| 单词 | afflatus |
| 例句 | He endeavored to trap and nourish the impression in order to predict, and perhaps even control, what incident would occur next, but the afflatus melted away unproductively, as he had known beforehand it would. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her ‘vortex’, hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was impelled throughout with the afflatus of Dvorak’s earthy genius and made the BSO sound like one of the prestigious European orchestras visiting the Kennedy Center. An inspired rendering of Dvorak by a revitalized BSO 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z There, the Hagen never let the afflatus of passion overrule the printed markings in the music; if Brahms wrote “piano,” the playing stayed soft, no matter how amorous the feeling. Hagen Quartet’s precision, flexible style create fresh interpretation of classics 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z This channeling of distant voices parallels stories not only of how the songs were passed down among the Shakers but also of how they were received originally, through ghostly visitations and divine afflatus. ‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z So one picks up this novel ready to be transformed by the afflatus of its hipnicity. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He enhanced the model with jet travel and a visionary, indefinitely utopian afflatus like that of a Buckminster Fuller or a Marshall McLuhan. Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z At the same, he crucially overrides aspects of Deng’s legacy that might limit his afflatus and sense of mission.” China’s Leader, Hogging Spotlight, Elbows Communist Titan Aside 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To tell the truth," and he gave Fell a whimsical glance, "I am head over ears in some new business matters which have actually fired me with the divine afflatus of enthusiasm. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z This epistle shows that St Paul was touched with the poetic as well as the prophetical afflatus. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Clovis sat by the spinet, beating time with a roll of music--the divine afflatus heavy on him--while the pair of angels played. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It feels the afflatus of the higher spirit dwelling in the parent, and out of this feeling is generated the sentiment of reverence. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Do not let us try to blink this fact or imagine that the men of the press are working for their honour and glory or go onward impelled by the inevitable afflatus of genius.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z And they believed them; for had they not been spoken by the guru, in whom dwelt the divine afflatus? The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z VI Nothing great in science has ever been done by men, whatever their powers, in whom the divine afflatus of the truth-seeker was wanting. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley 2011-11-24T03:00:46.350Z Stories simmered in my brain, demanding to be writ; but I let them simmer, knowing that the longer the divine afflatus was bottled up the better it would be. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Whenever a man of commanding moral genius appears in the world and speaks to the multitude from his height, they are for the moment lifted to his level and feel the afflatus of his spirit. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z So it seems that our poet drank in the divine afflatus, as it were, with his mother's milk. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her "vortex," hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z For there were devout souls who seemed to be constantly filled with the divine afflatus, and they surely enjoyed the peace of God which passeth all understanding. Health, Healing, and Faith 2011-07-31T02:00:09.737Z So I found the divine afflatus did descend. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z No celestial inspiration Gilds the poet's cheerless den, Kindles his imagination, Stirs his sluggish pen; No divine afflatus, blowing From some charmed Pierian font, Starts the springs of fancy flowing Like the spur of Want. The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z The Parisian eye and Parisian aptitude are, like the poetic afflatus, nascitur, non fit. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z It is generally the work of sudden enthusiasm, wild and rapid ecstasy acting upon a nature prefitted for receiving the afflatus, whether by gift or by accomplishment, or by both united. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z So, catching the afflatus of the genial actor-poet's muse, we would answer: Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z Here again the Swedenborgian afflatus will be very unfavorable to success. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z ENTHUSIASM, a word originally meaning inspiration by a divine afflatus or by the presence of a god. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Even when his environment was all that he could wish, there were times when the divine afflatus would not come and the day’s work must be abandoned. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z St Paul himself knew when he was speaking by the Spirit, and when he was not; and we too can recognize to some extent when the afflatus comes upon him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z When she had prayed thus, so long and with such conviction, there came over her, like an afflatus of the Holy Ghost, a sense of peace. Majesty A Novel The one feature which distinguishes these Communities from the transitory sort, is their religion; which in every case is of the earnest kind which comes by recognized afflatus, and controls all external arrangements. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z No gold or silver glitters in the modern adytum, or editor's room, and the tripod from which we distribute our afflatus to the compositors is a wooden three-legged stool, unpainted and uncushioned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Two days later we were talking of the divine afflatus, and the relation of great work to character, when Lorraine demanded my opinion as to the analogy between thought and conversation. Love's Usuries On the other hand, their accuracy may have been secured by the divine afflatus. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Still, as much as in Apostolic times, does the Divine afflatus dwell in man, and the man so endowed becomes a prophet, and declares the will of God. The Religious Life of London These are scattered every where, and under a powerful afflatus might easily be converted into Communities. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z It frankly does not care, and so the afflatus which swelled such triumphant men as St Augustine, Ignatius of Loyola, Torquemada, Mahomet, seeks sails to fill, but finds only steamboats. A Novelist on Novels But to take up the pen at the word of command, without the interior bidding of the divine afflatus, was a new necessity, and one to which she found it difficult to submit. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Still, as much as in apostolic times, does the Divine afflatus dwell in man, and the man so endued becomes a prophet, and declares the will of God in known or unknown tongues. The London Pulpit Cowper could—at least in and for his day—boast the major afflatus, and Cowper did not disdain vernacular truth. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The old afflatus must have a new medium. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z We—men we mean—may affect a virtue, though we have it not, and appear to be inspired by the divine afflatus. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) It took count only of the single occasion on which they had been influenced by the divine afflatus—of the one thing which they had done ‘supremely’ well. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects There is an alcoholic afflatus which mounts to the brain and surrounds the heart and permeates the veins, which for the moment is believed to be true gin. The Landleaguers Cf. also the use of the Latin rabies for the "divine afflatus," as in �neid, vi. Select Poems of Thomas Gray The Dial was the original organ of this afflatus, and contains many articles that are edifying to Christians of good digestion. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z It may be known under other names, of credit or discredit, as mysticism, ecstasy, rhapsody, demoniac possession, the divine afflatus, the gnosis, or, in its latest christening, 'cosmic consciousness.' Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development From me the divine afflatus has been withheld. The Paliser case I fancied as she came––’twas all in a flash––that into this rare creation He had breathed a spirit harmonious with the afflatus of its conception. The Cruise of the Shining Light Why does not some poet, filled with the divine afflatus, sing the praise of the army tin cup and its precious contents—the fragrant coffee of the camp, and march, and bivouac? Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War There was evidently an afflatus on the men, and they wrote and acted as they were moved. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z I was visiting in the house where the old lady lives upon whom the afflatus fell. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India "I don't know whether I'd be able to discuss that divine afflatus with you or not," returned Lester, with a touch of grim humor. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Their sublime utterances were accepted as proceeding from a divine afflatus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles So far was the afflatus of the Spirit from being conditioned by the rite, that in Acts x. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Our opinion, however, is, that the long quarrel between afflatus and personality will be decided in favor of afflatus, and that personality will pass into the secondary position in the ages to come. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The afflatus of rhythm, even if it be the pomp of the Alexandrine, sublimates the passion, and clarifies its mutterings into poetry. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The ship's sails being slack denotes a falling off of afflatus or spiritual influx, loss of trade, misfortune, delays and bad news, or if news is expected it will not come to hand. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance If Lincoln at this time felt the divine afflatus of greatness stir within him I have never heard of it. A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance It was a pleasing matter, he said, to sit down with the proper afflatus stirring within him, to write an article for a Magazine. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 The transcendental afflatus, like that of Pentecost, had in it two elements, viz., History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z For he receives that Spirit of God which he had then received from His afflatus, but afterward lost through sin. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The young people, both representing the afflatus of the State, met in one tragic look which ended in a smile. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science But that bold flight of fancy exhausted the afflatus, and it seemed easier to go on to Sapphire Road than to think of anything fresh. The Privet Hedge Mr. Burnett has contributed various poems to the literature of the country, which have stamped him as being possessed of a more than ordinary share of the divine afflatus. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Their original afflatus carried them to the verge of Communism; but "their gift of tongues" prevailed and spoiled them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z But the divine afflatus no doubt worked differently in different ages. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 The autumn scent rose stronger as the air grew damp, and he stood breathing it in, and apparently feeling its influence like some Delphian afflatus. A Summer Evening's Dream 1898 An afflatus of heroism given forth by this host of self-devoted men communicates itself to the most stolid spectators. An Echo Of Antietam 1898 I note an air of morning prime, As used by bards for their afflatus, Recovered from the spacious time Ere yet a triple coat of grime Had blocked our breathing-apparatus. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 As afflatus is the permanent element, and personal leadership the transitory, it is likely that in the cases of the dwindling Communities, leadership has been too strong and afflatus too weak. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z A breath, an afflatus, an impersonal influence could not have stood in the same category with Himself. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. I have been filled with the Divine afflatus, and have been driven into solitude by my own thoughts. Despair's Last Journey Nothing is to be done without the divine afflatus, and plenty of it. My Contemporaries In Fiction Think, then, of a brush loaded and tipped with this martial spirit of Vespa, this cavorting afflatus, this testy animus! My Studio Neighbors A very great man, as medium of a feeble afflatus, may belittle a Community while he holds it together, and insure its dwindling away after his death. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The divine afflatus is in his nostrils; it is his spirit, and his picture is the reflex of his soul. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Her afflatus, divinely sweet, divinely powerful, is breathed on every human heart, and inspires every soul to some nobler sentiment, some higher thought, some greater action. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales To control this disagreeable symptom, the candidates for both species of afflatus used to come to their meetings provided with napkins and rollers with which to bind their middles, and prevent the supervening inflation. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Moreover, the heroine of the occasion evidently was losing her embarrassment; she was the priestess on the tripod, awaiting the afflatus and thinking only of that. The Tragic Muse On the other hand, we see in the case of the Shakers, a strong afflatus, with an ordinary illiterate woman for its first medium; and the result is success continuing and increasing after her death. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Loose in structure, copious in diction, swarming with imagery, these Odes gave ample scope for Lowell's swift gush of patriotic fervor, for the afflatus of the improviser, steadied by reverence for America's historic past. Modern American Prose Selections In harmony with this exalted origin of the poet went the notion that he was under an afflatus. A Hero and Some Other Folks A chief sign of the divine afflatus," says Jamblichus, citing Porphyry, "is, that he who induces the numen into himself, sees the spirit descending, and its quantity and quality. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II It is not the body of the Protoplastes, as the Theurgists of the school of Alexandria taught, but the first physical manifestation of the Divine afflatus. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Mere doctrines and forms without afflatus are not religion, and have no more power to organize successful Communities, than the theories of Owen and Fourier. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z He enumerates as modes of revelation, Epiphanies of God himself, of angels—heavenly voices—dreams—afflatus, or the Holy Spirit. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Secure of her audience, the widow paused as if waiting the descent of the prophetic afflatus. The Henchman If union with such an Absolute is to be enjoyed, the will must be pulseless, the intellect atrophied, the whole soul inactive: otherwise the introduction of finite thoughts and desires inhibits the divine afflatus! Nature Mysticism The spirit of his missionary parents was Montgomery's Christian legacy, and in exalted poetical moments it stirred him as the divine afflatus kindled the old prophets. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Personal leadership has undoubtedly played a great part in connection with afflatus, in gathering and guiding the religious Communities. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Donizetti was so poorly paid that need drove him to rapid composition, which could not wait for the true afflatus. Great Italian and French Composers It is only within the last one or two generations that it has altogether ceased to convey any distinct notion of a supernatural presence—an afflatus from the Deity. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Erudite systems of philosophy and religion melted, for Love unveiled the healing promise and potency of a present spiritual afflatus. Retrospection and Introspection But yet there has been at least one amongst us who may claim to have had the real poetic afflatus, and whose subjects were invariably taken from the events of the life around him. Town Life in Australia In all cases of afflatus continuing after the death of the first medium, there seems to be an alternation of experience between afflatus and personal leadership, somewhat like that of the Primitive Christian Church. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Then with an afflatus, words flow, whispered by my muse, into lines and stanzas. Dreaming of Dreaming Poetry by Peter E. Williams Something that won't pick up the dust When rhymes refuse to flow; And roomy, lest the seams be bust Should the afflatus blow— Say five-and-forty round the ribs and rather more below. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 Not a very auspicious beginning, it must be confessed, and scarcely suggestive of the Divine afflatus. The Purpose of the Papacy He is, in fact, while under the influence of this heavenly afflatus, in love with every one, man, woman, and child. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Finally the afflatus concentrated on Brigham Young as its second medium, and he has organized Mormonism. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The afflatus of liberty sat upon the people as cloven tongues. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Nor must we expect to receive by a sudden afflatus a complete acquaintance with some subject of which we are entirely ignorant. The Law and the Word He accounts for it by the 'wild sublimity of human emotion, when the rapt spirit first feels the throbbings of the divine afflatus,' &c. &c. Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) After a short space, and without any invitation, the ballad-maker, like some Pythian priestess on her tripod, began to exhibit manifestations of the afflatus. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 After his deposal and death there was a long interregnum; but the afflatus was only distributed, not extinguished. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Nothing great in science has ever been done by men, whatever their powers, in whom the divine afflatus of the truth-seeker was wanting. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century It seems to spread its wings and to be lifted straight upwards out of sight by the afflatus of its own happy heart. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader A singular afflatus which teaches a man to usurp the name and prerogatives of Deity, and a strange 'inspiration' which inspires him with so profound an ignorance of his own nature! Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) In a suitable environment Vandover might easily have become an author, actor or musician, since it was evident that he possessed the fundamental afflatus that underlies all branches of art. Vandover and the Brute Communism looks after the rights of the unitary life—call it afflatus if you please—which organizes families and spiritual corporations. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The audience having dispersed in a state like the afflatus of laughing-gas, the poet and a privileged clique proceeded to the house of the Baptist elder, to prolong the night with metaphysical wassail. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Fired by the divine afflatus Does he weekly lacerate us, Like a Juvenal renatus? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Tennyson's Lotos-eaters chant their world-weariness in choral strains of almost too magnificent afflatus to be dramatically proper on the lips of spirits so resigned. Robert Browning He was not born to an inheritance of sycophancy; it comes like an afflatus upon him, and it turns his head. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times She had confessed to him with an unthinking directness which was extremely becoming to her, that her artistic aspirations which he had found so mysterious were utterly destitute of the ideal afflatus. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories It is this divine afflatus, this outpouring of the Spirit, which is the great need of the age we live in. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters As I had written about a dozen books myself at the time, and most decidedly with an eye to profit, and had never experienced much afflatus, this remark discouraged me very much. Some Private Views The divine afflatus has occasionally inspired in him some fine thoughts and graceful fancies. The Parish Clerk For two or three years I had done really good work, with the divine afflatus thrilling through every vein. Five Nights Although he had not the poetic afflatus which the nineteenth century has given to these great truths, System, I feel sure, had very high and far-reaching views. Recollections of My Youth The subject of the afflatus has not felt the application of fire. Cock Lane and Common-Sense Body, brain, and spirit, all seemed to feel the mighty afflatus. California Sketches, Second Series Suddenly the afflatus descends; there is no mistaking that glare, or those frantic leaps. