| 单词 | devourer |
| 例句 | “Do I surprise you, Amelia? Betsy, in public the devourer of novels, in secret a woman of great ambition?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a sin punishable by having his heart fed to a horrible beast called the devourer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z People who have been digested by a man-eating lioncelle tend to become nonentities—to live no life except within the vitals of the devourer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “My name is Ammut, and I’m a demon, devourer of the dead.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If the heart's mass was deemed to be substandard, the individual's soul was condemned to destruction at the hands of the monstrous "devourer". British Museum to recreate Egyptian journey to the afterlife 2010-06-17T15:21:00Z When Tamira explains to Sam that the jar contains a monster — later explained to be the Pishach, "a flesh-eating devourer of souls" — Sam causes the vessel to break, and the demon is unleashed. "It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Following a wary dance back and forth the two men fall into a rhythm recognizable to devourers of that era's serial killer films set. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Twenty-two-year-old Serena, who studied math in college but yearned to major in literature, is a perpetual devourer of both highbrow and lowbrow fiction. 'Sweet Tooth': Ian McEwan's novel of spying, writing and love 2012-11-14T20:37:12Z Even his fellow African troops tremble in his presence and think he’s a “dëmm, a devourer of souls.” In the Trenches of World War I, a Bloody Ritual Fueled by Guilt 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Tangles and extreme line twist are “devourers” of your valuable fishing time. Lake Chelan summer lake trout action still going strong 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z In comic books, Galactus is known as the devourer of worlds. Would you buy a $400 Marvel action figure? Thousands of people can’t wait. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Within hours the locusts are transformed from solitary plant eaters to synchronized, swarming cannibalistic devourers of their brethren. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z He mentioned reading about a blog post written by a former priest secretary of Mr. McCarrick’s, K. Bartholomew Smith, which labeled the disgraced cardinal “a devourer of souls.” Opinion | ‘Pray for Your Poor Uncle,’ a Predatory Priest Told His Victims 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z For Haspel, an Anglophile and devourer of British mystery series, the posting was particularly satisfying, those who know her said. Undercover to under scrutiny: Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, to face Senate grilling 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Are you a devourer of films, or do you prefer to look elsewhere? Julianne Moore on 'Wonderstruck,' her approach to beauty and being directed by George Clooney 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The toads are devourers of insects and other small prey, but they are at their most destructive when they are eaten by larger predators, such as snakes, goannas and freshwater crocodiles. The rapid spread of Australia's cane toad pests - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Victims eventually meet Anubis, Bast and Seth and then marvel at Ammit the devourer, a full-sized female demon with a crocodile face, a lion’s mane and hippopotamus body. Universal Orlando’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights 26’: Best haunted mazes 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z These are shipped to smelters in Asia, where they are mixed with ore and re-blasted into the rods and sheets that feed that other great devourer of metals, China. Red scare 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There is, nonetheless, some good news for the dedicated apple devourers in the study. Apple eaters visit the doctor just as often as everyone else, study finds 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Nissan pegs the Chinese youth market alone at 240 million, or over two South Koreas plus a Japan of potential gasoline devourers. China's Car, Gasoline, and Oil Markets to 2020 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The Dutch seem to believe that an excess of meetings is the biggest devourer of time: they talk of vergaderziekte, “meeting sickness”. Schumpeter: In praise of laziness 2013-08-15T15:00:16Z Poetical myths regarding such ideas,—for example, that of Time, the producer and devourer of all things,—do not concern us here. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The first man you meet thinks the landlord a devourer of widows' houses; to the next the mill-owner is an ogre grinding men's bones to make his bread. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z "Behold," he said, "the trail of the dear devourer—the course of the dove of prey!" The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z "Tell me a story while I wait," demands the eager devourer of fiction. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The idle lord was always held to be the superior of the industrious peasant, the devourer better than the producer, and the waster superior to the worker. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z We believe in the tariff because it keeps the hands of the producer close to the mouth of the devourer. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z And there are people malicious enough to call your ladyship one of his devourers too. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z The question now was how to run away from these devourers of men and animals? Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z After the devourers of the soft parts will come the irresistible artisans of the bones. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And they all clambered on to my back, shoving and pushing like a lot of Jackal pups——" "Have I not said it," cried Gidar, the Jackal, "that Sher Abi is a devourer of our young? The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z And so he was swift and ready to shoot the buzzards and the royal sparhawks that were devourers of this poor folk. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Temminck describes it under the name Bombycivora, or devourer of Bombyx, a large moth, a name quite unfit for a bird which lives exclusively on fruits and berries. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Those who are brilliant, of awful shape, powerful, and devourers of foes; with the Maruts come hither, O Agni!” Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z In life, as well, the great devourers, soldiers, multi-millionaires, and rulers, are in turn devoured in the final leveling: death. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And up aloft shall stand the devourers of the people; and beneath them their victims. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z And up aloft shall be the devourers of the folk; below, the victims; aloft the thieving hornets, below, the toiling bees, and in the skies shall bleed the wounds of Christ.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Indeed, in every proposition of the "devourers of the public wealth," for increasing the amount of "SECRET-SERVICE MONEY," a zealous abettor was always found in the queen. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z O base and unworthy livery! for the suffering sons of Zion to put on the signature of the society of her devourers. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z If you chance to witness his slow and painful gorging of a frog, you hear a cry of distress that might be uttered with equal cause by victim or devourer. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z After creating things endowed with life, he created Death, the devourer. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The hunters form a circle round the island, and then begins a slaughter that for some time clears the country of those sheep devourers. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z She was the watch-dog, I was the wolf; and she was prepared to do battle to save her lambs from the devourer. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z Both the Missouri and the Mississippi are great devourers of soil. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z The felon coyote was a far more dangerous enemy, being a robber of its nest and devourer of its young. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Beneath this triple group there are other and darker Egyptian gods, bad gods, the dog-headed Anubis, black night and the like, devourers, tempters, enemies of god and man. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The few thousands which the devourer licked up had made no perceptible diminution in their numbers; and on the retiring of their enemy, they were swarming as thickly and countlessly as ever. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z But either is a great devourer of distance. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Such punctuality caused the pretty waiters to smile affably upon this faithful devourer of primitive viands, and the matrons to predict great things from the young artist's application to his work. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Bellingham is the concentrate of devourers—and you the evolved woman who overcomes him! She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z "Yonder devourer of pork lies, Sahib!"—with a venomous look at Tambusani. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z What if, after eating the dead animals, the devourers should turn their attention to the living men, and make a burst through the canvas? The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Caterpillars have also their nocturnal enemies and devourers, among which may be mentioned frogs, toads, newts, and insect-eating mammals. Butterflies and Moths (British) How the devourer would relish the pitch and resin oozing from the juicy bark! Unexplored! Swiftly Tharsos drew his arm, and with terrific force thrust the dagger right into the would-be devourer's heart! The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril "Quite excellent, ... can be confidently recommended to the devourers of light fiction." Love's Usuries When a little time passed over, Fire-pain seized on the devourer, Anguish came upon the swallower, Grievous suffering on the eater. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two It stormed the heights with its audacious tread, flinging itself on the mountain pass, a marvel of power and intrepidity, and known as the devourer of distance. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar In some places a sacrifice of some one of distinction was needed to placate the wrath of the devourers and free the balls of light in times of eclipse. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina A devourer of books she had been from the start; but books alone could not content this ardent mind, at once so critical and so creative. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) I should term it a temple of hell; for at one of its doors stood an open-mouthed dragon armed with huge teeth, resembling a dragon of the infernal regions, the devourer of souls. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. When a little time passed over, Fire-pain seized on the devourer, Anguish came upon the swallower, Grievous suffering on the eater. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two His notions may be summed up thus: universal death necessitates universal sepulture; the devourers are the sextons of the system of nature. Toilers of the Sea The cuckoo is a devourer of worms and caterpillars, and why he should be interested in rain is hard to see. Under the Maples Human beings had been evicted: sheep had become the 'devourers of men.' The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba O time! swift devourer of all created things! Thoughts on Art and Life When a little time passed over, Fire-pain seized on the devourer, Anguish came upon the swallower, Grievous suffering on the eater. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two If they were told that they must kill before they may cook—that might spoil the appetite and dinner joy of many a tender-hearted devourer of fellow-creatures. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Watch the fruit on the wall trees, and keep off the devourers, of which there will be numberless kinds swarming about them during this month. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families It must have been then, one suspects, rather than at Chatham, that he became so great a devourer of books. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Both chub and squaw fish are great devourers of fry. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina Malacca and its contrasts — Devourers of the soul and devourers of the body — The realization of a poet's dream — Temptations — A call from the forest — Auri sacra fames — Baggage — Farewell to civilization. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) And I’m no devourer of widders and orphans; I’m a humane man, and I’ll let Smith run till his tether snaps and he falls over the precipice and breaks his neck for hisself. Winning the Wilderness The Christian version of the story, that describes him as the stirrer up of whirlpools, and the devourer of the sailors who attempted to pass the channel without paying tribute, is equally wild and fabulous. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 This devourer of books was omnivorous in her tastes, especially if it were a question of sampling, and she had enough critical faculty to enable her to enjoy rubbish. The Ghost Girl Praise the men in power as fathers of the people, have the devourers of the common wealth parade along as benefactors of mankind. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 This terrific and brutal little Kalmuck, with his bead-like eyes, this skin-clad devourer of raw flesh, delighted to lay waste whole empires with fire and sword, and to terrify the world. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Violet had never been happier since her return to Hampshire than she felt that sunny afternoon, as she moved quickly about, ministering to these juvenile devourers. Vixen, Volume I. God, judge these devourers of loving, trustful, innocent children. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade More complex, clever, subtle methods of attack transcended those of the mere devourer of leaf-tissue, as radically as an inventor of most intricate instruments differs from the plodding tiller of the soil. Edge of the Jungle Mightily grew and flourished the Wolf that was to be the devourer of Mani, the Moon. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths No real foe of yours is known in heaven, nor in earth, ye devourers of enemies! Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion He was, I think, flown away with by a roc; but from what quarter of the heavens the French are to look for deliverance from these devourers, I cannot presume to guess. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) And here we stand registered in the courts of parliament as devourers of the people!... History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Four hundred closely printed pages, in which hardly anything happens to the bodies of the characters, but a great deal to their spirits—this perhaps is toughish meat for the ordinary devourer of fiction. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 Without their services as devourers the population would die like flies, from epidemics and pestilence. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel Thou hast heard of the mighty doings of the unclean devourer of men, Eyes-in-the-hands. Witch-Doctors At midday a struggle takes place, at the risk of cut hands, for a slice, it being supposed to confer luck for the ensuing year on the fortunate devourer. Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The portrait of the friar is still less sympathetic; he is a frequenter of taverns, a devourer of widows' houses, a man of gross, perhaps of evil, life. Life in the Medieval University The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Jess, however, was more curious; indeed, she would have been an omnivorous devourer of books had it not been for her conviction that reading was idling. A Window in Thrums The Greeks, however, pronounced that Σανδαροφἁγος, and this had the unlucky meaning of "the devourer of Alexander." India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Again, who, looking at the teeth of different kinds of bears, would ever suspect that one kind was frugivorous, and another a devourer exclusively of animal food? On the Genesis of Species The jackal was probably revered by the Thugs as the devourer of corpses. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The "young person" who, on leaving school, becomes a voracious devourer of unwholesome literature, cannot be said to have received a "useful" education. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Verily there are blood makers and devourers of that blood. The Coming of the King Alas! the last one was between the bloody devourer's paws. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He is a devourer of creatures more obnoxious than himself. The Human Side of Animals Although as a rule vegetarian, yet this species is not altogether free from the imputation of being a devourer of flesh when it comes in its way. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon An entertaining little romance, which will be specially acceptable to the 'regular English novel' devourers—a by no means inconsiderable proportion of the public. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy There comes of them all One the worst, 68 The moon’s devourer In a troll’s disguise. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda It was absolutely necessary that they should be the devourers of books if they were to become the monopolists of learning. The Great Book-Collectors It seems as though an invincible repugnance prevents him from offering resistance and in turn devouring the devourer. Social Life in the Insect World Fire, the devourer of halls, glowed in their granaries. The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. The last are said to be destructive to the spawn; but this I do not vouch for, as these two last-mentioned animals have not come under my own observation as devourers of spawn. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture Gibbon was a book devourer, but he had a plan; he was organizing a vast work of composition. Practical Essays The priest was the enemy of society, the patron of indolence, the hater of knowledge, the mutineer against the civil laws, the unprofitable devourer of the national substance, the persecutor. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) And the turtle devourers were stretched on the floor— Each cheek changed to purple—so crimson before! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 East sat the crone, in Iârnvidir, and there reared up Fenrir's progeny: of all shall be one especially the moon's devourer, in a troll's semblance. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson And is there any possible association more intimate than that uniting the animal that eats another and the animal that is eaten, between the devourer and the devoured? Tragic Sense Of Life It was natural to suppose that he had not fired in vain; and that, therefore, some of the murderers and devourers of our unhappy countrymen had suffered under our just resentment. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time My dear Cassall, you do not know what a devourer of money a vessel is. A Dream of the North Sea He was a devourer of the contents of newspapers, and took all the principal London and provincial daily issues, as well as many weekly journals, which were filed and bound. The Portland Peerage Romance Prosaic men and women, great trenchermen, devourers of huge pasties, mowers down of wine-bottles and beer-tankards, they live with such vitality on the canvases of Hals that you instinctively lower your voice. Promenades of an Impressionist "This is also the way to banish seductive illusion, the devourer of beautiful ambitions and youthful aspirations." Common Sense, How to Exercise It The justified Ani moves on past the baffled devourer, with the mystic presence of his little wife rejoicing at his side. The Art of the Moving Picture The door of the oven was partly open, and in the latter could be seen a pan of heavy-looking biscuits which apparently awaited their devouring at any time that suited the desire of the devourer. People Like That They who confer power, the roarers, the devourers of foes, they made winds and lightnings by their powers. Sacred Books of the East Dragon means devourer or destroyer; and Satan has at all times been seeking to destroy or devour Jesus and his true followers, who constitute the seed of promise. The Harp of God Hawthorne was a hearty devourer of books, and in certain moods of mind it made very little difference what the volume before him happened to be. Yesterdays with Authors Having directed his vision and attention to the horrid white glistening webs, all lined with their brood of black devourers, I left him to draw his own conclusions. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 I became a devourer of books which I could not digest, and their influence located in my mind curious and inconsistent relations between facts and ideas. The Morgesons They who are brilliant, of terrible designs, powerful, and devourers of foes; with the Maruts come hither, O Agni! Sacred Books of the East The name dragon means devourer; Satan means adversary; devil means slanderer; while serpent means deceiver; and all these names indicate the characteristics of Satan, the evil one. The Harp of God He lives by devouring the devourers; he subsists for weeks and months on locusts alone, and also preserves a stock of this food dried, as we do herrings or pilchards, for future consumption. The Illustrated London Reading Book But when I came there, I was struck with the utmost horror at so dreadful a spectacle, whilst Friday was no way concerned about it, being no doubt in his turn one of these devourers. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) This question was thought extremely funny by three such devourers of stories as the little Kyles, and they eagerly assured their governess that they would like it. Among the Trees at Elmridge The great marine devourers, therefore, are those that reëstablish equilibrium and order. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Oh, it's not what he costs, but he's a devourer of daylight…. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Then the king of Spain, who was then as terrible a conqueror and devourer of nations, as the Assyrians of old, sent against us the Great Armada. Town and Country Sermons And yet what a bloated, gluttonous devourer of hopes and labors is this same precipitation! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Hepzibah's final operation was with the little devourer of Jim Crow and the elephant, who now proposed to eat a camel. House of the Seven Gables War upon the English perjurer, the devourer of India, the poisoner of China, the tyrant of Ireland, and the eternal enemy of France! What is Property? That's why so many women run to cultists and false prophets and devourers, who preach a heaven of the senses. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel A gnawing voracity, which devoured the devourer, seemed to be the indwelling and propelling power of the whole ghostly apparition. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Wis 12:5 And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood, Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha PHOEBE, on entering the shop, beheld there the already familiar face of the little devourer—if we can reckon his mighty deeds aright—of Jim Crow, the elephant, the camel, the dromedaries, and the locomotive. House of the Seven Gables From his earliest childhood my brother was a devourer of fairy tales, and he continually stored his mind with fantastic legends, which found a vent in new shapes in his verses and prose tales. A Little Book of Western Verse Exquisite devourer, yet she had much to do in bringing forth from the latent, one of the rarest gifts a boy can have—lovelier than royalty and fine as genius—the blue flower of fastidiousness. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The number of these has now greatly increased, on account of the Turkish troops, who are great devourers of vegetables. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred "Let us not lose courage at the sight of these heathen devourers of horse flesh!" he cried as he rallied his men. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Grace is the death of this death and the devourer of this abortion of hell, for where sin abounded grace superabounds. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Mr. Wetherell said: Crows are greedy devourers of the white worm, which sometimes destroys acres of grass. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Recollect the immense system of policy for jurisdiction and intrigue, every agent of which was a devourer. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance He was more systematically educated, and a more capacious devourer of books and news, than perhaps any man of equal rank in our day. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok I am a hero worshiper; an insatiable devourer of biographies; and I say that no man in all the splendid list ever equaled Edmund Stonewall. A Columbus of Space There was grasping of weapons and an outpouring in pursuit of the devourer. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man And those merciless murderers of their own children, and eaters of men's bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy consecration, From the midst of thy consecration... The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision I have heard that the flies which molest the crocodile are gnats, and their devourer a kind of plover. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation The devourer of innocence, the strumpet of stone. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago I am not afraid of thee, O night, thou devourer of suns! Jean-Christophe Journey's End The rhinoceros stood then, fierce-fronted and dangerous, its offspring hovering by its flanks, and the mammoths gathered in a ring encircling their calves and presenting an outward range of tusks to meet the hovering devourer. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man A huge box full of novels had come down, and Miss Macnulty was a great devourer of novels. The Eustace Diamonds The Jackal, which is perhaps more like a wolf than a fox, and lives in Africa and parts of Asia, is also a great devourer of game and poultry. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation "By his description I am a wild beast, a devourer of men." The Precipice He spread ashes on the floor at night, and in the morning showed the king the tell-tale footmarks of men, women, and children, the priests and their families, the true devourers of the feast. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children With every nerve strained, but with his first impulse of something like terror gone, Ab watched the devourer beneath him while his sharp flint knife, hard gripped, bore lightly against the taut rhinoceros-hide rope. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man He was a devourer of books; but his great fault was his neglect of and apparent contempt for military duties. Poets of the South You were born a Demon, cruel, blood-bibbing, devourer of the flesh and gore of others, because you did wickedly in former lives. Indian Fairy Tales There we see various species of Cyprinidæ, ‘rough’ or ‘white’ fish - roach, dace, chub, bream, and so forth, and with them their natural attendant and devourer, the pike. Prose Idylls, New and Old The very sea, the devourer whom she hated, who hungered to swallow up all young fair life, the very sea had yielded him up to her, alive from the dead. Two Years Ago, Volume I As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. The Anatomy of Melancholy He knew well this devourer of millions; he trembled at finding him again bustling about him with his good-humored, malicious laugh. Doctor Pascal He is the friend of man, the devourer of insects, the scavenger of the gardens. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough I'm a great devourer of books, Mr. Thurlow," he said, "and I have taken the keenest delight in reading your verses and humorous sketches. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others The plunderers of the poor plundered in their turn by worse devourers than themselves. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Ducks are ravenous devourers; teal are equally hated. The Life of the Fields "Ah," exclaimed Brother Cross, "how little do such know that they devour themselves; for whoso destroyeth his best friend is a devourer of himself." Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky No, they were not lovers of life, and protectors; they were parasites and destroyers, devourers of the hopes of humanity! Love's Pilgrimage Drinkers of human blood, devourers of human bodies, go your way! They Call Me Carpenter By degrees Vritra stood out more prominently as a dæmon, and he is described as a "devourer" of gigantic proportions. The Book of Were-Wolves He is a great devourer of canker-worms, and, when these pests appear, he comes out of his forest seclusion and makes excursions through the orchards stealthily and quietly, regaling himself upon those pulpy, fuzzy titbits. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Listen, thou devourer of innocents, thou fattener on my labour and groans. Mr. Hogarth's Will Within this fatal circle, in which the devourer and the devoured, the exploiter and the exploited, lead an eternal dance, can we not perceive a ray of light? Fabre, Poet of Science Though unable to speak with certainty or precision, I am inclined to look upon these devourers of Scarabaeus-grubs as valiant agricultural auxiliaries. More Hunting Wasps The insect, especially in the larval stage, is the principal devourer of the mushroom. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Inspection, which is easier in the shade indoors, soon tells us that, though the devoured is always the wretched Mason-bee, the devourer belongs to two different species. The Mason-Bees It is always a wonder to me that such dainty meat does not build dainty tissue in the bodies of the devourers. The Cruise of the Snark And close to all was the everlasting sea, the huge nurse and devourer of these vigorous generations, become fierce and agitated as if to take part in the fete. An Iceland Fisherman The meat was excellent and savory, and the six devourers were devoured down to the bones. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Few in numbers, compared with the other devourers, he usually sets up house alone. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography As one of the 'devourers of the people' who paid dearly for their places, and who were 'hated worse than the devil,' Tito Strozza let us hope not the famous Latin poet is mentioned. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy He worships the dust off the feet of the seal cutter, and that cow devourer has forbidden him to go and see his son. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English The officer left the village with the pleasant assurance that his brief visit had contributed at least toward the rescue of one poor object from the jaws of the devourer. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life The Solan geese here are also great devourers, and are said soon to exhaust all ye fish in a pond. Royalty Restored And those merciless murderers of their own children, and eaters of men's bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy consecration, From the midst of thy consecration. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2 Tempt not the sea, for she is a devourer. Kenilworth Tigers must prey; and Rome affords no prey But me and mine: how happy art thou, then, From these devourers to be banished!— The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer. The Natural History of Selborne Turf for a rooks' revel striped Pleased those devourers astute. Poems — Volume 2 "Good, good!" cried the calm voice of Athos, from the other side of the door, "let them just come in, these devourers of little children, and we shall see!" The Three Musketeers Sir, said Bleoberis, he is the most coward knight, and a devourer of ladies and a destroyer of good knights and especially of Arthur's. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 But the conclusion at which I have arrived, viz. that the rattling serves as a warning to would-be devourers, appears to me much more probable, as it connects together various classes of facts. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals He is a villain and a thief, an egg-stealer, an ogre, a devourer of unfledged innocents. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Nana was smiling still, but her smile was now bitter, as of a devourer of men. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Such a colony would be admirable food for an early carnivore, and we soon find the protective principle making it less pleasant for the devourer. The Story of Evolution |
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