| 单词 | asp |
| 例句 | Poisonous venom from the bite of an asp was already coursing through the queen’s veins when Octavian received the letter. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I found an opportunity to exchange some words with him, the others rushing out into the yard, waxen clogs a-thumping, to place bets upon a battle royal between a mongoose and an asp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After a long, uncomfortable silence, Heqet said wryly, “Do I make myself unpleasant, as the viper said to the asp?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There were only a few monsters lurking in this dungeon—a gargoyle, a skeleton, a zombie, some asps, a mummy, and the evil demi-lich Acererak himself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t within easy reach, but maybe...A third idea slithered into her mind like a poisonous asp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z According to Cicero, he was executed some years later when an asp was slipped into his hammock—his end providing a fitting case history for another book on statecraft. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Did she die by clasping an asp to her cleavage? The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z A bit further along is the most famous suicide with Harriet Walter as Cleopatra, just bitten by the asp and talking about meeting Antony. British Museum Shakespeare exhibition to include prized Robben Island copy 2012-07-17T17:11:20Z Cleopatra’s suicide by asp brings “The Age of Caesar”— and all of Plutarch’s “Lives,” for that matter — to a close. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Standing in a desert watching a determined man goose an asp, it's clear that Goodwin's idea of theatre isn't men in tights shouting. Meet the incredible Mr Goodwin, daredevil extraordinaire 2013-03-01T14:00:00Z In this version, she allows a poisonous Egyptian snake, an asp, to bite her. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Sourdi’s family shield carried the sign of the asp, a venomous snake, which in Latin is “anguis.” Perspective | Michelangelo praised her. Van Dyck painted her. We’re the fools who forgot her. Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisoned herself with an asp, according to popular belief. From beheadings to abdications: a brief history of royal redundancies 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Though they may look soft, the asp’s fluffy-looking “hair” actually hides small, sharp spines that “stick in your skin,” National Geographic reported in 2014. Texas girl, 5, hospitalized following sting from venomous caterpillar, mom says 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z “You really are an asp. Oh, vain and ignorant snake, you may extinguish me. But never my torch. Oh, Liberty.” Opinion | This Snake Can’t Shed His Skin 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z But rather than keeping it all at arms’ length, and blaming … I don’t know … somebody else, I want to bring it to my bosom like an asp and let it sting me. Richard Ford: Blame me. I voted for Hillary, and I got America all wrong 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Devastated by her fall from power, she decides to end it all by killing herself the way Cleopatra did: with an asp -- seriously, she orders an asp online. 'Scream Queens' recap: It ain't over till the Red Devil sings 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Spymonkey's The Complete Deaths, directed by Tim Crouch, includes everything from the bloodbath at the end of Hamlet to the poisonous asp in Antony and Cleopatra. Marvin Gaye 'thriller' set for world premiere - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Patrick Kane skates with grace, a raw-boned little man with a preternatural feel for the game and an asp’s bite of a backhand shot. Patrick Kane’s Status Is Shrouded in Silence 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “You really are an asp. Oh, vain and ignorant snake, you may extinguish me. But never my torch. Oh, Liberty.” Opinion | This Snake Can’t Shed His Skin 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Sir Robert Croyland shrank from him, as if an asp had approached his cheek; and he turned deadly pale. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Truly the poison of asps was under the lips of Madame Elizabeth of Bavaria. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z One of them died with a smile on his lips—a slave on whom had been inflicted the bite of the tiny gray Nile-mud asp. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z This reminds us forcibly of the priests of the Egyptian Isis, who are described in sculpture with the sacred asp upon the head and a cone in the left hand. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Amongst the figs and under the leaves was concealed the asp which Cleopatra applied to her bosom. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith: It shall become thee well to act my woes; She will attend it better in thy youth, Than in a nuncio of more grave asp�ct. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z Up flew the deputation as if stung by an asp, and disappeared in a cloud of dust on to the Capri road. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Upon love's breast the church has placed the eternal asp. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The particular serpent thus employed was that small one well know as the instrument used in her suicide by the celebrated Cleopatra, the asp. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z These words, which are traditional, she is said to have addressed to the asp with which she committed suicide. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Upon Love's breast the church has placed the eternal asp. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Paul, fear thou nought; no poison bears this asp: It seeks to learn the virtue of thy hand. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The blooming rose conceals an asp, And bliss, coquetting, flies the grasp. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Isis is seen sitting under the arch made by the serpent’s body, and the sacred asp, with a human face, is behind her seated on the serpent’s tail. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z I am like a man who has given unrestrainedly the kisses of love and received in return the poison of the asp. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z After the sight of all those asps and crocodiles, stuffed basilisks, tarantulas, and Indian armadilloes, there is not one of them would venture out into the country lanes without a prophylactic. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Yet upon love's breast, the Church has placed that asp; around the child of immortality the Church has coiled the worm that never dies. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z He hated women gently born; He hated all beyond his grasp; For he was minded like the asp That strikes whatever is not dust. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z We learn from Diodorus Siculus that the kings of Egypt wore high bonnets, which terminated in a round ball, and the whole was surrounded with figures of asps. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z In Egypt, on the other hand, the cobra, the asp, and the cerastes are as numerous as ever, and are much dreaded by all the natives, except the professional snake charmers. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z It was a symbol of kingly royalty and immortality, and being worn by the king Βασιλευς, the sacred asp was also called basilisk. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z The trembling aspen, or quaking asp, is the prettiest tree of all the poplar tribe. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Tall asps and alders, too old to bear foliage, spread their naked branches out over the bright colours of the others, like blue-gray smoke. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Asp, asp, Aspic, asp′ik, n. a popular name applied loosely to various genera of venomous serpents—now chiefly to the Vipera aspis of Southern Europe. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z I thought an asp had stung my hand While thridding Narnis' fragrant wood, When lo! in purpling blushes grand, As if my homage to command, The queen of all wild roses stood. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z It is very great and spreading; the leaves always shake like an asp. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z One thing was certain; anything was better than stagnation in a swamp; so I made the swamp as untenantable as if it were infested with asps. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z There was a sombre piece of tapestry opposite the foot of the bed, representing Cleopatra with the asps to her bosom; and other solemn classic scenes were displayed, a little faded, upon the other walls. In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z A bit before sundown we were at the edge of the chaparral—a tangle of bushes and quaking asp—rather a baddish place in which to stumble upon her serene highness. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z She sat motionless in her chair staring in front of her, greater than Cleopatra, but without the solace of the asp's quick kiss. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Towering above these thickets the slender white trunks and branches of the quaking asp could be plainly seen. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z For the sake of that man I would hold an asp to my breast! Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Not a sound came from the hills or the dark gulches, where the wind was stirring the quaking asps; the lonesome hush-sh made the silence deeper. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z The leaves are on very slender stalks and the slightest breeze puts them into motion, hence the popular names "Quaking asp" and "Quaking aspen." Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park 2011-05-19T02:00:05.867Z Why she sat Like a child upon the asp’s nest picking flowers. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z A word which appears to have the meaning of water or river, but respecting the etymology of which I am quite ignorant, is asop or asp. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z Reptiles: the red asp, 7; scorpions, 7; cure for the bite of a Cuban scorpion, 7. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Yet all these words she cast upon the wind; For he, heart-hardened, would not hear her moan, More than the asp, both deaf to charms and blind. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The stranger started as the last words fell upon his ear, from his own inward thought, as though an asp had stung him! Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z The Egyptian cobra, a favorite of snake charmers — and probably the asp whose venom Cleopatra used to commit suicide — is a dark snake with a narrow hood, and grows up to two yards in length. What a Sign to See at the Zoo: Cobra Is Missing 2011-03-28T02:24:55Z And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z This, however, is a popular error, for in most of the sugar plantations there dwells a small red asp, whose bite is exceedingly dangerous. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z His heart beat nervously, the task before him seemed to overmaster him, and he shrank from it; with one hand he felt Jack’s letter, lying like an asp in his breast coat pocket. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The image of the asp trailing its slime and its venom over the bosom of Cleopatra, is not more abhorrent. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Then came a cold ravine down the sides of which quaking asps drooped and moss spread thickly. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Those that live long, reproduce slowly and hunt by lurking in ambush until something edible scampers by, such as the asp viper, seem particularly at risk. Possible Snake Shortage Looms 2010-06-09T11:56:00Z Species in decline include the asp and the smooth snake from Europe, the Gabon viper and rhinoceros viper of West Africa, and the royal python. Snakes in mystery global decline 2010-06-09T01:45:00Z He said the clash changed the mood of others and he grabbed his metal extendable baton, known as an asp, as the crowd closed in and he was left isolated. Accused G20 officer 'felt threatened' 2010-03-24T19:03:00Z When he saw two other officers subdue Mr. Mineo — who was “flailing,” he said — he knelt down to help them, using the baton, also called an asp, to hold down Mr. Mineo’s legs. 2010-02-12T01:56:00Z “I could not definitively say Michael Mineo’s DNA is on the asp,” she said, referring to the baton. 2010-02-04T07:55:00Z His first experiment on the tiger or the asp, even his first morsel of food, might have been fatal to him. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Hence the ancient Egyptians believed that the asps were guardians of the spots they inhabited, and the figure of this reptile was adopted as an emblem of the protecting genius of the world. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He was bitten by an asp just before I left, and papa would have him shot. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories “I reached to my belt, put away my asp, and pulled out my cuffs,” he said. 2010-02-12T01:56:00Z I see thy wreath of leaves, entwined with asps Whose forked tongues whisper "jealousy and hate." One-Act Plays By Modern Authors They was about a quarter of a’ inch of stubble on my face, and I was as shaky as a quakin’ asp. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher The balancing motions made by it in the endeavour to maintain the erect attitude have led to the employment of the asp as a dancing serpent by the African jugglers. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The dining-room was decorated with Spanish leather and must have been very brilliantly lit by the late tenants, for everywhere from the ceiling and walls electric wires protruded like asps. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Glorious King," said the Bishop of Troyes to Clotaire II in a low voice, "order that woman to be gagged; her tongue is more venomous than an asp's." The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter To make assurance doubly sure, she concealed among the flowers one of those beautiful but deadly asps, such as that from the bite of which the dusky Queen of Egypt, the wanton Cleopatra, died. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Why is my love's asp�ct so grim and horrid? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The "deaf adder that stoppeth her ear" of Psalm lviii, 4, 5 is translated asp in the margin, and seems to have been this species. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Is happiness courted in vain A certain begetter of pain— A fruit with an asp at the core? Love's Usuries There was something venomous about the whole affair, something that reminded him of an asp about to strike. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel She would not have stirred, she would not have raised her voice, but she would have spoken words that would have stung like asps and cut like Damascus blades. Anne We have also the asp, whereof our fletchers make their arrows. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison Cleopatra is said to have committed suicide by means of an asp's bite, but the incident is generally associated with the Cerastes or horned viper, not with the haje. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli But the asp, perhaps, will not be wanting. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 The buds of spring grew withered in his grasp, The thorns lay hid beneath the rose's leaf, Leaving a poison deeper than the asp, Long as the memory of corroding grief. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Late that day the trail, after many a kink and seeming break, led into a great dense thicket of brittle, quaking asp. The Trail of the Sandhill Stag The dragons are the kings of the nations, and their wine means their ways, and the head of asps is the head of the Greek kings who came to inflict vengeance upon them.” The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect On the large heath-covered hills but little verdure is to be seen,—a solitary grass-plot, or a young asp, of which one asks, with surprise, how it came here? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Palette and brushes fell upon the carpet, and she wrung her fingers until the diamond-eyed asp set its blue fangs in her cold flesh. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part O friendly hand! keep back thy offerings from asps and apes, from wolves in sheep's clothing and all raven- ing beasts. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Gullah Jack eluded the search of the police until July 5th, when he too was struck by the huge slave asp. Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7 So he took the eyes out of his own head and popped them into the head of the asp, and put the asp’s eyes in their place. The Brown Fairy Book These excellent creatures, so good, so faithful, so devoted, so loving, may go mad at any moment, and then they become more dangerous than a lance-head snake, an asp, a rattlesnake or a cobra capella. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 The ivory flesh was shrinking closer to the small bones, and the diaphanous hands were so thin that the sapphire asp glided almost off the slender finger around which it was coiled. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part “Ha!” cried Agellius, starting as if an asp had bitten him. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century "And the sucking child playeth on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child putteth his hand into the den of the basilisk." Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 As he was running off he cried over his shoulder: ‘As long as the world lasts the asps’ eyes will go down in the heads of foxes from generation to generation.’ The Brown Fairy Book "How did you get it?" faltered Elizabeth, looking at the folded paper with strained eyes, as if it had been an asp which she held by the neck. A Noble Woman At that dead hour the silent asp shall creep, If aught of rest I find, upon my sleep: Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around, And wake to anguish with a burning wound. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Jucundus kept silence, and let the poison of the said asp work awhile in his nephew’s blood. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century How dare you come troubling me about her, the ingrate, the asp, the—the—" 236"It may be that the young lady may still be called Yates. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals ‘Well, if you only want them for a short time, perhaps I could manage,’ answered the asp; ‘but I can’t do without them for long.’ The Brown Fairy Book The hunters were threading 103 a grove of quaking asp and the dogs had come up with the bear on an opening of shale rock surrounded by down timber. The Mountain Divide Riding leisurely across the creek, their broad hats bobbing unevenly in the sunshine, they spurred swiftly past the grove of quaking asps, and in a moment were lost beyond the trees. Whispering Smith The two men had just ridden into the quaking asps when a man coming out of the Gap almost rode into them. Nan of Music Mountain To grace Death's triumph was but left for thee, Daughter of Afric, by the asp set free! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 He filled her breast with the poison of asps, her eyes with the venom of the adder that lures to destruction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI The scout took his stand near a thicket of quaking asp and almost at once sighted a band of antelope. The Mountain Divide Plimsoll passed the corral and went through a grove of quaking asps close to the wall of the side-gulch, keeping to the rock as much as possible. Rimrock Trail The ground about the quaking asp grove, and nearest El Capitan, afforded the best concealment close to the Gap. Nan of Music Mountain The asp is the largest and most beautiful of all; but that never, of its own accord, quits the Nile. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Unclean reptiles crawled around her cave—the asp, the loathsome toad, and the hissing adder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Soon we reached higher, drier ground and passed through a yellow grove of quaking asp. Letters on an Elk Hunt This woman herself is as dangerous as an asp. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity The chief food of the Beaver, at least its favourite food, is aspen, also called quaking asp or poplar; where there are no poplars there are no Beavers. Wild Animals at Home The young princes wore for a head-dress a narrow band which bound their hair and in which twisted, as it swelled its hood, the royal asp. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt As the last of the quaking asp leaves have fallen, there were no golden groves. Letters on an Elk Hunt She eluded his vigilance, and destroyed herself, as is supposed, by the bite of asps, since her dead body showed none of the ordinary spots of poison. Ancient States and Empires And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Their tepees were different from those of all other tribes, and were not covered with rawhide but thatched with quaking asp bark, and covered with a gum and glue made from sheep's hoofs. The Sheep Eaters Through the quaking asps by the creek narrowed eyes gloated. The Fighting Edge At the same instant one of the quaking asp groves began to move slowly. Letters on an Elk Hunt He went through thickets of juniper, and had to go around clumps of quaking asp. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories I see a dry quaking asp lying here that some fellow has left, and I’ll just try it myself. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Here and there were thick clumps of quaking asp, mountain birch, and on the creek banks were choke cherries and plum trees. The Sheep Eaters She put down the lines Houck had handed her, stepped softly from the buckboard, and slipped into the quaking asps. The Fighting Edge For the representation of this tragedy Vaucanson, the celebrated French mechanist, invented an automaton asp, which crawled and hissed to the life,—to the great delight of the Parisians. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical It was a genuine retreat, right at the foot of a tall mountain, embowered in a grove of quaking asps. Birds of the Rockies How the prig would gasp If shown the slime-trail of that wriggling asp In his own haunts Elysian! Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 It is said that she died from the bite of an asp, a venomous Egyptian serpent, which had been secretly conveyed to her concealed in a basket of fruit; but this story remains unconfirmed. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A grove of close-packed quaking 80 asps filled the draw. The Fighting Edge No crown was on his head, but among the stringy wig-curls the sinuous body of an asp bent in and out, and the curved neck and threatening head surmounted his clear brow. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner One gaudy Audubon's warbler visited the quaking asp grove surrounding the cottage, and trilled the choicest selections of his repertory. Birds of the Rockies As his eye fell on it and he saw distinctly what it was, he leaped upright with a savage yell and dashed the knife from him as if it had been an asp stinging him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Then the bishop leaped up in anger and cried out, “Anthony, Anthony, you are a little asp, but you have a great deal of venom!” A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The sage offered poorer cover in which to hide, but her knowledge of Houck told her that he would not readily give up the idea that she was in the asps. The Fighting Edge He wore a crown of thin iron, surmounted by a golden asp. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner In summer they make their homes at an altitude of seven to eleven thousand feet, and are partial to pine timber; indeed, I think I never found them elsewhere, save occasionally among the quaking asps. Birds of the Rockies Marmontel's Memoirs live; his tales have a faded glory; as for his tragedies, the ingenious stage asp which hissed as the curtain fell on his Cl�op�tre, was a sound critic of their mediocrity. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Sometimes the royal name with an asp on each side was embroidered upon it.” Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them He leaned on a fence and looked across the silvery sage to a grove of quaking asp beyond. The Fighting Edge And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg In many places from nine to eleven thousand feet up the acclivities of the mountains they were seen flitting among the pines or the quaking asps. Birds of the Rockies Sometimes a gloomy fellow, with a murderous cast of countenance, sits down doggedly to the task of blackening one whom he hates worse 'than toad or asp.' The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 A few of the more subdued patchwork designs consist of a solitary scarab, the sacred beetle of the Pharaohs, or an asp or two gracefully entwined. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them Cleopatra had placed the asp in her bosom, and the other women had followed her example. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators They say that the Egyptian Bocchoris, who was by nature very severe, had an asp sent him by Isis, which coiled round his head, and shaded him from above, that he might judge righteously. Plutarch's Morals We soon reached a belt of quaking asps where there were few birds. Birds of the Rockies He laughed mockingly, and with a malevolent look at Bowers, plunged into the quaking asp and vanished. The Fighting Shepherdess I had a pain, as if an asp Gnawed in my brain, and there I lay Silent, for oh! Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan “The sucking child will play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The first day I met him he put into my hands a cobra which had the fangs extracted, and then handled an asp which still had its poison teeth. The Gypsies I know who started that . . . the poisonous asp I share my cabin with. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa A man on horseback was picking his way through the quaking asp and Bowers awaited his approach with keen interest. The Fighting Shepherdess She stood in the half-night, foaming over with hate and evil words, her taunts stinging like asps. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Correct Use of Grinder.—Treat the wheel asp. Practical Mechanics for Boys My brothers, we all, like a deadly serpent, carry a fearful weapon in our tongue, and woe unto our happiness, and that of others, if the poison of asps is under our lips. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles George and Harry begged to be taken along, asp. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages From the summit he could see the white canvas top of Neifkins’s wagon gleaming among the quaking asp well down the other slope of the mountain. The Fighting Shepherdess Only that word; and as the others looked on, Yussuf caught Lawrence’s right hand in his left, and compressed it more tightly on the asp’s head. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor Looks wonderfully like an asp, such as they have in Egypt. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track The quaking asp is also another poplar of western West Canada, and is a variety of the aspen. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 In lifting up some moss I once came upon some yellow, half-transparent eggs about as large asp. Wild Nature Won By Kindness I may be singular in the fancy, but, do you know, I prefer civil words to be accompanied with civil deeds, and contrariwise:—the “poison of asps” does not go well with honied accents! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Lawrence obeyed, and the asp’s head fell with a dull pat, moved slightly, and the jaws slowly opened, and remained gaping. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor Woodmen always call the aspen the 'asp,' dropping the termination. Round About a Great Estate Vipers' tongues And the dire poison of the asp, shall be His recompense. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Fierce is the dragon and cunning the asp; but woman has the malice of both. The Necessity of Atheism Still higher up yellow pines become abundant and in places spread out into magnificent forests, while in some mountain regions scrub oak, quaking asp, and even spruce trees are abundant. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 It was generally believed that she had died by the bite of an asp, which a peasant had brought to her in a basket full of figs. A Smaller History of Rome A few quaking asps standing near the cabin door likewise gave motion and brightness to the scene. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West The snakes were small asps; the scorpions were small also, but sufficiently painful. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad It was formerly believed that the asp, a dangerous kind of viper, made Lavender its habitual place of abode, so that the plant had to be approached with great caution. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. Some Answered Questions When that sweet asp, death, fastens on our vein of earthly life, we all feel, like the dying queen of Egypt, that we have "immortal longings" in us. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life There the queen stands by, And sounds the timbrel for the fray, nor sees The asps behind. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor At the moment she would cheerfully have died of an asp sooner than relinquish the study of Exodus under the eyes of the rector. The Miller Of Old Church Like an asp, One lithe lock wriggles in his rutilant grasp. The Heptalogia He had heard that cry, and it stung him like an asp. The Courage of Marge O'Doone Your arrows were all skilfully barbed, and even the venom of asps distilled upon them; but you have done your worst, and failed. Infelice What fortunate, or what disastrous bird Omen'd my fate? which Parca winds my yarn, That I alone find Pity deaf as asp, And wretched live who happy hoped to be? The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch An asp which has been in our camp with its poison-fangs hid! The Days of Mohammed But now the illusion was painfully dispelled, for sooner would he have taken the Egyptian asp to his bosom than chosen for a companion one whom he knew to possess a hasty, violent temper. Tempest and Sunshine Black hair waved back from it, and was caught up by the coils of a golden asp, from whose lifted head two rubies gleamed. The False Gods I believe if I were a painter, and desired to portray Cleopatra's death, I would assuredly give to the asp the baleful features and sneering smirk of Mrs. Prudence. Infelice We license and cultivate the tree whose fruitage the Bible compares to the bite of a serpent, the sting of an adder and the poison of asps. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Cleopatra had long made experiments on easy ways of death, and it was believed that an asp was brought to her in a basket of figs as the means of her death. Young Folks' History of Rome The lamps that burned there were of gold; the drapings were of purple wrought with the royal symbols; the asp supported the censers; the head of Athor surmounted the columns. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Her black hair, braided, hung below her waist, and from her forehead the golden asp bound back the curls. The False Gods The hillside blue of spruce and pine was splashed here and there with the rich gold of the quaking asp. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River The Bible considered it and compares its influence to the bite of serpents, the sting of adders, the poison of asps, and heaps the woes of God's will upon it. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures There were in the quiver of this Cupid arrows which carried the venom of the asp. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ Sooner would I sit upon the peak of a pyramid all my life than upon a throne with thee; sooner would I be crowned with fire than wear the asp of a queen to thee. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt As a matter of fact, my friend," he said, "I have come from Central Africa, where I have been sitting round camp-fires, in company with asps and cockatrices, and other interesting creatures. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year "The poison of asps under the tongue," and a very little of it, can paralyze and irritate a whole household. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance And the suckling shall play upon the hole of the asp; and upon the den of the basilisk shall the new weaned child lay his hand. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old If you would save your life, hide as becomes the asp. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ This last tree is the one which Chaucer called the asp in l. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day Ellen Thistleton, with the royal asp of ancient Egypt with a slight list to starboard above her heated countenance, stood alone in the middle of the room, with a glass of champagne in one hand. The Hawk of Egypt I would tread on you as on a viper or a desert asp, as a noxious creature that is not fit to live. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The star actor of the piece, however, was Hippy, who played the deadly asp. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics Our rifles blazed upon the blaze below; The blaze below upon the blaze above, And in the blaze the buzz of myriad bees Whose stings were deadlier than the Libyan asp. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems And the serpent or asp, a sign of kingly dominion,—hence called basilisk,—is sacred to Kneph. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Before her stood Mr. Lumlough and the colonel for whom the gilded asp was being worn at such a rakish angle. The Hawk of Egypt Dropped and deep in the blossoms, with eyes that flicker like fire, The asp of Murder lies hid, which with poison shall feed your desire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 As the asp's fang could turn to pulseless clay The Pride of Egypt, so this Worm can slay If left long covert for its crawling course. Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892 This stout cube of deal, triple-bound with iron, disappears under the asp and winged sphere of the Pharaohs. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 They once were gravely pointed out by the guide of a party of tourists as "shuddering asps." In the Footprints of the Padres Of these some are no larger than asps, and some much bigger, and they are very numerous. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 There, too, were bears and asps and scorpions. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries A fringe of azaleas, cottonwoods and quaking asps screened it completely from all that lay outside its charmed circle. The Rules of the Game Dreadful was the din Of hissing through the hall, thick swarming now With complicated monsters, head and tail, Scorpion and asp, and Amphisbaena dire, Cerastes horned, Hydrus, and Elops drear, And Dipsas.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Oh, heart of mine! that when life's summer hour For thee with love's bright blossoms hung the bough, Too quickly found an asp beneath the flower— And is naught left thee but ambition now? International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 It is an active and real manifestation of the fable of the man who placed the frozen asp in his bosom. Quit Your Worrying! There is more poison in an ill-kept drain, in a pool of dish-washing at a cottage door, than in the deadliest asp of Nile. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice den. Satan Here the dire locusts' horrid swarms prevail; Here the blue asps with livid poison swell; Here the dry dipsa writhes his sinuous mail; Can we not here secure from envy dwell? The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I His meat is the gall of asps within him. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 I could have put the asp on my breast to suck me to sleep, as Cleopatra did; but Cæsar was in the way. The Morgesons He landed on top of a quakin' asp and the car rolled over the dinner. Mr. Scraggs The trail ran just below that patch of quaking asp. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life America cannot warm the asp of anarchy in her bosom without expecting it to turn and sting her. Abroad with the Jimmies A servant brought in an asp for her, concealed in a vase of flowers, at a great banquet. History of Julius Caesar Now the covetous man must part with his goods, and the gall of asps must stick behind. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South I confess I never was nearer madness,—every word and gesture stung me like asps,—I walked on burning coals. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 The naked whips of the quaking asp were brittle traceries against the hard blue of the sky. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Their position was two hundred yards from the creek at a spring, and surrounded by a few scattering willows and quaking asps. Reminiscences of a Pioneer After the loss of the battle of Actium, Cleopatra killed herself by an asp. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The felon's eye turns upon the beautiful sorceress with loathing and abhorrence: an asp, a toad, is not more hateful! Lectures on Art But they do not know if the meat was killed with a poisonous arrow or if an asp may have inadvertently bitten the fruit. Plays of Gods and Men ‘The truth!’ he cried, starting, as if an asp had stung him. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall He next invented an asp, employed in the tragedy of ‘Cléopâtre,’ which hissed and darted at the bosom of the actress. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance After the queen's death, she applied one of the asps to her own arm, and when the, Roman soldiers entered the room, fell down dead.—Shakespeare, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Again looking closely at the ledge whereon his feet rested, he discerned four heads of asps projecting from the wall whereon he was perched. Barlaam and Ioasaph Cleopatra was caused by the death of an asp which she dissolved in a wine cup. What Is Man? and Other Essays It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q Such is their trust In purity of blood, that newly born Each babe they prove by test of deadly asp For foreign lineage. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars But she of the monde draws her costly laces over the little asps and gives with the dainty hand of a pictured Lady Bountiful, while her word smiles approval. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The fourfold asps signify the structure of man's body upon four treacherous and unstable elements which, being disordered and disturbed, bring that body to destruction. Barlaam and Ioasaph "You were too flattered by his talking to you," said Ruth, with a sweet-sour little laugh—an asp of a sneer hid in a basket of flowers. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She could lie there hour after hour in the sun and listen to the strident whir of the big locusts, and to the light, ironical laughter of the quaking asps. The Song of the Lark By thirsting snakes The fount was thronged and asps pressed on the marge. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars And the tiny asp that slept on her heart was Rumor, that she could not kill, yet whose sting meant death. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The dinner began with a soup of asps in simmering oil. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé Nothing else in the streets of the mountains gives such a sense of pageantry as the conifers; other trees, if they are any, are home dwellers, like the tender fluttered, sisterhood of quaking asp. The Land of Little Rain A considerable portion of the south side of the mountain is planted with a species of aspen, called "quaking asp" by the wood-choppers. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Sweeter follies herald sadder Sins—look not too closely; Tongue of asp and tooth of adder Under leaf of rose lie. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon So with her jeweled hand she soothed the asp and gathered about her the women of her kind and told them that as the man of Nazarath had walked among the fallen so ought they. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 A bigoted woman prating of a devout woman is more venomous than the asp and the cobra. Les Misérables It is an old legend of the Venetian glass—its shivering at touch of poison; and there are those of whom it is said, 'the poison of asps is under their lips.' Wylder's Hand In that country these serpentine movements were symbolized by the uroeus, or asp, worn upon the crown above the head of every Pharaoh. The Woman's Bible As an asp leaps, the big and supple hands of the proconsul gripped Bracciolini's neck from behind, and silenced speech. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship She of the asp moved to the rear of the drawing-room, where a woman with a delicate, refined face was sitting at a grand piano. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Ev'ry dainty clasp That shines like twisted sunlight in my eye Is but the coiling of the jewelled asp That smiles to see men die. A Nonsense Anthology Serpents, asps, spiders, ghosts, dead bodies, staircases made of nothing, with adders' tongues for bannisters—My God! what a brain he must have! The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 The mountain still gradually rose; we crossed several spring heads covered with quaking asp; otherwise it was all pine forest. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Look, there is Cleopatra with the asp at her breast! The Golden Calf "It is one draught,—a jewel fused in nectar; drink the pearl and bring the asp!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 At the same time the poison of asps may come from the lips of a drunkard as from those of a sober liar. There & Back In the book of Deuteronomy there is an allusion made to a destructive creature in the following terms:—"Their wine is the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of asps." Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time An oblong vessel, in the shape of a boat, depended from her left hand, on the handle of which, in that part which was conspicuous, an asp raised its erect head and largely swelling neck. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Upon love's breast the church has placed that asp, and yet people talk to me about the consolations of religion. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest About dinner time he drove the horse under a quaking asp tree, tied a nose bag of oats over its head and took a wad of bread and bacon from his greasy pocket. Remarks In like manner A can be shown to be originally the picture of an eagle, D of a hand, F of the horned asp, R, of the mouth, and so on. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The great hall was filled with the monsters, scorpions, asps, hydras, and those who stood waiting without with applause for their leader were likewise changed into loathsome reptiles. National Epics And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Do not 'put your hand on the hole of the asp.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes With the help of patronage he was given a position in the District Government and showed himself to be such an asp that every one marvelled. The Created Legend Made of the wood of the asp; belonging to the asp. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire He bore a tyrannous hate against 'e, and the poison of asps were under his lips. Erema — My Father's Sin So they arrived with a clatter, and were met at the door by Andrew Vessons—knowing of eye as a blackbird, straw in mouth, the poison of asps on his tongue. Gone to Earth Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the friendly asp alone spared her Rome's crowning ignominy. Cleopatra "Her lips drip honey," I observed, "and the poison of asps is under her tongue." From a Bench in Our Square So like an herb uprooted comes this Queen, To sting me as an asp doth Ishtar mean? Babylonian and Assyrian Literature The Guido Reni opposite, in which an affected fat actress poses as Cleopatra with the asp, is not, however, even tolerable. A Wanderer in Florence Man's best friend turns to an asp in his bosom to sting him to the basest of deaths. Prince Zaleski Cleopatra learned from them, it is said, that the bite of the asp was the easiest and least painful mode of death. Cleopatra Here the dire locusts' horrid swarms prevail;Here the blue asps with livid poison swell;Here the dry dipsa writhes his sinuous mail;Can we not here secure from envy dwell? The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) The benches are well grassed, and there is more or less timber, quaking asp, spruce and juniper in the side canyons. American Big Game in Its Haunts Nothing else in the streets of the mountains gives such a sense of pageantry as the conifers; other trees, if there are any, are home dwellers, like the tender fluttered, sisterhood of quaking asp. The Land of Little Rain Some say that she applied an asp which had been brought in to her in a water-jar or among some flowers. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus Serpents, asps, spiders, ghosts, dead bodies, staircases made of nothing, with adders' tongues for bannisters,—Good Heaven, what a brain he must have! The Best Letters of Charles Lamb The manner of her death was never ascertained; popular belief ascribed it to the bite of an asp which had been conveyed to her in a basket of fruit. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) That her father, the magician Locuste, ever sedulous and affectionate, fed her with spoonsful of the honeyed froth that gathers under the tongues of asps? The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales There was a somber piece of tapestry opposite the foot of the bed, representing Cleopatra with the asps to her bosom; and other solemn classic scenes were displayed, a little faded, upon the other walls. Carmilla There she sat in the centre of the large, empty studio, pondering on Augustus and on the asp. Hawthorne and His Circle Back, with an eye of flashing scorn, recoiled she from their grasp, ”Nay, touch me not, I’d rather meet the coil of poisoned asp! The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon They came as if drawn by a spell: venomous toads and snakes of every description, asp and adder, cerastes and acontias; only one old serpent, disabled apparently by age, ignored the summons. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Tradition says that she effected her purpose by applying an asp to her arm. General History for Colleges and High Schools The speech of this false Charity betrayeth it, it flattereth with its lips; honey is on its tongue, but the poison of asps is underneath; beware of it! Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 Art thou a giant adder, or huge asp, And hast thou got a rattle at thy tail? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe In the Bible it is likened to the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of asps. Personal Experience of a Physician Philosophers are, therefore, vipers, cockatrices, asps, hemorrhoids, presters, and flying serpents; literary men are conjurers and charlatans. Representative Men Which pleasure now like poison turns Their joy to heaviness; Yea, like the gall of asps it burns, And doth them sore oppress 57. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 In Egypt, on the other hand, the cobra, the asp, and the cerastes are as numerous as ever, and are much dreaded by all the natives except the professional snake charmers. The Earth as Modified by Human Action Then my son's widow, Mary, would be hatched out of a serpent's egg and would creep a writhing asp.... Serapis — Complete Then my son's widow, Mary, would be hatched out of a serpent's egg and would creep a writhing asp… Great gods! the ravens! Serapis — Volume 05 Put purple on the other, not the touch Of toad or asp would startle him so much; Give back his blanket, or he'll die of chill: Yes, give it back; he's too absurd to kill. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry Their throats an open sepulchre, also Their mouths are full of filthy cursings too; And bitterness, yea, underneath their lips The asp hath poison. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Our horses were unable to get anything to eat except the branches of quaking asp trees that we cut and carried to them. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West After applying the asp, she says with fondness: Dost thou not see my baby at my breast, That sucks the nurse asleep? Characters of Shakespeare's Plays A she-dragon of Hell, and all her head Agape with fanged asps, to bite me dead. The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides What do you mean, woman? your tongue contains the poison of asps. Leah Mordecai And the suckling shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 "There's a bouquet with an asp coiled in it," said Arkwright, pleased; for with truly human vanity he had accepted the compliment and had thrown away the criticism. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel If married, in the hearts of husband and children, and not in the gilded, bedizened palace of fashion, where thinly veiled vice and frivolity hold carnival, and social upas and social asps wave and trail. St. Elmo Already the little asp of jealousy commenced its bitter work! Vendetta: a story of one forgotten And as he went the blood drops fell to the earth from the Gorgon's head, and became poisonous asps and adders, which breed in the desert to this day. Heroes Every Child Should Know That hunted helplessness with which a question so slight yet so momentous was received, was forcing in on him a thought that he flung away like an asp. Under Two Flags As he was running off he cried over his shoulder: 'As long as the world lasts the asps' eyes will go down in the heads of foxes from generation to generation.' The Brown Fairy Book On her wrists she wore bracelets: one was a circlet of enamelled scales; the other looked as if it might have been Cleopatra's asp, with its body turned to gold and its, eyes to emeralds. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Now Poetry has reconciled us to an asp in a basket of figs; but here was a scorpion in a bundle of nettles. Hard Cash Miss Celestina Howard, second leader in the ballet at the Varieties, had, with great alliterative directness, in after-years, denominated her as an "aquiline asp." Tales of the Argonauts That instinct, which caused her to draw away from Chauvelin, as she would from a venomous asp, was certainly not fear. The Elusive Pimpernel So he took the eyes out of his own head and popped them into the head of the asp, and put the asp's eyes in their place. The Brown Fairy Book According to Plutarch its actual manner is very uncertain, though popular rumour ascribed it to the bite of an asp. Cleopatra These myriad bells, with their little copper tongues, seemed to him like the mouths of so many asps, open and ready to sting and to hiss. Notre-Dame De Paris The poison of asps was under those lips. Robert Falconer Thereupon ensued an uneven encounter, Clara being one of those of whom the Scripture says, "The poison of asps is under their tongues." A Simpleton Into that Eve's ears be there poured the poison of the asp!... Through Russia Still does the sad Cleopatra weep therefor, who, fleeing before it, took from the asp sudden and black death. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Paradise It is seen, so the naturalists say, in the snake and the asp, and it is common in human relations. The Foundations of Personality Through there the road went up from the cotton-woods into the cool quaking asps and pines, and so across the range and away to Separ. Lin McLean The asp will be not a little vexed at the disappointment. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family Those he clasps, Intent as tempest, worshipful as prayer, - And be they doves or be they asps, - Must seem to him the sovereignty fair; Else counts he soon among life's wholly tamed. Poems — Volume 3 One hand enclosed a paper scroll, Held as a strangled asp. Poems — Volume 2 I have charmed thee, Thou beautiful asp: yet am I no magician, I am the Power of God, and the Beauty of God! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow They crossed through the pass among the quaking asps and the pines, and, reaching Pacific Springs, came down again into open country. Lin McLean They took us along the bed up to the head of the gully, and through a thicket of quaking asps. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Figure of an asp, against evil by fire. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought The pillow was burning: there is an asp in the garland: the wine has a bitter taste: her promises are hollow—her offers false: I see and know all this.” Jane Eyre The executioner beheld him beset with poisonous beasts, and asps gorging on that heart which he had borne steadfast in the face of every peril. The Danish History, Books I-IX Ay! though the gorgèd asp of passion feedOn my boy’s heart, yet have I burst the bars,Stood face to face with Beauty, known indeedThe Love which moves the Sun and all the stars! Ballad of Reading Gaol But though lean Hunger and green ThirstLike asp with adder fight,We have little care of prison fare,For what chills and kills outrightIs that every stone one lifts by dayBecomes one’s heart by night. Ballad of Reading Gaol |
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