| 单词 | nimbus |
| 例句 | Clouds were only named early in the nineteenth century—‘cirrus’ and ‘nimbus’ may sound old because they are Latin, but the Romans had no names for the different types of cloud. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She saw a horse, a great grey stallion limned in smoke, its flowing mane a nimbus of blue flame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two cloud boys—one slightly larger than the other—crept into a large nimbus of a building. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He waited, and in a moment she was at the kitchen window with a nimbus of light around her head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The world seemed to dim, and Lazlo, looking up, perceived the moonlight now only as a nimbus around the citadel’s edges. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mateo points out the dark nimbus clouds, and I’m straight wowed I get to live in this moment with someone who doesn’t deserve to die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The flames amid the rubble consumed the remaining fragments of the house and gusted into the sky, a nimbus of fire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The farther down they went, the more the Dust light gave everything a nimbus of golden mist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The chicken flapped its wings wildly; downy feathers floated around Mami like a nimbus. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ben fumbled to take her matches away from her, then lit a match, the glow of the flame catching her for a moment, framing her in the nimbus of its brief life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitterns boomed and the marsh harriers skimmed over the reeds and millions of widgeon and mallard and tufted ducks flew about m various wedges, looking like champagne bottles balanced on a nimbus of wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A nimbus of flames still flickered about the body. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A nimbus of mist surrounded every streetlight so that they looked like golden dandelion seed heads, and the drip of water from the eaves was unceasing as Coram and Sophonax walked slowly along the riverfront. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Looming through the tall windows along the back wall, dark skies were crammed with nimbus clouds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The summit, however, was still a vertical mile above, wreathed in a nimbus of gale-borne condensation. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It was the face that haunted him most; surrounded by a nimbus of fire, hair blazing like straw, the dead flesh melting away and sloughing off its skull to reveal the gleam of bone beneath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And don’t forget nimbus the rain cloud, I add, that’s something. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The barker himself had paused in his calling to emit a nimbus formation of smoke. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As she sits, looking out through the line of trees into the great empty parking lot, a dark shape sweeps through the nimbus of a streetlamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z White hair surrounded his otherwise bald head in a nimbus and plugged his big ears like cotton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sun was setting on Islamabad by then, a flaming red nimbus in the west. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Julian Schnabel painted him looking both heroic and angry, surrounded by a lightning-blue nimbus. Schnitzel and Strudel and Other Favorite Things, at Wallsé 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z It seemed particularly ill-suited for the soft nimbus of Mr. Bey’s voice. For Yasiin Bey, Once Known as Mos Def, a Comeback With the Finish Line in Mind 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Parker Posey emerged from her downtown Manhattan lobby in a zip-up black jumpsuit streaked with white, her newly blond hair in a cotton candy nimbus. Parker Posey’s Offbeat Glamour 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Jarmusch could be called vampiric, too, and not just for his predominantly black wardrobe and movie-villain-like nimbus of silver hair, which he has styled and cut himself since he was a boy. This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires 2014-04-03T16:00:01Z This is a kingdom in which the phrase artificial intelligence bathes “everything it was applied to with the nimbus of a bright future.” Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z With a nimbus of frizzy curls and a matching red beard, he’s a big, burly teddy bear of a man whose portrayal accentuates Petruchio’s ribald wit and lusty appetite for combat, both intellectual and physical. Theater Review: ?The Taming of the Shrew,? at the Duke on 42nd Street 2012-04-03T21:16:19Z The preternaturally self-conscious Woosters deliver the Trojans with a nimbus of uncertainty around every aspect of the production. Coriolan/us; Troilus and Cressida – review 2012-08-11T23:06:04Z There are the Daleys, the most horizontal of the pictures, their faces floating against a blue sky, the most nimbus of clouds. A Rich tradition: Can Chicago shake political stereotype with new mayor? 2011-02-22T00:45:00Z Outstretching both her arms to her sides and raising them up over her head to describe a giant nimbus or clamshell, she intoned, “No.” Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z Small and animated, with a nimbus of poet-length gray hair, Adonis also posed graciously for photos with female fans who were presumably collecting souvenirs in case the Swedish Academy gives him the nod next year. A Revolutionary of Arabic Verse 2010-10-17T22:03:00Z Elsewhere, it's all gone a bit Profumo: Hector chinking after-hours snifters with shifty police chiefs while balding politicos disappear into the ensuite with tittering showgirls in flicky eyeliner and nimbuses of tulle. The Hour's back and better than ever 2012-11-09T16:00:00Z She can create hovering nimbus clouds of harmony with the best of them. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z She had a capacity for excess, and a nimbus of exhausted hedonism trailed along with her. A New Biography of Janis Joplin Captures the Pain and Soul of an Adventurous Life 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z And what of the nimbus that accompanies Ms. Peacock from dozens of roles in more than 70 productions in 30 seasons here? A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Even when the music whips up complex, noisy nimbuses of competing motifs, the fast, finely judged changes within the dense activity are preparing you for variations on the weather. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Gentle and self-effacing, and famous in later years for his nimbus of long, silver hair, Mr. Hiller was much liked in the film industry. Arthur Hiller, ‘Love Story’ Director and Box-Office Magnet, Dies at 92 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The director is played by Mr. Green himself, with a mischievous manner and a nimbus of gray hair. | 'The Portuguese Nun': On the Streets of Lisbon, Love, Romance and Desire 2010-10-21T23:13:00Z She is a feminine and ethereal presence, from her soft nimbus of brown hair down to the delicate floral embroidery at the hem of her blush-colored silk dress. Art Review: Metropolitan Show Reunites Goya Portraits of the Altamiras 2014-04-24T17:09:52Z Trailing tendrils of organza tended to augment the otherworldly effect, as did a few odd dashes of color — Crayola “blush” or a shade of orange inspired by one model’s nimbus of fiery red hair. Men’s Wear Hustles to Stay in the Game 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Nan Kempner sat nearby and so, too, did the fashion plate and philanthropist Judith Peabody, crowned with her signature bouffant nimbus. He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s the woolly, curly or frizzy nimbus that orbits, and sometimes sits atop, the skulls of certain gentlemen. What’s the Deal With That Guy’s Fluffy Hair? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Befitting his early studies in engineering as well as his piercing mad-genius gaze and unruly nimbus of hair, Varèse cited a scientific phenomenon in a 1931 letter to the harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo. Into The Music: The Clout of Edgard Var?se?s ?Ionisation? 2010-07-16T14:55:00Z It also happens to feature Holland’s largest artwork: a trippy nimbus of mammoth, tumbling fruits and vegetables arching across the market ceiling on 4,500 aluminum panels. The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2015 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Humanizing Bunny is in keeping with the show's general nimbus of empathy for all of its personalities, even its villains. In defense of The Arconia's grand dame on "Only Murders in the Building" 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z With a nimbus of curly white hair, a bushy white mustache and cheerful, beat-up features, Mr. Kahn invites encounters, a scruffy celebrity. The King of D.I.Y. Dwellings 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Such a statement forces us to consider the possibility that the nimbus of greatness around Furtwängler arises not in spite of the historical situation but because of it. The Disquieting Power of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hitler’s Court Conductor 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z O’Connell — Didi, to her intimates — is petite and nimble, with a queenly nimbus of red hair and a default expression, offstage anyway, of intent curiosity. She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Her songs look at restless travels along with the details of everyday life, in roots-rock with a nimbus of psychedelia. 22 Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Dances and Festivals You Can’t Miss This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The volunteers as a group, including the English teacher with the nimbus of granny-white hair, could be hard-bitten and grim as the clients. Paul Ryan’s poverty tourism 2012-10-16T17:05:00Z Ms. Garner, with her nimbus of curls and her delicate features, looks far too childlike for the predicament she finds herself in. Review: In ‘Grandma,’ Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Down the slopes, grapevines radiated outward like the spines of a saintly nimbus. In the Czech Republic, Moravia and Its Castles 2011-09-23T18:55:00Z In some ways, she was still that ‘girl reporter,’ but with this nimbus of white hair, pitching me a piece about a new Robin Williams movie like the hot young entertainment writer.” Lillian Ross’s (Many) Choice Words 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z He put a small microphone inside his mouth and sat in a chair, continuing his low grunting breaths: giant, immersive, underwater nimbuses, with vibrato at the end. Critic’s Notebook: Keiji Haino at Issue Project Room and Whitney Museum 2013-04-21T21:46:54Z A tale of an insular populace that doesn’t think twice before opening its arms to an international throng of strangers automatically acquires a near-utopian nimbus. Review: ‘Come From Away,’ a Canadian Embrace on a Grim Day 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Emmylou Harris is still a goddess in my book, with that nimbus of silver hair floating past her shoulders. The Mirror: Why Can?t Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair? 2010-10-21T22:44:00Z Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds. Blasting Bullhorns and Water Cannons, Chinese Ships Wall Off the Sea 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z With his bald pate and nimbus of gray, scowling behind spectacles, he had long been a favorite of editorial cartoonists. James G. Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z All these flat shapes are limned by dark lines — the reverse of the delicate nimbus of light surrounding them in the original. Perspective | The moon and its lovely lies The silhouette of low domes and pencil-thin minarets piercing a nimbus of pale sky above was the continent of Asia. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Trump, in a nimbus of selfishness and narcissism, inverted revered American ideals. Opinion | Zelensky and Trump: Two Performers, One Hero 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Occasionally he would lean forward, silhouetting himself entirely but for some unruly wisps of gray hair, which glowed like a nimbus. What if the Great American Novelist Doesn’t Write Novels? 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z In any case, Ms. Morris continued with her writing life much as before, only wearing skirts, necklaces, a nimbus of graying hair and a perpetual smile. Jan Morris, artful travel writer who broke many boundaries, dies at 94 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z This is a beautiful-looking film, shot with storybook wonderment by Anthony Dod Mantle, who often frames his shots with romantic vignetting and an ethereal nimbus of soft light. Review | Rosamund Pike shines in this stylized-but-rote biopic about the life of Marie Curie 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The effect was less a series of scaffolding than a surreal nimbus — a white thought in a green shade. The Architect Making Conceptual Art Out of Buildings 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Komasa films his subjects in subdued, milky light, which lends them a nimbus of ethereality, frequently punctuating the action with lyrical panoramic shots of Poland’s bucolic countryside. Review | Oscar nominee ‘Corpus Christi’ is an absorbing, spiritually attuned drama 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The nimbus gray metallic TT Roadster in front of my house beckoned, so I jumped in. Driven: These rockstar sports cars are fast, furious — and affordable 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Muffy’s nimbus of teased tresses is a tribute to where Hays grew up. Perspective | For a drag queen named Muffy, it’s big hair on the campaign trail 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The place was covered with photos reflecting a life in the nimbus of a certain kind of fame. The Snake Lady and the Masters: Augusta Imagines Life Post-Strip Clubs 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Their providential impulses are a nimbus of knives. “Cliffhanging” 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Under a nimbus of eucalyptus and cypress boughs, in the pale waning light of a San Francisco afternoon, I watched the maraca of compulsory gratitude draw nearer. Nature and nurture: a walk in the woods with California's forest bathers 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z White dogwood branches looked like clouds, the pale saucers of their blossoms arranged in white nimbuses. Perspective | In spring, a middle-aged man’s fancy turns to blossoms and batteries 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The absent-minded genius with the shaggy nimbus of white hair, standing before a blackboard filled with equations. Taproot’s formulaic “Relativity” questions genius over goodness 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Over the course of the season, Shadow summons snow, encounters his resurrected zombie-wife, and meets multiple versions of Jesus, all glowing with a nimbus of light around their heads. Preacher and American Gods take similar fantasies in opposite directions 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Furthermore, today’s president is doing invaluable damage to Americans’ infantilizing assumption that the presidency magically envelops its occupant with a nimbus of seriousness. Opinion | Trump is something the nation did not know it needed 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Even as figs continue to pelt the ground, the first to fall have begun to rot and are enveloped in a nimbus of diaphanous white fungus. One Tiny Wasp Turns Fig Trees Into Eden Also at the conference was Janet Murray, a professor of digital media at Georgia Tech who has a nimbus of gray hair. Lights, Camera, Virtual Reality! 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In 1803, the British pharmacist Luke Howard suggested that clouds be described as cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and nimbus—the Latin words for “curl,” “layer,” “mass,” and “rain.” Talk About the Weather 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z A mid-17th-century watercolor with gold and ink shows them with flaming nimbuses over their heads, rather than the round halos of Western art, and yet Mary is dressed in Western style. Art review: ‘Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z She became slimmer, blonder, sleeker, her cheekbones carved by shadow, a golden nimbus haloing her hair. Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl’s Divided World 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The camera at this ground is very curiously placed, somewhere up amongst the cumulus and nimbus, facing down at a sheer, acute angle. Poland v Republic of Ireland: Euro 2016 qualifier –as it happened 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z He had a nimbus of white hair and that frisky smile. The saddest little tree in downtown Washington bears a surprise 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Nearby is the even older Boedaspis ensifer, its festive nimbus of spiny streamers pointing every which way like the ribbons of a Chinese dancer. Basics: When Trilobites Ruled the World 2014-03-03T22:50:21Z With a wispy nimbus of white hair taking flight beneath his skullcap, a white beard and pale piercing eyes, Rabbi Rosenberg, 62, has the haunted look of a man who has stared into the abyss. Gotham: In Sexual Abuse Case, Muted Praise From One Corner 2012-12-18T05:08:49Z Only thinnest nimbus of flesh actually gets affected by it. Summer Cooking: 5 Big Grilling Mistakes 2012-05-30T10:45:22Z The camera at this ground is very curiously placed, somewhere up amongst the cumulus and nimbus, facing down at a sheer, acute angle. Poland v Republic of Ireland: Euro 2016 qualifier –as it happened 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The rain-cloud, called the nimbus, becomes different from the dull winter spectacle. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z But the nimbus round her motherhood was for the husband melted by the breath of jealousy. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Nay, the very cruciform nimbus that encircles Christ's head is an assertion of this principle. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A rainy south-wester too, which had met them on arrival, was now spreading with its black nimbus over the sky as if they were to be storm-stayed on the precarious ice-beach. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z On the ceiling is a grand mosaic,—a head of Our Saviour within a nimbus, sustained by six-winged seraphim—ascribed to the eighth century. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Rain does not fall from a mottled sky nor yet a streaky one; the nimbus is uniform in appearance. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Higher up, in a disc set with white pearls, hovers the figure of Christ with a nimbus; and by it are other circles, with busts of angels. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z It may be urged that the cruciform nimbus is a mere arbitrary sign, nothing in itself more than a combination of lines. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The lamb, as commonly represented, with the nimbus round its head and the banner of the cross, is termed a holy lamb. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z The figure of the risen Saviour is in a raised gold nimbus surrounded by cherubs' heads, as in the fresco of Pinturicchio at the Ara Cœli. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In summer, no matter how striking and black are the shapes and shadows of the clouds, rain will not fall until a gray patch, a uniform veil called nimbus is seen. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z No colours are so vividly bright as when this triumphal arch bespans a dark nimbus: then it unfolds them in due prismatic proportion, “running from the red to where the violet fades into the sky.” Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z They would have passed utterly unnoticed in the crowd but for the martyr's nimbus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The phosphorescence of the charnel-house was a nimbus to her head. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Two palm-trees, sparkling with gold, above one of which appears the emblem of eternity, the phœnix—with a star-shaped nimbus, close the composition on each side. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In this picture the nimbus cloud is only that at the end of the cape. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The smaller scale of this scene, and the nimbi given to Christ and the Apostles point to its having been the work of a special artist. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z From head to foot he was the perfect cavalier, and consciousness of the perfection of his chivalry shone out from him like a nimbus. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z But, lo, the lightning, paled to light Mild and calm as ev'ning's star, Binds their brows with nimbus bright, Playing softly i' their hair. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z We see here one curious example of the nimbus, round the head of Herod, as a symbol of power, apart from sanctity. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z All the rest is torn stratus and cumulus, which needs to condense a little further before it becomes nimbus. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Showing the leading of the eyes, hair, nimbus, and drapery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Hence their traditional nimbus of unique, supernatural, and absolute authority is for all time destroyed. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z The whole gorge of the river-riven Cascades was heaped full of wallowing nimbus which, driven by a fierce wind, was rolling up over the water like an advancing smoke-barrage. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z “I don’t believe in a nimbus for you, Karl, old man,” Lawless replied with unruffled serenity. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z In winter if the nimbus is particularly seamless snow is about to fall. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The splendor of the iris of eternity has flashed on your plane of vision; but our heavy eyelids droop in the shadow of the nimbus of time. Beyond 2011-11-27T03:00:13.650Z Each have nimbi of a blue colour, surmounted by crosses, with globular extremities. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-29T02:00:13.910Z The pale, ghostly light that surrounded it like a nimbus gave it a monstrous character. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The sun, which forms the nimbus of God’s head, emits strange prismatic rays, very beautiful and weird. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z In summer a break in the nimbus will show a veil of cirro-stratus above. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The mistress replied that she hoped there were many, on which the child said, "Then, I suppose they've left off wearing those hats," by which she meant the nimbus. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z She has a pail full of toys, fruits, and cakes on one arm, and in her tiny hands she holds the figure of St. Nicholas, whose head is surrounded with a nimbus. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The greenish light seemed to have grown a trifle dimmer, but the waning of the glow only lent an added touch of hideousness to the object in the center of the nimbus. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The height of his collar had also been exaggerated and above the bent head encircling his brow was a nimbus. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Just nimbus by itself will not support much of a storm. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The mist was the luminous nimbus of a new world, a world not yet fully formed, for it had no visible bounds. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z And between these two distressed ladies there might meanwhile be seated a third, whose daughter, for reasons of overwhelming wealth or particular attractiveness, always moved clad in a nimbus of sanctity. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Between them sat a young girl, her fingers still upon the keys, her face, rayed with the nimbus of the candlelight, turned upward with a charming air of expectation and surprise. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Harding was staring into the farther nimbus of the electric rays, trying to pick up some sign of the other half of his posse, when Smith made a suggestion. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z At first, it is hard to pick out any human form as each nimbus of cans and bottles floats along the sidewalk, driven by hidden pistons of legs. About New York: Hauling Cans and Bottles Through Brooklyn, for a Hard-Earned Extra Penny 2011-07-27T02:30:19Z We had run well down from the bleak apex of the world with its nimbus of fogs. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The genius of your system attracted me; I wished to penetrate the mysterious nimbus which surrounded you, to investigate you and your nature, as people desire to examine every curiosity. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z "Oh, you cut me to the heart," sighed Elsa, who saw the scientific nimbus with which she had crowned her brows thus falling off like a theatrical halo of gold-paper. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z With the feeble flame making little more than a dim yellow nimbus in the gloom, he looked about him. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z This is the nimbus which already played in the brain of the crazy bishop," observed Sir Abildgaard; "or it is the black art and magical incantations he brooded over. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z But she stepped away and stood with hands behind her, shaking her head so vigorously that the glistening short locks stood out like a brazen nimbus. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Thou so picturest thyself before me, that I cannot see the phosphorescing nimbus of the earth glimmer and smoke behind thee! The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z She displayed some emotion,--only the emotion of anger, 'tis true; but as enthusiasm is always passionate, so passion will sometimes seem enthusiasm, and lend a kind of nimbus to insignificance. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z A few lights, with a nimbus of fog around them, made the narrow street of the town appear still more ghostly and unreal as he plunged through its obscurity towards the plaza and church. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Generally the base of the nimbus, or rain cloud, is only 2300 feet above the ground, and it frequently sinks below the top of Blue Hill, which is only 630 feet above the sea. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Most of his plays depend to a considerable degree for their dark and heavy nimbus of unreality upon a studied combination of paraphernalia in themselves neither numerous nor far-sought. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z As he looked again, a beautiful nascent wraith slowly developed and occupied the nimbus of the buff light. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z At dusk the wind freshened, the sail was reefed down for the night under a sky all nimbus near the horizon, the zenith full of drab-colored cumulus moving sullenly northeast. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z But at length the slow station fly with its dusty nimbus heaves in sight, rolls in at the gate, stops at the door. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Religion had been taken from her, and even the sacred nimbus of morality had been frayed by her grandmother's cynicism. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Most of all do I admire the bourgeoisie, whom we impress, and whose servility keeps bright the nimbus about our heads. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Around the head of God a nimbus floats— 'Tis the divine effulgence of His Truth!— Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z He sat huddled, staring at the moon risen well above the nimbus and for the moment riding clear even of the scattered cumulus. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Ten minutes later the seaplane entered the lower edge of the nimbus. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z He paraded his martyr's nimbus, and with a self-satisfied sigh styled himself a Don Quixote. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Ihjel broke into a blue nimbus of crackling flame, his skin blackening, charred, dead in an instant. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z The professor has already become a hero to our ladies; if now, the nimbus of an unhappy love surrounds him, he will be overwhelmed by their romantic sympathy. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Saint Michael, in a long blue robe and flowing mantle, the nimbus around his head, was distinguished as the warlike angel by a short coat of mail, but was otherwise of peaceful aspect. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Shakespeare divests the Greek heroes of the glowing, but misty, nimbus of legend and mythology, and presents them to us in the light of common day, and as men in a world of men. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z A nimbus surrounds the head, in all these spoons. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z It was that which, in that tawdry Bazaar, turned the golden sunlight to a nimbus about us. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Snow drifted in the air and made a nimbus about each arc light as Spurrier’s taxi, turning between the collonade pillars of the Pennsylvania Station, gave him his first returning glimpse of New York. The Law of Hemlock Mountain And in the eyes of others, too, the reflected glory of those "kneips" with the Prussians at Bonn cast a nimbus round him. The Undying Past It is generally of an oval shape, or may be nearly or quite circular, and is of similar character with the nimbus surrounding the heads of sacred personages. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Above the fallen hood of her cloak her hair shone like a nimbus, and the loveliness of her face made him catch his breath for the wonderfulness of it. The Valiants of Virginia The islands are nests where silence inviolate doth deep; An ardent nimbus hovers o'er yon horizons far. Poems of Emile Verhaeren What a nimbus of transcendental charm hovered over the wonderful face in the moonlight. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Give us the transport of the unchained seasons, the snow-blast and the sun-flash, the tenderness of the dawn, the sorrow of the evening, the rainspout of the bursting nimbus, and the mellow light of autumn. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Her hair, which was wound about the head in heavy plaits, was golden and encircled her forehead as with a nimbus. The Progressionists, and Angela. The nimbus, therefore, is not a distinct cloud, but an appearance which the cumulus, stratus, or cirro-stratus has in a stormy or showery state, and does not deserve a distinct name. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Painters have painted their swarming groups, and the centre figure of all; From the head of the centre figure, spreading a nimbus of gold-coloured light. The Vagabond in Literature It is the mandorla, or almond-shaped nimbus, which was the old artistic symbol of divine glory. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Every Priest wears his nimbus under his tonsure, so was I taught and so I learnt. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The bare skull on its shoulders grinned eyelessly, in the midst of its unholy nimbus, and the man confronting it seemed unable to take his eyes from it. Red Nails The nimbus, another cloud described by him, is not distinct from the cumulus or stratus. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes But I paint myriads of heads, but paint no head without its nimbus of gold-coloured light. p. 193From My hand, from the brain of every man and woman it streams effulgently flowing for ever. The Vagabond in Literature But the nimbus of distinction that clung to them—that we coveted exceedingly. The Golden Age The figures were also gilded in part, and there are marks on the wall to show that a metal nimbus was once attached to it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Then he bethought him, "Shall this wonder die And leave behind no shadow? not a trace Of all the glory that environed her, That mellow nimbus circling round my star?