| 单词 | centaur |
| 例句 | Modeled in the shape of a centaur, it rested on the table, but was in motion nonetheless. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Chiron shouted across the sea of wild centaurs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Also one centaur, although why the centaur needed pants was unclear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘Except he’s also summoned so many monstrous “allies” that the legion is completely surrounded by wild centaurs, tribes of dog-headed cynocephali, and who knows what else. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As the game resumed, the wild-haired girl dropped the centaur’s tail, and it went still once more. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They glimpsed the centaur and his lady; she held a parasol and he a string market bag, and they were just another couple out for a stroll, buying vegetables for their supper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They assured the public that they were just creating cells, not “trying to produce centaurs.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The centaur clipped a small cylinder into the accommodating groove on Holly’s helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I remember making it to the clearing, a counselor shouting for help, a centaur blowing a conch horn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He could even drive straight up to an encampment of wild centaurs and navigate through them without getting nervous. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There were centaurs with blade Arabian stallion bodies, others with gold palomino coats, others with orange-and-white spots like paint horses. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, the phoenix, the centaur—these and more are represented in Muggle works of that period, though usually with almost comical inexactitude. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a cry from the arena floor, and I jumped back as the centaur crashed to the dirt beside me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You boys would not believe what a creature this is. What a foul beast, a centaur, an Untermensch.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Percy hoped Chiron would forgive him, but these centaurs weren’t like the Party Ponies he’d met before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The centaur is given an X X X X classification not because it is unduly aggressive, but because it should be treated with great respect. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The centaur’s foil-capped head emerged from the belly of a disemboweled hard drive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As for this afternoon: centaur polo at 2:30. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Once, I spotted a family of centaurs galloping across a wheat field, bows at the ready, as they hunted lunch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We arrived in Long Island just after Clarisse, thanks to the centaurs’ travel powers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Streets and buildings began to blur as the centaurs picked up speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't easy, but eventually the order got relayed up and down the . ranks of centaurs, and they started to pull back, letting the enemy flee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She rose slowly up the side of the centaur; when she was level with its chest she reached into the branches for the ball, but it was stuck deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The kindly centaur’s face seemed to age thirty years during the course of their conversation, but he assured them he would see to the defenses of the camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He probably wanted to look reassuring, but in centaur form he towered over me, casting a shadow across the table. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Hazel had been afraid they would scare off the centaurs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Are you all right?” said the centaur, pulling Harry to his feet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But most of the time, if the ceilings are high enough, he prefers hanging out in full centaur form. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z With any luck, the centaur hadn’t run a seismology test on the manor grounds, or his ruse might be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The centaurs’ habits are not human-like; they live in the wild, refuse clothing, prefer to live apart from wizards and Muggles alike and yet have intelligence equal to theirs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wondered if this was what it was like to be a centaur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Stolls looked kind of worried about the old centaur, but at least he was alive. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The centaur had a tendency to go completely hyper over trivialities. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs. I hope this is one of those times.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Next to him sat the largest giant I’d ever seen, much larger than the one on the floor fighting the centaur. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then there was a wild chorus of war cries and hooves thundering against metaL A dozen centaurs charged out of the main stairwell “Ponies!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “You are all true heroes. And as soon as we get Percy fixed up, you must return to Half-Blood Hill. The centaurs shall carry you. “You're coming, too?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Whatever that centaur did must have worked, because there were no agitated Mud People racing down the stairs, waving primitive gunpowder weapons. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Annabeth waved to Chiron, who was talking to some centaurs down the block. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She was so inspiring, even the panicked centaurs started to rally. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The prince himself came to see you, leading a centaur colt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Beyond the dragon, a centaur stood near the moat, gazing at me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Muggle-repelling charms prevent trespassers into the forests where centaurs and unicorns live and on the lakes and rivers set aside for the use of merpeople. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a guide who’d taught them how to spot poison ivy and look for water and find shelter, and Hazel had been too busy dreaming of centaurs to pay attention. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Already, his warriors were getting over their surprise, coming at the centaurs with swords and spears drawn. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It felt as if space were compacting—as if each centaur step took us miles and miles. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They slammed into a herd of wild centaurs that were attacking the Third Cohort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Th e next few days I settled into a routine that felt almost normal, if you don’t count the fact that I was getting lessons from satyrs, nymphs, and a centaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Just your typical summer- camp send-off by your typical centaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On our way out of the menagerie, Char said, “Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z At one end sat Chiron the centaur, his equine posterior collapsed into his magic wheelchair so he looked like a regular human. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Because far be it from me to doubt the wisdom of the centaurs, but Bane is an extremely angry centaur and . . . it’s not beyond him to twist the constellations for his own ends. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Tyson was alarmed to learn that bad Cyclopes and bad centaurs were in the giant’s army. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Dude!” the centaur groaned, almost buckling under Tysons weight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Never,” said Hagrid irritably, “try an’ get a straight answer out of a centaur. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The giant’s army was arrayed to Percy’s left and right— centaurs with bull’s horns, the six-armed Earthborn, and evil Cyclopes in scrap-metal armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As Luke was raising his sword to rally his troops, a centaur shot a custom-made arrow with a leather boxing glove on the end. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The two centaurs charged at each other full-force and knocked heads, then went staggering off in different directions with crazy grins on their faces. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was sort of like a centaur, with a woman’s body from the waist up. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We plummeted toward the docks, but the centaurs hit the asphalt with hardly a jolt and galloped off, whooping and yelling taunts at the Princess Andromeda as we raced into the streets of downtown Miami. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Two other centaurs galloped over, but mine caught the treat and started eating, crunching loudly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The little boy centaur, who was the size of a second-grader on a pony, caught my eye and waved. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He knocked aside Chiron’s blade and yelled, “RACKl” A blinding white light exploded between the Titan and the centaur. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And after the battle, the forest was deemed centaur land. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Arranged all in a row were several of these animal bushes—fantastic creatures as tall as the house, standing guard against the woods—including a winged griffin, a rearing centaur, and a mermaid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Sorry, my dear centaur. Just trying to be helpful.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “He’s so ugly, when he was born his mama thought he was a backward centaur—with a horse butt for a face.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were even some wild centaurs in the mix, shooting flaming arrows and trampling their smaller allies under hoof. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I think you, Horace, would have known better than to stride into the forest and call a horde of angry centaurs ‘filthy half-breeds.’” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Fifth and Fourth Cohorts regrouped while the Second and Third acted as riot police, shoving centaurs and cynocephali and two-headed men back into their respective camps. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Minutes later, he was regretting even thinking something nice about the centaur’s technology. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The drakon lashed out, swallowing three Californian centaurs in one gulp before I could even get close. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “No. This is not the commander. This is Foaly, the centaur. Is that the kidnapping lowlife human?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “My dear young Cyclops! I am a centaur!’ The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The leader of the gypsies, a splendid-looking fellow who sat his horse like a centaur, waved them back, and in a fierce voice gave to his companions some word to proceed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Even Chiron the centaur was dressed for war. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops,” exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The Roman ranks moved forward, impaling centaurs and trampling wounded ogres under their bronze-tipped boots. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The centaur did not like to be told that any part of his system was out of date. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I believe I have something better than centaurs to fight in your arena now. I have a brother of yours.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Foaly was a paranoid centaur, convinced that human intelligence agencies were monitoring his transport and surveillance network. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then there are those beasts that, due to cleverness or innate shyness, avoid contact with Muggles at all costs—for instance, the unicorn, the Mooncalf and the centaur. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “D’you think that was a centaur we heard earlier?” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Outside, a second girl was approaching the centaur. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He walked forward and shook the centaur’s hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sure enough, lumbering after the centaurs was a battalion of one-eyed ogres, both male and female, each about ten feet tall, wearing armor cobbled out of junkyard metal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The satyrs are goat men and the centaurs are half man, half horse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The centaur flicked a few important-looking switches on the main console. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Standing here and there like frozen party guests were Medusa’s garden statues— petrified children, satyrs, and centaurs—all smiling grotesquely. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t mock me, Prometheus! Those cursed centaurs will be sorry they interfered. I will feed them to the hellhounds, starting with that son of mine—that weakling Chiron.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Poison spewed everywhere, melting centaurs into dust along with quite a few monsters, but Mrs. O’Leary weaved around the serpents head, scratching and biting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Because as much as you might take the word of a haughty centaur, you know the power of friendship. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z When I looked again, the centaur was gone, disintegrated to ashes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The centaur struggled to get up as the giant approached, his javelin ready, A taloned hand gripped my shoulder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But the centaur, he was a smart one. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A dozen centaurs barrelled through the ranks, yelling and waving their clubs, followed by a horde of two-headed men banging on trash-can lids. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z While the centaur and the mermaids went off to fetch Frank, Leo and Hazel floated above the hill and gazed down at the underwater camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I am training a centaur colt for a lass I know. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched, astonished, as the centaur’s huge arm bent at the elbow and reached into its own chest, plucked out the ball, and tossed it back to the cheering kids. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The centaur’s head disappeared into an access panel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A moment later I saw the centaur’s hand move. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Some of the Death Eaters called insults at the centaurs as they left them behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Tell me, mate, do I look like a centaur?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Centaurs are believed to have originated in Greece, though there are now centaur communities in many parts of Europe. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the faces of centaurs gaping up at us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The centaur’s fingers prodded the keyboard with lightning speed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The gorgons had disabled the giant eagles and now flew unchallenged over the giant’s remaining centaurs and the Earthborn, trying to rally them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She saw a genteel centaur bearing a princess sidesaddle, and such was the atmosphere of magic that they weren’t out of place here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at all surprised that Chiron was a centaur. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When he’d seen those evil centaurs and Cyclopes, it had seemed so wrong, so backward, that he thought his head would explode. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I did tell him we had nowhere to keep a growing centaur. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The centaurs had come to pay their respects too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My hellhound leaped over a line of centaurs and gave me a kiss that smelled suspiciously of pepperoni pizza. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the sight of the centaur Firenze, who was standing like a sentinel near the water’s edge, she gave a start and scurried hastily into a seat a good distance away. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The centaur pointed to a live feed from the Eurosat, which was displayed on a large plasma screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Go, help the centaurs. Protect the doors. GO!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The centaur came up grinning, covered in swamp muck and blue paint, and gave Tyson two thumbs up. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A blue projectile splattered against one of the centaurs, hurling him backward into the lake. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Chasing after their lost ball, a pair of teenage boys ran to the base of the centaur, followed by a young girl. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The centaur would be able to see her in the podcam anyway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When we got to camp, the centaurs were anxious to meet Dionysus. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone had heard him complimenting the centaur’s work. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Leo was tempted to ask where Aphros was taking him, but the big sword strapped to the centaur’s back sort of discouraged conversation. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Harry wondered how many centaurs were watching their procession pass; he dared not open his eyes to look. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The centaurs had panicked under the onslaught of giants and demons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On the verso was an illustration of a centaur colt—Apple, I was sure—nuzzling a young man—Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was, Harry knew, the centaurs’ tribute: He saw them turn tail and disappear back into the cool trees. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The ways of the centaur are shrouded in mystery. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled down at the centaur, who was whimpering, “Please! No!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Fish centaurs. We are the half brothers of Chiron.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I think I will be fine. Fortunately, we do not shoot centaurs with broken ... Ow! ... broken legs.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z More than in motion—the centaur was motion. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Veteran demigods from the city had joined the battle, and were pushing their shield wall against an onslaught of wild centaurs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He followed the fish centaur through a massive forest of kelp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally a centaur glared through the driver’s side window, saw the zombie driver and backed away in shock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A centaur was standing over him, not Ronan or Bane; this one looked younger; he had white-blond hair and a palomino body. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Facing the hooves of a rearing stallion is scary enough, but when it’s a centaur, armed with a bow and whooping it up in a soda-drinking hat, even the bravest warrior would retreat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the arena, a fight was going on between a giant and a centaur. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The centaur slapped it fondly on a fender. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This workshop will focus on fanciful beings like dragons, unicorns, centaurs and harpies, and their representation in the galleries’ works. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 4-10 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The centaurs, half human and half horse, live undisturbed in the hilly north of the island and don't have much experience of people, but they decide to keep the baby anyway. Halo by Zizou Corder | Book review 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z But close study of these reliefs reveal a man in woad next to the centaur and proves the Ancient Greeks looted them from Stonehenge. Digested read: A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor 2010-10-25T20:00:00Z There were ninjas and at least one centaur. Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest 2011-07-21T22:54:34Z But the objects here show his softer side: his education by the centaur Chiron, his board-game sessions with Ajax and his eventual release of Hector’s brutalized body after pleas from Priam. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z But most men don’t find peace imagining themselves as centaurs. Do Men Self-Care? 