| 单词 | handmaiden |
| 例句 | The allegiances shifted: the handmaiden of chromatin was suddenly its queen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The angry, frustrated soldiers might scare Sam Adams’s black handmaiden out of her wits. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the oldest women seat me, like handmaidens attending a queen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Surely a famous courtesan like yourself is accustomed to the ministrations of handmaidens,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe she’s the handmaiden, good-natured and just out of view. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The handmaidens had to be the fairies.“Wait, what do I do?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From tears, milk, and blood, devise an elixir, and my handmaidens will attend you. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One of her handmaidens told the suitors and they discovered her in the very act. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nanna gave him a linen robe for Frigg and a golden ring for Fulla, Frigg’s handmaiden. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When the Fairy Queen had given instructions, Kendra had felt no doubt that the handmaidens she referred to were the fairies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Renowned educator Horace Mann saw phrenology as “the guide to philosophy and the handmaiden of Christianity,” and Horace Greeley of “Go West, young man” fame advocated phrenology tests for all railroad engineers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When she rose, and as they walked once more through the streets, he had called her God’s daughter, handmaiden to God’s minister. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We think of music as consoling perhaps because it is so often the handmaiden to religion, amplifying our emotional response to religious ideas. Perspective | ‘Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning’: A son escapes into music after his mother’s death 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The guys are the church elders, the women meant to be their helpmeets and handmaidens. Higher Ground: When God Doesn't Talk Back 2011-08-25T07:05:00Z Grand Teuton According to the story, as ghastly as it is apparently untrue, Cologne, Germany, once hosted the martyrdom of 11,000 virgin handmaidens. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z Along the way, Mr. Belton’s view of American religion as unholy handmaiden to reactionary politics gave way to a far more supple perspective. Faith and Politics, a Rocky Romance 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z The first time that a red carpet was rolled out may have been in “The Oresteia” when Clytemnestra orders her handmaidens to lay down crimson tapestries for the return of her long-absent husband, Agamemnon. Toronto Film Festival: Separating Contenders From Pretenders 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z When geography came into being as a subject during the Enlightenment maps have been regarded as its handmaiden. Art of maps 2010-04-30T09:48:00Z They fancy themselves alt-right handmaidens of a reinvigorated white culture and spokeswomen for their ostensibly beleaguered male defenders. Alt-right women and the "white baby challenge" 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z What she is is a handmaiden of a process that, since the 1960s, has been intent on customising feminism and turning it into a servant of the marketplace. Is Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg really the new face of feminism? 2013-03-17T00:05:51Z Anxiety being what Eliot called "the handmaiden to creativity", he did not need to write poetry any more. Valerie Eliot's death deprives poetry of its strongest advocate 2012-11-13T12:01:10Z By longstanding tradition, as Professor Hartman reminded his readers, literary criticism was seen as a handmaiden of literature — an adjunct whose sole raison d’être was literature itself. Geoffrey H. Hartman, Scholar Who Saw Literary Criticism as Art, Dies at 86 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z She quite often does this, casts her listener as a sort of linguistic handmaiden. Thandie Newton: ‘I wake up angry – there’s a lot to be angry about’ 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z “Women have always been handmaidens of birth and death, and that means mess and instinct,” she said. The United States of Metrics 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z There was also her cameo appearance as one of Queen Amidala's handmaidens in Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity' 2013-07-04T19:00:00Z Attended by handmaidens who were brightly colored spools of thread, Cleopatra was a filigreed creamer, her Antony a stoppered cruet — and it was somehow no less moving when they died at the end. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Martin's emotional illiteracy is the handmaiden of delusion. The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth – review 2013-01-18T08:30:01Z You get the nurses, the handmaidens, the soldiers who grumble and complain about the political figures of the day. A Monteverdi Master Returns to His Roots With a Rare Trilogy 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z That major festivals are handmaidens to the Oscars has been true for some time. Toronto Film Festival: Separating Contenders From Pretenders 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z “Choice serves as the central totem of consumer capitalism, and those who present choices to us appear as handmaidens to our own freedom,” he writes. A New Theory of Distraction 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Impressionism was handmaiden to this vibrant new city. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z My grandparents hadn’t raised their ambitious eldest daughter to be anyone’s handmaiden. My Absent Father 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z She befriended poets like Ginsberg, serving as what she called their devoted and decidedly square “handmaiden,” helping them manage their correspondence and readings schedules. Elsa Dorfman, Who Made Art With Giant Polaroids, Dies at 83 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Over the next hour, as the music played from a CD, the 48 dancers portrayed a romance set in a royal undersea court and a magical forest, with nobles, handmaidens and thugs. Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean Kingdom? at City Ballet 2011-09-11T04:00:07Z The monarch’s power was construed as symbolic of God, and his wife was to be his handmaiden – not his ladylove. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z Cunningham, when pressed, actually cited Krishna and his handmaidens as the starting point for this quartet. MoveTube: A sublime snippet of Merce Cunningham dancing Septet 2012-05-23T13:02:50Z I’m not handmaiden of Satan last I checked. An evangelical scientist on reconciling her religion and the realities of climate change 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Lind is well matched by Alison Wright’s shrewd Emilia, Desdemona’s handmaiden and Iago’s wife, who has a will as sharp as her acerbic tongue. Review: A Cool-Tempered ‘Othello’ for Warm Central Park Nights 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The handmaiden, if you will, to that problem is predictability. Hulu's tiresome "Handmaid's Tale" should learn from the sins of "Planet of the Apes" 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z This is criticism that doesn’t wait to be asked, Kael’s criticism isn’t happy with the demurely submissive “handmaiden to the arts” tag; she is more like Joan of Arc at the Battle of Orléans. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “Like he’s death’s handmaiden. What would the masculine for that be?” I Was Misinformed: A Fantasy Found in the Morgue 2014-02-07T23:05:58Z These two, who could be sisters iconographically and soon are metaphorically, serve as strong handmaidens to the hero, inhabited with stolid charm by Trejo. Machete Review: Sharp, Bloody Fun 2010-09-03T10:25:00Z After a brief ensemble swim with her handmaidens, Esther goes underwater, twirling and swimming directly toward the camera; she could be the shark in Jaws, but friendly, or a Circe with no side effects. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z She becomes Daenerys’s unwaveringly loyal and ridiculously capable handmaiden: she speaks 19 languages, which is impressive, even if they are all made up. 'No one gets beheaded!' – Nathalie Emmanuel on life after Game of Thrones 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Consider the story of Abraham, who fathered a child through Hagar, his wife’s handmaiden, when his wife, Sarah, was unable to conceive. The Gay Show ‘Mom and Dads’ on Israeli TV 2012-12-30T05:20:22Z This is not to say the movies are derivative, only that imitation is often the handmaiden of originality. New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Phaedra and her oracle attendants, clothed in head-to-toe burkas, endure reels of soldierly harassment; but when the virgin queen needs to escape, her handmaiden prove wondrously efficient in the use of cutlery. Immortals: Crash, Bash and Flash of the Titans 2011-11-11T10:00:47Z The events that unfold lead Thomasin’s family to suspect that she might be a handmaiden of Satan—and we wonder too if, wittingly or not, she has become a conduit for evil. Review: Old Fears Run Deep in The Witch 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z She's long been the best friend of his daughter along with being one of the princess's handmaidens. All is not right with Alicent: "House of the Dragon" and the King's choice 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Instead the player hears Aphrodite’s passion while watching the reaction of her two topless handmaidens. Video Game Review | God of War III: In ?God of War III? Spartan Soldier Battles Zeus 2010-03-29T22:24:00Z The leading woman detective was dramatically neutralised by a bad man's hammer and every other woman character was handmaiden to Wallander's hunt. TV review: Wallander; Shakespeare Uncovered; Henry IV Part 1 2012-07-08T21:35:01Z Its weakness lies in the fact that music, though it serves most becomingly as religion’s handmaiden, is not a religion. Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Some of those women flourished, but not a few seemed diminished by their role as helpmeet and handmaiden, and if they got divorced, they divorced the identity they’d helped build and maintain. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Maybe Baja California’s reputation as the handmaiden of American vice belongs in the mythic past, with all those wispy stories of Al Capone. In Tijuana, searching for Al Capone 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The movie knows a thing that is, apparently, rather difficult to say: that the system of higher learning in the United States is not just an adjunct to the class system or handmaiden of it. A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But so do teachers unions, handmaidens of the Democratic Party, who pushed to keep school doors closed during the pandemic, helping themselves while doing lasting harm to children. Why so many Americans are down on Biden | Bret Stephens 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But Republicans and their handmaidens in the "both sides"-obsessed press kept relying on shoddier polls that used ambiguous or misleading language to exaggerate the opposition to abortion. In Ohio, Republicans lose on abortion again 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s COVID-19 claim — and the others in which he used antisemitic observations to advance his world view — reflect a long history in which anti-science claims and antisemitism have been handmaidens. Column: RFK Jr. gets around to blaming the Jews 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z But the Dominion lawsuit showed clearly that Carlson is the handmaiden of the fascist movement, not its leader. Why did Fox News give Tucker Carlson the boot? The answer matters 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The assumption is that McCarthy is a reluctant handmaiden to the far right, a man boxed in by the outsized power the worst actors have in his slim majority. Hopelessly devoted: Kevin McCarthy's dedication to Marjorie Taylor Greene is a dangerous sign 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Set around the turn of this century, “From Scratch” has the luxury of its pre-dystopian setting, before cellphones and texting — the handmaiden of sex but the enemy of romance. With ‘From Scratch,’ Netflix cooks up its version of a Lifetime weepie 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Moreover, it's doubtful there are enough of his faithful handmaidens left to do the job. No exit: After Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump is trapped — and his fear is palpable 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z "If the so-called party of the people cannot raise taxes on the ultra-rich they have little purpose other than being yet another handmaiden for the wealthy in Washington." “Really inexcusable”: Democrats set to let unpopular Trump tax cuts for the wealthy stay in place 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z “If the court becomes a handmaiden to AILA, all of a sudden the court’s interests become not the interests of the American people, it becomes protecting the interests of foreign nationals in the United States.” Union calls for DOJ to review its firing of Trump immigration judges 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z If they can oust the alpha female and her handmaidens, they can move into their place — and afterward sort out which among them will become the new fecund queen. The Incredible Journey of Three African Wild Dogs 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “And they’re going to make it hard for you to refuse to watch their performance because all their media handmaidens have signed on to provide live coverage,” Mr. Goodwin noted. Trump to keep the faith at Road to Majority conference 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Slamming a woman’s mental state has always been a quick and easy way to gaslight them — “Oh, she’s crazy,” “she’s so unstable” — “medicine” as a misogynist’s handmaiden. Opinion | The Depp-Heard verdict is a gag order for women 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But that meager concession was made during a different era, when the group and its political handmaidens still feared public backlash. Opinion | Nothing Is Stopping the N.R.A.’s Gun Orgy in Texas 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z I recoil from abortion — don’t even like the word — and I detest the bigotry in assumptions that certain judges are misogynists or handmaidens because they don’t toe the right intellectual line. Perspective | Alito’s draft opinion would halt Title IX’s forward march 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “And then to be in part the handmaiden of its demise — I don’t know how you can see that as other than tragic.” A Veteran Diplomat, a ‘Tragic Figure,’ Battles Critics in the U.S. and Afghanistan 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z "They are the handmaidens of the industry," he said. Industry-aligned Democrats sink bill to lower drug costs. “What did they get for that” from Pharma? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z And this Democratic Party will be remembered for serving as the handmaiden for a tyranny that could last generations. The new tyranny in Texas will be America's future — unless Democrats act now 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z While Europa was frolicking with her handmaidens on the beach, he joined in their games. Simply the most beautiful paintings in the world After all, feeling hopeful is purpose's handmaiden, an involuntary mental state, like love or joy, that softens reality's sharp edges. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z It should be easy, then, to dismiss all this culture war blather as much ado about nothing, the latest fake-news nonsense from shameless politicians and their handmaidens in the media. Perspective | Beef isn’t being banned. But it’s always a staple of the culture-war diet. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The platforms are handmaidens in the spread of hyper-partisan information — indeed, in many ways, they optimize for it. Social networks solved their 2016 election problems, but their 2020 problems are bigger 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z A group of a dozen women dressed as handmaidens, with red dresses and white bonnets, lined up in a row with signs hanging from their necks with the words “Trump Pence OUT NOW!” Women’s March in D.C. draws thousands in protest of Supreme Court nominee, Trump 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z It previously used the term “handmaiden” to describe female leaders. What is the Democrats' strategy for Barrett's confirmation hearing and how will the GOP respond? 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But it does something else: It turns them into the handmaidens of white supremacy. Opinion | What 11 Republican senators had to say about Trump’s racism 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The horrible irony is the passion of these well-meaning citizens is being exploited by the Democrats and their “social justice” handmaidens to actually maintain the political status quo. Democrats exploit well-meaning passions in cities seeking relief 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z That premise has served science and its handmaiden, technology, extremely well over the past few centuries. What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about the Brain 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Not every attorney general is the president’s handmaiden. For Trump, l'etat, c'est moi. Attorney General Barr does whatever he wants | Lloyd Green 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z And most of them are still women, underscoring what most people think of the profession: It’s a feminine redoubt for handmaidens. Perspective | They played college football before they went into nursing. It couldn’t have prepared them for this. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Well, I will wager my Scottish castle, my Black Forest shooting estate and 20 of my most attentive handmaidens that he will win at least one major championship. Will Greg Norman reach superstardom? - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z “Urban educated working women are the ones who are going to suffer the most, they are the ones seen as the ideal birth vehicles for China’s future, the handmaidens,” said Fong. Propaganda and sexism prove powerful contraceptives for Chinese women 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z "All those attacks on Wall Street offended donors. 'Stop the Bernie menace' before voters could elect him. That's what you are watching. The media working, as always, as handmaidens to the ruling class." Tucker Carlson: CNN and Elizabeth Warren found 'common enemy' in Bernie Sanders 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z He doesn’t ask Congress; he gives notice to a weak handmaiden. Iran and Donald Trump's mind: Is this crisis his Reichstag fire? 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Congress are the handmaiden of a deeply corrupt president. Needed: A Ukrainian-style "Revolution of Dignity" for the U.S. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Anxiety that Facebook had become a handmaiden to the conservative movement lay at the root of Cambridge Analytica blowing up into a global scandal in 2018, two years after we knew most of the details. Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z In a briefing with reporters at Westminster she said: "I think it would be the end for Labour in Scotland if they turn out to be the handmaidens of Boris Johnson's Brexit." Sturgeon fears Labour rebels will help pass Brexit 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Bishop joined the president onstage to attack “the fake news media,” which he called “the handmaidens and allies” of “socialist” Democrats. Trump Chides ‘America-Hating Left’ in Rally for House Candidate 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Ireland, the thinking went, should be the handmaiden for glorious Britannia – and this servile position is for Ireland’s own benefit and ultimately serves Irish interests. Boris Johnson’s reckless Britain-above-all policies threaten peace in Ireland | Richard McMahon 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Rather inadvertently though, she is also making a late run to be remembered as the handmaiden of Scottish independence. All hail Theresa May, reluctant hero of the Scottish independence movement | Kevin McKenna 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Women dressed as handmaidens protest outside the Alabama State Capitol after a near-total ban on abortion passed the state Senate. The Daily 202: Marco Rubio slams CEOs for bad China deals, short-term thinking and not investing in U.S. workers 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z “They are just handmaidens to the pharmaceutical company whose only mission is to increase sales and profits.” More states push for tossing religious exemptions for vaccinations 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Compromise will be accepted as a handmaiden of principle, not its opposite. Opinion | Who would make the ideal president? Here’s where we start. 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z He was, at his heart, a handmaiden to the unequal world we have made, and although you can argue for its transient loveliness, it was always uglier, and more important, than that. The man who froze women: why Karl Lagerfeld was an artist for our times | Tanya Gold 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Florentine social protocol demanded that a woman of importance not be out and about in public unattended, so a handmaiden accompanies each; the two servants’ age difference roughly corresponds to that of the two saints. Review: Pontormos ‘Visitation,’ a Renaissance masterpiece of extreme imagination, visits the Getty 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Suffice it to say, with the public’s trust in the press near all-time lows, becoming a willing handmaiden to even more political spin and dishonesty won’t help return it to a healthy reputation. Stable genius says it's a witch hunt: Echoing Trump's lies isn't journalism 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who is poised to become speaker, called him a “shameless handmaiden for the special interests.” Donald Trump announces Mick Mulvaney on Twitter as acting chief of staff 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Here we see the vague outlines of how the Apple Watch could become vital, or at least ubiquitous, as the handmaiden to another data-hungry industry. Apple Used to Know Exactly What People Wanted — Then It Made a Watch 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z On the few occasions when women have played a role in serial killings, as in the moors and Manson murders, they have functioned as handmaidens to a master. The myth of the she-devil: why we judge female criminals more harshly 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The handmaidens stare straight ahead, stonily connecting this incredible and otherwise inexplicable event to viewers, who stare back at the painting. Review: Pontormos ‘Visitation,’ a Renaissance masterpiece of extreme imagination, visits the Getty 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Looking