| 单词 | incubus |
| 例句 | His textbook “A History of the American People” referred to Reconstruction-era efforts to free the South from “the incubus of that ignorant and often hostile” black vote. Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Gets Complicated 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z But the trains are in essence government-run, and Parks presents Italy as a country in which life is an endless series of tussles with the begrudged incubus of the state. Italian Ways by Tim Parks – review 2013-06-22T13:00:02Z Hades does a turn as a spidery, sinister incubus, enveloping Cassandra with his gothic gloom. Mark Bruce Company 2010-06-07T21:40:00Z The two most identifiable sexual demons are the incubus, which is a male sexual demon that traditionally assaults women, and the succubus, which is a female sexual demon that assaults men. Christian group says demon sex makes you gay 2012-11-26T19:10:00Z A portrait of a grinning incubus with a naked woman was down to him. ‘Movie blood tastes so good’ – on The Neon Demon set with Nicolas Winding Refn 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Let’s pause here briefly to note that Immanuel is likely referencing incubi and succubi in her sermons. Why is Donald Trump Jr amplifying a quack who believes in 'demon sperm'? | Moustafa Bayoumi 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In similar spirit, Johnson found fresh depths of populist vulgarity when he spoke last June of pitchforking the EU incubus off the nation’s back. Brexit, the most pointless, masochistic ambition in our country's history, is done 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z All so they can keep expanding, squatting over lives like feudal incubi. Landlords are social parasites. They’re the last people we should be honouring | Rhik Samadder 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The woman — girl, really — was physically tiny, not to mention inappropriately dressed for the task of extracting this colossal incubus, this 10-ton Minotaur, from the fourth floor. Making House: Notes on Domesticity 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z But, as Pope Francis has said, there is a moral incubus on mankind to make a reality of Article 6 of the agreement pledging the abolition of nuclear weapons altogether. Never Again 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z “The Daily Beast did a great job summarizing our deliverance ministry and exposing incubus and succubus. Thank you daily beast,” she tweeted. Why is Donald Trump Jr amplifying a quack who believes in 'demon sperm'? | Moustafa Bayoumi 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The army will march as nearly as possible with European kit and following, and the transport train will be relieved of the incubus of thousands of useless mouths to be provided for. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z They had suddenly become to him such an incubus as his victim's body becomes to the murderer. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Freed from the shameful incubus of his presence she would breathe again. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z That horrid incubus, which dwelt in darkness, shunning the light, is passing away; with all its racks and poison chalices, and foul sleeping-draughts, is passing away without return. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z With the burning of the prison an incubus that had weighed upon Punta Arenas vanished. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The incubus of the secret was lifted from him—he was another man, even though still bound. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The end to which these incipient reasonings would lead him was not, and could not, then, be manifest to him; or Joe, scarcely rid of his fanatical incubus, would have revolted from them with horror. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z This was the case with Dr. Corona, the physician of Pius VI. who upon two occasions was attacked with typhus fever, ushered in by a distressing dream or incubus. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Why should these incubi intrude And plague us night and morn? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z Everything was still, as if weighed down by some monstrous incubus. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z But he had plunged blindly on, something—an instinct of the future, perhaps—bidding him rid himself without delay of the growing oppression of his incubus. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Be this as it may, the incubus removed, my lady girded up her loins for the effacing of the blot on the escutcheon. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The incubus of a foreign yoke weighed like lead on the hearts of the people. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Even the samurai of Tsu were aware that Japan at bay would arise and shake off its incubus. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The nights were filled with incubi and succubi; devils', clad in wondrous forms, and imps in hideous shapes, sought to tempt or fright the soldiers of the cross. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The devil, it was said, resorted to carnal communication with his servants, being denominated succubus when the favourite was a female, and incubus when a male was chosen. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The remark is sometimes made that it is unfortunate that England is weighted down by this political incubus, the House of Lords, which is spoken of as a heritage from the Middle Ages. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The death of the Sultan relieved the State of a terrible incubus, but it failed to restore public tranquillity 347 and prosperity. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z No doubt he would be grateful for the removal of the incubus. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Famine had made its appearance in many parts of the country, and the peasantry would be glad to be rid of the incubus of landlordism at any cost. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z He regards them as a blight upon the country, and an “incubus” to be removed by national legislation. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Or rather one should go further: if French, German, or Italian colonization of the past is any guide, the nation which wins in the contest for territory of this sort has added a wealth-draining incubus. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Let us shake off dull reason's incubus, Our tale of days or years cease to discuss, And take our jugs, and plenish them with wine, Or e'er grim potters make their jugs of us! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z But she remembered that it had seemed for a moment as if he were going to escape, that he had looked like a man on the verge of ridding himself of an incubus. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z As the nuclear powers resumed their deadlock at the Geneva test-ban conference, most of the nations of the world were maneuvering to keep themselves clear of the atomic incubus. 50 Years Ago: Bottling the Atomic Incubus 2012-01-04T16:15:00.253Z They form and re-form bureaucratic incubi that mock Us with Our own impotence and trip Us up with rules only They understand. Letter From Europe: Us vs. Them: It's Hardly a Fair Fight 2011-12-23T12:20:12Z Rory smiled, forced a laugh even, as one does who wants to shake off an incubus. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z At the close of a few months, they had to be sent back to their caves, in order to deliver the Veneto from an unbearable incubus. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z She is betrayed in the usual manner, and finds, when too late, that she is embracing a hairy incubus which has a long tail. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z An idea shot through her mind that she might call a policeman to rid her of this incubus. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I took my hat, I took my stick, My load I settled fair, I approached that awful incubus, With an absent-minded air— And I walked directly through him, As if he wasn't there! The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z To Mary, however, she must often have been an incubus, a perpetual third, and one who, if sometimes useful, often gave a great deal of trouble too. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Well, Trotty," said Harry after the incubus had departed, dropping a perfect shower of invitations to New York, Newport, Palm Beach, the Adirondacks and the Scottish moors; "what about it? The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Jupiter and Apollo being replaced by a special class of imps who were named "incubi," and of the particulars of whose embraces the strangest stories are told. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Another is that the great mass have learned that slavery both effeminated and paralyzed the whites and was a smothering incubus upon our due social and material development. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The thought of failure acts as a heavy incubus on his mind. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Clodius being no longer Consul, a portion of the incubus which stifled the breath of freedom was removed, and the public voice ventured so make itself heard in demanding the recall of Cicero. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The passing of this melancholy incubus made a new epoch in his life. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z He would not go away till a priest came, then the incubus made a frightful noise, burned the furniture, and went off upwards, carrying the roof with him. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z As a body where they now are they are becoming useless and an incubus. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Almost every family had its assigned plot of land which they cultivated, and the fruits of which they enjoyed without the incubus of a rack-renting system, because the virgin soil always afforded an abundant harvest. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Only think how light-hearted woman would be if the incubus of man's drunkenness, under which she has staggered for hundreds of years, should be lifted off forever! Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z “At last,” said Halcott, when the boat returned—“at last, friend Tandy, an incubus is lifted off my mind, and now let us make— “All Sail for the Island of Gold.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Before saying more of the "incubi," we may bestow a passing glance upon the foundation of the idea of their existence. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Lincoln keenly felt the sneers and taunts, and in the indignation of his mighty manhood he arose and freed the nation from its incubus of shame. Abraham Lincoln's Religion 2011-09-03T02:00:20.697Z But to tell you the truth, I do feel happier since I let the lauds of Glen Lyle and got rid of an incubus. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The Spirit of Drink had seemed to him at length to sprawl, a huge, lethargic incubus, over that tortured congeries of crime. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Well I remember the hideous dream, When I struggled in terror, and strove to scream, As I took a wild leap o’er the precipice steep, And convulsively flung off the incubus sleep. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Freed from the incubus of the dead trunk, it threw out a shoot of its own. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z As a result they feel out of sorts, their appetite for breakfast is blunted and they begin the day very badly just because of this incubus of vague disturbance of mind. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z Not because we are great and powerful and prosperous, but because we make our greatness an incubus, our power a tyranny and our prosperity an offence. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 2011-08-07T02:00:07.573Z The same incubus which was of so long standing in Mexico, where its effect kept the people in ignorance and ferment for centuries, has at last been abolished, and modern progress naturally follows. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Again, consider the incubus placed on human progress by the institution of a priesthood devoted to the service of supernatural beings. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z "I could almost believe that you are a witch, and that your little heart was an incubus that weighed on mine!" The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z We shall soon be at Sindang now, and then we can hand your incubus over to papa Perowne, and be free of it all.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z That responsibility rested upon me as an incubus. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Freed from that horrible incubus, I had now leisure to look about and enjoy the varied scenes that presented themselves. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z But here, again, economic and intellectual forces are combining for the liberation of the race from its historic incubus. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z “Well, what do you want with me?” said Hubert doggedly, but horribly uneasy in his mind, for to his ordinary “prudent” disposition was now added the incubus of a tolerably guilty conscience. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z You know I am no abolitionist, in the incendiary meaning of the term; yet I cannot deny from you and myself, that they are an incubus upon our prosperity. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z The heavy atmosphere of the valley squeezes one's soul into its case, and sits on the lid like an incubus. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Let our good readers then, allow for this incubus, in tracing the jottings down, this month, of our usually gossiping pen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Before her eyes, half blinded by rage and disgust, his face swam like the mask of an incubus—a blur of red flesh fixed in an insolent smirk. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Their force must be lessened, for they are a heavy incubus on the patient's mind, imposing a burden on vitality that inhibits normal, vital reaction. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z I shall miss the incubus of the body, and the fleshly desires I have sloughed off with it. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Fatal incubus of moral deformity descending from father to son! In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The learned and others were fostering the traditions of the people about spirits, the incubus, and the succubus, the assemblies of witches, and the sabbaths of Satan. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z And they were at last free of the horrible incubus that had been thrust upon them. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z It weighs as an intolerable burden, an incubus that is sure to keep its subject awake. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Reason then began slowly to assert herself, and the girl's natural force of character arose to struggle with the incubus of fear. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "My rent and something else," replied George, in high spirits—the removal of that incubus which had so long lain on him had sent them up to fever heat. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z It was galloping madly in a circle—milling around and around and around the platform as if ridden and spurred by an incubus, bent on the reward of a trophy hell-cup. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z It did one more good thus easily to banish home-sickness and the miserable incubus of ennui from which the sufferer is prone to seek relief in some form of vicious excitement. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Nothing so disturbs the efficiency of work, nor adds so much to the incubus that work may become, as having a number of unfinished things which keep intruding themselves. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Mrs. Bransby had a lodger now—a lodger who was the incubus of her life. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The worst is, I should have to borrow money, and borrowed money weighs one down like an incubus. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Alas! it was but a dream of the people—short-lived and evanescent—to be succeeded by another long sleeps under an incubus, heavier and more horrid than that they had cast off. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He entered the grey and ancient gates of Cologne, and crossed the frontiers of Belgium,--but the false ablativus sat behind him on the saddle like an incubus. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Still, none of the boys seemed as jubilant as they had anticipated, in getting rid of their incubus. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z The past may be an inspiration, but it must not be the limit of our thought, or it becomes an incubus. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z "He has been weighing us down all these years like an incubus; and now that emancipation has nearly come, were anything to delay it, I should—I think I should go mad." Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z But that Satan should stoop to associate with an incubus, shows that there is degeneracy in hell.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z He sees the whole universe spread out in its true movement and proportions; he sees mankind freed from the incubus of superstition, and from the havoc of passion. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z He had rid himself of his incubus, as he called the sum of money, and though he would not own it, he always felt better when he had had a little converse with his fellow-creatures. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z A hard and fast naturalistic outlook may prove, and actually has proved, an incubus from which even scientists themselves may pray to be delivered. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z One of the heresies of early origin and rapid growth in the Church was the doctrine of antagonism between body and spirit, whereby the former was regarded as an incubus and a curse. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z He had sunk under the roof and would have been suffocated in a few minutes had not the tree broken the incubus that was preventing him from making any exertion to save himself by swimming. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z The forces that worked in nature were accordingly supernatural virtues, dominations, and powers; each natural thing had its supernatural incubus, a guardian angel, or a devil that possessed it. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z After getting him from under the terrible incubus, and making him as comfortable as possible, I sought the assistance of some of my companions. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It is high time that religion was freed from the indescribable incubus of a chaos. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Which it did with the return of the Earl who had now relieved both his intellect and his legs of an accumulated and Terpischorean incubus. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Mozey, however, was the first to get clear of his incubus; and then all eyes were directed towards Tipperary Tom and the clinging coaita, while peals of laughter resounded from every lip. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z To be dogged day and night as by a bloodhound, never to raise my eyes without the dread of encountering the man's watchful eye—the agony of the incubus was unbearable! The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z All this goes to show that, once freed from the incubus of the Negro on Southern thought, the South would instantly become a great factor in national questions. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z I may be mistaken; but I cannot see why this reply does not completely meet the difficulty, and free an important doctrine from an incubus under which it has long lain half smothered. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z On the morning of the next day Mary rose with the feeling that an incubus had been removed from her shoulders. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z A very good old woman, but only Mrs Denton; so of course we came, and I know you’ve always looked upon me as an incubus.” The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Now it was a foul and hateful incubus. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z To discredit the intellect, to throw off the incubus of an external reality or truth, was one of the boons which transcendentalism in its beginnings brought to the romantic soul. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z By ... all the saints and fiends and incubi That ever infested night and nunneries! Porzia But hurry up and get ready to relieve me of this mortal incubus of yours, and take your money—it's a nice little sum, eh?' Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile The accumulations of undelivered freight grew and grew and the panting railroads, working beyond the limits of what their traffic would bear, could only reduce the incubus piecemeal. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The burden pressed upon me with the weight and horror of an incubus. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 It lasted for ten years only, and during those years it was an incubus on Canada. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical They are a class of persons, not always of one sex, who hang continually, like an incubus, on the physician, and yet are forever a disadvantage to him. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Throw off the incubus of ultra party spirit—think, know and act for yourselves—avoid the paralyzing touch of reckless demagogues and purge our land from political corruption. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Not until he heard the outer door close, did he suddenly move, as if he had shaken off an incubus, and quietly approached the silent Toinette. The Children of the World With a mighty wrench Harland, at his bidding, cast off the numbness from his body, the incubus from his will, and staggering to his feet opened his eyes. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Least of all should the financial method of Great Britain lead us by imitation to fix upon ourselves a similar incubus and horror. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 They are always hanging upon us like an incubus; and yet like Solomon's daughters of the horseleech, are never satisfied. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician It strikes at the very root of alarming evils that are now hanging over our beloved country like an incubus. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution “I took my hat, I took my coat, My load I settled fair, I approached that awful incubus With an absent-minded air— And I walked directly through him As if he wasn’t there!” Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus "Where is the body?" asked Kennedy, to get her mind off whatever hung like an incubus over it. The Social Gangster This policy might certainly point a temporary way out of the muddle, whereby we could save our face and be rid of the Tibet incubus for perhaps a year. The Unveiling of Lhasa Some unknown influence, local or general, seemed to hang like an incubus about him, and to depress, in particular, his nervous system. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Patriotism is the dread incubus that hangs over thrones. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Of the majority of human kind, it may be said that their lives and possible achievements are covered under a great incubus of superstitious thought and feeling. K. K. K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic Treating the More Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South. With a Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from it. We are all feeling better now that the incubus of secrecy is removed. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth It would weigh on her like an incubus—heaviest when she rose highest. Mary He had made himself intolerable again; some one had uprisen and done away with the incubus of him. The Great Miss Driver Inconsistency is an incubus that assumes numerous forms. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The cold, artificial spirit of the age of Louis XIV. long pressed, like an incubus, upon the literary spirit of Germany. Lives of Celebrated Women "My father was an incubus," Merlin said, as though that explained everything. The Eye of Wilbur Mook The pony could neither rear, nor kick, nor buck; but it shook itself free of the incubus who slid off. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Again the Zulu’s broad back presented a magnificent mark for a charge of Treble A. There would be an end of the incubus, and ‘accidents will happen.’ The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Long and often electioneering speeches hang over our legislatures like an incubus and prevent the few who are well-disposed from doing the business of the people promptly. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution My object has been to disembarrass my force from the incubus of non-combatants. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The news, the joyous news, sped quickly to Greenwich; and within four-and-twenty hours, on Saturday, 9th January, Henry heard with exultation that the incubus was raised from his shoulders. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History The English Government was ready to make every possible concession because it wanted to be rid of the incubus of thirty millions, and therefore did nothing to check the Company. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Thus he would be rid of this incubus, this blackmailer, and once more would be at peace. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising He glanced confusedly from Heron to Minola before he spoke a word, and his manner, always stiff and formal, seemed to acquire in a moment an additional incubus of constraint. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Then he passes to the middle ages, and dwells upon the popular belief in incubi and succubi. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists He was rid of an incubus, for which now, in the clear broad light of a cloudless and sparkling day he felt unfeignedly thankful, but his eccentric host—where was he? Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion They regarded it not only a wrong inflicted upon the slave, but an incubus upon the nation, soon to pass away. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery Looking back upon his observation of this new found friend he recalled a certain something that contained the possibilities of such—goaded by the weight of an intolerable incubus. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising He was sitting a trifle out of the shallow imprint of his body in the sands, in the lee of the beached cat-boat he now recalled as one might the features of an incubus. The Destroying Angel Thereupon I envied the blue things, not their incubus, but their insignificance: for neither artillery, nor camp wagon, nor passing prisoner was aught to them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Everything in life looked too bright since I succeeded in ridding myself of this incubus, and, then I found you. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion For a few horrid instants that shock of a vague terror pressed upon her like a destroying incubus. When the Cock Crows The system has already penetrated into the smallest of the county towns which groan under the incubus; let us hope, let us labour, that it may not continue its course and enter the villages. The Hills and the Vale Salome, his friend, his adopted sister, he wished to discover, to claim, and restore to the household; but Salome, his wife,—was a monstrous imaginary incubus that appalled and repelled him. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Thus the institutions, habits, prejudices, and superstitions of the patriarchal authority rest like an incubus upon us. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy An incubus had fallen from him; a plague spot that for the last two or three years had been eating into and embittering his life, and rendering its otherwise achieved success null and void. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Let’s go home and get rid of this sure-footed incubus, and then we can decide what to do next.” Betty Wales Freshman The remembrance of Italian wickedness weighed on them like an incubus, clung to them with a frightful fascination. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I The thing had grown upon them, till the Lovels had become an incubus to her. Lady Anna They were but a part of the dream; or, rather, the very master-fancy of it—the incubus! The Red Moccasins A Story Intellectually strong as he was, a Chancellor so eccentric as this was an incubus to be got rid of at the first convenient opportunity. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Once shift her position and the incubus is gone. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The three ‘hereditary enemies’—England, France, and Russia—have joined hands, and have delivered Europe from the incubus of German suzerainty. German Problems and Personalities When the trade-union movement actually develops into a powerful organization, it will be forced to throw off this incubus of the new anarchism. Violence and the Labor Movement She is the burden, the incubus of my life. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Eight millions of inhabited acres were freed from the incubus, and Lower Canada has removed one great obstacle in the way of her prosperity. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement In the emergency some of its moderate members determined to throw off the incubus of their anti-clerical traditions by reorganizing and renaming the party. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time The incubus of fear was lifted from them for the time, and a certain joyousness of expression was the natural result. Peggy Owen and Liberty The Dusii of Gaul are mentioned by St Augustine, who regarded them as incubi, and by Isidore of Seville, and in the name we may perhaps discover the origin of our expression ‘the deuce!’ Legends & Romances of Brittany If you had been alone, without such a fatal incubus as me, you might easily have escaped; or, rather, you would never have fallen into danger. A Castle in Spain A Novel Let them cast this incubus of irrational fear behind them, and the mere process of life may then be tolerable enough. Memoirs of Life and Literature The incubus and succubus of the middle ages are sometimes regarded as spiritual beings; but they were held to give very real proof of their bodily existence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" He spoke, at times, of an awful incubus weighing on his chest, which he could not throw off, and said he hoped that they would not think all the blasphemies he uttered were his own. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century It is the religious incubus of the hour, the spiritual paralysis of nations and their most dangerous political menace. Why I Preach the Second Coming Engels’ friends urged him to rid the movement of this new intellectual incubus. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition From the incubus of mere collegiate discipline I was perhaps more free than nine undergraduates out of ten. Memoirs of Life and Literature Each vaulted soul and spiral thought, Swirl in the throes of waters cold; Where rivers with the venom crawls, Croak bat-faced incubi till hoarse. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell How is this vast, this solid establishment of error, the incubus of many thousand years, ever to have an end? Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Then they remain as the incubus of true progress. Carmen Ariza Instead of depressing his spirits, it for the first time lifted from his soul that incubus of melancholy with which every Confederate soldier of his class was at first oppressed. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs The fact is, the doctrine of devils, of demoniacal possession, of incubi and succubi, and of sorcery and witchcraft, was not fostered by laymen so much as by the clergy. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) When kingdoms fought each warring Earl, The incubi cursed each lost soul; When vandals broke the idols' necks, Giant battle-axes smote each dell. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell Silence sits Lord of the revel, incubus of wits Arch palsier of prattle Yet many a girl here mute's a chatterer sweet, And many a youth in circles less discrete Is an 'agreeable rattle.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 Would not further culture rid him of the incubus? Dreamers of the Ghetto At the prospect, he felt the incubus returning. The Paliser case When he arrived Mary had for the time got nearly rid of the incubus of the Italian Marchioness with her baby. Is He Popenjoy? Yet here we hear nothing about an ignorant mass of Negroes dragging the white man down; we hear of no black incubus; we have few midnight assassinations and fewer lynchings. The Negro Farmer What is contrary to God’s will in her, may he make her ready, nay, anxious to throw off, as an incubus that oppresses her. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 Again the cloudy incubus closed in and he knew no more. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Immense is the incubus thus laid upon the efforts of genius. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 "Has there been an incubus suddenly lifted from his breast?" Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 I now began to despise my body—I almost hated it as an incubus! The Prodigal Returns The Dean was relieved as if from an incubus when he left college, though I believe there was a cessation of all open hostility after his return from Chesterton's. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 At this the mental incubus surrounding Perry’s faculties broke. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 It means self, always; morning, noon, night; until the very solitude becomes an incubus. A Breath of Prairie and other stories The Catholic glass had risen; the King himself was not ashamed to avow it; and the Protestant alliance was therefore an incubus. Holbein However, as she needed a divorce from her incubus, and Wilding practiced also in the Nevada courts, she thought better of her first impulse to haughtily dismiss him. Louisiana Lou A Western Story When the poor man thought of these things—and he did little else now but think of them—bitterly, though generally in silence, he cursed him whom he looked upon as his oppressor and incubus. The Macdermots of Ballycloran The reverend visitor was a solid fact, and all the grumbling in the world could not remove the incubus of his presence. The Madcap of the School There is here no people weighed down under the crushing incubus of debt. The Empire of the East The monster engine made a leap as if freed from some incubus. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Like them it regards the weak as if they were nothing less than an intolerable incubus on society, a grit in its bearings. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science If the disease is wrongly treated, the unemployed may become an incubus which will cripple both workers and capitalists. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Rosalind is really afraid that the strict mamma of her husband's recent incubus will overhear, and sit at another breakwater next day. Somehow Good Gonzague advanced leisurely to the table, relieved to think the comedy had come to an end, and that he had satisfactorily rid himself of an incubus. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama I have, however, some delicacy in inflicting so great an incubus—for it must seem such to the uninitiated—upon one who like you is of the beau monde and used to its smooth ways. A Romantic Young Lady I want to relieve you and your conscience at the same time of a very awkward incubus. The Master Mummer So they have lost every ambition and hope; and he who would lift them up must first remove that leaden despair which rests upon them like a mighty incubus. India, Its Life and Thought Is the incubus of a horrid nightmare upon me? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness For an instant the Richard quivered with anger to find herself in leash by the fiery incubus at her stern. El Diablo Take away this incubus, and these persons would experience a change in their views; they would be with us. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I They have done so at other times when I have been under the influence of nightmare; and I now no longer dread this incubus, since I have learnt how to throw it off. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Despite the incubus of African barbarism, this little Jewish tribe on the banks of the legend-famed Sabbath stream has survived with Jewish vitality unbroken and purity uncontaminated. Jewish Literature and Other Essays The unpleasant consciousness grew, she wanted to rid herself of the incubus, but she felt curiously drugged, impotent. Juggernaut The solution of the tormenting riddle, the magic word that banishes the ghost, is the cry of awakening, by which the sleeper is freed from the oppressing dream, the incubus. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts And the world relieved of that intolerable incubus, and recovered of its purging and cleansing sickness, had started once more upon its appointed path—slowly, indeed, at the first, but ever onward and upward. The Doomsman It is necessary to put forward some excuse for that terrible incubus upon the nations, the “standing army.” The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The youthful Emperor unbosomed himself to Prince Shotoku, avowing his aversion to the o-omi and his uncontrollable desire to be freed from the incubus of such a minister. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He had exploded the scholastic system, which had become a mere mass of logomachies and an incubus upon scientific progress. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Laistner, starting from this central motive, traces the majority of myths back to the incubus dream. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The words of Montoyo had scored deeply, and the presence of our supernumerary laid a kind of incubus, like an omen of ill luck, upon us. Desert Dust Nor, of course, are these incubi, these ghostly emanations of the One God Trade, confined to the American continent. Appearances Being Notes of Travel For fifteen years he had been an incubus or a terror, and the Romans, in various conflicts, had lost three hundred thousand men. Ancient States and Empires The nobility was not an incubus suppressing individual energy and confronted by the state, but was itself the state; and its individual members were often leaders in industrial improvement. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Stories of the nocturnal visits of these mysterious ghostly "incubi" are on record in great number and variety, both in European and Oriental tradition and legend. More Science From an Easy Chair It was an inheritance from her father, and she stood by the window now unable to speak, with the word “Guardian” ringing in her ears and the idea pressing on her mind like an incubus. The Ghost Girl The scene presented features "Direr than incubus's haggard train." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 He realized from her action how deeply she felt his kindness in providing her with the funds that were to relieve her father of an incubus that was sapping his very life. A Black Adonis This girl's spontaneous gaiety, which I found at first displeasing, was what I wanted to help me to shake off the gloomy incubus of thought oppressing me. The Crack of Doom Where was she on the day of the last engagement of that pugnacious Porcupine, in the year 1805, when England was freed from her long incubus of invasion? The Light of Scarthey He now determined to get rid of this incubus, to leave it, or creep out from under it somehow. As We Sweep Through The Deep This might have resulted in our gaining Beersheba, but failing to do more—in which case Beersheba would only have been an incubus of a most inconvenient kind. World's War Events, Vol. II There was some terrible weight bearing him down, some awful incubus of which he was unable to rid himself. A Black Adonis I was not disappointed, for there was slight inducement for going ashore, oppressed as I was with the ever-present incubus of dread. The Crack of Doom It had sprung up in an era of great wars and revolution, amid the struggles of nations to shake off the incubus of despotisms, to free themselves from the yoke of foreigners. Studies in Literature and History For her natural horror at the deed was swallowed by her anxiety to shield the murderer; and she experienced a vague relief—felt but not considered—at being freed from the incubus of Gourlay's tyranny. The House with the Green Shutters But these O.T.C.'s were wretched perfunctory affairs, boring everybody, because we hardly any of us seriously envisaged them as a training, only as an incubus. The School and the World Some time since a thoughtless headline described a poor infant as "The Ten-Million-Dollar Baby," and thus made his wealth a dangerous incubus before he was out of the nursery. American Sketches 1908 The people became as anxious to shake off the incubus of debt they had imposed upon their infant state as they had been to rush into it. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier Instead of admiration, the portrait inspired a painful feeling of oppression; the beholder was seized with a sort of waking nightmare, weighing upon and overwhelming him like a moral and mysterious incubus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Now that the incubus of his father's tyranny no longer pressed on him directly, a great hate rose within him for the tyrant. The House with the Green Shutters The boy of twelve, who provoked the father to throw the knife, was evidently the incubus of the wretched home. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis “Well,” said Stratton, smiling sadly; “if you did not exactly think that, you had some hazy notions of its being unsafe to leave me with my incubus.” Witness to the Deed He was rid of Polly, who had been an incubus to him, and now he could choose for himself. Ralph the Heir It was either fancy, or something more, but she really felt as though a load were suddenly taken away—an oppression, an incubus, that had continually brooded over her, was gone. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 I shouted, rejoiced that he had got rid of his incubus. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi I would come to their relief, and would lift from their shoulders this incubus of Art. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies But the orthodox regarded the Cabalists as magicians and their spirits as foul incubi. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology She enlarged the hole the children had begun, till it was quite an excavation, carrying on her game of "incubus" with the children all the time. Cricket at the Seashore And besides, sir, this discussion has relieved my mind of a mystery that has weighed upon it like an incubus for years. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) I wriggled my back in order to discover, if I could, the nature of the incubus. Chatterbox, 1906 He is really and truly such a good boy—Uncle Westonley says so, but Aunt Elizabeth says he is godless and an 'incubus.' Tom Gerrard I uncoiled the hose from my shoulder and eased the incubus from my back. Greener Than You Think Gambetta, that incubus of bombastic flabbiness, roaring prophecy and platitude through the dismayed city, kept his eye on the balcony of the particular edifice where, later, he should pose as an animated Jericho trumpet. Lorraine A romance You will have the satisfaction of delivering your city from an incubus by an able stratagem, instead of risking blunders with sword-thrusts.” Romola He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable. The Man Who Lost Himself The child is a great trial——" "Aye, an 'incubus,' you call her, the poor little mite. Tom Gerrard He also attacks the pedantry of music "so constructed that it appeals to the eye rather than the ear,—paper-work," a most praiseworthy assault on what is possibly the heaviest incubus on inspiration. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions He still believed in his soul that she had been the victim of incubus, but he would not vex her by persisting in saying so. Cruel As The Grave Referring to the old legend that Merlin had for father an incubus or demon, and was himself a demon of evil, though his innate wickedness was driven out by baptism. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The support of the hordes of lazy monks is a great incubus and retards the development of the country. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Oh, I did read a book somewhere about a stepmother or an aunt or something of the kind, who was always talking about some unfortunate child committed to her care, as an 'incubus.' Tom Gerrard He even might be considered an incubus, for he had to be cared for in all ways. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery “Then, my dear Mrs. Berners, if this was not incubus, what do you suppose it to have been?” Cruel As The Grave I say to them, take warning from the scene I have been describing; do not submit to the incubus of slavery a moment longer than you can avoid it. Old Jack Moreover, this great waste, a seeming incubus on the face of the earth, is each year disclosing more and more of its mineral and agricultural wealth. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But behind all Westray’s anxieties lurked that dark misgiving as to the tower arches, and in his fancy the enormous weight of the central tower brooded like the incubus over the whole building. The Nebuly Coat I should have liked to see that boy’s sister, if he ever had one, and was not hatched out from some egg found in the desert by an Egyptian incubus or incubator. The Gypsies “As clearly defined a case of incubus as ever I heard in my life,” was the prompt decision of Captain Pendleton. Cruel As The Grave Thus the muskets of the soldier, and of the bandit, are equally useful; they clear the land of a detested incubus. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Perhaps it is this incubus of interruption that drives so many men to working late at night. The Book-Hunter at Home Three times she strove to throw off the incubus, to speak, but in vain. At Pinney's Ranch 1898 He felt as if an incubus were lifted off his mind. Potts's Painless Cure 1898 You have heard the legend of the Haunted Chapel, and while sleeping within it you conjured up the heroine of the story in your dream where she immediately took the form of incubus.” Cruel As The Grave Before the printing had reached any where near the concluding letters of the alphabet, the MS. catalogue had grown to three thousand volumes, and was a daily and hourly incubus to librarians and readers. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries To escape from this incubus he purchases the volume. The Book-Hunter at Home But now that the incubus was to be removed, there was a strong pressure to prevent—and bitter denunciations of—the outrage! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The nation was heavy at heart, and it was in vain that the noblemen and gentlemen endeavoured to raise men's spirits; the black incubus of the priesthood sat upon them like a nightmare. The Reign of Mary Tudor The bull tossed wildly in frantic rage to shake off this incubus that had fastened itself to its horns. Oh, You Tex! An incubus which a man might well hesitate to let fasten upon him; a hindrance to himself and, it may be, a menace to generations yet unborn. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain He must lop off, as so many incubi, the professional Negro office-seeker, the professional Negro office-holder, and the Negro politician who aspires to lead the race, for the revenue that is in it. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time The incubus of the Clergy Reserves was not removed. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion But Mr. Mallory was from first to last an incubus upon the country. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner In the case you speak of you will only have removed the incubus—which, I grant you, she must and you must feel as horrid. The Outcry Such charges are an incubus on trade, and may wisely be abandoned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 I could hear the water plainer now, and though I swooned once or twice from agony, I gradually worked my limbs clear of the incubus pressing on them, and tried to stand up. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa The prospective change weighed on his sensitive spirits like an incubus. At the Time Appointed In former years, when there was an insane uncle or aunt or grandparent that fact weighed like a veritable incubus on the entire family. Woman Her Sex and Love Life So she went to work with that incubus, or stimulus—whichever you wish to regard it—over her. On the Firing Line in Education The Revenue Commission find the taxes on our manufactures and their materials an incubus upon the industry and a check to the progress of the country, and recommend their remission. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 "Well, don't let's think of them," said Toni, shaking herself as though freeing her shoulders from an incubus. The Making of a Soul Her heart seemed seized and held in a vise-like grip, while a cold, benumbing despair settled upon her like an incubus, which she was unable to throw off for days. At the Time Appointed You absolutely have relieved me from an incubus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection He felt the mist pass from his eyes, his mind threw off the incubus which had borne it down, and he was himself again, with clear mental powers. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys He hated the house—it was an incubus, a millstone; but— He visibly despaired. On the Stairs The evenings passed for her on fettered hours; but for the window she had died from her incubus, or at least stood up and shrieked and ran into the street. Doom Castle A large membership of ineffective persons may be only an incubus. What the Church Means to Me A Frank Confession and a Friendly Estimate by an Insider “I understand, sir,” said West, taking the thick letter in its envelope, as it was extended to him; and the Commandant heaved a sigh as if of relief on being freed of a terrible incubus. A Dash from Diamond City Next day came, and I daren’t; and for days and days the incubus seemed to swell and trouble me, till I felt as if I was haunted. Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny It would indeed be the nightmare of intellect, the incubus of morality. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 An incubus rode his chest, though he never knew till now, when it fled at the sight of Olivia's constant friends the mountains. Doom Castle Her eyes were soft and nice, but smallpox had pitted her nose and cheeks and the deadly incubus of flesh had upholstered her in many soft and cushiony folds. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He could not tolerate the incubus of the bailiff a moment longer than was absolutely unavoidable. Clayhanger You said that gold plate was an incubus, and such it is, for it’s always a-sitting on me, so as I can’t sleep o’ nights. Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny The Indian damsel seems to suffer less from her captivity, having less to afflict her—no dread of that terrible calamity which, like an incubus, broods upon the mind of her mistress. The Lone Ranche Even when we felt no personal danger this incubus of savage life all around weighed on our hearts. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas Bacon, Descartes, and Hobbes, however, in the preceding century had still treated it as the great incubus upon intellectual progress, and it was not yet exorcised from the universities. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Horner’s engagement, Lady Dasher’s contemplated removal, the idea of the curate’s incubus—all of which would have once filled me with surprise, astonishment, delight—I only looked upon with half-amused interest. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. “But the whole lot of it is an incubus, for I can’t use it, and I don’t want to make a show.” Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny The accumulated deficits of five years had become a heavy incubus, and the deficit of 1842-3 was likely to be not less than two and a half millions more. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 And the burden of their loss lay like an incubus on his spirit, till he actually persuaded himself he was guilty. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Mr. Kecskerey lavished his most delicate attentions upon the eminent stranger, conducting him into the society of the most charming women, his principal object therein being to relieve Abellino of this incubus. A Hungarian Nabob They have "no use" for such creatures, they once explained to me; and they proceed to rid themselves of the incubus in a fashion entirely their own. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton It has been an incubus of discouragement in all intellectual pursuits. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. We must indeed not let this incubus of state overwhelm us. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History The incubus ceased wailing and looked up eagerly. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Relieved of this hateful incubus of responsibility for general affairs, the populace can again become free and happy and spontaneous, leaving matters to their superiors. Fantasia of the Unconscious Given whip-lashes and the incubus of a white family, the slave will work; given freedom and wages, the negro won't work. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. In a school which is ridden by the examination incubus, the whole atmosphere is charged with deceit. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular The old folklore belief in incubi and succubi as the parents of changelings is brought into connection with the theory of direct diabolic begettal. German Culture Past and Present But the return parties were an incubus on their minds. That Stick Privately, and through the press, Mr. Monroe was warned that he "was full of duplicity;" "an incubus on his prospects for the next presidency, and on his popularity." Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. A subject like the tariff, for example, has absorbed an amount of attention which would justify an historian in calling it the incubus of American politics. A Preface to Politics The relief of this incubus, and the return of a more rightful heir than promised, the good lady attributed to the virtue of her prayers to the Inari Sama. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 Densuké had high hopes of an early disposition of the incubus. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) England has become English again; Scotland has become Scottish again, in spite of the splendid incubus, the noble nightmare of Calvin. George Bernard Shaw Classicism in literature was dead, having weighed like an incubus upon the fancy and fresh life of many generations. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers A recognition of what an incubus it is should make us hospitable to all those devices which aim at making politics responsive by disturbing the alignments of habit. A Preface to Politics On the contrary, so much of the motive as had any bearing upon his relations with the young iron-founder sprang from a generous impulse to free Raymer from an incubus. The Price This public call on Mr. Brassfield now became an incubus to Mr. Amidon, pinning him to earth as he essayed to rise and fly. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain A demonstration better organized than that of the 20th of June, and armed, could rid France of the Bourbon incubus. The French Revolution A Short History "Please don't mind," said I. "I know I'm an incubus, but I'll try to be as little trouble as possible." Set in Silver For all the parade of learning and dialectic is an after-thought--an accident from the fact that the prophetic genius of Marx appeared in Germany under the incubus of Hegel. A Preface to Politics Paris at present is as great an incubus to France as the Emperor was. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris He was rid of his incubus—why mince the word now!—rid of her gadfly vulgarity, her shallow emotions, her pinch-beck ideals, her hideous selfishness. The Henchman This is a sin in folio, a sin of a high nature: and if ever God awaken our conscience in this life, a sin that will lie like a heavy incubus upon it. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation "Oh, then you thought I would be an incubus?" Set in Silver The portentous season passed, all things continuing as they were, and the immense incubus rose and dissolvingly vanished. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "In Sir George's present state all visitors are an incubus." The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers That Luther was a bad man, an apostate, begotten by an incubus, and familiar with the devil, went to explain his heresy, and he was commonly compared to Mohammed or Arius. The Age of the Reformation Sometimes they gain it, lay their cold hand on it, analyse it, foresee that it may become an incubus, and decide that there is nothing to be got out of it after all. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron This theory of reflexion is the incubus which clogs the question with such formidable difficulties; for, it follows, that the reflecting matter must come from the comet. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Dreadful incubi! too cruelly and too long ye have sat on the breast of man. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Foreign experience tells in favour of the contention that, if Shakespeare's plays are to be honoured on the modern stage as they deserve, they must be freed of the existing incubus of scenic machinery. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Other countries and sections of countries seek to rid themselves of all incubus of whatever kind. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro If it were proper to throw off the incubus of this conjuror's authority, surely some wise, and great, and bold man would get up and so declare. Phineas Redux In every direction also there are thousands on thousands who are becoming freed from that horrible incubus of fear as they look out towards the future. Our Unitarian Gospel But that its fanaticism was overruled by God to release the great South from the incubus of slavery, Brown's friends and Brown's enemies alike must concede. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Ibsen may make his heroines the recipients of ugly legacies, but he has never yet cursed them with the odious incubus known as 'a sense of humor.' The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) The inhabitants of those parts of France and Belgium which are still groaning under the German incubus are greatly to be pitied. The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 In the meantime the trial for bigamy proceeded in order that poor little Lizzie Eustace might be freed from the incubus which afflicted her. Phineas Redux Like an incubus the system had lain over them, stifling all energy, checking all progress, retarding all prosperity save the prosperity of the great land-owners. The Miller Of Old Church But it is high time that the incubus of fascinating speculations should be shaken off, and that Englishmen should learn to exercise their judicial faculty independently. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" “Yes, that's so,” assented Andrew, with a heavy sigh, as of one who looks upon life from under the mortification of an incubus of fate. The Portion of Labor The incubus, for example, termed Mara in Northern mythology, was the spirit which tormented sleepers. Myth and Science An Essay He is my incubus; and then you see Trumpeton Wood is such a long way from us at Matching that I can't say I want the shooting for myself. Phineas Redux He felt dazed and happy, with the happiness of a man waking to consciousness from an awful incubus of nightmare, and yet a deadly sense of guilt and shame was beginning to steal over him. The Debtor A Novel It is chiefly against the incubus of this celestial monster that Mr. Moore dared to lift up his eyes; and many a less courageous or less clear-sighted person was thankful to him for it. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Since Monday the terrible strain had known no relaxation, and the sudden release from the horrible incubus of Peleg Peterson was overpowering. Infelice Even Matthew Arnold could not help noticing the "buoyancy, enjoyment, and freedom from restraint which are everywhere in America," and which he accounted for by the absence of the aristocratic incubus. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin They would thus relieve society of the incubus of their dependence, and largely increase the number of our people who are self-supporting. The Vitalized School Hardly one of them all was in such sore straits as he, for in addition to his immediate personal necessities there was always the incubus of the debts. The Debtor A Novel He realized it always as an actual physical incubus upon his slender, bowed shoulders. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Whatever troubles the future may have in store, Europe has at last thrown off the Ottoman incubus. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Alcohol dissolves for a time the cloud on the mind, the incubus upon the energies; and the relief is so great that men do not think of the price they pay for it. The Quest of the Simple Life Hobgoblins seemed to steal through the hall, and leering incubi oppressed his soul with terrible burdens. The House of the Vampire An hour of the afternoon session yet intervened between the present and the awful future and upon Paul Burton it rested with its incubus of dire suspense. Destiny Superstition! that horrid incubus which dwelt in darkness, shunning the light, with all its racks, and poison chalices, and foul sleeping draughts, is passing away without return. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age There is a terrible mystery, which, like an incubus, is brooding day and night in my soul, and drives back all good angels who would enter. May Brooke Throughout the eighteenth century the prudential considerations against which Shaftesbury and a few others protested weighed like an incubus both upon religion and on morals. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Once relieved from the incubus of her late oppression, she will rise like a giant from her slumbers. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Elemental sensations which he could not define thrilled him, and the spirit of Christmas, now entirely unsatisfied, rested on his soul like an incubus. Dan Merrithew He grunted, rubbed his eyes, and feeling sluggish and uncomfortable from the warmth of the morning, found me an incubus. Montlivet And as he himself was not equal to bearing his incubus alone, he had put it in the market. A Comedy of Masks A Novel Escaped Russians in Western lands are denouncing German "militarism" as the incubus of the world. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe He forgot even the incubus of the plug hat. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul By this post I have sent my nightmare to balance the incubus of * * *'s impudent anticipation of the Apotheosis of George the Third. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals The western Indians were friendly, and if we had not had this incubus of an Englishman on our hands we should have had fire and song, a boiling pot, and roasting maize cakes. Montlivet May men rid themselves of an incubus which God never can throw off? Unity of Good And gradually as success follows success, the incubus of despair disappears, and they attack the difficulties of their other studies with a courage insuring conquest. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library All day, the thought has weighed upon me like an incubus. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick But saying the worst of our incubus that can be said, could all its possible accumulation of wrong and woe exceed that of four years of such a war as this? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 He may throw off all the incubus of it. A Man and a Woman She wanted her sapphires; more, she wanted the incubus removed from Thomas' shoulders. The Voice in the Fog "The old incubus has made her go on, purposely, to get rid of me!" he decided finally. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Louis Ravengar will breathe again, thankful that typhoid fever has relieved him of an unpleasant incubus, and since Camilla is underground, he will speedily forget all about her. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes He felt as if an incubus had rolled from his mental consciousness. 'Doc.' Gordon Its spirit broken, with that terrible incubus of a human clothes-pin still clamped to the saddle, Teddy gave up, and for the first time hung his head in token of defeat. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today It was one of those rash friendships that so often prove an incubus in after life. A Doll's House It brooded darkly over the lower slopes, like an incubus it dominated the other spines and ridges, its gorges filled with shadow and mystery, its precipices making the sense reel dizzily. The Bells of San Juan The letter i stood for the two long sounds heard in minor and in circus and for the short sound heard in premium and incubus. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin In fact, the presence of my strange protegée promised to become something of an incubus. The Green Eyes of Bâst Then the horse began to jump and kick again, but he could not shake off his incubus. The Hosts of the Air The nightmare of fear which had so long pervaded all classes, was after all only a bad dream; the incubus could be shaken off, and mankind again resume its normal mode of living. Beethoven Gradually the Chinese are shaking off the incubus and, reckless of the Dragon, are forming companies for the exploitation of all sorts of minerals. The Awakening of China Further the long sound was preceded except after l and r by a parasitic y as in albumen and incubus. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Negro leadership, therefore, sought from the first to rid the race of this awful incubus that it might make way for natural selection and the survival of the fittest. The Negro Problem The crash was frightful, and Susan, having vainly endeavoured to free herself from the incubus which had fastened upon her, proceeded to scream most lustily as an overture to a faint. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 The actual Churchman is often a man whose conscience is an incubus. A Student in Arms Second Series Beyond all this, however, there is a something further about Barèges,—this incubus of depressingness, seemingly the very soul of the spot. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees If there is any meaning in the things I have been urging, it is this: that the incubus that lies upon this country is the present monopolistic organization of our industrial life. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People That he has thrown off one-half of it in forty years is a wonderful showing; but a great incubus remains in the other half, and it demands the nation's attention. The Negro Problem With the dismissal of my incubus, my appetite was restored. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Yet here was a definite, spontaneous proposition to remove the incubus which weighed upon his soul. Unleavened Bread All who have any knowledge of the trend of British statesmanship in the eighties know perfectly well that the occupation of Egypt was looked on as a serious incubus. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) They, too, sought to escape from political and economical conditions that had rested like an incubus upon a divided country for centuries. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Mr Aiken's incubus is, unfortunately, devoid of definition; he is protean and unsatisfactory. Aspects of Literature I did not sin when he was thrown upon my hands; though I confess I said, he was—what we call slavery—an incubus. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) An incubus of disappointment weighed upon his soul and clouded his brow. Unleavened Bread "Diabolical Mysticism" includes witchcraft, diabolical possession, and the hideous stories of incubi and succubæ. Christian Mysticism Not arithmetic in itself, but the arithmetic habit constitutes the incubus, the evil spirit that needs to be exorcised. The Reconstructed School What a number of plain-speaking Drews we shall have denouncing tyranny when their consciences are relieved from the incubus of the Establishment! The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Thus were his own thoughts twisted back to those speculations which now perpetually haunted them like the incubus of a dream. Children of the Mist Scarcely were they free from the incubus of France when the British provinces showed symptoms of revolt. Montcalm and Wolfe "With the incubus of a heavy rent off our shoulders we may be able to relieve more patients, as we would wish," she wrote. Notable Women of Modern China To lessen this incubus, and provide funds for some needed alterations, the committee decided to hold an exhibition of "manufactures, the fine arts, and objects illustrative of experimental philosophy, &c." Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically First the young man found himself crushed under some strangling incubus; then, with a shrieking gasp, he was in the upper air. A Dream of the North Sea Even those who are in the regular receipt of large incomes, feel crippled, often for years, by the incubus of debt. Thrift Thus The Instigator's well-thought plan to remove an incubus was frustrated. Argentina from a British Point of View Tell me," Durtal asked Des Hermies, "do you know whether a woman who receives visits from the incubi necessarily has a cold body? Là-bas All the disorders and disturbances of Europe, those immense armaments that are an incubus on national industry and the great obstacle to progressive civilization, may be traced and justly attributed to the Crimean War. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Now, relieved of the incubus that had hitherto spoiled his enjoyment of the evening, the Colonel gratefully drank the whiskey and soda brought him by Ross's order and sat down cheerfully to play bridge. The Jungle Girl True we were quit of our incubus, but on such terms as not even the severity of the times could excuse. At a Winter's Fire He seemed even to himself to be in a dream the sport of an incubus, that oppressed every faculty and energy of spirit, while yet presenting the most dreadful phantasms to his imagination. Nick of the Woods His exorcisms and his battles against the incubi, especially in the female convents, ruined him. Là-bas How was it that people who could devise so beautiful a service believed in witchcraft, demoniacal possession and obsession, in the incubus and succubus, and in the Sabbath an in many other horrible absurdities? The Hill of Dreams Now that the Japanese have been so largely relieved from the incubus of the older social order, the question rises whether they are showing powers of originality. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic I could shake off the incubus here and now, and be a sane man again. At a Winter's Fire But the house was a nuisance, an incubus; and had been so from the beginning. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts The existence of succubi and incubi is certified by Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas, Saint Bonaventure, Denys le Chartreux, Pope Innocent VIII, and how many others! Là-bas Since the incubus of Lady Henry's house and presence had been removed she seemed to have grown years younger. Lady Rose's Daughter This system, that deliberately opposed all invention and originality, has been the great incubus to national progress, in that it has rejected and repressed every tendency to variation. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic If disease—say a fouled conscience—contaminates me, it is for me to throw off the incubus, not accept it, and transmit the poison. At a Winter's Fire No greater incubus can rest upon the energies of a people in the development of a new country than that resulting from unsettled land titles. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison At present it is less frequently demons than bodies raised from the dead which fill the indispensable rôle of incubus and succubus. Là-bas It may be added that the belief in the succubus and incubus appears to be widespread. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Your trophy, "Home Rule," has an incubus grown; He's got you, my friend, and, my faith, he will hold you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891 They are an incubus upon the army which is compelled to garrison them and the state whose men and money are wasted upon them. The Art of War The phrase belongs to the same class with Lowell's witty denunciation of a certain tiresome letter-writer, as being, not his incubus, but his "pen-and-inkubus." Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Know, then, that the organ of the incubus is bifurcated and at the same time penetrates both vases. Là-bas And the still more awful responsibility of a civil war will hang as an everlasting incubus upon her shoulders. Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 Still, there were strong general impressions abroad, and as Alicia Drake surveyed the house which the old man had built to be the incubus of his descendants, some of them teased her mind. The Testing of Diana Mallory He has been spoken of as an incubus. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Well, fearful then as was the sum, let it go, taking the incubus along with it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 "I want to ask you," said Des Hermies, "does a woman receive the visit of the incubus while she is asleep or while she is awake?" Là-bas Our 20 millions were well spent in ridding ourselves of the incubus, and I think we ought to assist our countrymen in the West Indies to import free labor from India.... The Personal Life of David Livingstone And after a while his thoughts, as they were wont to do, returned to Ste. Marie--that looming shadow which darkened the sunlight, that incubus of fear which clung to him night and day. Jason But no, 'tis you, sweetheart, whose youth, Tempting my soul with dainty ways, Shall hide from it the sombre truth, This incubus of evil days. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Many an innocent man has paid the penalty for uncommitted crime because he has sought to bolster up his defense with doubtful evidence without the incubus of which he would have been acquitted. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office "Do you receive, at night, the visit of the incubus which resembles me?" Là-bas What Ireland has to deal with now are the enactments and facts of the day, and to shake off the incubus of retrospection, as a strong man awaking would get rid of a nightmare. About Ireland Soon I must begin to exert myself, for there is this incubus of the future, and none to help me, if I am not prudent to face it. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II What I interpreted as misconduct was but a straining at his leash in an effort to extricate himself from the incubus of the negative self-feeling. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Mr. Batchgrew eyed the affrighted creatures with satisfaction, appearing to take a perverse pleasure in thus imposing upon them the horrid incubus. The Price of Love Del Rio and Bodin, for instance, consider the incubi as masculine demons which couple with women and the succubi as demons who consummate the carnal act with men. Là-bas An instance of a fairy incubus is given in the "Life of Robin Goodfellow," Hazlitt's Fairy Mythology, p. Elizabethan Demonology The best people in Texas were doubtful of ever ridding themselves of the baneful incubus of Reconstruction. Reed Anthony, Cowman Poisoning, strangling, drowning, or a command—explicit or implied—to depart this life, were his ways of shaking off any incubus upon a free indulgence of his will. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul In Europe the people tire of those great establishments and endowments, which rest like an incubus on the national life. True Woman, The A Series of Discourses There was something inexpressibly absurd in the mood which my mind was getting into, and I resolved to throw off the incubus which oppressed me, and be like other people. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 485, April 16, 1831 For the first time the incubus of the war seemed lighter upon G.J. The Pretty Lady Man and his doings! always the same old story, and woman always to be treated either as a toy or as a beast of burden, or at any rate as an incubus. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays Free of this incubus the engineer has succeeded in being straightforward and sensible, to say the least; subject to it the man with a so-called architectural education is too often tortuous and absurd. Architecture and Democracy The army was indeed the incubus of the Americans. George Washington There, the incubus was off his straining chest at last! Deadham Hard I would free the Briton's Breakfast Table from the unwholesome incubus of Adulteration. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 25, 1890 I was relieved, it is true, from the incubus of debt; but then how small a figure I had cut in the eyes of Dr. Chéron! In the Days of My Youth And so they had fought in the Lancastrian time; and after the Tudor incubus had been lifted off. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The indebtedness hung as an incubus on the Society for ten years, and finally, through some strange mismanagement, the property was sold at a great sacrifice to the Roman Catholics. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy In the latter regard he serves in literature as the symbol of a blind, often impotent, struggle to throw off some oppressive incubus. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He believes the story which is told to him, and then feels happy in shaking off an incubus. Mr. Scarborough's Family Yes; but not for the lack of the milk of human kindness; rather from the incubus of an evil social system, inherited from Hindu ancestors. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India My first small town lecture was another financial failure, and in the hall I paid and dismissed that highly respectable incubus—my agent. Half a Century At length, in the very despair which oppressed him, he found strength to cast his incubus from his breast, and with a voice loud and powerful as thunder to cry out for help and succor. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel I tried to stamp off the incubus, but it would not go. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He had been thinking a great deal of late as to the best course to pursue in ridding himself and Claire of this menacing incubus. The Blood Red Dawn Beth was thinking that America was not yet aeons distant from this Japanese institution, the male incubus of the girl child. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel It would be almost an insult with this infernal incubus hanging on you. The Obstacle Race This was followed immediately by similar complaints from the trainmen, the telegraphers, and the firemen; all praying for relief from the incubus of incompetent leadership. The Grafters Freed from his incubus, Cap emitted a joyful whinny and trotted toward his master. Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges He began chatting about the farm again, not now as an incubus but as a hopeful possibility. Mary Wollaston He could not entirely shake off the old incubus of Rome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The brute, after freeing itself from its incubus, sprung off and made all haste into the woods, leaving Teddy gazing after it in stupefied amazement. The Lost Trail Now the subject drags along as an incubus on Congress. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers SUFFRAGETTE, T. H. E., a woman who lived years ago in Great Britain and the United States, who believed that noble man was incompetent, incomplete, incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent, and an incubus in his incurious incumbency. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be They said there were no such horrid, unnatural, and disgusting beings as the incubi and succubi, and the innumerable grotesque imps that men had believed in for so many ages. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The scholar who studies the aesthetical anatomy of Greek Art has a melancholy pleasure, like a surgeon, in watching its slow, but inevitable atrophy under the incubus of Rome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Relieved of the incubus that had fastened upon him for so long a time, and of the dreadful apprehensions under which he had lived, he is hardly the same person. David Copperfield When they were male, they were called incubi; and when female, succubi. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 They became morbidly sensitive to the incubus of Ginx's Baby, especially as the press had been reviewing some of their recent acts with great bitterness. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire The scene at the mass-meeting to celebrate young Ginx's rescue from the incubus of a delusive superstition is described with rare appreciation of the foibles of character. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The travelling rule, about keeping on, was an ugly incubus. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The vast monarchical incubus rises between the people and their ideal. The Ways of Men Oh, the tradition exists everywhere, whether you call these occasional interlopers fauns, fairies, gnomes, ondines, incubi, or demons. The Certain Hour It is much more likely that the blackmailed person would try to kill his incubus, rather than that the blackmailer would try to kill the goose that lays his golden egg. The Wisdom of Father Brown My wealthy relative's cheque—henceforth, the incubus of my existence—warns me that I have not done with this record of violence yet. The Moonstone Accordingly he bent his steps to the place Dancourt, and having deposited the incubus beside him, stretched his limbs on a bench beneath a tree. A Chair on the Boulevard The incubus of caloric that sits on our gasping country is particularly painful at this season, when nature undertakes to do her own heating. The Ways of Men A people at war, actually at grips with the Blond Beast, arrayed to defend itself and all humanity against conquest by that loathsome incubus incarnate, a people heedless, carefree, irresponsible, refusing to credit its peril…. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Once the ghastly farcical incubus was off her shoulders she had followed Littimer upstairs. The Crimson Blind In Santo Domingo, too, there was general hostility towards the Improvement Company which was regarded as an associate of President Heureaux and an incubus on the development of the country. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future It hung like an incubus round the necks of democrats and forced them into most undemocratic paths. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate She could hardly avoid knowing that she was looked on as an incubus, and she saw that her father, as she called him, dreaded to be questioned as to their relationship. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story What element Dare snarl against my going, what incubus dare Remember to be fiendish, when I light My whole being with memory of Him? Georgian Poetry 1911-12 Young ladies in society imitate their Anglo-Saxon sisters and have shaken off that incubus, la promeneuse or walking chaperon. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Here we also find the confutation of that false conception of sincerity, which maintains that the artist, in his volitional or practical life, should be at one with his dream, or with his incubus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic |
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