| 单词 | graven image |
| 例句 | At this there was a simultaneous tintinnabulation of all the bells, as each graven image lowered its raised foot in distress. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgetting is a powerful force, as well, and Washington is full of graven images of men and women who, if their legacies were evaluated afresh, would likely never pass muster with contemporary moralists. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This scepticism must, in the end, go back to the Reformation and its fear of graven images. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z The religious community generally forbids images, with some members believing photographs are a form of graven image. Cirera wins portrait prize 2012-11-05T20:00:00Z But contradicting the famous ban on graven images in the Second Commandment, in this painting God explicitly demands the creation of a work of art. From Colonial Mexico, a Towering Vision of Grace 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Certainly, there is no mistaking the pivot of the plot, as a foot is lowered toward a graven image of Jesus; trample on him, the film has demonstrated, and you commit apostasy. Martin Scorsese’s Strained “Silence” 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Finally, the beast emerges from its tidy cage of quatrains, to be spotted "cresting the gable/ of someone's roof" – only now it becomes a mere "graven image" without the poet's voice to give it life. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z They also mention “a pattern of defying certain proscriptions of the Orthodox shtetl” in Soutine’s art, reminding us of the Second Commandment’s prohibition of graven images and the many folk superstitions about the “evil eye.” Chaim Soutine Show at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z They'd painted you red – was that your choice?But this was only your graven image.Your private self was at home, waitingfor reincarnation through my voice. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z An injunction against “graven images” is the second of the Ten Commandments. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Prompted by the Jewish subject matter, a winding train of thought leading to this perspective might begin with the biblical injunction against graven images. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z As Jehovah’s Witnesses who believed that venerating the flag violated God’s prohibition against bowing to graven images, the Gobitas family argued that the flag salute infringed the children’s First Amendment rights. Battles over patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance in schools span a century 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z His parents warned him he was violating religious rules against creating graven images. A ‘Moral Imperative’ to Recover a Lost Art Legacy 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z They even introduced a blemish into the carving to address our concerns with the biblical injunction against graven images. Opinion | The church is honoring my father, Elie Wiesel — and his legacy includes unapologetic Zionism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Their lawsuit said they won’t allow themselves to be photographed “for any reason,” in keeping with their Old Order Amish belief that photos of people are “graven images” prohibited by the biblical Second Commandment. Amish couple settles lawsuit over photos their faith forbids 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Some passed him like he was one of the graven images carved into the columns. An artificial life form carries the seeds of humanity to a new world 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z By every measure, we are again in an era defined by a hostility to graven images. A Brief History of Idol-Smashers, From Moses to de Blasio 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Catholics and Lutherans deny "Thou shall not worship graven images" affirmed by Jews and other Christians. Opinion | America’s New Religion: Fox Evangelicalism 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Phillips is not a church, a political pamphleteer or a schoolchild being forced to honor a graven image. Opinion | Even the Bernini of Buttercream Has to Serve Gay Couples 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Here are some Jefferson quotes that visitors will not find on his memorial, a Roman pantheon-style temple to liberty where the Sage of Monticello's graven image keeps vigil over the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. Should Washington and Jefferson monuments come down? - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z You name the god and a graven image ?thereof may soon appear in his/her/its honor in this increasingly crowded tableau.? Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z “I always think the Protestant Reformation said ‘no graven images,’ so this really did surprise me,” he says. Catholic Spies in the New World? Relics Pose New Puzzle About Early American Colony 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z All around the Middle East, archeological treasures of the ancient world have been stripped of their original glory—often, of what some call graven images. ISIS and the Destruction of History 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Many Muslims believe depictions of Islam’s central figure are banned by a scriptural prohibition on graven images, and two leaders of the U.S. U.S. Muslim Leaders Gently Denounce Charlie Hebdo's New Issue 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Though approved by Koranic authorities in Egypt and financed by the governments of Morocco, Kuwait and Libya, Khaalif and other hardline Muslims saw the film as a type of blasphemous graven image. Why Sony Should Release 'The Interview' Online 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “The murals were a radical artistic statement because the second of the Ten Commandments forbids graven images, so Jews shunned iconography and figurative art,” Rabbi Leder said. Second Act for the Temple of the Stars 2013-08-19T00:44:13Z How derisive their idols seemed now; the miserable fragments of the graven images swelling the garbage heaps swept out of the city! The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z This same narrative dwells upon the graven images, ephod and terāphīm, as forming the apparatus of religious ceremonial in Micah’s household. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z But he was in no mood for laughter, even saturnine; and if anything could have aroused his satire, it would have been not a graven image, but himself. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Her imagination conjured up the cottage converted into a little Baal, with false gods and graven images, and holy-water fonts at every turn; but the doubtful legitimacy was worse again. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Neither the Sabbath nor the Passover was observed, and the moral law said to have been given by Jehovah, from Mount Sinai, was broken by the worship of graven images. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The people of Antioch defied the emperor by chanting, as they removed the relics, “Confounded be all they that trust in graven images.”719.See the Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus, by Gregory of Nyssa. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It is probable that necromancy, like the worship of Ashērah and ’Ashtoreth, as well as the cult of graven images, was a Canaanite importation into Israel’s religious practices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z No need to prohibit the making of a “graven image” to represent such a god. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z He sat like a graven image, his eyes staring, his jaw dropped in amazement. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z And she takes to music naturally—can't keep her hands off my instruments when I put them down—plays 'Jerusalem the Golden' on the pipes now so it would draw tears from a graven image. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Thus in the second commandment, “Thou shalt not bow down to any visible form,” &c., is a sort of explanatory addition to the precept “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Mr. Talmage charges you with unfair- ness, because you account for the death of art in Palestine, by the commandment which forbids the making of graven images. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: "Thou shalt not wage wars of extermination, and thou shalt not unsheathe the sword except in self-defence." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z A nun is a holy but mistaken woman, Papa, that lives in a monastery, and worships graven images. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z Aunt Sarah might have been a graven image, as far as expressing herself upon this point went. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image," he remained behind to pray, and, looking up at the images, he said, "My good ladies, you must come down from that high position. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The priesthood treated her with the impenetrable respect that they showed towards the graven images of the gods. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He tells a Roman Catholic of the Macdonnel clan to read his Bible and “trust in Christ, not in the Virgin Mary and graven images.” The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z They have made unto themselves graven images, not fashioned alike, but each an image of his own, and each would have Me to be like unto the image which he has made. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Indeed, it was for the purpose of making the worship of a graven image the more impossible that Latona had asked that her body be consumed and the flame from it perpetuated on the altar. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z I am the Lord, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another neither my praise to graven images. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: "Thou shalt not wage wars of extermination, and thou shalt not unsheathe the sword except in self-defense." About The Holy Bible A Lecture 2011-10-12T02:00:50.780Z Standing rigid and stark, motionless graven images of despair, or frantically writhing to and fro, others stood far apart in desolate places, alone. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The word is used in Deut. iv:16, where it is translated "graven image." The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Well, sir, for all the notice they took of him he might have been speaking to four graven images. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z I said but a few words about the young Lord, and, out of a woman's pure contradiction, she instantly made a graven image of him, and set him up in her mind to worship. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z I am the Lord; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z I warrant you she can pronounce the name of McKinley's assassin to the ultimate zed, and has a little graven image of him next her heart. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols, Jeremiah l: 38. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z The red-headed cowboy sat like a graven image, with his eyes fixed on the fire, and finally the cook replied. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z All others worship graven images: we stick to pictures. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Her heart had been wrapped up in the high-spirited boy from his childhood; and as he grew in stature and grace, next to her graven images, she worshipped him. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z It is for that reason that we are warned to make no graven images, lest we should commit ourselves to a God of a single mood. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Thou shalt not bow to graven images Of beauty cut in marble, fused in bronze. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The best thing the war has done for Italy is the knocking over a score of false gods—that graven image La Marmora and their clay idol Persano especially. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z There came into the arena a procession of priests, monks, and devotees, bearing aloft graven images of saints, and swinging censers of incense, as they slowly approached him. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z He says he will show me legislators who are alive, and not a lot of respectable graven images, like they have in Washington. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z She's come to a halt, right below the window, and, standing there like a graven image, was watching them. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Three sentences hadn't passed before I was as still as a graven image, all my life gone into my ears. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z I cannot join in the setting-up of statues of generals and statesmen, and condemn a similar homage to the saints by any allusions to the enormity of making a "graven image." My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z “I am Jehovah; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z He sat like a graven image after that, with no sound but an occasional sniff. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z But his face might have been the face of a graven image,—say a Sphinx from the sands of North Africa. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z That might fit in the 'thou shalt not make any graven image,' you know, thing. The Right Word: Glenn Beck is sorely taxed 2010-12-09T14:30:00Z The waiters were all standing about like graven images. The Hillman In fact it could not have breathed, for it would have had to be a graven image. The Spy in Black Thou wilt look upon their outside only, as upon a graven image, and canst not know them thoroughly. Dialogues on the Supersensual Life "Then,"—it was Boone who put the question, while Asa maintained the stony-faced silence of a graven image—"then you admit that you took him in and sheltered him?" The Tempering And she fell to the floor and sobbed for an hour, during which the maid lay like a graven image at her side. The Way of the Gods Mr. Mallory stood like a graven image watching Nugent, who, still preserving the half-turn he had made in his lounge chair, was staring up as if fascinated by the man at his shoulder. A Traitor's Wooing So deeply graven images may seem At times to lie asleep within the soul, When all at once a single word--a tone-- Calls them to life again. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise For hitherto the true arabesque abhorred the graven image made of artists' hands. Aubrey Beardsley Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. The Door of Heaven A Manual for Holy Communion The many illustrations, which more than the text tell the story, are little more than outlines, but are so humorous that they would almost bring a laugh to the lips of a graven image. Maria Edgeworth They have made unto themselves a graven image of free trade, and they are falling down and worshipping before the profane altar of what they are pleased to call the Rights of Women. Hempfield A Novel But the latter only gave him a swift glance from his almond eyes, and kept on, his face as stolid and inscrutable as that of a graven image. Bert Wilson at Panama Roger laughed and turned to Good who had sat like a graven image all through the interview. Thirty Much is to be said in favour of stuffed straw or the graven image, which the scourge itself cannot force to speak. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII He stood transfixed to the earth, staring helplessly in front of him, as immovable as a graven image. Leerie The more the prophet called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. The Bible Story He sang Psalms with forty verses, on Sundays, and sat as still as a graven image during the three-hour sermons, for his father was a Presbyterian of the old Covenanter brand. The Romance of the Reaper The photographer lit one cigarette on the end of another, but otherwise appeared as indifferent as a graven image. Thirty The crucifix is unknown, for while paintings and frescoes abound, graven images are absolutely forbidden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" “No. If he doesn’t sit silent like a yellow graven image, he scatters ‘l’s’ all about the room 250 until I want to get out of bed and sweep ’em up,” declared Pratt. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods. The Bible Story They politely took us into the sacristy, and exhibited with much pride some graven images of rather coarse workmanship, which were covered with gilding and bright coloured paint. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions I never saw Count Saxe disconcerted by any woman except Madame Riano—but she could disconcert a graven image. Francezka He went farther than any before him, in that he took the Ark of the Covenant out of the Most Holy Place, and put there a graven image. Training the Teacher Do you think then that I make graven images, and worship stocks or stones? The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. The Bible Story It seems to me," said Vincent, "on the whole very much as though it had gone with the poet, as to his work, as it did with old King Waidewuthis and his graven images. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II But we are not a nation of idolaters, and worship neither graven image nor man that is born of a woman. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Ah! my ‘graven image’ seemed so marvellously godlike that I bowed down before it; and there, in the midst 364 of my adoration, the curse of idolatry smote me. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The little Mara seemed to appropriate him in feminine fashion, as a chosen idol and graven image. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? The Bible Story Simmonds, no courtier, grinned broadly, and even Dale winked at the North Star; Medenham had steeled himself against such manifestations of crude opinion—his face was impassive as that of a graven image. Cynthia's Chauffeur And while they still stood rigid and motionless as graven images, I read the order declaring armistice and cessation of hostilities effective at 11 o'clock. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children But especially were painted or graven images of holy personages supposed to be endowed with such powers. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition "Well, they make a real graven image of that ar child," said Mrs. Kittridge, "and fairly bow down to her and worship her." The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. The Bible Story Then we went to bed in our cosy bunk and slept like graven images till reveille next morning. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw One of the blessed graven images had come down all afire, hair and clothes and body, not four yards away from me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Here we sit like graven images, when we ought to be in Assembly Hall. Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School This graven image of the mind, so to speak, is the veritable God, or it is nothing; and Mr. Wells, as we have seen, is profuse in his assurances that it is the veritable God. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' The command, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image," had not excepted from its prohibition the marvellous products of the Greek chisel. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 I am weary of disbelieving: why should I wound my love To pleasure a sophist's pride in a graven image of truth? Collected Poems Volume One And even if I hadn’t had the wit to do that, it seemed a senseless thing to leave the good lantern to blow up with the graven images. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Since it is so, it makes clear that the printed word, or the graven image is no weight to True Magic, even when taught us by pagan gods! The Flute of the Gods The children did not move a muscle of lips or face as they chanted; it might have been a song rendered by graven images. Westward with the Prince of Wales But, Gabriella, do, for goodness’ 119 sake, just fetch out that queer kind of stick that old Indian made a sort of graven image of and show it to Mr. Ma’sh. Jessica, the Heiress Nay, even Isaiah's maker of graven images is at length outdone. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications Darn him, like a graven image there, the only mute, immovable thing in that turmoil! The Million-Dollar Suitcase One has never held me from seeing clear that which I read in the other, and the graven image has only the Meaning and the Power which each man gives to it! The Flute of the Gods He stood to his tiller like a graven image, looking neither to right nor left, but gripping his pipe with all the strength of his remaining teeth. The Harbor of Doubt Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy "I am the Lord, that is My Name, and My Glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images." Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India "Let her fix you up too, boy, unless you want to become a graven image," commanded Manthis. The End of Time She faced Hendricks, who had stood there like a graven image, watching her. Priestess of the Flame He squatted down before Purt and lifting up his head, uttered a howl that would have brought tears to the eyes of a graven image. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy Babylon, Babylon, thine idols and graven images of gods shall be cast down and shattered utterly and forever! When Dreams Come True Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female . . . . The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The paper fluttered from her hand, and she sat like a small graven image. Rose O'Paradise Aunt Susan, never a talkative person, sat close, but as dumb as a graven image; no house near, and only the twinkling lights of several the other side of the valley visible. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy No graven images may be Worshipped, except the currency. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals If, with disarming naïveté, she appealed to Stephen, Reuben turned into a graven image; and if she chaffed with Reuben, Stephen became as one who having eyes seeth not, and having ears heareth not. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories In consternation the jury sat in their chairs like graven images, taking in the freshly wrought tragedy with tense expressions. Rose O'Paradise Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 People of culture will not bow down before graven images, nor worship bulls and monkeys. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months It is no less idolatry to set up an anti-scriptural dogma and to make it a rule of action, than to worship a block or a graven image in the place of the true God. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject He had made peace with his Master; but her heart was still hard; and her god was only a graven image. The Scarlet Feather "Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground." Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But the two years separation from Indian Mary had made Kit a stranger to her, at least one would judge so by the graven image attitude she put on. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure And I rather fancy that they are a little bit on the most beautiful side, my jolly old graven image. Bones in London The Lord Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature There are, unfortunately, many graven images of Shakespeare. William Shakespeare Sentence two has the same effect in their abstraction, and this is emphasized again in the "two graven images." The Writing of the Short Story The old scientist, during all those hours, had stood like a graven image before his machine, eyes staring fixedly at the globe. Hellhounds of the Cosmos Secondly, after having determined its subject, what degree of imitation or likeness we ought to desire in our graven image; and lastly, under what limitations demanded by structure and material, such likeness may be obtained. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing The warriors, standing steady and silent as graven images, gazed earnestly on their multitudinous foes. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. Most of them sat like graven images, neither speaking nor stirring. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The Hebrew attempted to extirpate the sensuous element; he would have no graven image, no idolatry, he would worship only the pure spirit, and obey only the divine law. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It was more like the even fabric we associate with machine work, yet as unlike that as palpitating flesh is like a graven image. The Tapestry Book There you stand like a—a graven image, looking as though you'd just received an invitation to a funeral! Left Guard Gilbert Lycidas heard the words, "folly, madness, tempting Providence," mingled with imprecations on "dogs of heathen," "idolaters," "the polluted, the worshippers of graven images." Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History Secondly, after having determined its subject, what degree of imitation or likeness we ought to desire in our graven image; and, lastly, under what limitations demanded by structure and material, such likeness may be obtained. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 They sat like graven images, except for the bright suspicious gleam of the dark eyes. Eve to the Rescue Since their mission was a failure their memory is doomed to rest without marble monument or graven image. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America For a long time after the story was done, Lamotte lay with his face buried in his arms, silent and motionless, while young Vandyck stood like a graven image at his post by the window. The Diamond Coterie Her voice was colorless, like the speech which might be expected from a graven image. The Secret Witness I’d love to see the heathen Bow down to wood and stone, But his wicked graven image I’d knock from off its throne! Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Shame on ye, to be cow'd thus by a graven image—a popish idol—a bit of chiselled stone. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 No word was spoken and after heads had been uncovered, the masses of people were described as looking like an assembly of graven images. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Poluski's worn face exhibited no more emotion than if he was a graven image, but his voice was sympathetic. A Son of the Immortals The divine Scriptures, however, blame those who show reverence to graven images, but also those who sacrifice to demons. A Source Book for Ancient Church History As I said just now, they are held, if at all, by a long and loose chain to the graven images to which we stand bound arm-to-arm and foot-to-foot. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Can graven image mimic life, and glare Its stony eye-balls; grin, make mouths at me? Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Louisa might as well have been a graven image for all the response she gave. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 He was quivering with wrath, but I was as cool as a cucumber, and Murray stood like a graven image. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 And so the graven images of the Greeks, since they were the images of demon deities, were rejected and forbidden. A Source Book for Ancient Church History But Iskender still sat on composedly, smiling into distance, like a graven image. The Valley of the Kings Be good and I'll get you them twa graven images the master's so set on and let you glower at them. The Northern Iron ‘Ye shall not make unto you any graven image: ye shall not bow down to them, nor worship them.’ Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century The others also perched in front of odd machines like graven images. The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds Put down your graven image, lad; you were made to carry arms, not baubles. Under the Rose "Come, Jim, don't sit there like a graven image!" the leader of the proposed expedition exclaimed impatiently. Ted and the Telephone "Would you like me to leave you them twa graven images?" she said. The Northern Iron But His holy Word—not her fancy, nor the traditions of men—forbade her to bow down to graven images; or to give His glory to any person or thing but Himself. The King's Daughters Ben Stone, his face as grim as that of a graven image, stood forth and waited. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale ‘The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire.—Thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.’ Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada No graven image could have been more immovable. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman He slipped in behind and unseen by the bull to the centre of the arena, and there stood erect, with arms folded, motionless as a graven image. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier "Calm as a graven image," was the reply. The Paternoster Ruby He gave it no attention, sitting like a graven image with clasped hands, listening to the South Carolinian's report. The Long Roll There must needs have been many Israelites in the wilderness that had no learning: yet His command unto them, as unto us, is, ‘Ye shall not make unto you any graven image.’ Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Make your prettiest courtesy to all the graven images, and particularly to that idol toward the left corner. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Not a graven image, scarcely a picture, remained in any of them. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham They were ‘any graven image, or the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.’ All's Well Alice's Victory They look alive, not mere graven images,” Mollie said to herself thankfully, as the necessary introductions were taking place. The Fortunes of the Farrells ‘My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.’ Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The Indian stared at him like a graven image, but vouchsafed no reply. A Mating in the Wilds And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.' By the Christmas Fire Robin, who up to this point had sat like a graven image, inclined his head, and Dolly proceeded— "I have never told anybody about this—except Dilly, of course." The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton The Space Vikings looted their temple and destroyed it utterly; they carried away the graven images and abominations. Space Viking The eldest shoonoo rose, cradling his graven image in his arms, and the noise quieted. Oomphel in the Sky Why, that," he cried at length—"why, that is the most infernal graven image I ever saw. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Their faces are always as expressionless as a graven image. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England No, I don't," she said, "and God does not; and people who talk as if He did not want us to seek happiness—even our own happiness—are making to themselves a graven image. The Mermaid A Love Tale They worship nothing but graven images, and the Queen has fallen in love with Tancred, because he resembles a marble statue older than the times of the pre-Adamite Sultans. Tancred Or, The New Crusade He tells a Roman Catholic of the Macdonnel clan to read his Bible and 'trust in Christ, not in the Virgin Mary and graven images.' George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Their entrance did not disturb the young man's reposeful attitude, which remained as unchanged as that of a graven image; nor did he exhibit any consciousness at their presence. The Colonel's Dream And yet that man Amidon stands there like a graven image, and fears to rush in where an angel has folded her wings for him and rests! Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Opening the door I bade him good morning and walked up to his desk where he went on writing like a graven image. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Why, man, the spectacle must have been enough to make a graven image chuckle. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear The commandment, "Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image," was unmistakably made merely to correct a local evil: the tendency to worship the image instead of the thing it symbolized. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Her husband sat there like a graven image. I Married a Ranger But there are many who worship idols and graven images even in the Christian world. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence The doom foretold has fallen heavy upon the city, upon its palaces, and "upon the graven images of Babylon." Our Day In the Light of Prophecy It don't help him none to stop walking altogether and stand stock still in the middle of the road, like he was a graven image. An Alabaster Box It was therefore unfitting for graven images of the cherubim to be set up in the tabernacle or temple. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Standing there like a graven image was a beautiful doe with twin fawns playing around her. I Married a Ranger Some are totally ignorant of God; some worship the sun and moon; others idols and monstrous graven images, dead men also. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Evidently Babylon was still "the land of graven images," and the desolation foretold by the prophet had not yet befallen its palaces. Our Day In the Light of Prophecy Sitting back in his padded chair, the Judge might have been a graven image. Berry And Co. It was the strangest thing I ever beheld, the way Newman's thunderous command seemed to turn to graven images the men on deck. The Blood Ship The Christian spirits that were present watched him and wondered that a worshiper of a graven image should have so great a feeling of sympathy and innocence stirred in him. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell If, therefore, man had a lively perception or sense of being led, he would not be conscious of living life and would be moved to make sounds and act much like a graven image. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence He turned to Lucia, who was standing like a graven image near the table. The Bad Man "No; I only know that the commandments order us not to worship graven images," he said, gruffly. May Brooke They had set up between their souls and the spirit of God a sort of graven image of ritualistic observances, and traditional usages and interpretations. Sermons at Rugby Therefore the seal hunter must stand perfectly still, like a graven image, with harpoon poised, and that is pretty cold work in zero weather. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Abraham Lincoln gave me a hearty welcome and extended an invitation that is not within the power of any other graven image in the city. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 Babylonian temples were houses of the gods in the literal sense; the gods were supposed to dwell in them, their spirits having entered into the graven images or blocks of stone. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Ah!" replied the Babu, "you are thinking of the story told by the second graven image in King Vikramaditya's throne. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India I did not really know what I wanted; and that graven image of an English butler set me back so; and then I never saw such a house as that. The Bread-winners A Social Study Even there they provoked the Most High, provoked him to jealousy with their graven images. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. There was no other graven image, no visible divinity. Some Chinese Ghosts But it seemed this was a magic signal, converting the dancing Desdemona into a graven image and transforming the statuesque Finn into a hound of abounding and commanding activity. Jan A Dog and a Romance "But what befell King Bhoya when the graven image had thus ended his saying?" In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India I am the Eternal, that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to the graven images. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old Our driver sat like a graven image and we swept on in triumph. Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. No one left the plaza, but every one stood as still as a graven image, and not a sound broke the hush, apparently of breathless expectancy. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi And the dignified professor was turned about, as if he had been a graven image, by two soft little hands, which he caught in his own, and—so forth. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 "Go on, Babu," said the jailer, as the narrator paused; "what said the graven image?" In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India With a face like a graven image Barton went on down the steps into the road. Little Eve Edgarton They were obliged to go on playing a game of bluff with their consecrated superstitions—playing—playing—playing—and yet hiding behind some graven image of authority which they had built out of stone. One Man in His Time A graven image of her couldn't have been more like her. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha" In front of the cavern may be discerned the site of the altar associated with the graven image of Micah, which the children of Dan worshipped in ancient days. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Look here, my friend, I'm not accustomed to sit still like a graven image and be mystified in my own house. Jaffery The men in the centre about the big stone lamp sat like so many dark and graven images, saying not a word. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch "Go on with your text," said the vicar, quietly, "'Confounded be all they that serve graven images;' is that what you mean?" From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry These faithful and dauntless men denounced divine judgments against all who worshipped graven images, however enjoined by civil and ecclesiastical authority. Notes on the Apocalypse As the game progressed any one of those four men might have been a graven image as far as the expression of countenance went. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary And you can stand there like a graven image. Max Only as the graven image of death Which men call life, and ignorantly adore! Household Gods Ask the average clergyman to describe innocence to you, and when he gets through, think a bit, take off the tinsel words with which he has decked out his graven image, and you'll find what? Through stained glass It says we must not make unto ourselves graven images of anything that is in the heavens. Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) It is to be remembered, in this connection, that idols are an imported feature of Japanese religion; Shinto to this day has no "graven image." Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Egypt was ever the land of graven images, and under the veil of Allegory and Mythology the priests concealed religion from the eyes of the vulgar. A History of Pantomime He was indeed a graven image of kindly mien and of a certain majesty of expression. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan I came from the Pacific west—I am going back there as soon as I graduate—and a girl from there never can learn to bottle her feelings till she looks like a graven image. The Rim of the Desert I remarked musingly, "He looks like a graven image"; while Lewis suggested cheerfully, "Perhaps he is one." Stage Confidences His beautiful wife, however, beaming and gracious, but no less rigid than "Lady Washington," in her social statutes, looked like a bird of paradise beside a graven image, so gorgeous was her raiment. The Conqueror Opposite him sat old Samuels, his head forward, motionless as a graven image. The Rules of the Game Both kept as quiet as graven images, for they knew that at the motion of a hand the big bird would take flight. Dick in the Everglades About 5 in the morning we landed on France the land of graven images. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 I could not help it—I turned my head to see if the "graven image" could really laugh. Stage Confidences For a moment—yea, more than a moment—keen Royal eyes rested upon Private M'Slattery, standing like a graven image, with his great chest straining the buttons of his tunic. The First Hundred Thousand But the men picked up a good deal of loot in the process and vented their ultra-Protestant zeal on all the 'graven images' that were not worth keeping for sale. Elizabethan Sea Dogs We are forbidden by the law of Moses to create any graven image of man, of bird or beast. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story The command to make no graven image was, it seems, directed not against the public idols but against the private images. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History But there were others who would have had fun with the tombs of the Egyptian kings, and who could wring smiles from a graven image. Stage Confidences Are we not expressly forbidden by the Holy Scriptures to make unto ourselves idols and graven images? The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Caldwell sat like a graven image, the stock of his little 22 caliber high power Savage nestling against his cheek. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China That we were forbidden by our laws to look upon graven images. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Hence the second command, "Thou shalt not make for thyself any graven image," some believe comes from a period centuries later than Moses. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History Both might have been graven images of coolness. The Flying Legion As you have doubtless noticed, though excellent people where the things not flatly of this world are concerned, my uncle is a graven image and my aunt is a deaf mute. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Then in the last strange wrath broke His own law, And made a graven image of Himself._ The Wild Knight and Other Poems A city of graven images and statues and altars to gods. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story When I thought to make a book he laughed and said, "You are making to yourself a graven image." A Tramp's Sketches We honour Shakspere as the Jews honour God—by not daring to make of him a graven image. All Things Considered With these words I took my leave, and they being indignant threw stones after me; and then they appeared to me like graven images of stone, without any human reason in them. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love They may worship the graven image of President Lincoln in Mobile; they may do homage to the ample stuffed regimentals of General Butler in Charleston; but it will not make the nation forget. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 XXX But, like a graven image, Black Auster kept his place, And ever wistfully he looked Into his master's face. Lays of Ancient Rome He, too, was silent—motionless as a graven image. Tarzan of the Apes Or again, some Puritan with a sullen type of piety would say, "I have reason to congratulate myself that I do not worship graven images like the old heathen Greeks." All Things Considered They were horrible times—times in which there were monks and friars and graven images, which people kissed and worshipped and sang pennillion to. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery The ardently persuasive tone of his words—he thought—would have carried irresistible conviction to a graven image. An Outcast of the Islands The path was lined with guards, all silent and rigid as graven images. Prester John At the corner stood Amos beside two bicycles, solid as a graven image. Mr. Standfast The best religion may not worship graven images, because it may see beyond them. All Things Considered He opened the door, and with a face like a graven image waited to be questioned. The Thirty-Nine Steps Like a graven image he stood in silence, his ear glued to the frail door. The Mucker And even if I hadn’t had the wit to do that, it seemed a senseless thing to leave the good lantern to blow up with the graven images. Island Nights' Entertainments Saints and angels are highly revered, if not adored, but graven images are forbidden. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But if you do not worship graven images, it is only because you are mentally and morally quite incapable of graving them. All Things Considered Wis 14:16 Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha The man stared impassively above their heads—a graven image of unconsciousness. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation One of the blessed graven images had come down all afire, hair and clothes and body, not four yards away from me. Island Nights' Entertainments As the Historian finished his eulogy, I glanced surreptitiously at the faces of his listeners, and caught a twinkle in Marguerite's eyes; but the faces of the others were as serious as graven images. City of Endless Night Very few graven images have moved less than did Private Copper through the next ten seconds. Traffics and Discoveries And Duncan expounded Kellogg's rules at length, adapting them to Tracey's circumstances, of course; and throughout maintained the gravity of a graven image. The Fortune Hunter At first he spoke of the ways of heathen men, of their revengeful spirit and their cruelty in warfare, and he condemned their offering of blood sacrifices and their worship of graven images. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Only Roman Catholics worshipped graven images; they were heretics; that meant that they were shut outside the Church of England, which was God's Church, and couldn't get in. Mary Olivier: a Life It was a case of saying too much or of not saying enough; however, it was not followed up, and the Premier has been as dumb as a graven image ever since. Jennie Baxter, Journalist Is it to be found in the letter or the spirit of the second commandment, which interdicts the making of graven images of any pattern in earth or heaven? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 But I can not get it out of my mind, ever since I saw that look on his face, that he loves that cup—that it's his graven image—his idol! The Elect Lady The graven image of Odin was to him, as to most of the Norsemen, a sacred and a holy thing. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Ye shall not make to yourselves any graven image, nor any likeness that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 "Meaning that I am no better than a graven image?" she demanded with a smile. The Puritans She looked at me solemn as a graven image all the time I was talkin' and not a word out of her. In Exile and Other Stories One of the commandments said they should not make any graven images, and that was the death of art in Palestine. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. The company passed through a temple on their way to the palace, in which the Christians were horrified at the graven images there worshipped. National Epics Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? The Bible, King James version, Book 24: Jeremiah And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. The Bible, King James version, Book 23: Isaiah We left them, with the rich chant still full upon their lips, with heads bent low, calm as graven images. In and out of Three Normady Inns And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Unhappy and restless, he forged for himself a bride of gold; but the image failed to satisfy him, and Wainamoinen, reproving him, forbade his people in the future to worship any graven image. National Epics Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Even against the Bonnie Lassie, whose sculptures you can just see in that little house near the corner"—I waved an illustrative hand—"he can quote Scripture, as to graven images. From a Bench in Our Square She just sits there like a graven image, scared to death. The Claim Jumpers One after another he heard the hours strike, but his position never altered, his eyes never varied, his face remained as though carved in granite—a graven image of despair. The Bars of Iron Of all these graven images existed, carved by men's hands,--some in the form of animals, like the winged bulls of Nineveh. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Such tipple would warm a graven image into speech, and my brother is inordinately curious. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Shalah was a graven image, and I was too tensely strung to have any of the itches and fervours which used to vex me in hunting the deer when stillness was needful. Salute to Adventurers If old Sikaso had heard any of this colloquy he made no sign, but with the face of a graven image went about his preparations. The Boy Aviators in Africa The man that says that this petrified man is nothing but a graven image, proves that he is a little soft in the upper story. The American Goliah In sculpture they did nothing: their religion forbade their making "graven images." General History for Colleges and High Schools Uncle Jake under a gorgeous counterpane would make a graven image smile. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch No one spoke, no one hindered me; every face was like a graven image. Salute to Adventurers "I ain't exactly a graven image, now that you mention it," he admitted. Cap'n Dan's Daughter Then understanding struck like a thunderbolt, as Si'Wren suddenly perceived the futility of all graven images in the presence of a real God, even an invisible one. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs One of the Ten Commandments, that against making graven images, was founded on the fallacy that sculpture and idolatry were one and the same thing. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers The auld captain made o' 't as gien it had been his graven image. Warlock o' Glenwarlock Shalah looked westwards, held up his hand, and stood poised for a minute like a graven image. Salute to Adventurers The French, the pope, and the Devil were all one to him; and when he embarked as senior chaplain he took a hatchet with which to break down the graven images of Louisbourg. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 She put me in mind of a graven image. Lovey Mary I said: "Why, my darling, Baby always sleeps like a graven image." Sketches New and Old, Part 2. And again, "So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images." The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works It is full of idolatries and graven images. The Maid of Maiden Lane I just stood there like one o' these here graven images. The Valley of the Giants So sudden, so stunning was the shock to their senses that they were as graven images for the moment. Castle Craneycrow I could eat a graven image this very minute, but am I complaining? Rainbow Valley Father might as well have pleaded with a graven image. Kilmeny of the Orchard Censers belched out sweet-smelling, pungent clouds of sandalwood to drown the stench of hot humanity; and the huge graven image of Kharvani—serene and smiling and indifferent—stared round-eyed from the darkness. Told in the East Phil looked at him as if he was a graven image, and all the answer he made was; "Be calm, Barnacles, be calm!" Cape Cod Stories For all the attention I paid him, I might have been a graven image. The Beetle Then, in the light which streamed through the broken roof, the adventurers could see, heaped up on a great altar, behind which sat a horrible graven image, piles of yellow metal, and sparkling stones. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Anybody but a graven image would notice the Gould's Bluffs foghorn. Galusha the Magnificent We rode like graven images, and I think the French women wondered at our silence. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Pearl sat like a graven image while Mrs. Francis conscientiously tried to stir up in her the seeds of right living. Sowing Seeds in Danny Suppose her a mere graven image, hollow, void. The Whirlpool Those deeply graven images at times How they will slumber in us, seem forgotten, When all at once a word a tone, a gesture, Retraces all. Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts Humanity was gone from them; they were toddling idols of stone and varnish, worshipping themselves and greedy for though oblivious of worship from their fellow graven images. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Chook, secure of victory, criticized the weather, but Partridge remained silent as a graven image. Jonah My head was whirling, but a graven image might have envied me my impassivity. The Firefly of France From the creation of Adam, mankind has acknowledged its inferiority, and must bow down and worship either the true God or a graven image; or something that is in heaven or in earth. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile He seldom spoke to anyone, but just stood there like a graven image, or walked about like a dumb animal--a pig, as the men used to say. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists We go along like graven images; the more really stirred up, the more graven we appear. The Major Did you ever see such a graven image? Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks At any rate, there was no point in my sitting here like a graven image; so I roused myself and wrapped the rugs closer about the girl. The Firefly of France And do you know, Gen. Grant sat through fourteen speeches like a graven image, but I fetched him! Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) The inspector was as self-contained as a graven image. The Stolen White Elephant I controlled myself, and stood as though I, too, were a graven image. The Lady of the Shroud Laugh, you graven image, and stand clear of the hawser.... The Light That Failed Did you observe," he added, "the graven images that your uncle has set up?... The Sleuth of St. James's Square "And so you keep a pack of lazy idolaters to leave your house to take care of itself, whilst they worship graven images," said Ezekiel, delighted at this opportunity to improve the occasion. The Argonauts of North Liberty For the people delight in these graven images. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino This man was an exception, for he did not set up even a political graven image between him and his God. A Plea for Captain John Brown Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine Laugh, you graven image, and stand clear of the hawser. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition Ever since he had that shock, I've been at him to take things easy; but you might as well talk to a graven image. Keziah Coffin They remained like graven images, he on one knee, she with large eyes fixed upon his face. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel But because he is not God, but only a graven image of God, his self-expression must deal with limits; properly with limits that are strict and even small. What's Wrong with the World They looked on like hungry graven images, but I never made a sale. Options The graven images, the deified wafers, and they who had knelt in adoration before them—the worshipped and the worshippers alike—were in a moment buried under one undistinguishable mass of horrible ruins. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire They behold in the sun the reflection of His glory; mere graven images they reject, refusing to fall under the 'tyranny' of idolatry. The Republic In the seventh chapter of Deuteronomy, God commanded the children of Israel to "destroy the images," "break down" the altars and "burn the graven images" of the Gods of the heathen. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation I've sat in this park a hundred nights as calm as a graven image without knowing where my breakfast was to come from. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million She set it on a square block of stone in front of the graven image, and laid down and walloped her face on the floor a few times, and then took a walk for herself. Options Yet his path was not an easy one to tread, for over him he had the misfortune to have placed in authority a Chief Clerk who was a graven image of elderly insensibility and inertia. Dead Souls |
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