her sleep. The Magnificent Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein - review 2011-08-02T13:01:56Z Sometimes he seems almost to shame human craftsmanship, as when he rings a frothy enamel medallion of vestal virgins with 11 ovals of moss agate, here a pale, glasslike stone containing plantlike mineral formations. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z Some of the only times women without offspring have garnered respect might be when they have formally devoted their lives to a god, and to celibacy: nuns, vestal virgins. More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The vestal virgins were a way for a few women to hold a priesthood, though the occasional punishments inflicted on them shows their precarious status. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z To mark the legendary founding of the city and its past glory, there is usually a crowded birthday parade of re-enactors dressed up as gladiators and vestal virgins. Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn. 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The vestal virgins, who maintained the sacred fire of Vesta, the goddess of hearth and home, were the Beyhive of their day. Superfans: A Love Story 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z "Little did we realize that in our private jest we were inaugurating a modern female priesthood — the veritable vestal virgins whom levitous writers cajole in vain," he said, "and managing editors learn humbly to appease." The Story Behind the First-Ever Fact-Checkers 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus are conceived when the Roman god Mars impregnates Rea Silvia, a vestal virgin. Why rape is so intrinsic to religion 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z A few women could serve in a priestly office as vestal virgins. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The vestal virgins, shivering in a tunnel in their diaphanous gowns as they waited to emerge and do their stuff, were not the only ones breathing sighs of relief. British-style weather fails to dampen Athens handover of Olympic flame 2012-05-17T18:46:28Z The younger Pliny gives in one of his letters a pathetic account of the execution of Cornelia, a vestal virgin, by the order of Domitian. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Part of these grounds are supposed to have formed the Campus Sceleratus, where the vestal virgins suffered who had broken their vows of chastity. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A cake, too, baked by the vestal virgins, which had been carried before her in the procession from the place of the marriage ceremony to the husband's home, was now divided among the guests. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z And when has it ever appeared except in a handful of vestal virgins, or in Oriental recluses, with what reality history shows? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z But we must do the oysters and the odd jobs, and keep the hearth-fires going, like responsible vestal virgins. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z If by any negligence or misfortune the Fire went out, the Pontifex Maximus scourged the erring vestal virgin, for had not she—a woman—permitted the procreative energy of the god to forsake mankind?” Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z A Vignaiuolo showed us in the Gardens of Sallust a hole, through which he said those vestal virgins were put who had violated their vows of chastity. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A lesser stone building on one side were the cloister of the vestal virgins. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Here and there I saw a mass resembling a font, filled with water of exquisite purity, or raised oval or oblong basins representing alabaster baths, wherein none but vestal virgins might enter. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z It stood hard by the house of the vestal virgins, who were especially committed to the care of the pontiffs. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z It was plain the girl was kept as a sacred celibate, a sort of vestal virgin—Bethulah was the very Hebrew for virgin, it suddenly flashed upon me. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Maria Liberatrice was occupied by the Atrium Vest�, a kind of convent for the vestal virgins. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The imperial circle and the emperor himself, members of high senatorial houses, the great officers of state, the priests, the vestal virgins, gave an impressive national dignity to the inhuman spectacle. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius One of these groups is certainly of non-Jewish origin, as it conceives Mary as living in the temple somewhat after the manner of a vestal virgin or a priestess of Isis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The man of whom I bought it spoke the truth then—when he said that it had been found where the vestal virgins used to be buried alive. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I At the eleventh hour the costumers decided that they could not turn out the gowns for the "vestal virgins," on time. Cinderella Jane Clothed in mockery in the white robe of a vestal virgin, yet she was a chaste virgin of Jesus Christ. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril They will follow the lead of Byron, who, in his horror at the popularisation of the waltz, declared that Terpsichore was henceforth "the least a vestal virgin of the Nine." The Book of This and That In a room on the first floor is a half figure of a vestal virgin who has a noble expression on her face. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Anciently there were in India virgins dedicated to the service of the temple and pledged to a life of purity, like the vestal virgins of ancient Rome. Oriental Women The society girls, cast for the "vestal virgins," began to arrive at the studio to try on their robes. Cinderella Jane The institution of the vestal virgins was older than the city itself and was regarded by the Romans as the most sacred part of their religious system. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The vestal virgins he dismissed, and any house profaned by incense he declared forfeited to the imperial exchequer. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Three doors farther down the avenue Selah Adams sat upon the front veranda, looking like the vestal virgin of the moon. The Co-Citizens Many nations have worshiped virgins, for instance the vestal virgins of the Romans. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The six vestal virgins are well known, who had charge of keeping up the fire of Vesta, the house-fire of the state. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Miss Beasley’s signal sounded at this critical moment, so the Mystic Seven filed off like vestal virgins to feed the fire which Miss Gibbs, with her accustomed energy, had already lighted. The Madcap of the School Then there are the deva dasies, our 'vestal virgins,' of whom even small and poor temples have one or two to boast. India, Its Life and Thought It is supposed that in this part of the building there were also seats of honor for the exhibitor of the games and the vestal virgins. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life "When their fire-stick has been extinguished, as is sometimes the case, for their jins or vestal virgins, who have charge of the fire, are not always sufficiently vigilant." Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The most awful penalties were visited upon the head of any vestal virgin who was guilty of violating her vows. Romulus Makers of History The worship of Vesta was held with peculiar sacredness, and the vestal virgins were the last to yield to Christianity. Ancient States and Empires The pagans had their vestal virgins; the Papists their nuns. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse He would call it stealing now to do that same, but then it had been in the nature of a holy rite offered to a vestal virgin. The Search "When their fire-stick has been extinguished, as is sometimes the case, for their jins or vestal virgins, who have charge of the fire, are not always sufficiently vigilant." Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Rhea enters upon her duties as a vestal virgin. Romulus Makers of History When they reached the street, Benda said in a tone of compassion: “They are three delicate creatures; they live their lonely lives like vestal virgins guarding a sacred fire.” The Goose Man Let the vestal virgins, he says, retain their privileges. A Source Book for Ancient Church History A little speck of mud on a vestal virgin's robe, or on a swan's plumage, will be conspicuous, while a splash twenty times the size will pass unnoticed on the rags of some travel-stained wayfarer. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Rome had fourteen of these officers, besides one for the vestal virgins, and one for the gymnasia. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine At length, however, certain circumstances occurred, which suddenly terminated Rhea's career as a vestal virgin, and led to results of the most momentous character. Romulus Makers of History Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Silvia, a vestal virgin, and the god Mars. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 These terrors, however, terminated in this, that Oppia, a vestal virgin, being found guilty of a breach of chastity, was made to suffer punishment. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Shadowy forms of emperor and lictor and vestal virgin and gladiator and martyr come out of the darkness, and pass before us in long and silent procession. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) She possessed in his eyes something of the sanctity of a vestal virgin, one who must not be profaned by marriage. The Mayor of Warwick Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus, was a vestal virgin, who lived in the kingdom of Latium about four hundred years after the death of Æneas. Romulus Makers of History Her full, gentle figure had the charm of the vestal virgin and the wife. Atlantis She should be the vestal virgin in the Christian temple—the priestess, as it were, of a shrine more hallowed and honorable than that of Delphos. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies That was it, the superlative excellence of the Gulab; the very quality that attracted, was the shield, the immaculate robe that clothed her and preserved her like a vestal virgin from such violation. Caste The legal rights of a vestal virgin were set forth in detail. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Nature of the ceremonies instituted in honor of Vesta.Her vestal virgins.Their duties. Romulus Makers of History The institution of vestal virgins was older than the city itself, and was regarded by the Romans as the most sacred part of their religious system. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. The young wife, carrying a distaff and spindle filled with wool, was conducted to her house, a cake, baked by the vestal virgins, being carried before her. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century A motley lot of men they are—sailors and traction engineers, Pierrots, soldiers, and even vestal virgins—for the June Commencement is college carnival time. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers His mother was a vestal virgin dedicated to the sun god, Shamash, and his father an unknown stranger from the mountains--a suggestion of immediate Semitic affinities. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus, was, we repeat, a vestal virgin. Romulus Makers of History He regulated the appointment of the vestal virgins, and added considerably to the privileges which they had previously enjoyed. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. She seemed a vestal virgin, in her long, clinging dress of white wool, with a scarf thrown about her head and throat. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories It is better to be a vestal virgin than—some mothers. Different Girls A girl might also obtain a limited degree of freedom by taking vows of celibacy and becoming one of the vestal virgins, or nuns, who were attached to the temple of the sun god. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria No priestess ever entered an oracle, no vestal virgin a temple, nor saint a shrine with more reverence than she felt, as she passed into the silence of this primeval forest. The Redemption of David Corson What was the duty of the vestal virgins? Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. Vestas - Matches; Vestai is the Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing the sacred fire tended by the vestal virgins. Things To Make Though a vestal virgin, she did not escape scandal, for she was tried B.C. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The place seems more appropriate to vestal virgins, robed in white, than to dusky Hindoo females, arrayed in all the colors of the rainbow. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama She had a half-sister, probably older than herself, of the name of Fabia, who was a vestal virgin. Roman life in the days of Cicero He seemed apprehensive of his approaching end, for he made his will, and delivered it to the vestal virgins. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. Their religious orders of monks and nuns were also in imitation of the vestal virgins of antiquity. The Last Reformation One who has read of the vestal virgins of old will recognize at once where monkery originated. The Revelation Explained Vesta was the goddess of the home, and the vestal virgins were bound by oath never to marry. Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School She is the vestal virgin who, so far as she can, prevents them from going out. Light There, dead to the surprise of the servant, David Brandon fed his eyes on the fair incarnation of Jewish domesticity, type of the vestal virgins of Israel, Ministresses at the hearth. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People A betrothed maiden defended by tapu was as sacred as a vestal virgin of Rome; a shrine became a Holy Place; the head of a chief something which it was sacrilege to lay hands on. The Long White Cloud Rhea Silvia, a vestal virgin, the mother of Romulus and Remus, twins, whom she bore to Mars, the god of war, who had violated her. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The vestal virgins, whose duty it was to keep the fire burning on the altar in the temple of Vesta. Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School "Sacred fire! vestal virgins, too, I suppose! can they be Romans?" reasoned Aunt Maria, beginning to doubt Prince Madoc. Overland Beth smiled, for the goading devil had just whispered to her, "You were a vestal virgin doubtless—oh, severely chaste!" Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel But the consecrated fire the vestal virgins took, and fled with it, as likewise their other sacred things. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Penates, the name given by the Romans to their household deities, individually and unitedly, in honour of whom a fire, in charge of the vestal virgins, was kept permanently burning. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The office of the vestal virgins in Rome was to preserve the holy fire. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion "The vestal virgins here are old men," replied Ralph, wickedly pleased to get a joke on the lady. Overland And though she be pure as a vestal virgin of Rome's best days she secretly despises the man with whom she does not have to stand just a little bit on the defensive. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 It was deposited in the hands of the vestal virgins, who refused to deliver it up, and sent Caesar word, if he pleased, he should come and seize it himself, which he did. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Fantine had the long, white, fine fingers of the vestal virgin who stirs the ashes of the sacred fire with a golden pin. Les Misérables There stood silver lamps, carved most marvellously and once trimmed by vestal virgins, lamps from the temples of Herculaneum, of Rome and of Pompeii. The Four Faces A Mystery And, if sanctity alone is to be the ground of immunity, what are we to think of the punishment of a vestal virgin? A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate Not so wicked as you imagine, continued the gentleman; for I assure you they were all vestal virgins for anything which I knew to the contrary. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 "My dear Temple," he said, "I live, mostly, the life of a vestal virgin." The Incomplete Amorist She is vowed as a vestal virgin to science. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Pimpernel Schley was alone, but she moved as if she were leading a quiet procession of vestal virgins. The Woman with the Fan Tom lighted them a blazing fire every day, and tended it during their absence with the care of a vestal virgin, so they were extremely cosy and jolly there. Monitress Merle From Goldsmith's "Rome" we learn that the vestal virgins possessed the power to pardon any criminal whom they met on the road to execution. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America And having convened the senate he sent envoys chosen from that body together with the vestal virgins to Cerialis as envoys. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster The house of the rex sacrificulus, however, he gave to the vestal virgins because it was separated merely by a wall from their apartments. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form She bowed to each of them, still with the vestal virgin air, and said, "Glad to know you!" to each in turn without looking at anyone. The Woman with the Fan These terrors, however, terminated in this, that Oppia, a vestal virgin, being found guilty of a breach of chastity, suffered punishment. Roman History, Books I-III An urn of gold shall hem his ashes in: The vestal virgins with their holy notes Shall sing his famous, though too fatal, death. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 After recording these acts on tablets and sealing them they delivered them to the vestal virgins to keep. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus The last named he immediately saluted as Augusta and appointed her priestess of Augustus, giving her at once all the privileges pertaining to the vestal virgins. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form "Many thanks," drawled the vestal virgin, who was still looking into her coffee cup. The Woman with the Fan It was deposited in the hands of the vestal virgins, who refused to deliver it up, and sent Cæsar word, if he pleased, he should come and seize it himself, which he did. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) It's all very interesting, because we're coming to that here in England; except that as we dont require any vestal virgins, nobody will get married at all, except the poor, perhaps. Getting Married Caesar on learning this took the documents containing the treaty from the vestal virgins and sent for Antony and Lepidus. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus Do you desire to live forever apart from women, as the vestal virgins live apart from men? Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form With the most vociferous emphasis the master expressed intense dissatisfaction with the apathetic demeanour of our populace during the procession of vestal virgins. My Life — Volume 1 These were generally such whose chastity was suspected, as the vestal virgins, &c. Hudibras A few of the oldest families stuck to the marriage tradition so as to keep up the supply of vestal virgins, who had to be legitimate; but nobody else dreamt of getting married. Getting Married After I recovered sufficiently from the shock, I answered indignantly, "Sir, know ye not that I have pledged my service to the vestal virgins of yon temple?" Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales He also granted the vestal virgins all the benefits enjoyed by women who had children. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form If the vestal virgins turn down their thumbs, that's another matter. Androcles and the Lion The artillery-women have a blue-and-red tunic, and, as weapons, blunderbusses and old cast cannons; and another brigade, consisting of vestal virgins, pure as Diana, have blue tunics and white trousers. Robur the Conqueror So Homer altered the name of one of them, naming her Pasithea, and betrothed her to a husband, in order that you may know that they are not vestal virgins. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits To Culpepper it was a vestal virgin standing before a hallowed shrine; to the prosaic observer I fear it was only a fair-haired young woman, whose wicked black eyes still shone with unfilial warmth. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories "O, she is like a vestal virgin with her light, or a queen with a sceptre," cried Mae exultingly. Mae Madden Oh, yes: he turns his thumbs up fast enough if the vestal virgins want to have one of his pet fighting men killed. Androcles and the Lion From the vestal virgin to the matron, the Roman woman in the days of the nation's health and growth fulfilled lofty functions and bore the whole weight of domestic toil. Woman and Labour "She may be the vestal virgin, but the queen is by my side," said Bero earnestly. Mae Madden |
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