| 单词 | cloven foot |
| 例句 | Carrie's mother, in her religious fervour, frequently refers to – either directly, or through Carrie's prior indoctrination – "the black man … his cloven feet striking red sparks from the cement". Rereading Stephen King: week one – Carrie 2012-05-24T12:02:53Z The clean and permitted food was obtained from oxen, sheep, goats, and in wild animals from deer, wild-goats, and gazelles, and in fact from all animals which ruminate and have cloven feet. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z We will drive back to their own inhospitable clime every Yankee who dares to pollute our shores with his cloven feet. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Then the mask of hypocrisy was boldly thrown off, and the cloven foot uncovered. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Others of them gave as a reason why good people should eat only animals with a cloven foot, the fact that righteous people lived not only in this world, but had expectations in the next. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z She also sent to him a person clothed in russet, with a little bush beard and a cloven foot, together with her imps, a toad, and a crab. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z By-and-by, That fowl's avenging sprite, Set his cloven foot for spite In her eye. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Here the Devil gets the credit of a handsome face and Napoleon the debit of cloven feet. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z They usually wear the lineament, if not the cloven foot of the arch-fiend. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Saw ye never Friar Rush Painted on a cloth, with a side-long cow's tail, And crooked cloven feet, and many a hooked nail? Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z Kerry of their living in caves in the mountains, and a lad whom I met near the Gap of Dunloe described them as having cloven feet and black hair. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z They had not sailed a league, a league, 50 A league but barely three, Until she espied his cloven foot, And she wept right bitterlie. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z The little pointed cloven feet are as hard and sharp as horns and will tear the flesh like claws. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z They often conceived that they saw His Satanic Majesty, with all his distinguishing appendages, such as his cloven foot, his sooty aspect, his peculiar horns, and sulphurous odor. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Many churchmen pictured this Plantagenet with horns and a cloven foot, and muttered references to the old fairy tale about a certain ancestor of the family who married a witch. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z And though he expected better luck from Ralph, yet he quickly discovered in him also certain very dismal symptoms of the cloven foot. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z You have ears like we have," said they, "and we want to see if you have cloven feet like an antelope. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Their form was principally human, but with a short goat's tail, pointed ears, and projecting horns; sometimes also with cloven feet. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z By his repugnance to these sacred plants, his mistress discovered the cloven foot. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z His face turned as black as soot; a long tail grew out of his leafy coat, while cloven feet replaced the beetle-wing pumps. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The shaggy coat, the horns and cloven feet, are certainly peculiar to the classical treatment of this supernatural being. A Cursory History of Swearing With cloven feet and horned front who roves With choirs of nymphs, amid the echoing groves; He joins in active dance the virgin throng, To Pan, the pastoral god, they raise the song. Heathen Mythology But the cloven foot always appears before you are done with him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 At intervals, a cloven foot would be seen, festering wounds would be irritated and no balm was found to restore them to perfect soundness. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution And indeed Jan did not fare much better with the second, which also showed the cloven foot. Barbarossa and Other Tales It was not when Russia was little better than a military despotism under the Emperor Nicholas, that Nihilism showed its cloven foot. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia For some time past my studious lucubrations had caused him anxiety, and perhaps he had caught sight of my cloven foot. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Among them was his Satanic Majesty, with the same old cloven feet, lashing tail, and black skin. Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 He is all in red, wears a pointed beard and has a cloven foot. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds From these answers they conclude that the leg of the table is connected with a cloven foot. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He was like a black man with cloven feet, riding on a black horse, and Alice fell down and worshipped him, as she had covenanted. Witch Stories In the Abbey were several demons similar to myself whom I recognised by their cloven feet and by their kindly speech. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Perhaps his dreams will be rudely disturbed by the thunder of a thousand hoofs, as his cattle, becoming frightened at some noise, have stampeded, and the grass fairly pops beneath their cloven feet. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Let us hope that the gentleman with the cloven foot may drive his car up the chimney flue and fly away. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds There was no cloven foot peeping out anywhere. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. However, poor Jervais lost his place for gossiping; and his master insists upon it to this day, that it was the devil, and that he knew him by his broad eyes and cloven feet. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed I hid my cloven feet under a robe and became a monk in this Abbey, where I lived peacefully, sheltered from the men at arms who to friend or foe alike showed themselves equally exacting. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels My word, Argyle, thou's got a tongue in thy pen neb! but this was ne'er indited by him; the cloven foot of the heretical Carmelite is manifest in every line. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Talleyrand displays the cloven foot, by refusing to recognise the junction of all the Netherlands. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) The great devil, dancing forward, brandishing his key, roared that these reverend men should kneel to him; he held out a cloven foot and bade them kiss it. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court A friend of mine having been to a masqued ball in a domino, I prepared the stratagem, by making a head-piece to the dress, with horns, false legs, cloven feet, and a tail. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed When the rabbit came out she was trapped; her little cloven feet could not scale such unbroken steeps. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Ordinary feet are long feet, short feet, broad feet, splay feet, club feet, and bumble feet, to which may be added cloven feet in the case of certain animals, and an “old gentleman.” The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Mercy on my soul! did I see the wicked players?—Mayhap that 'ere Darby that I liked so was the old serpent himself, and had his cloven foot in his pocket. The Contrast For this matchless genius was wrecked and ruined not by the wiles of him of the cloven foot, but by temptations that have been called "godlike." A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character It was a monster on all fours, with cloven feet, horns on its head, and a long tail trailing after it as it moved along. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed And by the cloven foot," cried this weird personage, "you are right, my master! A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The more she sings her incantations, we “Rise more from earth erect; the bristles fall; “And the wide fissure leaves our cloven feet; “Our shoulders form again; and arms beneath “Are shap'd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Different interpretations have been given to the words just quoted; but until abolitionism set its cloven foot upon the Bible, such violence had not been done to its sacred pages. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The cloven feet of Pan are on the hill, His reedy musics sadder than all rains, Since none will seek—pipe ever as he will— Those unanointed and neglected fanes. Ships in Harbour “Horns, belike—and cloven feet—and a long tail?” quoth Jack. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers But, almost immediately, the metaphorical cloven foot and false dice appear. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century I imagine she wanted to ask me several things yet,—whether I had cloven feet, for instance, and lived on spiders; but she didn’t. The Dominant Dollar They had not sail'd a league, a league, A league but barely three, Until she espied his cloven foot, And she wept right bitterly. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets You might be sure there was a British cloven foot in it somewhere. The Critical Period of American History In a long tête-à-tête he makes his clumsy court, airs his cheap philosophy, and lets by no means the mere suggestion of a cloven foot appear, on the subject of virtue and vice. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 He had cloven feet, and his coat, if it was a coat, seemed to be made in the shape of wings. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends This has small cloven feet, but there are only two legs, also! Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks To be on familiar terms with one's servants shows the cloven foot of vulgarity. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men The cloven foot, because of its division, is weak. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Probably you expected a devil with horns and a cloven foot, as the cowardly age has depicted him. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Nor could the print of human footsteps be seen, but only indentations left by innumerable tiny cloven feet. Honey-Bee 1911 Then the cloven foot appeared in the shape of a note-book. Humour of the North The Hyperion head of Poe was lost to the view of many by a too persistent search for the satyr's cloven foot. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The devil, when he would entrap a cautious person, assumes an angel form till he carries his point, when the cloven foot appears. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote He is a mysterious being,—sometimes described as a kind of orang-outang, covered with long shaggy hair, and living in trees; at others, he is said to have cloven feet and a bright red face. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The cloven foot of America's race prejudice will make itself manifest, and its owner will find it increasingly difficult to secure a ready purchaser for his goods. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist Instead she draped its cloven foot gracefully, and turned her back on it—and imagined she was rich—from Monday till Friday. An Australian Lassie Yes; and but for the cloven foot, the jest, as you call it, would have succeeded, too. Under the Rose On the rolled, damp surface are the marks of the cloven feet of the swine. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Nor does he often appear without one or other of his recognised marks—the cloven foot, the goat's horns, beard, and legs, or the dragon's tail. The Superstitions of Witchcraft They therefore made the devil with his cloven feet and his long tail to whisper these cunning suggestions in the ear of the traitor. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon "Acknowledge, my lord, that Queen Balkis under her golden robes has little cloven feet like a goat's." Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 “But if no one has seen him, how can you tell that he has got red face, cloven feet, and shaggy hair?” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco And that if another such dismissal was ever again attempted, they would 'more darkly sin,' and hide the 'cloven foot,' which was so openly shown by Brady and Tait. The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier Whatever form he may assume, the cloven foot must always be visible under every disguise; and Othello looks first for that fabulous but certain sign when he scrutinises his treacherous friend. The Superstitions of Witchcraft That is, cloven feet and cud-chewing do not of necessity go together, and the case of the pig disproves the generalization. The Mind and Its Education But it is always easy to recognize the cloven foot. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques In this instance the cloven foot and not the horned head was detected. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales He called Sir R. Peel and some other Tories "the cloven foot," which I think rather strong. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Little Edmund ran away, but before he reached his father's house a boy with cloven feet attacked him most unmercifully, cutting his face and ears. 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 Such a hat is worse than a cloven foot. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times A shaggy growth of hair covered his breast, while from the thighs downwards his limbs showed a thick fleece that trailed down to his cloven feet. The Well of Saint Clare At last a card fell to the ground, and the party who picked it up discovered that the clever player had a cloven foot. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales I held my cloak together as well as I could, and kept myself back a little, so that if the pig showed a cloven foot behind me, the captain might not see it. Queechy, Volume I Thank the Lord, he's shown his cloven foot; I wish Mr. Minot had heard it. The Harvest of Years The contemporary opinion of the French character is quaintly shown in the portrait of the Devil dressed as a French gentleman, his cloven foot discovering his identity. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book If the cause is unworthy, the cloven foot will soon appear and repudiation will ensue, which will mark him unsuccessful as a politician. The Vitalized School Wherever it has sway in the family, in the town council, or the assembly, there the cloven foot of intolerance and persecution is seen from under the sanctimonious gown it puts on. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. If I draw devils like one another, the fault is in themselves for being so: I neither made their horns nor claws, nor cloven feet. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 There were no cloven feet like those of our bulls, and no solid feet as our horses have. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky I met him, by the bye, in Broadway, as large as life, and as impudent as the gentleman with the cloven foot. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week "Peace!" cried the familiar, spurning her with his cloven foot. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Looking down, he saw the boy had cloven feet, and away he ran. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Thoughts rushed into my mind of every bad deed that I had done in my life; and I thought that old cloven foot, as we called the devil, was waiting to nab me. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 When the fiat had irretrievably gone forth, they showed again the claws and the cloven foot. Idle Hour Stories The figure seems incomplete—whether a cloven foot or toes were intended, cannot say. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 To his astonishment the lady rejects him; and, he showing what the bills call the “cloven foot,” Miss Aubrey orders him to be shown out. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Yet I perceive no cloven foot; And both your ravens, where are they now? Faust No garter makes my rank appear, But then the cloven foot stands high in honor here. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe But perhaps, for all that, the sharp eye of the opposite sex had discovered the cloven foot; since, though she had received various promising attentions, poor Selina had never had an offer. Mistress and Maid The cloven foot of tyranny and oppression was not discernible in the acts of officers, from general down to corporal, as formerly. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The Devil, during the long service, wandered amongst them, giving a vicious kick with his cloven foot here, pricking with the sharp point of his tail there, breeding a fine discord and routing devotion. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California THE OLD ONE I offer here my best salute Unto the knight with cloven foot! Faust With best respect I here salute The noble knight of the cloven foot! Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe During his toilsome march he met with nothing very remarkable, except the impressions of the cloven feet of an animal differing from other cloven feet by the great width of the division in each. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. It ever seemed to me that I could hear the cloven foot scrambling along behind, and some one breathing humorously. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He drew a boot on his cloven foot, thus rendering himself invisible, and entered a room of the long wing that opened upon the corridor. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California The Garter does not deck my suit, But honored and at home is here the cloven foot. Faust But as nothing was said on this matter, and as Garcia put his least cloven foot foremost, the trio not only got on amicably together, but seemed to enjoy one another's society. Overland The ugly disagreements were many and the cloven foot was shown in many ways. Death Valley in '49 It was a detail, evidently, of some invisible gate in the woods; but we never found that workman, though he had left the mark of his cloven foot as plainly as any strayed deer. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The cloven foot has here too plainly been revealed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Where are the horns, and the cloven foot? The Red Rover But here Slavery showed its cloven foot in all its hideous deformity. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West All at once he heard a rustling, and as he looked round he perceived a stranger standing before him, dressed in a gray coat, who looked very stately, but had an ugly cloven foot. Grimm's Fairy Stories However, it is an old saying that we must "give the devil his due," and the cloven foot did not appear at first. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II To dream of a cloven foot, portends some unusual ill luck is threatening you, and you will do well to avoid the friendship of strange persons. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He dug his spurs into the pig, Which trampled and snorted, And stamped its cloven feet deeper into Mr. Spruggins. Men, Women and Ghosts In the South of England the folk say that the devil puts his cloven foot upon the blackberries on Michaelmas Day, and hence none should be gathered or eaten after that day. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The popular notion of the devil was, that he was a large, ill-formed, hairy sprite, with horns, a long tail, cloven feet, and dragon's wings. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Mayhap that 'ere Darby that I liked so was the old serpent himself, and had his cloven foot in his pocket. The Contrast An unedified palate is the irrepressible cloven foot of the upstart. A Pair of Blue Eyes They are for the use of horses; but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. The Return of Sherlock Holmes Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that Christina was an actress, though a sincere one; and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cloven foot. Roderick Hudson They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. The Return of Sherlock Holmes I felt much more disgusted than the poor natives, while they were thus exploring in vain every hollow in search of water for our use, that our "cloven foot" should appear everywhere. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Therein is displayed a little ancestral fact as to a certain respectable progenitor, commonly portrayed as the knight of the cloven foot. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 But in Shakspere there is no suspicion of a cloven foot. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare I held my cloak together as well as I could, and kept myself back a little, so that if the pig shewed a cloven foot behind me, the captain might not see it. Queechy Here, in this chief teacher of the Neo-Malthusians, the cloven foot is fully revealed. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians The country people, who knew nothing of heathen mythology and its sylvan deities, looked with horror at idols invested with the diabolical attributes of horns and cloven feet. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Then she stuck a needle in his cloven foot that made him howl with pain. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks It is all just one intense thrill of life and rhythm, and the cloven foot of my worldliness never fails to keep time. The Lady of the Decoration He had already shown the cloven foot by attacking the financial credit of the government; and the question was, what would he do next? Cambridge Sketches Walking through the woods he almost expects to catch glimpses of hamadryads peering from their trees, nymphs rising from the fountains, and startled fauns with shaggy skins and cloven feet scurrying away among the bushes. A History of English Literature That day, Miss Wimple had recourse to as much painfully ingenious dodging behind the low counters as though she had a cloven foot to hide. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 He at first tried to laugh it off—he only went for the singing; but the cloven foot—I retract—the Lamb's trotters—are at length apparent. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 It may be that this, like the others, was not the devil at all, but some poor wood spirit whose cloven feet had got him into trouble. The Celtic Twilight In one was found the grinning head of an ape, in another the cloven foot of a goat, in a third the poison-fang of a snake, in a fourth the clammy fin of a fish. Bible Stories and Religious Classics In the last few minutes the butler had shed his wings and grown horns, cloven feet, and a forked tail. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories And Charles Macklin in particular distinguished himself by rushing into the Grecian one evening, flourishing a copy of the pamphlet, and declaring, "Sir, this must be Harry Bolinbroke; I know him by his cloven foot!" Inns and Taverns of Old London I do not see the must; but I see the Newmanian cloven foot. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Many there be that do soon discern thee when thou showest them thy cloven foot; but in thy white, thy light, and in thy transformation thou art seen but of a few. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 He had two long white tusks, two horns on his head, a large cloven foot, and a long tail that he drew after him on the floor. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal All at once he heard a rustling, and when he looked round, a strange man stood before him, who wore a green coat and looked right stately, but had a hideous cloven foot. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Its generic characters are a long, flexible snout, forty-two teeth, cloven feet, furnished with four toes, and a tail, which is small, short, and twisted, while, in some varieties, this appendage is altogether wanting.” A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Towards the latter end of the evening, he became even more confidential, and showed the cloven foot, if possible, more undisguisedly than he had hitherto done. The Kellys and the O'Kellys I always thought devils had long tails, and cloven feet, horns, and all that kind of thing. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life Here sat Zog just as they had left him, seemingly, but when his prisoners entered, the magician arose and stood upon his cloven feet and then silently walked to a curtained archway. The Sea Fairies Did you think," replied the soldier, "that I had a cloven foot like you? Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Here I saw the cloven foot of despotism. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Here, if any where, the cloven foot shows itself and teaches us that the only solid stratum underlying priestcraft is one composed of £ s. d. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 I beg most humbly to salute The gallant with the cloven foot! Faust — Part 1 Fancy some Angelic Virtue, whose white raiment is suddenly whisked over his head, showing us cloven feet and a tail! The Second Funeral of Napoleon Ah mercy, what a monster! what crooked horns! what leering eyes! what a flaming mouth! what cloven feet, and what a hideous writhing tail! Roundabout Papers Seems to me she ought to have seen what he was before he showed his cloven feet so plainly. A Face Illumined At others, he is said to have cloven feet and a bright red face. The Naturalist on the River Amazons She had been listening intently: was the cloven foot of Mr. Grant's heresy now at last about to appear plainly? Donal Grant, by George MacDonald No; he has shown the cloven foot in time. A Simpleton Had he discovered the cloven foot of a demon under those trailing garments — he could hardly have ceased to love her more suddenly or entirely. David Elginbrod No cloven foot visible, and the Authorities strong. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 Faerie maidens he may meet Fly the horns and cloven feet, But, his sad brown eyes with wonder Seeing-stay from their retreat. Spirits in bondage; a cycle of lyrics STRANGER: Shall we distinguish them by their having or not having cloven feet, or by their mixing or not mixing the breed? Statesman His first glance was to his feet, but he saw neither the cloven foot which Scottish legends assign to the foul fiend, nor the horse's hoof by which he is distinguished in Germany. A Legend of Montrose |
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