| 单词 | censer |
| 例句 | Sometimes his censer produced so much smoke it seemed that Father Mike had the ability to cloak himself in a mist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The smoke from his censer rose and curled, fragrant with antiquity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One of them was holding a censer, and the priest was leaning toward him, adjusting the length of its silver chain. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She’d make me swing stinky censers around the counter, at the druggist, at the customers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The next minute he was back on ground level, swinging his censer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For Father Mike was approaching with the censer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Taking her purse as they walked along, he swung it by its strap, pretending it was a censer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He swung the censer so high it nearly touched the tip of my nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Worship was a septon with a censer, the smell of incense, a seven-sided crystal alive with light, voices raised in song. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There is some ecclesiastical flash, in the form of bejeweled crucifixes and gold-plated censers, but this is primarily an exhibition of book illustration, unlike any other medieval manuscript show you’re likely to see. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Dried and crushed resins of all three plants smolder in a nearby censer, filling the air with heavenly smells of fruity freshness. Smells like heaven: Israeli farm recreates Magi's gifts to Jesus 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The air was stale without a swinging censer. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z The smell of frankincense deepens and, over the heads of at least 10 rows of people in front of me, I just barely see wisps of smoke trailing into the air from censers. You don’t have to give up restaurants, museums or shopping during Madrid’s Holy Week 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z In a gallery evoking a church nave, where a 15th-century gilded silver German censer is displayed, they smell the ecclesiastical incense it would have dispensed. Drinking In the Art: Museums Offer a Growing Banquet for the Senses 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Contemporary Maya religious practice suggests that giant censers like those in the show were treated as living beings, to be fed, clothed, coddled and placated. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Dried and crushed resins of all three plants smolder in a nearby censer, filling the air with heavenly smells of fruity freshness. Smells like heaven: Israeli farm recreates Magi's gifts to Jesus 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z A Russian Orthodox priest said prayers and swung a censer before Chekalov's coffin, and mourners stepped forward to kiss it. Russia's Prigozhin buried quietly in hometown of St Petersburg 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z A Russian Orthodox priest said prayers and swung a censer before Chekalov's coffin as family, friends and former colleagues, some holding bunches of flowers, bade farewell, Reuters video showed. Russia's Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The young priest prayed and swung his censer. In Ukraine, a Holocaust survivor killed by a Russian missile is buried in haste 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Incense wafted throughout the church as Marquez and family members walked around the two coffins gently swinging an incense-filled censer and praying. 'God decided to take them together': El Paso funeral for couple married for 60 years 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z A sound system, a censer and an electronic giving station were stolen. Head of Boston shrine ready to forgive accused burglar 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The sacrum is a triangular bone at the base of the spine, perforated by holes like a priest’s censer. Babies ruined my orgasm: How trying to have kids sucked all the pleasure out of sex 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In front of Bernini’s iconic baldacchino altarpiece, a priest slowly swung a censer, sending puffs of incense into the air. A Humble Pope, Challenging the World 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z "I make that one censer/pepper pot, one castle, one tower and a rather lovely ship." Which players have finished top and bottom of the Football League? 2012-05-29T23:06:00Z The perfume of swinging censers did not cloud her brain, nor the ugliness of white-washed walls grieve her eyes—any consecrated place of prayer was good enough to pray in. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Had God in the wilderness, by a solemn and deadly judgment, removed from office and from life the two elder sons of Aaron simply because they had offered strange fire in their censers? The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z In the garden below flowers are yielding their souls into the air, censers invisible. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z All the monks sang masses for the dead, and I, with two other boys of my own age, swung the incense-breathing censer before the great altar of skulls. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Nay, it is the censer that God's hand set swinging in the sky, to remind us to keep the incense of our praises ever rising heavenward. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z The small white cloud from the censer mounted to the ceiling, and creeping away through the arches, hung over the organ till it was lost to the eye in the dimness of the twilight. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The subtle power in perfume found, Nor priest nor sibyl vainly learned; On Grecian shrine or Aztec mound No censer idly burned. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The most usual name for them is however censer, chencer, tenser, and variations of these. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z Immediately on his entrance the clouds arising from the censer must fill the chamber, that the priest might not see the face of Jehovah over the cherubs and die. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z Once to offer incense, once to pray, to sprinkle the blood of a goat towards the mercy-seat, and then to bring out the censer. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z So the Bishop placed fire in a censer, blessed it, and added the incense. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z "And Nature holds in wood and field Her thousand sunlit censers still; To spells of flower and shrub we yield Against or with our will." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z It is difficult to say whether or no tenser is a confusion of censer. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z During parts of the communion service one deacon swings a censer and another "clangs" a cymbal. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z At this point the congregation crossed its innumerable features three times, and Bertram began to giggle; immediately afterward fumes poured from the swung censer, and Viola began to choke. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The plague had already begun; and before he could possibly get the censers and incense among the people, fourteen thousand and seven hundred had died of the plague. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z It is all an ignorant, barbaric, superstitious lie—a lie that pomp and pageant, and flaunting flags, and robed priests, and swinging censers, cannot change to truth. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z This view receives some confirmation from Cowell’s definition of the “censure” and “censers” of Cornwall. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z There are a bronze censer, an antique, with embossed scripture figures upon it, and a branched lamp-stand surmounted by a bird, both of the rudest construction, and greatly neglected. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z I see the dying victims, the smoking altars, the swinging censers, and the rising clouds. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The division that escorted the Virgin marched on with especial steadiness, not a peaked cap drooping, nor a boyish acolyte faltering under the weight of his tall gilded censer. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The flowers seem to me to hold their silent high mass, swinging their own censers of sweet incense. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Cleanse thy sight, thine hands, and thy feet: carry the censer of thy worship into the courts of the Lord; and let thy vows be unto the Most High. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z Its furniture consists of an iron censer, an iron saucer containing oil and a wick, and an 331 earthen flagon. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Gold ornaments, censers, chalices, crucifixes of rare workmanship and precious stuffs, were divided into lots and sold, partly to Arezzo for 14,000 golden florins, and partly to Florence for a larger sum. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The second pageant presented by this brotherhood was accompanied by bevies of white-robed boys swinging censers and chanting anthems. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The ornaments, the sacred vessels, and censers used in performing mass are exceedingly rich and valuable, but are too much overlaid to please an �sthetic taste. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The women kneel in the aisles, shrouding their heads in their shawls; the surpliced acolyte swings his censer; the heavy perfume of burning incense fills the hall. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z There were bowings, appearings and retirings, the swinging of censers, and the presentation of tapers fixed in silver candelabras, and tied in the middle with black ribbon, so as to form a sheaf. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The work is mainly devoted to preparing pigments, making glass, and working metals, and their conversion into ecclesiastical paraphernalia, such as mural decoration, pictures, windows, chalices, censers, bells, organs, etc. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Captain Walmsley, with the blazing censer in his hand, made his way over the boxes, bales, and barrels which lay above the heavy articles, to the hatchway. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Then was seen the triumphal chariot, outdoing all other magnificence; before which boys swung censers and maidens strewed flowers; while the people, as it passed, prostrated themselves and shouted, "Io triumphe!" Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z It blends with frankincense and myrrh in the censers of Greek and Roman Catholic churches. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z A full-grown altar-"boy," black as his robes, and slippered, swung the heavy censer, and looked over the audience for possible disturbances. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z And presently the room was filled with a perfume more delicate than that of a censer burning finest frankincense. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z And reconciliation; but as up The smell of incense rose, the smoke beneath To Lucifer, from countless censers swung. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Some vertical object, perhaps a censer, similar to that held by figure No. 56 in the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, or perhaps a fold of her mantle, is sculptured on the right.—Athens. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Madam, you will remain: I need you to cast gums upon the censer To make me drowsy—I must sleep some moments. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z From the two acacias, growing under the windows of Hanka's residence, which strewed the walk near them with petals white as snow, came a sweet scent, strong and intoxicating as if from a censer. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The church was filled with smoke from censers, and trembled from the voices of people. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z "I have not forgotten the censer, holy father," returned the Skipper, with an ineffectual effort to assume his usual equanimity. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The Sun, a contrite thurifer After his garish days, Through lessening arch, a wavy blur, His burnish'd censer sways. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z All eyes were fixed on the altar, all were praying; the flames of the candles were glittering and quivering; the smoke from the censers was playing and curling in the bright air. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z At each of the four corners of the platform burns a fragrant censer—huge basins of chased gold—which envelop the whole concourse in a stupefying cloud of fragrant vapour. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Two men swinging censers stood by the table, and two others, a little nearer the corpse, held bronze bowls of water. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Three hundred attendants burnt sweet-smelling ambergris and aloes wood in the censers, and prepared the scented oil which fed the ten thousand wicks of the lanterns. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The candles on the altar had golden halos; the smoke from the censers formed purple mist; the white robes of the monks serving Mass played with the darkened colors of the rainbow. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The smoke from the censer rose slowly, spreading the odor of myrrh and juniper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z With rapt attention every one regards the two veiled figures who stand in the midst of the blue clouds of the four censers. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The Planet of Love in the cloud-swept night Hangs like a censer of gold, And Venus reigns on her starlit height Even as she ruled of old. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Then in a censer burning gums they brought And spices rare and unguent for his feet. The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus 2011-07-30T02:00:17.393Z A worship of these creeping things and beasts was in progress, for the seventy ancients of Israel were swinging censers full of incense, so that a thick cloud went up. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z The breeze carried about the strengthening odor of the incense burned in the censers; the heads of all were bent down with humility. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z They did so, and put sacred fire into their censers. The Child's Book About Moses 2011-07-17T02:00:38.100Z We climbed up and looked in, and saw a chapter with an altar brilliantly lit up, and presently priests in vestments and boys swinging silver censers came in and arranged themselves before an altar. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z In the center of the portico there stood a queer-shaped censer, surrounded with chandeliers. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z A thurifer goes first, flinging his censer high in the air, and the lights, borne one on each side of the great silver crucifix, gleam redly through a misty cloud. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Soon the lad swung a censer before the church altar, while shortly his mother was termed wealthy by reason of wise investments and increasing values. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Melodious masses proper to the service were ever and anon chanted by the papal choir, and overpowering perfume was diffused around by a hundred censers. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z In going out from the synagogue, I observed a hall, which I had the curiosity to enter, but I found nothing remarkable in it, except a great number of censers. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z But as I stepped beneath the light of the censer, two circumstances of a startling nature attracted my attention. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z In that of Cuzco twelve large jars of silver held the sacred grain, and censers, ewers, and even the pipes which conducted the water-supply through the earth to the temple, were of silver. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z The murmur of the harps rose up towards the statue with the swirling fumes of crackling incense from the priest's censer. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z For thou, to keep thy body to thy soul, Must swing a censer, wear a holy stole, And chaunt Te Deums with unbelief between. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z I perceived in it no altar, nor any other furniture, but the chair of Moses, with a censer, a long table, and large chandeliers, in which were placed candles made of tallow. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Her pulses throbbed and her face still burned with the remembrance of the interview with her father, as she eyed unseeingly the approaching band, led by censer- and banner-bearers. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Even the censers of Korah's wicked company were holy, because they had been used for the Lord; much more simple service from a believing heart. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Anon there cometh in a dove By the window's open fold, And in her mouth was a rich censer, That shone like Ophir gold. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Here are silver censers, paintings set in diamonds, shrines of silver, and rare and priceless relics of every description, besides gold and silver chalices, fonts, and other church vessels, and a collection of magnificent vestments. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z They carried off the silver table of the high altar, the silver cups, dalmatics, censers of silver; in fact, everything ornamented with silver or gold. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The pipe was therefore a sort of censer, and was accordingly treated with respect and reverence. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Between each god or goddess walked youths, swinging censers, emitting as they moved them to and fro sweet odours grateful to their divinities. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Anon there cometh in a dove, By the window's open fold, And in her mouth was a rich censer That shone like beaten gold. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Beautiful vessels, in all sorts of curious forms; candlesticks in the shape of dolphins; golden drinking-cups resting on silver pillars; censers and many other beautiful articles, altogether a rich treasure. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z On the mantelpiece were huddled in luxurious confusion sundry brass censers, medieval lamps, and an ivory crucifix. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z There came into the arena a procession of priests, monks, and devotees, bearing aloft graven images of saints, and swinging censers of incense, as they slowly approached him. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z He surveyed the censer and olive-branch for a considerable time, and evidently knew not what to make of it. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z After all, as Martinez said, we must even be content with what we have, whether it be censers or syllogisms, or both. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z The serving ministrants swung their censers gaily into the air, and the monks marching behind in a double file as before, sung the last verses of the unfinished hymn. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Into the mouth of the censers a bundle of pipe-lights had been methodically arranged. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z It was surrounded by a dense cloud of smoke from censers, which produced the impression that Rameses XII. was appearing to his people in clouds like a divinity. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z And if you breathe the air coming from those fields and meadows, as if it came from a censer in church, you feel its strength going into you. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The way of the censer is certainly the safer, as I have said; I suppose because the ruin of the external universe is not nearly so deep nor so virulent as the ruin of men. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z A silver or brazen cross and a slender crutch are the never-failing accoutrements of the priest; and on all occasions of ceremony, the mitre, the censer, and the great umbrellas are conspicuous objects. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z At the commencement of the service, the officiating priest traverses the church, scattering incense from a censer. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z If I had known, holiness, that thou wouldst make it an offering in that way, I should have given thee a club, not a censer. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The streets", says Dr. Cox, "were lined with priests and clerks from all the parishes within twenty miles of the city, with censers, crosses, surplices, and copes of the richest sort. Canterbury 2011-02-17T03:00:20.527Z The delicate flame of these tapers burned steadily in the still sunlight, and the glittering silver censers as they rose and fell tossed a pale cloud into the air. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z The sea-snake rose in glittering green folds to receive in his soft embrace the recumbent occupant; and ministering spirits of strange form, bearing harp and censer, were ranged in silence around. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Several censer-bearers walked backward before the stretcher, and stopped from time to time in order to swing their copper and silver censers from which clouds of perfumed vapor issued and circled upward. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The heir uttered prescribed prayers, whirled the censer to the height of the divinity’s head, and bowed low a number of times in succession. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Asafoetida instead of incense was burned in the censer. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The Palace of Perfumes, which was termed likewise The Incentive to Pleasure, consisted of various halls, where the different perfumes which the earth produces were kept perpetually burning in censers of gold. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z In the soul of every libertarian swings a fragrant censer which offers up olibanum to the stainless character of the great revolutionist. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z The bishop fended off the man with a censer, a ceremonial incense holder, as altar servers and other church workers jumped to his defense. Mentally Disturbed Man Attacks Bishop in Germany 2010-04-05T00:20:00Z In an alcove by the great carved fire-place a thin spiral of scented smoke rose from a censer. The Princess Galva A Romance Instead of a wretched criminal on trial for his many misdeeds, I should now, had I been allowed to become ambergris, be swinging in a censer perfuming the altar of a church. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z They, however, went on, and observed an infinity of censers, in which ambergris and the wood of aloes were continually burning. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z "Let us break these idolatrous censers!" said Don Amador, "for my blood boils to look upon them." Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Not a ray of reason can enter a mind darkened for a lifetime by ceremonials in which candles, chantings, swinging censers, and prostrations are regarded as worship. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise A covered censer with burning incense is then passed round, and each guest perfumes his hands, face, and sometimes his clothes; this censer serves also on first receptions and whenever special honour is intended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" They bear gifts of quickening pollen from other plants, or swing the anther censers that waited the coming of expected guests. What a Young Husband Ought to Know Sometimes the rising upcurling vapour will linger Just above the summit, and seem for a while an incense exhaling from this vast censer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Of crosses, paxes, censers, pixes, feretories, candelabra, monstrances, lamps, &c., he scattered specimens broadcast throughout Spain. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. How he longed to be the little boy in scarlet who carried a sort of silver sauce-boat and helped to spoon what looked like brown sugar into the censer. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I had wondered when I smelt it at Madame Blavatsky’s—if there might be some contrivance, some secret censer, but that explanation was no longer possible. The Trembling of the Veil "At your service, your Excellency," said the obsequious priest, who also kissed his hand to the black-faced image, and sprinkled a few grains of incense on the censer. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Who gives his life for beauty's need, King Caspar could no more; Who serves the truth with single mind Shall stand with Melchior; And love is all that Balthasar In crested censer bore. Later Poems As early as 1641 the Jesuit Father Grueber visited Lhasa, and recorded that the Lamas wore caps and mitres, that they used rosaries, bells, and censers, and observed the practice of confession, penance, and absolution. The Unveiling of Lhasa There was a silence save for the censer tinkling steadily and the low whispered words of the priest and the click of the broken wafer. Sinister Street, vol. 1 At the end of the saloon were three colossal statues of Buddha, before which were placed large butter lamps and censers. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Before it was a small marble altar, on which burned, day and night, a silver censer. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Upon this Dr. Medjora seated himself, after having lighted the lamp which hung like a censer from the centre of the roof. A Modern Wizard The priests in their richest robes press through the throng, bowing and swinging their censers before the shrine of the saints, repeating the “Christ is risen!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The procession was marshalled before the altar: the organ boomed through the church: the first thurifer started off, swinging his censer towards the clouded roof. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Each time that the deacon passed, waving his censer, they seemed to burn more brightly. Peasant Tales of Russia The extremities of each step consist of censers, in which are ever burning aromatic plants, gathered on the sacred mountains of Thibet. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The priests waved the censers, while the bride and the bridegroom joined their hands and received the blessing of the bishop. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series As the Spanish army approached the city, a procession came out to meet them, with banners, and bands of music, and censers smoking with incense. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Their churches are very richly ornamented with altars, crucifixes, candelabras, different-sized chalices, censers, and everything else required in our religious ceremonies, all of pure silver. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Sometimes it is a rude Slavic peasant who swings the censer or lays the spice on the live coals—a rough-necked man with red-brown hands and face. Seeds of Pine He opened the grating which led to the interior of the Miao, prostrated himself thrice, burned incense in the censers, and lighted a small lamp at the feet of the idol. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] In a corner of his palace he had arranged a cupboard with a censer and a pair of candlesticks, before which he performed cabalistic operations in nothing but his shirt. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The embassadors saluted the Spanish chieftain with the greatest reverence, bowing before him, and surrounding him with clouds of incense, which arose from waving censers borne by their attendants. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Now appeared a man with a silver censer suspended by three silver chains, and having a coffee-pot standing upon the burning coals within it. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant "Is it then in full canonicals, and with the smoke of censers, we are to march against the Saxon?" said Mark, with a taunting sneer. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Just at this crisis a solemn hymn was heard in the direction of the Via Sacra; and past the Flavian Amphitheatre came a long procession of priests, swinging censers, and singing psalms. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Then Bors saw a dove of whitest plumage fly across the court with a golden censer in its mouth, from which seemed to stream the most delicious perfumes. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The heads of these three figures have been wickedly destroyed, but parts of the chains of the angels' censers remain. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The Sanitary Processional had completed the daily ritual of waste disposal and the cart drivers and censer bearers were goading their patient daks into a faster gait. Insidekick Some occupied themselves with clearing away the articles of toilet hitherto used; others swung censers with aromatic incense, or sprinkled balsam about the room from narrow-necked flasks. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Among the bodies, outraged by horrible and nameless mutilations, walks 316 a priest, swinging a censer. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things For in at the open window of the hall there flew a dove, which bore in its mouth what seemed a little censer of gold. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality These are prayers130 Of all the saints on earth—prayers which ascend, Like incense, from the censer in the hand Of that bright angel, to the throne of God. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 There is no need of the swinging silver censers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. The censer probably symbolizes both male and female aspects, the fire that burns and the grain that is burned. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms Frankincense was taken from the censer with three fingers, and strewed upon the altar three times. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning And from this censer came such a rich and penetrating perfume as if all the spicery of the world had been there, while upon the table suddenly appeared the most delicious of meats and drinks. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Ah! he has cast his censer to the earth; And suddenly the earthquake and the storm Awoke, and through the darkness, rolled and flashed Deep thunders and the lightning; and, behold! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The seat of the mighty was in her estimation the place for Eugene, with her in the foreground as a faithful and conspicuous acolyte, swinging the censer of praise and delight. The "Genius" See below II 9, where the censer is symbol of Urashâ a god of light. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms The High Priest was followed by a long train of the Magi, in spotless white robes, chanting hymns, and carrying the sacred fire on silver censers. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The windows and terraces were draped with multicolored tapestries of complicated design, and slave women placed censers in the doorways for burning perfumes. Sónnica It was like the sweet incense of a censer. My Lady of the Chimney Corner A sweet bell chimes; and a censer Swings gleaming in the gloom; The candles glimmer and denser Rolls up the pale perfume. The Garden of Dreams The censer bearers waved their smoking bowls until the whole place was fragrant with the odor of the incense. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Otherwise, in common with the Church, Buddhism has saints, censers, litanies, tonsures, holy water, fasts, and confession. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal All about the area are scattered altars, statues, vases of flowers, censers, and candelabra. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century High priests of thought, we swung the censers and rose on the breast of the incense. The Kempton-Wace Letters As they entered the pavilion of the Spanish general the air was filled with clouds of incense which rose from censers carried by some attendants. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Ornate but crude censers were in the hands of two priests; the incense was lit by long tapers, and its acrid odor wound up in wavering purple spirals of smoke. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The saint passed to a new shrine without attendant priests, acolytes, and banners, the swinging of censers, the tinkling of bells, as in the fine old days before Rome was a modern European capital. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 Thurifer.—The name given to one who bears the censer in services where incense is used. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia The upper portion was of gold, and upon it hung candelabra, censers, stoles, chalices, and ecclesiastical symbols of every description. Legends & Romances of Brittany I cannot tell the meaning of these figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ’s mediatorial function. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The nectarines and the pomegranates Glowing with crimson ripeness, And the orange trees with their blossoms Yielding sweet odour to every breeze, As the incense flows from the censer. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems There were twelve of these statues, sculptured with great art, and they were borne along on elevated pedestals, with censers, and incense, and various ceremonies of homage, while vast multitudes of spectators lined the way. Alexander the Great Makers of History The sun goes down: the heart of Spain is proud: Her censers fume, her golden trumpets blow! Collected Poems Volume One Before midnight it is like a new-lit censer; in the small hours the smell of old camp fires comes trailing, and the scent of rain upon embers. The Rustler of Wind River At the two corners of the sarcophagus are two angels bearing censers; and on its lid two birds, with crosses like crests upon their heads. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Immingled dreams their senses storm As Westward shadows cloak each lee; Where censers blaze they drag their limbs, These cursed, forsaken whelps of hell! Betelguese A Trip Through Hell The lower stalls have less important subjects, such as censers, chalices, vases of flowers, animals, armillary spheres, musical instruments, etc. Intarsia and Marquetry O God unthroned, Lone exile from the faith you owned, No priest to bring you sacrifice, No censer with its breath of spice, No land to mourn your funeral pyre. The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems The golden altar and the priest with his swinging censer of burning incense standing thereat will proclaim him as the great high priest. Christ, Christianity and the Bible This writer enthusiastically swings the censer before Nicholas as the "Iron Knight of Legitimacy" and the "Invincible Champion of Government by the Grace of God." The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The candles in the room burned dimly, and the incense in the censers was paling to ash. The Chinese Fairy Book Countless little censers of white spice swung frankincense and myrrh for pagan nostrils. In a Little Town So saying, the flame asleep in ash he busied him to wake, And worshipped with the censer full and holy-kneaded cake The sacred Vesta's shrine and God of Pergamean wall. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Now, O Lord, to thy great glory, we, as censers, offer to Thee the incense of our sweet-smelling balsam, strong, resinous and fragrant. Sielanka: An Idyll And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire upon the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunder, and voices, and lightning, and an earthquake.”—Rev. viii. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer This incense is burned in a great sacrificial censer in the temple court, and the river inspectors and their subordinates all go to the temple to thank the gods for their aid. The Chinese Fairy Book The odorous vapor of what was still burning in the censer within hung above us. The Book of Khalid A reddish light burned in a great glittering censer, which swung gently to and fro in the chancel. The First Violin A Novel I will make him a little priest, and he shall swing the censer and chant the Misericordia when I get the new chapel built.” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life The same censer brings the prayer of the saints before God and casts fire upon the earth. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer The censer was made of iron, and was so large one could not clasp it with both arms. The Chinese Fairy Book Silvery soft by the forest side, Wine-red, yellow and rose, The Wizard of Autumn, faint-blue eyed, Swinging his censer, goes. Treasure Valley Fire-making—rubbing the fire sticks, taking the censer, putting incense in it, and lighting it. 2nd. The Religion of Ancient Egypt Priests in glittering garments were kneeling before the cupola-crowned altar; there rose a cloud of incense from silver censers, and the organ thundered again, like the storm gathering over the woods. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden The riches of this temple in statues, tables, censers, cups, and other sacred vessels, all of massy gold, were immense. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Then he stretched out his head at the top of the censer and once more watched the play. The Chinese Fairy Book As a member of the Christian priesthood, it becomes you to rush in with your censer and incense between the living and the dead, “that the plague may be stayed!” The Mind of Jesus Coals in the censer likewise stand for the favors, or blessings, of God; they are a type of our prayers, which should rise with fervor. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Like a golden censer glowing, Filled with burning odors rare, All my heart is upward flowing, In a cloud of ceaseless prayer. Days of Heaven Upon Earth He descended, and poured them into a censer of gold. Hebrew Literature When the ashes in the censer fly up into the air without any cause, and are scattered about, it is a sign that great danger is threatening. The Chinese Fairy Book The organ sent forth its thunder; the flashing censers shot upwards to the roof, and, as they rose and fell, emitted fragrant wreaths of incense. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Then followed a group of seminarians clad in the lace and scarlet of their order, swinging to and fro their brazen censers from which poured fragrant clouds of incense. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders They perform great ceremonies in these churches, the priests being dressed in magnificent costumes, and walking in processions, with censers of incense burning as they go. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History It was three digits high above the earth, and upon it he put the censer. Hebrew Literature Sometimes a morning zephyr, stirring from the east, would tear down the garlands and throw them upon the brows of the kneeling worshippers, and would spread fragrance abroad as from a priest's censer. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 The fact is, as Arlo Bates says, “the villains no longer steal through smiling gardens whose snowy lilies, all abloom, and sending up perfume like incense from censers of silver, seem to rebuke the wicked.” English: Composition and Literature The smoking crater of a volcano, described as a censer from which rise the fumes of incense, portends an outbreak of subterranean fire. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning In Southwark the King was met by all the London clergy in their most sumptuous robes, with crosses and censers. The History of London He entered to bring forth the spoon and the censer, he sanctified his hands and his feet, and undressed, and he descended, and washed. Hebrew Literature They sang the Tantum Ergo, and the cloud of incense rose from the censer in the priest's hand. The Dop Doctor Thine eye was on the censer, And not the hand that bore it. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature After we had lighted our cigars from the golden censer, the British Governor arose and proposed the health of the Sultan and the young heir apparent. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Pageants: grand shows, processions. censers: vessels for burning incense. conduit: a pipe or channel for leading or conducting water. The History of London He took the censer, and went up to the top of the altar, and raked the live coals here and there, and gathered out from the inner embers. Hebrew Literature As the fragrant incense rose from the censer and the holy water sprinkled the snow-white pall that bore the Red Cross, one dreadful word lurked sinister in every thought: Murdered!... The Dop Doctor Your past life will appear to you like a dream, your former feelings will vanish as incense upon the coals of the censer. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Priests in their white robes mingled with the crowd, scattering clouds of incense from their censers, and thus escorted the army slowly made its way through the gates of the city of Tlascala. The True Story Book Jewelled lamps glowed and censers smoked before the image of the bull, Apis. The Orchard of Tears When he came to the ark, he put the censer between its two staves, he heaped the incense on the live coals, and the whole house was entirely filled with smoke. Hebrew Literature Angels with golden censers stand before the throne, while elders cast their crowns of gold before the Lamb once slain. The Faith of Our Fathers Others placed before the Pharaoh stalks of nymphœa that bloomed like the cup of the censers. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt An immense number of priests swinging censers mingled with the crowd, and, as before, they were decorated with garlands and bunches of flowers, and accompanied by gay music from various instruments. The True Story Book Incense rises from open censers on the dais, the blue cloud enveloping a gorgeous altar, encrusted with gold. Through the Malay Archipelago He took the censer in his right hand, and the spoon in his left. Hebrew Literature Incense is a striking emblem of prayer, which should ascend to heaven from hearts burning with love, just as the fragrant smoke ascends from the censer. The Faith of Our Fathers A priest came, waving censers before the altar, and thick volumes of perfume ascended to the Blessed Virgin. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Or sometimes the incense is lighted and put in the censer by one of the priests employed. Moon Lore They retired, but shortly returned, carrying in their hands massive silver censers, in which burnt aloes, cinnamon and other odoriferous woods diffused a delicious perfume around. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Then he lifted her on the horse and gave her a golden censer, similar to those she had already seen at the Viking's house. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen They don our vestments, they swing our censer, erect altars in their churches and adorn them with flowers and candle-sticks. The Faith of Our Fathers Blest is the man whose onward course Is free from every ill, Who also doth impartially Love’s golden censer fill. A Leaf from the Old Forest On the altar stood the figure of the Virgin with the child Jesus, surrounded by lights and flowers; priests in festive garb were chanting, and choir boys, beautifully attired, swung the silver censer. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The gods must have their incense from the right kind of censer. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions And the sun shone without, while within the censers were waved and the Mass was celebrated. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Long trains of virgins from the sacred grove, Pair after pair, in bright procession move, 160 With flower-fill'd baskets round the altar throng, Or swing their censers, as they wind along. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Standing as the great Angel of the Covenant with the golden censer, His hand never shortened—His ear never heavy—His uplifted arm of intercession never faint. Memories of Bethany And he lifted her upon the horse, and gave her a golden censer similar to the one she had seen in the Viking's castle. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Thee, thee we must worship still, and with thee the acolytes who bear thy censers! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions She swung the censer, and a wonderful fragrance of incense arose from it; so powerful, that the reeds and rushes of the moor burst forth into blossom. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen In the eighth chapter of Revelation an Angel is seen before an altar with a golden censer. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and out it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.”—Rev. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse She swung the censer, and a wondrous fragrance of incense streamed forth thence, so that the reeds and grass of the moor burst forth into blossom. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales And he lifted her up on the horse, and gave her a golden censer like those she had formerly seen at the Viking's castle; and strong was the perfume which issued from it. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The priests waved the censers, while the bride and bridegroom joined their hands and received the blessing of the bishop. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth, and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings and an earthquake. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future The golden censer was the instrument in which incense was burned in the Jewish worship. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse The woman took the censer from the crier, gave him a reward, and advanced towards me. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Basins, censers, cruets, and other vessels, of the same precious materials, lent their lustre to its services. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 If he had the right book, he would be priest, say the prayers, use the holy water, swing the censer, cast on the mould, then give shrift and benison and go on his way. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England They then brought crosses, tapers, and censers, and began to offer prayers and to chant requiems for the repose of the soul of the deceased. William the Conqueror Makers of History There, priests had waved their censers, and the cloud of incense, with the prayers of the worshipers, had ascended before God. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan But if, despised by you, I cannot aspire to the highest marks of your affection, let me have a single kiss, and the censer shall be yours.' Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Sing, children, sing, And the lily censers swing; Sing that life and joy are waking and that Death no more is king. Graded Memory Selections Within, the gloom, the mediaeval furniture, the brass censers, sacramental cups, lamps; and crucifixes conspired, I thought, to make the atmosphere heavy and unwholesome. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti The censers, as they were swung backward and forward by the bearers, emitted a dense smoke, which rose far above the procession, and marked its progress. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim They also made many things for the use of the temple—candlesticks, and spoons, and censers all of pure gold, and there was also a golden altar and a golden table. Child's Story of the Bible I brought not this censer here to sell, but to give it to you; accept it at the price mentioned, and you will save my life.' Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers At Whitsuntide, according to a sixteenth century account, a huge suspended censer was swung along the nave, and the descent of the Holy Spirit illustrated by the letting loose of a white pigeon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch The very atmosphere of the apartment was redolent of the richest perfumes, which streamed from four censers of chased gold placed on a tall candelabra of wrought bronze in the corners of the room. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Coloured rays cross one another in the blue air, amid the flying of arrows and the swinging of censers. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The most diligent search was made for beads and pyxes, censers and crucifixes; not a fragment of either could be discovered. A Yacht Voyage Round England Since the censer pleases you, I reckon myself very fortunate in having it in my power to present you with it.' Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers A small boy swings the smoking censer, and the singers undertake a melancholy dirge. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Now he walked all round it swinging a little censer, now stopped before a largeish book upon a stand, reciting all the time in nasal tones. The Valley of the Kings The sand, in the morning, used to send forth exhalations on the horizon, like the fumes of a censer. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Candlesticks, censers, with "other broken brass," "as little bells and such like," containing in weight, 34 lb., sold at 6d. a pound. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See Splendid cushions embroidered with gold, woven carpets, gilded censers, would elsewhere have bespoken opulence and respectability, but here seemed only the booty of a robber band. The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales His hands were clasped around his blanketed knees, and his breath, rising in a cloud of luminous steam,— “Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven without a death.” High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France Two of them said mass, while the clerk, clad in a sheepskin caftan reaching to his feet, zealously and devoutly swung an immense censer. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II To right and left of him, two theories of priests, with peaked caps, are swinging censers. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul And the blue-eyed violets, shy and tender, With breath from the censer of heaven sent, Were bits of the sky, by the summer borrowed, And just for the season to Flora lent. Nestlings A Collection of Poems Prayer must have an evil savour, when it is not put in the golden censer that this angel hath to offer up incense with the prayers of the saints. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The alabaster lilies, April's own fragrant censers, Envy thy breast's full cups! Life Immovable First Part The procession went several times round the chapel, above the heads bowed in the smoke from the censers, which the choir boys swung, turning at each pause to face the priest. En Route It was surrounded by a dense cloud of smoke from censers, which produced the impression that Ramses XII was appearing to his people in clouds like a divinity. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt The blind and mutilated Peganes was compelled to walk before his friend, with a bowl of earthenware in the form of a censer, filled with sulphur, as if burning incense to perfume him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Tall lights burned at the head and feet, and fragrant perfumes diffused their odors from silver censers. Rookwood Here the western descendants of Ishmael pitch their bark tents, and swing their barbaric censers before the Asiatic-born Redeemer. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Sitting on his heels, with the censer between his small hands, he lowered his face toward the fumes, became drunk with sad memories. Sacrifice If I had known, holiness, that Thou wouldst make it an offering in that way, I should have given thee a club, not a censer. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Fair gleams the snowy altar-cloth, The silver vessels sparkle clean, The shrill bell rings, the censer swings,35 And solemn chaunts resound between. The Ontario High School Reader He swung his sacred censer pot over each body and though we understood no word we knew he was doing reverence to the spirit of sacrifice shown by our fallen comrades. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 He babbled of genial wine and of the alert lips of women, of swinging censers and of pale-mouthed priests, and his heart was troubled by a world profuse in beauty. Chivalry Thereupon he produced a little censer, kindled a piece of charcoal, and sprinkled the coal with aloes, gum incense, and musk. Sacrifice The heir uttered prescribed prayers, whirled the censer to the height of the divinity's head, and bowed low a number of times in succession. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt So speaking, he kindles the sleeping embers of the fire, and with holy meal and laden censer does sacrifice to the tutelar of Pergama and hoar Vesta's secret shrine. The Aeneid of Virgil Behind him, chanting, came a long train of choir-boys, followed by two acolytes who swung by chains of brass censers from which rose clouds of fragrant smoke. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 A myriad bens around gave mists, as smoke from a censer, to the day. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn He had a big can of water, which he swung like a censer as he danced. Despair's Last Journey Each little boy carried a fuming censer, and it was not difficult to see that they were well pleased with themselves and their office. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray A light wind swung them as from a censer; the moved air touched the young man's forehead. The Long Roll Priests in full splendour paced solemnly along with censers swinging, candles flickering, sweet-voiced boys singing, and hundreds kneeling as they passed. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag In heaven flame the golden candles, and the censers fume with frankincense. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year In one hand she held a sword, and in the other a censer. King Arthur and His Knights Pale, but resolute, attended by two trembling altar boys with bell and censer, Father Mulcahy advanced in front of the astonished cause of this unwonted disturbance. Adrift in the Ice-Fields The women kneel in the aisles, shrouding their heads in their shawls; a surpliced acolyte swings his censer; the heavy perfume of burning incense fills the hall. Children of the Tenements Around them are some fine figures of ecclesiastics, who, robed in magnificent vestments, assist at the ceremony, together with deacons and acolytes, who hold the book and censer. Fra Angelico In the middest alley was their long censer, reaching from the roof to the ground; as though the Holy Ghost came down in their censing, in likeness of a dove. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Here, also, are sold cups and censers, and all sorts of utensils used in churches. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar First came a band of acolytes, swinging censers and chanting hymns to the honour of the Virgin. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham Praise in the censers, praise upon the gong, Madone! from the garden of our woes: On eves celestial throb the echo long! Silverpoints Now and again there flitted past me a long-robed priest, to whom all bowed, and after him boys with swaying censers. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See What censers! what crosses! what nosegays! what tapers! what banners! what pictures! Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre There were Spanish soldiers, and priests in various coloured vestments, with boys waving censers and banners borne above their heads. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham There were also several censers, lamps, and little silver plates and salvers. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The party consisted of three men who were, by their dresses, persons of rank; four or five citizens, also on horseback; four priests, and a dozen acolytes, with banners and censers. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Before the altar stood the golden censers, containing seventeen pounds weight of solid gold. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Sweetest music from an unseen source ever and anon sounded, and Spiridion swung a censer full of perfumes round the chamber. The Young Duke Priests and altars, flaming sacrifices, and smoking censers, groups of fiery zealots hanging with frenzy on prophetic lips, and sealing with their blood and holiest vows a solemn covenant to conquer Canaan. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 And now," continued the King, "I must have an incense-bearer to swing my censer over the meadows. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs They seemed not at all astonished to see the figures in scarlet and white, with the swinging censer. The Guests Of Hercules The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates, for a covering for the altar. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The censer is a piece of church furniture in constant use in the Russo-Greek church, and we find several examples very characteristic of Russian art. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers It was the custom, however, when any one entered the presence of a great lord, for the servants to throw aromatics into a burning censer. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III The inundation was in evident dependence on the Sun, and Egypt, environed with arid deserts, like a heart within a burning censer, was the female power, dependent on the influences personified in its God. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry They call th' breeze from th' slumb'ring west And a censer place in his hand, Then mingle perfumes, choicest, best, To waft o'er the festive land. Our Profession and Other Poems In the angles of the archway at the tomb are the figures of two angels with censers. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See On each side of this niche is an angel with a censer, with rich foliage below. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See In the meantime several attendants round the nobles were filling the air with incense, from censers which they bore. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico Now some use censers of clay, others employ censers of rare white earth finely carved and decked with silver and gold. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) The censers were swung aloft, dispensing their perfumes, and all the people made obeisance. Bohemian Days Three American Tales When night falls the Tyrolese peasant goes with all his household through each room and outhouse, his wife bearing the holy water vessel and the censer. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan The cherubim drooped and the pomegranates lay In the dust with the lamps that had glimmered all day; The censers and altar the ashes must claim, Though their unalloyed gold be the gold of Parvaim. Indian Legends and Other Poems More eloquent than chanted rituals, Subtler than odors swinging censers bear, Purer than hymn of praise or passionate prayer, The silence, like a benediction, falls. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. My particular censer, as you see, is a plain, honest briar, a root dug from the banks of the blue Garonne, whose only glory is its grain and color. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) High waved before, in crimson pride, 2 The banner of the Cross; The silver rood was then descried, While deacon youths, from side to side, The fuming censer toss. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan The angels sing and toss their censers as before, and the first scene closes to a sound of 32 organs. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The cherubim drooped and the pomegranates lay In the dust with the lamps that had glimmered all day; The censers, and altars, the ashes must claim, Though their unalloyed gold be the gold of Parvaim. Indian Legends and Other Poems Shrines, canopies, censers, all the objects carried in the procession, have disappeared into the churches. Bruges and West Flanders Next I pack it firmly in the censer's hollow bowl with neither too firm nor too light a pressure. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) I ran to the first of the band; he had a crown on his head, and a little censer in his hand; I humbly asked him his name. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Banners and crosses and censers go in front; then follows the shrine beneath a canopy: roses and leaves of box are scattered on the path. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Stript stand the altars, and the shrines are bare; Dark drives the storm of javelins far and wide, The iron tempest hurtles in the air, And bowls and censers from the hearths they tear. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The lark hushes her song, that the blue-grey fields of lavender, swinging their aromatic censers before the sun, may hear the Cricket alone at his humble, solemn celebration. Social Life in the Insect World Above is the Almighty holding the soul of the deceased; at the sides are two angels swinging censers.” Hertfordshire The London City Guilds possessed magnificent palls; especially well known is that of the Fishmongers, with its kneeling angels swinging censers; this pall is frequently reproduced in works on embroidery. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance They sing and toss up censers till he lifts his hand and speaks. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Once those lights seemed censers of flame to an invisible God. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade But, Sabbath days, the censer's healing balm, The Crucified with His extended hands, And music of the masses, draw the fold Back to His worship, as in days of old. Tales of the Chesapeake Each hung a tiny censer flame to the altar of night and holiness and mystery. The Freebooters of the Wilderness It is time that every thing is submitted to the will of the nation; that tiaras, diadems, and censers should yield to the sceptre of the laws. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Golden lilies swung their censers softly, and the exquisite incense perfumed the dusk. Flower of the Dusk Some of these attendants carried burning censers from which arose clouds of incense; others unrolled upon the ground fine mats on which to place the presents. Days of the Discoverers All about the area are scattered statues, altars, vases of flowers, censers, candelabra, and other accessories. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands But the first of the cavettos wherein these figures are, is at any rate filled with figures of angels, some swinging censers, some bearing crowns, and other things which I cannot distinguish. The World of Romance being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 Tapers hazily gloaming through fragrance the censers outpour; Chant ever rising and rippling in sweetness, as waves on the shore; Casements of woven stone, with more than the rainbow bedyed; Beauty of holiness! The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History When there was anything in the bowl, she carried it steadily; when empty, she would swing it like a censer. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Amidst the swinging of censers by the priests the bride and bridegroom joined hands and received the bishop's blessing. Stories from Hans Andersen I remember that the wood was as sweet from the scent of the white-thorn and the lilacs and a thousand other sweet and fresh things as though some heavenly censer swung there. The Story of Bawn —Edgar Poe. golden censer swings in the Temple of Life, making holy its halls and grateful its corridors. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future In this place was no altar, such as Gaspard saw; no image on the cross; no white-robed priests; no swinging censers. Christmas Stories And Legends They were singing and dancing all around her and swinging censers. Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room, with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe A young priest has thrown himself on his knees against this candelabra and embraces its pedestal; in terror he has allowed his censer to fall to the earth. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Clouds of incense rose from censers, swung with solemn motion by the altar-boys, and the fragrance of the incense was wafted down the long aisles. Christmas Stories And Legends The perfume from the censers of the angels still filled the air, but he was conscious of a great void—a pain unbearable. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Above the hill ominous clouds like smoking censers were being rolled up from the east; the waving beards of the corn stooks rustled and streamed in wind which was growing colder. The Mormon Prophet I am oppressed with this great sense of loving; So much I give, so much receive from thee; Like subtle incense, rising from a censer, So floats the fragrance of thy love round me. Poems of Passion The lamps that burned there were of gold; the drapings were of purple wrought with the royal symbols; the asp supported the censers; the head of Athor surmounted the columns. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Far away in the sky the moon swung like a censer, filling the place with a fragile and lovely light. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls twinkled on the tufted floor. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library They carry censers filled with burning charcoals and copal, and emitting a heavy smoke, and proceed toward the cross, to which they offer the smoking incense, kneeling down, facing east, and crossing themselves. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan This vase or censer is from an Egyptian catacomb. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants He appeased the luminous divinity by offerings of flowers, regaled it with simmerings from censers, besought it with the tremulous harp and had it pictured with grace and vested with charm. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt She turned to where the gold cope gleamed over the chair, with the mitre and censer lying on its folds. The King's Achievement Fair gleams the snowy altar-cloth, The silver vessels sparkle clean, The shrill bell rings, the censer swings, And solemn chaunts resound between. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library The head of each deacon was adorned with long waving hair, and each carried a censer in his hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 When in use, the ignited carbon is placed in the censer, and is then covered with the incense; the heat rapidly volatilizes it in visible fumes. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants In this sacristy there were two little boys swinging wooden censers, by way of practice for the more perfect use of them, when charged with frankincense, at the altar. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One At the back of the altar, against the wall, were prints of Christian saints; on the altar were censers and an open bundle of copal. In Indian Mexico (1908) The shrine also contained two enormous censers and three golden bowls, one for each of the three deities. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. But the Moravians know nothing of chancels, tapers, cowled heads, censers, altars or nuns. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. The effect is assisted by the incense-bearer swinging the censer, attached to three long chains, in the air. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Like a reflected censer in the heart of the bloom shone the evening star. Diane of the Green Van In front of the altar stood a small table on which were censers and candle-sticks. In Indian Mexico (1908) To remove it, the pair were required first to sit down before a censer of burning incense, and then to wash themselves thoroughly. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. His occupation just at that time was to toss the incense-burning censer in honor of Madame, Émile de Girardin under her aquiline nose. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 The manner of swinging the censer varies slightly in the churches in Rome, in France, and in England, some holding it above the head. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants And God commanded all the angels to come before Him, every one in his order; and they gathered themselves together, bearing censers and trumpets and vials full of odours. Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament To the left, were a censer and two candle-sticks, behind which, lying obliquely against the wall, were twenty-five or thirty dance-wands. In Indian Mexico (1908) The old sailor caught the sweet odour of burning incense, saw blue clouds ascend, and heard the rhythmical click, click of the censer chains. Jerusalem Oh, of all the flowers that swing their golden censers in the parterre of the human heart, none so rich, so rare, as this one flower of Faith. The Seeker At La Madeleine the method is always to give the censer a full swing at the greatest length of the chains with the right hand, and to catch it up short with the left hand. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants And he arose, and gave to his eldest daughter a harp, and to the second a censer, and to the third an instrument of music, that they might welcome those that were on their way. Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament Imperiously turning to her acolyte, she seized the censer filled with copal, and, having lighted it, incensed the figures. In Indian Mexico (1908) The smoke of the incense curled round him as he listened to the even click, click of the moving censers. Jerusalem Oh, of all the flowers that swing their golden censers in the parterre of the human heart, none so rich, so rare, as this one flower of Truth. The Seeker Hanging on the wall was a temple censer, bronze, moulded in the shape of a lotus blossom with stem and leaves—deadly as a club. The Ragged Edge Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics While just in advance strode the Padre, repeating the Latin service for the dead, and attended by four boys—two bearing censers, one a cross, and the other holy water. Inez A Tale of the Alamo The little acolytes now placed their candles at the side of his hammock and knelt down, each swinging a censer. Jerusalem Oh, of all the flowers that have swung their golden censers in the parterre of the human heart, none so rich, so rare as this one flower of charity. The Seeker He put his free arm around her and held the censer ready; and as Ruth snuggled her cheek against his sleeve, they were, so far as intent, in each other's arms. The Ragged Edge The balmy breeze swings to and fro like a censer. Israel Potter Two censers: Very passable censers can be made by swinging brass cups on the brass chains that come for looping back curtains. Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act A sword of ceremony was carried in front; the dean rode immediately before the body, the chanters preceding, and a priest with the cross and censer. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 At some distant forest shrine, the priestly winds were swinging their censers, and the whole temple was pervaded with the breath of worship. Sevenoaks She is dressed as a nun, and next her in the shadow is a personage of the Old Dispensation carrying a censer, like Melchizedec. The Cathedral When the year is young, what sweets are flung By the violets, hiding, dim, And the lilac that sways her censers high, Whilst the skylark chants a hymn! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry And the lily censers swing; Sing that life and joy are waking and that Death no more is king. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas This Thomas was used to go about with a censer, on a Sunday, as Chaucer hath it,— "Censing the wives of the parish feast." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The air of the apartment is heavy with perfume from the censer, a representation in bronze of an ancient hero riding upon a bullock. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 Incense was offered to all the gods in censers. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Like incense flung from censer swung Before some sculptured shrine, To float along with prayer and song To realms of bliss divine,— Ascend thy fragrant wreaths of smoke And with my thoughts entwine. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry The day's death was exquisite, even human; and as she gazed on the beautiful corpse lowered amid the fumes of a thousand censers into an under-world, even Violet's egotism began to dream. Muslin The room was pervaded with incense from an iron censer which the farmer gently swung. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Six men with censers of silver lined up before the high altar, and stood there, slowly swinging the fragrant bowls at the end of their long chains. Simon Called Peter She half closed her eyes, and whispered fragmentary words, feeling that her heart was a censer of incense, swinging off clouds of thanksgiving at every beat. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 An angel, by his official place and work easily distinguished from those having the trumpets, holds in his hand a "golden censer" that with "much incense" he might render acceptable "the prayers of all saints." Notes on the Apocalypse Indeed, at that moment the choir boys passed behind the altar and one of them brought back copper chafing-dishes, the other, censers, which they distributed to the congregation. Là-bas And, child, I saw thereon Just at the censer slain, a fleeced ewe, Deep black, in sacrifice: the blood was new About it: and a tress of bright brown hair Shorn as in mourning, close. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse The censers flew high in time with it, and the sweet clouds of smoke, caught by the coloured sunlight of the rich painted windows, unfolded in the air of the sanctuary. Simon Called Peter A blueness which was not humid filtered itself through the air everywhere, and fold upon fold of it seemed rising from invisible censers on the mainland. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake. Notes on the Apocalypse The chapel was foggy with the smoke of the censers. Là-bas Suddenly it seems as if the golden lanterns are waving from the ceiling like giant censers. Atlantida The organ's hum grew softer, and the censers swung with a silvery tinkling of their slender chains, releasing a cloudlet of white smoke, which unrolled in lacelike folds. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Her most conspicuous treasure is a rare and valuable Russian censer of chased silver. The Living Present Whilst as a priest he intercedes for his people, and by the incense from the golden censer renders their prayers acceptable before God; as a king he answers their prayers by terrible things in righteousness. Notes on the Apocalypse On each side, &c.—took each his censer. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures She conceived the world as one immense censer into which men and women poured their all, and from which a wondrous white smoke, a scent incredibly lovely, rose continually, enveloping the universe. Max Vincent inquisitively turned his head, and in doing so, almost let the charcoal in his censer fall upon the priest's chasuble. Abbe Mouret's Transgression He trembled with an unfamiliar emotion, as, in the charged silence of the crowded chapel, the bell tinkled and the censer clashed, sounds that have in them at such moments a heart-shaking power, magnetic, mystical. Mount Music The priest is obliged to put on the robes of high mass, and is assisted by another priest and a boy who swings the censer all the time. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Green grass was beneath her; splendid roses, red and gold, were censers slowly swinging; the silver fountain leaped as if to meet the skylark's song. Sir Mortimer The temple was crowded with idols, vases, censers, pillars, and other objects, and it was not easy for our party to move about. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med. Romance Island Impious boy," cried they with the censers, "we will offer thee up, before the very image thou contemnest. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II On the table, which was draped to the floor, stood an ikon of the Annunciation, and close by a cyprus-wood cross and the censer; wax candles were burning. The Bishop and Other Stories A censer was brought in, giving off sparks and fumes of incense and charcoal. The Darling and Other Stories The censer was repeatedly swung, as in Catholic ceremonials, the priest bowing at the same time toward the sacred picture. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life When the deacon was handing the priest the censer the immense old room smelt like a graveyard, and Kovrin felt bored. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories At the door leading to the vestibule, Luka, the sacristan, puffing out his cheeks and making round eyes, blows up the censer. The Schoolmaster A tall thick-set deacon walked before me with a long red candle; the grey-headed archimandrite in his golden mitre hurried after him with the censer. The Bishop and Other Stories Presently a priest came through the door and leaned over the gallery, followed by two sacristans, one bearing a censer and the other a bell. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines At the wedding there was much recitation by the priests, reading from the ritual of the Church, swinging of censers, singing by the chorus of male voices, chanting and intonation, and responses by the victims. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Chaucer tells us that Jolly Absolon used to go to the houses of the parishioners on holy days with his censer. The Parish Clerk The blue smoke curls up from the censer and plays in the slanting sunbeams, the lighted candles faintly splutter. The Schoolmaster There is one thing she owns in her own single right, It is native and genuine—namely, her spite; Though, when acting as censor, she privately blows A censer of vanity 'neath her own nose.' The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The priest muttered a few lines of Latin, made the sign of the cross, and disappeared to another chime of the bells and a last toss of the censer. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines In the mean time other priests with burning censers go round about the altar perfuming it with incense, and ringing a small silver bell all the time of the sacrifice. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. The Revelation Explained When it grew light, there curled a cloud of smoke From many censers where the dragon lay. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Sweetest music from an unseen source ever and anon sounded, and Spiridion swung a censer full of perfumes around the chamber. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Amongst the furniture of the larger Anglo-Saxon churches was a huge censer hanging from the roof, which emitted fumes throughout the mass. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune "The day came, and that a drear winter day, when its last mass was sung, its last censer waved, its last congregation bent in rapt and lovely adoration before the altar." A Short History of Monks and Monasteries With a touch of the pencil the angel's other hand appeared flinging up a censer attached to a long chain, which struck the solitary dot like a shot amid acclamations. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Wax lights, red and green, are also placed in great numbers about its base, in silver or glass candlesticks; and censers of gold and silver, burning incense perpetually during Mahurrum. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society The brain will not be perfumed by a censer of green aloes-wood; place it over the fire that it may diffuse fragrance like ambergris. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 A bit of bronze, a statuette or two, an altar-piece, a chalice, a flagon, a paten, a censer, and an ikon held his attention, one after the other, and again he turned to me. People Like That She had been to the fire to get some coals for the censers, and had attended to two or three other little details; and so suspicion fell on her. Recollections of My Youth On either side of him a page swung a censer. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California From their swaying censers, fragrant incense filled the air. A Spinner in the Sun When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the room with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) I burned, like a censer lighted by a sunbeam; he flames, like a ship set on fire by lightning on the stormy sea. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Before it ran boys clad in red and white gowns, bearing censers of smoking frankincense. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes As the slow moments passed, all stood so motionless—all save Angelo, swinging the silver censer—they might have passed for a sculptured group upon a marble tomb. The Italians Thurible, a censer suspended by chains and held in the hand by a priest during mass and other offices of the Romish Church. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Clouds of blue fragrant incense rolled up toward the roof from swinging censers, and the deep intonation of the gorgeously attired priest contrasted strangely with the high soprano chanting of the choir. Tent Life in Siberia Victor Hugo was the innermost stench of the humanitarianism, and Mr Swinburne holds his nose with one hand while he waves the censer with the other. Confessions of a Young Man Not even the censers, depending from the dim roof, far above, could freshen it; nor could the cressets' light make more than a kind of ghostly aura through the gloom. The Flying Legion Angelo waved the censer, walking to and fro before the rails. The Italians The earth is all one censer, and myriads of frogs are making the haze ring. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The great gold censer is there; the cupola, at top; Joseph carrying the two young pigeons, and Anna behind Simeon. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The carved marble pedestal at the end of the tomb was a stand for a golden censer. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood In the air there is a mysterious incense spread from God's censers, the very language of mystery. A Tramp's Sketches Holy images were scattered about, reflecting the pale flicker of swinging lamps, and through the haze of smoke from the censer the harsh outlines of the room took on a soft, shadowy remoteness. The Blood Red Dawn Her thoughts were like the fumes of frankincense Which from a golden censer forth doth rise. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook It would be merely a scene of German commérage, full of nature and reality, if an angel hovering above, and swinging a censer, did not remind us of the sacred importance of the incident represented. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The candlesticks were of fine gold, and the censer swung in that chantry was fashioned from an amethyst. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France William Pressley spoke stiffly, with a touch of condescension and a shade of resentment, such as he always evinced at any sign that the censer might cease to swing. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Meantime the music soars, the organ groans, the censer clicks, steams of incense float to and fro. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 The brilliantly lighted altar, decked with flowers, the priests in gorgeous vestments, the acolyte with the swinging censer, and the intoned service in foreign tongue, were bewildering to me. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Here Rubens lavished his ermine and crimson draperies, his vases, and ewers, and censers of flaming gold;—here poured over his canvas the wealth "of Ormuz and of Ind." Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Tall, whispering trees their shadows fling Athwart the trellised path I tread, And incense-breathing roses swing Their pendent censers o'er my head. Poems Her sweet presence, always looking up to him, had been like the perpetual swinging of a censer perpetually giving the fragrant incense that his vanity craved. Round Anvil Rock A Romance It would seem as if another fire must come down from heaven, as of old it did upon the first offering of Moses and Aaron, to inflame these censers, rich in frankincense and naphtha. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 But my tears are as sweet as the dewdrops That fall on the roses in May; And my prayer, like a perfume from censers, Ascendeth to God night and day. Poems: Patriotic, Religious Three ecclesiastics are seen entering by an open door, bearing the cross, the censer, and the holy water. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts And with him went the monks and the musicians, and the candle-bearers, and the swingers of censers, and a great company. A House of Pomegranates The gentle acolyte was gone, the censer no longer swung, and instead there was a keen critic armed with words as hard as stones. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Crosses and prayerbooks and censers and reliquaries, with all the holy relics, of which there were many in the church, were all brought out to meet them; nor was there any lack of chants made. Four Arthurian Romances Ah! dreams that did not rise from sense, And rose too high to stoop to it, And framed aloft like frankincense In censers round the infinite. Poems: Patriotic, Religious Our harps we left by Babel's streams, The tyrant's jest, the Gentile's scorn; No censer round our altar beams, And mute our timbrel, trump, and horn. Ivanhoe Sweet-scented boughs for his last bed; Mary’s lilies aglow for tapers tall; the censer of the forest swung by sun and wind; and the glory of the face of the Lord. Gathering of Brother Hilarius Howbeit, he followeth after into the city for that he might not overtake him before, and therein he meeteth a great procession of priests and clerks that bore crosses and censers. The High History of the Holy Graal The censer took up the note in its delicate clink clink, as it swung to and fro in the hands of a fair-haired child. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories All was hushed! the floating echoes Of the hymn had died away; Vanished were the clouds of incense, And the censers ceased to sway. Poems: Patriotic, Religious Let no man say, `He at his lady's feet Lays worship that to Heaven alone belongs; Yea, swings the incense that for God is meet In flippant censers of light lover's songs.' The Poems of Sidney Lanier A thousand feathered songsters drown his soul in melody divine, while every bud and blossom, a living censer, sways in the balmy breath of morn and pours forth its grateful perfume. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Did they indeed touch his eyes that he might catch glimpses of a Heaven where saints were swinging their golden censers, and white-robed angels danced in the flowery meadows of Paradise? Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters |
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