单词 | Locusta |
例句 | In this issue of Nature, Xiaojiao Guo and her colleagues report one answer: they identify a sweet-smelling pheromone produced by the migratory locust Locusta migratoria, a different species that also forms swarms. Why locusts congregate in billion-strong swarms — and how to stop them 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Nero, when he resolved to destroy Britannicus, sent for one of those murderers, named Locusta, who, convicted of several assassinations, was pardoned, but kept by the emperor to execute his secret purposes. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Locusta, a name for the spikelet of Grasses. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools In the time of Agrippina there lived a woman named Locusta, who, as Tacitus informs us, was a famous artist in the mixing of drugs. Roman Women I was not idle with my golden scissors, and when he drinks now----" "A second Locusta! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 I don't imagine in all cases an elopement or a wild-cherry cake; every one is neither a Helena nor a Locusta. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Locusta prepared a drug that destroyed a goat in a few minutes. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Mooreana.—An extraordinary variety of L. Locusta, which itself is extraordinary enough. The Woodlands Orchids Members of the Stoic Democratic Federation have been invited to meet H.I.M. at dinner at the Café Locusta. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments It says they're poisoning me; hints at Locusta Who poisoned Claudius. L'Aiglon It seems that one of the effects of the species of poison which Locusta had administered was that the body of the victim was turned black by it soon after death. Nero Makers of History Series It was there that Agrippina contrived to poison him, by the aid of Locusta, a professed poisoner, and Xenophon, a physician, while she affected an excess of grief. Ancient States and Empires And as you go, send in to me Locusta. Nero Locusta, the specialist, was again sent for and Brittanicus was gathered to his fathers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Nero employed one of these women, Locusta by name, and after she had poisoned Britannicus, rewarded her with a great estate in land, and placed disciples with her to be instructed in her nefarious trade. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine He determined, therefore, to resort to poison, and to employ Locusta to prepare it. Nero Makers of History Series Of Ancient Rome: Locusta, employed by Agrippi´na to poison her husband, the Emperor Claudius. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 You are Locusta, and your trade is poison. Nero Locusta, a famous professional chemist, was employed, and the deed was done by Agrippina serving the deadly dish herself. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 In Locusta, in one bulky volume, he tells of "the crime" and "the chastisement." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 Locusta, the reader will remember, was the woman whom Agrippina had employed for the murder of her husband, Claudius. Nero Makers of History Series Valeriana Locusta.—An annual, growing wild in Battersea fields, and many other parts of this kingdom. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II "I would swallow the stuff were it Locusta's hell-broth, for your sake." London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Take Locusta with you, and give them the poison. Historical Miniatures Locusta was mistress of her art, in which long practice had given her a consummate skill. Seekers after God To obviate this difficulty, Pollio and Locusta cunningly contrived the following plan. Nero Makers of History Series At a later period, a female named Locusta, was the agent in preparing these poisons, and she destroyed, in this way, at the instigation of Nero, Britannicus, son of Agrippina. Thaumaturgia Locusta in ancient Rome, Madame Brinvilliers in Paris, were people of original genius: not in any new artifice of toxicology, not in the mere management of poisons, was the audacity of their genius displayed. Biographical Essays Cultured members, on drinking it, were wont to say things about Locusta and Borgia. South Wind It was then that Agrippina ordered of Locusta that famous stew of poison and mushrooms, which Nero, in allusion to Claud's apotheosis, called the food of the gods. Imperial Purple He sent for Pollio, and assailed him with reproaches and threats, and as for Locusta, he declared that she should be immediately put to death. Nero Makers of History Series If she had to live there permanently, Popp�a would talk about her to Locusta, but for a few days there is no danger. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero England was no place, the seventeenth century no time, for Sporus and Locusta. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Whenever he comes to a monastery, the local "god" ceases to eat and drink in fear of the activities of this Mongolian Locusta. Beasts, Men and Gods As has been told, Asie, that skilled Locusta, had given him a dose of poison so qualified as to produce the effects of a dreadful illness. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life There was at that time in Rome a celebrated mistress of the art of poisoning, named Locusta. Nero Makers of History Series Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes. The Count of Monte Cristo Locusta, a famous female poisoner employed by Agrippina and Nero. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Whether it was because the potion which Locusta had prepared was too weak, or because it was not really administered by those who received it in charge, no result followed, and Nero was greatly enraged. Nero Makers of History Series Locusta was sent for, and was shut up with Pollio in an apartment adjoining that of the emperor, with directions to make the mixture there, and then to administer it forthwith. Nero Makers of History Series |
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