| 单词 | imbrue |
| 例句 | Happily for us, we have now a ruler who loves her subjects, whose sway is the very opposite of that despotic tyrant’s rule, who loved to imbrue his hands in the blood of contemporary princes. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The country to be passed through for many miles was full of blood thirsty tories, who, on every occasion that offered, imbrued their hands in the blood of the whigs. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z With hands imbrued in blood I have performed the arduous duties of my profession in fourteen battles, yet I never could witness these heartless exhibitions without disgust, and I am sorry to say contempt. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I think there are few besides the leaders in the South, who would be willing to imbrue their hands in the blood of their brethren.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z They rose in arms; they broke open the doors of the prison; they pulled out the two brothers, and a thousand hands vied who should first be imbrued in their blood. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Think of the author of all mercy imbruing his hands in the blood of helpless men, women, and children, simply because he did not furnish them with intelligence enough to understand his law! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Let a Catholic understand that if he imbrues his hands in his brother's blood, he can have no extreme unction. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Call back your Cyclops, let not them imbrue Swart hands in Battle's sanguinary hue. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z My hands are wet with brother’s blood, but it is only by virtue of a slender chance that his are not imbrued with mine. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Whether or not the hand of Laskowicz is imbrued in this the future will show. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Both were to imbrue fraternal hands in the blood of each other. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z And yet at this moment he felt as if he could imbrue his hands in the most pitiless of crimes, to obtain the wealth which should save them both. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z You have imbrued your hands in innocent blood; how will you make them clean? Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z But could he imbrue his hand in the blood of his rival and then present it for acceptance? The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z But you love justice, and you would shudder at the thought of imbruing your hands with innocent blood. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z He has imbrued his hands in innocent blood and then fled. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z There would be "a general unwillingness to imbrue their hands in the blood of their brethren." Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Barnwell, instead of imbruing his hands in innocent blood, even "in jest," became the most active agent in rescuing his hapless audience from their perilous situation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Under the rude crucifix in the desert, knelt those men who were about to imbrue their hands in blood, and that the blood of their countrymen. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico If I had continued to imbrue myself either in bloody crimes or the fierce drunkenness of the life of the galleys, this salutary change would never have come over me I know full well. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 No bayings from the forest sound, No cry the empty midnight cuts— The midnight space that grows imbrued With damp breaths from the ashy ground. Poems of Emile Verhaeren It had stripped its mistress clean of all feeble accomplishments; her hands were imbrued neither with ink nor with water-color. The Spoils of Poynton But thou shalt not be pardoned because thou didst imbrue thy lands in human blood, and, what is worse, in thy own brother’s blood. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series His hands too are reputed to have been imbrued with the blood of Margaret of Anjou's unfortunate youthful son. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Still, the superstitious foe were stimulated by some hoary priest with hopes of victory, thus imbruing their hands in the blood of their children, their parents, and their friends. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Well for you that your hands are not imbrued in his gore. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons About six he returns to the Branch Original, where he once more imbrues himself 255 to the worth of fivepence in coffee and roll. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Some Roman Catholics were found not only unwilling to imbrue their hands in the blood of their Huguenot neighbors and friends, but actually ready to incur personal peril in rescuing them from assassination. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Does any person believe—can he for one moment believe—he would forthwith imbrue his hands in blood, whether that of his own species or of some other? Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery No battle-pike his march imbrued, Unarmed he went midst martial mails, The footsore felt their hopes renewed To hear his homely tales. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Now she saw that the woman’s oily diplomacy was only for public use, and that all the while she was imbruing the minds of the little children with the dye of her own thoughts. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Curs’d be those sanguinary mortals, who Of reeking blood with crimson tides The sacred mysteries imbrue Of our great god who over peace presides. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness Except in the one instance of the gig’s man, whom I had fired at under a delusion, it was my good fortune as yet to have escaped imbruing my hands in blood. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI I swear No other favor will I wear, Till this sad token I imbrue In the best blood of Roderick Dhu! Lady of the Lake Many of the pastors who preside at the Lord's Table bear on their breasts the tattoo marks that indicate that their spears had been imbrued with human blood. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds In another minute," said Berry, "I shall imbrue this omelet with tears. Jonah and Co. In strongly asserting this traditional law, the Inquisitors imagined that they thereby freed themselves from all responsibility, and kept from imbruing their hands in bloodshed. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church Hers was the jealousy which had goaded Nero to matricide; hers not improbably was the instigated fanaticism of a proselyte which urged him to imbrue his hands in martyr blood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 He yearned mightily to take her soft, sleepy form in his arms for once before they were imbrued; but he dared not, knowing she would instantly interpret the act as a possible farewell. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest The iron sceptre which he and his successors wielded was imbrued in blood; and discipline alone was the politics of his soldiers, and rapine their resources. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges For this crime Reginald was tried, but for some inexplicable reason, acquitted; and he lived to marry the girl for whose sake he had imbrued his hands in a fellow-man’s blood. Cruel As The Grave Had this wretch torn it from her head, as he imbrued his hands in her blood on that terrible night? Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver But Louis was nothing to me: in him I only saw a sovereign who had been forced upon the throne by foreign hands still imbrued with French blood. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I We view it," he wrote, "as the greatest misfortune that could happen to any man in this life to imbrue his hands in the blood of a fellow-man. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion "Whatever may be the absolute state of the case, I am innocent of her blood; she has been killed to my hands;" and again, "Well, my hands are not imbrued in her blood!" The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 They were hasting, however, not to the battlefield but to the field of agriculture, there to imbrue their hands in the blood of the unarmed and the helpless. Hunted and Harried They also felt that he was irrevocably one of themselves, having imbrued his hands in white man’s blood more than once, and already made his name terrible on that part of the frontier. The Settler and the Savage I will not tell, thou blood-stained man; at least; in this instance, there shall be disappointment, and the sea shall swallow up those earthly treasures to obtain which thou hast so deeply imbrued thy hands. The Pirate Should he imbrue His puissant sword in her own father's gore? Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst I am not going to imbrue my hands in your blood; but this tigress would, at a word from me, tear you limb from limb. The Young Rajah Much as I hate Miranda and wish him out of the way, I don’t desire to imbrue my hands in his blood; don’t intend to, as I’ve already hinted to you.” The Lone Ranche The news of his arrival drove the Christians into the woods and deserts, that they might not be compelled to imbrue their hands in the blood of martyrs. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March “The hand that is imbrued with my mother’s blood, perhaps!” exclaimed Francisco. The Pirate War was war, no doubt; and women must mourn at home while men imbrued themselves in the gallant strife. The Mayor of Troy They rose in arms: they broke open the doors of the prison; they pulled out the two brothers; and a thousand hands vied who should first be imbrued in their blood. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. For the pain is a two-edged sword, and imbrues the breast of the pedagogue even while it bleeds the pupil to inanition. Lore of Proserpine There is not perhaps a single riot, a single religious outrage in which the middle-classes were not formerly imbrued, because these middle classes were then the mob; but reason and time will have changed them. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The hands of his brethren were imbrued in their blood. Notable Women of Olden Time Father,' added she solemnly, 'imbrue your hands in the blood of one man to-night, and I am no child of yours. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 Trained by years of experience in a Court where intrigue imbrued the very atmosphere, ordinarily he was equal to any emergency. Beatrix of Clare I would sooner imbrue my hands in his blood, than that you should! Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Creditors stormed at us from every side, urged on by lawyers who imbrued their hands in our misery. Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. Now will these misguided savages, instigated I doubt not by the emissaries of Rome, soon be yelling upon our borders, and seeking to imbrue their hands in our blood. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance I will not imbrue my hands in his blood, but shall place him where he will never cross me more. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The citizen of heaven knew that it was his duty to 'hunt Sarmatians' on earth, though he was not obliged to imbrue his hands with 'Cæsarism.' Outspoken Essays What malady, or what tears, or what pity on earth is greater, than to imbrue one's hand in a mother's blood? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. What! still imbrued with the blood of my father! The Cid Brothers, friends, neighbors, with hearts full of hatred and ready to imbrue their hands in each other's blood and for what? Elsie's Womanhood Lord William Russell, in June following, said: 'A man's loyalty was to be estimated by the desire he testified to imbrue his hands in his brother's blood.' The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times He thought to imbrue his hands with your heart’s blood. The Seven Plays in English Verse Yet even this, in the story we are about to relate, had several heightening circumstances, the poor man having both a son and a wife imbrueing their hands in his blood. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences After the Jewish church had finally rejected Christ, how soon they were ready to imbrue their hands in the blood of his crucifixion. The United States in the Light of Prophecy But our young men are resolved to imbrue their hands in the blood of the whites. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest It would have been difficult to have made them believe that such a noble-looking and good-natured fellow had so lately imbrued his hands in the blood of a fellow creature. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 The Candian siege his early valour knew, Where Turkish blood did his young hands imbrue. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes Would not this conduct on my part betray a base and abject spirit, that crouched under tyranny, and kissed the hands that were imbrued in my blood? Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are The strife seemed who should get there first, and imbrue his hands in blood. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Was not the boy enough to sacrifice on your accursed temple to Moloch, but ye must imbrue your hands in the blood of a weak, an infirm, a helpless woman! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII A hunter from Kew caught a distant view Of a peacefully meditative gnu, And he said: "I'll pursue, and my hands imbrue In its blood at a closer interview." The Devil's Dictionary It is doubtful whether Zimisces imbrued his hands in the blood of his sovereign; but he enjoyed the inhuman spectacle of revenge. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The historian Zosimus maliciously asserts, that the emperor had imbrued his hands in the blood of his eldest son, before he publicly renounced the gods of Rome and of his ancestors. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 It may be doubtful whether the soldiers imbrued their hands in the blood of this innocent prince. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 About six he returns to the Branch Original, where he once more imbrues himself to the worth of fivepence in coffee and roll. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Their hands, then—unless the present ruddying of female fingernails is the revival of an old fashion—were not pink-tipped, save, perhaps, in the way of health; nor imbrued, except in soapsuds. She Stands Accused He was a bold, turbulent spirit; and, from motives of revenge, he imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet. Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter Fierce Love it was once steeled a mother's heart With her own offspring's blood her hands to imbrue: Mother, thou too wert cruel; say wert thou More cruel, mother, or more ruthless he? The Bucolics and Eclogues Th' Inachians view the slain with vast surprise, Her twisting volumes, and her rolling eyes, Her spotted breast, and gaping womb, imbrued With livid poison and our children's blood. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Men generally do not specially desire to imbrue their hands in the blood of other men. The Life of Cicero Volume One Louis himself made a narrow escape from the sanguinary intrigues of those military slaves who had imbrued their hands in the blood of their own master. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time My hands shall never be imbrued in the blood of my benefactor. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Some thought the wounds were inflicted by a vigorous man, others, that a woman had imbrued her hands in his blood. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Nay, the fresh bloodshed still imbrues thine hands, And thence distraction sinks into thy soul. The House of Atreus Or else ...supplanted with blood... signifies flowing in such manner with blood, as to suffer none to walk there without imbruing the soles of their feet in blood. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 33: Osee The Challoner Revision The hazards attending my re-entrance were to be boldly encountered, and the torments of unsatisfied thirst were to be patiently endured, rather than imbrue my hands in the blood of my fellowmen. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker In the Commons, General Howard declared that if it were passed, rather than imbrue his hands in the blood of his countrymen, he would sheathe his sword in his own body. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Deluded by the notion that I was playing with a fancy, I was suddenly aroused to find myself imbrued in facts. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from the closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 And yet my rage persuades me to imbrue My thirsty hands in both their trembling bloods, Therewith to cool my wrathful fury's heat. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Were my hands imbrued in this precious blood? Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Deep and bitter remorse deprived him of all that tranquillity in the possession of power for the attainment of which he had imbrued his hands in blood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation The country to be passed through for many miles was full of blood-thirsty Tories, who, on every occasion that offered, imbrued their hands in the blood of the Whigs. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" Should I employ the force which Heaven has lent me, I might imbrue my hands in blood, and after all find it impossible to escape through a number of successive doors, locks, bolts, and sentinels. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves This strange affray, What can it mean, magnanimous Prince? would you So bright a blade imbrue In blood that age already doth congeal? Life Is a Dream Then, throwing on the car the bloody spoils, He mounted, hands and feet imbrued with blood, As 'twere a lion, fresh from his repast Upon the carcase of a slaughter'd bull. The Iliad Nay, the text last mentioned seems to import, that blood is so natural to her, that she sticketh not at any condition, sex, age, or degree, so she may imbrue her hands in blood. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 A thread imbrued in some of this matter was sent to me, and with it two children were inoculated, whose cases I shall transcribe from my notes. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) If a notorious German imbrued in the blood of babes had chanced to be in her hospital, she would have given him his medicine with just the same air. The Red Planet He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from he closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood. A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories Sunday morning; The Southern Cross in digger's gore imbrued, Was torn away, and left the diggers mourning! The Eureka Stockade His was a bold, turbulent spirit; and, from motives of revenge, he imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet. Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States He was a bold, turbulent spirit; and from revenge imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter My life was in danger, and my brother's hand was about to be imbrued in my blood. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Yet this monster, imbrued in the blood of his countrymen, must not be held unreservedly to the execration of future years. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Or else . . .upplanted with blood. . .signifies flowing in such manner with blood, as to suffer none to walk there without imbruing the soles of their feet in blood. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2 What! shall we have incision? shall we imbrue? King Henry IV, Part 2 A highly popular murder had been committed, and Mr. Wopsle was imbrued in blood to the eyebrows. Great Expectations A one-eyed cobbler then was one Of that rebellious crew, That did in Charles the martyr's blood Their wicked hands imbrue. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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