| 单词 | Niobe |
| 例句 | Amphion’s story, and Niobe’s, I have taken from Ovid, who alone tells them in full. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo and Artemis glided swiftly to Thebes from Olympus, the archer god and the divine huntress, and shooting with deadly aim they struck down all of Niobe’s sons and daughters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them suffered a worse doom than his daughter Niobe. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There he and Niobe ruled in entire content until she showed that the mad arrogance of Tantalus lived on in her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I plan to catch “Niobe” on Tuesday night and more Ovid-based adventures by way of the Ensemble Lucidarium’s concert on Wednesday afternoon. ArtsBeat: Boston Festival a Paradise for Early-Music Fans 2011-06-14T20:19:55Z Niobe was Queen of Thebes, as related in Ovid, whose children die as the gods' punishment for her shameful boasting, while she turns to stone. Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z The seventh-grade boys at George Jackson Academy in New York City snickered when developmental psychologist Niobe Way told them about a teen who loved his best friend. 9 ways to help boys form the close friendships they crave 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z With the fluidity that made Swim such a success, the band feed off one another as the agenda-setting beats of Niobe slip into the jangly dream pop of Melody House. Caribou ? review 2011-02-24T18:12:57Z In an effort to understand why men’s friendships are less intimate than women’s, psychologist Niobe Way interviewed boys about their friendships in each year of high school. American men’s hidden crisis: They need more friends! 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z The operatic centerpiece, typically an obscurity, was Steffani’s “Niobe, Regina di Tebe,” and the recitals, chamber concerts and vocal programs tended to explore composers and works that were new even to the most devoted enthusiasts. Critic?s Notebook: A Festival Brings the Obscure to the Fore, With a Global Touch 2011-06-20T21:59:21Z She has also co-written Niobe, a comic book with a black female protagonist, and topped Ms Foundation’s feminist celebrity of 2015 poll. Six women who made 2015: from Charlotte Church to Calais campaigners 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Pinkett Smith, who played Niobe in the last two films, wouldn’t say much more. Pinkett Smith has a lot more to share with ‘Red Table Talk’ 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Niobe will be performed on September 25, 27 and 29 and October 1 and 3. Male soprano stars in "forgotten" Italian opera 2010-09-24T13:07:00Z In just one speech Hamlet compares his father to the titan Hyperion, his uncle to a satyr and his mother to weeping Niobe, while contrasting his waffling, contemplative self with the forceful Hercules. Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z In Niobe’s profound mourning, she turned to stone, a symbol of a mother forever stricken with grief. Up Close: Seeking to Help Boys Keep Their Friends 2011-09-21T18:57:45Z A key resource in expanding “Close” beyond Dhont’s own experiences was psychologist Niobe Way’s 2013 book “Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection.” Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated ‘Close’ 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Niobe’s grief turned her into stone, her tears into waterfalls. Review: A mother gets a shot at revenge — at a price — in Alison Gaylin's 'The Collective' 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Yet they long for the close male friendships of childhood, said Niobe Way, a psychology professor at New York University. Opinion | A Frat Boy and a Gentleman 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Niobe Way New York The writer is a professor of developmental psychology at New York University. Opinion | Teacher Diversity and Learning 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Now Amandla Stenberg is revamping the world of comics with the release of, Niobe: She is Life, which is the first comic to feature a black writer, illustrator, and lead. 'MHP' Syllabus: 11.8.15 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Monday in an accident on a farmstead about 6 miles northwest of Niobe in Burke County. Authorities identify 5-year-old boy killed in farm accident 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Monday on a farmstead about 6 miles northwest of Niobe in Burke County. 5-year-old boy killed in accident at North Dakota farmstead 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Banksy painted an image of a Greek goddess Niobe, weeping for her dead offspring, on a door standing among the ruins of Mr Darduna's home in February. Gaza police seize Banksy artwork amid ownership row 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “She had the courage— and it absolutely is courage—to come out against this violence,” agrees Niobe Way, professor of psychology at NYU. The Steubenville Rape Victim's Road to Recovery 2013-03-20T10:50:23Z Perhaps Ovid admired them as he lounged by his patron's pool, and was moved to write of the disaster that engulfed Niobe. Find of Roman statues 'important' 2013-01-08T19:20:42Z Or the eye rests with awful compassion on a standing figure, another speechless Niobe, pale and unconscious as a statue, still pressing her dead infant to her breast. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Then come three rooms covered with tapestries, the last containing a pretty statue of a girl, sometimes called Niobe. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z According to some mythologists, Niobe herself is a personification of the clouds. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The following notes supplement the map:— A. West Asia Minor.—“Niobe” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He wrote of Niobe, the mother of 14 children who boasted about how much more fertile she was than the goddess Leto. Find of Roman statues 'important' 2013-01-08T19:20:42Z But supposing that weeping Niobe proved obdurate--weak people are pigheaded--and was inconvenient enough to be inconsolable? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Wall of Egress: Sarcophagus representing the destruction of the children of Niobe. 13th Room.— Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Niobe grieves so sorely at their untimely death, that she dissolves in a rain of tears, which turns into hard ice on the mountain summit. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Remains of buildings, not yet explored, lie near the “Niobe” figure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In her grief, Niobe turned to stone, weeping continuously. Find of Roman statues 'important' 2013-01-08T19:20:42Z Niobe weeping for her children was not so tragic a spectacle as she lamenting the ruin of plaster and paint that did not belong to her. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z A beautiful mutilated fragment, supposed to be one of the daughters of Niobe. r. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In the story of Niobe we have one of the cloud myths. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But the Elect Lady sat still, her face in her hands, like a Niobe in black bombazine. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z They depict one of the myths recounted in his masterpiece, Metamorphoses, that of the proud mother Niobe. Find of Roman statues 'important' 2013-01-08T19:20:42Z He founded now chiefly upon the antique, more especially the Niobe group and the “Venus de’ Medici,” modified by suggestions from Raphael, Correggio, Parmigiano and Paul Veronese. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The same apparent disproportion exists between Niobe and her children, in the celebrated group at Florence, supposed to be by Scopas. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The daughter of Tantalus, Niobe, heard this boast, and laughed in scorn; for she was the mother of fourteen children,—seven manly sons and seven beautiful daughters. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In one of the halls stands a painting of Niobe with her sons and daughters clinging around her, victims of the cruel vengeance of Diana and Apollo. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z In consequence, as quickly as engines under forced draught could drive her thither, the British cruiser Niobe sped to Santiago harbor. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z The celebrated group at Florence representing Niobe and her children falling before the arrows of Apollo and Artemis is certainly a work of the pathetic school, and may be by a pupil of Praxiteles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z I never rested until I found the corridor with Niobe and all her children—it used to fascinate me in the old days. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z “Phœbus slew the sons With arrows from his silver bow, incensed At Niobe.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Hall of Niobe contains the famous series of statues representing the destruction of Niobe and her children at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The plain where once the sons of Niobe lay weltering had borne its last harvest of slaughter. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It represents the slaying of the children of Niobe by Apollo and Artemis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In Niobe's profound mourning, she turned to stone, a symbol of a mother forever stricken with grief. Allowing teen boys to love their friends 2011-09-22T03:02:41Z Then the gods, touched by the sight of woe so intense, changed Niobe into stone, just as she stood, with upturned face, streaming eyes, and quivering lips. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The punishment of Niobe will be related in another place. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z I tell you, Nie, it was a sight that used to make Frenchmen stare to see the old Niobe taking down top-gallant masts.” O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z There may be, indeed, there is, a Niobe amongst the nations, but tears are not always of despair. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z For the flutes called elymi, which Sophocles mentions in his Niobe and in his Drummers, we do not understand to be anything but the common Phrygian flute. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z In vain Niobe sought to protect them, and called upon all the gods of Olympus. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Osiris was the son of Jupiter and of Niobe, the daughter of Phoroneus. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z You were still the Niobe’s pet, but old enough now to be left at times without your sea-dad. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Apollo feeds his fair ones, Ceres hers, Pomona, Pan, dun Jove, and Luna pale; So Nox her olives, so swarth Niobe. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The Hall of Niobe contains few objects; but among them some of the most perfect specimens of Grecian art; and first, the Ilioneus. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Mountain where stood the statue of Niobe, 94. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Qat's mother either was, or, like Niobe, became a stone. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The commander of the Niobe, indeed, was in high glee. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z And I know who will be glad too, if I have prevented his having a Niobe for his Tiny, instead of the Euphrosyne, which I believe he sometimes calls you. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z And why should we not have in sculpture a Lear as well as a Laocoon? a Constance as well as a Niobe? a Gismunda as well as a Cleopatra?—— Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z If it be Thou takest pleasure in these bitter tears, Come back, and I will weep myself away—— A streaming Niobe—to win thy smiles! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z There is one spot in the old garden—a knot of lindens shading a broken figure of Niobe—where I have often fancied those two lovers might have sat. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Victory for a time hung in the balance, then it seemed to sway to the side of the enemy, because the Niobe became for a time unmanageable. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z But she, with tears Like Niobe, a never-ceasing flood, Drew her soft hand from his, and dared the deep. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z But I am an enemy to the exclusive in every thing; and—pardon me—your worship of the Elgin marbles and the Niobe, is, I think, a little too exclusive. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Me standing there with the spoon in one hand and your letter in the other, doing the Niobe act, quite oblivious to the fact that I was not the only person in the county. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Callisto draws our sympathy, and Niobe our tears: the goddess freezes our veins. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z When the crew of the Niobe returned to their native land from the Cape, and the new crew joined, I remained with my foster-father—my dear old sea-dad. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Niobe's group, the Genius of Turin, Cupid, and Psyche, stood there in casts, borrowed from the cabinet of an artist in Naples. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z According to his distinction, would not the group of the Niobe belong to the age of perfection?—and the Parthenon to the philosophic age? which, allowing his definition of the two styles, I cannot grant. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z In ten minutes afterward you would be playing Niobe. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z In his innocent weakness for poetical citations the honest comedian compared her with Andromache and Niobe. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z From the Cape we sailed straight to Bombay, it being found that the old Niobe would require to go into dry dock. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Then Reynolds,—every time I see him and mention you, he puts his hand to his head and looks like a son of Niobe’s; but he’ll write soon. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z "Look at Fritzi's face!" he exclaimed: "What a horrified expression! a perfect Niobe." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z It has been said that architecture is petrified music; each of these statues becomes for us a passion, fit for musical expression, but turned, like Niobe, to stone. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Most of them were "like Niobe, all tears," but we received no intimation that this powerful sermon of Dumas was instrumental in turning them from their life of shame. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z The old Niobe had been wrecked since my incarceration in the land of the savages. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z In her tightly-gloved hand she carried a large posy of roses, and truly there was nothing of Niobe in her expression and demeanor. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z In female beauty, the form and proportions in the features of Juno are very different from those of Venus; those of Minerva, from those of Diana; those of Niobe, from those of the Graces. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Just now his forehead is drawn up into a deep frown, as he reads the fatal letter that has reduced his mother to a Niobe. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z I seemed to realise the sensation that Niobe must have felt on being turned to stone. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The crew of the Niobe numbered about seventy, all told fore—and—aft. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z In addition, Canada offered her two cruisers, the Niobe and the Rainbow, for general service, and her two submarines for duty on the Pacific coast. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Niobe and her daughters are, and ever will be, the most perfect models of beauty. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Marble piles let no man raise To her name for after days; Some kind woman, born as she, Reading this, like Niobe, Shall turn marble, and become Both her mourner and her tomb.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Niobe would be a magnificent subject either for a concerto, or for a kind of mythological oratorio. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z With bulwarks ripped away and boats gone, the Niobe looked little better than a wreck, while, sad to relate, when the roll was called five men failed to answer. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z I would that I had borne twice seven sons, the boast Of Niobe! Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Of this state of stupor and insensibility, the fable gives us an idea in the metamorphosis of Niobe into a stone; and hence Æschylus introduces her in his tragedy as stunned and speechless. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z On my left on the ground floor a woman with gray hair and rusty face and red-rimmed eyes shuffled back into the shadows at my entry, a sort of ignoble Niobe. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z One of the longest of these is "Niobe in Distress for Her Children Slain by Apollo, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI, and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson." The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z “I have, sir, many is the time; and I’ll try to pilot the good Niobe over it now.” O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z But, the Niobe of Nations, she boasted that her children were holier and more fair than all the pure ideas of justice, truth, and love, the offspring of the eternal God. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z This insolence provoked Latona, and she entreated her children to punish the arrogant Niobe. Heathen Mythology With him she takes part in the combat with Python and with Tityus, in the slaughter of the children of Niobe, while alone she executes vengeance on Orion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" He had never exchanged a word with her; he had only seen her once, a vision of white beauty with brown, braided hair, standing like a Niobe in that night of stress and peril. The Man from Jericho The Niobe remained for ten days where she had cast anchor, in order to make good repairs. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z The Niobe arrived at Santiago on the eighth, and Lorraine threatened to bombard the town unless the executions were immediately stopped. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future The bodies of Niobe's children were left unburied in the plains for nine successive days, because Jupiter changed into stones all such as attempted to inter them. Heathen Mythology She stood like the Niobe of the sea. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Margot will cry out like a thousand Niobes; but, faith! so much the worse. Marguerite de Valois No one was visible on the Niobe’s decks, and never a light burned aloft, but, nevertheless, sentinels were watching the water on all sides, and down below the crew, fully armed, were waiting. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Reports of the barbarous proceedings had reached Jamaica, and H. M. S. Niobe, under the command of Sir Lambton Lorraine, was dispatched to Santiago with instructions to stop the massacre. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future During her residence at her father's court, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, had the insolence to prefer herself to Latona, who had but two children, while Niobe possessed seven sons and seven daughters. Heathen Mythology Jolly. ——while we within possess our joys and cups, as full of pleasure as weeping Niobe's afflicted eyes were swelled with grief and tears! A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "She posed for me as Niobe two years ago," said my friend. A Top-Floor Idyl Guns were speedily run out in the direction from which the volley had come, and just by way of showing the enemy that the Niobe was prepared, two loaded with shrapnel were fired. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Della lowered her beaded lashes over eyes that smarted, and raised her arms like Niobe entreating fate. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The group of Niobe and her children is the only attempt extant at telling a story, or representing emotion by a variety of figures. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 If you have quite done with yonder Niobe, will you permit me to escort you to your chair? Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days Manna did not understand what Roland was saying; his mind seemed to her distracted, and he did not explain how it was that the Niobe group rose before his eyes. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It was a hand-to-hand fight on deck, for the Niobe had been boarded: hand to hand, and breast to breast; cutlass and sword ’gainst Somali dagger and Arab spear. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Like Niobe all tears, Tillie dabbed at her eyes and dewy cheeks. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Later in the day the Prince of Wales paid a visit to Captain Zirzow, on the German Imperial frigate Niobe, and drank a glass of wine to the health of the Emperor of Germany. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Cambiaso painted, at the age of seventeen, the story of Niobe without studies or sketches. Michelangelo They stood long before the group of Niobe and her children, Bella jokingly protesting that the teacher, who seeks to protect the boy from the arrow of the god, was of the Russian type. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine In a fortnight after the fight in the river the brave Niobe was once more at sea, and looking all over as smart a craft as ever sailed. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Then she would briskly add: "Now I understand the meaning of the Niobe; she is the old spinner who lives out on the rock." Waldfried A Novel But the Niobe is not in Rome, you will say; why not take some statue or group of statues here in the Vatican? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions The story of Niobe is one of the best-known Greek legends, because of its exquisite portrayal in art. Greek Women It is a land where poetry breathes as freely as the gentle zephyrs blow from the summit of Mount Olympus; it is a land where women are as fair as the daughters of Niobe. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. “You were borne on the books o’ the old Niobe as well as myself, and a queer little chap you were when first we met. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z These divinities, in revenge, destroyed the fourteen children of Niobe. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He has actually left out—guess what—some son or daughter of Niobe?—has run counter to the tradition of the seven girls and seven boys?—oh, in comparison, that would be nothing. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, the mother of fourteen children,--seven manly sons and seven beautiful daughters,--in her pride taunted the goddess Latona, mother of Apollo and Artemis, because her offspring numbered only two. Greek Women The ones who have fortitude enough to stand the entry regulations can get in, but tourists seldom visit Niobe. To Choke an Ocean The commander of the Niobe wanted all his wits about him, for it was a trying time. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Another play of Sophocles, the Niobe, is alluded to by Plutarch and by Athen�us for the paiderastia which it contained. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Because the Niobe can teach us most in least time; and because also, you need not think of the group as it stands in the gallery in Florence. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Enraged at the insult, Latona called her children to her, and bade them slay all the children of Niobe. Greek Women He stared out at the gloomy view of Niobe's rainswept polar landscape. To Choke an Ocean And the Niobe could luff too, I can tell you. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z He would say it was the departing voice of a midnight-murdered victim, or the last wailing of Niobe p. 181for her poor children, before she was turned into stone. Wanderings in South America It is the rudiment of the Niobe group. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions The lake remains always tragic; it never laughs nor even smiles, but is always sadly beautiful, like Niobe, poor, childless one. Francezka It began during the banquet that celebrated the signing of the Agreement which made Niobe a member of the Confederation. To Choke an Ocean My life on board the Niobe was altogether a very pleasant one; the best part of it was the long glorious cruises we used to have in open boats. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z There were plaster casts of the whole of Signora Anina's family of nine children, from the elder fiery Achilles to the younger hysterical Niobe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Perhaps the Niobe may teach us next how this highest artistic quality of beauty, this sole aim of the artist, is to be attained? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions For goodness' sake, do try and look a little less like a modern Niobe when he comes up. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. I was the Director of the BEE's Niobe Division at that time. To Choke an Ocean Still Niobe! still fainting in the sun, By whose most dazzling arrows violate Her beauteous offspring perished! has she won Nothing but garlands for the graves, from Fate? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV The architect of Bourges Cathedral liked hawthorns; so he has covered his porch with hawthorn,—it is a perfect Niobe of May. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) All this is perfectly correct in expression; we are bound to admit that these are the probable movements and gestures of people situated like Niobe and her children. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions She stood over him, weeping for him like another Niobe among her slaughtered family. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The Confederation had sunk billions into Niobe and was prepared to sink many more if necessary. To Choke an Ocean A Niobe weeping for her own and the world’s sorrows! Orphans of the Storm Why, in the hall of Niobe I wanted to stay for days to cry and weep and enjoy myself. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife In this sense, what is the idea, the abstract intellectual conception of the Niobe group? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions With the slow step of a Niobe she moved down the room and disappeared. Tante Niobe was an ideal herbarium for growing the swampland plant from which the complex of alkaloids was extracted. To Choke an Ocean Niobe for Bermuda, where the Colonial Marines were then stationed, and arrived at St. George's on the 9th of January, 1816. The History of the First West India Regiment For not unmindful of food in her sorrow was Niobe, fair-hair'd, Albeit she in her dwelling lamented for twelve of her offspring. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Her sister stood erect in grief like a daughter of Niobe wept into stone. In a Little Town The Niobe of old had happiness within her power.” The Fifth String Niobe became a full member of the Confederation, with sovereign planetary rights, and the viscaya concentrate began flowing aboard the ships waiting at the polar bases. To Choke an Ocean And thus Niobe is feigned to have been turned into stone, from her never speaking, I suppose, in her grief. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero There is the ear gate, and therein go trooping all sweet songs, all conversation and eloquence, all laughter with Niobe's woe and grief. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Nike—if still hardly recognisable—is no longer to be taken for Niobe. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy In the Imperial Gallery of Florence there is a statue of Niobe clasping her last child. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning "Whoever spoke of the beauties of tropical islands didn't have Niobe in mind," Bergdorf agreed. To Choke an Ocean In the little Island of Delos there lived a long time ago a lady who was called Niobe. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life She endured his long, searching gaze, like any other Niobe, and he dropped the little pearly hand and quitted the room. Macaria I am responsible for the derivation of Niobe, and for the admission of a secondary root snyu or nyu, and so far I may be either right or wrong. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays Through the vengeance of Apollo and Diana, Niobe's seven sons and seven daughters were all slain. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Probably the only adult oyster tissue on Niobe is on these islands. To Choke an Ocean Then Apollo called out to Niobe, and said, "Go and boast now of your beautiful children!" Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life One touch of nature, and the thought of little ones at home, welded them in heart and sympathy to this Niobe of the valley. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin He seized Niobe’s wrist in a grip which she thought would crush the bone. A Victor of Salamis The madness of Goliath and, of course, this gentleman Niobe. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath A message was sent to the Confederation informing them that Niobe was withdrawing until the emergency was over. To Choke an Ocean It had all passed so quickly that Niobe scarcely knew whether it was not a dream. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life I marvel not that Niobe, alone Amid her dear, dead children, turned to stone. Laments Mistress Niobe was ready—since fair means of recalling the fickle Apollo failed—to resort to foul. A Victor of Salamis This presumption so incensed the goddesses, that they killed all her children, and Niobe wept herself to death, and was turned into a stone, a striking image of excessive grief. Ancient States and Empires And right then I got the bright idea that nearly wrecked Niobe. To Choke an Ocean And Niobe went to them all one by one, and touched their cold hands, and kissed their pale cheeks; and then she knew that the arrows of Phœbus Apollo had killed them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life She was fixed as a new Niobe—a stony image of young despair. Vixen, Volume I. “Ah, kind Master Dion,” began Niobe, for the sixth time, “if only some philtre could make Procles loath that abominable Jocasta!” A Victor of Salamis I knew that Cynthia’s darts had been as effective as though he had been a son of Niobe!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster A day later I got orders to start winding up the BEE's installations on Niobe. To Choke an Ocean And still her tears flowed on, and still her body grew colder and colder, until her heart beat no more, and the lady Niobe was dead. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Her attitude, that of a youthful Niobe, all tears, but at the same time all curves and delicious contours, would have played the deuce with an anchorite. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Niobe was sobbing, at her small wits’ end, when a voice sounded behind her. A Victor of Salamis Her position is that of an agonized mother; and we can no more fancy her under a different aspect, than we can imagine the statue of Niobe in a different attitude. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical While Earth-style civilization had done much to improve transport and communication on Niobe, it hadn't—and still hasn't for that matter—produced a highway that can stand up to the climate. To Choke an Ocean The group of Niobe and her children, at Florence, has been attributed to him. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life I despaired like Niobe, cursed like Lear, pleaded, threatened, and ended up, all exhausted and breathless. The Comedienne “What do you want, girl?” he demanded of Niobe, nigh fiercely. A Victor of Salamis ‘Niobe’ is fine, but I can’t bear her children, except one. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I The news reached Kron just before the Council meeting, which, like most of Niobe's off-season politics, had been delayed time after time. To Choke an Ocean And Niobe was so pleased at hearing this, that she began to boast to every one how strong and beautiful her sons and daughters were. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But we shall better understand our subject if I recount as concisely as possible the story of Niobe, which, as you know, is a Grecian myth. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture “Give me the child,” he commanded, and Niobe mutely obeyed. A Victor of Salamis I'll not let you start in a new school nicknamed 'Niobe', so there! A Patriotic Schoolgirl He didn't look like a scientist, but his skull held more knowledge of Niobe's oceans than was good for a man. To Choke an Ocean So Niobe went on boasting, and never thought whether she should make Leto angry. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Amphion and Niobe were the King and Queen of Thebes, and when the worship of Lato was established in that city Niobe was very angry. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It took some moments for Dion and Niobe to recover their equanimity; they would have believed it all a dream, but lo! in their hands gleamed the money. A Victor of Salamis Yes, you too are insulted by Niobe, and she would like to have you set aside for her children!” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls On Earth this tremendous fertility is necessary for survival, but here on Niobe where there are no natural enemies to speak of, it's absolutely deadly! To Choke an Ocean Straight to its mark it went, and one of the lady Niobe's sons fell dead. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Obedient to her commands, Apollo and Artemis descended to earth, and in one day slew all the children of Niobe. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Niobe got her philtre,—though whether it reconquered Procles is not contained in this history. A Victor of Salamis “Leave me only this one,” cried Niobe, “just the youngest of so many.” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls I stopped listening right then, and started looking at the map of Niobe pinned on the wall. To Choke an Ocean Then another arrow flew swiftly from the bow, and another, and another, and another, till all the sons and all the daughters of Niobe lay dead on the hillside. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life His Niobe group showed his power to represent bold action, and his Prometheus chained, erected in the garden of the Tuileries, is grand and spirited. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It represents the mythological story of the punishment of Niobe, and is very beautiful in its design. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture He would say it was the last groan of a midnight murdered victim, or the cry of Niobe for her children before she was turned into stone. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A week later the four Marine Lab ships, each equipped with a detector, started a search of Niobe's oceans. To Choke an Ocean This arrangement we meet with in the maidens of the Parthenon frieze and in a bust of Niobe. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is believed that he brought the Niobe group from Cilicia, and displayed it when celebrating his victory over Judea, B.C. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Tom Rogers and I took him with us on board the Niobe. The Three Commanders His poem on the dutchess of Grafton’s lawsuit, after having rattled awhile with Juno and Pallas, Mars and Alcides, Cassiope, Niobe, and the Propetides, Hercules, Minos, and Rhadamanthus, at last concludes its folly with profaneness. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II By noon of the next day Niobe was a closed planet. To Choke an Ocean Honor never did things by halves; if she wept, she wept, and at present she was a perfect Niobe, almost drowned in tears. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Now there are but twelve—Niobe, six sons, four daughters, and the pedagogue. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture He would say it was the departing voice of a midnight murdered victim, or the last wailing of Niobe for her poor children, before she was turned into stone. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure "M�re de Dieu! woman never held man—or king—by sighing," she thought, and laughed, remembering the Countess of Ch�teaubriant; a veritable Niobe when the monarch had sent her home. Under the Rose Not one ounce of gerontin or its concentrate precursor left Niobe. To Choke an Ocean And in Sophocles' play,110 when the sons of Niobe are being shot at and dying, one of them calls out for no helper or assister but his lover. Plutarch's Morals Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, and was born on Mount Sipylus. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture "Quit it, Niobe, and tell me your name." The Lady Doc Now, my little Niobe, dry up your tears. The Death Shot A Story Retold With the full power of the Confederation turned to giving Niobe what she wanted, it wasn't long before the oysters were under control. To Choke an Ocean Niobe over her last was not more graceful, nor more sad. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 When a child Niobe played with Lato, or Latona, who afterward married the great god Jupiter, or Zeus. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Some rode, some were having chariot-races, and excelling in all things were the seven sons of Niobe. A Book of Myths We have seen a striking instance of the manner in which this divinity punishes the proud and arrogant in the history of Niobe. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome He could not wield the painter's brush, but the great sculptor had yet power to depict the grief of a "Niobe," the agony of the "Laocoön," or the majesty of a "Moses." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 "I always think what a guy Niobe must have been if she was indeed all tears." Molly Bawn All this so enraged Lato that she begged Apollo, who was the god of the silver bow, and Diana, her huntress daughter, to take revenge on Niobe. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Loudly did she proclaim her proud belief, and when Niobe heard it she laughed in scorn. A Book of Myths The punishment of Niobe forms the subject of a magnificent marble group, which was found at Rome in the year 1553, and is now in the gallery of Uffizi, at Florence. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Niobe, however, is not deterred thereby from preferring her own lot to that of Latona; on account of which, all her children are slain by Apollo and Diana, and she is changed into a rock. The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII "I meant no harm," protested the still tearful Niobe. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story This group tells a part of the story of Dirce, who had incurred the hatred and displeasure of Antiope, the mother of Amphion, who was King of Thebes and the husband of Niobe. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The cries of those who watched this terrible slaying were not long in bringing Niobe to the place where her sons lay dead. A Book of Myths Scarcely had we finished with the usher, than Mrs Root, “like Niobe, all in tears,” appeared; with outstretched arms, in the gallery. Rattlin the Reefer We leave the reader to guess the state of mind in which Joey remained for a fortnight previous to the return of the Niobe frigate from a Channel cruise. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook “I belonged at the time to the ‘Niobe’ frigate out in the West Indies. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures In the group of Niobe, there is the most perfect expression of terror and pity. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Overwhelmed by despair, King Amphion killed himself, and Niobe was left alone to gaze on the ruin around her. A Book of Myths "Man has made a god of the noblest of men, and has made him like those earlier divinities who slew Niobe's innocent children with their arrows." Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania She had hardly time to remove a few feet from our hero, when Captain B—, of the Niobe, entered the room. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook "Leave me only this one," cried Niobe, "just the youngest of so many." Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources How different these rural scenes to those we had recently encountered in poor down-trodden Ireland, the Niobe of nations, besprinkled with the tears of centuries for the loss of her crushed and exiled children. Shakspere, Personal Recollections And when they looked on the face of Niobe and saw on it a bleeding anguish that no human hand could stay nor the word of any god comfort, the gods were merciful. A Book of Myths Behind Madame's chair, after a little, appeared the sweet shy face of my weeping Niobe of the park. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV With scarlet cheeks and shining eyes she was a different child from the weeping Niobe who had sat and sobbed on the steps. The Jolliest School of All O Niobe! in what a trance of woe Thee I beheld, upon that highway drawn, Seven sons on either side thee slain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 It is weak to forget parents so lost; rather for me the nightingale that ever wails 'Itys,' or Niobe weeping in stone.—Cho. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Her grief was immortalised, for Niobe, at their will, became a stone, and was carried by a wailing tempest to the summit of Mount Sipylus, in Lydia, where a spring of Argos bore her name. A Book of Myths Now we began to see why the Prince's chauffeur had acquired the countenance of a male Niobe. My Friend the Chauffeur Pausanias informs us that the children of Niobe were supposed to have been here slain in this cavern. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. O Niobe! with what afflicted eyes Thee I beheld upon the pathway traced, Between thy seven and seven children slain! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 All the winter through she was in and out from the conservatory to the dining-room, becoming very friendly and answering to her name instantly: papa had named her Niobe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Yet although a rock was Niobe, from her blind eyes of stone the tears still flowed, a clear stream of running water, symbol of a mother’s anguish and never-ending grief. A Book of Myths On the left of the corridors open the cabinets of precious things—the Niobe hall, that of portraits, that of modern bronzes, each with its special group of treasures. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Like Niobe queen which made a stone did weep, Licia my heart dead and alive doth keep. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Wept I like Niobe, yet it profits nothing. The Growth of English Drama He thought, looking at it in a direct and straight manner, that Niobe had a right to be proud of her children, and for Apollo to slay them because of that pride was monstrous. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Even in our own day there are mortal mothers who feel as Niobe felt. A Book of Myths The "Last Judgment," the "Transfiguration," the "Niobe," and the "Dying Gladiator" excite alike the intelligent rapture of artists, and the unintelligent admiration of those to whom art and its principles are a sealed book. Early Reviews of English Poets Finally, the spoilt child appeared, like Niobe, all tears. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' Classical groups cannot be fairly judged by the Laocoon, the Farnese Bull, or even the Niobe reliefs. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Naples wears on her brow the voluptuous beauty of a syren—Rome sits desolate on her seven-hilled throne, "the Niobe of Nations." The Diary of an Ennuyée When one only remained, the pride of Niobe was broken. A Book of Myths I like Niobe's arms, all wrapped about her child,—do you remember?' Wych Hazel Niobe had seen all her children pierced with arrows by Apollo because she herself had boasted of her numerous family. History Of Ancient Civilization It was a face, withal, which could only have belonged to a mother, and might well have belonged to the mother, Niobe. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Although it was but a work-day, she was sitting at her own door in her Sunday black gown and bonnet, and, like Niobe, all tears. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax From the episode of Niobe down to the best song in the "Princess," how many beautiful lines have been devoted to those outward and visible signs of sorrow? Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' He had seen her following his body 'like Niobe, all tears.' Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth I found a splendid 'Niobe in Tears'—paid an exorbitant price for it—brought it home, thinking Helen would be charmed, but she banished it to the library. May Brooke The saloon was decorated with copies, in plaster, of the best statues in Italy—Niobe, Laocoon, Venus de Medicis, and the Dying Gladiator. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Nothing is worth speaking of after this Niobe! Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I The entry of the nobles bringing Frederick's corpse, the entry also of Elsa, "like Niobe, all tears," are theatrically powerful. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas As it was, with her lashes wet I could only think of Niobe and a passion of tears. Kenny Niobe and Doris faced the town, and further off was stationed the Penelope, which had already received its earlier contingents of Boer prisoners. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train Collecting himself for a last effort, he represented the Goddess of Liberty, like Niobe, all tears, weeping over the fate of her children, should the iniquity, contemplated by Ketchum, be consummated. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Tears for a stroke foreseen, afford relief; But unprovided for a sudden blow, Like Niobe, we marble grow, And petrify with grief! English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Fortunes are on every hand, and Esther is like Niobe, all tears. David Lockwin—The People's Idol Niobe on the verge of a passion of tears! Kenny He is standing near the tomb of the seven virgin daughters of Niobe, close by Adrastus. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The group of Laocoon appeals at once to a reader of Virgil, and the divine vengeance of Leto's children upon Niobe is manifest in the Uffizzi marbles. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series As she uttered these words in a tone of indescribable sadness, a faint smile played around the corners of her mouth—such a marble smile as might have appeared upon the face of Niobe. The Redemption of David Corson And now, looking more than ever like a cameo Niobe, Olive stared at her sister piteously. Muslin Shall man be satisfied in art with the crystallised joy of Apollo, or the petrified grief of Niobe, when there are a million more expressions of joy and grief to render? The Poetry Of Robert Browning But even the "delicate distress" of heroines, like Niobe, all tears, palls at last, and Belinda, having wept her fill, craves now for "sterner stuff." The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance He has recently completed another novel, which will shortly appear, and is, it is believed, to be entitled "Niobe." The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Some believe it to be the fragment of a Niobe; others of a Diana. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits I almost expected to see her again, standing on the hill's brink, "like Niobe all tears;"—mournful as Babylon in ruins! Tales of a Traveller Niobe weeping, Medea furious, Ajax astonished, and Hercules enraged. A History of Pantomime Did not Apollo kill all the children of Niobe with his arrows? Best Russian Short Stories She has been weeping off and on like a Niobe, and makes me feel like crying too. Sweetapple Cove We presume Reynolds alludes to the best of the two Niobes by Wilson—that in the National Gallery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Her bended head makes her akin to "Niobe, all tears." The Art of the Moving Picture It is this expression of the Soul that the creator of the Niobe has presented to us. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English He said he had heard recommended a dose of salts distilled from the tears of Niobe, but he didn't approve of that remedy. Yesterdays with Authors I am now reduced to the condition of a weepful Niobe, utterly helpless to contend against the sad trend of events. Sweetapple Cove There is a long note upon Sir Joshua's remarks upon Wilson's "Niobe." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 All, however, would not do—Niobe still wept; and the widow and I felt ourselves in a very awkward, uncomfortable situation. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 There was an increasing rhythm in her movements--a certain rich solemnity like that of Niobe or Hermione. The Precipice His mother, old Turero, in point of grief, had rivalled Niobe; she had never ceased weeping and lamenting from the time she heard of her son's death, and had twice attempted to strangle herself. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Only for the timely arrival of the British man-of-war Niobe, and the prompt and decisive action of her commander, there is no doubt that ninety-three others would have shared the fate of their companions. Cuba, Old and New She is weeping now alone, Like a Niobe bereft Of her own; And at length I dare to speak To the woman seated there, With the tears upon her cheek, In despair. Poems The old delight God's happy breeze Was wont to give, to Grief has grown; And therefore, Niobe of trees, His song is like thine own! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Never was such wringing of hands and such overflowing of eyes, since the days of St Niobe, of whom Prior Aymer told us. Ivanhoe To myth-making in obedience to the desire of explaining unusual natural appearances, coupled with the idea that sin must be followed by retribution, we also owe the well-known Niobe myth. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom His meeting with his sister was not without emotion: he embraced her tenderly, and Rena became for a few minutes a very Niobe of grief. The House Behind the Cedars I thought of the Prince of the Enchanted City, half marble and half a man; of Ariel; of Niobe; of the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood; of the bleeding trees; and many other histories. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women "Oh, Mr. Mallet, are n't you satisfied?" cried Mrs. Hudson, in the tone in which Niobe may have addressed the avenging archers, after she had seen her eldest-born fall. Roderick Hudson Here poor Mrs. Vincy's spirit quite broke down, and her Niobe throat and good-humored face were sadly convulsed. Middlemarch At the end of Baumeister there is an engraving copied from Stuart which seems to show that, as to the Niobe legend, at a later period, Art was allowed to help Nature. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Perhaps the fate of Niobe is no fable, but a type of the callousness of our nature. Vivian Grey I ought to be a Dido and Niobe and Cassandra rolled into one. It Happened in Egypt Niobe would have made the response with a greater show of cheer. The Fortune Hunter Her mother sat, like a Niobe before her troubles, with her youngest little girl on her lap, softly beating the child's hand up and down in time to the music. Middlemarch Niobe at the head of the canal, changing into stone! Anna St. Ives Her tragic loneliness and shuddering despair alight upon the page of Scripture with the interest that attends the introduction of the veiled Niobe with her children into the Grecian theatre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Niobe's face, sublimated by sorrow, could scarcely have been more purely classical than hers. Lady Audley's Secret The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago. A Love Story O Niobe! in what a trance of woe Thee I beheld, upon that highway drawn, Sev'n sons on either side thee slain! The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 The blue-clad player struck several chords upon his lyre, and then burst suddenly out into the "Ode of Niobe." The Last Galley Impressions and Tales There's a Niobe—weeping not for her children, she never had any, but for her youth. The Woman with the Fan He would say it was the departing voice of a midnight murdered victim or the last wailing of Niobe for her poor children before she was turned into stone. Wanderings in South America She, long laid in ruins, the Niobe of nations, the sad and desolate widow, is bid to bear to her daughter cities the glad tidings, that God is in her of a truth. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah That was his quackery, don't you see, to set the audience guessing When Niobe would speak; meanwhile, the drama was progressing. The Frogs He chose two such stories: Joseph and Niobe. Jean-Christophe Journey's End To avenge their mother, they slew all of Niobe's children with their darts. Palamon and Arcite Her daughter was standing close to her, "like Niobe, all tears." Tom Cringle's Log Miss Mary Felton liked the Niobe statues; so Lowell said, "Now come back with me, and I will sit on you." Cambridge Sketches He'd bring some single mourner on, seated and veiled, 'twould be Achilles, say, or Niobe—the face you could not see— An empty show of tragic woe, who uttered not one thing. The Frogs If his tragedies bore the same relation to those of Sophocles, which this bold, wild, but somewhat overwrought group does to the calm sublimity of the Niobe, we have every reason to regret their loss. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature In one of the halls are the statues of Niobe and her daughters, a beautiful group. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Look at the torso of Ilioneus, the son of Niobe, and see what an agony of terror and supplication cries out from that headless and limbless trunk! The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Accordingly we all returned to the Niobe hall, where Lowell lectured us on the statues without, however, entirely convincing Miss Felton. Cambridge Sketches It was he also who brought together from Rome the Niobe statues and constructed a room for them. A Wanderer in Florence In the group of Niobe there is the same perfect mixture of terror and pity. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Scopas was the contemporary of Praxiteles, and was the author of the celebrated group of Niobe, which is one of the chief ornaments of the gallery of sculpture at Florence. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements The one, like a Niobe seen in the softest moonshine; the other, a Venus, lighted in the glare of distant conflagration. The Evil Guest He considered the action of the Niobe group too strenuous to be represented in marble. Cambridge Sketches To invert a commonplace from Niobe, she never forgets herself to liquefaction. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The comparison with ancient tragedy is the more apposite here, as we know that both Aeschylus and Sophocles produced a Niobe, and that Sophocles was also the author of a Laocoön. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature "Well, she's going to be Niobe, anyway," said Patty, "so let her go on the stage and cut up those tricks, and the audience will think it's all right." Patty at Home The South lay battered and bruised, and pros trate in blood, the "Niobe of nations," as sad a victim of ingratitude as King Lear. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Miss Hosmer's Zenobia was originally a Ceres, and even Crawford's Orpheus strongly resembles a figure in the Niobe group at Florence. Cambridge Sketches But when we arrived, there sat papa on a rock, and her face and figure were transfigured from a Niobe's to an Allegra's instantly. Memories of Hawthorne She buried her little face on the pillow which so brief a while before had been pressed by the round head of William Bannister and mourned like a modern Niobe. The Coming of Bill Scopas was his contemporary, and was the author of the celebrated group of Niobe, which is one of the chief ornaments of the gallery of sculpture at Florence. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Leto, wife of Evagoras, King of Cyprus, even dispensed with adaptation; but her divine namesake, who could have turned her into stone like Niobe, took no offence. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The Greek artist who has to represent a Laocoon, a Niobe, and a Philoctetes, does not care for the king, the princess, or the king's son; he keeps to the man. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller E'en to Niobe, whom Heaven Loved in wrath to persecute, Respite from her pangs was given, Tasting of the corn's ripe fruit. The Poems of Schiller — Third period Motionless, with lips contracted and eyes full of silent tears, she saw her two sons move away; her firmness, her dumb grief surpassed that of the fabled Niobe. The Social Cancer Why, he has been looking as rueful as a half-drowned man all the night; and as for Lady Sara, and I could vow Miss Beaufort, too, they have been two Niobes—'all tears.' Thaddeus of Warsaw At this point, a couple of lines of Homer go the round of the company: Ev'n fair-haired Niobe forgat not food, and Not fasting mourn th' Achaeans for their dead. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 She sits there like Niobe changed to stone, staring straight before her. Bat Wing Byron, contemplating the ruins of Rome, calls her "the Niobe of nations." Public Speaking Only I did think—' 'We shall have you a perfect Niobe, if you go on at this rate, Cherry. The Pillars of the House, V1 For a time the deserted one was wroth, with clenched fists and grinding teeth; but at last she stiffened, like another Niobe, into marble. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Not fair-hair'd Niobe abstain'd from food When in the house her children lay in death, Six beauteous daughters and six stalwart sons. The Iliad What, in the devil's name, has changed thee at once from a Nymph to a Niobe? Peveril of the Peak "If you persist in enacting Niobe, I shall believe that you are chagrined at the prospect of having the sister you have repeatedly besought me to give you," he said, playfully—for him. At Last "Who is that woman?" she asked, still wondering about the identity of the Niobe outside. The Exploits of Elaine I am not sure, after all, that there is much to choose between your children and Niobe's. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Nor yet did Niobe, when now her grief Had worn itself in tears, from food refrain. The Iliad I wish the sun was not so fashionable as never to come into the country till autumn and the shooting season; as if Niobe's children were not hatched and fledged before the first of September. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 As she read, the tired look passed away, and over her pallid features, so daintily sculptured, stole a faint glow, such as an ivory Niobe might borrow from the fluttering crimson folds of silken shroudings. St. Elmo It is commonly supposed, though without decisive proof, that certain statues of Niobe and her children which exist in Florence and elsewhere are copied from the group of which Pliny speaks. A History of Greek Art I was beginning to feel my limbs growing numb and solidifying like Niobe's. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Just before her stood the Niobe, rigid and woeful; she put her hands over her eyes, and drooped her face on the melodeon. Beulah The wretched woman started to her feet, and pressed her children to her arms with an expression as terrified and full of agony as that of the noble and touching statue of the Greek Niobe. Frederick the Great and His Court This horrible disclosure was received with another burst of woe, except from the unfortunate Marie, who stood like a pale and rigid Niobe—her grief too deep for tears or sighs. Prince Eugene and His Times The story was that Niobe vaunted herself before Leto because she had seven sons and seven daughters, while Leto had borne only Apollo and Artemis. A History of Greek Art Still she spoke not a word, but looked as though, like Niobe, she were stiffening into marble. Joseph II. and His Court The weeping Niobe, translated hither From Phrygian mountains; and by Phoebe rear'd, As the proud trophy of her sharp revenge. Cynthia's Revels The latter dealt in great elaboration with the details and elements of the stories and characters that formed its subjects, as in the Niobe group, or the Laocoon, to be mentioned later. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable It was more like Diana's head than ever—Diana when she was shooting all Niobe's daughters, thought Kate, in her dreamy, vague alarm. Countess Kate In this son of Niobe the end of the right arm and the entire left arm are modern. A History of Greek Art Nor was Prometheus, type of the spirit of man, nor was Niobe, mother of all mothers, a truthful picture of the citizen one was likely to meet often during a morning's stroll through Athens. Idle Ideas in 1905 For even fair-haired Niobe bethought her of meat, she whose twelve children perished in her halls, six daughters and six lusty sons. The Iliad The Niobe group shows the distinction between Scopas and Praxiteles and the earlier artists in choice of subject and mode of treatment. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Thus the nurse in the tragedy, In garments thin doth Niobe's children fold, And sometimes heats and sometimes cools the babes. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The Niobe has long been famous as an embodiment of haughtiness, maternal love, and sharp distress. A History of Greek Art All in all, it is not strange that Paraguay should be called the "Niobe among nations." Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors He was posing as a Niobe, and giving an exhibition of parental sorrow, as an actor would give it on the stage. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero The fame of Scopas rests principally on the Niobe group which is attributed to him. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable In the autumn two cruisers, the Rainbow and the Niobe, were bought from Britain to serve as training ships. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Except for this son of Niobe the Florentine figures are not worthy of their old-time reputation. A History of Greek Art "Ought I to dislike it because, poor old dear—the Niobe of Nations, you know—it has been spoiled?" she asked. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 And if thy God desires me to love such persons, why in His all might did He not give them the forms of Niobe's children, for example, which thou hast seen on the Palatine? Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero The sons of Niobe were there among the rest, some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, some driving gay chariots. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable This stone was a woman, who, like Niobe, became literally petrified with grief when her husband took a second wife. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Her face was beautiful as the face of a marble Niobe, but as pale and as full of anguish. The Golden Dog With the zeal of a scholar and the imagination of a poet he reconstructed lost dramas—Niobe, Phaedra, Philoctetes against Troy, whose names, but for an accident, would have thrilled the world. The Longest Journey I also saw poor Niobe with her youngest child clinging close to her while she implored the cruel goddess not to kill her last darling. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy The slaughter of the children of Niobe by Apollo, alludes to the Greek belief that pestilence and illness were sent by Apollo, and one dying by sickness was said to be struck by Apollo's arrow. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Never, by the gods, have I believed, nor will believe, that Niobe the stone was once a woman. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Snub-nosed Memphis danced Daphnis and Niobe; Daphne like a stock, Niobe like a stone. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Hence Smollett's ecstasies over the Laocoon, the Niobe, and the Dying Gladiator. Travels through France and Italy Far likelier, he would have been turned to stone, in the first instance, as was poor Niobe when the divine arrows destroyed that unique collection on which she had lavished so many years. Yet Again Scarce had she spoken when the bow sounded and struck terror into all hearts except Niobe's alone. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable I will redeem one minute of my age, Or, like another Niobe, I'll weep Till I am water. David Elginbrod Even lovely Niobe had to think about eating, though her twelve children—six daughters and six lusty sons—had been all slain in her house. The Iliad No one has a right to go about the world as a Niobe, damping all joys with selfish tears. The Prime Minister O Niobe! with what grieving eyes did I see thee portrayed upon the road between thy seven and seven children slain! Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory It was her children; and truly the happiest of mothers would Niobe have been, if only she had not claimed to be so. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable I only wish you could see some of the statues in Italy; the Laocoon, Niobe, and others I have seen. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 I made Niobe look like a two spot. Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz The statuette of Niobe still stood on its bracket, and the French window still opened on the garden. Armadale The subject given out for competition was Niobe weeping for her children. The Deputy of Arcis Initiated now into the gloomy secrets of a family, sharing the anguish of a Christian Niobe, sad with her sadness, my soul darkened, I saw the valley in the tone of my own thoughts. The Lily of the Valley The grief of Niobe, fair Athen's queen, For her seven sons, magnanimous in field, For her seven daughters, fairer than the fairest, Is not to be compared with my laments. Locrine/Mucedorus There is a word will Priam turn to stone; Make wells and Niobes of the maids and wives, Cold statues of the youth; and, in a word, Scare Troy out of itself. Troilus and Cressida It was a statuette standing on a bracket—a reduced copy of the famous Niobe of the Florence Museum. Armadale They do not resemble calves, but are exact replicas of the big ones, just as Niobe's daughters are in nothing childlike, but merely smaller women. The Land of Footprints No one could read her soul; she stood there like some Niobe carved in marble. Father Goriot O Niobe! in what a trance of woe Thee I beheld, upon that highway drawn, Sev'n sons on either side thee slain! Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Purgatory |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。