| 单词 | firmament |
| 例句 | It flamed like a star that leaping from the firmament sears the dark air with intolerable light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z All around her, in a firmament, soft white silkworms clung to bundled mulberry twigs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When he’s tired of being touched by strangers: Come back to me when you’re done being flung through the firmament, you lost Pleiad. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I go to my room and begin to memorize: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He made motions like tying strings into bundles, then tacked them to the firmament above him in the same way garlands were hung at the festivals in Mologa. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Tombaugh had no formal training as an astronomer, but he was diligent and he was astute, and after a year’s patient searching he somehow spotted Pluto, a faint point of light in a glittery firmament. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Somewhere out there beyond the firmament, past the asteroid belt, there were other worlds where children did not regularly fear for their bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “We are the wheel that drives the firmament. We’ll never stop.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z How did Donne know that the new philosophers were seeking new worlds, not only by thinking of the planets as worlds but also by looking for worlds elsewhere in the firmament? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I am the beacon on the rock. I am the wheel that drives the firmament.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I hear that excitement is the master of the hour, that you fling yourself through these dominions like a comet across the firmament. What’s the word, good Bod?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Moreno, who is Puerto Rican by birth and Hollywood by steely determination, occupies a singular place in the cultural firmament. Rita Moreno: Pathbreaker, Activist and ‘A Kick in the Pants’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z His five-year ascension in the Marvel firmament, however, took place during a tumultuous period for the company marked by two bankruptcies and seven or eight presidents. Wrapper’s delight 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z The exceptional quality about Stewart's work is that he has managed to keep his profile high in the film firmament while at the same time growing and deepening a distinguished theatrical career. Patrick Stewart: 'I can store emotions. No experience is ever wasted' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z And everywhere, just everywhere, are the young art stars that twinkle in L.A.’s firmament. T Magazine: The Last Boho Standing 2011-03-11T19:05:38Z There was a new Wotan in the Wagnerian firmament. A New Wotan Reigns in the Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z The last time we all agreed to fix a classic in the firmament, it was Angels in America, 17 years ago. American theatre: the wonder years? 2010-04-07T13:29:00Z The world stops and rocks on its axis and the firmament is rent with the screams of hurtling pork. Metallica: 'War has its purpose' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-06-06T16:18:00Z But Emmy has previously displayed a tendency to fall all over itself to reward actors who descend from the cinematic firmament to grace the small screen. Mixed blessings: Why a diverse slate of Emmy nominees means a lot, and little 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite his position at the center of the Los Angeles rock firmament, he kept a low-key presence both onstage and in life, steering clear of the epic hedonism of the era. David Lindley, ‘Musician’s Musician’ to the Rock Elite, Dies at 78 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A great deal of “Places of Mind” is spent situating Said in a firmament of thinkers that includes Marx, Freud, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky. A Study of Edward Said, One of the Most Interesting Men of His Time 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z They began at the top: In the Shaker firmament, the spiritual incarnation of the religion’s founder and leader, Mother Ann Lee, sat side by side with Jesus Christ. The Shakers — the ones who made furniture and hated sex — were not only ahead of their time on women’s rights, they were ahead of ours, too 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z It's all a gamble for "American Idol," no longer as dominant in the pop firmament as it once was. 'American Idol' returns, with J.Lo but not Cowell 2011-01-20T13:46:05Z But Café Presse shone long before any diner in the celebrity firmament. The best-kept happy-hour secret on Capitol Hill 2014-02-20T19:43:04Z Then, in short order the ground began to shake and the firmament shifted. A Napa Favorite Goes Back to the Future 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Procrastinating in a coffee shop, Joshua sees “all the endless possibilities, all the overhead and wide shots, all the graceful character trajectories blazing across the spectacular firmament.” ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z They hope the new display will put his star back in the firmament. Science Museum recreates James Watt's workshop 2011-03-23T10:29:17Z They were part of the circle of musicians contributing to the groundbreaking indie rock band Arcade Fire, which exploded into the mainstream firmament with an unexpected Grammy win for album of the year in 2011. Lucinda Childs' first new dance for her company in 16 years comes with an Arcade Fire connection 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z His dry and occasionally self-abasing memoir, published in 1995, traced his uncertain path to the top tier of Britain's literary firmament. Literary critic Frank Kermode dies in England 2010-08-18T19:23:00Z Though he never reclaimed his central place in the entertainment firmament, Mr. Sahl was somewhat resurgent in the 1970s, partly because Watergate had reinvigorated the public appetite for derision aimed at politicians. Mort Sahl, Whose Biting Commentary Redefined Stand-Up, Dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Viewers of any political stripe will already know that Ailes sculpted his “fair and balanced” network into a highly addictive and relentlessly conservative juggernaut, profoundly affecting election cycles, civic debate and the national firmament. Review | ‘The Loudest Voice’ really sticks it to Roger Ailes, who is still dead and doesn’t care what anyone thinks 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Vallance also gathered these superstars from art’s celebrity firmament into a self-portrait, where they radiate from his cranium. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z They paid early attention to “Transparent,” “Mr. Robot” and “The Crown,” helping to catapult those series into the cultural firmament. ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z And we waited, with these other bright lights blotted from the firmament, for one player to arrive. Indian Wells tennis tournament draws fans — and top players — to Palm Springs 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z On Esquire’s Web site, Charles P. Pierce called him “the fastest rising star in your cable teevee firmament.” Chris Hayes Has Arrived With ‘Up’ 2012-06-22T20:45:34Z The residents are policed by cloaked officials called inquisitors, who make it their business to suppress dissenters, particularly civilians who propose that there might be a world beyond the nearby ocean or the blotted-out firmament. ‘Poupelle of Chimney Town’ Review: Seeking Refuse 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Also included in the exhibit are portraits of cactuses, silk floss trees and autumnal lenga trees whose leaves create a firmament of orange and yellow. ‘Interpretation of Trees’ on exhibit at the Embassy of Argentina 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Dozens of lost souls tumble through the firmament, getting wedged between seismic fissures below. At SAM, a grand show from London’s Kenwood, and Seattle collectors 2013-02-14T19:07:22Z Three quarters of laughing is wanting to, which is why the comic firmament is so thick with nice-guy legends such as Tommy Cooper or Ronnie Barker, whose material, to be honest, was never the best. Comedy gold: John Bishop's The Sunshine Tour 2012-11-29T13:45:44Z We rediscover the veteran novelist Christopher Koch, author of The Year of Living Dangerously, and meet some of the rising stars in the Antipodean poetry firmament. Guardian Books podcast: Australian writing at the Adelaide festival 2013-03-08T13:05:17Z The revitalised Doctor Who occupies its rightful position in the TV firmament: rarely the best show in any week or year but always there, always changing, always offering fodder for analysis, arguments and lists. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z If he had taken Mike’s advice, he would still have his practice in Albuquerque, that spectacularly garish house and a prominent place in the legal firmament of the city. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap: Back to the Beginning 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z “You have explained away the stars I put in the firmament. You have explained away all the creatures, large and small, with which I populated the Earth. You have even explained my greatest creation. . . . You.” Review | Mitch Albom serves up another helping of superficial spirituality 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Sharply drawn characters from the margins of life populate his songs, which tend to light up the artsy-folk/alt-country firmament with comet-like regularity every few years when he releases an album. Cultural Clicks: Madeline Kahn, Kimmy Schmidt and More 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z She was a “blazing new talent in the literary firmament.” Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z They constitute our cultural firmament, the constellation of our stars. Abroad: Do-It-Yourself Culture Thrives Despite Globalism 2010-04-14T17:23:00Z While the fusion trend inhabits a very small corner of the barbecue firmament, similar cultural mash-ups are occurring nationwide. Immigrants bring new touches to American barbecue. Just like they always have. 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Erasing one or two of them based on their behavior might be a painful loss for fans, but it won’t blow an irreparable hole in the cultural firmament or, really, in anyone’s personal library. Perspective | Bill Cosby is disgraced. But can he be erased? A new TV series wrestles with that question. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z And since no figure in the classical music firmament looms as large as Ludwig van Beethoven, the classical music world was counting on the composer’s 250th birthday this year as a major selling point. How the pandemic became an integral part of a Seattle-area virtual Beethoven festival 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Brick is a rock star in the audiobook firmament, the industry’s Tom Hanks. ‘I can write the words. He supplies the melody’: The harmonious bond between authors and audiobook narrators 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “We are extremely proud of maintaining Philip’s genius in the operatic firmament,” Koelsch said. L.A. Opera announces 2018-19 season with 'Satyagraha,' 'Titus' and Off Grand world premieres 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Another of his works lodged at a different altitude in the American firmament. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Here there are symbolic stars, symbolic books, symbolic women, intercut with loads of uselessly deep musings about the firmament. Review | ‘The Red-Haired Woman’: The worst translation Orhan Pamuk has ever suffered 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Ultimately, Pride was rewarded by the country music business — by the end of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s, he was one of the genre’s central, crucial performers, a part of the firmament. What Country Music Asked of Charley Pride 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z It stands in the firmament of the best rides on the global circuit, a fast and powerful monster because of the water that sweeps in from the Philippine Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Next Stop : Surfing and Serenity on a Remote Philippine Island 2013-06-05T15:47:04Z It is endearing in its frankness: a profile of a star after her return from the firmament. ‘Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl’ Review: A Star Who Fell to Earth 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The display acknowledges both Boulud’s lofty perch in the culinary firmament and the market’s affection for brag walls. DBGB Kitchen and Bar in DC: Dinner and an evolving show The 1959 watercolor shows the moon just edging above the horizon with the sky so cold that the stars seem to have frozen to the firmament like hoarfrost on a window. Perspective | I grew up in Upstate New York. It took the art of Charles Burchfield to help me rediscover the beauty of its winters. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Within its manufactured firmament there are levels – celebrity, public figure, A-lister, several grades lesser. T'Challa forever: We lost Chadwick Boseman but not the symbolism of what he represents 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The show, once a behemoth in American entertainment and a cultural touchstone, no longer occupies the same position in the television firmament. 