back on the captivity, Smart said Thursday that she believes the older woman who treated her as a “handmaiden” and a “slave” was manipulated by her husband at times. Niece: Family won’t take in Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z She said Barzee “saw me as her slave. She called me her handmaiden. She never hesitated to let her displeasure with me be known.” Elizabeth Smart says kidnapper being released still a threat 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z We’ll see a few more red handmaiden outfits at the Judiciary Committee. Opinion | She’s No Ted Kennedy 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The rallies have no purpose other than spreading lies and whipping up the masses, the thinking goes, so by covering them, the press is being a handmaiden to propaganda. Should media quit covering Trump rallies? Absolutely not 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z In fact, Denham has walked into one of the thorniest, most contentious episodes of modern British history, and she has become the handmaiden to it. Elizabeth Denham: ‘Data crimes are real crimes’ 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The group once used “handmaiden”—a reference to Mary’s description of herself as “the handmaid of the Lord”—but the name was changed when popular culture gave that word a sinister connotation. Inside Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Cult’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z But the question Democrats should be asking themselves today is whether Trump’s expanding populist checklist will energize the conservative base in November enough to keep his congressional handmaidens in charge. Opinion | Democrats may be in for a surprise in 2018 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Nepotism and corruption are the handmaidens of the Trump presidency. Nepotism and corruption: the handmaidens of Trump's presidency | Jill Abramson 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z This is why there’s a Colosseum in Rome, and why public spectacle, theater, cinema, TV and now the internet have always been handmaidens of dictators. The insidious power of The Trump Show 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Most recently, the musician and humanitarian Bob Geldof called her “a handmaiden to genocide.” Burma has committed ‘ethnic cleansing,’ U.S. says. Where does Aung San Suu Kyi go from here? 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z You know, everything Democrats and their handmaidens in the media claim to abhor. Donald Trump ‘experts’ forget America First presidents 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Unlike Chucky or, say, the clown doll in “Poltergeist,” Annabelle is never seen moving of her own accord; as someone helpfully explains at one point, she is Satan’s conduit rather than his walking, talking handmaiden. Hello, dolly! 'Annabelle: Creation' is a creaky, crafty origin story 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But as Queen Daenerys points out to her handmaiden: “Yes, all men must die. But we are not men.” Drama queens: why it’s all about women and power on screen right now 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The industry may be the handmaiden of globalisation but it is congealing into regional oligopolies. An illustrious Hong Kong container firm sells to China 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z No politician wants to risk getting tagged as a handmaiden to big banks. Analysis | The Finance 202: The road to Dodd-Frank rewrite runs through red-state Democrats 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z There is another bellwether indicating a shift in American priorities, and a rejection of those who are seen as handmaidens of the political establishment dumpster fire. Donald Trump revolution an irritant to Democrats 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z It is my confessor, my keeper of lists, a provider of food and culture, an entertainer and educator and handmaiden to my children. Tech’s Frightful Five: They’ve Got Us 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It is as if western democracies are exhibiting a convulsive physical reaction to the effects of globalization and its handmaidens of economic inequality and a perceived helplessness in the face of uncontrolled immigration. As the French Go to the Polls, Uncertainty Is the Only Sure Bet 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z An Associated Press item reported on a Catholic congregation in New Jersey being taken over by a fundamentalist sect in which wives were called “handmaidens”—a word that Atwood had underlined. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Academics and the media in particular should support viewpoint diversity instead of serving as the handmaidens of political expediency by trying to exclude voices or damage reputations and careers. My Unhappy Life as a Climate Heretic 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z In addition, a surprising number of New York business leaders, politicians, and real-estate satraps have convinced themselves that new cultural institutions are the handmaidens of commerce—especially when building permits call for them. The Performance-Art Impresario 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z If it were ever a mystery as to how the media come to be co-opted in dictatorships and are appointed handmaidens to demagogues, this is how it happens. Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon and how bigotry became a cool new trend | Nesrine Malik 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z In the meantime, however, Democrats were left searching for the basics: a message, messengers, and a structure to defend their goals, since the Democratic National Committee was a handmaiden to Clinton’s defeat. For reeling Democrats, now what? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Republicans have tried to paint him as a handmaiden of special interests, a charge he predictably rejects. Evan Bayh, Long Popular in Indiana, Finds Comeback Unexpectedly Rocky 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z But her Arizona pedigree is impeccable and her relative moderation makes it harder to portray Kirkpatrick, per the usual campaign playbook, as the handmaiden of Left Coast liberals like Nancy Pelosi. As John McCain fights for reelection, the Trump problem cuts two ways — both against him 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Hence the work of the Committee of Public Safety, whose chief handmaiden was the guillotine and whose activities depended critically on anonymous reports about those whose commitment to virtue was less than wholehearted. The College Formerly Known as Yale 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Today, death is a handmaiden to automobile travel. Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Death, Denial and Self-Driving Cars 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z If Woodrow Wilson was the American godfather of this transformation, Hillary Clinton is its handmaiden. Government Hits the Wall 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z That is to say, Miss Bowser is the, ahem, handmaiden of the council. DEBORAH SIMMONS: D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser the handmaiden of the week 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z I would be her steward into secular life, a handmaiden to her hegira. Testing the Bounds of Faith in Little Yemen 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Snobs like me are the “handmaidens” of liberal destruction. We must shame dumb Trump fans: The white working class are not victims 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z I cannot wait for this New Dawn as consumers once again are beholden to Organized Labor and their handmaidens in Congress and the Media. The Era of Free Trade Might Be Over. That’s a Good Thing. 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi’s declarations serve an important purpose, highlighting how China’s leadership views the news media as party handmaidens and loyal mouthpieces. China’s newsrooms serve as President Xi’s loyal mouthpieces 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Many in Congress see it not as economists do—as the savior of the economy—but as handmaiden to the banks or an unaccountable enabler of fiscal profligacy. How Sanders, Trump Threaten Market Confidence 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Macrophages were once cast as humble handmaidens of the immune system, responsible for recognizing microbes or debris and gobbling them up. Medicine’s Burning Question 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Zelena plotted a way in and out of Camelot while playing as Regina's mute handmaiden. 'Once Upon a Time' recap: the origins of Merlin, Excalibur and the Dark One 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The answer to those who seek totality is not anarchy, which is not totality’s enemy but its handmaiden. Hitler’s world may not be so far away | Timothy Snyder 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Once religious empires have not just an idea but a territory to call their own, the soldiers of god are of more value than his handmaidens. Not just Nefertiti – there are plenty of influential women in history. If you look for them… | Bettany Hughes 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z A newfound friend of social equality, the court may yet remain the handmaiden of our rising economic inequality. Now’s the time for same-sex equality in the workplace 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Metaphysics and its proto-cosmological speculations, construed as philosophy, were in medieval times considered the handmaiden of theology. Physicists Are Philosophers, Too 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z This required evasive maneuvers that launched her coterie of handmaidens, purse-holders and security guards all around the plush leather cabin of the magical, age-reversing van. CHARLES HURT: Hillary Clinton descends from luxury for coronation as candidate of the people 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Mrs. Clinton is eager to show she isn’t a handmaiden of Wall Street or a corporate Democrat. Sneak Peek at Hillary Clinton on Campaign 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z "It must be remembered that Pakistan is not Saudi Arabia's handmaiden, doing its bidding at the flick of a wrist," said a Friday editorial in English daily The Express Tribune. Saudi request for help in Yemen puts Pakistani PM in a bind 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Using the vaguely humanitarian rhetoric of “connection,” they cast themselves as the handmaidens to our digital emancipation. How one man’s utopian vision for the Internet conquered, and then warped, Silicon Valley 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Why not say "Big Pharma" or "investors" instead of "scientists," effectively investors' handmaidens? How to Develop New Antibiotics 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z When Mira is chatting with her fellow handmaidens, not so much. 