单词 | laurel-tree |
例句 | The priestesses of Delphi were also in the habit of chewing laurel-leaves before they ascended the tripod, which it is stated was originally formed of a laurel-tree root with three branches. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Then he saw his victim above at the window, and raised himself as high as the laurel-tree to stab straight into his bosom with the finger,—and stalked towards him. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The subject—the hero, as it were—of this story was a laurel-tree growing on some cliff above a chasm at the bottom of which ran a mountain torrent. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Then he saw his victim above at the window, and raised himself as high as the laurel-tree to stab straight into his bosom with the finger,--and stalked towards him. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Dagobert, all out of breath, stood under a laurel-tree, looking greatly relieved--and now Maia also came forward. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z The Despoiler had wanted to capture a flying-fish made of red marzipan, which was feeding upon a laurel-tree beside the pool. The City Curious Leaning his back against a laurel-tree, and supporting his chin on his hand, he listened quietly and attentively to her passionate recital. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 And groves adorned it, green in hue, and bright, As icicles about a laurel-tree; And danced about their twigs a wonderous light; Whence came that light so far beneath the sea? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Slid from the hill, as crumbling snow-peaks slide, citron on citron fill the valley, and delight waits till our spirits tire of forest, grove and bush and purple flower of the laurel-tree. Hymen There, beneath a laurel-tree, he had beheld—and from her hand had received upon his Page 259 brow water from the sacred fount,—a woman of a beauty grave and sublime: the Muse of Parnassus.... The Wagnerian Romances He raised her carefully, bore her to the foot of a great laurel-tree, and taking his cloak, placed her on it, and bent over her in agony. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Under a laurel-tree there reposed the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 We scarcely see the laurel-tree, The crowd about us is all we see, And there's no room in it for you and me. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany The three girls scampered down the back avenue, where they found five of their companions, among them Susan Drummond, standing in different attitudes of expectation near a very large and low-growing laurel-tree. A World of Girls The Story of a School This softness is seen in his Apollo and Daphne, which shows the moment when she is suddenly changed into a laurel-tree in order to escape the pursuit of the young god. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Sometimes I dream of that laurel-tree, and then I wake with joy in my heart and verses humming in my brain. The God of Love He pursued her, and when he was close upon her, she turned into a laurel-tree. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation The shepherd in a long speech tells how Daphne was changed into a tree, and then Apollo is seen at the foot of a laurel-tree weeping, accompanied by two minstrels. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs The basket has come; it’s under the thick laurel-tree in the back avenue. A World of Girls The Story of a School To her companion she gleamed, as if a wood- thing, a hamadryad, had slipped out from the laurel-tree and come to dine with him in the dusk. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories THE CLOVE.—The clove-tree is a native of the Molucca Islands, particularly Amboyna, and attains the height of a laurel-tree, and no verdure is ever seen under it. The Book of Household Management Pursued by Apollo, she was on the point of being overtaken when she prayed for release and was metamorphosed into a laurel-tree. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Cautiously he stepped forward, and cast an inquiring glance through the trailing vines which overhung the grotto, to the young girl who still slumbered, reclining on the trunk of the laurel-tree. Frederick the Great and His Court Bow your head, be all attention; for know that it is a branch from the laurel-tree that grows upon Virgil's grave! Frederick the Great and His Family A man was looking from the laurel-tree as jealously as if he could have eaten you.’ Wessex Tales It was more particularly sacred to Apollo, because, according to the fable, the nymph Daphne was changed into a laurel-tree. The Book of Household Management Dane: Daphne, daughter of the river-god Peneus, in Thessaly; she was beloved by Apollo, but to avoid his pursuit, she was, at her own prayer, changed into a laurel-tree. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems |
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