| 单词 | all-devouring |
| 例句 | It’s an entertaining book, with artists, curators, museums and the all-devouring art market elbowing one another for space on every page. Review | An independent curator tries to make sense of contemporary art 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z And for just a few, infinitely precious moments, a radiance eclipses the all-devouring night. Review: ‘Girl From the North Country’ Sets the Darkness Aglow 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z For this reason, the tendency toward all-devouring monopolies in the tech world is the inevitable outcome of the underlying algorithmic logic. How Big Tech Built the Iron Cage 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In practice, however, Logan’s all-devouring investigations suggest inadvertently that the past offers a far less secure guide to meaning than he would hope. Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Strindberg’s sexual ambivalence dissolves into something even more all-devouring in this landscape of stolen pasts and indeterminate presents. Reviews: ‘Mies Julie’ and ‘Dance of Death,’ Love and Madness in Strindberg 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Despite that endorsement, Mr. Boland sued Amazon at the end of August, accusing the all-devouring retailer of, in essence, eating Perfect Crime’s lunch. What Happened to Amazon’s Bookstore? 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z I remarked on Twitter recently that it would clarify matters if we replaced all such generic references to "the economy" and "the market" and "America" with "Yog-Sothoth," an all-devouring Elder God from H.P. Donald Trump's cosplay fascism, neoliberal capitalism and the pandemic: How did we get here? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z In each case the titanic hero breaks the line of continuity, throws over the all-devouring father, and benefits humanity with his torch of reason. The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z At first glance, this entity strongly resembles Schopenhauer’s all-devouring will. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z They are an all-devouring ouroboros of incompetence, and if you find yourself doubting that for even second, just listen to this fun new story out of Brownsville this morning. This story about the Browns accidentally projecting porn in the team facility is the most Browns thing ever - Golf Digest 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The all-devouring composer was usurping the poet’s function as the mouthpiece of humanity’s primal myths. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z It had taken three generations—son, sire, and grand-sire—to make this stand against the all-devouring maw of American commercialism: three generations to conquer and produce an artist. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z Many exhibited real emotion; and there were women who cried that afternoon, as they thought of this last relic of their loyalist forefathers being swept away in the cruel and all-devouring fire. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z The imperialist war that preceded the revolution, with its all-devouring material and technical demands, imposed a much greater strain on our young industry than on the industry of more powerful capitalist countries. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Tearing up the soil with the plough is regarded as an invasion of the domain of the earth-mother, punished by the all-devouring hunger for wealth, that increases with increasing produce. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z When he looked back, he saw spectres wandering through the past: the individual, the unit, just a faint blur here and there; he had never felt that all-devouring passion for them, the individuals. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The common people wanted him, the squire declared; they had worshipped him ever since his first editorial war-whoop against the oppression of the political ring, the all-devouring trusts, and the corrupt Northern money-power. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z In one another’s drawing-rooms, on two mornings of the month, forty chosen spirits met to sew for the poor—that great, clamorous, all-devouring body from which there is no escape. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z But even in this case—we do not seek it—the war will not demand of us that all-devouring concentration of forces which the simultaneous struggle on four fronts imposed upon us. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The few surviving practitioners of the art are reduced to the presentation of brief interludes in the all-devouring variety-shows, or to the impersonation of sparse negro characters in occasional comedies. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Palissy had seized the chairs and table, had torn the door from its hinges, wrenched the window frames from their sockets, and broken them in pieces to serve as fuel for the all-devouring fire. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z And all down the river the tale was the same: homes, crops, stock—everything that had been slowly and painfully accumulated by years of self-sacrifice—buried under the all-devouring flood. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Even the stars are slumbering, or their sparkle has been engulfed by this all-devouring darkness. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z The pluralist agrees with the idealist in declaring that the essence of reality is spirit, but differs from him in declining to allow independent spirits to be absorbed by an "all-devouring Absolute." Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Other things also proved that the wind was blowing from the east, whence came the all-devouring grasshoppers. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z All was as usual, and yet nothing was there, nothing but an awful, all-devouring void, an abyss which drew her into its bosom with the enticements of grappling hooks and huge tongs. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z In the mean time the people of Algeria complain of a fearful increase of the all-devouring locusts, indigenous there, which, when young, form the food supply of the quails. The Story of Malta They, in their ignorance, fear not the might of the all-devouring Amazula. The White Shield Never did I experience such an all-devouring passion for a theme as on that occasion. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune How long should we have to groan and struggle in that all-devouring water? Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z We cannot, with impunity, allow our will, the very essence of our strength and reason, the guardian of our tranquillity, to be absorbed by an all-devouring love. Priests, Women, and Families This is the result of the all-absorbing, all-devouring native intensity of the Russian spirit. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy And so the admission of Iowa and Florida had to be determined in reference to this all-devouring question of National Politics. History of the Constitutions of Iowa Natural and common interests bound them to resist a universal, all-devouring monarchy, such as the Emperor aimed at. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli For, deprived of the support of my mother’s lofty confidence, and in the weakness following excessive sorrow, I had begun to secretly despair of an ideal, which seemed buried in her all-devouring grave. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 It went through it and over it, spreading out on its sloping sides; and when the worst crush seemed over it washed higher yet and came through with an all-devouring surge. Wunpost The divine punishment appears under the image of an all-devouring fire. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Behold, now, a still more astonishing sight; a rushing tide of women, impetuous, all-devouring, equipped with brooms and household tools, descending like a snowbreak from all directions upon the Hotel de Ville. Orphans of the Storm Oh, eternal reason, send the feeblest breath of divine emanation and arrest this all-devouring torrent of imbecility, selfishness and conceit that is reigning paramount here. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Despite the frantic efforts of scientists and military men, nothing could be devised to stem that all-devouring orange tide. Spawn of the Comet For these things are as nothing, beside the all-devouring anguish of so great a desire. Too Old for Dolls A Novel The Countess Isolde had to the full the all-devouring vanity of her type, but now, for once in her life, she felt desirous of forwarding a love affair that was not her own. A Modern Mercenary And growing confident, a portion of them seem desperately bent on kindling the all-devouring flame in the bosom of our land. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Then came a flash of light, as if the sun had rushed forth from the sky, flaming, burning, all-devouring, and darkness returned amid a rolling crash of thunder. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Then suddenly there was a flashing of light, as if the sun were burst forth—flaming, burning, all-devouring! What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The all-devouring destroyer has to relinquish his prey. Memories of Bethany But the Kilkenny cats of existence as it appears in the pages of Hegel are all-devouring, and leave no residuum. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy A combustion, irresistible, all-devouring, omniprevalent, immediate;—the entire fulfilment, in all their minute and terrible details, of the fiery and horror-inspiring denunciations of the prophecies of the Holy Book. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Those whom they did not despatch with their pikes and hatchets, they drove back to the fatal and all-devouring high road. The Two Great Retreats of History As Jupiter could be hidden from all-devouring Time, as the Christ Child could be hidden from Herod—so the child unborn is still hidden from the omniscient oppressor. Eugenics and Other Evils It was as though as much as possible of his body were seeking to escape that all-devouring tension in relapse. Stubble The world is philosophy's own,—a single block, of which, if she once get her teeth on any part, the whole shall inevitably become her prey and feed her all-devouring theoretic maw. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy But how, it may be asked, can it be ascertained that a hive is seriously infested with the all-devouring worms? Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual While two heart-beats lasted, the crutch stood still and perfectly upright, and then flew straight upwards into the all-devouring maw. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men The squalls of rain and all-devouring gusts of wind abated, and became less and less frequent. Plotting in Pirate Seas I trust that the works of ages are not to be laid low by violence, rapine, and the all-devouring sword. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American That man impressed me then with his thin form and all-devouring eyes. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century After a few more drinks, after a dance, after another stake on the all-devouring tables of chance. Trail's End George Vavasor, with some show of justice on his side, pointed out to this all-devouring agent that the sum demanded had already been paid. Can You Forgive Her? Ben Butler and his New Englanders in New Orleans might have profitably taken lessons from these all-devouring locusts. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Hawke has been thrown by all-devouring Time into his wallet as mere "alms for oblivion"; yet amongst all the sea-dogs who ever sailed beneath "the blood-red flag" no one ever less deserved that fate. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes It bites an opening through its silken walls, and out steps—not the hungry, little, all-devouring aphis lion, but this elegant lady with her pale-green lacelike wings and her large, golden eyes. The Insect Folk Those whom they did not despatch with their pikes and hatchets, they brought back to the fatal and all-devouring high road. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 He was not drowned when, through the fiendish intervention of Mrs. Wilders, he fell from the deck of the Arcadia, and was, as it seemed, swallowed up in the all-devouring sea. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Meanwhile below this in the Chinese city all had become quiet, except for the increasing and growing roar of the all-devouring flames. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation When a soul with childlike trust casts her faults into Love's all-devouring furnace, how shall they escape being utterly consumed? The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse He had there witnessed a wonderful display of God's power through the terrible agency of the all-devouring flame, and there, for the first time, he had confronted death and sorrow. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick The household will laugh or cry according to the whim of that all-devouring monster—Work. His Masterpiece And more terrible still was the fight because in the ranks of the men of Troy there fought now, in all-devouring wrath, the god Apollo. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories A curse is written on the brow Of beauty; and the lover's vow Cannot retain the flitting breath, Nor save from all-devouring death. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne Mapleton Church was formerly two miles from the sea; it is now on a cliff with the sea at its feet, awaiting the final attack of the all-devouring enemy. Vanishing England The town is exquisitely situated at the foot of abrupt côtes, just where the broad and tranquil river shudders with mysterious deep heavings and meets its dolphin-hued death in the all-devouring sea. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Nay, though God, all-bounteous, give Gold at man's desire— Honours, rank, and fame—content Not a whit is nigher; But an all-devouring greed Yawns with ever-widening need. The Consolation of Philosophy A refuge you must have, or fall before an all-devouring destruction. New Tabernacle Sermons Letters followed, and this developed into a daily correspondence, wherein the old lady revealed the story of her passion—a passion as delicate, earnest and all-devouring as ever a girl of twenty knew. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors A curious prize was the next that fell into the clutches of the all-devouring Alabama. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter All these parts of the great Tree, he says, are set on fire from the all-devouring flame of the Fire and destroyed. Simon Magus The all-devouring fire of 1577 annihilated the Battle of Cadore with too many other works of capital importance in the history both of the primitive and the mature Venetian schools. The Later Works of Titian In their panic they sought to fight the all-devouring pest. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West NO fiction was too monstrous for their all-devouring credulity. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Not higher, when some all-devouring flame Has seized upon its prey, in volumes dense Rolls up the smoke, and darkens all the air. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars From Stygian darkness launched into the light Comes raging pale Tisiphone; she drives Disease and fear before her, day by day Still rearing higher that all-devouring head. The Georgics Nothing availed to save from the all-devouring guillotine. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 She replies, 'Love consumes me with an all-devouring flame. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal In an age when instruction was principally by word of mouth, and books comparatively rare, it is obvious that Augustin was not what we call an "all-devouring reader." Saint Augustin Grim is his wrath and heavy on our home, That fiend of whom thy voice has cried, Alas, an omened cry of woe unsatisfied, An all-devouring doom! The House of Atreus The excitement that she created in him was intense, all-devouring, but it was not an excitement of lust. The Cathedral Such a dainty, desirable morsel will Samaria be, as sweet and as little satisfying to the all-devouring hunger of the Assyrian. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah But he exhorted and encouraged the authority, whom God had entrusted with temporal power, to take up the sword against the all-devouring enemy, with sure trust in God and certain confidence in his mission. Life of Luther Those keen black eyes, so hard and cold when they looked at anyone else—flamed with an all-devouring sense of possession when they first rested on Ovid. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time Why, I was like a lion—restless—savage—all-devouring! The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Sometimes she spoke to me of Julian, whom I admitted I knew, and, with feminine courage, she hid her hopeless, all-devouring affection for her cousin under the cloak of ingenuous levity. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel They have prospered under French domination, and certainly the conduct of the Prussians is not calculated to inspire them with any love towards themselves nor veneration for the Sovereign who has such all-devouring allies. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 I admired her as much as ever, but she was no longer the all-devouring siren. The Lost Naval Papers A combustion irresistible, all-devouring, omni-prevalent, immediate;— the entire fulfilment, in all their minute and terrible details, of the fiery and horror-inspiring denunciations of the prophecies of the Holy Book. Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works The warmth with which you grasped the truth possibly may have led your all-devouring imagination to an abyss at sight of which you draw back shuddering. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller External activities, especially the two insatiable, all-devouring ones which know neither end nor beginning,—housework and sewing-work,—these demand her time, her energies, in short, demand herself,—the whole of her. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household As late as twenty-two years ago there was no proper fire police to protect the Metropolis against what is commonly called the "all-devouring element." Fires and Firemen: from the Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Vol XXXV No. 1, May 1855 Truly there is nothing in common between the all-devouring passion which consumes me, and—such love-vows as you have spoken of. A Siren A combustion irresistible, all-devouring, omni-prevalent, immediate;—the entire fulfilment, in all their minute and terrible details, of the fiery and horror-inspiring denunciations of the prophecies of the Holy Book. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 A new object showing itself on the solitary scene instantly became an object of all-devouring curiosity to the ducks. The Two Destinies So the average ignorance of human nature, and the average belief in conventional sentiment, complacently contemplated the sacrifice of one more victim on the all-devouring altar of Marriage! Miss or Mrs? The second poem commences with the following doggerel:— "When Wit and Genius meet their doom In all-devouring Flame, They tell us of the Fate of Rome And bid us fear the same." The Enemies of Books In short, they alone, by their unremitting toil and sacrifice, stood between weak humanity and the all-devouring beast; and they believed it, firmly believed it. The Iron Heel |
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