'Game Of Thrones' Episode 2 Review: The Lost Lords 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z And they have long succeeded with many voters by painting the Republican Party as the handmaiden of the rich and powerful business interests. Economy Up, G.O.P. Wants a Little Credit 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The image of Jackson as a divine handmaiden became so widespread that Jackson eventually adopted it, referring to himself, in 1826, as “the humble instrument of a wise and superintending Providence.” How the Battle of New Orleans Birthed the American Character 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It humanizes a man who almost immediately became controversialized as a naive, self-important desk jockey or, worse, a handmaiden to terrorists everywhere. ‘Citizenfour’ movie review: Laura Poitras reintroduces Edward Snowden And the portrait of Johnson and Reagan as twin handmaidens to our current distempers shortchanges how each leader achieved for his side and the country a set of lasting political and policy triumphs. Book review: ‘Landslide,’ LBJ, Reagan and New America, by Jonathan Darman Technology would be the handmaiden of his success. As Cubs Slowly Rebuild, There’s Shouting From the Rooftops 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Whether intentionally or not, we will end up acting as handmaiden to Kurdish ambitions for full independence – and in so doing, effectively assist in the dismemberment of Iraq. Western intervention over Isis won’t prevent the break-up of Iraq 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z “The past several decades,” he writes, ”have witnessed the rise of financial capitalism: a system in which finance, once the handmaiden of industry, has taken the lead as the engine driving capitalism.” Seven Lessons In Economic Leadership From Ancient Egypt 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Then if he dies, and the family ritually washes and cleanses the body, they will unwittingly act as a handmaiden for the virus. Cross-Border Ebola Outbreak a First for Deadly Virus 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The Importance of Failure Failure is the handmaiden of wisdom in the scientific world. Vinton G. Cerf: The Value of "Investment by the U.S. Government" Cannot Be Overstated 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z For one thing, there’s reality and its handmaiden, political pragmatism, to take into account; there are challenges ahead, and voters want leaders willing to face them. Can the Va. GOP rise to the challenge of climate change? Eckersley said that most global telecommunications companies are “handmaidens of their governments’ surveillance apparatuses,” and he expressed little hope for a global treaty. Vodafone exposes government wiretapping Thus his reduction of the 35-year-old Grimes to a cipher, the handmaiden to “every Hollywood liberal,” someone who “is in this race because Barack Obama and Harry Reid want her to be in this race.” The Grimes-McConnell bluegrass war But he’s just a handmaiden to the bigger evil. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics 2014-04-28T18:47:14Z “Our handmaidens keep to the kitchen unless called to this hall.” Shirley Jackson: “The Man in the Woods.” 2014-04-21T04:00:00Z Fundamentalists oppose the science of climate change on supposed scriptural grounds, for instance, but on that issue they’re just serving as handmaidens to corporate money and power. America: Stupidly stuck between religion and science 2014-04-12T16:30:00Z They ultimately seek to make it activity’s dutiful handmaiden. Riff: How Did Sleep Become So Nightmarish? 2014-03-21T14:25:31Z After the Times reported widespread issues with violence under CEC’s watch, Palatucci slammed the paper as the “handmaiden of the liberal left.” Chris Christie’s Texas horror: Meet the scandalous prison company he’s long promoted 2014-01-24T13:30:00Z It triggered a sweeping protest movement that, 18 months later, led to General Musharraf’s departure, but also promised something more profound: an end to the judiciary’s image as the handmaiden of military rulers. Pakistan’s Chief Justice Leaves a Mixed Legacy 2013-12-13T22:26:54Z But to conflate that with actively handing information to foreign adversaries is to foreclose on the crucial distinction between a whistleblower and a spy, and makes journalists the handmaidens of enemies of the state. Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a spy – but do our leaders care? 2013-07-05T17:03:09Z If he wants to inspire confidence in the economy he ought to be chauffeured to work each day in a limo packed with handmaidens. Escape velocity: the hot new macro-economic buzzword 2013-07-02T12:11:36Z The glory years for nurses, my mother always told me, were during World War II, when most of the doctors were away and real responsibility replaced being a handmaiden. Books: In Essays, Nurses Highlight Job’s Tedious Duties and Profound Implications 2013-05-20T18:22:42Z The May Queen enters with her handmaidens - the Whites. In pictures: Beltane Fire Festival 2013-05-01T10:37:37Z The adage about mathematics being the “handmaiden of the sciences” sounds condescending, but it’s not, and it’s fairly accurate. Do you need to know math for doing great science? 2013-04-10T01:45:02.807Z “The past several decades,” he writes, ”have witnessed the rise of financial capitalism: a system in which finance, once the handmaiden of industry, has taken the lead as the engine driving capitalism. Five Steps That Banks Must Take To Achieve The Good Society 2013-02-14T19:27:47Z Instead, he couched his proposal in the language of his re-election campaign, again casting himself as the defender of the middle class and Republicans as handmaidens of the rich. The state of the union: A House divided 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z That is, its neoliberal, export-led growth model and its handmaidens, the utterly unchallenged single market and the increasingly discredited single currency. Europe's biggest enemy is in fact David Cameron's friend – the single market 2013-01-17T11:59:06Z At worst we may become handmaidens to untamed—and malignant—technological complexity. Why Co-Creation Is Key to Survival in a Trillion-Computer Era 2012-11-09T21:58:45Z He told the strikers that the President and the ANC were handmaidens of the mine owners. After South Africa's Mine Massacre, Will the ANC's Grip on Power Unravel? 2012-08-24T08:05:32Z The iron handmaidens of high unemployment and economic inequality keep the show going. Fifty shades of capitalism 2012-07-14T19:00:00Z The Informal Anarchist Federation argues that technology, and indeed civilization, is responsible for the world’s ills, and that scientists are the handmaidens of capitalism. Anarchists attack science 2012-05-30T17:50:29.193Z I could not observe mysterious footprints in the grass near, for Miss Brabourne's well-meaning but clumsy handmaiden had trodden it all flat by the time I arrived on the scene. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Extend, O Lord, over Thy servants and handmaidens, the right hand of Thy heavenly aid, that they may draw near unto Thee with all their heart, and worthily obtain their petitions. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Circe received her self-invited guests most graciously, seated them on tapestry-covered couches, and bade her numerous handmaidens speedily set before them all manner of good cheer,—an order which was immediately carried out. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Along with religion he would insist that education should go as its handmaiden, inasmuch as there can be little revelation of God where there is arrested mental development. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z “Instead it has become the handmaiden of the medico-industrial complex, and of bioscience and technology.” Editor?s move sparks backlash 2012-02-22T18:20:24.483Z Education, of a truth, has become the handmaiden of merchandising. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z The intellectual gave a portion of their time to tasks such as servants and handmaidens usually discharge. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Among these ingenious contrivances were two golden handmaidens gifted with motion, who attended the god wherever he went, and supported his halting footsteps. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Wall Street financial houses became the handmaidens of the Minotaur. The Way Greeks Live Now 2012-02-14T01:00:08Z "But your tall handmaiden was sure that they would not be able to receive me." For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z Truly, indeed, education has become the handmaiden of merchandising. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z When no hope appeared of easing him in his ravings, the abbess bethought herself of the dust, and immediately bade her handmaiden go and fetch her the casket in which it was. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z He said the court would be a "handmaiden to a settlement privately negotiated on the basis of unknown facts" if he were to approve it. Analysis: NY federal judge an outlier in challenging SEC 2011-11-29T22:14:40Z The handmaiden did so, and Finn took a full draught. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z When Hind saw him looking at herself, she was highly displeased and scolded her handmaidens and beat some of them. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Then she could never again go back to her father’s palace, she could never again sit in this chamber and talk to her handmaidens, and be with Chalciope, her sister. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z As he turned away, regretfully, he confronted the veiled girl, almost childlike in stature under the protection of her tall handmaiden. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Figures of vice sit enthroned; while seven damsels, Acrasia's handmaidens, dance before them; and youth sports in the shade of the forbidden myrtles. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z There was nothing but love; nothing but the harmony of their souls, the harmony of her handmaiden’s soul with the soul of her god, an exile upon earth. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z The artist, however, still hesitates to avail himself of the resources of what may be at least acknowledged as a handmaiden of art, if not admitted to its most exalted ranks. The Attitudes of Animals in Motion Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope 2011-10-15T02:00:30.240Z And he said, Who art thou? and she answered, I am Ruth, thine handmaiden; spread therefore thy shirt over thine handmaiden, for thou art a near kinsman. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z The handmaiden's great, mysterious, olive-green eyes were fixed upon him, half in appeal, half in command. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Remember me to your elderly and amiable handmaiden, whose beaten biscuit I recall with such felicity. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z "Optimism is a great asset," Grahame smiled; "but in this country it must have a handmaiden—a convenient revolver." The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z For himself, Vulcan formed golden handmaidens, whom he endowed with reason and speech. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z There, as already remarked, the leaders of the church hoped to be able to mould a state in which the secular power should find its greatest glory in being the handmaiden of the spiritual. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z I went once—with my handmaiden—and heard his preaching. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Here he resides fifteen years or more, and by the daughters of Laban and their handmaidens becomes the “father” of the tribes of Israel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The handmaiden, however, returned with her task scarce half completed, and a good deal flurried and alarmed. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z The Princess became deeply interested in the recital, and as her handmaiden unfolded her plan of waiting for Time on the longest day of summer, she gradually caught her excitement. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z And then when the guests have departed, the handmaidens Bore off the feast, and clear'd the lofty hall, Removed the goblets and the tables all. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z "The white brother forgets that I am a handmaiden," she replied. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Murillo, on the other hand, accepted the theory that art is the handmaiden of the Church, that only the handling of the chosen picture is the affair of the painter. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z And the servant bowed him low, And found a handmaiden who walked aside: 'Damsel, thy mistress cometh in much pride; Say by what name men call her, and what need Brings her to Memphis.' The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus 2011-07-30T02:00:17.393Z "The Lord hath rewarded his handmaiden," replied the serious attorney. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Then the seven beautiful damsels, who were the handmaidens of the princess—when she lived with her mother—floated on the sunbeams into the room. Polish Fairy Tales 2011-07-10T02:00:20.137Z All the varlets and handmaidens were dressed in the old native costume, so appropriate to the ancient wooden buildings with quaintly carved eaves and doorways, about which they hovered. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Art, the handmaiden of the Church, had delighted in the presentation of ascetic figures as far removed from struggling humanity as the heavens are above the earth. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z Today, the United States is locked in a throes of perpetual war, and our politics are dominated by its political handmaiden, perpetual fear. Terrorists, Dictators and Fear: Why America's Great War Machine Keeps Running 2011-07-07T10:06:26Z One is prepared for the tragic and the mysterious by the opening scene of the handmaidens washing the mysterious stain from the palace steps. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z “My reign is over, thrown out, disgraced, everything lost in one day for a passing fancy, at my age, silly and crazy with a low-class handmaiden,” Larmine recites. Love Academy Fixes French Sex Legacy After Strauss-Kahn Case 2011-07-01T17:31:28Z For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 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 He had two handmaidens bring to Smith, first, a basin in which to rinse his fingers, then feathers to dry them. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z At the day’s dawning came the handmaidens of the Sea King’s daughter, with their jewelled vessels, to draw water from the well. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Dame Hadwig, only a beginner herself, delighted in correcting her handmaiden, and was never so pleased, as when Praxedis took a substantive for an adjective, or conjugated an irregular verb as a regular one. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Minerva and her handmaidens, the Graces, wove garments for the goddesses of more exquisite colors and textures than any that could be made by human hands. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z "However, health and care needs are in fact two sides of the same coin - social care should no longer be viewed as just a supportive handmaiden to the NHS." Social care 'facing funding gap' 2011-03-17T00:02:12Z In business and politics, nepotism is often the enemy of efficiency and a handmaiden to corruption. Arab Regimes' Nepotism Problem 2011-03-10T04:01:09Z To the end of his life Franklin was proud of his trade of printing, with its handmaiden journalism. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z And, above all things, Alfred Whittaker liked a good dinner, a pretty, tasteful table, and a neat handmaiden to wait upon him. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z My body was as fire that shone; God's beauty that makes all things one Was one among my handmaidens. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Go to your house and see to your own duties, the loom and the distaff, and bid your handmaidens perform their tasks. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Fat, fair, and forty, she was seated in a gloomy recess, upon an “alga,” and partially screened from view by the intervention of a lusty handmaiden. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Bless the seeds that are placed therein by Thy servants and handmaidens. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z That is because economic freedom is the handmaiden of political freedom. In Egypt, Will an Economic Revolution Follow? 2011-02-12T05:00:00Z There was none like thee in the land; The girls that were thy bondwomen Did bind thee with a purple band Upon thy forehead, that all men Should know thee for God's handmaiden. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z It and its handmaiden, borrowing, have wrought much confusion and inconvenience in private libraries. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z And now, reader, to that worthy cat, to the sable handmaiden, to the little heiress, and to our old friend Miss Jerusha Glory Ann Skamp, you and I must bid farewell. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Vouchsafe unto Thy handmaiden Thy grace, that I may love Thee above all things, seek Thee, and ever be diligent in Thy service. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z Following World War II, many policy makers worried that the Fed would serve as a perpetual monetary handmaiden to Congress and the president as they pursued interventionist and Keynesian policies, including targeting interest rates. Taylor Rule II Shows Which Fed Policies Work Best: Amity Shlaes 2011-01-19T02:04:02Z Wherefore she bade one of her handmaidens To be her help to do upon this wise. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Now she was back among "the quiet ones" again, fulfilling her own prophecy, come to lay her burden of pain and joy, if not at Jesus' feet, at least in the safekeeping of his handmaidens. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Otherwise, politicians diminish politics, by turning it into the mere handmaiden of a largely made-up financial ogre. Markets and democracy: of bogeymen and bonds 2010-08-18T23:01:00Z And the tax code has been its handmaiden. Look at Macy's: U.S. tax code encourages companies to rack up huge debt 2010-08-08T04:00:00Z First, let's address this notion that F & F are Democratic handmaidens or sacred cows. Michael Tomasky: Why not Fannie and Freddie? 2010-05-24T18:59:00Z Though I be least among thy handmaidens, Doubtless I shall take death more sweetly thus. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z "What students are taught should not be the handmaiden of political ideology." Texas schoolbook fight heats up 2010-05-19T19:33:00Z "I am not a handmaiden to the oil industry." BP is getting more political, and that may help weather oil-spill storm 2010-05-06T04:00:00Z Without an independent interest rate policy to guide them, banks will remain handmaidens of local government bureaucrats who want to pump up growth at any cost. What China's Currency Shift Could Mean 2010-04-09T11:38:00Z Monitoring is not just a necessary handmaiden of science—it is the real thing. Monitoring greenhouse gases: Highs and lows 2010-03-04T14:09:00Z The image of business, and its frequent handmaidens, lawyers and accountants, isn’t too positive these days. 2010-01-24T07:05:00Z James Madison proposed a presidency that was a handmaiden of the legislative branch; Alexander Hamilton favored instead a powerful executive elected for life. 2010-01-22T20:21:00Z She was surrounded by handmaidens of a beauty like her own, Justice and Peace and Order. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius However, with the second glass of champagne, the guest manifestly began to take more interest in things in general and of the expectant handmaiden in particular. A Poached Peerage At the same time the steward of Angus had a daughter born to him whose name was Ethné, and who was allotted to the young princess as her handmaiden. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race She seemed more like a gentle handmaiden than the mistress of the happy feast. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The handmaiden, her duty discharged, shuffled off to the lower regions. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 The good landlady and her one handmaiden were laying the table for supper. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Which having said she turned haughtily back again to the strangers, without vouchsafing a glance at her husband or the trembling handmaiden. The Firebrand Brynhild then slew seven of her slaves and five handmaidens, and ran herself through with a sword, commanding that she should be taken to the pyre along with these people and burned beside Sigurth. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden, For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction You have made me sympathize with you for nothing, for your Murillo-woman will vanish into space and become the handmaiden of a scrub in the making. A Top-Floor Idyl If ever her temper failed her, it was at some misdemeanour of the handmaiden who, for the time, filled the part of general helper in Miss Herschel's household. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days But there was no Pudmini in the litter, and her following of handmaidens was a band of seven hundred armed men. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel For that escort, as they rode up, two elderly handmaidens of the Kazi's household were ever found waiting with brimful jugs of new milk in their arms, with which to refresh the travellers. To Lhassa at Last Each of her handmaidens had a lover in either the steward, bailiff, gamekeeper, or clerk in the neighborhood. Black Diamonds True it is that many of the earliest consecrated handmaidens of the Church continued to reside in their city homes, and, in addition to their prayers, devoted themselves to works of charity and mercy. Women of Early Christianity My summons was not long unanswered, and following the many-petticoated handmaiden along the well-sanded passage, I asked, "Is the Holbein chamber unoccupied?" while I drew forth a florin from my purse. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands In fifteen minutes those twenty women, with their handmaidens, were packed and ready for departure; and the King died later at the Fort, and nothing happened. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel So she hastens from her chamber, attended by two handmaidens, and comes to the place of the Sc�an gates, where are gathered King Priam and the elders of the city. Greek Women These threats had the desired effect; and calling off his handmaidens, he sent them to the cocina, sat down before the door, and left us in peace. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia One of her handmaidens stole the two rubies, but she herself was taken a slave to Rome and sold. An Artist in Crime You made her what she is now, one of the lambs of Christ, a handmaiden of the Lord. The Lamplighter Man, in his actions, is controlled by many forces—and duty is chiefly prized when it waits as the humble handmaiden on glory. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion He called to his assistance all the great men of his native city, and made also the fine arts serve as handmaidens of Athens and contribute to her power and splendor. Greek Women All saw that she was a faithful handmaiden to her husband, that she adored the ground he walked on. The "Genius" Shall my handmaidens, Teasing a gray-beard's whim to wrinkled smiles, For withered kisses still divide his wealth? Days and Dreams Poems The father apportions the task to his handmaidens, and himself superintends the performance. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries I have half a mind to acknowledge myself your convert, Hansford; eschew the gaily bedizzened Glory, and engage your demure little Quaker, Duty, as my handmaiden in her place.