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Some even reckon with a sexual attraction to centaurs or sphinxes or fish-tailed demigods. Dan Savage calls BS on the bad fantasies that make relationships even harder 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Powerful carvings of humans fighting centaurs depict this as a war between reason and savagery, with centaurs as the wild enemies of Athenian civilisation. Horses shaped our art of war and peace 2011-08-29T09:44:37Z The larger-than-life centaur sculpture Kardinal Julian of 2006, for instance, has a fanged mouth and an abstract painting in place of eyes, overshadowed by an SS officer's cap. Artist of the week 79: Andreas Hofer | Skye Sherwin 2010-03-18T13:04:00Z From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Downstairs, the museum contains centuries-old religious artworks, elaborately painted Baroque ceramics, and numerous cases of black-glazed Classical vases adorned with gods, goddesses, centaurs, musicians, warriors and wild beasts. 36 Hours in Lecce, Italy 2013-08-08T19:58:46Z What’s most striking is his vocal versatility: He can go down to chthonic depths when playing a centaur, for instance, yet for Hades, he models his grandiosely arch line readings after Paul Lynde’s. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z They name her Halosydne, quickly abbreviated to Halo, and rear her alongside one of their own children, a toddling centaur named Arko. Halo by Zizou Corder | Book review 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z Instead, she's found by one of the locals, a centaur, and taken back to his tribe. Halo by Zizou Corder | Book review 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z So far, Osborne has suggested returning a smaller portion of the frieze, as well as carvings of gods and centaurs, as a short-term loan, the person said. After 220 Years, the Fate of the Parthenon Marbles Rests in Secret Talks 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Another guest with over-the-top ideas involving a centaur is flatly told, “You’ve been watching cable.” Books of The Times: One Man?s Gluddle-Luddle Is Another?s Squoosh Squoosh 2011-08-07T20:05:53Z In another hall, art students sketched a sculpture of a centaur from the Parthenon Marbles. A Scandal and Its Fallout Compound the British Museum’s Woes 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z For the past year the Metropolitan Museum of Art has devoted half of a ground-floor gallery to the Normandie; gilded glass wall panels, 20 feet high, show centaurs and galleons. Antiques: Shipwreck Relics From Andrea Doria and Lusitania 2010-06-17T21:40:00Z The scenario is one of maximum sadness and horror; in the American imagination of 1940, even the world of little-girl centaurs was one of humiliating subjugation. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z Photograph: PA/Corbis Zombies, centaurs and Robert Mugabe all feature on the shortlist of a prize for teenage reading that ranges far and wide, in terms of both geography and genre. Booktrust teenage prize shortlist spans time, space and genre 2010-09-07T10:34:00Z While some images from the Parthenon show centaurs raging, the main frieze portrays young Athenian men proudly riding in a cavalcade. Horses shaped our art of war and peace 2011-08-29T09:44:37Z They exhibited at the same fairs as Jean Mayodon, who mixed Persian and Hindu metallic motifs to produce what the Kelly exhibition catalog describes as “centaurs, sirens, mermaids, gods, nudes and stylized animals.” Over There: Daughters of Liberty 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z This selection includes fanciful beasts such as a mermaid and a centaur. In the galleries: Medicine chests as a medium for reflection 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Picasso drew many scenes at Antibes of bare-breasted women dancing with fauns, and of centaurs and nymphs. On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald Found His Place in the Sun 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Through the smokescreen of a twisted fantasy teeming with centaurs, robot bandits and talking dogs who eat corpses, Sorokin smuggles in a sly critique of contemporary Russia’s turn toward totalitarianism. He Envisioned a Nightmarish, Dystopian Russia. Now He Fears Living in One. 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Dilan Polat, 20, an art student who was sketching a centaur’s muscled torso from one of the panels, said she felt “really lucky to be able to draw actual Greek sculptures.” After 220 Years, the Fate of the Parthenon Marbles Rests in Secret Talks 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z This second installment in the series is a fantasy romance between Gemma, a war monk turned reluctant princess, and Quinn, an affable, annoying centaur helping her build alliances for her blacksmith sister’s claim to queenship. Three New Cinderella-Inspired Romance Novels 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z It will undoubtedly inspire young readers to learn more about the period, although they may be disappointed to discover that Pericles never really met a centaur. Halo by Zizou Corder | Book review 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z Narnia remains a pagan, pantheistic realm of centaurs and giants, unicorns and satyrs, talking animals and living trees, Bacchus and Father Christmas. Season's Readings: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 2010-12-10T10:47:00Z We stopped by a sculpture of a fragmented centaur and heard the song of the Thames Daughters, connecting nothing with nothing through broken fingernails. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z But no, they all get home safe and sound, and Tony is enamored enough of his ex’s equestrian abilities to call her “a positive centaur.” 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Prayers for Isis 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Titan had players commanding an army of mythological creatures like centaurs and griffons to attack the other players’ titans. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Sagittarius is generally depicted as the Archer, a centaur holding a bow. How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole Universe 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured. Synthetic Morphology Lets Scientists Create New Life-Forms 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z We encounter it first in Homer’s “Iliad” and then again in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” where it appears at the doors of Hades alongside Gorgons, centaurs and Harpies. Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z In 2013, astronomers discovered a couple of rings around Chariklo, a body known as a centaur that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus. There’s a Ring Around This Dwarf Planet. It Shouldn’t Be There. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z He invoked ideas like “centaur warfighting,” where A.I. augments human capabilities, and sought to convince younger generations of tech executives to partner with the Pentagon. Tech Stocks Tumble as Growth Falters 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z I gasped with delight when a tail-swishing centaur stepped onstage and couldn’t help but scream at the sight of cloaked Dementors flying above my seat. A 'Harry Potter' play claimed to be a family affair. After major changes, it finally is 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z ‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my! Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Star Trek II,’ Disney’s ‘Fantasia,’ ‘Mommie Dearest’ and more 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “The woods in ‘Harry Potter’ are controlled by centaurs, the schools are run by wizards and ghosts. Jon Stewart flabbergasted by 'out-of-context nonsense' over his 'Harry Potter' jokes 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Brown: The one to check out now is “Centaurworld,” a show about magical centaurs, voiced by a cast that includes Broadway talent. Why ‘Once More, With Feeling’ is still the perfect musical episode, 20 years on 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The centaurs have powers like the ability to become handsome for eight seconds, shoot tiny versions of themselves from their hoofs and other silly magical spells that will delight young children. What to watch with your kids: ‘Free Guy,’ ‘Respect’ and more 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “Biology was always something that I was really interested in so I wanted to have as many different kinds of creatures be the centaurs,” says Dong. Netflix's quirky new cartoon comes from a surprising source: show choir 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The images of Chiron the centaur and his pupil Odysseus, or the purposeful winged Harpies, are burned into me. Books to broaden your horizons, by Hilary Mantel, Simon Schama, Lisa Taddeo and more 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z The term “centaur” was originally popularized in the chess world, where partnerships of humans and computer programs consistently defeated unassisted software. A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z As legend goes, Chiron, an immortal centaur, who both taught medicine and served as a physician, attended a gathering hosted by another centaur named Pholus. During COVID-19, Healers Need Healing Too 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Not human magic; the world of New Mushroomton, where the film is set, is filled with mythical creatures: Trolls, elves and centaurs are just some of the species that share space with one another. Review | ‘Onward’ may not be top-shelf Pixar, but this funny tale of teenage elves will do 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z As wonderfully whimsical and weird the show’s world may be, then, Horse and her story — as well as the magical centaurs — remain very much grounded. Netflix's quirky new cartoon comes from a surprising source: show choir 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The opening moments of “Onward” whisk us back to a world of wonder, populated by galloping centaurs, spell-casting wizards and fire-breathing dragons. Review: The enjoyable fantasy adventure 'Onward' finds Pixar not at its best, but possibly at its weirdest 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z So if you want to run really fast, you could try convincing a wizard to turn you into a centaur. How Fast Can a Human Run? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The statement also notes that the drawings of the creatures, which include centaurs, birds, sea creatures and a warrior fighting a panther, were done in red with evidence of gilding. Mysterious underground chamber discovered under palace of Emperor Nero 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z That is what this centaur of a play is like, too: a tragic torso from which comedy sprouts, ungainly and irrepressible, singing a song of hope. American Dreams in “The Rose Tattoo” and “Soft Power” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Viginette and the other centaurs, faeries, fawns, and trolls from her world escape into a city called The Burg, where they set up an enclave. Amazon introduces Carnival Row’s world and characters in two new trailers 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z So, Bee tweeted back an altered version of the cover that included her as a centaur with lasers shooting from her eyes. ‘Late Night’ imagines a world where a woman has been hosting late-night comedy for decades. If only. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Some might be tempted to wonder whether the next revelations will include creatures reminiscent of giants, mermaids, centaurs or other mythological beings. The mysterious Denisovans have at last come in from the cold 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z From homophobic comments about sitting MPs, to secret strip-club footage, to Facebook posts about naked centaurs, a deluge of racist, sexist and bizarre behaviour has claimed the careers of four candidates in only two days. Secret strip-club videos and lewd posts: Australia’s fallen election candidates 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The icon is almost like a reverse centaur, topped off with a dandy hat. The top ten 2020 Tokyo Olympics pictograms, ranked 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z A similar creature powders the cheeks of a female centaur in Disney’s 1940 film “Fantasia.” Five myths about Valentine’s Day 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The course will examine how, in the novels, creatures such as elves, centaurs and giants are marginalised in mainstream society and how the Daily Prophet newspaper becomes an outlet for official propaganda. Indian law school offers course on Harry Potter universe 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s customary for heroes to be educated in unorthodox ways – by a centaur, for instance, like Achilles, or by a wizard, like King Arthur. Ghosts, ghouls and graveyards: Margaret Atwood on the magic of Neil Gaiman 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Morrow went west with his black centaurs to Texas and New Mexico. Shall We Have Civil War or Second Thoughts? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The company’s top engineers, Eugene Leonard and Leon Weissman, dubbed a later system the Chiron, after the wise and powerful centaur of Greek mythology, said Francis Mechner, one of System Resources’ founders. If this was TV news, this story would have a banner (and it might be really snarky) 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z And who knows, in the future we may see robots with centaur designs rescuing humans from dangerous situations. The future of search-and-rescue robots might be centaur, not human 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z A year later, he returned to competitive play with a new format: advanced, or centaur, chess. Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “We are looking to apply our time machine simulation to the orbits of other retrograde centaurs to see where they come from,” said Namouni. Retrograde asteroid is interstellar immigrant, scientists say 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The life-size sculpture, cast at the foundry, depicts the Greek god of war, Ares, with sword raised riding a pegasus centaur — half human, half winged horse — with its bow drawn and arrow aimed. Foundry makes bronze gator to ‘guard’ Mount Dora lighthouse 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The life-size sculpture, cast at the foundry, depicts the Greek god of war, Ares, with sword raised riding a pegasus centaur - half human, half winged horse - with its bow drawn and arrow aimed. Foundry makes bronze gator to ‘guard’ Mount Dora lighthouse 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Yet the balance of power in centaur teams is constantly shifting. Reboot for the AI revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z This small object belongs to a population of asteroids called centaurs, which orbit between Saturn and Uranus. First Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Much like the centaur that represents their astrological sign, Sagittarians are constantly on the hunt for learning new things. Where You Should Road Trip, Based on Your Zodiac Sign 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The mosaic may also depict the Greek hero Hercules fighting with a centaur. See Massive Roman Mosaic Unearthed in England 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Hercules is also thought to be featured, fighting a centaur, and so is Cupid. Amateur U.K. Archaeologists Stumble on a Roman Masterpiece 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z He claims that AI and human beings working together in so-called "centaur teams" can help identify candidate molecules in a quarter of the usual time and at a quarter of the cost. How 'centaur teams' are speeding up drug discovery - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Together, these results raised questions over whether there was something unique about centaurs that made them able to host rings. First Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The sculptures of centaurs carved for the Parthenon in Athens still possess that uncanny lifelike power. The charisma droids: today's robots and the artists who foresaw them 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z But for the record, Uber had its own centaur strategy, with a driver at hand in case something went wrong. Daily Report: Robots Can Kill and Deliver Beer. Do We Need Humans? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Bringing the two complementary skill sets together is the Pentagon’s goal with centaur warfighting. The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In Greek mythology, the centaur was half human, half horse - and very powerful and fast as a result. How 'centaur teams' are speeding up drug discovery - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Yan Shoshitaishvili, a Ph.D. candidate who led the third-place team, a group from the University of California, Santa Barbara, is focusing his research on designing “centaur” systems that effectively combine machine firepower with human expertise. Stepping Up Security for an Internet-of-Things World 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The mythical centaur is the ninth largest constellation in the entire sky and contains two of the top 10 most brilliant stars, making it a real jewel of the southern heavens. What to See in Rio’s Night Sky During the Olympics 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But they are, like arrows in a centaur’s quiver. A Woman Comes to Late Night 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z At the core of the strategic shift envisioned by the Pentagon is a concept that officials call centaur warfighting. The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z And though she didn’t ever transform into a centaur shooting lasers from its eyes, she did effectively use some big scary voices once in a while. Once a week is not enough for Samantha Bee's 'Full Frontal' 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z But they noted that the discovery in the last two decades of hundreds of giant comets dubbed “centaurs” requires expanding the list of potential hazards. Risk of comet hitting Earth as bad as asteroids or worse, say researchers 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Kiron University, named after the centaur Chiron, known in Greek mythology for nurturing others in times of need, was founded last year by a group of students in Berlin. Online university offers refugees chance to study for free 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But in her self-portrait she had a naked, muscled male torso, because her head was atop a centaur, with laser beams shooting from her eyes. A Woman Comes to Late Night 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The children meet other creatures based on classical myth - centaurs, minotaurs, satyrs and dryads. From Harry Potter Latin to Hunger Games Rome: the classical jokes hiding in your favourite children's books 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Bee responded to the magazine’s claim that it had talked to “all the titans of late-night” by tweeting the photo with a picture of herself as a laser-eyed centaur inserted into its ranks. Once a week is not enough for Samantha Bee's 'Full Frontal' 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z A single centaur contains more mass than the entire population of Earth-crossing asteroids discovered to date, they write. Risk of comet hitting Earth as bad as asteroids or worse, say researchers 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Located in the zodiacal constellation Sagittarius, this distinct stellar pattern—complete with handle, lid and spout--marks the heart of the mythical centaur. This Week's Night Sky: Meteor Shower and a Dip in Lagoon Nebula 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z If we include irregularly shaped worlds — comets like Comet 67P, asteroids like Itokawa, centaurs like Chariklo, and all the wonderful potato moons like Hyperion — the list of interesting places grows huge. The Great Era Of Space Exploration Is Just Beginning 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z He allegedly commissioned paintings of himself as a centaur. The redemption of A-Rod 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Another has a torso on a 4-wheeled base, like a centaur. Robots compete in response to California disaster simulation 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z I have always had a soft spot for centaurs, the half human, half horse creatures in Greek Mythology because they successfully straddled two worlds – the wild and the intellectual. SAPVoice: Spotting the Centaur at SapphireNow 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The centaur of Greek mythology, half man, half horse, was an altogether more harmonious beast. A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more? 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Women tend to an orphaned cub, as well as injured men, satyrs and centaurs. Piero di Cosimo Renaissance retrospective at National Gallery of Art 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z The highlights: a 12-foot-tall charging centaur, Poseidon with diving dolphins, medieval guards, an archangel, gargoyles, a pirate and an owl. Life in the Venice Bordello Their partnership—what J. Anthony Lukas later termed “a kind of journalistic centaur with an aristocratic Republican head and runty Jewish hindquarters”—never seemed closer to being ruptured. The Hidden Sources That Brought Down Nixon in Watergate Little did he know that among the homo sapiens was the mythical centaur…or at least the 21st century’s version of it: Obama visit to Denver gets really weird 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The object is technically known as a centaur. Small icy asteroid has ring system 2014-03-26T18:05:15Z World Joyland is a Chinese theme park featuring centaurs and werewolves. World of Warcraft No Longer Rules in China 2013-07-11T21:16:47Z Dante sees centaurs and harpies, the Minotaur, and the three-headed dog Cerberus. 