| 单词 | diviner |
| 例句 | I studied the little outpost, and feeling the diviners eyes on me, I came to the only reasonable conclusion. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Miss Sadie said a good diviner needed to watch, and listen, and wait. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Besides, there were many events that the diviner mentioned that even my mother knew nothing about. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When the aging grandmother who grows forgetful and fears she is losing her mind comes to her, Miss Sadie, the diviner, comforts her. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Commune with the spirits, the diviner had said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Even though that question is to test me,” the diviner said, making me start, “to set your mind at ease, I’ll answer it. But remember this: I can read all your thoughts.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he ducked into the diviner’s tent. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother asked the diviner to tell us why we were there; this was supposed to be a test of the diviner’s powers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, with my Western education, I found such an explanation preposterous; I decided to “test” the diviner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The diviner gave the diagnosis of my ailment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over my shoulder to see the diviner holding up a hand in farewell as she, the Ridgefolk, and the mountain they lived inside dwindled in the distance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It is a story of a young Hungarian woman who comes from a family of diviners. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Had it been at her request or had he deemed it an appropriate name for the diviner’s den of iniquity? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He nodded at the crowd and bowed to the diviner, who returned an even deeper one. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Finally, the leader scratched his chin—so spirits itched?—and gestured at the diviner standing nearby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “If I cure you, will you stop doing that?” the diviner asked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After introduction ceremonies, my mother, the diviner and I went to a hut, where we sat on mats on the floor, opposite the diviner, as she arranged her divining bones and shells. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they saw how great a diviner he was and they freed and rewarded him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I guessed I’d better fess up about the diviner, since that cat was out of the bag anyway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You will show the diviner some respect, thief.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The diviner of shells shaved her head as everyone chanted in the language of the Yoruba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They slid aside the complicated series of magnetic locks and pushed it open, allowing the diviner to enter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She tells them she is from a family of diviners, a people who read the signs of land and water. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Pigs are excellent water diviners, too. I recall reading that somewhere. She could help Alice find waterfalls.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The following day we took a three-hour bus trip to Hammanskraal, a rural ghetto outside Pretoria, there to see what my mother described as the greatest diviner in the country. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You peeked at my menu,” he said, pretending to be hurt, even though it didn’t take a diviner to figure that out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Then why does she call herself a diviner?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I had to admit, it was exciting and mysterious how the diviner could draw a whole story out of these little somethings. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Because I know what my father knew. And his father before him. It is what diviners know.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Either that woman’s a diviner or she’s got relatives in the fairy kingdom she isn’t telling me about.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The diviner tied something to its middle, all the while stepping from foot to foot and humming. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The diviner took the array of bones and shells in her fat hands, shook them, muttering incantations, then threw them on the mat in front of her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is kind of like being a diviner. Do you have a bauble?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Miss Ingram placed herself at her leader’s right hand; the other diviners filled the chairs on each side of him and her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “No. We are a family of diviners. We see and understand things most people overlook. We read the signs of the land.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I think of myself as a bit of a diviner. For Taylor Mac, the stage show is just part of the fight for the LGBT community 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “I have no plan when I go into the studio,” said Garry Nichols, who has a sideline as a water diviner. Ambling Through Bushwick Open Studios 2013-06-05T22:28:21Z By the time Cass, a diviner who’s had disturbing visions before, returns with a policeman a second time, she has started to doubt what she saw. Newly Released Books 2011-01-19T21:24:02Z At this point, Bibi’s loving parents insist that she meet with a woman called Calida Butterfly, a “diviner” who supposedly can uncover “hidden knowledge by supernatural means.” Dean Koontz’s ‘Ashley Bell’: A colorful tale that veers toward the otherworldly 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z For example, patrons wanting to learn more about an Ifa bowl from the Yoruba region of Nigeria can hear a Yoruba diviner’s explanation of the divination ritual. Technology Invites a Deep Dive Into Art 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The water diviner will soon be positioned directly over the subway. Saint Clair Cemin on Broadway and at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2012-09-02T01:00:45Z In one nook you’ll see “Arachnomancy,” a deck of tarot cards printed with ink made from particulate matter that pays tribute to the spider diviners of Cameroon. Tomás Saraceno: Following the Airborne Lives of Spiders 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Such scrolls were, and still are, created by traditional healers and diviners. Art in Review: ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLLS: ?Talismanic Art of Ethiopia? 2011-05-19T19:20:52Z They include zeitgeist diviner Jane Fonda, 82, and her repeated arrests for climate change. Older voters may turn out to be the Democrats’ 2020 heroes 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z With blank eyes, she might also be a blind diviner who knows that the American future is much less white, racially, than its past. Art Review: ‘A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby’ at the Domino Plant 2014-05-11T20:41:02Z He's a Yoruba diviner, a priest who is believed to be able to communicate with spirits. Photographer Adolphus Opara's best shot 2011-08-07T21:31:00Z There is also Augure, a diviner who can sense the future, and from the start the omens look forbidding for the newlyweds. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z His largely silent performance in “The Revenant” as a severely wounded frontiersman, will almost assuredly bring him a sixth nomination — and very likely an ultimate win, Oscar diviners agree. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “Shamans were the healers, and the problem solvers or the diviners of their tribes,” said Susan Mokelke, the president of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, an educational nonprofit based in Mill Valley, Calif. The Shaman of Instagram 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z I took his portrait, and that of other diviners, in 2009 for a series called Emissaries of an Iconic Religion. Photographer Adolphus Opara's best shot 2011-08-07T21:31:00Z Journeys are almost always longer than he is told; he is kept waiting; diviners all demand to be paid; there is rubbish everywhere; the temperatures are intolerable. The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Long and staff-like, a “diviner’s tool” used in Yoruba culture to advise individuals on what paths to take in the future, marks the beginning of the exhibition. The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building is finally reopening. Here’s what to know before you visit. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Both parents were spiritual — he said his father was an herbalist, his mother was a diviner — and Mr. Shabalala initially dreamed of “becoming an educated person,” perhaps a teacher or doctor. Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, dies at 78 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Astrology is serious business in India, and many, including politicians, still seek the counsel of a local diviner before making decisions. The verdict on India’s strongman, Narendra Modi 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z In ancient China, hermits were shamans, herbalists and diviners. Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z These diviners serve as business consultants and therapists, though loudspeakers near Lama Temple blare weekend warnings about fraud. The Chinese zodiac says Jan. 20 is not an auspicious day to inaugurate anything 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z AT A time of political crisis in South Korea, spare a thought for all the upstanding shamans, sorcerers, soothsayers, diviners, astrologers, numerologists, necromancers and fortune-tellers around Asia who risk being tarred by events. Prophets of piffle 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z So where were the diviners of reasonable common ground? One woman’s fight to save her land from a pipeline that tore a region apart 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z They are essentially diviners - a channel between the physical world and the afterlife. Witnessing a South African healer at work 2013-05-07T01:31:10Z These two figures are entitled Babalawos - a babalawo being a diviner, a wise man, or healer in traditional West African culture. In pictures: Benin's spooky dolls 2012-09-30T00:10:59Z Hating sorcerers and diviners, I feared lest I had become like them, unknowingly and against my will. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z A sail is better than a horse, and the breaking of the waves hath more majesty and a diviner music than any organ touched by human hands. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The priests and the diviners give a full answer on all the points submitted to them. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z We have ordered that diviners and soothsayers shall be handed over to the churches and priests. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z I will listen and discuss your opinions.'—'Well then! we shall say that Mohammad is a diviner.'—'No! The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z It is true that the servant has not the wisdom of his master, yet the stomach and the nose are excellent diviners. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z Let us convene the priests and the diviners to determine how it is to be got quit of, and with what gifts or offerings it is to be accompanied. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For such was the effect of cold and hunger and chains upon him that before the messenger returned from the diviner he was dead. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z May we realize that it is a diviner thing to serve the lowly who need our help than to praise the Infinite who needeth not. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z "But am I a true diviner?" asked Kiss. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z For this it was indebted to its religious institutions, to the labors of its priests, to its diviners, and its prophets, who continually profitted by its credulity, in displaying wonders and kindling its delirium. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Had he but seen a little farther, he would have given this covenant a higher expression, and been more deeply true to a diviner nature. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z If this was faithfully carried out it was believed that the diviners would dream of the men they loved. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z We thank Thee for our diviner hopes, and for the Spirit that would complete them. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z A culprit is easily discovered either by an appeal to a local diviner or in torturing some one into confession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z In the alembic of Shakespeare's brain the baser metals were turned to gold—passions became virtues—weeds became exotics from some diviner land—and common mortals made of ordinary clay outranked the Olympian Gods. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The fourth canon of the Council of Auxerre, in 525, stringently prohibited all resort to sorcerers, diviners, augurs, and the like. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z For myself, I find it a diviner and grander thing to 'walk by faith' rather than by 'sight,' and not 'bodied' but 'disembodied truth' the more spiritual. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z So may it be ours to enter into closer and diviner fellowship with Thee, our Father, whose greatest joy is to impart joy and blessing to Thy waiting children. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The stars, who dwell on heaven's exalted stage, Baffle the wise diviners of our age; Take heed, hold fast the rope of mother wit. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z After the year 1830 she appeared but rarely in her character as a diviner; she had become old and rich, and did not perhaps wish to risk her world-wide reputation by too numerous revelations. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Hydromancy, divination by water, in which the diviner showed the figure of an absent person. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z They fade and pass, the fleeting flowers, And brief their little light; They hold not Love's diviner hours, Nor Sower's human night. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z For once, I would like to hear a futurist or religious diviner predict that “it” is going to happen in, say, the year 2525 or 7510. In the Year 9595 2011-12-28T13:15:00.257Z The poet concurs with the philosopher when he exclaims: "The loving worm within its clod, Were diviner than a loveless God Amid his worlds." English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z In the alembic of Shakespeare's brain the baser metals were turned to gold—passions became virtues—weeds became exotics, from some diviner land—and common mortals made of ordinary clay outranked the Olympian Gods. Shakespeare A Lecture 2011-11-24T03:00:42.050Z Alchemists, astrologers, fortune-tellers, diviners, and the like, might incur suspicion, and sometimes punishment; but, on the whole, they were treated with tolerance, and even with distinction. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z I may also add, in passing, that the crozier borne by Romanist bishops is a reproduction of the Etruscan lituus, the augurs' or diviners' staff of office. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z "Thy name is not Demna, but Finn," exclaimed the poet: "in thee has the prophecy been fulfilled; and thou art now a diviner and a man of knowledge!" Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z To ascertain the reason of this calamity, the owner sent to call one of these diviners. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Never has the whole place seemed to me sweeter, dearer, diviner. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z In its teachings of literature and of science, it teaches those still higher and diviner principles which give to man the graces of a true manhood. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z For what were it to lie Sleek, crowned with roses, drinking vulgar praise, And surfeited with offerings, the dull gift Of ignorant hands—all which I might have known— To this diviner failure? The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The heathen Arabs regarded such persons—soothsayers, diviners, and poets—with a certain respect; and if Muḥammad's 'madness' had taken a normal course, his claim to inspiration would have passed unchallenged. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z These professional diviners are no doubt smart fellows, arch-rogues though they be. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Man's brain-hemisphere, adapting to its diviner fellow, becomes increasingly illumined and inspired thereby to leaven and exalt its concrete outlook and activities. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z "I have neither skill nor knowledge in the art——," The stranger hesitated, as though he had as lief the conversation was resumed by the diviner himself. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z So like a heavenly soul's ambrosial breath, It would not wake but only deepen Sleep Into diviner Death! The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Ralph Waldo Emerson often sat at my father's table diffusing the radiance of serene ideas, and heralding the diviner age that was to come. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z So excited were the audience that they forgot that they had been ‘giving themselves away,’ and when the diviner asked the spirit, ‘Was it a leopard?’ they shouted with admiration at his supposed skill. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z After long periods of seeming torpor and death, humanity ever arises anew from the dust, shakes off its slumbers, and clothes itself with fresher vigor and diviner powers. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z A veil of rich net-work fell gracefully below his mantle, being in that era, the distinctive garb of soothsayers and diviners. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Have I not said: There is no sweeter thing, And none diviner than the wedding-ring? Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z They that are trained in cities wisely yearn to breathe the country air, and in its diviner meaning, interpret the landscape. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z A valuable ring was once lost in a house, and no clue or evidence could be obtained as to the culprit, so the services of a diviner were requisitioned. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z "And while he rests, his songs in troops Walk up and down our earthly slopes, Companioned by diviner hopes." The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z To Krzycki, it frequently occurred that certainly this "good diviner" did all that through kindness and sincere friendship, but also because she wanted to conciliate his mother. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z There may be kindness most real without any of the diviner emotion, and there may even be forbearance reaching up to forgiveness, and yet leaving the heart untouched in its deepest recesses. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z It was the boy's grave; and the discoverer's—nay, the diviner's—instinct stood vindicated as wonderfully as his evidence had been discredited. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Kings need not have recourse to diviners to read the fate that awaits them; they have only to study history. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z In all your music, our pathetic minor Your ears shall cross; And all good gifts shall mind you of diviner, With sense of loss. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z We feel such deep pity for the fallen that there must needs be a justice in it, for these diviner feelings are wise in themselves and do not vaguely arise. The Hero in Man 2011-09-02T02:00:18.723Z Who of us but feels the freedom, the ampler ether, the diviner air of these new lands? The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z It had come at last, but not with the kind of ecstasy he had imagined, yet with the diviner ecstasy of sorrow. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Though his labor consisted in dealing with the most familiar statements, yet he never failed to shed upon his theme a new and diviner light, and to invest it with rare and universal interest. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Bores were sunk at both places that the diviner indicated, but no water was got.' Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Precisely the same practice, smiting the earth with rods, is employed by those who consult diviners among the Zulus.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It seems also that diviners travel about the country and 'dowse' in localities new and strange to them.... Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The sermon was almost fiercely theological, but through it all there was that wonderfully inspired look, that diviner mind, that "little more" which declares the Superman to be in control. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z But Beatrice, the loved and lost, was the symbol and the channel of a higher wisdom, a diviner grace. Dante Six Sermons 2011-06-24T02:00:17.117Z A diviner came to the neighbourhood and located water in two places. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Faded by the diviner life, and worn, The dust has fallen away, and ye but see The ruins of the house wherein were borne The birth-pangs of an immortality. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z It is not known whether the "diviner" in this case was an amateur or not; he is now dead. