| 单词 | Clotho |
| 例句 | Marmeluc nods at Clotho as if that statement made any sense. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Ye won't be able to see the causeway in the dark," Clotho sneers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho, still struggling through the shallow waves, peers over his hunched shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The first sister—Clotho—appears next to you. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Clotho shouts, "Sand's hungry. I told ye to stay on the causeway. Why do you think we call it the causeway? 'Cause it's the only way!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho is hobbling up behind me, with Marmeluc at his side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But the dark waves slither back and forth like adders, and I am sufficiently afraid that I will do exactly what Clotho says. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho's slow waddle is holding us up, for we can't go out ahead of him, lest we lose the causeway. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But Clotho has had enough, apparently, for he bursts through the blanket, his long brown tunic swinging around his bare knees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho keeps on hauling his invisible sack of turnips through the surf. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho tosses some stale bread on the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z William, who is trying to hurry Clotho along, says, "I could stop a few of them. Five, maybe ten. Not however many that is." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho was hobbling by, gripping five dirty cups by their lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Shut that dog up!" cries Clotho from the other side of the hanging blanket. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Clotho rolls his eyes and lugs his invisible turnips over to his side of the blanket. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In another guise, they inhabit Greek mythology as Lachesis and Clotho, the fates who spin and measure the thread of life. ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Her work on Clotho, fearful anthem to ruthless Fate, exhausts her mental state completely”; “In his work of sacrifice, the sculptor wins the eternal life of an artist, bound with his muse for eternity.” Dance Review: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg at City Center 2012-03-11T21:20:48Z Clotho, the Greek spinner of the thread of life, and Lachesis, the fate who measures the thread, are also a historical couple: Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z In ancient Greek mythology, Clotho was one of the three Fates — she who spins the thread of life and decides when a mortal being will be born and when he will die. The hormone klotho really helped cognition in mice. Would it help humans? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Clotho, one of the Three Fates of Greek mythology, carried the weighty responsibility of spinning the thread of human life. Possible Anti-Aging Brain Therapy Shows Promise in Mice 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Clotho, the youngest, spun the thread of life, in which the bright and dark lines were intermingled. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z "Hit me with it," says Cyniscus, "if it is so destined,—I shall have no quarrel with you for it, but with Clotho." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z At that they looked grave for a moment, for Clotho had added in passing, 'One thing is necessary. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z When he turned, eager to take up the fallen thread, Clotho could not have been more cold than his neighbour, nor Atropos with her shears more decisive. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Lachesis, lak′e-sis, n. the one of the three Fates who assigned to each mortal his destiny—she spun the thread of life from the distaff held by Clotho. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Long life in literature concerns itself with the length of Clotho’s thread, and not at all with the question as to whether it be labelled “No. 60” or “No. 90.” The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z But one day there arrived in Shetland the whaling barque Clotho, direct from the Greenland Ocean, and one passenger, the sole survivor, by his own account, of the ill-fated Danish Queen. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Clotho, the good fairy of all the weavers, was present at my Hertha's christening, and left beside her cradle a gift: a tiny loom that from beam to shuttle is of purest gold. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z It is a black strand that puts trouble in the pattern, an evil thread from Clotho's ancient loom. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z I was left alone, and Clotho looked up. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z The Fates, the Destinies, the goddesses supposed to preside over human life: Clotho, who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, who determines the length of the thread; Atropos, who cuts it off. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Of the offices assigned to the fates, that of Clotho was to hold the distaff, while Lachesis twirled the spindle, and Atropos determined the length of the thread. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z I wonder why my father has never said aught to me of Clotho's gift. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Lachesis is represented with a spindle, Clotho with the thread, and Atropos with shears, with which she cuts it off. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z In an open thoroughfare—there were some people about, but not many—near an archway, I came upon Clotho. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z The Clotho spider was a hunter, not a spinner of snares. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Agap� found the sisters sitting round the fateful distaff, which Clotho held while Lachesis span the threads that measured out men's lives, and cruel Atropos cut them in twain. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z But next day, when they played in the garden, Huberta said, 'Thy father is an old tyrant to forbid thee the use of Clotho's gift. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z As they were three in number, and poetry endeavoured to designate them more precisely, Clotho became a proper name, as did also Atrŏpos and Lachĕsis. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Clotho would look like this, if Clotho would munch instead of spin. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z Clotho has on a variegated robe, and on her head a crown of seven stars. Heathen Mythology Footnote 9: Clotho holds the distaff, Lachesis spins the thread, and Atropos severs it. Black Forest Village Stories When he demanded the reason, she confessed with tears that she had no more of the golden warp that was Clotho's sacred gift. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Among the Hebrews, as with the Greeks, Clotho is a woman. Oriental Women Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos kept Jupiter himself in awe of their shears, and the old Norns, Urdur, Verdandi, and Skuld, ruined Wotan's power and his glory. In a Little Town Lachesis announced the past, Clotho the present, and Atropos the future. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Clotho the Spinner will weary of making my thread of gold and twine in a darker stuff. A Victor of Salamis One day Huberta said to the others, 'Come with me and I will show you a beautiful toy that Clotho left me at my christening. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The Clotho of its destiny has spun a longer web than had been foreseen by the writer. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter It made no difference that I had been Exec under Andy Royce, the skipper of the "Clotho," the ship with the biggest confirmed kill in the entire Fleet Scouting Force. A Question of Courage One, called Clotho, carries a spindle on which is wound flax. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures “Spin, spin, Clotho, spin,” hummed a gay, masculine voice. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 Why didst thou not warn me what a precious gift was the gold warp Clotho gave me! The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z You know these ladies, reader; but here they are grander, gloomier, diviner than were our old friends Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Not that I didn't expect it, but the "Lachesis" was worse than the "Clotho" had ever been. A Question of Courage "Willingly give thyself up to Clotho, allowing her to spin thy thread into whatever things she pleases." The King's Mirror The ancients believed that the duration of human existence and the destinies of mortals were regulated by three sister-goddesses, called Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who were the daughters of Zeus and Themis. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Was it her own, The voice I heard, marmoreal, strange, remote, As though from yonder throne Clotho had spoken, and the headless throat Had uttered words of stone? A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry The doctor was a tall, meagre, pale man, who had kept the shears of Clotho employed for forty years at least. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 To them was intrusted the spinning and management of the thread of life; Clotho held the distaff, Lachĕsis turned the wheel, and Atrŏpos cut the thread. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) She had not defied Clotho, but neither had she altogether given herself up to Clotho. The King's Mirror The Fates are named Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, and are the goddesses of destiny. 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 Besides, if Clotho has not spun greatness into your destiny, be sure that it does not matter. The Young Man and the World Clotho held the golden distaff in her hand, and twirled and twisted the delicate thread. Hero Tales Clotho attended the Spread Board; the can-minders coiling away the sliver, stood for Lachesis; while in the spinners, who cut the thread when the bobbin was full, Estelle found Atropos, the goddess of the shears. The Spinners What was distasteful in Clotho's terms Elsa attempted to reduce to insignificance by a disciplined arrangement of her thoughts and emotions. The King's Mirror Clotho draws the thread, Lachesis turns the wheel, and Atropos cuts the string asunder when spun to a due length. 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 Clotho, the spinner of the thread of life, was the eldest of the three. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Busily and silently Clotho spun; and the golden thread, thin as a spider's web, yet beautiful as a sunbeam, grew longer and more golden between her skilful fingers. Hero Tales The line of tourists is reeled off like their thread in the hands of Clotho, the iron shears that snip it at stated intervals being represented by the unmythical steam-engine. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 This attitude of mind is thought so commendable as to have won for itself in popular speech the name of philosophy—so even with words Clotho works her will. The King's Mirror Where I go I know not, nor what thread Clotho is spinning. Sir Mortimer We saw the elder Corsican, And Clotho muttered as she span, While crowned lackeys bore the train, Of the pinchbeck Charlemagne: 'Sister, stint not length of thread! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The Fates, too, were there: sad Clotho, twirling her spindle; unloving Lachesis, with wrinkled lips ready to speak the fatal word; and pitiless Atropos, holding in her hand the unsparing shears. Hero Tales But in those days I was devoting more time and attention to Clotho than to Atropos. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Pride came to me with insidious aid and admired while I talked of Clotho; but where was my ally when I pictured Elsa also making her surrender to the Fates? The King's Mirror At`ropos, one of the three Fates, the one who cut asunder the thread of life; one of her sisters, Clotho, appointed to spin the thread, and the other, Lachesis, to direct it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Her name was Clotho, and she held a distaff full of flax, from which she was spinning a golden thread. Old Greek Stories The shrouds were of that cloth Which Clotho weaveth in her blackest wrath: The dismal tinct oppress'd the eye, that dwelt Upon it long, like darkness to be felt. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Clotho showed her the threads, which "were thin as those spun by a spider." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook "Willingly give thyself up to Clotho, allowing her to spin thy thread into whatever things she pleases." The King's Mirror Clotho, that one of the three Fates which spins the thread of human destiny. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge She gently drew out the thread which Clotho spun, and turning to stern Atropos, said: "Lay aside those shears, sister, and give the child your gift." Old Greek Stories Clotho was practicing her curtsies, Lachesis her bows. The Tarn of Eternity Clotho and Lachesis were over them and Atropos less tall than they, a goddess of no great frame, yet superior to the others and the eldest of them. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica As the blue sky was gradually covering, the gigantic figures of Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos became as gradually dimmer and dimmer, and the grasp of Vivian's fearful burden looser and looser. Vivian Grey For Clotho spins the thread, Lachesis draws it out, and Atropos waits to cut it off with her glittering shears. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew The three Fates, Clotho, who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, who fixes its prolongation; and Atropos, who cuts this thread with remorseless shears, are necessarily derived from woman's work. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis held it, and Atropos cut it. Palamon and Arcite The Clotho was on her way home, and Midshipman William Clarence Winslow was to be tried by court-martial for insubordination, disobedience, and drunkenness. Chantry House "According to you, then," said Euphronius, "the fates of men are not spun for them by Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, but by their predecessors?" The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The first, Clotho, spins the thread of life, the second, Lachesis, determines its length, and the third, Atropos, cuts it. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Clotho, the Past, spins; Lachesis, the Present, divides; and Atropos, the Future, stands ready with her shears to cut the thread. The Story of Siegfried Clotho and Lachesis, whose boundless sway, With Atropos, both men and gods obey. Mosaics of Grecian History Though the English loss was comparatively very small, the Clotho was a good deal exposed, and two men were killed - one so close to Clarence that his clothes were splashed with blood. Chantry House There are three Fates, are there not,—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropus? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Since thou my thread of life hast kindly spun, Thy hand, O Clotho, I now kiss! The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems Well, Clotho, I hope you will not refuse my last request. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 And Plato intimates the same thing under the names of the Fates, calling one Atropos, the other Lachesis, and the other Clotho. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Christian, who commanded the Clotho, came storming to him one day, upbraiding him for his inaction, and demanding that he should take order about what was to do. Captain Blood It seems to me Clotho should be the one to boast: she has you dangling from her distaff, like a sprat at the end of a fishing- line. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Full often thorns upon the thread, But oftener roses, thou hast strung; For thorns and roses there outspread, Clotho, to thee this lay be sung! The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems Clotho, I had a particular reason for desiring one more glimpse of daylight. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 The sons of the Clotho, the Labyrinth Spider and many others confront us with the same riddle: they move, yet do not eat. The Life of the Spider Christian departed fuming, and on the morrow the Clotho weighed anchor and sailed away, setting an example of desertion from which the loyalty of Blood's other captains would soon be unable to restrain their men. Captain Blood Now, by Clotho's own spindle, my questions are free from all sophistic taint. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Clotho, for this and other lies, Thy pardon I with tears implore; Henceforth I'll take whatever prize Sage Clotho gives, and asks no more. The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems Here I stand this long time, my good Clotho.—Now what had I done to deserve such a weary spell of life? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 The mythological Clotho, niggardly with her silk and lavish with her coarse flocks, spins us a harsh existence; the eight-legged Clotho uses naught but exquisite silk. The Life of the Spider Lachesis, the giver of the lots, is the first of them; Clotho, the spinster, the second; Atropos, the unchanging one, is the third and last, who makes the threads of the web irreversible. Laws If some one gave the spindle a turn in the wrong direction, and undid all Clotho's work, Atropus would have something to say on the subject. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The giving of the lots, the weaving of them, and the making of them irreversible, which are ascribed to the three Fates—Lachesis, Clotho, Atropos, are obviously derived from their names. The Republic You punish us who are but the slaves of Clotho's bidding, and reward these, who do but minister to another's beneficence. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Do not be too easily disheartened: the Clotho is rare; not every spot suits her. The Life of the Spider It is too bad of you, Clotho, to hand over my property to my worst enemy. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 I shall think none the worse of you; I shall know it is all Clotho's doing; I will not even blame the bolt that wounds me. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Certainly; Clotho prescribes the conduct of every man at his birth. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 I heard Clotho, the other day, reading over the various dooms. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 While the Clotho displays a more simple ingenuity as regards her defensive machinery, she is incomparably ahead of the Mygale in the matter of domestic comfort. The Life of the Spider The Clotho, when in danger, runs quickly home; she opens the chink with a touch of her claw, enters and disappears. The Life of the Spider Unversed in the trapper’s art, the Clotho courses her game and lives upon the vagrants who wander from one stone to another. The Life of the Spider The Clotho seems to know similar moments and to make the most of them. The Life of the Spider I like Clotho; she is a lady of spirit. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Now this paradox of activity maintained without the stay of food is realized by the Clotho Spider and others. The Life of the Spider To this suggestion the Clotho undertakes to make reply. The Life of the Spider Like the Lycosa, she lives with her family; but the Clotho is separated from them by the walls of the cells in which the little ones are hermetically enclosed. The Life of the Spider The elder Clotho remains behind, careless of this emigration which leaves her alone. The Life of the Spider Nay, nay, my lady Clotho; suffer me to return for a little while, and I will come of my own accord, without waiting to be summoned. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 To rear the Clotho is not an arduous undertaking; we are not obliged to take the heavy flagstone, on which the dwelling is built, away with us. The Life of the Spider |
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