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 They clear the atmosphere of mists, disclose to us our bearings, and fill our souls with the afflatus which wafts us toward "the haven where we would be." The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible We have the afflatus in Louisiana, if nothing else. The Grandissimes We are frequently surprised by coincidences which prove this novel, yet common afflatus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 The afflatus of the true orator had at last fallen upon him; the mighty ship was launched, and swept out to sea under full canvas. California Sketches, Second Series It seems to spread out its wings and to be lifted straight upwards out of sight by the afflatus of its own happy heart. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's The divine afflatus wouldn't come down upon me. Fenton's Quest Certainly, at present, he is rarely filled with the divine afflatus except when plying his saw. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 He idles like an Oracle, attending on inspiration, and when he has received the alleged afflatus, the fellow—so different from us—is neither to hold nor to bind. Poetry To this bareness some succumb, and the divine afflatus dies. In the Claws of the German Eagle I wrote only when the afflatus was upon me. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Born in 1512, he could not indeed have done so; but there breathes through his description a gust of enthusiasm, an afflatus of concurrent witnesses to its surpassing grandeur. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti In the construction of this dish there is to be recognised a breath of the same afflatus which gave us the Florentine campanile, and the Medici tombs, and the portrait of Monna Lisa. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes Stevenson can have had little or nothing of that inspiriting afflatus. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial The devine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Little Women I've tried," admitted Bridge; "but there always seems to be something lacking in my stuff—it don't get under your belt—the divine afflatus is not there. The Mucker The thrilling life, the divine afflatus, of the Sistine vault have passed out of the Last Judgment. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti With voices of the storm, possessed by some divine afflatus, thundering out verses of fire—carried out of themselves in a whirlwind of passion, like antique prophets and Sibyls foretelling the misfortunes of the world! The Ways of Men A sort of prophetic spirit and an afflatus of the future circulates there, swelling hearts and enlarging souls. Les Misérables It is simply a tenaqueous bag of wind, yet it has occasionally given an impulse to the divine afflatus. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 He is lifted up into the blue mists, far above the plane of the verifiable, and borne along hither and thither by successive gusts of the poetic afflatus. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller She felt in her soul the divine afflatus, and pressed forward gloriously to her goal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 It is to be said that amid not a little smoke and gas in his poems, there is in almost every piece a spark of fire, and now and then the real afflatus. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy It would be impossible to convey any idea of the afflatus which buoyed them up. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee There is a prevailing idea among those who have never dabbled in literature very much, that the divine afflatus works a good deal like a corn sheller. Remarks And after sound sleep, waking in the rosy morning, with the fresh air from balmy fields blowing into your window, penetrated still with the afflatus of last night's thoughts and reveries, wouldn't you be cheerful? Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs By continual introspection he is seeking the charm, so to speak, that will render his afflatus permanent. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years I regarded all that had passed as a dream, and I thought I had been deluding myself into an idea of possessing poetic genius, when, in fact, I had only the longing, without the afflatus. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas The expected afflatus did not seem to have arrived to lift him. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft The divine 'afflatus' is not to be caged, sir, it comes and goes. Dawn In fact, he abolished the oracle, slaying men and throwing them into the rock fissure from which the divine afflatus arose. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Doubtless it is a very natural result of his resignation to this creative force that one of the poet's profoundest sensations during his afflatus should be that of reverence for his gift. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Lemsford was a poet; so thoroughly inspired with the divine afflatus, that not even all the tar and tumult of a man-of-war could drive it out of him. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Such a treatment of the subject is left to others, who write under the influence of partisan afflatus, rather than with the judicious moderation of the historian. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee You have caught something of the 'divine afflatus' that the drunken old fellow said he could not cage. Dawn My science originates entirely in my unbounded penetration, and a sort of divine and supernatural afflatus. Four Early Pamphlets His afflatus comes upon him and departs, without his control or understanding. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years After stating that he had a pious spell upon him before visiting the room, and that the afflatus was still upon him, he entered into a labyrinthal defence of “the church.” Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston There was abundance of lawyer-like ability,—but of genius, and its accompanying divine afflatus, little. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 The breath or afflatus of the Universal Mind. Adonais Don't you know that the afflatus always exhausts the priestess? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 It appears that little verse describing the poet's afflatus is written when the gods are actually with him. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years His colleague in talking is Mrs. Abbatt, a very worthy lady, who has often the afflatus upon her, and who can hold forth with a good deal of earnestness and perspicuity. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston They only want to know for certain that I've got the poetic afflatus all right. A Prefect's Uncle A poetic afflatus seized him, and in less than three hours he had added the necessary couplet, How truly sweet it is for such as me To gaze on thee. Tales of St. Austin's The divine afflatus left him like air oozing from a punctured toy-balloon, and, like such a balloon, he seemed to grow suddenly limp and flat. The Little Warrior But if the poet cannot predict the time of his afflatus, he indicates that he does know the attitude of mind which will induce it. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years But now all on the sudden I felt an inexpressible force to fall on my mind, an afflatus, which cannot be described in words; none knows it but he that has it…. The Emancipation of Massachusetts Ah!" he said with enthusiasm, "this seems to be a poem in earnest, breathing the real afflatus, written with the pen of Melpomene! The Old Stone House Allow but for the absence of the divine afflatus, or breath of animation, and an unenlightened heathen might suppose the miracle of Prometheus was about to be realized. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 But the magazines, with few exceptions, have shut down the lid, and are keeping the stylistic afflatus under strict compression. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism And once more, it is Shelley who shows himself most keenly aware that, asleep or waking, the poet feels his afflatus coming in the same manner. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Nay, she essayed a venture of her own, And liked to think she'd caught the tragic tone; And so she has:—the afflatus comes on hot; But out, alas! she deems it shame to blot. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry Go ahead and when the afflatus shall have produced everything you must elevate the general tone and cut out what ought not to come down front stage. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters "Excuse me," said Keith, rising from his seat in an afflatus of inspiration. South Wind In truth, it was a face of rare loveliness; of oval outline, with delicate yet noble features, whose expression seemed the reflex of the divine afflatus. Beulah The divine afflatus descends equally on the good and the bad, the lofty and the lowly. The Golden Bough When once she abandoned herself to the afflatus of the dance delirium, she did with her beholders what she would. Under Two Flags But, though less than a poet of her century, Ella was more than a mere multiplier of her kind, and latterly she had begun to feel the old afflatus once more. Wessex Tales Hence evidently the tripod, the priest, the priestess inspired by the divine afflatus. Essays — First Series Hence, evidently the tripod, the priest, the priestess, inspired by the divine afflatus.' Beulah But no one could so well represent the king in his divine character as his son, who might be supposed to share the divine afflatus of his father. The Golden Bough He took Bohea with his facts, and Hyson with his fancy, and mixed them to secure the necessary afflatus to write his books of science and travel. The Golden Dog When all this hung before me the afflatus vanished—my pencil dropped from my hand. The Real Thing A migratory afflatus seems to have come over the Ajawa tribes. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 As I felt within me the divine afflatus, I considered this accident rather fortunate than otherwise. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 There's no question of the divine afflatus; that belongs to another sphere of life. New Grub Street Beyond doubt, some spore of the afflatus must have sprung up within him in spite of the desert soil of San Saba. Roads of Destiny His worship was afraid that he might make the offer good, and the poet was released, after promising to imbibe less frequently when he felt the divine afflatus about to descend upon him. Penelope's Irish Experiences His song was entirely an affair of uncontrolled afflatus, and this is a force which dwindles in middle life, leaving stranded the poet who has no other resource. Shelley Through me the afflatus surging and surging, through me the current and index. Leaves of Grass An afflatus of war was breathed upon us. A Biography of Sidney Lanier |
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