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Then the soul will be paramount and soar above the grosser appetites and passions to gather celestial joys in the spirit realm of earth's diviner life. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Our diviner, as further evidence of “the double sense,” discovers how remarkably appropriate was the name of Serena to the lady of Rawleigh. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Before taking the body home for burial, they hurriedly sought out diviners of the truth, who confirmed that “problems within the family” led to the death. Magazine Preview: Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man 2011-06-02T14:40:59Z The "nights" of the North are diviner than the "days." The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z There shall be couches whence faint odours rise, Divans like sepulchres, deep and profound; Strange flowers that bloomed beneath diviner skies The death-bed of our love shall breathe around. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the King of Babylon. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z M. Goyonnot, Recorder of the King’s Council, broke a window in his house, and sent for the diviner, to whom he related a story of his having been robbed of valuables during the night. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Prose seemed diviner to him because it seemed more simple, more large with candor and directness. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z He gives barû, however, too wide a meaning when he makes it denote a “diviner” of every kind and sort. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z What mighty seers they were! those great Hebrew poets! those diviners of the growth and destinies of the human race!—Job, Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Let not your diviners that are in the midst of you deceive you. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z Evidently, the facts had not been definitely ascertained and the diviner, while furnishing the interpretations for various possibilities, promises to inform himself definitely and report again as to the exact nature of the unusual occurrence. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z Because the soul is a diviner, and the things it knows best are the things it was never told. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The native woman rejected the interference of the police, which her mistress proposed, but said she would send for one of her own diviners. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z “But where the Gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.” The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z They, seeing that he was giving them so sure proofs, considered the religious as a diviner and gave him the instruments of their idolatries. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Thales is asked to examine the strange creature, and after doing so asks the diviner Diocles, whether he does not intend to make some expiation in order to avert the anger of the gods. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z Captivated by the charms of female beauty, his intellect is too concrete in its ideals to rise above mere morality to the mysteries of the diviner love. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z A ring having been formed in the market-place by the crowded spectators, the diviner introduced his accomplice, a stolid-looking lad, who seated himself upon a bullock’s hide with an air of deep resignation. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Through her, the world opened upon him with a diviner beauty, and all nature became in his sight but a transcript of the charms of his mistress. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z An inward, palpable, measured tremulousness of the subtile, secret essence of life attests the presence of some sweet disturbing cause, and, borne on unseen wings, I mount to loftier heights and diviner airs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z This white-robed thought points away from matter and doctrine, or dogma, to the diviner sense of Life and Love,—yea, to the Principle that is God, and to the demonstration thereof in healing the sick. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z Once let my reparation be established, and I shall go forth into the world again to seek the dregs of fortune with the bent diviner’s rod of Thespian mimicry.” The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z There its paper, disinfected By some cunning artifice, Shall be presently directed To diviner ends than this. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z The only purely Basque term is Asti, which seems to be rather a diviner than a sorcerer. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Whenever the fairies visited the diviner they foretold future events, secrets, and the whereabouts of lost property. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Above the platform of human rights let us build another staging for diviner claims,—even the supremacy of Soul over sense, wherein man cooperates with and is made subject to his Maker. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z For the rest, the official priesthood had its own diviners, who could foretel the future, the Huacarimachi, or "they who make the gods speak." Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Out upon all astrologers, say I. That man is surely womanish who gives credit to diviners, and especially to old Micer Codro. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming The Samian king, Anc�us, while planting a vineyard was warned by a diviner that he would not live to take its fruits. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources He agrees that the diviner can only predict the external changes of fortune, and that on their moral bearing, on the question whether they are really good or evil, he can throw no light. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius A “bull-feast” was held—i.e., a bull was slain, and the diviner would “eat his fill and drink its broth”; then he went to bed, where a truth-compelling spell was chanted over him. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Au�gurs, a board or college of diviners who, amongst the Romans, predicted future events and announced the will of the gods from the occurrence of certain signs. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Is there, humanly speaking, a diviner power on earth than the love of a pure, womanly woman? The Man Who Rose Again Our question is: "Is there, indeed, such a diviner life?" The Sources Of Religious Insight But the field for such guidance is limited, Where the light of reason or conscience is a sufficient guide, the diviner’s art is either useless or corrupting. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Sometimes a diviner would warn a man that he had seen his dream-soul roaming about, and that perhaps it might never come back, because a certain deity was angry with him. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The study of such books is possible without any aid or apparatus whatever; so near is the diviner of letters to every one of us. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses He sees his project's soaring hope Grow substance, and expand To measure a diviner scope Beneath his patient hand. Later Poems To most men of science, the reported achievements of the diviner are on a par with the rogueries of Sir Walter Scott's 'Dousterswivel.' The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day He travelled all over Asia, Greece, and Italy, and the larger islands, visiting the great festivals and centres of population, and consulting with all the seers and diviners, even those of the lowest repute. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The diviners were consulted immediately before a battle. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The waters that gush at the touch of the diviner's rod are tumultuous in their flow and rush hither and thither with little heed to the restraining force of rule and reason. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life To extricate themselves from this embarrassment, they had recourse to the Lamas, who had the reputation of being diviners. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The powerful salvage steamer Breamer with a large crew searched where the diviner told them to go, and several pieces of silver plate were recovered amid the excitement of all hands. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Nor should any ominous signs deter a man from sharing a friend’s peril, even though the diviner may give warning of exile or death. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius After a short time the diviner returned to the house, announced the cause of death to the survivors, and received his fee, the amount of which was regulated by the circumstances of the family. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Before the answer of the diviner arrived, the labourer literally ‘died in a ditch’ of hunger and cold. Custom and Myth New Edition Among the diviners there were some who declared that this day would be calm, but that the next day there would be a terrible wind, and there were others who announced an exactly contrary opinion. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 By adding the sum of the ciphers in this figure to the figure itself—1774 + 1 + 7 + 7 + 4—the arithmetical diviners point out that you get 1793, the year of the King's death. The Book of This and That There is also the record of the restoration, in obedience to the warning of a diviner, of an ancient temple of Ceres on his lands, with colonnades to shelter the worshippers who frequented the shrine. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Such a feast of divine music and diviner beauty seldom falls to the lot of mere mortals. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois All these employments, however, Froebel himself felt to be merely provisional; for like the hazel wand in the diviner's hand, his instinct was blindly seeking through these restless years the well-spring of his life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 And should that coy fair one view These diviner beauties, she In this flame would rival thee,15 And be taught to love thee too. Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. After so many moons of converse with the serpents, thou shouldst have been a mighty soothsayer—a mighty diviner—by now. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And the Stoic school has the glory of anticipating the diviner dream, yet far from realised, of a human brotherhood under the light from the Cross. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Among this people there are sorcerers and diviners enough already. The White Shield The first touch of illness will carry them off as rotten leaves fall in November; but ere this be the case, can you not reveal to them one glimpse of a truer and diviner life? The Night Side of London When the bones have been thus prepared by the Grand Lama, they are transported with great pomp to a little tower built beforehand, in a place indicated by the diviner. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] This Ukozi was a diviner, or witch doctor, whose reputation was second to none among the Natal border tribes—ay and a great deal wider—and that is saying a good deal. A Frontier Mystery Augustus is advised to observe, and enforce the observance of the time-honoured ancestral forms, but he must banish sorcerers and diviners, who may sow the seeds of conspiracy against the prince. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius We were fourteen souls in all, though where two-thirds of them came from, and how they got wind of a supper, some more astute diviner than myself must ascertain. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The women, as debardeurs, flower girls, sailor boys—many of them with faces fitting them for diviner lives, look beautiful even in their degradation and shame. The Night Side of London He told of the diviner's report concerning him, and the successive substitutions of niece for daughter and daughter for niece. Oriental Women Hail angel! whose diviner spell Charmed dying heroes with her prayer, Staunching their wounds amid the knell Of death, destruction and despair. Ten Girls from History Dion Cassius and Suetonius, who were themselves eager believers in this superstition, never fail to record the influence of the diviners. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Because," answered Clem, with a smile, "canaries are as clever at seeing the gas sprites as was the Belgian diviner that Otto talks about. The Boy With the U.S. Miners His majesty did not choose to make his appearance, but had instructed those that did come to say, that he had consulted his diviners, and they had pronounced the day an inauspicious one. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Three days before the ceremony he learned from the diviner that the young man chosen was silly, exceedingly ugly and very ignorant. Oriental Women A travelling miner, who came to us from a distance, and who was a curious diviner with a wand, brought it with him. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. One cannot help conjecturally anticipating, by the way, that with left-handed diviners, the divining rod will be found habitually to move the wrong way. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Fire damp, this diviner used to say, looked like a figure veiled in red, black damp was veiled in black wi' white edges, white damp was bluish, an' stink damp was yellow. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Sweet friends Man's love ascends, To finer and diviner ends Than man's mere thought e'er comprehends. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Now she is dead the doubt Love dulled with awe, Now she is dead to me, Questions the wisdom of diviner law. Days and Dreams Poems Mohammed asserted that women had no souls; and moreover, that, setting aside the “diviner part,” there had only existed four of whom the mundane qualifications entitled them to any degree of approbation. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries And where the wood-gnats dance, a tiny mist, Above the efforts of the weedy stream, The girl, October, tired of the tryst, Dreams a diviner dream. The Garden of Dreams "That's why we had that diviner in a Belgian mine," the old man commented, gravely. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The lilies look whiter in their loveliness; the blush-rose reddens in the sun with a diviner dye; and with a more celestial scent the hoary hawthorn sweetens the wilderness. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Take all Thy vessels, O glorious Finer, Purge all the dross, that each chalice may be Pure in Thy pattern, completer, diviner, Filled with Thy glory and shining for Thee. Kept for the Master's Use "The road to the west is shut," prophesied the diviners. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The priests met in council of diviners; and by a natural retort, it was upon Kaahumanu that they laid the fault of the King’s death. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The wife of the diviner mentioned earlier was considered a powerful and dangerous woman. Washo Religion You've travelled long, and far from mortal joys, To Soul's diviner sense, that spurns such toys, Brave wrestler, lone. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 To them sorrow is but a preparation for a diviner joy. Cudjo's Cave In a word, 265 the political diviner foretold events by their dependence on general causes, while the moral diviner, by his experience of the personal character, anticipated the actions of the individual. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Did then those mystic lips unclose, Or that diviner silence make A seeming voice? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 The father of the false rainmaker was a diviner of stolen articles. Washo Religion With each returning year, higher joys, holier aims, a purer peace and diviner energy, should freshen the fragrance of being. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 I hear him most in the afternoon, but occasionally at nightfall he "pours his pure soprano," "Deepening the silence with diviner calm." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 In detailing the various subterfuges practised by the pretended diviners of his day, he reveals the secret principle by which one of them regulated his predictions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 No spot where the male cannot stretch himself and get away from domesticity for a few hours is safe except for the diviner, more ecstatic forms of passion. Clark's Field The transcendent deed and the work of art alike have their origin in the �lan of the soul, the diviner vision or the diviner desire. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe It requires no diviner to discover from whose image he drew the line, “My perfect wife, my Leonor.” The Brownings Their Life and Art Let Him diviner vengeance take— Give me to sleep, give me to wake Girded and shod, and bid me play The hero in the coming day! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Such is the true principle by which a philosophical historian may become a skilful diviner. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Ellsler is in London now, and, I am assured by those who know, diviner than ever. Records of Later Life But we cannot forget that there sounds down the ages, from the saddest and most triumphant of all martyrdoms, a different and a diviner prayer,—"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 He seems to be the diviner, the seer, as well as the artist, when transferring to canvas a face that interests him. The Brownings Their Life and Art I do not pretend to be a magician or a diviner, yet I think I know you for what you are, and it is sufficient. Berenice What should I be If in that hour I did not know My own diviner debt? Collected Poems Volume One As soon as this cry was upcast, to the hall came clerks out of Chaldea, witches and diviners, sorcerers and exorcists. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century In an angry mood we do an injury to a loving heart with good, strong, free emphasis; but we stammer and hang back when our diviner nature tells us to confess and ask pardon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 That great soul, which meditated and made Italy, has gone to the diviner country. The Brownings Their Life and Art It would never do for a prophet, a soothsayer, a wizard, or a diviner, to give prompt answers to his applicants, or even to make his answers plain when he does give them. Bible Romances First Series We should then discuss whether their selection is justifiable, and after that we should discuss whether the amended Bible is any diviner than the original one. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Thus in the realm of the individual and of the state the diviner conception has won its triumphs, and to-day force is tolerated only as it serves the cause of justice. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association But Edward's distinct apprehension of right and wrong, and Fred's deserts in this world, were not altered by that diviner compunction which had moved Nettie. The Doctor's Family He felt that by that rash, unpardonable act he had desecrated the holy thing; and with it all, had forestalled, delayed, perhaps for ever prevented, the sanction of some diviner opportunity. Audrey Craven Liver of a diviner life, He turns a vacant gaze Toward the theater of strife, Where we consume our days. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Cimabue and Giotto were directly inspired by that spring of a diviner life given to Italy and later to the world of that “sweet saint,” Francis of Assisi. Italy, the Magic Land King Nebuchadnezzar, having been frightened in a dream, sent for the Magi, or magicians, diviners, aruspices, and Chaldeans, to interpret the dream he had had. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. It needs to be set free by the temporary suspension of the outer senses in the mesmeric trance before it can use the diviner faculties which are but just beginning to dawn within it. Clairvoyance Besides the regular priesthood, there were many kinds of medicine men, necromancers or mediums, sorcerers and diviners, who preyed upon the superstition and credulity of their countrymen. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial A host so kindly, in as great a way Invites to banquet, substitutes for show Sound that's diviner still, and bids us know Bach like Beethoven; are we thankless, pray? Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning He who has recourse to the diviners soils the temple of his heart and shows his lack of faith in his Creator. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery King Saul, who, apparently by the advice of Samuel, had exterminated diviners and magicians from the land of Israel, desired in the last war to consult the Lord, who would not reply to him. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Love is an odor from the heavenly bowers, Which stirs our senses tenderly, and brings Dreams which are shadows of diviner things Beyond this grosser atmosphere of ours. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Ah! how this new young generation was snapping asunder the ancient coils! how the new and diviner sap ran in its veins! Ghetto Comedies And the diviners and seers and astrologers of the Ghetto were long in high esteem, and sometimes earned fortunes when they hit the truth, and when the truth was pleasant in the realization. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Belief in the diviners and their miracles destroys the innate simplicity of man and his childlike purity. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery In all the predictions of diviners or oracles, when they are followed by fulfilment, we can hardly disavow that the evil spirit intervenes, and discovers the future to those who consult him. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The world is flushed with a diviner atmosphere, every object carries a fresher significance, there are new thoughts and clear, calm hopes sure to be realized on the enchanted fields of the future. Wild Life on the Rockies It is I, saith God, that show the falsehood of the diviners' predictions, and give to such as divine, the motions of fury and madness; or according to Isa. xliv. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) What diviner, more responsible gift could God have conferred upon us than this? What a Young Woman Ought to Know She recognised truth as a water diviner finds water. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker He always forbids their listening to any prophet or diviners who wished to mislead them to impiety or idolatry. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Therefore he says: “Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity The aged Queen had for some time been suffering in health; diviners had been urgently consulted, charms and potent herbs had been employed, with no avail. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century But the right of humanity, of manhood, is older and of higher and diviner appointment than any other. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II For fifteen hundred years Christians served God and loved man, before, as yet, they received this cultivation of our age; and we, because we have it so profusely, are forgetting the deeper and diviner lessons. Public School Education M. Servin, advocate-general and councillor of state, fully proves from the Old and New Testament, from tradition, laws and history, that there are diviners, enchanters, and sorcerers, and refutes those who would maintain the contrary. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. "Did your diviner divine any ghosts while he was about it?..." turning to Stanley. The Rhodesian My rod-spear pierces the turf, my gun lies neglected by my side, and I yield up my soul to a diviner dalliance with the beauties of Nature. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Of all that is most beauteous, imaged there In happier beauty; more pellucid streams, An ampler ether, a diviner air, And fields invested with purpureal gleams. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Yet that diviner part, that no bullet may slay, no steel rend or mar, has surely entered into the fuller living, for Death is but the gateway into Life and infinite possibilities. Great Britain at War Joseph was considered the cleverest diviner and the greatest expounder of dreams in Egypt. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Whether diviners believed or did not believe in their science, the result was bad. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV They seemed to speak together as if in some scene or passage of celestial drama, nor did I know which was the diviner speech, the moon's unwavering effulgence or that leaping coruscation of the stars. Apologia Diffidentis My crime—that, rapt in reverential awe, I sate obedient, in the fiery prime Of youth, self-govern'd, at the feet of Law; Ennobling this dull pomp, the life of kings, By contemplation of diviner things. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold These were the magicians, diviners, fortune-tellers, all the servants of idolatry who had risen up at Julian's bidding and were swarming in Alexandria as everywhere else. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy All which seems to insinuate that, from the time of the patriarch Joseph, there had been oracles and diviners in Egypt, and that the Hebrews consulted them. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The office of diviner, though it has always been an influential one, has followed in its development the general course of social organization, becoming more and more specialized and defined. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV I do claim some capacity in the diviner flights of lyric letters, friend. The Panchronicon Come," you murmur with a sigh: "Ah! we own diviner features, Loftier bearing, and a prouder eye. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The inexorable march of civilization regardless of ethics swept on until we heard the Indians' war cry and failed to see the diviner grace of friendship. The Vanishing Race The Emperor's Court was crowded by diviners and plotters of all kinds, male and female. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Whatever may have been the original sense of these terms, the office of diviner in Greece was in the main separate from that of priest. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV You've traveled long, and far from mortal joys, To Soul's diviner sense, that spurns such toys, Brave wrestler, lone. Poems And if there were a diviner armour within reach of his unsteady hand, he must don it now and rivet it fast in the name of God. Athalie It seems that in former times some oracle or diviner had forewarned him that when he should see a wolf encountering a bull, he might know that the hour of his death was near. Pyrrhus Makers of History The "muddy vesture of decay" which "grossly closes in" our diviner principle has been burnt up and absorbed. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations A noteworthy specialization of functions is found among the Todas of Southern India, who distinguish the diviner from the magician, the prophet, and the dairyman. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV "Thou art a rare diviner, Rane," laughed the young king much relieved, and then he added solemnly: "It may be so if God doth will it so." Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Clive, it would take a diviner law than man's notions of divinity, to kill in me the right to live and love and bring the living into life. Athalie The bore was put down over 500 feet at a spot which another diviner had endorsed as being a good site. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Soothsayers, diviners, prophets, mediums, conjurers, and seers consequently have been found in every age and among every people. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology She was regarded as being very old, and she was probably a permanent diviner of that place. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV I have known cartomantes and diviners of all sorts to express their doubt as to the possibility of a correct measure of time. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance Mr. Campion, who was previously without a supply of pure water, is delighted with the results of the visit of the 'diviner,' and has faith in his power with the rod. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer My explanation of the movements of the rod is that they are caused by electro-magnetism, the diviner being perhaps highly charged with electricity. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The tlahuipuchtin, “those who work with smoke,” were probably diviners who foretold the future from the forms taken by smoke in rising in the air. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The diviner, like the magician, sometimes performs various ceremonies for the purpose of bringing himself into relation with the gods, and his utterances are frequently given in an ecstatic condition. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Love, which had seemed to her last night the supreme spirit in the universe, had surrendered its authority to the diviner image of Duty. Virginia I lose my health; I will not, I will not cry; I will not honor him With tears diviner than the gods he worships; I will not take the pains to curse a poor thing. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical I found a good stream not far from one picked by another diviner, and I guaranteed that water would be struck at 300 feet. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 From this came the verb tonalpoa, to count or estimate the signs, that is, to cast the horoscope of a person; and tonalpouhque, the diviners whose business it was to practice this art.11-† Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History In the simplest religions the positions of magician and diviner are frequently united in one person. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The kind Professor, diviner of latent genius, went so far as to give him a personal introduction, which proved efficient. James Watt High, solitary priest and priestesses of a god diviner than desire. The Creators A Comedy The sole daughter of Coleridge, as she inherited so much of her father's intellectual power, inherited also the diviner part of his features. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 It was after midnight that neighbors came bringing the water diviner. Blue Ridge Country The priest was the official diviner, employing the urim and thummim. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV All poetry would not do this—not, for instance, the Classical, in its diviner masters—not the poetry of Homer, of Virgil, of Sophocles, not, perhaps, even that of the indolent Horace. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 "I have neither skill nor knowledge in the art"—— The stranger hesitated, as though he had as lief the conversation was resumed by the diviner himself. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Which of us that is not more akin to Burns in his fleshly frailties then in his diviner spirit? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 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 Prophets and diviners and interpreters of dreams served in the temples, and one of the sacred books of the priesthood was a collection of incantations and magical rites. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs My Castle stands alone, Away from Earth and Time, In some diviner clime, In Fancy's tropic zone, Beneath its summer skies, Where all the live-long year the summer never dies! The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 A veil of rich net-work fell gracefully below his mantle, being in that era the distinctive garb of soothsayers and diviners. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 He tempers all with soft control, He is the Gods' diviner soul; And Gods above and fiends below And men to him their safety owe. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse They have found that their lives were diviner than they knew. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John By a diviner's advice the hero changes into three lemons, which the youngest sister desires to take; but the others, fearing a snare, persuade her to fly away with them. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Dear Scott,—Far be it from me to affirm that there are no diviners in the land. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) We kneel for the diviner baptism, for the effectual and blessed ordination. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 Alas! the worship of many Christians speaks out no diviner or higher object than a creature, it is so cold, so formal and empty, so vain and wandering. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning An effort will be made to differentiate between any alleged diviner's sincerity and real physical effect from charlatanism and autosuggestion. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California No garden in paradise could suggest to a Moslem mind diviner voices or greater radiance. There was a King in Egypt Life stretches before one in its diviner unity,—even in the wholeness of the life that is and that which is to come. The Life Radiant O voice of the cotton-plant, do we need to go to oracles or listen for a diviner voice than yours when thus you tell us: Pluck? The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills If a man never recognizes this diviner part of himself, he may live and die in the comfort or discomfort of any other mere creature. A Circuit Rider's Wife If not happiness, which comes from content and satisfaction, yet there is something higher, diviner still, arising from duty done and trials endured—blessedness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Rest from these vain debates of good and ill: Let me your secret swift diviner be. The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence This alone is the diviner quality of love,—to be willing to "encounter anything;"—to meet pain, disaster, defeat, if so it be the appointed way to serve. The Life Radiant The Etruscans seem to have educated their diviners with care and system. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus The old man the diviner was talking at large as he gathered the fingers of wood with their rude traceries together. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales With Milton, we mount heaven-ward, and in the immortal verse of his minor poems, finer even than the stately march of Paradise Lost, we hear celestial music, and breathe diviner air. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Waking dreams of a new and diviner order of society. Men in the Making It is, in a measure, a logical sequence of "The World Beautiful," leading into still diviner harmonies. The Life Radiant Just as the Roman authorities had recourse from time to time to the Sibylline books, so also they occasionally, though not apparently before the Punic wars, sought the help of the trained Etruscan diviners. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Now there was one Euchenor, son of the diviner Polyïdus, wealthy and brave, inhabiting a dwelling at Corinth, who, well knowing his fatal destiny, had arrived in a ship. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Therefore Jesus spoke of His ascension, and bade her look upward, and see, gleaming on high, diviner things. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. If Christ's ultimate aim were alleviation of physical suffering, why not feed and heal all earth's hungry, diseased millions, through diviner, broad-gauged philanthropy than lagging processes of personal devotion? Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Towards the end of the republic those diviners appear to have enjoyed rather serious consideration at Rome. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism These foreign diviners were never admitted to the dignity of a collegium;649 they rather played the part of the domestic chaplain kept to say grace before meat. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus It appeared that Samdad had once acted as diviner on a similar occasion. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 We could not strive to be like Him if He were not already within us, the Principle and Spirit of our life, the higher and diviner self of every man. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics It is a great thing to create that which helps any human soul to be diviner than without such help it would be. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The diviner had, as a rule, only a restricted number of possibilities to deal with, and the calculus of probabilities shows that he must have succeeded sometimes. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism From that source whence he drew courage sublimer, faith diviner, and strength irresistible, which no woman's heart or hand could aid in evoking! Hubert's Wife A Story for You How can we sufficiently honour the men who, in this secular, work-a-day world, habitually breathe ‘An ampler ether, a diviner air,’ than ours! Obiter Dicta Second Series As men's conceptions of God are purified and deepened, they tend to exhibit the varied contents of morality in their connection with a diviner order. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics “Come, Joe, explain your meaning, for I don’t pretend to be a diviner of men’s thoughts.” Digging for Gold Adventures in California Before assuming the office of an angekok or diviner, an Eskimo must procure one of the spirits of the elements for his own particular familiar spirit or torngak. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew Aspasia believed so, and bequeathed to Leontion, with every other gift that Nature had bestowed upon her, the power of delivering her oracles from diviner lips. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Leafless and brown are the trees, but the Basin has diviner glories than at midsummer, in colors unspeakable of sea and sky, of wild-sailing cloud, of sunset and of moon. Vesty of the Basins But poetry will have nothing to do with real things, until it has translated them into a diviner world. Figures of Several Centuries The next morning, soon after the first prayers, a little man came into my room, whom I soon discovered to be the diviner. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Fallen women have been entirely reclaimed, have been brought to see their better, finer, diviner selves through the power of suggestion. Pushing to the Front Rarer, O Wind! and diviner,— Sweet as the breeze that went by When, over Olivet's mountain, Jesus was lost in the sky. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings For it was the thought of the Basins that compassion was greater than love, in some way the diviner side of love. Vesty of the Basins For, in that revelation of God in Jesus Christ, there is added to all these magnificent and all but inconceivable attributes and excellences, something that is far diviner and nobler than themselves. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. They give us nobler loves, higher thoughts, diviner aims. Education and the Higher Life We berate ourselves, belittle, efface ourselves, because we do not see the larger, diviner man in us. Pushing to the Front In renunciation we thus restore to self its own diviner mind. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle The philosopher asks the diviner to tell what is holy and what impiety. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge We plainly need an infusion of diviner strength than our own, if that strange marriage of joy and sorrow should take place, and they should at once occupy our hearts. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. She had thus set her house in order, to die, or, rather, to live a diviner life, and she was waiting the summons home. Mary S. Peake The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe It has dipped in the realms of our finer life our higher and diviner kingdom. Pushing to the Front He was not wholly pure from that indiscretion of the young appetite, about which the world is mute, but whose better ordering and governance would give a diviner brightness to the earth. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre He really was convinced that in man there was a portion of that diviner aether which dwelt eternally in the heavens, and was the ever-moving cause of all things. A Short History of Greek Philosophy No angel, by his glad descent, Dispenses that diviner dower Which with its healing waters went. Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination "Our souls receive diviner breath, Raised from corruption, guilt and death; So from the grave did Christ arise, And lives to God above the skies." Bertha and Her Baptism The first class was composed of the historians and antiquaries, who piqued themselves a little upon their sorcery, and who, upon occasion, took up the rôles of diviners and prophets. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present On hearing this he consulted his diviners and wizards, called by them umu, who, to please him, gave him hope of a fortunate ending. History of the Incas Thereupon a diviner may declare that he has felt a ghost step on board; for did not the canoe tip over to the one side? The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia It was matter for the diviner, not the divinity of the learned. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 "Without customers, and with no use for the diviner's lens but to charr the rafters of the garret in which you lived." The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Those who practise this art are, in like manner, termed witches, magicians, diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, necromancers, fascinaters. 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 Wizard = diviner, without the depreciatory sense of line 571; see note there. Milton's Comus Again, when a man is sick and his friends wish to know what ghost is vexing or, as they say, eating him, a diviner or wizard is sent for. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The king, enraged at this, and, as it is related, ridiculing the art, said, "Come, thou diviner, tell me, whether what I am thinking on can be done or not?" The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 The samurai was hid under the diviner's garb. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) On important occasions the Hebrews, like Pagans, consulted diviners, who had recourse to various ways of divination. 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 The birth of a day is a diviner miracle even than its death. Under the Trees and Elsewhere A diviner or medicine-man is consulted in order to discover the culprit. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia After these transactions, Myrina, accompanied with Mopsus the diviner, made an expedition into Thrace, which was the ultimate of her progress; for she was supposed to have been here slain. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Plutarch says "the better and diviner nature consists of three", 549-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Greeks consecrated their horses to the sun, and before engaging in war they consulted their prophets and diviners. 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 Nature has no more inspiring truth for us than this constant and complete enfolding of our life by a higher and vaster life, this unbroken play of a diviner purpose and force through us. Under the Trees and Elsewhere These great services have been rendered to the cause of civilisation and progress by the class of men who in primitive society are variously known as medicine-men, magicians, sorcerers, diviners, soothsayers, and so forth. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia He is generally esteemed a diviner, or soothsayer, to whom people applied for advice: but it was to the temple that they applied, and to the Deity, who was there supposed to reside. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) The human form was then considered diviner than the forms of lions or flowers. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century When he consulted a diviner about them, he was told that something remarkable and extraordinary might happen to him, and that it behooved him to be cautious and prudent. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan It is a pathetic sign of the diviner nature of women, that they conceal sorrow more easily than joy, while men conceal joy more easily than sorrow. The Friendships of Women In some cases they do not even trouble to consult a diviner; they speedily recognise the sickness as due to natural causes. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Sorcery, as we know, had been practised by the Canaanites before the occupation of Palestine by the Israelites; Egypt India, and Greece also had their soothsayers and diviners. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Give the human race an earthly immortality, and you exclude them from every thing greater and diviner than the earth affords. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He cautioned the diviner to be discreet about it, especially because he said the dreams were not his own but another person's. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan I have taken for granted, from the indicated action and my interpretation of one of the accompanying symbols, that this figure was intended to indicate the sorcerer or diviner. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Then comes the poet of the real new world—the world of opportunity, of sacrifice, of unselfish freedom of the larger art and diviner life. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O And the sun is a diviner light than waxen tapers, explosive lamps, or oxygen-consuming gas. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story So one might say, "Where'er the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs And gives the blind their sight." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life What light, what shadow, diviner than dawn or night, Draws near, makes pause, and again—or I dream—draws near? Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI The Christian Church received its baptism of pentecostal power as it emerged from the shadows of Calvary, and went forth to its world-wide work with greater unity and a diviner purpose. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Whenever I want to be more than ordinary in song—to be in some degree equal to your diviner airs—do you imagine I fast and pray for the celestial emanation? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The flowery fields, the shadowy woods, the lofty mountains are nobler places of worship than the dark and damp cathedral; and the fresh air of heaven is a diviner inspiration than carbonic acid gas. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Each cooing dove, each sighing bough, That makes the eve so blest to me, Has something far diviner now, It bears me back to Galilee. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes A purer passion, a lordlier leisure, A peace more happy than lives on land, Fulfils with pulse of diviner pleasure The dreaming head and the steering hand. Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Whenever I want to be more than ordinary in song; to be in some degree equal to your diviner airs, do you imagine I fast and pray for the celestial emanation? Robert Burns How To Know Him Whenever I want to be more than ordinary in song—to be in some degree equal to your diviner airs—do you imagine I fast and pray for the celestial emanation? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham They are, in fact, contributing to make him a wiser, a stronger, a better, a happier, and in all respects, a completer, and a diviner being than he otherwise would be. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It exacts the fearful penalties of scornfully misunderstood efforts, if not ostracism and persecution, for the use of the diviner faculties. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul A silence diviner than music, a darkness diviner than light, Fulfilled as from heaven with a measureless comfort the measure of night. Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI This was Ione; a spirit finer Ne'er burned to ash its house of clay; A soul instinct with fire diviner Ne'er fled athwart the face of day, And tempted Time with earthly stay. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar In war the maseua has supreme command, and the civil chief and the diviners, or medicine-men, must obey him implicitly as soon as any campaign is started. The Delight Makers What is brother George's mind respecting the need of receiving this diviner life in order to bring us into a closer communion with God and make us inhabitants of heaven? Life of Father Hecker The fact that his people had diviner instincts than had He whom they worshipped as God, showed that "Yahweh" was only the guardian spirit of the great and wonderful Hebrew race. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul The rain sorcerer is apparently merely a diviner. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea The new soul in her moved steadily, to a rhythm which lacked the diviner thrill of the impulse which had given it birth. The Helpmate Meanwhile water diviners, well diggers and drillers add gall and wormwood to the situation. If You're Going to Live in the Country Our diviners certainly do not send rain, since they have no means of making it, nor do I see them with my eyes going up to heaven to seek it. Myth and Science An Essay The mass of the people were not the only ones to believe in these diviners. History Of Ancient Civilization An hour will come, haply e'en now is pass'd, Their sight to turn on my diviner part And so this infinite anguish end at last. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch And it had grown to the stature of the diviner love she saw. The Helpmate For generations much faith was placed in diviners. If You're Going to Live in the Country Yes, Kosmon, yes! they are flourished all over with the rhetoric of the body; but nowhere is to be seen in them that diviner poetry, the oratory of the soul! The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Thousands of foreigners brought to Rome as slaves, or coming thither to make their fortune, established themselves in the city as physicians, professors, diviners, or actors. History Of Ancient Civilization I saw her eyes sparkle with a diviner light, and her bosom swell with new and strange emotions. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays She had known nothing of their larger and diviner uses, their secret and profound subservience to the flame. The Helpmate The spot would be reverently marked; the diviner would depart and the well diggers who had followed his performance with proper awe would begin work. If You're Going to Live in the Country P: Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side The most insignificant fact may be interpreted as a sign—a flash of lightning, a word overheard, a rat crossing the road, a diviner met on the way. History Of Ancient Civilization Many of the sweetest passages of Shakspeare were converted into unmeaning nonsense, from the absence of those words which his own all but divine genius had appropriated from a still diviner source. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic It kept him, as he phrased it, "going," which meant that, wherever his rebellious feet might carry him, he continued to breathe, through it, the diviner air. The Helpmate I perceive there is no good trying to deceive so great a diviner as you. The Story of the Guides Thy beauty was diviner, Than the summer moon, And thou didst outshine her, At her noon. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems Sceptics.—Not only priests and diviners came to Rome, but also philosophers who scoffed at the old religion. History Of Ancient Civilization The letter of the law of God, separated from its spirit, tends to demoralize mortals, and must be corrected by a diviner sense of liberty and light. Retrospection and Introspection I have heard that these witches and diviners only exercise their skill at night, and how couldst thou be abroad with me then? The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot My dearest Sarianna,—We are all well, and so is the weather, which is diviner. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II We deem our love so infinite Because the Lord is everywhere, And love awakening is made bright And bathed in that diviner air. By Still Waters Lyrical Poems Old and New God is merciful, not cruel, and our happiness on earth has been a foretaste of the diviner bliss hereafter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Our poets, both major and minor, Will work the new Manganese vein, And turn out a product diviner Than even the Cubans obtain; Limerigo, Galvejo, Doblino— How lovely and noble they sound! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 Or rather, Do not hearken to diviners, &c., but to prophets, who shall be raised up among you. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old We are at the mercy of a diviner's wand and a conjurer's spell. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 The minds of all men plod the same rough roads of sense; and in spite of much knavery, all win at times "an ampler ether, a diviner air." Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned "Have you forgotten, Claudia, that only a few minutes ago you said that you could not conceive of a diviner happiness than to be the beloved wife of Ishmael?" Ishmael Or, In the Depths He would have to be a practical passionate psychologist, a man gifted with a bird's-eye view of publics—a discoverer of geniuses and crowds, a natural diviner or reader of the hearts of men. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy For there came to the world a better Deity, a diviner glory, a more heavenly city. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. "And long let me remember That the palest fainting one May to diviner vision be A bright and blazing sun." Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work It widens, lad; it is not slackening; it is passing, enlarging into a diviner light. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Suffering endures but a little while; and if you will have it so, out of it will come a diviner joy. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters No real Poet ever wove in numbers All his dream, but the diviner part, Hidden from all the world, spake to him only In the voiceless silence of his heart. What Peace Means Was the proconsul a diviner to find all that was deepest in his soul and give it an utterance which Drusus had never expressed even to himself? A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. There is no necessity to call in the diviners to choose an auspicious day. Myths and Legends of China The first in order of the philosophical historians, he is rather a collector of facts than a skilful diviner with them. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Is’t not some power in us, Some memory of a yet diviner world And things illumined by the light of God That dowers the stars with beauty, gives them strength And grandeur? Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century These diviners pretend to the power of producing rain, of curing diseases, of preventing the ravages of the worms which destroy the grain, and so on. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 These are for porters, loafers, and the scum, Who have no sense for the diviner weeds, Who drink their muddy beer and muddier rum, Insatiate, like dogs in all their greeds. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry But as she looked she noticed the flushed cheeks, and, being a diviner of spirits, wondered what Hester was ashamed of now. Red Pottage You're as men who walk in the darkness when the sunlight invites you, and you listen to the words of humanity when those of a diviner origin are offered to your acceptance. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood I will not: I will not cry: I will not honour him With tears diviner than the gods he worships: I will not take the pains to curse a poor thing. The False One How could peoples still nursed in the belief of some diviner will ruling men's minds resist such an attack? The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 Cæsar describes them as warlike, huge in stature; having reverence for women, who were their augurs and diviners; worshipping the Sun, the Moon, and Fire; having no regular priests, and paying little regard to sacrifices. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Druid and diviner were also closely connected, since the Druids studied nature and moral philosophy, and the diviners were also students of nature, according to Strabo and Timagenes. The Religion of the Ancient Celts As Browning said in his Christmas Eve and Easter Day, For the loving worm within its clod, Were diviner than a loveless God Amid his worlds, I will dare to say. Tragic Sense Of Life These lines, and the great Shelleyan declaration that "A loving worm within its clod Were diviner than a loveless God," are the key to both poems, but peculiarly to the Christmas-Day, in which they occur. Robert Browning Here lay the child, with Life's warm essence The tender bosom filled and fair, And here was wrought, through holier, purer presence, The form diviner beings wear! Faust The same, however, cannot be said of the diviners and soothsayers, who were so much consulted, and whose opinions determined so often the course of public affairs. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology No sacrifice was complete without a Druid, say Diodorus and Strabo, but both speak of the diviners as concerned with sacrifice. The Religion of the Ancient Celts But by and by, as he enters more deeply into that life, the self-forgetfulness comes to him again and as a diviner thing. Addresses by the right reverend Phillips Brooks With these it may climb high, but can never soar into that ampler ether and diviner air whence the eye dominates so uncontrolled a prospect on every hand. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays They seemed to flow, too, from a diviner inspiration; were of a wider, calmer and more generous scope. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 The weight of the crime among the Jews was placed on the blasphemy of the diviners, and their treason against the theocracy instituted by Jehovah. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Pliny speaks of "Druids and this race of prophets and doctors,"1021 and this suggests that some were priests, some diviners, while some practised an empiric medical science. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Keep that fear, but only that it may be the food of a diviner hope, that all the world may see in you the thing that man was meant to be, that is, the Christ. Addresses by the right reverend Phillips Brooks Because they would not be such, he let them do to him as they would, that he might get at their hearts by some unknown unguarded door in their diviner part. Hope of the Gospel The loving worm within its clod is diviner than a loveless god amid his worlds. Lancashire Idylls (1898) In Bifurcation, in St. Martin's Summer, the diviner spirit breathes. The Poetry Of Robert Browning A special class of diviners existed among the Celts, but the Druids practised divination, as did also the unofficial layman. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Nay more, The sacrosanct aureole of modesty beautifies all it surrounds: though it diviner haze imperfection there is none. Hints for Lovers May not some slumbering sense, A memory dim of those diviner days, When all the Heavens were yet aglow with God, Transfuse them through and through with glimmering grace And glory? A Celtic Psaltery He preach�d penitence and tears, And waking first the sinner's fears, Prepared a path, made smooth a way, For his diviner Master's day. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 She felt thin slippers on her feet, rubbed an ecstatic cheek against the sheen of satin, and in her ears echoed no diviner music than the Tol-de-rol Tol-de-rol of the Bugletown band on Flora Day. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly He is the ideal fáith—diviner, prophet, and poet, and thus the god of those professing these arts. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Before the answer of the diviner arrived, the labourer literally ‘died in a ditch’ of hunger and cold. Custom and Myth To him who has genius, who has a soul of a diviner cast, and a greatness of expression, give the honor of this appellation. The Works of Horace So at last he stuffed his tragedy into a drawer to wait there for a diviner hour. The Divine Fire He looked past the face of the Rabbi and the priest, not contemptuously, but wistfully, wondering why he must: he looked past them, and beheld in the dawning shadow a diviner Face. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters The girlish look was quite gone; she seemed older and graver; but there breathed about her "a diviner air." Harvest Among the many who read his book and thought they saw in it the portent of a diviner day was one Percy Bysshe Shelley. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women I frequently dreamed I was walking in orchards or forests, and a deeper, slightly melancholy but potent savor, as of a diviner destiny, was on my soul. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Thus it is that from among them would in some degree issue not only inventors and craftsmen and teachers, but sorcerers and diviners, medicine-men and wizards, prophets and priests. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion "For the loving worm within its clod, Were diviner than a loveless God Amid his worlds, I will dare to say." Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher It thus involves a sort of regeneration of the inner man, and carries in its hand the baptismal fire of a nobler and diviner life. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The life of the city revolved round the King's Court, with its four thousand retainers, eunuchs, sorcerers, blind diviners, politicians and place hunters. Korea's Fight for Freedom I shall behold my Lord at home In a diviner light. Hymns and Spiritual Songs Tell me, young men, have ye seen Creature of diviner mien For true hearts to long and cry for, Manly hearts to live and die for? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Our best songs are still unsung; our best thoughts are still unuttered and must so remain until eyes and ears and hands are quickened by a diviner life to a keener sensibility. The California Birthday Book There can be no extravagance in saying, that to all who speak the English language his genius has made the world better worth living in, and life a nobler and diviner thing. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The palace of Liloa was surrounded by guards, priests, diviners, and sorcerers. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands For as a gate of sorrow-land unbars The region of unfaltering delight, So may you gather from the fields of night That harvest of diviner thought, the stars. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala It is "a purer ether, a diviner air," from whence its citizens can afford to look down in peace, perhaps in scorn, upon the ignoble strifes beneath them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 And we who look up—who on the plain repose, And catch faint glimpses of the mount that throws Athwart thy poet-sight diviner views. The California Birthday Book The modern world in its gentler moments seems to take a peculiar thrill of delight from these travellers, perhaps realizing what has been lost from parting with such gentle seers and secular diviners. The Art of the Moving Picture The third order of the clergy is that of Kilo, diviners or magicians. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands When he has ceased to wish for life or heed it for himself he still feels instinctive revolt against extinguishing that diviner spark than life itself, his genius, lent him from the celestial fire. Five Nights The class of diviners called Ichiko profess to give tidings of the dead, or of those who have gone to distant countries. Tales of Old Japan Let vulgar souls to low revenge incline, That of diviner spirits is divine. Black Beetles in Amber Sweet friends, Man's love ascends To finer and diviner ends Than man's mere thought e'er comprehends. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 The strong, rich hearts of their seers yearned for a diviner life, in the deep, true consciousness they felt that there can be peace and joy to man only through reconcilement with God. Essays Æsthetical High omens ask diviner guess; Not to be conned to tediousness And know my higher gifts unbind The zone that girds the incarnate mind. Poems Household Edition This diviner is taken possession of by the Spirit of God, and forced to utter what is clearly against his own mercenary desires. Quiet Talks about Jesus “There’s no use in saying no,” said the other; “you’ll call me a lying diviner.” The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 They are not themselves, they live a diviner life, with which they are inspired, and by which they are possessed.’ Cock Lane and Common-Sense The words of Jesus stir to diviner depths. California Sketches, Second Series On that night which was designed to end for her the life of childhood, she had, for the first time, beheld the symbol of the world's diviner beauty—a cross. The Mettle of the Pasture The world of his creation is not a copy of our own; it is a heightened and rarefied extension of it; moving, in triumph and in beauty, through 'an ampler ether, a diviner air.' Books and Characters French and English |
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