'American Idol' Will End After Next Season 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z We consider the Ramones part of the firmament, a kind of living punk rock Mt. My failed Ramones audition 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Since her 2019 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame she's been building the process of reclaiming her rightful place in the pop firmament. The injustice done to Janet Jackson isn't only in the past – new film "Malfunction" also falls short 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z She was deified 13 years later by her grandson Claudius and is doubtless somewhere in the firmament, still infuriating Tiberius as the Divine Augusta. The Iraq War; Mothers, Murders and Mistresses; Confessions of a Male Stripper: First Cut – TV review 2013-05-30T06:00:17Z If Timberlake does appear, it should be in service of restoring her to her rightful place in pop culture's firmament instead of repairing his mildly dented image. Janet Jackson is finally back in control of her rightful legacy in must-see docuseries 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But the imprint ushers new recordings into the classical music firmament, too. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The Greene series raises the question of what constitutes realism in the Robin Hood firmament. How Robin Hood became a socialist 2010-05-11T21:01:00Z Among other things, “Billions” is a show about American aristocracy, of two men burnishing a legacy that will etch their families’ names in the firmament for generations to come. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z His “As You Like It” proved to be the perfect firmament for his daughter’s rising star. 5 Shows That Sealed Peter Hall’s Stage Legacy 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z A lot of people said this record cemented your position in the indie-rock firmament. Arcade Fire: 'We want to save Potter' 2010-12-22T08:38:13Z But in recent years her perch in the cultural firmament has been somewhat shakier. Naomi Wolf on Her New Book, “Vagina” 2012-09-19T22:10:40Z The more that I’ve reflected on it, it really makes sense to me that “A Strange Loop” would be a supernova that cuts across the firmament and then explodes. As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’ 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He is not just hanging on either; he's officially part of the pop firmament now. 'Where I'm where I've always wanted to be' 2012-06-16T23:05:17Z It was released last Friday, on the album’s one-year anniversary, and it was a surprise drop, sort of: her devotees had a week to watch it float down from Jepsen’s hazy, neon firmament. Carly Rae Jepsen’s Ecstatic Hymns to Love 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z It was like the laws of the firmament, she said. Cultural Studies: Adam Smith, Marriage Counselor 2011-02-11T16:50:32Z Megan Thee Stallion has in short order become part of the pop music firmament, a potent blend of personality and power. The Perseverance of Megan Thee Stallion 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The new collection, which Mr. George acquired after moving to Little, Brown, seems likely to solidify her place in the literary firmament. Edith Pearlman’s New Book Is ‘Honeydew’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Independent filmmakers don’t take for granted their place in the cinematic firmament and don’t even presume its existence. The State of Independent Film in 2016 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Her victim was a former Fulbright fellow, Harvard Law School graduate and rising star in San Francisco’s political firmament. She was a crack addict. He was a rising political star. Then their worlds collided 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He also happened to be Herman’s younger brother, but although Herman helped him get his start in Hollywood, it was Joseph who rose to greater and more stable fame in Hollywood’s firmament. Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The final lines of movie were prescient about the rise of the American science-fiction film, out of the B-movie trenches in the 1950s and into the firmament of the industry’s A-list several decades later. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z There's no denying, however, the considerable star wattage generated by Joshua Bell, an undisputed master who enjoys rock-star status in the classical firmament. Joshua Bell tops list of notables at Bellingham Festival of Music 2012-06-28T20:46:04Z For some of the brightest stars in pop music’s firmament, the revolution starts at home. Adele swept the Grammys. Don’t act so surprised. 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Watergate didn’t just shake the firmament of politics, redefining political scandal for future public figures. ‘The Watergate’ Review: An Edifice on the Potomac 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Now 40, Smith burnishes her place in the literary firmament with her fifth novel, for which Astaire serves as uneasy avatar. Zadie Smith's 'Swing Time' is a tour-de-force 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z And it’s not just because she was the product of an ancient Hollywood studio system that insisted on keeping its stars fixed in a distant firmament. Among Celebrities, Mystery?s Not Fashionable 2010-07-16T20:42:00Z She became an overnight star in the international firmament of opera. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z Over that time, she’s become part of the Nashville firmament, spawning hits on both country and pop radio. Carrie Underwood Returns to Her Roots on Storyteller 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In Dvorak’s Folk Works, Elegance, Too Dvorak is the latest composer to seize the collective attention of the Emerson String Quartet, that brightest of stars in the American chamber music firmament. Music Review: Emerson String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2010-05-10T22:14:00Z Maybe because her debut album, “Invasion of Privacy,” went No. 1 earlier this month, cementing her spot in the American pop firmament. Review | At Broccoli City Festival, cheers for Cardi B — and jeers for Kanye West 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z With WeWork, you had a huge chunk of New York Real Estate firmament and a huge chunk of the savvy investors in Wall Street and Silicon Valley, and smart reporters enamored of WeWork and Adam. "WeWork had all of the bad red flags": How a visionary sales pitch turned into yoga-babble 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Born into the Hollywood firmament – the daughter of era-owning auteur Francis Ford Coppola – she came to film-making via acting, modelling and fashion design. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z A further barrage of projects is lined up to follow, all of them set to catapult her star into the Hollywood firmament. The rise of Andrea Riseborough 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Of classics, there are, in the cinematic firmament, a finite number. Jean Rollin and Lucio Fulci: Maestros of Horror 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Of course, were it not for a trailblazer like Araki, the diverse, quirky, and considerably more permissive TV firmament into which Now Apocalypse is entering might not exist. Now Apocalypse: Gregg Araki lands on TV with a queer, sex-positive comedy 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z "He's very biblical in his proselytations about the firmament, and so somehow this firework display is going to be a Blakeian firework display," she explains. Art and science collide to reopen Whitworth gallery 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Yet Superiority has already joined the celestial food firmament of adulation and influence. Behold the humble Superiority Burger, the rage of NYC 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z But despite all this versatility and acclaim in so many media, it was Novello's 1935 musical Glamorous Night and its successors that finally defined his position in the theatrical firmament. Ivor Novello, master of the musical 2012-08-03T21:55:11Z Such is the ubiquity of the series in the global cultural firmament that Paris hotels, restaurants and bars say the tourism industry is benefiting, and cite “The Emily effect”: Emily-obsessed American tourists arriving in droves. American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Anderson Cooper, the most famous not-blatantly-out out person in the New York media firmament, becoming the leading journalistic voice speaking out about the recent rising tide of homophobia. Anderson Cooper, world's oddest gay advocate 2010-10-12T16:35:00Z The suspension bridges are strung with necklaces of light; the skyscrapers aspire to the sky and, at night, create a firmament all their own. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z Here, Potash, a 68-year-old Annapolis wealth manager and divorced dad of one, is something akin to a rock star, or at least a fixture in the rock firmament. How one Maryland man became a fixture in the Rolling Stones firmament 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The veterans who are a part of the show’s firmament, but more intriguingly, the new kids on the block. A Big Night for the Grammys’ Rookie Class 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s his chance to move mountains, and reshape the firmaments in favor of its stars. The 7 best movies new to Netflix in February 2019 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Iceland is rife with turbulent natural wonders: brooding volcanoes, exploding geysers, shifting glaciers, celestial lights dancing across the firmament. An airline’s brilliant marketing campaign has made Iceland a must-see stopover 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Miele is drawn to industrial scenes, whose metal and concrete she often contrasts with a vast, colorful firmament. In the galleries: Tales from the dark side — of Canada 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z But as this final movie eases the property itself into its place in the cultural firmament, I’m eager to return to what it was I loved about these stories in the first place. Riff: The Regrets of a Semiprofessional Potterphile 2011-08-14T03:33:02Z About “Angels” — and its place in the theatrical firmament — he’s mostly philosophical now. Tony Kushner, at Peace? Not Exactly. But Close. 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Much of it depicts God contentedly going about the business of fashioning the firmament and the waters, of creating birds and beasts and, finally, man and woman. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z David Lynch Double Bill Whether you see David Lynch as the North Star or the black hole in the Hollywood firmament depends on your taste. Weekend Miser: David Lynch Double Bill in Queens 2012-10-11T21:08:28Z When a show like "Insecure" starts its march toward its finale we're compelled to analyze its place within the firmament of shows like it. "Insecure" to the end: Issa Rae's groundbreaking comedy sails into its final season 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z When Carl Reiner died last June, he left a hole in the comedy firmament that no performer, writer or director will be able to fill. Carl Reiner’s Archives Will Go to the National Comedy Center 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z A profanely ornate firmament raining down with the cherubic drug dealers I grew up with in the 1970s. The Dealer Who Saved My Life 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Milner had no illusions about his place in the Hollywood firmament and seemed not to be particularly concerned about it. Martin Milner Dies at 83; Actor Made His Name on ‘Route 66’ 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z “Nevermind” will be released in deluxe edition in September — it’s part of the rock firmament — but it will be some time before “Is This It” gets that sort of treatment. Critic?s Notebook: Paying Tribute to Nirvana and the Strokes 2011-08-02T22:42:15Z Plenty of other titles provide ample grist for discussion of weighty topics like the place of video games in the artistic firmament and the evolving modalities of personal entertainment. Calling All Killers: 2 New Games Offer a Workout 2011-02-28T16:27:59Z His respectable new debut album, “Aria,” on the Impulse! label, breaks no ground but shows that he has both feet planted in the modern-jazz firmament. Jazz Listings for Nov. 13-19 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Boring old Kenneth from Vista Verde is up just 2 percent on the year, but he “protects the downside” and assures Bobby’s client that he will come to see him as “part of the firmament.” ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 2: Part of the Firmament 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z A wanderer passing through those aggregators would walk away with the impression that she was mediocre, like most of the pop stars who briefly light up the musical firmament before evaporating from memory. I demand a critical reappraisal of Kesha’s brilliant, brilliant music 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z But as “Sesame Street” exploded with attention, the pop firmament rolled in. How ‘Sesame Street’ Started a Musical Revolution 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “As though too well inscribed with a mathematical ability nurtured under Utah’s firmament, Kip seemed destined for astrophysics.” Review: ‘Black Hole Blues’ Recounts the Quest to Find the Cosmic Kazoo 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z So why has this iconic instrument found it so hard to nail its star into the classical firmament? Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z It turns out getting the naming rights to a performance arts center wasn’t just a way to etch the Axelrod name into the firmament — it’s also an act of revenge. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 2: Part of the Firmament 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Now, he learned from the “Slice” map that nature had spun its own alluring stick figure in the midst of the infinite darkness of the firmament. All the World in a ‘Slice’ of Art 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The Met chairmanship is one of the most prestigious positions in New York’s cultural firmament, requiring someone who is politically deft, an adept fund-raiser and well liked and respected by the rest of the board. Met Museum Elects New Chairman 2011-05-10T20:27:27Z In the same interview, he said that “there are views I really disagree with on Fox,” a statement that surprised few within the Fox firmament. Murdoch family discord plays out publicly 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The crystals refract rainbow-like colors across the restaurant’s walls and ceiling during the daytime and then blend with the glittering Manhattan skyline after dark, as if the neighboring skyscrapers were melting into the firmament. A glorious revamp for New York City’s Rainbow Room 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Still, congratulations to Simon and Eric, the newest stars of the children’s literary firmament. Cowell & Son: meet the literary world's latest sensation 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Being the son of a former editor of the Times Literary Supplement and a scion of a well-connected European family, Pryce-Jones has known everyone in the postwar literary firmament, including W.H. Review | When the world was too much with me, here’s what I read for some R&R 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z His strong recent debut album, “Aria,” reflects his unfaltering foothold in the jazz firmament. Jazz Listings for Sept. 23-29 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z As Hepworth powerfully demonstrates, Abbey Road created the firmament for recording artistry, a genre in which the very idea of the studio is upended. Take a deep dive into Abbey Road's storied legacy as "the world's most famous recording studio" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Small boxy marks — dabs from a narrow brush — pace off distances at the sides or sneak into the fields where they sometimes resemble stars in the firmament. What to See in New York City Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z “Birdie,” a waltz set in an echoey firmament, anticipates a “world written in lines of code,” free of human differences or enigmas, with “Life as just narrative/Metadata in aggregate.” Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z "In their respective careers therefore, Ms O'Neill is a star in the political firmament at which Mr Carson can only gaze upon from his earthbound location." Michelle O'Neill awarded no damages over kennel remark 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The deftly written “Jaguar II,” released in August, could finally secure Monét a place in the pop-R&B firmament that she helped craft for so many others. After a career writing hits for others, Victoria Monét is ready to take control 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But there’s a more fascinating aspect to Ramaswamy’s sudden apotheosis in the political firmament. Column: Vivek Ramaswamy's idiotic play for airtime is working, God help us 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Some even linked this possibility with novae observed in the sky — sudden bursts of light that dazzle the midnight firmament. Will "godlike AI" kill us all — or unlock the secrets of the universe? Probably not 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The diverse group of 50 officials includes representatives from nearly every facet of the Democratic firmament. Biden showcases Dem coalition with campaign advisory board 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Stevens may spend a lot of time inside the city’s museums, but it’s clear that one of the things he loves most about Washington is its open firmament. Review | In the galleries: The harsh beauties of a glacial season 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z While Elliott Bay feels to many like a fixed point in Seattle’s firmament, every decade or so the store goes through a period of rapid change. After a half-century, Elliott Bay Book Company is surviving and thriving 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z According to its court artists, their hometown belongs in the firmament of the gods. Review | Smithsonian show revels in the wonders of the White City of India 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Once established in the firmament, the star followed different paths at different times. A starry-eyed Elizabeth Taylor biography misses a golden opportunity 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The men train their smartphones on her, fixing her in today’s social media firmament. Review | A new ballet tips ‘Evita’ Perón off her pedestal 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The data is shaky because Latinos have not had many interactions with doorknockers and phone-bankers in the Republican firmament. Opinion | GOP Hispanic outreach could be decisive in these Biden districts 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In part, that’s because he has been making them for so long that they have become part of the firmament of the state’s politics. How Radio Powers Ron Johnson, a Many-Time Caller to His Longtime Listeners 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z That focus undoubtedly helps explain what Sarah Archer, a design and culture writer, called the company’s enduring place in the bathroom firmament. Herbert Kohler, Plumbing Mogul Who Created a Golf Mecca, Dies at 83 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Day after day, it’s a fixture in the firmament. ‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s originality gets abducted in his latest horror movie 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z At the same time, not every amendment that could have corrective effects on the government firmament that came to a breaking point under Trump is presented as a direct clap-back to his presidency. Democrats use Pentagon policy bill to close loopholes Trump exposed 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Expectations that have long been part of the franchise’s firmament, expectations that Khan has dealt with in some capacity for more than 20 years. Steelers GM Khan embracing expectations of new role 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z “Being in this firmament is absolutely humbling,” Walker told The Associated Press. Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker gets France’s highest honor 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But Heard’s lawyers claim that only Depp can be responsible for his star dimming in the Hollywood firmament. Heard’s lawyers try to poke holes in Depp’s libel lawsuit 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Jeffrey Cooper, a renowned architect and acoustic engineer, carved out a prestigious place in the Hollywood firmament. Academy member on trial over child molestation charges draws scrutiny 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But there is no doubt that 'MVP' is a natural star of the sports firmament, with his unique style, endless highlight reel stoppages and command of the moment in promoting himself. I don't get the recognition I deserve - MVP 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The MLS Sounders have won before under Schmetzer, and often enough to establish the team in the league’s firmament. A game-changing Seattle Sounders triumph 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z And despite Trump’s occasional derision of Fox over election grievances — and his fleeting attempts to boost smaller upstart conservative channels — the network remains a crucial part of the GOP firmament. Lachlan Murdoch, once the ambivalent Fox heir, makes his views clear 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z In the years since, its conservative reputation has allowed the college to seed graduates throughout the political firmament. A College Fights ‘Leftist Academics’ by Expanding Into Charter Schools 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z More than the “Moonlight” / “La La Land” mix-up of 2017, the assault will further stain the Oscars and perhaps even accelerate their deteriorating importance in the pop culture firmament. With the slap, Smith tarnished a night of pride for Black Hollywood — and his legacy 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Coaches have always been the enduring stars of the college game and no one since John Wooden lit up the firmament like Coach K. Duke too talented to let Krzyzewski’s farewell tour end 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z It follows naturally that the tradition continues, that Tate was not the last star in the firmament. Who will inherit Greg Tate's mantle of Black cultural critic-in-chief? I have a candidate 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It was a rare crack in the firmament of the Parliament, where dissent over Mr. Putin’s key foreign policy decisions has been virtually nonexistent in recent years. Putin’s War Ushers In Crisis for Russia 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z He went on to quote a passage from Psalm 19: "The heavens declare the glory of God. The firmament shows his handiwork." Is there a place for spirituality in space science? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z None of the 10 have fallen so far in the Republican firmament as Ms. Cheney, nor risen so high in the esteem of many in both parties who fear and loathe Mr. Trump. A Long, Hard Year for Republicans Who Voted to Impeach After Jan. 6 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The fine was ultimately voided, but Jackson's place in the pop firmament was revoked. Music preview 2022: The biggest releases, tours and films 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z We can say this much for certain: Elder fixed himself in the sports history firmament at the Masters in 1975. ‘I Got Them Off the Hook by Winning’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The history resolution sets him in the party’s firmament of epoch-defining leaders, alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. China’s History Is Revised, to the Glory of Xi Jinping 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Raggi was once a bright spot in the firmament of Five Star, an upstart anti-establishment party that had charmed Italians who were jaded with the country’s political class. Rome Mayor Loses Re-election Bid, a Defeat for Five Star Movement 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Some inside the national security firmament jokingly refer to these as “over-the-rainbow capabilities.” Opinion | The fantasy and folly of trying to look ‘over the horizon’ in Afghanistan 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Nicks is, undeniably, the star attraction in Fleetwood Mac — and her draw has only increased in recent years as she’s cemented herself further in the pop culture firmament. Fleetwood Mac fired Lindsey Buckingham. So why won't he let them go? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z But until Thursday, Biden had always held a supporting role in the national security firmament. Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z As the 19th Psalm puts it: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.” Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg’s Pointless Universe 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z "If we piled up all the good deeds he did, it would stretch to some uncharted place in the firmament. I will sorely miss him, with all his mischievous wit and wisdom," he said. Richard Donner: Superman and Goonies director dies aged 91 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z It was not long ago when they strode unquestioned across the college sports firmament. Coach K’s Retirement and the End of the College ‘Supercoach’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z When she learned of his vulgar remarks, what she had lived and what she had learned recently about women’s place in the sports firmament coalesced into unadulterated outrage. Michelle Wie West Was Ready to Retire. Then She Got Mad. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Gun control groups cheered the news, though it is unlikely to fundamentally shift the gun debate, since Mr. LaPierre has already succeeded in embedding gun rights in the firmament of the Republican Party. In Rebuke to N.R.A., Federal Judge Dismisses Bankruptcy Case 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z He read Walt Whitman, whose work was especially popular in France, and interpreted the poet as equating “the great starry firmament” with “God and eternity.” The Woman Who Made van Gogh 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Hartigan was one of the biggest stars in the firmament of New York’s downtown art scene in the 1950s. Perspective | This portrait of a poet memorializes one of the most intense relationships in American art More impressive, though, is the series’ use of its prime place in the cultural firmament to underscore the point. How not to ignore a plague 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z In 2015, she moved to Los Angeles to better immerse herself in the pop firmament. Sophie, innovative producer and musician and trans icon, dies at 34 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z For a little more than 50 years, interesting ideas and new sets of assumptions have been Eno’s firmament. Brian Eno has had a pretty good quarantine 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He ensconced himself in New York’s cultural firmament, befriending people such as conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. James D. Wolfensohn, who led World Bank through tumultuous decade, dies at 86 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Hartigan was one of the biggest stars in the firmament of New York’s downtown art scene in the 1950s. Perspective | This portrait of a poet memorializes one of the most intense relationships in American art He has a tight group of close friends from his days as a student at Harvard and his rise through the Washington foreign policy firmament. Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z From his time in real estate and reality television, he has been part of the country’s pop culture firmament for 30 years, a recurring figure in movies, television shows and his own books. Win or Lose, Trump Will Remain a Powerful and Disruptive Force 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z In this context, much is made of the chief justice's supposedly overriding concernfor the historical reputation of the institution he presides over, its nonpartisan majesty, and its abiding place in the constitutional firmament. A true American monument to Trumpian times 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z But the news has clearly shaken the firmament of the Republican establishment in a way we haven't seen before. On the phone with foreign leaders, Trump is "delusional" and "uninformed": Who'd a thunk it? 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In this Outlook supplement, Nature is shining a spotlight on some of the brightest stars in this entrepreneurial firmament. The Spinoff Prize 2020 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z But the sense of chaos and disorder subsided, and a trickle of optimism began poking up from the firmament, like an L.A. spring. Nonracist to antiracist: Seven rapid culture shifts since the killing of George Floyd 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Since then, he has become a fixed star in the Premier League firmament, arguably the central figure at United, if not officially the club’s captain then, to some extent, an avatar of its soul. The Making of Marcus Rashford 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Sunday night’s tribute to Sondheim reconstituted the Broadway firmament, which has been in eclipse since the coronavirus crisis shuttered the theaters. Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday bash reminds us why his music remains so radical 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z He was such an agile, and good-humored writer that he knew exactly how to expose and upend the foulest figures in the state’s political firmament. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Many within India’s news firmament have embraced Mr. Modi, sensing how much the popular mood has swung away from India’s founding secularism and toward Mr. Modi’s brand of strident Hindu nationalism. Under Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It might, in other words, provide the basis for another pole to emerge in soccer’s firmament: not enough to compete with Europe, but to rebalance things just a little. It’s Time to Ask What Africa Needs 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z As a result, Schiff, who is 59, has rapidly come to occupy a unique and privileged place in the Democratic firmament. Inside Adam Schiff’s Impeachment Game Plan 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It was, as Fuller said, a match made in heaven – with passes dropping down from the firmament. With record Husky debut, UW quarterback Jacob Eason proves anything is possible 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Her place in the rock firmament is so assured that it's strange to hear her reflect how out-of-place she felt at the start of her career. Why Sheryl Crow felt like an outsider in the 1990s 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Wouk became further embedded in the cultural firmament with film adaptations of his other books, including “Marjorie Morningstar,” with Gene Kelly and Natalie Wood. Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize-winning master of sweeping historical fiction, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Since Donald Trump is the brightest star in the political firmament, he tends to dim many other sources of light. Black hole politics: Why no progress escapes DC's gravity 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z While the sovereign citizen movement is inherently not organized, some members of the firmament become known as gurus, and are vectors for spreading the ideology. How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “They were just the firmament. They were the North Star for everybody,” said Jones. In acclaimed ‘Diane,’ a film critic goes behind the camera 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z All of it was a formal acknowledgment of Ajax’s place in the 21st century soccer firmament. At Ajax, One Star Goes, Another Is Going, and More Are Always Coming 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z And that is a whole level of management of skill sets that you have to have in place on top of the existing firmament that we use. Why the Grammys sound amazing and sometimes go wrong 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z A desperately expressive little dog appears to plead for rescue, submerged up to its neck in a mud-coloured mire beneath a gloomy, void-like firmament of negative space. Goya's Black Paintings: ‘Some people can hardly even look at them’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s clear they will remain the stars of the transportation firmament, likely forever and as they should be. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z For now, the college football firmament is tinted orange. Georgia editorial roundup 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Dan Rather once said she was such a part of the network’s firmament that she arrived in a yellow CBS shipping bag straight from the maternity ward. ‘She Literally Never Stops.’ CBS News, in Need of Fixing, Turns to Susan Zirinsky. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Among them was the Janesville Assembly Plant , the oldest operating facility in the GM firmament. Perspective | When GM closes a plant, workers lose their jobs. But the city loses its spirit. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z His name flickered across the tennis firmament too briefly. Todd Reid tragedy shows talent and self-belief do not guarantee glory | Kevin Mitchell 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z This primitive, elemental account of a living world — carved from darkness, marked out from the silent firmament — was never more persuasive and never more moving. Opinion | The most profound broadcast in human history came from space 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Judge Kavanaugh, a member of the football team and the captain of the basketball team, played a prominent role in Georgetown Prep’s firmament in the early 1980s. Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh, a member of the football team and the captain of the basketball team, played a prominent role in Georgetown Prep’s firmament in the early 1980s. Kavanaugh’s yearbook page is ‘horrible, hurtful’ to a woman it named 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Movie stars, best-selling authors, and platinum musicians can stay affixed in the firmament of celebrity for decades, twinkling on our Twitter feeds and Entertainment Weekly covers. When athletes retire we face the most difficult question: who are we? | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z It is vast and unbending, reminding us that we are not the lords of the universe, but atoms in the firmament. Opinion | Six Years, Four Sore Feet, 2,650 Miles 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z But they arguably lie at the heart of his late œuvre, in which cypresses shake from some primordial upheaval and the firmament boils in the night skies of Provence. Treasures from the Color Archive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He just sat back, still bearing a broad grin, and let the new bad meme soar into the digital firmament. 'Truth isn't truth': Giuliani trumps 'alternative facts' with new Orwellian outburst 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Although the stars didn’t align, we agreed on baseball and on Brahms’s place in the firmament. Edna St. Vincent Millay at Yankee Stadium 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The Trump administration’s denial of climate change is reminiscent of the Church’s condemnation of Galileo for daring to say that the Earth wasn’t the center of the firmament, as stated in the Bible. Six times celebrities pushed dangerously bad science 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z It was his and his alone, an incandescent umbilicus connecting this seven-year-old boy to the firmament. The unlikely story of the meteorite feud that ended up a fugitive from the law 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The president has expanded his power throughout the Republican political firmament in an unexpectedly broad way, given his narrow 2016 victory after a campaign filled with internal party drama. Republicans embrace the ‘cult’ of Trump, ignoring warning signs 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z A Prada backpack, especially, worn as you walked briskly up Madison Avenue, announced that your place in the firmament of the knowledge-class was secure. The High Price of Being Kate Spade 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Written 2,300 years ago, it is a Chinese version of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with text that swirls like the stars through the firmament and describes the relationship between humans and heaven. How a Chinese Manuscript Written 2,300 Years Ago Ended Up in Washington 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z She says little about her exalted place in the tennis coaching firmament. America’s ‘Tennis Mom’ Makes Her Rounds at the French Open 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Philip Roth was more than capable of the kind of formal patterning and closure that preoccupied the work of Henry James, with whom he now stands shoulder-to-shoulder in the American literary firmament. ‘Savagely funny and bitingly honest’ – 12 writers on their favourite Philip Roth novels 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z But on Tuesday the school’s Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging said it will now end, “Till the stars in the firmament die.” Farewell, Puritans: Harvard nixes reference from school song 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Each takes snapshots of the firmament across several consecutive nights, then uses a computer to look for any uncatalogued objects that slowly change position. Looking for Planet Nine, Astronomers Gaze into the Abyss 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76. Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z For many women, there was a keen awareness of a major shift in the firmament when it came to gender parity, the treatment of women in the workplace and sexual dynamics. International Women’s Day 2018: Beyond #MeToo, With Pride, Protests and Pressure 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Lanvin is the oldest couture house in continuous existence and as such it holds an almost sacred place in the fashion firmament. Paris Fashion Week: Roaring Twenties, nature, Glam Rock 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z In the Middle Ages it was considered a big event when a "new" star would appear in what people thought of as the fixed firmament. He Took a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up His New Camera 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Roger Federer seems on a permanent swoop through the tennis firmament, dipping and soaring like an ageless Alpine swift, held aloft on the breeze forever. Roger Federer, the Alpine swift, ready to swoop back into world No 1 spot | Kevin Mitchell 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Rather than worrying about their positions in the Washington firmament, where access is prized over ethics, Woodward and Bernstein concentrate on cultivating new sources inside government. With 'West Wing' help, 'All the President's Men' gets a stirring, all-too-relevant revival 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Over the past two centuries, Woods concludes, “Jefferson’s star has remained ascendant while Adams’s seems to have virtually disappeared from the firmament.” Adams and Jefferson — so different yet so essential to our nation’s founding 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z One of the earliest southern representations is now one of the most recognisable: Shiva as Nataraja, lord of the cosmic dance, one leg raised and “hair streaming across the firmament”. A corrective to northern-focused histories of India 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z But the moment, barely two weeks ago, also underscored how high the one-time “Saturday Night Live” comic had risen in his party’s firmament. For Franken, a rising trajectory, and then the accusations 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Its cameras image a full seventh of the sky every night, sifting the firmament for hints of anything that moves or changes. Fly-By of Interstellar Asteroid Portends Quadrillion Trillion More in Galaxy 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Yet for a magazine that predates “The Daily Show”, the Onion and “The Simpsons”, its impact on the satirical and cultural firmament of 21st century seems minimal. How the world changed around Sergio Aragones and Mad magazine 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It catapulted Antonoff into the pop firmament – a place he says has changed a great deal. Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: 'I'm drawn to female artists who are brutally honest' 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Imaging the entire firmament overhead night after night, the telescope is one of several “all-sky” surveys already or imminently watching the heavens. Astronomers Spot First-Ever Space Rock from Another Star 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z There are stars that twinkle and shine in the firmament and yet others that determine the destiny of authors. How Amazon reviews became the new battlefield of US politics 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z It existed so high in the firmament, and seemed so synonymous with the country’s sense of itself, that I never gave the prospect of a black president much thought. We should have seen Trump coming | Ta-Nehisi Coates 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z I’m in Sonoma County, just an hour or so north of San Francisco, and a region that’s on the rise in the fizz firmament. Sip, sparkle, pop! 5 spots to imbibe on Sonoma bubbly tour 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Somewhere in the firmament, the sun was being eclipsed; we knew this but couldn’t see it. Opinion | A reminder that it’s good to be an Earthling 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The temperature will quickly drop, the air will grow still and, if the sky is cloudless, Venus, Jupiter and some of the firmament’s brightest stars will appear. Before a Solar Eclipse Crosses 14 States, a Great American Road Trip 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z A year into their involvement in Mendes’s system, what Wolves must establish now is where it sits in this firmament. The Owner Brought the Money. The Agent Delivered the Players. Now What? 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z He seems acutely conscious, too, of his own place in the intellectual firmament. Teju Cole: ‘My camera is like an invisibility cloak. It makes me more free’ 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The firmament is “eternally blue,” the drinker-singer affirms, and the earth “will long stand firm and blossom in spring.” Demon Fiddling: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Now, however awkwardly it sits with film studios, franchises and theme parks, its place in the Disney firmament is secure. ESPN is losing subscribers but it is still Disney’s cash machine 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z "The mansion shuddered, its century-old firmaments do not remember such a 'bazaar'," she wrote. Trumplomacy hits Russian wall - BBC News 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z He could have been the darling of the hawks within the Trump firmament, and he may still wind up with a White House job that does not require confirmation. The Daily 202: Nikki Haley benefits from chaos in Trump White House, emerges as the darling of the hawks 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “He’d love to say, ‘This is off the record but you can use it,’” said Rush, who recalled Trump’s tireless efforts to make himself part of the city’s celebrity firmament. Trump, big and brash like his hometown, now avoids NYC 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z “He’d love to say, ‘This is off the record but you can use it,'” said Rush, who recalled Trump’s tireless efforts to make himself part of the city’s celebrity firmament. Trump, big and brash like his hometown, now avoids NYC 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z But if the disagreement holds, it will be a crack in the firmament of modern cosmology. A recharged debate over the speed of the expansion of the universe could lead to new physics 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Of all stars in the firmament, Ford is the most consistently on-brand. We love Harrison Ford even when he’s causing real life havoc. Here’s why | Catherine Shoard 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z “A wedge shot isn't just a wedge shot, but ‘a bird flying to the firmaments, outlined against an incandescent sky, beginning to fall, gently sashaying back to the earth.’ Mac O'Grady (or oGRADY), legendary eccentric, plays in Genesis Open qualifier - Golf Digest 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z What if they can fuse these protesters, many of whom have never been politically active, into the liberal firmament? A new, liberal tea party is forming. Can it last without turning against Democrats? 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Because he has remained such a star in the firmament of black arts and letters, there is almost no way for an admirer not to vie with his legend. Capturing James Baldwin’s Legacy Onscreen 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The brightest star in this specialised firmament is Gary King, who is director of the institute for quantitative social science at Harvard. The real secret of Chinese internet censorship? Distraction | John Naughton 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z They are some of the biggest names in the Republican national security firmament, veterans of past GOP administrations who say, if called upon by President-elect Donald Trump, they stand ready to serve their country again. ‘Never Trump’ national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Both have at times taken a “publish first, fill in the answers — or don’t — later” approaches, but they held particular, outsider roles in the journalistic firmament. As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The notion that star talent, or at least charisma, can be passed down the generations is particularly potent when it concerns Hollywood’s female firmament. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: surviving instant fame and finding a lasting bond 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z "But then Star Wars, this goofy, little three-month hang-out with robots did something unexpected. "It exploded across the firmament of pop culture, taking all of us along with it. Carrie Fisher in her own words - BBC News 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z But he is very much a part of the firmament of the finance world, even if he never reached the corner office of one of Wall Street’s top firms. Steven Mnuchin, Expected Treasury Pick, Is an Outsider to Public Policy 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z He was Marxism-Leninism’s poster boy, a revolutionary enfant terrible and, in a cold war firmament of red stars, the most brilliant, shining – and long-lived – exemplar of recklessly unrepentant revolutionary zeal. Fidel Castro: guerrilla leader, dictator – and an unrepentant revolutionary 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z There is art in ‘big data’ — in the poetic claims that it competes in volume with all the stars in the firmament. The power of big data must be harnessed for medical progress 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z But Jones holds a special place even in this firmament. Remembrance: With Sharon Jones' death, the music world loses a rare talent — and a refreshing personality 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Polemics, allegations, and we-are-holier-than-thou platitudes kept lighting up both the political and media firmaments, like July 4th. Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z An established star in the Canadian literary firmament, he was significantly older than his pop counterparts when he entered the music arena in his 30s. Leonard Cohen dies at 82, singer-songwriter of 'Hallelujah' had a literary sensibility 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z There was a time — just a few months ago, in fact — when this tournament was not an object of ridicule and scorn, when it occupied a curious but cherished niche in England’s soccer firmament. A Once-Charming English Trophy Loses Its Luster and Its Fans 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z You might have thought the Day of Judgment was upon us, a mighty howling in the heavens and a shaking of the firmament, the thunder of falling trees. A mighty howling in the heavens: riding out Hurricane Matthew in South Carolina 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Over the last several days, we’ve seen Gold Star parents—those Moms and Dads whose children have died in the nation’s wars—ascend to the same rarefied firmament. Why Gold Star Parents Are The New Third Rail in Politics 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z And Rajinikanth is the biggest star in that firmament, if sheer, over-the-top fan mania is the measure. India’s biggest action-movie star isn’t just an actor. ‘He is god.’ 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Goldwater went down in defeat that year, but the speech made Reagan an overnight star in the conservative firmament — and launched him on the path to the presidency and undisputed leadership of the conservative movement. Mike Pence’s ‘time for choosing’ moment 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Boeing occupies a unique spot in the firmament of corporate America. Formidable challenges loom in Boeing’s next century 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z It runs deep in the Obama firmament, especially among many former aides to the president who fought bitterly to defeat her in 2008 and are now working on her behalf. Obama to Join Hillary Clinton on Stump, Starting in North Carolina 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The abandoned shopping centre reeks of stale air salted with dust, baked too many years under an oven of cracked skylights that turn the firmament into a shattered dream. Six names for the end : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The experience: Lark’s lovely, many-windowed Capitol Hill room features midnight-colored velvet booths and a firmament of little light bulbs dangling at different lengths from the sky-high ceiling. 5 fancy burgers for living large on the cheap 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Space is made in the firmament for a few black journalists, who are turned into unwilling emblems of inclusivity An extraordinary deluge of plaudits began raining down on Coates with the publication of this book. What three decades in journalism taught me about the persistence of racism in the US | Howard French 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z One is destined to soar into the firmament of the year’s must reads, to win accolades and well-deserved prizes, and to set a new standard for lyrical science writing. Review: Twin Books on the Genome, Far From Identical 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z That firmament is inscribed on a life-size limestone figure that represents the “Vairochana,” or Cosmic Buddha, one of many manifestations of the teacher whose name means “awakened one.” A modern look at ancient, spiritual work 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z His personality reflects his dual life in New York’s political and legal firmament. The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Nearly eight months after he took over for a retiring David Letterman, Stephen Colbert is still figuring out his place in the ever-shifting late-night firmament. Can Stephen Colbert get his 'Late Night' groove back? 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Cruz, who enraged many Senate colleagues by instigating the 2013 partial shutdown of the federal government, and his allies are trying to build bridges to the party firmament. Trump team vows to win delegate majority as rivals prepare for open convention 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The first trio of words is clear enough—a metaphor for the poet as lonely pilot, navigating hazardous waters with his eyes fixed on the firmament. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Sanders’ criticisms of Clinton have often been couched with some respect for her family’s place in the Democratic firmament. Bernie Sanders takes sharper aim at Hillary Clinton as Flint debate looms 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z As the campaign-trail rhetoric grew noxious over the weekend, a sense of fatalism fell over the Republican firmament, from elected officials and figureheads to major donors and strategists. The Republican Party’s implosion over Donald Trump’s candidacy has arrived 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Ms Lawrence is by the reckoning of some the biggest star in Hollywood’s firmament; Mr Smith held that unofficial title for years. Fading stars 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s commanding back-to-back primary wins in two disparate regions of the country have forcefully shaken the Republican firmament out of a prolonged state of self-denial. The Party of Bush Yields, Warily, to a New Face: Donald Trump 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z But Mr. Butler said there was also room for the Clintons in the firmament of Democratic political heroes. Bernie Sanders Intrigues a South Carolina Town That Loves Hillary Clinton 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Masonry was, at one time, part of our political firmament: The organization’s ideals of ecumenism, religious freedom and free elections appealed to the instincts of the founding fathers. The Illuminati rules?: Sorry, conspiracy theorists, but “secret societies” do not run the world 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z This places him in confrontation with one of the most clever strategists in the conservative firmament, Roger Ailes, the chief executive of Fox News. Trump Plays His Card but Will It Backfire? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Which leaves faith leaders wondering whether pragmatic support for Trump undermines evangelicals’ hard-fought position as a pillar in the Republican firmament. Why Donald Trump Is Winning Over Christian Conservatives 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z David Bowie is a star in the firmament of musical artists, but is he now to become a literal field of stars? Reality Check: You Can’t Actually Name Stars for David Bowie 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says to Cassius: “But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix’d and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.” Here's a Profound Contradiction of Human Existence 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In the meantime, having cast him from the tragic firmament, the spirit of the season demands we find another genre to provide a berth for Mourinho’s story. Chelsea’s José Mourinho fast becoming much ado about nothing | Marina Hyde 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The biography, “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,” is coming out as the country is focused once again on the Bush family and its place in the American firmament. Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z On Friday, October 2nd, Jeb Bush was onstage at a college auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, for a public interview with Alan Wilson, the state’s attorney general and a prominent figure in the right-wing firmament. Where Jeb Bush Went Wrong 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z In heaven, everyone is equal; all the trappings of status and ranking that gave privileges to some on earth melt away in the holy firmament. Ben Carson’s apotheosis, America’s political nadir: The surgeon who thinks he’s God, and the country that enabled him 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z She is a star in two seemingly separate firmaments: animal welfare and the understanding of autism. A jungle no more 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z We were at about 8,000 feet, at night, the firmament was crystal clear. Is the Wild West Dead? 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z That speech, Warrick explains, which Powell later described as a blot on his record, catapulted this small-time jihadist into the terrorist firmament. The gangster-terrorist who gave us ISIS 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It was a bit of glittery showmanship to underscore this city’s place of primacy in the fashion firmament. In an era of yoga pants and reality TV, here’s how Paris is fighting to take back fashion 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z And entry into the tech firmament remains challenging, even for African-Americans with engineering degrees. Silicon Valley, Seeking Diversity, Focuses on Blacks 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The Democratic firmament is seized with speculation about his intentions. Biden Trip to Florida Raises Speculation About Presidential Run 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z For now, Clinton is laboring to cement her support within the party firmament. A summer of Clinton stumbles gives way to an uncertain fall for Democrats 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Either way, our cosmic habitat — this immense firmament of stars and galaxies — seems tuned to be an abode for life. Let's listen out for alien life – and remember we might not understand it 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z And she's refreshingly aware of how she fits into the pop firmament. 'I threw up twice': Rita Ora on her Oscars ordeal, the X Factor and new music - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z First and most firmly ensconced in our mainstream media firmament, I went with my family to see Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out.” Disney's "Inside Out," A "Curious Incident" And The Monetization of Tears 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z It's a literal and metaphoric ascension to cinema's regal firmament. Cannes red carpet dance is a tightly controlled choreography 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z It’s a literal and metaphoric ascension to cinema’s regal firmament. Cannes red carpet dance is a tightly controlled choreography 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z A star of the opera firmament, Garanca sang for only 20 minutes in the first half of her Budapest Spring Festival recital on Friday, with a mix of arias by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and Gounod. Mezzo Garanca seduces Budapest audience with her 'Carmen' 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Across the GOP firmament Tuesday, there was some worry that Democrats could revive the moment in next year’s general-election campaign to assail the eventual Republican nominee as an opponent of gay rights. Indiana law draws Republican White House hopefuls into the culture wars 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z If God inhabits the firmament, Mr. Lind’s workplace puts him closer to God than the ministers, the choir and the congregation at the Riverside Church, where he is the carillonneur. Restoring the Spirit With the Sound of Big Bells High Over Manhattan 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Think of it as a shooting star, crossing the Napa Valley firmament, briefly. Thomas Keller does country club with his pop-up Napa restaurant Ad Lib 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The broad-shouldered summit of Mauna Kea holds many meanings for many people: For astronomers, it’s a high-altitude playground of stars, among the best places on Earth to explore the firmament with minimal atmospheric distortion. World’s Largest Telescope Faces Opposition from Native Hawaiian Protesters 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z But with the May release of his album In The Lonely Hour–and the April launch of smash single “Stay With Me”–Smith’s star shot into the pop firmament. Sam Smith Set For Huge Night At Grammys 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z If that name becomes the foundation of a branding campaign, they can pay tens of millions of dollars more to establish its presence in the commercial firmament. The Weird Science of Naming New Products 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Within the firmament of consumer persuasion, companies like Millward Brown and McCann often act as adversaries: one seeks to evaluate what the other invents. We Know How You Feel 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But Ms. Myerson’s place in the political firmament soon began to slip. Bess Myerson, a Miss America tarnished by scandal, dies at 90 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The next 12 months promise to be different, with some of the biggest and brightest stars in the boxing firmament seemingly about to collide. Who could fight whom this year? 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z But Racine also staked his place in the District government firmament as a potential check and balance on the mayor and council. Muriel Bowser sworn in as D.C. mayor; pledges to make city healthier, safer 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z This outsized contribution to the Rosetta mission is now typical of Britain’s place in the firmament of satellite construction. Stars in their eyes 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z An emotional McConaughey rocketed into the firmament, and the broad, cascading rumble pleased Nolan, who expects things to live up to his expectations and is nonetheless pleasantly surprised when they do. The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z At 24 years old, Taylor Swift inhabits something of a unique position within the teen pop firmament. Taylor Swift: 1989 review – leagues ahead of the teen-pop competition 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But they also have broader and deeper significance that relates to Japan’s prospects and position in the global economic firmament. Japan Must Open-Up To Asia And The World: Urgently! 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z “But this firmament is without mercy. And from all the windows, death looks out.” Book review: ‘Leningrad: Siege and Symphony,’ by Brian Moynahan Indian music first entered the western pop firmament after George Harrison’s interest was piqued when the Beatles encountered a group of Indian musicians during the filming of Help!. Beatles cover versions: 10 of the best 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Unlike the referendum, this seems an easier vote to call and so expect 15 or so women from prominent positions in the golfing firmament to soon be invited to join its most historic club. The other big vote in Scotland 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z But instead of recruiting from his own world of technology visionaries, Bezos reached deep into the Washington firmament. New Post publisher: Strong Washington ties and longtime interest in the news business Until the advent of Peronism, Argentina was one of the shining stars in the firmament of freedom loving nations. Argentina's Default: Playing Politics With U.S. Courts And Wall Street 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Here are some glittering icons in the Scottish firmament that won't. Five famous Scots with no vote 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z McIlroy is certainly on the right track, but it is too early to judge his place in the golfing firmament. Georgia on the mind of a superstar in waiting 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Three investigations, including one in 1997 by Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, a luminary in the conservative firmament, ruled the death a suicide. Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire who funded anti-liberal causes, dies at 82 If I get an acknowledgment from one of the stars of the weirdo food-Instagrammer firmament, I'm as giddy as a kipper. Digital confessions: Instagram bores, dog video addicts and property obsessives 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z There's something darkly comforting, it seems, that when the luxury hotel's elevator doors close, life isn't always easy for even the brightest stars in the celebrity firmament. Jay Z-Solange video exposes voyeur culture 2014-05-13T16:03:03Z Hawking radiation has been part of the physics firmament for decades; it’s the best-known prediction of quantum gravity. Out There: Ripples From the Big Bang 2014-03-24T21:55:26Z Grosseteste needed to account for nine perfect spheres in the medieval geocentric cosmos: the 'firmament', the fixed stars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon. History: A medieval multiverse 2014-03-12T18:50:34.997Z Across the Democratic firmament, a sense of urgency is taking hold. In 2014 midterms, parties see different issues and states as path to Senate majority 2014-02-20T12:00:00Z The hopeful 23-year-old entrepreneur looks a fair bit older than the image on his LinkedIn profile, which was taken under far sunnier skies than the cloudy London firmament he is shivering under when we meet. Syrian Refugee Tech Startup Finds Sanctuary In London 2014-01-03T15:47:00Z The tennis firmament, particularly the United States Tennis Association, was criticized for failing to cultivate the future of the game. At the French Open, Strength in Numbers for U.S. Women 2013-05-27T19:51:48Z The firmament took command of the West Texas sky, and everyone looked up. In West Texas, a Gathering to Consider the Universe 2013-05-10T15:11:14Z So far, I have been content to simply observe all this from my perch in the firmament—to rest my pen, if not my tongue. Jane Austen Responds: Game Theory? Sir, You Flatter Me 2013-04-25T15:45:17.193Z The map might serve to better locate ground-based telescopes and other instruments for observing the nocturnal firmament, among other dark sky concerns such as animal behavior. Blinded by the Light: Wrecked Up by Our Juice, Another Citizen of the Night [Slide Show] 2013-04-02T20:45:01.277Z But it was a long hard path that led him to this starry firmament, and very little of the celebrity glitter rubs off on those whose job it is to record it. How do I become … a TV cameraman 2013-03-12T11:33:55Z He agrees to investigate the integrity of the surface with Karl — I fall asleep hearing them coasting along its edge, yawping to the firmament. Box Seats: Skis Help Sharpen Relationship With Risk 2012-12-29T16:22:50Z That acquirers may overpay for a target and absorb enormous goodwill charges is part of the M&A firmament. HP's Turkey Of A Deal Should Worry Its Bankers 2012-11-21T16:46:20Z The displays here mingle brighter historical material, about thriving village life and the high status of Jews in the Soviet intellectual firmament, with darker chapters. Moscow Journal: Russia’s New Museum Offers Friendly Message to Jews 2012-11-09T00:51:56Z The president of the Dynamo fan club was talking about how Kontinental Hockey League stars sparkle within the team firmament instead of becoming the center of the universe — Washington Capitals captain included. Alex Ovechkin goes back in time with Dynamo Moscow 2012-10-17T15:28:00Z She had also become an adored fixture in the firmament of gay culture. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When Stardom Bites Back 2012-10-11T19:12:12Z Twelve months on, choosing between these brightest of stars in football's firmament is nigh-on impossible. Column: Ronaldo should edge Messi for Ballon d'Or 2012-10-05T18:36:08Z Now, Christie is the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention, the plummest of plum speaking gigs and a testament to how quickly he has risen in the GOP firmament. Republican National Convention speakers have much at stake 2012-08-26T15:57:00Z “She was certainly a star in my firmament,” he said. Sotheby’s Auctions Brooke Astor’s Treasures 2012-08-15T23:21:36Z Behind these individual cases lies a bigger problem of consumer powerlessness in the social media firmament. Twitter confronts ethics of commercial pressures in wake of Guy Adams 'mess' 2012-08-03T15:09:00Z Until the athletics at the Games starts on August 3, however, Bolt remains the biggest name, Jamaican or otherwise, in the firmament of track and field. Back to business for muscle-bound Bolt 2012-07-27T14:09:55Z It took six days of graft: firmament, sun, stars, land, water, beasts and all that. Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust 2012-07-07T23:05:50Z She has long been regarded as a star in the corporate firmament. DealBook: Sandberg Joins Facebook's Board 2012-06-25T21:23:23Z The Olympic football tournament is a different beast from the rest of the football firmament – as long as it is treated as such. London 2012 Olympic football should be embraced as glimpse into future 2012-06-07T15:37:52Z You may already be aware that successive selection panels vetoed Cook, who cast himself from the firmament of GB Taekwondo's elite performance programme after a series of disagreements with the geniuses who run it. London 2012 Olympics: just WTF is going on at GB Taekwondo? 2012-05-31T18:21:20Z But if Facebook – the most important social venture in the marketplace today – wants to build permanence in the cultural firmament, it needs to follow the lead of its older brethren, like , and Amazon. Facebook's Crucial Challenge: Closing the Back Door 2012-05-17T22:25:15Z For a few moments they remained in this supplicating posture, as if crushed by the weight of the entire firmament which might have been prostrated with them. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z No vapor rises from the earth, no exhalation obscures the firmament, which seems all aglow with the celestial fires. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z His radiance soon faded altogether away, and the stars, fair night-flowers of heaven, opened their chalices of gold in the azure of the firmament. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Whatever gleams of joy and hope, therefore, were now shed by human companionship across his dark firmament, were due to Jonathan. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z In the deep blue firmament of his future hopes, no cloud was seen; and the earth around him was rich with the fragrance and verdure of promise. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z The writer could as soon believe that the moon is a large cheese, suspended in the firmament, as give credit to this contemptible story. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The glory of 104 the desert is at night, when the full moon rises out of the level plain, as out of the sea, and walks the unclouded firmament. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z He included the firmament in an ample gesture. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z A spire of flame shot up to the heavens, filling the firmament with burning fragments, while the clouds that overhung the sea, were torn and scattered by the tremendous concussion. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Throwing himself into his easy-chair, and drawing his soft rug across his feet, he became absorbed in the contemplation of the firmament above. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Since the sun had been in the firmament, and the planets circled round him, the sight had never been seen of man standing upon his head—i.e., on the Idea—and building reality after this image. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z And all through the long winter's night the house hummed; and the lights of the inn shone on the water as brightly and persistently as the stars that in the solemn firmament wheeled and marched. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But the graces of the holy soul shall be as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars forever and ever. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z They can see no lightnings flashing in the broad expanse,—nor hear the artillery of heaven thundering over the firmament, as if it would shake the very pillars of the universe. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z He is a great artist, and occasionally the magic fire flares and lights up the firmament of music. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Then the firmament was established in the midst of the waters, "and the evening and the morning were the second day." Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z But, dazzling as has been the meteoric career of the Edinburgh in the firmament of letters, it is in the department of governmental reform that its greatest and best services have been rendered. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Aristotle describes an universal creative agent in all the elements, the source of life upon earth, and of the celestial movements in the firmament. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The comet was so long that it seemed to stretch across two-thirds of the firmament, and the end of it bulged out broadly like a Turkish scimitar. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z “And God said—Let there be lights in the firmament of Heaven, and let them be for days, and for years, and for times, and for seasons.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Not so; she may be straight on the road to those high heavens, and may shine hereafter as one of the stars in the firmament for ever. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z From the summit of the forest ledge which rises from the southern shore, the lakelet seems a foliage-framed patch of the firmament. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z It seems as though they had waited for the firmament to be clear of other stars before bursting upon the sight. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z All day long the rain came down as if thousands of energetic—well, let us say—angels were hurriedly baling the waters above the firmament out into the ocean. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z In six months, an entirely new host of stars will adorn the firmament, and at the end of a year, all the same phenomena will be found to have come round again. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z He who hath set his bow in the cloud, hath set in the firmament that is above the clouds, these everlasting signs of His own faithfulness. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Sure the thunder-god looked like this while deafening with his gongs the firmament. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The stars retreated palely, and, like the light of new-born morning, it flickered over the firmament, and rained down in softly tinted beams of crimson. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z These passages being compared, he declares the first "a dungeon, where crawl the things begot of jealous slime;" the other, "great as the domed firmament, inlaid with suns." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z To the writers of the Bible the firmament was solid, and in it were grooves along which the stars were pushed by angels. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z It was also believed that this firmament was solid—that up there the gods lived, and that they could be influenced by the prayers and desires of men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The accounts in the Bible of the ascension of Elijah, Christ and St. Paul were born of the belief that the firmament was the dwelling-place of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Star after star arose in the firmament of ignorance. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Every virtuous deed is a star in the moral firmament. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He also taught that the firmament was solid, and that the angels pushed and drew the stars. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z So astronomers took their revenge, and now there is not one star that glitters in all the vast firmament of the boundless heavens that has a Christian name. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z God the moving creatures that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The firmament inlaid with suns is the dome of the real cathedral. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z As the light of the world, it is changeless as the firmament As the source of sanctification, it is inexhaustible as the Rivex of Life. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z We know that the self-evident is the square and compass of the brain, the polar star in the firmament of mind. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z It was found that there is no firmament; that the moisture in the air is the result of evaporation, and that there was nothing to divide the waters above, from the waters below. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Compare these passages; the first a dungeon where crawl the things begot of jealous slime; the other, great as the domed firmament inlaid with suns. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z He believed that the waters had been divided, and that the rain came from above the firmament. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z It is not only in the sacred fane That homage should be paid to the Most High; There is a temple, one not made with hands, The vaulted firmament. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Flower of the World!" replied the gardener, "in whose splendour all the colours of this blossomy creation wax pale, thou reignest here as in thy firmament, like the Star-queen on the battlements of Heaven. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Jehovah had declared that on Tuesday, or during the second period, he had created the "firmament" to divide the waters which were below the firmament from the waters above the firmament. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Of course, like most moms — whether tiger, grizzly, stage, helicopter, hockey or soccer — I put my children in the center of my firmament. How Soccer Moms Have Moved On 2012-02-02T12:00:47Z And it was so, and God called the firmament heaven. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Very often in moments of deep depression the future before us seems utterly dark, and in our firmament there appears not one star of hope; but presently from some wholly unexpected quarter help comes. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The heavens gathered blackness, and the whole dark firmament presented a surface every now and then lit up with a sheet of the most vivid fire. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Some French people were wandering there also, and one of them, a lady with a sweet soprano voice, sang a song of which the refrain was: 'Comme une �toile au firmament.' Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z These, then, were the mountains of which we had heard so much, and the white firmament was nothing else than the snowy summit of the range—which the Lutherans say their faith can remove. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z We were on the Broad Walk, when suddenly a wind tore loose in the firmament. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z As in a mountain lake may be enshrined a perfect pattern of the heavenly firmament, so was Lincoln's reverence a conscious, free reflection of the excellence of God. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z But they are set as stars in the firmament of God, and their torches flash heavenly light upon our doubtful way, ay, even upon the mysterious bridge whose toll is silence. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Which would have been astounding, Uncle Charlie being jocular and not given to slamming doors, had it not to do with that one of the many worlds in the firmament of the Sundays, St. Simeon's. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z The writer of this believed in a solid firmament—the floor of Jehovah's house. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Indra, in′dra, n. the god of the firmament and of rain. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Toiney shrugged his shoulders complacently at the summer sky, now taking on the hues of evening, as if the firmament were a blanket woven for his comfort. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z This firmament is a porringer overturned upon our heads. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Whence came the science of the Fathers of the Church, their exegesis, their history, their logic, their psychology, and that lofty metaphysic which has so completely transformed the Prophetic into a Platonic firmament? Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Now we know that there is no firmament, and we know that the waters are not divided by a firmament. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Your noble gift of perfect service teach; Your wisdom in the wild storm softly bent Aware 'twill end; your patience that can reach Across the years from clod to firmament. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z One lovely starry night, as the Blue Prince was watching the heavens, it seemed to him as if the eighth moon in dying had dropped out of the firmament and was falling upon him. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z O my heart! if thou free thyself from the grief inherent in matter, thou shalt become a soul in all its purity; thou shalt mount to the heavens, thy residence shall be the firmament. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z His heavens are for ever telling His glory, and the firmament showing His handiwork; day unto day is uttering speech, and night unto night is showing knowledge concerning Him. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z And God said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z An arrow sped from some eternal bow, Through change of firmaments and systems sent, And finding bourn nor bars, I flee, nor know For what eternal mark my flight is meant. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z The stars shining in the firmament were reflected in the tranquil waters of the bay. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z When dawn doth silver the dark firmament, Why shrills the bird of dawning his lament? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z As the blue firmament is ever the same, so is the great God Himself—“the King of Ages immortal and invisible, without change or shadow of vicissitude.” Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z That word blots from the firmament the star of hope and leaves the heavens black. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Attesting Nature's perfect art Ye fringe the limpid firmament, O little lances, keenly sent To pierce with beauty to the heart! The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z The stars were shining in the firmament with wondrous power. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Drink, O adorable Moon! drink from thy silver cup, for long shalt thou turn in the firmament without finding us here again. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Sir Isaac Newton from his observatory scanned the starry canopy, and then confirmed the statement of the Hebrew poet, that 'the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth forth His handy work.' The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z In the DealBook article on Wednesday that previewed Kors’s offering, a retail-industry analyst raised several concerns about the I.P.O., including the question of whether Mr. Kors’s label would enter the fashion firmament or eventually fade. DealBook: Kors I.P.O. Makes Its Debut in Style 2011-12-15T19:19:59Z The sun rises in the firmament and sheds its rays upon the garden. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z But indeed the whole firmament, when the sky was clear, was precisely as Rory described it—“one beautiful poem.” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The stars will continue movement in the firmament, and the bricks which will be made of thy body will serve to construct palaces for others. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Suffice it to say that Magdalena became the one bright star in my mental firmament. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z With the exception of superstars like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, golfers are faint stars in the American firmament, outshined by football, basketball and baseball players. Yani Tseng, a Golf Celebrity in Taiwan, Finds Less Fanfare in America 2011-12-07T02:32:09Z The night, though there was no moon, was not dark, and the stars shone clear in the firmament above. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Among foreign candidates for the Cardinalate Manning stands out as a star of the first rank in the Roman firmament. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z It was in this firmament that the sons of God lived—the sons who "saw the daughters of men that they were fair and took them wives of all which they chose." Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root; Fancy departs: no more invent, Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The publisher’s annual rankings all but define a school’s standing in the legal academy’s firmament, and 40 percent of the U.S. After Law School, Associates Learn to Be Lawyers 2011-11-19T20:24:03Z It was now three o’clock; the sun was marching steadily across the brassy firmament on his westward trek and we had no time to lose. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Then both companies, having viewed the dead hero, raised three mighty cries of sorrow, so loud and piercing that they were heard in the wastes of the firmament, and over the five provinces of Erin. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The accounts in the bible of the ascension of Elijah, Christ and St. Paul were born of the belief that the firmament was the dwelling-place of God. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z The influence of the heavens is multiplied by the movement of the firmaments and the movements of the seven planets. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The sun set; the stars glistened in the dark firmament; and he flew back. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Back of these clouds the faint blue of the firmament could not be seen, but a thick mantle of gray, seemingly impenetrable. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z There he went within a tent, Saw a convex firmament; Then he peered within a booth, Saw a shark without a tooth, Heard a dumb man sing and chant, Saw a crimson elephant. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z Whom the broad world cannot contain, Nor Heaven's high firmament. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z A noise seems to be produced by their wings ruffling the crystal firmament. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The frowning firmament ceaselessly poured down all the moist and chilly mist with which its clouds were surcharged. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Every cloud stole as softly up the firmament, as if some creature 'of the immaterial air' melting into the blue ether. 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 I could see the handiwork of the Great Creator all over the firmament as far as the eye could reach, and my admiration for the beauty of the planetary system was unbounded. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z It seemed on that day as though the sun had gone out of the heavens, as though the pillars of the firmament had suddenly given way. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The northeast winds, like a gigantic besom swung by the hand of some god with a passion for cleanliness, constantly swept away the dust and ashes of the firmament. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Here Noah, before the universal Deluge, in the presence even of the cloudy wall 'piled boding round the firmament,' harangues the people, bidding them withdraw from sin, ere it be too late. The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z I have been in the firmament With Mary Magdalen; I have been gifted with genius From the Cauldron of Cyridwen. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Mrs. Gano would pause, and half to herself repeat: "'The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork.'" The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Under such circumstances, the firmament, of course, could not be dispensed with. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z Ahab went down to the dust; but Elijah drove his steeds of flame through the sapphire firmament. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Her freedom arched above her as a blue firmament in which new love ascended with a dove’s immaculate flight. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z The walls of heaven beyond this supported the firmament shaped like a half-cylinder. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z From endless spirit, endless element, The worlds that glow in glory's firmament. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z They who in heaven are enthroned as gods, in the light of the firmament; with the Maruts come hither, O Agni!” Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z We have now alluded to the dangers which begin to blacken our political firmament. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Angels moved the sun, moon, and stars across the firmament and let down rain through its windows from the expanse of water above. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z A symbol of exalted sanctity, The consecration of the contrite heart; Of ancient types the modern complement, 2700 Chief splendor of time's sparkling firmament, Whose silver stars bespoke this sun of gold. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z “Now rose Sweet evening, solemn hour; the sun, declined, Hung golden o’er this nether firmament, Whose broad cerulean mirror, calmly bright, Gave back his beamy image to the sky With splendour undiminished.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The thunder pealed along the vault of heaven—the lightning appeared to rend the firmament. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Belzebub replies with a lucid and highly colored report, saying that the deserters sweep onward with "A rush and roar from every firmament, Like a vast sea aglow with radiant lights." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The thought of the two outer spheres, the primum mobile, whirling along with it all the inner spheres, and the firmament, bearing hosts of bright stars, seems to have appealed strongly to the poet’s imagination. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z These but the sparks flung from thy flaming forge, The falling star-dust of thy firmament, Where stars go down that straightway suns may rise. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z His bosom swelled violently, and he cried aloud, his eyes still fixed on the firmament, 'Oh, important All! oh, important Me!' The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z This cloud soon retreated before a large dark one, which, occupying its place, wrapped the firmament in a pall of vapor. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Now swear I by my crown upon this chance To venture all, to raise my seat amid The firmament, the spheres, the splendor of The stars above. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The Shape did smile; and, wildly, with a start, Did shrivel up, as when a fire is spent, Whereof the smoke obscured the firmament. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Look down at your feet, and you see the insect moving in the grass; look upwards, and you will see the star resplendent in the firmament: yet what are they doing? Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z See, the night has fallen, the glorious moon has arisen, the stupendous stars are sparkling in the firmament. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z By-and-by a yellow glare shone above the shoulder of the adjacent hill, and a great round moon uprose and sailed up the firmament as clear and bright as a pearl. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Lucifer: Now swear I by my crown, upon this chance To venture all, to raise my seat amid The firmament, the spheres, the splendor of The stars above. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The firmament was blind Of all its eyes; and, wanton up the wind, There came the shuddering that the twilight sends. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z The short twilight had deepened to purple over the desert; night came gliding along the firmament; the stars began to peep. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Then, at times, that prose is as magical and as mysterious as the firmament, when the darkness of twilight has lifted, and the grand Goethean thoughts appear, pure and golden, like the stars. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The poetical firmament within these recent years has been all alive with unprophesied comets and meteors, many of them of extraordinary brilliancy, but most of them very rapid in their passage. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Belzebub: That grows apace and sweeps on toward us with A rush and roar from every firmament, 100 Like a vast sea aglow with radiant lights. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The rooms darkened; on the windows for a time the patter of the shower was heard; and the lightning illuminated the cloudy firmament. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Out of the skin of Tiamat, Merodach formed the firmament which 'divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above it.' A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z All the greater was the number of monkish saints with which he enriched the heavenly firmament. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The enchanting great Bo branch, together with the vase, remaining poised in the firmament, displayed itself to the whole multitude. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Then comes Apollion into the field, With all the monsters from the firmament. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The firmament of heaven grows each moment darker, but the moon, great as the world, shines more and more brightly. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Next came the creation of An-sar and Ki-sar, 'the upper' and 'lower firmament,' who in their turn gave birth to Anu, Ea, and Bel. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z And then her eyes waxed large With one last hideous hope, And her throat she bent toward the firmament, Star-scattered scope on scope. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z One word broke his wing; one "no" brought it about, that, henceforward, he will not be free to soar like an eagle to the firmament, but must crawl like a worm on the ground. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z These geranium slips were the stars in the grey firmament of her life. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Far up above them were the phosphorescent lights in the village twinkling like stars in heaven’s firmament. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z There is no reader of these words, even if he have only "an uncritical observation of the aspect of nature," who can suppose that the "firmament" here means "the dome of the sky." The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z |
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