| 单词 | Procrustes |
| 例句 | The story does not say which of the two methods was used in his case, but there was not much to choose between them and in one way or the other Procrustes’ career ended. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “But who can pronounce Procrustes? Bad for business. Now ‘Crusty,’ anybody can say that.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Procrustes, in Greek myth, was the cruel owner of an estate in Attica who abducted travellers and cut off their heads to ensure they fitted his bed perfectly. Taleb service 2010-12-21T09:52:09Z Time, which, like Procrustes' bed, brings frocks and legs to the same length at last, heals wounds also. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Procrustes, you will remember, was a robber of Attica with a quaint sense of humour and a bedstead. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z One of these bad people was named Procrustes; and he was indeed a terrible fellow, and had an ugly way of making fun of the poor travellers who happened to fall into his clutches. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Like the bed of Procrustes, fashions are compelled to suit every one. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress I cannot help that, you know; I'm not Procrustes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 I hate convention when it lops off such hours as these like a grudging old Procrustes. Shadows of Flames A Novel And, drawing the sword of �geus, he cut sheer through the neck of Procrustes at one blow, and the head of the man flew one way, and his body fell another way. Tales of Troy and Greece A systematist who would fit the living body of the law to his logical analytical scheme must proceed after the manner of Procrustes. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law Procrustes, the herald, came down at all great funerals, and regulated everything with just so much pomp, and no more, as the precise rank of the deceased entitled him to. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The seat of ideals, then, in one's mind, should be, as it were, a lounge, over which these hangings may drape and flap harmlessly; but it may easily become as the bed of Procrustes. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences They have worked up Alcides' shoe into a sort of antithesis to Cinderella's; and, like Procrustes, they are resolved to stretch everything to fit. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc By the splendour of Lady Ath�n�'s brow, I will burn that raven's nest of Procrustes!' Tales of Troy and Greece The most beautiful examples for internal condition, binding, even intrinsic interest, are occasionally sacrificed to this Procrustes—this case-hardened Bagford of our own day. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Fonder of shady nooks, the Procrustes form a separate company. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles But is not almost every man a Procrustes? A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue Think what that must be even to a man innocent of crime, and feel how far worse than the bed of Procrustes it must be to one like me. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 His measure was that of Procrustes; the cleverest boys could not stretch themselves beyond it, the dullest were mechanically pulled into its dimensions. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Let the student of singing beware of the numerous impostors who claim to have a “Method,” a sort of bed of Procrustes, which the victim, whether long or short, is made to fit. Style in Singing Critic, more cruel than Procrustes old, Who to his iron bed by torture fits Their nobler parts, the souls of suffering wits. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Truth would have slept more comfortably in Procrustes' bed. A Preface to Politics And he called the people of the country, whom Procrustes had spoiled a long time, and divided the spoil among them, and went down the mountains, and away. The Ontario Readers Third Book It is a pity that the Procrustes is not more frequently found in our gardens; it would be an excellent gardener's assistant. Social Life in the Insect World Travellers, I believe, are not now so much infested on the roads by robbers as formerly, deterred, I suppose, by the fate of Sinnis, Scyron, Procrustes, and the rest of that gang. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates Of course they are uniform, because he has made them so after the brutal example of Procrustes. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Return Did the Talmudist borrow this story from the Greek legend of the famous robber of Attica, Procrustes, who is said to have treated unlucky travellers after the same barbarous fashion? Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers And therefore he is called Procrustes, the stretcher. The Ontario Readers Third Book The bed of Procrustes, madam, was a bed to which all who lay upon it had to be conformed. Come Rack! Come Rope! It is a Procrustes’ bed which mutilates the poet’s vision. The Art of Letters This is Procrustes admiring the exquisite proportions of his victim. Books and Characters French and English "Men call him Procrustes, or the Stretcher," said the girl-and she talked low and fast. Old Greek Stories And, as he spoke, Procrustes came up the hill, and all the merchants with him, smiling and talking gaily. The Ontario Readers Third Book "Well, sir; let us say that he is very loyal to the letter of the law; and that he presides over our Protestant bed of Procrustes." Come Rack! Come Rope! It was a veritable bed of Procrustes, this standard which the whites had set for the negroes. The Marrow of Tradition One of these bad people was named Procrustes; and he was indeed a terrible fellow, and had an ugly way of making fun of the poor travelers who happened to fall into his clutches. Tanglewood Tales Now, my dear young friend," said Procrustes, "I pray you to lie down and take your ease; for I know that you have traveled far and are faint from want of rest and sleep. Old Greek Stories Then Theseus flung him from him, and lifted up his dreadful club; and before Procrustes could strike him, he had struck and felled him to the ground. The Ontario Readers Third Book When the Procrustes was ready for distribution, each subscriber received his copy by mail, in a neat pasteboard box. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Procrustes, though he was a mighty tyrant, could fit only the body to the bed. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 See tortured Reason how they pare and trim, 360 And, like Procrustes, stretch, or lop the limb. Poetical Works "Ah, no," said Procrustes, "for then the spell would be broken," and as he spoke his cheeks grew ashy pale. Old Greek Stories Theology was ever the bed of Procrustes, to be adapted to which, the limbs of travellers, if too long were cut off, and if too short were lengthened. Good Sense It was Smith, I think, who first proposed that the club publish Baxter's Procrustes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Ben Jonson complained that it compels all ideas, irrespective of their worth, to fill a space of exactly fourteen lines, and that it therefore operates on the same principle as the bed of Procrustes. Halleck's New English Literature Your seaman's tongue is a true bed of Procrustes for the unhappy words that roll over it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 "It is true! it is true!" sobbed Procrustes; "and now kindly touch the spring above my head and let me go, and you shall have everything that I possess." Old Greek Stories Dingy or not so dingy, the rooms, of course, never fitted you; they were a Procrustes bed, always incompatible, in one way or in another, with the proportions which nature had bestowed upon you. Hawthorne and His Circle At the next meeting of the Bodleian, a great deal was said about the Procrustes, and it was unanimously agreed that no finer specimen of bookmaking had ever been published by the club. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Then Theseus flung him from him, and lifted up his dreadful club; and, before Procrustes could strike him, he had struck, and felled him to the ground. Types of Children's Literature This classification therefore may be regarded as a Procrustes' bed, into which every proposition is bound to fit at its proper peril. Deductive Logic Theseus looked through the house and found there great wealth of gold and silver and costly things which Procrustes had taken from the strangers who had fallen into his hands. Old Greek Stories A learned Greek in Constantinople was telling me he other day a story of one Procrustes, a terrible highway robber. Via Crucis The publication, however, which brought the highest prices, and, but for the sober second thought, might have wrecked the whole system, was Baxter's Procrustes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue And therefore he is called Procrustes the stretcher, though his father called him Damastes. Types of Children's Literature The stanza becomes a bed of Procrustes; and the thoughts of the unfortunate author are alternately racked and curtailed to fit their new receptacle. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 The very next moment Procrustes stood in the door, bowing and smiling as though he had never done any harm to his fellow men. Old Greek Stories True Puritan as the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress is, he is no Procrustes. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) In pursuance of my duty in the premises, it of course became necessary for me to read the Procrustes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue And as he spoke, Procrustes came up the hill and all the merchants with him, smiling and talking gayly. Types of Children's Literature The difficulty is greatly increased when the new is confused with the old, and the common logic is the Procrustes' bed into which they are forced. Sophist "It is," answered Procrustes, "and you need but to lie down upon it, and it will fit you perfectly." Old Greek Stories The true collector loves wide margins, and the Procrustes, being all margin, merely touches the vanishing point of the perspective. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue In all probability I should have cut my own copy for this purpose, had not one of the club auctions intervened between my appointment and the date set for the discussion of the Procrustes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue And he called the people of the country, whom Procrustes had spoiled a long time, and parted the spoil among them, and went down the mountains, and away. Types of Children's Literature The literary committee were so impressed with this idea that they presented it to Baxter in regard to the Procrustes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue "What? the Theseus who has rid the world of the mountain robbers, and of Cercyon the wrestler, and of Procrustes, the pitiless Stretcher?" Old Greek Stories Upon resolution, offered by a member who had not subscribed for the volume, a committee of three was appointed to review the Procrustes at the next literary meeting of the club. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue In our first disgust at Baxter's duplicity, most of us cut our copies of the Procrustes, some of us mailed them to Baxter with cutting notes, and others threw them into the fire. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue His Procrustes, from the collector's point of view, is entirely logical, and might be considered as the acme of bookmaking. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Fine binding is a desideratum, and, for its cost, that of the Procrustes could not be improved upon. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue He offered to pay all the bills for the sham Procrustes, or to replace the blank copies with the real thing, as we might choose. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue |
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