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The garments worn by the men were fashioned at home by handmaidens under the superintendence of their mistress, who herself engaged in the work. Greek Women Another is handmaiden to Miss Bell at the post office, and knows the contents of all the letters, except Father Tiernay's, before the people they belong to. An Isle in the Water The Crusade must demonstrate, that ignorance, poverty and crime, are handmaidens, which cannot exist apart. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Nor few nor insignificant are her handmaidens, one or other of whom is ever at her side, inspiriting her to her task. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries “Oh,” answered the latter, striving to perpetrate a pun, “Only that we have brought Phin a handmaiden, and she finds her handsomer than is agreeable;—but there is many a servant comelier than the mistress.” The Advocate He finds Helen seated among her handmaidens, distributing to them their tasks, and Paris polishing his beautiful armor. Greek Women Sera served the Daughter as handmaiden while she was yet among us. The People of the Crater It still leaves room for religion, because it maintains ignorance and confusion by its structure and contradictions, and because religion is fostered as a handmaiden of class rule. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View I think beauty only serves God as the handmaiden of discontent! In the Heart of a Fool Your sons shall be the loan-monger’s employees, your daughters handmaidens to the millionaire. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Most likely she represents the second handmaiden of Aphrodite, Charis, who, according to the myth, bathed and anointed her mistress with ambrosial oil in the holy grove of Paphos. Greek Women Miss Honoria Barry and her small niece lived together, with a tall and gaunt handmaiden Norman French, and a broad Yorkshire gardener. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart It gave the first opportunity to test the cooperation between the government and its supplemental handmaiden, the Red Cross. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work “The old skinflint won’t miss it as much as I would a penny,” declared our faithful handmaiden. Our Next-Door Neighbors The rector pointedly ignored her, and she felt keenly the curious, and in some cases the not kindly, glances of the other Easter handmaidens. A Singer from the Sea Nor did Helen and Andromache ever appear in public without their handmaidens. Greek Women "The story of the origin of the Dikokamenni Kirgheez," they say, "from a red greyhound and a certain queen and her forty handmaidens, is of ancient date." Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I "How dare you speak so?" asked Diana, not passionately, but with a sort of cold despair, eying her handmaiden. Diana Will you go with this young Egyptian lord and serve his sister as a handmaiden, or will you return to the villages of our people?” The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt She was watching eagerly, through half-closed eyelids, everything her neat handmaiden did. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic When she reaches her house, she gathers her handmaidens about her, and stirs lamentations in them all. Greek Women And he remembered how Quintus Smyrn�us had said that the Amazon queen walked among her outshone handmaidens, "as when, on the wide heavens, among the stars, the divine Selene moves pre-eminent among them all." In a Little Town See, I will dress myself as your handmaiden. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Politics of a shady nature was the handmaiden of the local administration. Negro Migration during the War “Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done to me according to Thy word.” Sielanka: An Idyll Within the city, in the inner chamber of her palace, a young wife is engaged in weaving a double purple web and directing the work of her handmaidens. Greek Women Who shall tell these prophesying handmaidens of the Lord that their place is in a different spiritual order: "Are there two inner courts, they will reply, to the New Jerusalem?" Memoranda Sacra She was gentle, intelligent, gracious, a handmaiden to his every need; and he had taught her the little customs of polite society, until she was as agreeable a companion as he cared to have. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The men-at-arms were absent and, instead, there were dozens of handmaidens, white-skinned and seductive as their queen, reclining on luxurious cushions that were arranged in a semicircle before the dais. The Copper-Clad World The blunt Scotch handmaiden could not abide men—“a puir-hearted, feckless lot,” as she was wont to say. Wee Wifie Accompanied by her handmaidens, she rushes to the battlements, and beholds his lifeless body dragged by swift horses toward the hollow ships. Greek Women The Japanese has always, if I may so express it, used art as the handmaiden of utilitarianism. The Empire of the East "Instead of one of the handmaidens of Venus I shall have Venus herself." The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The handmaidens had deserted their cushions and were milling about in affrighted confusion. The Copper-Clad World The suspicions of Elf having thus been confirmed, he offered marriage to the pretended handmaiden, Hiordis, promising to cherish her infant son, a promise which he nobly kept. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Among these works were a Venus embraced by Love, after a drawing by Raffaello, and a scene in which God the Father is blessing the seed of Abraham, with the handmaiden and two children. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi Did not Sally wish the handmaiden a merry Christmas? Somehow Good After he had thus satisfied the sympathetic handmaiden, the Curate crossed over to the closed door of Wodehouse's room and knocked. The Perpetual Curate The Dictator snorted when he saw that Clyone was reclining lazily on her golden couch, submitting graciously to the ministrations of her handmaidens. The Copper-Clad World While Hiordis was mourning over Sigmund’s lifeless body, her handmaiden suddenly warned her of the approach of a band of vikings. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas I wonder if, in another existence, I was one of the wives or handmaidens in Abraham's caravanserai? The Rhodesian The grand breakfast prepared by the vrow and her dusky handmaidens was likely to remain uneaten; for all, starting up from their seats, hastened towards the shed where the giraffes had been confined. The Giraffe Hunters When he came to himself, the awful "No!" with which he answered that alarmed handmaiden almost drove her into hysterics as she escaped down-stairs. The Perpetual Curate He would accompany his chief on his nocturnal visits to the palace, and, while Tûan Bângau wooed the Princess, the handmaiden would give herself to him. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula She withdrew to her apartment, and after distributing her possessions among her handmaidens, she donned her richest array, and stabbed herself as she lay stretched upon her bed. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas That her handmaidens as fast unravelled it was none of her business. Anthony Lyveden "Not everybody can go where he likes and do what he will, and have such an attendant handmaiden everywhere." The End of a Coil Presently the handmaidens of Princess Rich Gem, daughter of the ocean Kami, came to draw water, and seeing a shadow in the well, they detected Hohodemi in the cassia tree. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era This was a mistake; the knowledge which is accumulated in books can never be anything but the handmaiden of living science, the science which is being constantly remodelled and corrected by living thought. The Cult of Incompetence And in other helpful ways Germany officiated as the handmaiden of Russia. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan A poor handmaiden—Is it then possible—truly? Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux "Then you would have to do without your handmaiden," said Lawrence. The End of a Coil Whereat, the handmaiden withdrew, her heavy tread retreating to the kitchen to the accompaniment of song. Captain Jim He was seated in Jeb's place, and on either side of him sat a seamed though gentle handmaiden, missing no opportunity to load his plate with good things. Where the Souls of Men are Calling It was the time of roses; and in the midst of their opulent bloom stood the tall white lilies, handmaidens to the queen. Aunt Jane of Kentucky For He hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: For, behold, from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures The missive intended for Mrs. Smithers was left on the door-mat outside, for, as Mr. Bradford well knew, the ears of the handmaiden were uncomfortably keen. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Fogg, my boy," said Handy, with a smile, "that handmaiden is a passion flower. A Pirate of Parts Here is another secret revealed: prayerfulness and thankfulness—those two handmaidens Of God—always go together, each helping the other. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God And as she read, the young man sat upright in his chair, pulled the pipe from lips which had fallen open in astonishment, and fixed unblinking eyes of innocent blue upon the handmaiden. A Sheaf of Corn This to the handmaiden, who was making tea at the gipsy table in front of the fire—the table at which Vixen and Rorie had drunk tea so merrily on that young man's birthday. Vixen, Volume I. He went off to the orchard with it, whistling, his progress being furtively watched with great interest by the sour-faced handmaiden in the kitchen. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern The faithful Joab would resume his office of attendant, and Anna join company with the handmaidens of Rachel. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History God's will is also a handmaiden to grace, to work all her will. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises A girl who was shrewd, industrious, and often amusing, was not to be despised in her opinion; so she showed her fair young handmaiden a certain amount of respect. Vagabondia 1884 But no labour shall the hand of man appoint unto the people of Mo before the worship of Zomara, the sacred god of the crocodiles, and of the great Naya, his handmaiden. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason It was long past sunrise before the frightened handmaiden came to her senses enough to recall that the voice of the apparition had been strangely like Mrs. Dodd’s. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Joab has learned from her handmaiden the astounding fact that for months this Lycidas, this viper, was nurtured and tended in her home, as if he had been a son of Abraham! Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History The handmaiden called us soon after five o'clock, and brought us coffee while we were still in bed. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland They were all the sons of her sister Leah and her handmaidens. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner We surmised, correctly, that Mrs. Handsomebody, listening in vain for the sound of her handmaiden's descent of the back stairs had risen wrathfully, and come to summon her in person. Explorers of the Dawn Hence the philosopher must always be as little understood by men of the street as was Thales by the Thracian handmaiden. The Approach to Philosophy All eyes were turned upon the handmaiden of Satan. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 The pleasant little handmaiden smiled all over her face when she saw us again. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Then he carried in the wood-box full, and piled it so neatly that even the grim handmaiden was pleased. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Miss Cornelia herself was concocting mince pies after the famous family recipe, while her ancient and faithful handmaiden, Hannah, was straining into moulds the cranberry jelly. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Science, when made to serve as handmaiden to the arts, has its uses, after all, and Tom took comfort in its present service. Tutors' Lane That handmaiden, less scrupulous, was about to blurt forth a garbled account, when Sylvia stopped her with a resolute expression on her pretty face. The Opal Serpent Yea, and on my servants and handmaidens ... will I pour forth of my Spirit.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The small handmaiden was doubled up on the floor, with her face muffled in her gingham apron and her long braids of red hair hanging with limp straightness down her back. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 She gathered her handmaidens around her and they raised loud lamentations over the death of the divine bull. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria There is a sense in which Socialism becomes the handmaiden of religion: not of creeds and theological beliefs, but of religion in its broadest sense. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg "Perhaps you will explain, Sylvia," said Aaron, turning impatiently from the handmaiden. The Opal Serpent "Oh, Lord," she cried, "oh, Lord, who delivered the children from the fiery furnace, deliver thy poor handmaiden now from her terrible foes!" Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' She was to pay for that advance, so was the devoted handmaiden, Clara. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Agnes," said Luke, in a stern, deep whisper, arresting the ancient handmaiden as she passed him, "stir not from the door till I come forth. Rookwood Fiction, that most faithful and excellent handmaiden of history, here shows us no doubt very vividly what London as a whole thought and did in face of the rebellion. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Paul sat down in a clumsy mahogany chair, which stood near a plain deal table, and stared at the handmaiden. The Opal Serpent “Oh!” exclaimed the handmaiden, Sarah, “the crows are at the rice I spread out to dry!” and out she ran to rescue it. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Within the house, though it was barely seven o’clock in the morning, all was bustle and confusion, for Dame Lovell was superintending her handmaidens in the preparation of dinner. Mistress Margery I can't say I like her sharp suspicious manner, and the first exercise I should make at my powers, were I to be your husband, should be to discharge the handmaiden. Rookwood The Blond Terror vaulted the ropes and stood in the ring, popping his muscles, waiting for his handmaidens to remove the five layers of elaborately decorated robes that were draped over his super-manly body. The Glory of Ippling The handmaiden thought this was necessary, so that she could make full use of her intended husband. The Opal Serpent Phoebe has once been a family servant—an indoor domestic, and handmaiden to a white mistress. The Death Shot A Story Retold Mistress Margery can read; and the handmaidens furthermore whisper to each other, with profound admiration of their young mistress’s extraordinary knowledge, that Mistress Margery can write. Mistress Margery Bless you, my lady," said the ancient handmaiden, trembling, "you look very pale, and no wonder. Rookwood He stood out onto the white fur rug and sneeringly allowed his handmaidens to pat him dry and powder him down. The Glory of Ippling "Yes, yes, and make the tea quickly," she said, waving off the little handmaiden impatiently; and Martha, somewhat affronted and vaguely alarmed, retreated to the kitchen. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient But nature often takes a fancy to outvie her skilful and ambitious handmaiden, and is always certain to succeed in the competition. The Widow's Dog Come in quickly, I pray you, and leave the handmaidens to help Mistress Margery from her pillion.” Mistress Margery Holinshed states that when the people of Rouen petitioned Henry V., the king replied “that the goddess of battle, called Bellona, had three handmaidens, ever of necessity attending upon her, as blood, fire, and famine.” King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre Engraving is one of the fine arts, and in this beautiful family has been the especial handmaiden of painting. The Best Portraits in Engraving For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern She had been their mother's handmaiden before their mother's marriage. From Place to Place As he had given permission for his queen to go and see the hunting, she set out with one handmaiden, and rode in the misty dawning down to the river, and across the ford. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls It was to be the special prerogative of this age, that He should be poured out on all flesh, so that sons and daughters should prophesy, whilst servants and handmaidens participated in His gracious influences. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. "What will she say when she knows how a handmaiden of hers hath been disposed of?" Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain And she came to the well-built house of man-slaying Hector, and found therein her many handmaidens, and stirred lamentation in them all. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In Bengal, however, the words have always asserted themselves so, that our provincial song has failed to develop her full musical capabilities, and has remained content as the handmaiden of her sister art of poetry. My Reminiscences The queen sat near them, while her handmaidens stood by the window at needlework. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Praised by Sister Water, Lord, be Thou; the lowly water, precious, pure, the gracious handmaiden. A Child's Book of Saints No joyful handmaiden of Love looked she, going to love's embraces, rather a wild thing, terror-ridden, possessed wholly by the frenzy of her love. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain "I will sleep awhile," she said to her handmaiden, and serenely glided into slumberland. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The Council Stool is hard and the waiting handmaidens delectable. The Yillian Way Now let us release her faithful handmaiden, thy sister.' King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Even Freydissa opened out in a new light on the occasion, and congratulated her handmaiden heartily, telling her with real sincerity that marriage was the only thing she was fit for! The Norsemen in the West “Name it,” said the Jew; “my wife has need of a handmaiden just now.” The Pirate City An Algerine Tale When that handmaiden appeared:— "Darkeih, go down to the quarters, and tell the first man you meet to find Woodson, and send him to me." Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The little handmaiden eagerly racked her brain for some brilliant idea; and finally suggested that Cook was very fond of making "shape." The Making of a Soul The great shouts that saluted the victor made the countess turn faint and sick with dread, so that she fell back among her handmaidens in a swoon. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls A stranger to the Affections, she holds a low station among the handmaidens of Poetry, being fit for little but an apparition in a mask. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection So, with the assistance of my two dingy handmaidens, I was popped into bed, and, according to the directions of my kind hostess, a suffocating number of blankets heaped upon me. Rattlin the Reefer The picture was sent to the vile minister, who reserved it for himself, and wrote the name of this pearl beyond price under that of another, unworthy to unloose her zone as her handmaiden. The Pacha of Many Tales Our roof happened to command a view of the terrace where a bride and her handmaidens were making merry with drums and coffee. Southern Arabia This man rises and says, "I give our daughter to Mr. and Mrs. —— as a handmaiden." Modern Persia Sad enough: but I am keeper of my handmaiden’s probity. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Would it not interfere with the wearing of that other ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, with which He desired His handmaidens to adorn themselves? The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Rhoda backed gracefully to the spot where her flower-decked chair had been placed by her attendants, and having taken her seat, clapped her hands as a signal to her handmaidens. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story I asked of the handmaiden, who answered my summons. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. The "patriarchal" condition of life, moreover, as regards family life, "handmaidens" and natural sons, are reminiscent of Biblical story. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development And marry those among you who are single, and your good servants and your handmaidens. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 "War," said the terrible king, "has three handmaidens ever waiting on her, Fire, Blood, and Famine, and I have chosen the meekest maid of the three." History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 Her two fugitive handmaidens had by this time returned to the kitchen, and endeavoured to suppress a smuggled laugh at the recollection of their mistress's panic, by acting very officiously in Mr. Touchwood's service. St. Ronan's Well Mrs Clyde was standing up, facing the door, as I entered the drawing-room into which the handmaiden had ushered me. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. It would be hard to refute Marshall's contention that discrimination was a handmaiden of segregation. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 And among the families of ruling Rājpūt chiefs, when a daughter of the house is married, it was customary to send with her a number of handmaidens taken from the menial and serving castes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) I called to my handmaidens to rise and go; I sought to save the life of the prince; we sailed across the sound, till we saw the halls of Attila. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature And away she marched with a resolved step, and soon the clear octaves of her voice were heard in shrill admonition to her handmaidens. St. Ronan's Well He believed the servants were all in the other wing, but was not sure; he could only hope that he might not stumble on some handmaiden's room by mistake! Marriage à la mode And surely never before did princess set herself with such eager, tender zeal to the office of handmaiden, as did Theresa when she discovered Mansana's wound, and perceived his dust-covered and lacerated condition. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands In former ages, philosophy was the handmaiden of theology. The Necessity of Atheism And hereupon, behold there came the Queen and her handmaidens, and Peredur saluted them. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 “Hold, sir—hold, for God's sake!—you will break my arm,” answered the terrified handmaiden. St. Ronan's Well Two or three days passed away after this little promise to Hazel, before Éloise, at first forgetting it, and then dreading it, could gather courage to proceed in the negotiations for the handmaiden's suit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays They are lowly creatures; but how sweet! and like other lowly creatures exalted by their Maker to do great things as his handmaidens. By What Authority? And when Peredur came into the hall, there was a tall and stately lady sitting in a chair, and many handmaidens around her; and the lady rejoiced at his coming. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 It was a case of civilisation or no civilisation, and there is nothing more notorious in history—nothing more mysterious—than the fact that civilisation is not over-nice in the choice of her handmaidens. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White "I'm glad you're here, Master Jasper," said the faithful handmaiden, heartily. Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent The handmaiden at George Vavasor's lodgings announced "another gent," and then Mr Scruby entered the room in which were seated George, and Mr Grimes the publican from the "Handsome Man" on the Brompton Road. Can You Forgive Her? Spray from this human wave tossed into the passage and eating-room in our wake, until the burly innkeeper, his large wife, and two solid handmaidens swept it out by sheer weight. My Friend the Chauffeur And 85on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 We have given To this master our handmaiden's dower: Our beauty and youth, aye, and even Our souls have we left in his power. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems No fairy godmother came in at the key-hole to transform my chair into a couch and that talkative clock into a handmaiden. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) How many the veiled handmaidens who turned unto Me, and believed, and how numerous the wearers of the turban who were debarred from Me, and followed in the footsteps of bygone generations!” The Promised Day Is Come The glory shining from the horizon of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath attained the splendours of My sublime Throne. A Compilaton on Women Great is the blessedness of that handmaiden that hath attained unto this great station.” The Advent of Divine Justice Blowing and sipping with the calm which is the handmaiden of true elegance, the laundress conceded both propositions, and edged forward the suggestion that tale-bearing and confidence between intimates were horses of dissimilar color. The Henchman In the spacious days of Queen Elizabeth, tea, coffee, and chocolate were unknown save to travellers and savants, and the handmaidens of the good queen drank beer with their breakfast. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer She was Miss Henderson's handmaiden, still; doing her behest, simply, as if she had but left her there in keeping, while she went a journey. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Thou art reckoned amongst those handmaidens whose love for their kin hath not prevented them from attaining the shores of the Sea of Grace and Mercy. A Compilaton on Women Thus hath the sun of My commandment shone forth above the horizon of My utterance, that the handmaidens who believe in Me may be illumined.” The Advent of Divine Justice The nurse of the future will not be merely a handmaiden to care for the sick body by deftly carrying out the doctor’s orders. Applied Psychology for Nurses All books, all arts, all accomplishments, had ceased to seem merely the accessories and the handmaidens of love. The Mayor of Warwick I had a beautiful dream last night, Miss Faith," said Glory, one morning, when Faith came over and found the busy handmaiden with her churn upon the doorstone, "about Miss Henderson. Faith Gartney's Girlhood As they do not allow themselves to be the object of cruelty and transgression, in like manner they should not allow such tyranny to visit the handmaidens of God. A Compilaton on Women Your part will be easy, Daisy you must have a pair of strong-armed handmaidens. Melbourne House Where Cheeriness was the handmaiden of morale with the British, Monsieur Élan was with the French. My Second Year of the War Meanwhile, the short beady-eyed handmaiden returned to her mistress in the kitchen, and found that lady gazing abstractedly into the fire. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches She has five handmaidens, no less, at her beck and call; a courser stands ready saddled in the stall when she lists to ride abroad. The Feast at Solhoug He is, in truth, with His handmaidens and servants who have turned towards Him. A Compilaton on Women The handmaiden waited upon us, but she was heavy and not intelligent, and she walked about in wooden shoes that clattered and echoed and shocked one's nerves. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 Warmth and moisture say, "It is not in us; we are only its faithful nurses and handmaidens." The Breath of Life Music has been called the handmaiden of Christianity, but may more appropriately be designated its loyal helpmeet. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music "We in Careba have no trouble with our wives, about handmaidens or anything else." Time Crime We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of chastity, of trustworthiness, of righteousness and of purity. A Compilaton on Women The handmaiden philosophy rebelled against her mistress theology, and asked her for her credentials. The Evolution of Love I, toiling at the task assigned to me, Am summoned from my labour suddenly: The King recalls his handmaiden; and she p. 77Submissively herself anoints, Going whither He appoints. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale For opium is the handmaiden of all curses. The Adventures of Kathlyn She is petulant and tired, and two of her handmaidens are cajoling her to stand still. The Book of Art for Young People He verily speaketh the truth and enjoineth upon His servants and His handmaidens that which will profit them in every world of His worlds. A Compilaton on Women She was helped into the boat, and then, as my fate remained to be settled, I asked her in a voice soft as silk what were her wishes in regard to her handmaiden. The Motor Maid Convey greetings on behalf of this Wronged One to such handmaidens as worship God and cheer their hearts with the assurance of His loving providence. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas Now look ye, my handmaidens, haste now and see How he sits there and glow'rs with his head on his knee! The Haunted Hour An Anthology All flesh, sons and daughters, servants and handmaidens, old and young. Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven By Scripture And History Confirmed By The Lives Of Saints Who Were Never Baptized With Water The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours of the Blessed Beauty surround the women believers and the handmaidens who have attained unto certitude. A Compilaton on Women She was God's own dear child and handmaiden, and He has taken her home to himself. Angel Agnes The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport You are one of those who have made science your handmaiden in a wonderful profession.” The Black Box "Grant for the sake of brevity that Genius and Destiny are your handmaidens." Destiny Winter was King, but withal a tender monarch wooing as his handmaidens the beauties of early spring. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan The handmaidens of the Merciful should seize the opportunities afforded in these days. A Compilaton on Women I was strung to such a pitch that it seemed impossible for any lesser passion to be handmaiden to my needs. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 I am a poor handmaiden of the Lord. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Scarcely had I sat down on his divan when two handmaidens entered, one of them bearing a large basin in her hand. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. How many the veiled handmaidens who turned unto Me, and believed, and how numerous the wearers of the turban who were debarred from Me, and followed in the footsteps of bygone generations! The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh This is the attribute of the handmaidens of the Merciful. A Compilaton on Women Withhold not from her, O my Lord, the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens. Prayers and Meditations While she sat there, Clam came in, now one of the smartest of gay-turbaned handmaidens, and began an elaborate dusting of the apartment. Hills of the Shatemuc What," said I, looking to the handmaidens, "supper already! Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. The handmaidens brought coffee, and brushed me and washed me and talked to me. Adventures of a Despatch Rider “Verily the most honoured in the sight of God is the most virtuous amongst you”5 is applicable to both men and women, to servants and handmaidens. A Compilaton on Women I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens when the tempests of trials pass over them, and Thy manifold tests assail them. Prayers and Meditations The answer to Elizabeth's note came just before her handmaiden, by some other conveyance. Hills of the Shatemuc So Penelope spoke, and then she went to her chamber with her handmaidens. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The bewildered handmaiden hastily pours a drug into the cup. Stories of the Wagner Opera Therefore, do not consider thyself to be insignificant by doubting what a handmaiden living behind the veil can do.... A Compilaton on Women I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Prayers and Meditations "I did ask him," said the handmaiden, "and he don't want nothin' but biscuits, and he's got lots o' them." Hills of the Shatemuc My treacherous handmaidens brought them upon me as I was unravelling the web. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy These various considerations may help to explain why in all ages of the world the arts have been the handmaidens of religion. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Thou art the Helper of the weak, Thou art the Sustainer of the poor, Thou art the Succourer of the handmaidens. A Compilaton on Women Ordain, then, for me all the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens, and rain down upon me that which will illuminate my face and enlighten my heart. Prayers and Meditations She moved still farther from the crowd of slaves and tent-pitchers, followed at a respectful distance by her handmaidens, who whispered together as they went; and again she stood still and looked westward. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Then the handmaidens of Circe prepared a bath, and I bathed and rubbed myself with olive oil, and Circe gave me a new mantle and doublet. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Regardest thou as one wronged he who in this world was never dealt a single blow, and who was continually surrounded by five of the handmaidens of God? Epistle to the Son of the Wolf In this wondrous Dispensation the favours of the Glorious Lord are vouchsafed unto the handmaidens of the Merciful. A Compilaton on Women I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Prayers and Meditations Nay," she cried, "let not my lord be angry with his handmaiden! Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The handmaidens brought out silver tables, and on them set golden baskets with bread and meat in them, and others brought cups of honey-tasting wine. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy In Greece the Pleiades were the ghosts of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and in Australia they were and are a queen and six handmaidens. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who is steadfast in the Covenant. A Compilaton on Women I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Prayers and Meditations I thank my lord for the notice he deigns to give his handmaiden, but—I need it not. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Bid my two handmaidens make ready to come with me, for I shrink from going amongst the wooers alone.' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy In the morning she was awakened by her handmaiden, who, greatly concerned for her mistress, had spent the night in prayer. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The names of handmaidens who are devoted to God are written...5: A Compilaton on Women |
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