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 When returning from Holy Communion a nimbus of light was sometimes seen around her head. Venerable Philippine Duchesne It was as if a nimbus of terror dogged his footsteps, ready to envelope him momentarily. The Dictator And as I gazed she appeared on the threshold, the blaze from the logs lighting her and throwing a nimbus about her hair of gold and honey. The Portal of Dreams The light of the sun, striking upon her helmet, encircled her with a nimbus of gold. Sónnica It may be distinguished from nimbus by its globular or rolled appearance, and also because it does not bring rain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There was a sudden nimbus of snow about her as her air escaped and froze, and then she rolled into her death-dance, open from bow to stern, spilling scorched corpses into the void. The Peacemaker Blue were her eyes, and golden The nimbus of her hair; And crimson as a flower Her mouth that kissed me there; That kissed and bade me follow, And smiled away my care. The Garden of Dreams We learn, further, that he did not have the round nimbus, but a rectangular or square one, with which it was the custom to adorn the heads of portraits of eminent people in their life-time. St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music A delicately engraved nimbus surrounds her head, and that of the infant Saviour on her lap, who is dressed in a white tunic, and purple mantle shot with gold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The term nimbus is to be applied to any cloud from which rain is falling, but if the true form of the cloud is visible the term should be used as a qualifying adjective. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" In fact the outside public were wont to regard him as invested with a nimbus of wonder, or even as a sort of d�monic being. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Its bright white glow was lost in part and it was haloed with a yellow nimbus of its own fog distillation. Old Plymouth Trails The lamb is represented with a nimbus or glory of four rays, one partly concealed by the head. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia The spring night had a touch of chill in it, and the breath of our horses, streaming back upon the lamps of the cal�che, kept a constant nimbus between me and the postillions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Howard has observed a huge nimbus affording hard snowballs and distinct flakes of snow at the same time. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World This nimbus of delicate sweetness, this irradiation of her person by her personality it was, which made Cynthia Lane lovely, as no other woman I have met has been. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography There, too, were the brass crowns, or nimbi which were intended to protect the heads of the gods from bats and birds. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The panels are round-headed, and the sky fills the space behind the figures with their gilded nimbi. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Each new delight of sense, Each hope, each love, each fear, Widens, relumes and recreates each sphere, From a new ring and nimbus of pre-eminence. Collected Poems Volume One The brilliant sunshine glanced sparkling from her glossy hair into a nimbus of light about her head. Carmen Ariza I beg your pardon?" said Anna, bringing her thoughts back with difficulty from the consideration of nimbuses, "Oh, about Amtsvorstehers—no," she said, shaking her head, "you have not. The Benefactress The use in it of the term servus suggests that he is a Servite, though the want of the nimbus precludes the idea that he is one of the founders. The Venetian School of Painting The Christ is youthful, without a nimbus, and holds an open book in the left hand. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Their regulation has ever produced the singular results of surrounding them with a moral nimbus. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In view of the fact that he had come to Margaret in déshabille, that is to say without any discernible nimbus, he affronted Mrs. Austen's ambitious eyes. The Paliser case He, too, had come in for some of the applause, a sort of inverted glory which like a frosty nimbus envelopes the head of the librettist. Melomaniacs Before a nimbus gold Transcendently uphold The Child, the Cross foretold. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The rest is covered with silver-gilt plates modelled in low relief to represent the drapery, nimbi, &c. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Her brown hair stuck out like a nimbus, all fierce, round her softly glowing face. The Rainbow "I saw it shine like a dim nimbus around his head in the morning sun," said Anderson. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I never set eyes on them, but they appear to my imagination equipped with the largest kind of wings, and nimbuses round their heads as big as shade-hats. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series Looking back at El Zaribah, soon after our departure, I saw a heavy nimbus settle upon the hilltops, a sheet of rain being stretched between it and the plain. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 On the left nave pier, near the door, are the remains of a painting of S. Helena, who has nimbus, cross, and book. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia As Dorothy Thornton stood in gracious slenderness against the background of the lighted door with a nimbus about her head, she was all feminine delicacy and allurement. The Roof Tree He had come in, grave, yet with something blithe and unperturbed in his bearing that, as she stood waiting for what he might say to her, seemed the very nimbus of chivalry. Amabel Channice The remaining effigies are depicted on the foreheads, hands and nimbi of the larger ones. Religion in Japan He whirled like a howling dervish, grunting, snorting—unseeing, and almost unseen in a nimbus of dust, strap ends, and flying pine needles. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The background is of silver, with little angels supporting the Virgin's nimbus, and there is a curious frame of filigree arabesques of tinsel set in wire and standing free. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The gas-lights have no heart in them, and each wears a nimbus. Somehow Good Above is a nimbus of clouds, and above the nimbus, the weighing of souls. Highways and Byways in Surrey The Curate gave but a sulky nod to the salutation of Tom Burrows, and walked on in a savage mood by the side of Miss Wodehouse, around whom no nimbus of ideal glory hovered. The Perpetual Curate The picture of the head of Christ is a very fine one, in an aureole or circular nimbus, with the cross on it, called also a cruciform nimbus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life They and their emblems are painted; the nimbi and the ribs of the shells are gilded. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia It sputters in its lurid nimbus—gets bronchitis on its own account, tries to cough its tubes clear and fails. Somehow Good The halo of a saint pales before the golden nimbus which well-fed guests see radiating from their hostess after dinner. The Art of Disappearing Gertrude was unusually tall, and had a sort of lily-like grace; her light hair was very thick, and so fine in quality that it stood out like a nimbus round her pale pretty face. A Little Country Girl This glory was called nimbus, or aureola, and is defined by Servius to be "the luminous fluid which encircles the heads of the gods." Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The front leaf in each shows a half-length of a male figure with nimbus, his arms raised as if in prayer, the body hidden by a shorter loaf. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia His recollections were vague, dim, surrounded by a nimbus of white haze; something resembling the confused memory of acts and words after a day of intoxication. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan I remember of him mainly that he had a sort of nimbus of light curls, a face delicate and pale and that deeply hoarse voice with which French children used to excite our wonder. A Small Boy and Others A horizontal sheet of cloud, with cirrus above and cumulus beneath; it is better known as the nimbus or rain-cloud. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The coruscating nimbus of his curling and profuse black hair, black as erebus, strengthened the Saracen impression of his features and complexion. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 The cross is made into a tree, from which grapes hang; the nimbus is set with large amethysts and small rubies. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The head is covered with a veil and surrounded by a nimbus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Around them is a nimbus of angry electricity, that needs but a spark to kindle it into furious flame. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea There was a faint nimbus about the head and the face, turned toward him, was in the darkness. Stubble It was the sort of nimbus that substitutes for a shadow when a plane is high enough above the clouds. Space Platform He also thought he could see a faint nimbus round his head—but this may have been illusion. War and the Weird I had one last go at the buttons, though there weren't any left with nimbuses on them—the darker it got, the clearer that was. The Night of the Long Knives Sara sat down on the rocker in front of the window and the sunset light came in behind her and made a sort of nimbus round her head, like a motherly saint's in a cathedral. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 All round the Madonna’s nimbus is a raised band of gold set with twelve diamond stars, valued at 14,000 lire. Diversions in Sicily The Holy Child is distinguished by a cruciform nimbus, while that of the Virgin is a plain circle. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See We had little blue sky, but the clouds were again grand and varied — cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and nimbus, we had them all. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The reason we hadn't tried the one button yet was that it showed a green nimbus, just like the Atla-Hi button had had a violet nimbus. The Night of the Long Knives The other two works, the play, the verses, were still in the pale nimbus that ever plays tantalizingly around an author’s desk. In the Mist of the Mountains Christ, again here, and henceforward always, with crosslet nimbus, has a large trowel in His hand, which He lays on the top of a half-built wall. Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens The rain ended as she rode inland; ahead of her a double rainbow glowed and slowly faded to a rosy nimbus. Special Messenger At greater distances a radar would identify them only as dots which must be enemy ships because the radar-blips they made lacked the nimbus of friendly craft. Talents, Incorporated Also, the violet patch of Atla-Hi went real dim and the button for it no longer had a violet nimbus. The Night of the Long Knives Her head, crowned with a wavy nimbus of Titian auburn, was superbly set upon her fine, symmetrical shoulders. The Flaw in the Sapphire Long parallel rows, narrowing to a point under a distant hazy nimbus, marked the course of the outreaching arteries of a great city. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Could one keep a constant nimbus of the smoke around his face it might be effective, but not otherwise. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Screens showed all of the fleet—each blip with a nimbus about it which identified it as a friend, not a foe. Talents, Incorporated Anyway the spot we'd just taken off from was so marked and in that case the button with the green nimbus ... The Night of the Long Knives A nimbus of smoke surrounded his swarthy features, his shock of black hair, his large, rather morose, dark eyes. The Collaborators 1896 He was sitting reading the Financial News in a nimbus of cigarette smoke, secretly glorying in his momentary immunity from the prison rules of the fantastic. The Folly Of Eustace 1896 Device, the Virgin and Child, their heads surrounded with nimbi; the former holds in her right hand three lilies, the latter a globe and cross. Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. We can see the nimbus on the few, but not on the crowd; on the unusual, but not upon the commonplace. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The cracking plant button was up again and there was a blue nimbus on another button. The Night of the Long Knives The Imperial Eagle is sometimes represented crowned; the heads also in some examples are encircled with a nimbus or glory, as in No. 212. The Handbook to English Heraldry For some seconds Clancy is invisible, the sulphurous smoke forming a nimbus around him. The Death Shot A Story Retold The qualities that made him her antithesis redoubled his worth; and the prestige of romance clung round his head like a nimbus. Sacrifice She was a large heavy old woman, with a round colourless visage that suggested the full moon by daylight, and wispy grey locks like a nimbus about it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Teachers of great spirituality have this "nimbus" of golden yellow, with a border of beautiful blue tint, strongly in evidence. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms It was like a thunderbolt in a nimbus—the rush of Flagg down the mountain. Joan of Arc of the North Woods You know how a terrestrial city sprawls out, a nimbus of suburbs, a ring of residential sections, factory districts, parks, highways. Valley of Dreams Their brandished spears made nimbuses over their heads; and this time their response was like the baying of hounds. Sacrifice For a while I was shaken, panic-stricken, utterly unable to do more than stare numbly down at the sweet pale face, framed in its nimbus of wavy brown hair. The Paternoster Ruby This last particular would prove that the portraits were originally painted in the time of Tiberius, because the square nimbus is the symbol of living persons. Pagan and Christian Rome Westward, the sky was banked with purple nimbus, towering in gloomy magnificence aloft, but fined to nothingness on the horizon. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Roses bloomed in her cheeks, her eyes were fathomless wells of splendor, an exquisite smile played about her lips; with her nimbus of golden hair she looked a rapt mediæval saint. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Ihjel broke into a blue nimbus of crackling flame, his skin blackening, charred. Planet of the Damned The girl turned very slowly from the window and in the dark room her figure and profile were seen, a silhouette against the pane with a nimbus about her hair. The Tyranny of Weakness The nimbus of the saint in his eyes, was associated with the crown of martyrdom. The Little Savage Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing, with nimbus, lifting up the right hand in benediction, in the left hand a long cross. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less As yet there was no sign of pursuit, and the fugitives rode up with the projecting nimbus around them. The Lone Ranche Now, the death of Jesus Christ takes away, if I may so say, the nimbus of apprehension and dread arising from conscience and sin, and the forecast of retribution. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Ideals, especially ideals of the masculine gender, in their domestic circles lose very much of the nimbus which they carry about with them elsewhere. A Hungarian Nabob The fog was thick, but he could see the blurred nimbus of a street lamp, and was midway between two of these when he heard a soft step behind him. The Daffodil Mystery Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew, standing, with nimbus, in the right hand a knife, in the left hand a book, under a dome-shaped baldachin or canopy in the style of the Renaissance, supported on two pilasters. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less Still the nimbus draws nigher, and is gradually approaching the spot where the travellers had concealed themselves. The Lone Ranche A wayfarer, head down, was struggling through the nimbus of watery electric light; a horse-drawn vehicle was plodding by. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story A light step in the hall and a face of twenty years, surrounded by a nimbus of abundant, fluffy brown hair, abruptly made its appearance. The Nabob, Volume 1 The God of the Old Testament—the Deity whose nimbus overshadows the life of the West—combines in his own person the functions of law-giver, governor, prosecutor, judge, and executioner. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular The gold thread which is freely made use of all over the cope, upon the draperies, nimbi, and surrounding foliage, is marvellously bright and sparkling, although nearly six hundred years old. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Mini shivered with an awe of expectation; but no nimbus was disclosed which his imagination could shape to glorious significance. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories When the precious collar was at last in my hands, still limp and hot from its ordeal, Yen Sin hung over me in the yellow nimbus of the lamp, smiling at my wonder. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story But the Church gives Europe a special nimbus and a special excellency over those ancient worlds. The Agony of the Church (1917) This innermost coffin was covered over its entire surface with carvings of human figures, the heads surrounded by a nimbus. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Width of nimbus, two and a half inches. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving The Christ is here not an infant but a full-grown man, the Man of Sorrows, His head encircled with a nimbus, and two angels are standing on either side. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation His head is surrounded by a cruciform nimbus. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See She is crowned, and has the nimbus, and appears as if intended to represent the glory of the Church. Illuminated Manuscripts The example given is that of the single figure of the Lord in the Dresden Gallery, where the Son of God, without nimbus, or glory, stands forth as the 'ideal of elevated humanity.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Glories or nimbuses in high relief set thick with gems surround the faces, and sparkle as they reflect the light from the multitude of candles burnt in their honour. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Around each of the heads is very faintly seen a nimbus, as it is called; that is, the old painters were wont to distinguish sacred persons by a circle about the head. Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation They are seated close into the wall, the nimbus of glory which plays round their impassive features being represented by a golden aureola painted on the wall. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Christ, also, has the nimbus, but with the cross upon it, and raises his hand in the attitude of benediction. Illuminated Manuscripts The sun made Lucy's splendid hair shine like a flaming nimbus, and the dark men of the mountains and the plain watched her with immovable looks. The Emigrant Trail The Christians thrown into the amphitheatre to the lions calmly kneeled in prayer, and to the superstitious bystanders a bright nimbus seemed to play around their brows and heaven to be opened above. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The painter sat down beside the countess, sinking into the perfumed atmosphere which surrounded her with a sort of nimbus of keen voluptuousness. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) How mistaken are the annals of the Saints in representing him as from the very cradle surrounded with aureole and nimbus! Life of St. Francis of Assisi Surrounding the head is a cruciform nimbus enclosed in a circle—both cross and circle being pale green, the latter outlined with red. Illuminated Manuscripts He indicated a ruddy, clean-shaven person of approximately fifty years, who on closer inspection proved to be Max Kirschner shorn of his white moustache and without the attendant nimbus of his diamond pin. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter This man relied too much on the terror of a poor timid woman, he built too much on that nimbus of terror which made him so horribly unassailable in her eyes. The Poor Plutocrats Rembrandt's ideal, sought as in a dream with closed eyes, is Light: the nimbus around objects, the phosphorescence that comes against a black background. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art A brush of red hair stood up in thousands of tendrils, exaggerating by its nimbus the size of her upper person. The Lady of Fort St. John Both mother and child have round nimbuses, the former in plain circular bands of russet and orange, the latter consisting of bands of pale blue surmounted by a scarlet cross. Illuminated Manuscripts Thwarted now by a sea, she strikes it with her handsome bows, sending into the light countless thousand sprays, that shine like a nimbus of glory. Voyage of the Liberdade Judas, as we should naturally anticipate, has not in this scene the nimbus of an Apostle; yet we shall find it restored to him in the next design. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel About her head the light touched her hair into a soft nimbus. The Lighted Match Not the tangible, vapory haze of early morning, but a tinted, ethereal haze, the visible effluence of the summer, the nimbus of its power and glory. Some Summer Days in Iowa His fire was a red spot with a yellow nimbus. The Hidden Places It was bitterly cold in the crow's-nest however much one put on then, and water skies often turned out to be nimbus clouds after we had laboured and cannoned towards them. South with Scott The moon-rays began to touch the water, and suddenly a nimbus of light formed about a floating face in the pool. Visionaries The village houses receded through shifting distances of pale gloom; one could scarcely distinguish the white slants of their roofs, and the lamp-lights which shone out newly in some of the windows made rosy nimbuses. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The outer slope of Tycho, exhibiting under a high light a grey nimbus encircling the wall, includes—craters, crater-pits, shallow valleys, spurs and buttresses—in short, almost every variety of lunar feature is represented. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features At last Nina's slight, girlish figure was seen silhouetted against a broad window at the end—the light at her back hazing the gold of her hair, like a nimbus, about her face. The Title Market Our Saviour wears a red garment round the loins, and round his head is a red and yellow nimbus, his feet being crossed in a manner often seen in illuminations in ancient manuscripts. English Embroidered Bookbindings As the fiery horses swooped down, he could see her face in a radiant nimbus of meteors, which encircled the equipage. Visionaries He thought he had never seen anything half so lovely as she was in that white light, which seemed to crown her with a frosty radiance like a nimbus. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Large crater, A, on the E. has also a nimbus and rays. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Little Evelyn, in her night-gown, her black fleece of hair fluffing around her face like a nimbus of shadow, came and stood in the doorway. By the Light of the Soul A Novel On the right of the cross is a figure of the Virgin Mary, in robes of pale blue and yellow, with a white head-dress and green and yellow nimbus. English Embroidered Bookbindings The sunny green on copse and mountain throws up the group better than the conventional nimbus could have done. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The fine white wreath under the brim encircled her face like a nimbus; she looked as she might have done sitting a bride in the meeting-house. Pembroke A Novel Has a very faint nimbus, with rays, on a dark surface. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The glory was originally a sort of nimbus of a larger order, surrounding the entire figure, instead of merely the head. The Madonna in Art On her head is a white head-dress, and round it a yellow halo; just above is a white dove flying downwards, its head having a small red nimbus or cloud round it. English Embroidered Bookbindings This, in the silvery nimbus of a glorious morning. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 The cattle were moving slowly so that here and there a nimbus of dust caught and reflected the late sunlight into gamboge yellows and mauves. The Killer A brilliant crater with a prominent, bright, excentrically placed nimbus on a dark surface, on which distinct rays are displayed. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Both mother and child wear heavy nimbi, ornamented with gold. The Madonna in Art The winds of the desert had roughened it and the bright threads made a nimbus about the head. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Her pose at the moment was practically perfect—the small head tilted a little on the long round throat, while the slanting rays of the sun turned the dusky hair into a shadowy, gold-flecked nimbus. The Moon out of Reach On such a little head only blessing could rest, on such a little head the nimbus of the holiest saints could fitly be placed. The Enchanted April Hypatia B. A very small bright crater on a dark surface: surrounded by a faint nimbus. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The 4·7 crashed hoarsely back, and a black nimbus flung up far above the trees on the mountain. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War The famous "nimbus," of which Kayser spoke, was the creature of his tobacco smoke. His Excellency the Minister Now and then she tossed her head like a colt, to make her fluffy hair blow about in a glittering brown nimbus. The Vehement Flame If she went on like this, soon a nimbus might be expected round her head, was there already, if one didn't know it was the sun through the tree-trunks catching her sandy hair. The Enchanted April Timocharis is surrounded by a pale irregular nimbus and faint rays, most prominently developed on the W. side of the formation. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The silver selvedge of the dawn edging the dark limb may consequently be the brightest part of the broken nimbus that then seems to surround her. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The light of the moon slipped over the ruined wall, drawing a nimbus round the old white head as the tall thin figure in the snow-white garments swayed slightly. Leonie of the Jungle Ruth flashed in and out of the sunshine; and he took note of the radiant nimbus above her head each time the sunshine touched her hair. The Ragged Edge The nimbus around her furze of hair remains; there are other heads than saints—there are martyrs! The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls Has a conspicuous nimbus with traces of rays, a typical example. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features That intense band of light which had first betrayed the smoke of the fleet eroded upwards into the low, slaty roof of nimbus till the gloom was dissolved to the zenith. London River But this angel with a nimbus, standing barefoot under a canopy, supporting a sun-dial against his breast, what does he mean, what is he doing? The Cathedral The nimbus of the Divine Mother, as she herself had dreamed of her, had seemed indeed to illumine that grave young face. Different Girls It made her brown hair golden and like a nimbus. Lewis Rand A short distance south-west of Copernicus stands a bright crater-cone surrounded by a grey nimbus, which may be classed with these objects. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features She complied, with a toss of the head which circled it with a nimbus of rippling yellow. A Daughter of the Snows From the shining nimbus of her hair to her small tripping feet she was the incarnation of girlhood—of that white and gold girlhood which has intoxicated the imagination of man. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage She ran wildly to the window and drew back the curtain; the pale sunlight flooding in gave a little white nimbus to a silver ring upon the floor. A Daughter of To-Day Such hair as yet remained to him was the true Redmayne scarlet; but the nimbus that still adorned his naked skull was streaked with silver and his thin, long beard was also grizzled. The Red Redmaynes HORTENSIUS.—This brilliant crater, about 10 miles in diameter, is remarkable for its depth, and as being a ray-centre surrounded by a nimbus of light. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The smile gradually faded from her lips as she viewed the world revealed by the telescope—the beautiful woman over yonder amid her flowers, her form encircled by the nimbus of rainbow hues. The Nameless Castle Lucian imagined that the fire of his torment and anguish must in some way glow visibly about him; he moved, perhaps, in a nimbus that proclaimed the blackness and the flames within. The Hill of Dreams Her netted hair Gleamed in the splendor, bright beyond compare, Forming about her head a nimbus rare. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 The advancing bursts of billowy shrapnel down the slopes were a heavenly nimbus to her eyes. The Last Shot Encircled by a delicate nimbus, throwing out four or five prominent rays extending towards Archimedes. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features All these nine figures have a nimbus; and as these, with the three under the crosses, make up twelve, it is assumed that they represent the Apostles. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See The Maid wore the white, silver embroidered tunic and silken hose which Queen Yolande had provided for her indoor dress; she carried no arms, and her clustering curls framed her lovely face like a nimbus. A Heroine of France The adept was an impressive figure, as he stood there with the sun behind him, throwing a yellow nimbus around his head. The Gloved Hand It was as though the atmosphere of that pocket rose and clung to her, enveloped her like a nimbus, as she went down. The Rim of the Desert Has a prominent nimbus, and indications of very delicate streaks. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The cruciform nimbus round the head of one figure leaves no doubt that it was designed for the Saviour; but this had been recognised many years before Mr Bloxam wrote. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See Those perfectly round rainbows may form the nimbus for each of the martyrs; they, at any rate, look supernatural enough for such an office. In the Footprints of the Padres A slight nimbus about the mother's head is the only indication that this is not a humble household somewhere in France. Promenades of an Impressionist But various observations lead us to think that we are dealing rather with a thin veil of fog instead of a true nimbus cloud, carrying storms and rain. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars There is a crater, with nimbus, W. of this, in E. long. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Antonyms: slow, sluggish, clumsy, dilatory, unready, dull, heavy. nimble-fingered, a. dexterous. nimbus, n. halo, glory, aureola. nincompoop, n. Putnam's Word Book The dark spots, especially towards the large end, are not unfrequently more or less enveloped in a reddish-pink nimbus. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 This Form will certainly decidedly alter considerably with the discovery of inscriptions and excavations; there is nothing harmful in that, it is even no harm if the nimbus of the Chosen People loses much thereby. William of Germany The nimbus or nightcap again appears as in the Ridley specimen, but, whatever it be, the teeth are undoubtedly the teeth of the skeleton head. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious A hot wind blew from the north and now brought with it smoke and an overcast sky, which in the evening turned to nimbus clouds. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 Antipathy to her stepmother had radiated from her almost visibly in the night like the nimbus round a street lamp. The Roll-Call Occasionally a few, almost black, twisted lines are intermingled with the other markings, and in these cases the lines are frequently surrounded by a reddish-purple nimbus. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 They waken--they start into life at a bound-- Flowers climb the tall hillocks, and cover the ground With a nimbus of glory the mountains are crown'd, As the rivulets rush to the ocean profound. Poems Perhaps a nimbus, perhaps hair or a cap, or merely an ornamental finish. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious At three P.M. the blue sky appeared in the west, and the nimbus clouds subsided. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 He was lost like the rest in the nimbus of this dazzling creature. The Man Who Laughs Some pale, purplish streaks and clouds generally underlie the brown blotches where they are thickest, and there form a kind of nimbus. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 This, too, is sculptured with a bas-relief of Christ, a nimbus round His head, a book in His hand, seated on a throne set on a rock, out of which four rivers flow. Ravenna, a Study Here comes an intellectual giant—see that beautiful golden yellow around his head, like a nimbus! Clairvoyance and Occult Powers And the light that went out from me was as a nimbus infolding every one in the speechlessness of my love. Paul Faber, Surgeon From these windows, in winter, we saw the nimbus of the Northern Light. The Morgesons And this he has daily done for about a year, and if he carries it on for his life time he shall have such a nimbus that he will look top-heavy with it. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections The church has a small gable-roofed tower, and preserves in the E. wall of a S. chapel a defaced crucifix within a nimbus. Somerset It is the common mistake which gathers a nimbus of mystic sense around every book excessively revered. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible This is so unusual, and so contrary to all the received proprieties of religious art, that I think the nimbus may have been added afterwards. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts No eye saw the pure, pale nimbus ringed above it. The Morgesons No soldiers, no guns, in sight; only against masses of autumn green a diaphanous, man-made nimbus which was raining steel hail. 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 The asphalt was gleaming with the rain, and a thin fog was in the air, which formed a nimbus around the street lamps and drew a veil before the shop windows. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 A nimbus, of a triangular form, is thus seen to be the exclusive attribute of the Deity, and most frequently restricted to the Father Eternal. The Symbolism of Freemasonry On a coin of Romanus the Younger, she crowns the emperor, having herself the nimbus; she is draped and veiled. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts There were saints with glories or nimbi round their heads, Madonnas and kneeling Magi, the manger under a kind of penthouse, and similar subjects—subjects the highest that could be chosen. Hodge and His Masters She is never quite credible, never quite loses that first nimbus of the supernatural. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays And from Cloudology, by the changing of primary clouds into compound; and these resolving themselves into nimbi, for rain; or gathering into cumuli, for fair weather. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 But even in the earliest ages, when the Deity was painted or sculptured as a personage, the nimbus, or glory, which surrounded the head of the Father, was often made to assume a triangular form. The Symbolism of Freemasonry Martha, the sister of Mary Magdalene, is also included, as I infer from her name, which in several instances is inscribed in the nimbus encircling her head. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Starting mildly, with broken clouds, little snow, and gleams of sunshine, it grew in intensity until this forenoon, when there was heavy snowfall and the sky overspread with low nimbus cloud. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The robe, again, in its voluminous and snaky coils, and the triangular nimbus of the Deity, convey an effect of heaviness rather than of majesty. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts He looked at that nimbus round her head, as she stood with her back to the window. The Port of Adventure Properly, a luminous ring encircling an astronomical body, but not infrequently confounded with "aureola," or "nimbus," a somewhat similar phenomenon worn as a head-dress by divinities and saints. The Devil's Dictionary She wears a gorgeous crown, which her Son has placed on her brow Christ has only the cruciform nimbus; in his left hand is an open book, on which is inscribed, "Veni, Electa mea" &c. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The other part of the nimbus remained brilliant, and in the midst of this general brilliancy Tycho shone prominently like a sun. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Jesus of Nazareth, as a beautiful boy and with a nimbus encircling his head, was shown turning and shaping the globe on a lathe, which he keeps in motion with his foot. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom There were large nimbi and small nimbi about their drooping heads, but the face was always the same. A Pair of Blue Eyes No other than such relationship would have accounted for the atmosphere of stale familiarity which the trio carried along with them like a nimbus as they moved down the road. The Mayor of Casterbridge At noon, nimbus, and some rain, tantalised us with the hope of a change; but the sky drew up into clouds of cumulus by the evening. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia She was already busy twisting it into a shining rope, but here she paused to look up at him from under this bright nimbus, and with two hair-pins in her mouth. The Amateur Gentleman He saw him coming from the car with his exalted look upon his face, his cap off, and the golden beams of the sun again sending their halo like a nimbus over his hair. Lo, Michael! A little down-stream Cleopatra's Needle rose, sadly the worse for London smoke, flanked by its couchant sphinxes, wearing a nimbus of circling, sweeping, swooping, wheeling gulls. The Black Bag Much that had seemed very good in prose would not do at all; for verse tended to invest everything with an imaginative nimbus which rendered triviality and mere logic intolerable. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller A substantial shower fell about 9 a.m., and the horizon was gradually shut in by clouds of nimbus. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia The lights being behind her, Woburn could only infer her youth from her slender silhouette and the nimbus of fair hair defining her head. The Greater Inclination The fact that upon very ancient remains still existing the Baal is represented as crowned with a wheel-like nimbus of rays should also be mentioned. The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion It had served her so little after all, that gloriously glittering hair, that beautiful nimbus of yellow light that had contrasted so exquisitely with the melting azure of her eyes. Lady Audley's Secret What is more important is that by investing his subject with a nimbus of poetic mysticism he became one of the founders of the modern Religion of Art. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Clouds of nimbus closed on the woody horizon, and we had a day of rain. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia The use of the nimbus, or glory round the head, was not introduced into Christian Art before the end of the fourth century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Each has four wings, the two smaller wings are raised about their heads, forming a nimbus to each. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe We saw the 'Pike' bury itself under the blue horizon, at first cloaked in its wintry ermines and then capped with fleecy white nimbus, which confused itself with the snows. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Sunlight poured through the window, tipping with gold the wings of Cupid, and lingered like a nimbus over the brows of the Madonna. The King in Yellow About 10 a.m. a very heavy shower fell, after which the sun broke through, and the mass of vapour separated into vast clouds of nimbus. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia A nimbus encircled each radiant bloom, a halo pale yet lustrous. Imaginations and Reveries They intermingled over his ears and surrounded his head like a huge lurid nimbus. A Passionate Pilgrim A kind of nimbus or aureole shines round the humble figure as drawn by the prophet. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The furzes on Gorse Point were a scented glory now—a nimbus of gold for the skull of the lofty cliff. Lying Prophets But the town of St. Lo is ever gloriously lighted, for us, with a nimbus of young heads, such as encircled the earlier madonnas. In and out of Three Normady Inns The sun glinted on her hair, turning it into a nimbus of ruddy gold, and there was something delicately flower-like in the droop of her small bent head on its slender throat. The Vision of Desire Before him in a luminous nimbus that burns its way through the dark, is the image of the crucified Saviour, head downwards. Castilian Days His face was white and puffy, and about him there hung like a nimbus a sodden disreputableness. The Adventures of Sally Upon his arm he bore a lamb, and behind his head the sinking sun made a glorious nimbus. Lying Prophets I fancy that the mist of centuries of undiscriminating admiration has magnified this figure out of all proportion and contrived, furthermore, to fix an iridescent nimbus of sanctity about its head. Old Calabria A nimbus of merciful deeds, not of flashing 'wrath to come,' surrounds His head. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII As well as we can penetrate through this adventitious nimbus, we discover Hamlet to be a person of generous, princely nature, high-minded and chivalrous. Cambridge Sketches Poverty, in a red patched dress, with grey wings, and a square nimbus of glory above her head, is flying from a black hound, whose head is seen at the corner of the medallion. Mornings in Florence When the dominie entered, all was still, and every light had a nimbus of illuminated vapour. The Marquis of Lossie Sinai hills clouded over: cirri strata high up; nimbi in fragments below. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 He has come from that tremendous conflict, and He reappears, not flushed with triumph, nor bearing any trace of effort, but surrounded as by a nimbus with that strange tranquillity which evermore enwrapped Him. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII We set out at seven a.m. on the next day, when an Azyab or south-easterly wind was promised by the damp air, the slaty sea, and the gloomy nimbi on the hill-tops. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 I fancied I could see it a nimbus of immortality. True Story of My Life The keen, gnarled young face sprang from the darkness, vivid and softened with a strange triumph, then receded behind an imperfect circle, clouded the next instant by a nimbus of smoke. From a Bench in Our Square Alas! how soon the nimbus fades from the sacred name of 'author.' The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne In No. 56 the Child becomes a pretty Spanish boy playing with a rosary, and in both He has a faint nimbus instead of the halo to which we are accustomed. A Wanderer in Florence What a head she had—in its nimbus of hazy gold. Tutt and Mr. Tutt The branching tendrils of her hair, all alive and fanlike now in the coolness of the night, made a nimbus of black and silver from which her shadowed face shone like a faint pure pearl. Up the Hill and Over The non-experts have not learned financial technics, but common sense tells them that the golden nimbus which has been trailed before their eyes is only a thick cloud of smoke that is slowly dissipating. Peaceless Europe The poise of her head, however, was not unfamiliar; also, it is not everyone who has hair that is like a nimbus of thrice-polished gold. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Mr. Thompson, below the average size, and harmlessly handsome, always wore the prevailing gleam of a smile that showed chiefly at the eyes, offset by a nimbus of gray and black hair. Memories of Hawthorne The nimbus of the saint in his eyes was associated with the crown of martyrdom. The Little Savage From the mouths of of the sea-chargers jets of water rise to meet the nimbus and rainbows of the semi-spherical downpour of the main fountain. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition Miss Van Tuyn, enthroned among distinguished and definite Georgians in a nimbus of smoke, presently began to wonder what had become of a certain young man. December Love There are various Bernini saints and seraphs in stucco-sculpture, astride of the tablets and door- tops, backing against their rusty machinery of coppery nimbi and egg-shaped cloudlets. Italian Hours The sky banked up from the south with nimbus, and early on the 23rd a strong breeze ruffled the water. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Twice he heard a faint scraping sound on the outside of his cabin, and a dark shadow eclipsed the faint nimbus of light which the foggy night sent through his porthole. The Perils of Pauline Darkness came on shortly after six o'clock, and the sultry weather began to look ominous, with a huge, angry, black nimbus discharging itself into the glassy livid sea northwards. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 By adding Howard's nimbus formation to this system, we destroy its symmetry. Man or Matter Above is the Priestess of Religion, with the nimbus surrounding her head. Palaces and Courts of the Exposition On February 23 there was a spell of dead calm; heavy nimbus clouds and fog lowering over sea and plateau. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There was a fountain, plashing melodious coolness, in a nimbus of spray which the sun touched to rainbow pinks and yellows. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box She pirouetted a dozen times on bare toes at the top of the stairs, spinning until her silken skirts expanded in a nimbus, then danced down-stairs into Tess's arms, where she clung, panting and laughing. Guns of the Gods In the three actual cloud-forms, gravity and levity are more or less in equilibrium, but in the nimbus gravity predominates, and the atmospheric vapour condenses accordingly into separate liquid bodies, the drops of rain. Man or Matter Above was a riband of glassy sky flecked by the floating nimbus. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley During the whole day nimbus clouds had hung heavily from the sky, and snow had fallen in grains and star-like crystals. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The blue smoke wreathing itself amid her fair hair resembled, so I told her in the relaxed intellectual frame of mind of the contented man, incense mounting through the nimbus of a saint. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel In the morning the heavens were clear towards the south, but to the north dense nimbus clouds covered the hills and darkened the sky. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, In the centre shimmered an object like a mist of blue flame, a nimbus of dazzling, actinic lightning. The Blind Spot There is no gilding with a supernatural nimbus; facts are simply and plainly set down such as they are; the moral is left to speak for itself as the story goes on. Prolegomena The chaste whiteness of the snow and the velvet blackness of the rocks belong to days of snowy nimbus enshrouding the horizon. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Looking back at Al-Zaribah, soon after our departure, I saw a heavy nimbus settle upon the hill-tops, a sheet of rain being stretched between it and the plain. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 One mark of the period is the long, oval nimbus; another is the imperial character of the Virgin; a third is her unity with the Christ which is the Church. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres It seemed that they were charging the nimbus. The Blind Spot At a later date, as the past became more invested with a certain nimbus of sanctity, men preferred to clothe it with the characters of legitimacy rather than sit in judgment upon it. Prolegomena A pall of nimbus overspread the sky, and blinding snow commenced to fall. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Widely it lights a part of the sky with its milky nimbus, blots out the stars, and then falls gracefully, fairy-like. Under Fire: the story of a squad Over the central door is the Christ, which might be sculptured after a Byzantine enamel, with its long nimbus or aureole or glory enclosing the whole figure. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres For the nimbus had suddenly dissolved, and in its place there appeared one of the quaintest, yet most beautiful buildings that Watson had ever seen. The Blind Spot Rather, on the contrary, do these legends glorify the origin of the sanctuaries to which they are attached, and surround them with the nimbus of a venerable consecration. Prolegomena For three days, December 22, 23 and 24, the wind soughed at thirty miles per hour and the sky was a compact nimbus, unveiling the sun at rare moments. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Under the shadowy wing of a sort of yellow and bluish nimbus I see men encircling the flashing machine and closing in on it. Under Fire: the story of a squad Hundreds of candles formed an elongated nimbus about her hieratic figure, which was surmounted by the canopy of cloth-of-gold presented by the Duke of Modena. The Valley of Decision There was no sign of man or life, no suggestion of sound—nothing but the nimbus, and the brilliant space about it. The Blind Spot The priest's grey nimbus in a niche where he dressed discreetly. Ulysses Overhead there was a dense pall of nimbus from which snow fell at intervals. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It is here that Walt Whitman saw the full moon "Pour down Night's nimbus floods," as any one may see her, during the full, from October to May. Winter Sunshine One day he was Apollo, the nimbus on his curls, the Graces at his side; the next he was Mercury, wings at his heels, the caduceus in his hand; again he was Venus. Imperial Purple In the centre of the great light-circle the nimbus of blue stood out like a vibrating haze, while all about, in the darkness, could be heard the weird sound made by the passage of life. The Blind Spot He had the true musician's head: round as a cannon-ball, with a vast, bumpy forehead, on which the soft fluffy hair began far back, and stood out like a nimbus. Maurice Guest Gradually the nimbus lightened, a rift appeared overhead, and,the edges of the billowy cumulus were burnished in the light of the low sun. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Such trees would thenceforth be encircled by a nimbus of glory as the visible seats of the thundering sky-god. The Golden Bough Norhala's flaming hair crackled and streamed; about her body of milk and pearl—about Ruth's creamy skin—a radiant nimbus began to glow. The Metal Monster She detached from the black background of the passage, and the light of my three-beaked lamp set her ruddy hair aglow so that it seemed there was a luminous nimbus all about her head. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza The sun was behind her, throwing her face into shadow—so blinding a light that Oliver only caught the nimbus of fluffy hair that framed the dark spot of her head. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Overcast skies of heavy nimbus cloud were the rule and the air was continually charged with drifting snow. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She saw him halt, and fling up his arms, as if apostrophizing Heaven, as if asking a question of the stars that twinkled in the wide-flung nimbus of the moon. The Sea-Hawk I saw Drake outlined in flame; that around me a radiant nimbus was growing. The Metal Monster In order that Rashi should have a setting in accord with so high a position, legend has surrounded his family with a nimbus of glory. Rashi She was a statuesque young creature, compact of large, soft, gracious curves and swaying movements—with her nimbus of pale golden hair, and curiously floating, undulating walk, rather reminding one of a stray goddess. The Hermit of Far End If her inherent dignity made an impenetrable nimbus round her, this was against others; she herself was not bound by it, or to be bound. The Lady of the Shroud Her clear-threaded nimbus of pallid hair was the lowest point in the range of figures across the table. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 It gave me the nimbus of a child well beyond his age in intelligence. My Life and My Efforts An open white parasol thrown over her shoulder made a nimbus for her charming head and the thick coils of hair under her lace-edged hat. The Three Partners The sun beat upon the back of his head, and lighting up the floating hair gave it a delicate likeness to a golden nimbus. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Her head was toward the rector, standing in a sort of white nimbus of sunlight, but I felt that Miss Emily's entire attention was on our pew, immediately behind her. The Confession Why call up feeling?—dress me in the faint, Worn, faded, cast-off nimbus of some saint? A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul James was conscious of a little ripple of surprise as he looked down upon the copper crown of splendid hair above which rested the thin nimbus of smoke. The Vision Splendid It lay in folds and creases over the yellow silk duster of the handsome woman on the back seat, and when she endeavored to shake it off enveloped her in a reddish nimbus. The Three Partners For her the streets that lay around her had no squalor, since she paced them always in the gold nimbus of her fascinations. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story I recollected him the instant he raised his hat from his nimbus of golden hair. Other Things Being Equal |
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