10 facts about Hell 2013-05-13T23:49:44Z "It occurred to me one day that there was no icon for centaur, so I made one." Green Blog: A Thousand Words on Global Warming 2012-10-03T17:59:12Z Those counters are going to stay after the fight is over and turn those birds and centaurs into exceptionally dangerous creatures forever. Return to Ravnica: Evaluating Selesnya 2012-09-28T05:31:17Z Is the centaur but a symbol of Apollo himself? The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z It might be a very wrong thing in a centaur to have so much beard; but so it was. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It looked one animal, a centaur: but on severe analysis proved two. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z There was a rickety chair and a battered plaster figure of a centaur, against which leaned an easel and a mass of sketches, covered with cobwebs and dust. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z Besides, Piscis greatly objected to it, for a clever centaur like him cared for nothing on earth but horses. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z To the early Christians the centaur was merely a symbol of unbridled passions, and all mediæval reference classes it as evil. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z He rode like a centaur, though with the military and not the park seat, and he had expected his horsemanship to commend him to Persis. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The populace thought he was trying to unseat me, or to run away, and that it was only by excellent horsemanship that I was able to hold my seat and look like a centaur. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Suddenly her eyes fell upon the great plaster centaur. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z On each side of him is a group of three, a centaur trying to carry off a woman and a Lapith striking at him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Classic mythology says Chiron the centaur was the teacher of Apollo in music, medicine, and hunting, and centaurs are mostly sagittarii or archers, whose arrows, like those of Apollo, are the sunbeams. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The designs were exhibitions of genii, griffins, and of centaurs, bearing female figures on their backs. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The result was a noteworthy, hauntingly allegorical series featuring centaurs. Pat Passlof, Abstract Expressionist Painter, Dies at 83 2011-11-16T03:34:53Z She did not speak to him about the centaur’s words to her, nor did she tell him that she had hidden away the phial that had Nessus’s blood in it. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Thus one may have clearly in mind the meaning of centaurs or of fairies or of any of the characters of mythology without in the slightest degree believing in them. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z The centaur met in Gothic ornament is the Zodiacal Sagittarius, and true to this original derivation, the centaur is generally found with his bow and arrow. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Madam, I have searched well; yet until now No deep-sea ship has passed the promontory; Now a great ship with tawny sails comes on, An ocean-threatening centaur for its prow. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z One might have thought them real centaurs to such a degree had each man and horse become one single entity. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z Away in the fastnesses of Mount Pelion Chiron dwelt; once Æson had been with him and had seen the centaur hunt with his great bow and his great spears. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z And fell to smiting his thighs and tossing up both arms, riding like a very centaur there, with his hair flowing and his thrums streaming in the starlight. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He is superb," said he, "and you sit him, Marmaduke, considering your scanty experience, like a young centaur. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z This was the case too with all the cavalry horses, which in going against the enemy seemed like a herd of griffins or centaurs going rather by air than by land. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Sagittarius stands in the old star-maps as a centaur, half-horse-half-man, facing the west, with drawn bow, and arrow pointed at the Scorpion. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Now the slave lifted him up and placed him in the centaur’s arms. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The crowd of whirling centaurs seems to give way before him, and with his eye upon his goal he spurs between their ranks. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Like a centaur, half man, half wild beast, he broke in upon the melodious souls and joys with the hollow, confused war of his whole being. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z More than one man reined in his steed and drew back so as not to meet that centaur spreading death and desolation. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Let us cross over into the latter constellation, which commemorates the centaur Chiron. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z He had for a friend one who was the wisest of all creatures—Chiron the centaur; Chiron who was half man and half horse; Chiron who had lived and was yet to live measureless years. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z In a warm landscape Bacchus is sleeping surrounded by nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs, whilst Silenus appears under an arbor attended by sylvan figures. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Now there's unlimited beer and a mascot named Kegasus, a bearded centaur who advocated drinking heartily. Pimlico infield: Brews & something for everyone 2011-05-21T19:47:10Z They sit a horse as if born on its back, and seem, like the centaurs of yore, to form part and parcel of the animal. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The knights love like centaurs, and fight like bulls for the privilege of paying suit to their ladies. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z This is my nephew Jason, reared and fostered in the centaur’s cave. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The story is placed in the days of Periander and Thales, and relates the remarkable birth of a centaur in the herd of Periander. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z But these red centaurs are soldiers themselves—veterans, skilled, cunning strategists—and now give proof of it. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z I felt instead like a centaur and no sooner did I slip them on than I felt suddenly suffused with a near unconquerable desire to fight a battle and be rendered in art by Michelangelo. Cheltenham style ? get the new hoof boots 2011-03-15T20:00:02Z It is a plain, easy road from Earl’s Court, and he rides like a—a centaur.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Ah, that I had been reared and fostered as he was reared and fostered by the wise centaur and under the eyes of the immortals! The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The animal, was, however, well worth a little painstaking, and his owner, a perfect centaur in the saddle, rode him out for a lesson in jumping the first day the hounds remained in the kennel. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z If the smoke of those camp fires they now see be over such a party, then is it doomed—at least so mentally resolve the red centaurs, hoping it may be thus. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The giant, dwarf, centaur and almost every other animal of Nature or of Fable are here portrayed to the eye of Faith. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z A dryad whom clinging ivy holds while laughs The swarthy centaur pursuing; and a troop Of small Pans delicate and deformed. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z Arrow after arrow he shot into the centaur’s body. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The infant was given over to be raised by the good and wise centaur Chiron. Welcome to the Zodiac, Ophiuchus. But Who Are You? 2011-01-14T00:25:00Z Jason was the son of a dethroned king and was brought up by the centaur Chiron. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z The child was at first handed over to the care of the Hours, or the nymph Melissa and the centaur Cheiron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Swinging their legs over their horses, they sprang upon shore, drew the animals after them, and again flung themselves upon their backs with a swiftness and dexterity that recalled the fable of the centaur. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 They had heard that these centaurs lived somewhere among the mountains, and that they could teach any boy how to become a great hero. In Story-land She has hawk-faced gods that worship her, and the centaurs gallop at her side. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man “Why, he has a seat like a centaur!” exclaimed the judge—praise indeed in a community where riding was a passion and horse-flesh a fetish! The Valiants of Virginia A centaur of the ragamuffin, jeering and shaking his tatters, at once the butt and terror of the saints! Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Save for this troubled sloshing against the banks, the slow-settling dust and the contemplative bust of the one-time centaur, no trace was left to mark the late disastrous invasion. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Did he know those strange creatures, the centaurs, whose bodies were half man and half horse? In Story-land Her colt reared and pranced, but she sat as firmly as if she had been a small centaur. A-Birding on a Bronco Yet enjoin'd am I To hug this centaur, who appears to me A prodigy in Nature. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 He feels that these were the very stories that were told by the centaurs, fairies, and satyrs themselves in the shadows of those old Grecian forests. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 We presently discovered the eight Tartars, dashing along, like so many mad centaurs, our stray animals, each held by a lasso, in the midst of them. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] And, as they marched, the spirits sang, and all The horses crested to the tune and stept Like centaurs to a passionate festival With shining throats that mantling criniers swept. King Cole The holy centaurs of the hills are banished; And I have nothing but harsh sun; Heroic mother moon has vanished, And now that I have come to fifty years I must endure the timid sun. The Wild Swans at Coole Griffins, centaurs, and the like were patterns for candle and torch holders, which were often of wrought iron of an elaborate design. Women of England But ah, your Iliad seems a half-pretence, Where wits, not heroes, prove their skill in fence, And great Achilles' eloquence doth show As if no centaur trained him, but Boileau! English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History One feels that these were the very stories that were told by the centaurs, fauns, and satyrs themselves in the shadows of the old Attic forests. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Accordingly, I not only came closer, but in my passion, I threw much harder, so that, in a short time, a couple of her little female centaurs were broken to pieces. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors They represent hunting scenes, and the figures are those of men, women, fauns, satyrs, centaurs, and beasts of the forests, fiercely struggling together. Artists Past and Present Random Studies “Who was that?” inquired the stranger, without turning his eyes from the direction in which the centaur had disappeared. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Onward we go, like a wrecked centaur before the wind, and soon these eager eyes behold once more the camp of the aged and thrice-valiant Mackerel Brigade. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Then he seemed to see, with the vagueness of a vanishing dream, a kind of black centaur, galloping over the slain, and looking at the blazing city, laughing with malevolent joy. Sónnica "The count's jockey rides like a centaur," she exclaimed. Their Son; The Necklace Thinking of a man and also of a horse is not inventing a centaur; there is a big jump from the juxtaposition of the data to the specific arrangement that imagination gives them. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Down the long slope they galloped, hats low against the sunlight, elbows winging slightly, heads and backs slanting to the winds, speeding like a group of centaurs. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance In the civil wars of France the Duke of Savoy had taken by surprise Saluces, and struck a medal; on the reverse a centaur appears shooting with a bow and arrow, with the legend Opportune! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The horse is man’s natural pedestal, and the one complete being is the centaur, whom mythology so ingeniously invented. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 He raises his sceptre in his left hand over Sagittarius, represented as the centaur Chiron; and holds two thunnies in his right. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), A typical product of imagination is composed of parts perceived at different times and later recalled and combined, as a centaur is composed of man and horse, or a mermaid of woman and fish. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Then a stag hunt, with a centaur horseman drawing a bow; the arrow has gone clear through the stag’s throat, and is sticking there. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) But when Henry the Fourth had reconquered the town, he published another, on which Hercules appears killing the centaur, with the word Opportunius. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But he was at once ashamed, for the humble little chocolate centaurs whom he had been set to train were dying about him with lethargic cynicism, just as they were bidden. The Missourian There are a stag, a bear, a sow, hares dragged out by peasants, &c.; here there is a female centaur; there a girl seated on an ox, a wood-devil with two horns, &c. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The best of steed and man had thus begot a creature on a higher plane—in spirit and effect the centaur of the ancient tale. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Our modern sympathies are apt to side with the giants and centaurs. Five Stages of Greek Religion "Whoever succeeds in getting on the back of Lucero," my father says to me, "may venture to compete in horsemanship with the centaurs themselves; and that you shall do very soon." Pepita Ximenez With a reed whistle he signaled his little demon centaurs, then at a touch of the spurs his horse leaped forward and all the band clattered close on his heels. The Missourian Suppose the greatest physiologist in Europe alleged that he had seen a centaur, a fabulous animal, half man and half horse. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) His horsemanship was so perfect that, excepting the feather on his head which streamed before the wind, all appeared like the figure of a centaur, flying meteor-like along the plain. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. We may, if we choose, put together centaur monsters; but they must still be half man, half horse; they cannot be both man and horse, nor either man or horse. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) To ride well is to recreate the fabulous centaur of Thessaly. Dwellers in the Hills Then they were gone–a flashing streak of centaurs, a streamer of red in a blur of dust, maniac oaths, and pistol shots, and sweeping sabres. The Missourian But after all the centaur, even if it existed, would not be a miracle, but a monstrosity. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) The southern doorway is enriched with sculptured flowers, a style that is almost unique in Norman architecture; it also contains rudely carved imitations of Roman centaurs. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel To the end of his life, he was fond of horseback riding and hunting; and he brought his sons up to ride like centaurs. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Hatteras, with his hair flying and his hand on the tiller, seemed to be part of the boat, like horse and man at the time of the centaurs. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras So might a mortal look if some strange hap brought him face to face with a centaur. The Wild Geese What on earth are we to do with people who believe in "centaurs" on such evidence, who make laws to protect their superstition, and appoint priests at the public cost to teach the "centaur" science? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Straight the Theban hero gives The pallid Calydonian to his care, Shivering with dread; no less the centaur frights Than the rough flood. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II There they stood, the moonbeams, broken by the overshadowing trees, coming down in dappled spots upon the chargers and their iron-looking riders: carved centaurs could not be more immovable. The Buccaneer A Tale Landscapes and ornaments in borders, in frets, in compartments, intermingled with tritons, nereides, centaurs, are to be found on them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The two combatants then seized one another round the body and tried to drag each other from their horses, but like centaurs, each seemed to form a part of the animal he bestrode. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora But I do say that if Johannes Muller, or anyone else, alleged that he had seen a centaur, Huxley would never think of investigating the absurdity. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) The woods upon his throat shall press, “And weight for wounds shall serve.—The centaur spoke, “Seizing a tree which lay by chance uptorn “By raging Auster; on his valiant foe “The bulk he hurl'd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II From the old world, ancient, rich in tradition, one expected all things; centaurs might spring from its soil unnoticed. The Art of Disappearing From the attitude of the figure it is clear that the statue represents not a gladiator, but a warrior contending with a mounted combatant, probably an Athenian, warding off a blow from a centaur. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The first two laws are also ascribed to the centaur Cheiron. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature How should we treat people who believed that centaurs could be seen now? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Raleigh had been living a life of exaggerated activity, never a month at rest, now at sea, now in Devonshire, now at Court, hurrying hither and thither, his horse and he one veritable centaur. Raleigh He rode, she observed, like a centaur—flat-backed, firm in the saddle with the easy negligence of a plainsman. Brand Blotters Contests with the Amazons and battles with the centaurs form the subject of the whole. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life At first they supposed the horse and his rider to be a kind of centaur, and when the rider dismounted this separation of one creature into two overwhelmed them with supernatural terror. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Professor Huxley, in his admirable little book on Hume, after pointing out the improbability of centaurs, says that judged by the canons of science all "miracles" are centaurs. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) They saw lions and elephants in the lands which were near, and which they knew; and they believed in the centaurs, the mermaids, the hippogriffs, and the dragons, which they imagined inhabiting regions more remote. Pyrrhus Makers of History In the Iliad he is represented as fighting against the centaurs, and in the Hesiodic poems he is an amorous knight-errant, misguided by the beautiful Ægle. Ancient States and Empires The best men in Argos were his teachers, and the wise centaur Cheiron was his friend, and taught him ever to help the weak and take their part against any who oppressed them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The poet invents a centaur, but not the bow and arrow he puts into his hands. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 He also considers what would happen if he were told by the greatest anatomist of the age that he had seen a centaur. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Only, before accusing it of being a liar, better make sure that the statement about the possibility of centaurs has been intended by the Art, and not merely read into it by ourselves. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics In them many lovely melodies must first have been heard, and centaurs and angels originally imagined. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory She doubted if it had ever existed among these centaurs. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West In one, a root dropped down and rested on the back, as a centaur who turns might rest his hand on his withers. Edge of the Jungle He could hit a flying bird with a stone, was a deadly shot for snipe or mallard, rode like a centaur, and fished with the instinct of a heron. The Tragic Bride The picture of Falstaff or of Lafayette, a horse or a centaur, arises equally, and is put together, let us suppose, by simple association. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The centaur and the satyr are no longer grotesque; the type is accepted. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory “How strange that bronze figure looks,” said Mr Girtle, glancing up at the great centaur looming indistinctly against the stained-glass window, in whose recess it stood. The Dark House A Knot Unravelled "You must see him on horseback; he rides like a centaur." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 A hundred, eighty, sixty, yards in front Alec saw a goal keeping centaur waiting to intercept him. A Son of the Immortals J. S. Mill seems to suppose that association can explain the imagination of a centaur or a Falstaff, but cannot explain the belief in a horse or Lafayette. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill We see a horse and we see a man; we are able to drop one half of each, and unite the other two halves to a centaur. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Then he stood with his hands clenched and eyes starting listening intently, while the centaur’s club seemed to be quivering in the gloom, ready to crush him down. The Dark House A Knot Unravelled He had besides his own thoughts all that strange gallery to draw from, of sirens, harpies, centaurs, which a dying mythology bequeathed. The Story of Rouen The centaur Chiron, who cannot die, although suffering from an incurable wound, sacrifices himself for Prometheus, who is thereupon reconciled with the gods. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Lo! from the dark Came waggish fauns, and nymphs, and satyrs stark, With dancing and loud revelry,–and went Swifter than centaurs after rapine bent.– Endymion A Poetic Romance Once or twice she gasped, "Please, George, not quite so fast," but the centaur paid no heed. Moor Fires And he shall ride,—not as I ride, God forbid! like a monkey strapped on a dog at a fair, but as a centaur, as a young demigod. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance No wonder, then, these savages—if savages they may be called—have obtained the fanciful designation of centaurs—the “Red Centaurs of the Chaco.” Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The centaur is man himself, half animal, half spiritual. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity “If I had seen him for the first time, I should have taken him to be a fledged centaur—a mixture of man, quadruped, and bird.” In the Wilds of Africa Gabriel had returned to his lodgings near the Eastgate, and to his hopeless task of civilising his degraded centaurs. The Bishop's Secret She is carried off on the back of a centaur. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Then the hunters gave the rein to their eager steeds, and the long line rushed upon the game like a tornado of centaurs. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Chiron the centaur, by the aid of melody, healed the sick, and appeased the anger of Achilles. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The fabulous centaur, half man and half horse. The Handbook to English Heraldry And then there were the satyrs and centaurs, and suchlike beings. Pagan Passions It was the day of the feast of Bacchus, and through the woods poured Bacchus and his Bacchantes, a shameless rout, satyrs capering around them, centaurs neighing aloud. A Book of Myths Here the long-haired Texan, sitting his horse like a centaur, with high-peaked saddle and jingling spurs, dashed by—a pictured guacho. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death In accordance with a similar custom, also, was the young Achilles intrusted by Peleus to the care of Chiron, the centaur. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia He was in the saddle in a flash, and sat there like a centaur. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea In equal ability of brute and rider to endure fatigue, the Union cavalryman under Sheridan was a veritable centaur. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman That comrade old hath made his moan; The centaur cowers within his den: And I abide to guard alone The ashes of the king of men. Ionica The sensual for a short time but connects us, The sentimental boasts to be unmoved; But both together form a kind of centaur, Upon whose back 't is better not to venture. Don Juan He rides like a centaur, talks like a diplomat and flatters as only a Virginian or an Irishman can flatter. The Tyranny of Weakness The thought of my mule missing his foot and tumbling over a precipice, while I was stuck to him like a centaur, was anything else than pleasant. The Rifle Rangers These centaurs of the central plateaux, scarce ever setting foot upon the earth, when afoot are almost as helpless as birds with their wings plucked or pinioned. The Lone Ranche An Australian and his horse almost grow together like a centaur.” Frank Oldfield Lost and Found He had perfect control of himself and horse, and rode like a centaur, ready to take any advantage which circumstances or guile threw in his way. The Kentucky Ranger They must become expert swordsmen, and acquire such skill in equitation that horse and rider shall resemble the mythical centaurs of the ancients—shall be only one individual in will. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Down from the waist they are centaurs, Though women all above; But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is all the fiends. Shakspere, Personal Recollections To which I answered that I was thinking of fauns and centaurs in the dark lane, and not of a witches' Sabbath; but it seemed he took it differently. A Thin Ghost and Others A missionary, meeting him in the forest road as he was galloping along like a young centaur, asked, "Who are you?" The Spinner's Book of Fiction On one of them are two centaurs arranged heraldically, the human faces being shaped like those of birds. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 When I made these cities, I cared no more for them than I care for a centaur, or a merman, or a fish with legs, or a pig with feathers, or any other absurdity. The Napoleon of Notting Hill She was much tempted by a centaur cut in a sardonyx, a very exquisite piece of workmanship, part, perhaps, of the scattered collection of Lorenzo the Magnificent. The Child of Pleasure He rides like those latter-day centaurs—the Australian ranger and the American cowboy. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers No sooner had he finished his education under the centaur Chiron, than he went boldly to Pelias, who had banished him, and mounted the throne, and demanded the kingdom. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales He could ride like a centaur; he couldn't dance worth a cent. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier And from that moment D'Artagnan, accommodating his action to the pace of his horse, like a true centaur, employed his thoughts about nothing—that is to say, about everything. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" We no more dare to question them than so many 'centaurs or sphinxes or pallid gorgons' in a nightmare. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I could not help smiling to see him look so big on his little horse; his long legs now and then touching the ground made him look like a six-footed centaur. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth This hesitation about admitting the existence of such an animal as a centaur, be it observed, does not deserve reproach, as scepticism, but moderate praise, as mere scientific good faith. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) He gave his own body to complete so to speak, the airplane,—a centaur of the air. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air The subjects of these roundels are Ulysses and Athena, a faun carrying Bacchus, two incidents of Bacchus and Ariadne, a centaur, Dædalus and Icarus, a prisoner before his victor, and the Diomede. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres They might fancy their own country to abound not only with Napoleons, but with dragons and centaurs, and "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders," or anything else that any lunatic ever dreamt of. Historic Doubts Relative To Napoleon Buonaparte The very shadow which he and his horse cast—a distorted, black centaur sort of thing, running silently across the desert—was one with the desert in its cursed menace. Under Handicap A Novel Indeed, I hardly know what testimony would satisfy me of the existence of a live centaur. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) She imagined a determined Hungarian prairie, over which dashed disordered centaurs brandishing clubs, driving before them a band of satyrs and leaping fauns. Visionaries Some strange effect of the moonlight exaggerated the rider and his horse, making both look gigantic, blending them together in such manner that a tremendous centaur seemed to be riding them down. The Tree of Appomattox Then came the wine-carriers with their wine-skins, and in a pavilion set up for the purpose wooden men sported with a living centaur. Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul The rider, long-bodied and lithe, rode like a centaur. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story O King, this is Gold Peak, the mountain of the fairy centaurs. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Do you know, you absurd prince, that when you played the Czardas the other night I seemed to see a vision of a Hungarian prairie, covered with fighting centaurs and satyrs! Visionaries And do not link two virtuous souls for life Into that moral centaur man and wife? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Who would not laugh, if Lawrence, hired to grace His costly canvass with each flatter'd face, Abused his art, till Nature, with a blush, Saw cits grow centaurs underneath his brush? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals And there he saw the singer lying upon bear skins and fragrant boughs; Cheiron, the ancient centaur, the wisest of all things beneath the sky. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People To present the man on horseback, the wise centaur, the tamer of horses, may well be deemed a high achievement of modern, as it was of ancient art. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe However, the Ark isn’t at all what you want, unless you are going to man her with a lot of centaurs. The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Oh, Monsieur le Chevalier, having an income, need not be paid moneys; because Monsieur le Chevalier was born in the saddle, his father is an eagle, his grandsire was a centaur. The Grey Cloak What are centaurs to a savant on his hobby? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 In this production of chimeras the antients seem to have indulged their fancies, whence the sphinxes, griffins, dragons, centaurs, and minotaurs, which are vanished from modern credulity. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life His compact, nervous make, strong thigh and light hand, marked him as the inevitable centaur; and he had already gained a measure of distinction in the cavalry arm of the Officers' Training Corps. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India There is no centaur of fiction, no poetic satyr of the woods, nothing short of the hieroglyphic monsters of Egypt, dog in head and man in body, that can give an idea of it. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) It seemed as if some squadron of centaurs, on the thither side of Phlegethon, with charge on charge, was driving tormented humanity, with all its chattels, across. Israel Potter Nymphs and centaurs, singers and buffoons, drank choice wine from golden goblets. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Now on the banks of this river there dwelt one Nessus, a centaur. Stories from the Greek Tragedians Who comes, so centaur like in grace, Good spirits pictured in his face? Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants Sabre said, "And rides like a—what do they call those things?—like a centaur." If Winter Comes The centaur of olden times, part horse and part man, seems to be a suggestion of the fact that the horse is something more than a beast. New Tabernacle Sermons Beautiful as a statue amidst his extraordinary host rode the Chief, mounted on a white horse, which he sat like a centaur. The Liberation of Italy Borne by Nessus and escorted by Virgil, Dante reaches the other shore, and, taking leave of them, the centaur "alone repass'd the ford." The Book of the Epic He had come to the plateau of the centaurs. Tales of Wonder The centaur Chiron in Homer was a model of justice, and the poet appears to have had no idea of the monstrous combination of two animals. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Perhaps they imagined they saw a naiad flashing a pink shoulder through the waves, or an insanely joyous and drunken centaur galloping by, splashing up the water with his hoofs. Best Russian Short Stories And Rex Krane, like a centaur, swirled by me to do the thing I ordered. Vanguards of the Plains Although anxious to escape from these bloody waters, the wicked are kept within their appointed bounds by troops of centaurs, who, armed with bows and arrows, continually patrol the banks. The Book of the Epic And all at once he saw them in the mist: there they were, the children of fable, five enormous centaurs. Tales of Wonder William Blake's transpositions of the Divine Comedy seem to sound the depths; Botticelli, notwithstanding the grace of his "baby centaurs" and the wreathed car of Beatrice, is the profounder man of the two. Promenades of an Impressionist What are disgusting monkeys there for, or satyrs, or ferocious lions, or monstrous centaurs, or spotted tigers, or fighting soldiers, or huntsmen sounding the bugle? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 "Well, to change gradually, I wonder if that centaur who just passed us might be that same Indian of Agua Fria of long ago." Vanguards of the Plains "Two weeks," went on the cook, "he laid around, not noticin' nobody, and then—" A sudden thunder filled the air, and a score of galloping centaurs crashed through the brush into camp. Heart of the West [Annotated] Had he paused on account of any astonishment he had not come so far: he strode on over the plateau, and came quite near to the centaurs. Tales of Wonder The chances are that the young centaur marries a girl of his own centaur breed, and all the prejudice and barriers of caste are thus propagated and intensified. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 These gray-clad young centaurs rode as though parts of their animals. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps They rode like centaurs, and their aim was deadly true as they poured down, a murderous avalanche, from every hillslope. Vanguards of the Plains Penthesilea loved the centaur, who, being now a star, is named Sagittarius. The Man Who Laughs It is never the centaurs' wont to notice men; they pawed the ground and shouted to one another in Greek, but they said no word to him. Tales of Wonder The figures are too large—I don't mean in the Elizabeth Castle, for there they are neat; but the centaur, though he dies as well as Garrick can, is outrageous. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Well," he said, "put it so, if you like; that is enough to relegate the notion to the limbo of centaurs and chimæras. The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue In the east, there is arising a colossal centaur called the Russian Empire. The United States in the Light of Prophecy Coronado alone had sabre and revolver; and he handled them both with beautiful coolness and dexterity; he rode, too, as well as the best of all these other centaurs. Overland The figure of the satyr is replaced by a centaur who carries off one of the nymphs. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The centaur Nessus utilised his last moments in devising an extremely clever revenge, and the fact that it was certain to be effective sweetened an otherwise bitter death. Essays of Schopenhauer Hippogriffs and centaurs, sirens and dolphins, are here used as adjuncts to humanity. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts They say that he bent his manners to hers—a tamed centaur grazing with a milk-white doe. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Chi'ron, a centaur, renowned for his skill in hunting, medicine, music, gymnastics, and prophecy. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook At the beginning is a note to the effect that in the place of the prologue--Marino's Notte--was to be presented a triumph over the death of the centaur. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England It was no easy task, for she rode like a centaur, and she knew the way. Trailin'! He took that double jump at the gate and that stream like a centaur. Van Bibber and Others Bellowing again—the untamed centaur cheated of the doe! O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 It was not Saturn, but Bacchus who loved Erig'onê, and he was not tranformed into a centaur, but to a horse. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook But let him not tell of Titan battles, or those of the giants or centaurs, the fictions of bygone days, nor yet of factious quarrels, nor gossip, that can serve no good end. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern He was most daring, and sat and managed his horse so remarkably well, that as was the case with the centaur of old, they might have been taken for one animal. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade The hangman himself; the centaur; and the madman. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Esther Levenson brought Ellen Terry over and he forgot me entirely in sparkling for the good lady—showing his teeth, shaking his yellow locks, bellowing like a centaur. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 She has hawk-faced gods that worship her, and the centaurs gallop at her side.’ Intentions A distant cousin of the centaurs, with much the same appearance. The Tarn of Eternity The leader of the gypsies, a splendid looking fellow who sat his horse like a centaur, waved them back, and in a fierce voice gave to his companions some word to proceed. Dracula The centaur would make a very handsome preparation in Surgeons' Hall, and would benefit science extremely. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Years later, Waram told me about the meeting between those two—the centaur and the milk-white doe! O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 He was educated by the centaur Cheiron, who taught him the art of healing and hunting. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The bayonets plunged into the bellies of these centaurs; hence a hideousness of wounds which has probably never been seen anywhere else. Les Misérables Thirty or more there were—Apollo, Zeus, heroes, women, centaurs, horses. Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia The design was made in hammered silver, and showed centaurs talking to cupids that are sitting on their backs. Buried Cities, Volume 1 Pompeii It is no wonder that the Mexicans are such centaurs, seeming to form part and parcel of their horses, accustomed as they are from childhood to these dangerous pastimes. Life in Mexico And, since Tmolus could not leave his home, to him went Pan and Apollo, each with his followers, oreads and dryads, fauns, satyrs, and centaurs. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Then, whipping himself, he galloped away, pleased with his centaur character. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Why, conventions are respectable, and that is a deal more than can be said for a great many centaurs. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Have you not sometimes seen clouds in the sky like a centaur, a leopard, a wolf or a bull? The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 It reminds me of that centaur's tunic which could not be torn off without carrying away the flesh and blood of its wearer. Amiel's Journal Of the eight wall-spaces one was occupied by the doorway, over which was a bronze group representing a combat of two centaurs. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The result, however, of long practice on horseback seems to be that a woman becomes almost a centaur, and more fearless than a man. Manners and Social Usages "Is it any more preposterous than to travel with an imaginary creature like a centaur?" they had retorted. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice But Harry! you are mixed with a thousand strange forms, the centaurs of fancy; half real and human, half wild and grotesque. Redburn. His First Voyage Abstractions manufactured by human reason are no more philosophy than an account of centaurs and gryphons is natural history. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama On either side is a group showing the champions of art combating centaurs, that stand for the commonplace, materialistic things of life. An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Still pursued by the flock of women, I took to examining the floor of this church, which contains tesselated marble pavements depicting centaurs, unicorns, lions, stags, and other beasts. Old Calabria Jurgen went on and on, and so came presently to a centaur: and this surprised him not a little, because Jurgen knew that centaurs were imaginary creatures. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice But Harry! though your image now roams in my Thessaly groves, it is the same as of old; and among the droves of mixed beings and centaurs, you show like a zebra, banding with elks. Redburn. His First Voyage In one, Art, as a beautiful woman, stands in the center, while on either side the idealists struggle to hold back the materialists, here conceived as centaurs, who would trample upon Art. The Jewel City The Duke does not wish to look ridiculous in a bull's hide, so takes liberties with the legend and transforms the bull into a centaur. The Idol of Paris There was no longer a horse and rider—the two had become one creature—a centaur—the body of a horse and the mind of a man. The Untamed |
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