| 单词 | Pythoness |
| 例句 | The Pythoness, Apollo’s priestess and prophetess, had found him one morning, a little baby, lying on the temple stairway, and had brought him up as tenderly as a mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Septuagint the Hebrew word Ob is rendered by Engastrimythos; and it was supposed that the Pythoness who evoked Samuel had recourse to this power. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Python′ic, pretending to foretell future events, like the Pythoness: prophetic: like a python.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Every one knows of the proceedings of the heathen oracles, the wild writhings and cries of the Pythoness and the mystic utterances of the Sibyl. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z He sent messengers to ascertain if the Pythoness could tell what he, the King of Lydia, was doing on a certain specified day. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z The Pythonesses of the oracles exercised this faculty, and it was not less skilfully practised by Edward Kelley. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z During this scene the Pythoness had been moving, circling slowly, with a flat shuffle of the feet, around the central post. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z This was a female, named also a Pythoness, on account of her seat being formed of massive gold resembling the skin of the serpent Python. Heathen Mythology I happened to sit next our little Pythoness, who looked better, I think, that morning, than ever I saw her, though her face was set into that disdainful sadness which had become its habitual expression. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Panoplied in Miss Jane’s patronage, she demanded and obtained admission to the inner apartment of this Temple of Fashion, where presided the Pythoness whose oracular utterances swayed le beau monde. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The new Pythoness is not like her of Endor, who raised up Samuel at the prayer of Saul. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages As fresh votaries took their places, the pioneers danced again in imitation of the movements of the Pythoness herself. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The sacred fire, the divine furor, burns in their bosoms; they become perfect 10 Pythonesses, and every chair they sit on assumes the magic properties of the tripod. Household Papers and Stories The Pythoness was very nearly tamed; her eyes grew soft and melting, her lips trembled; but pride was still strong in her. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Now she wore the expression, and spoke with the tone of a young Pythoness, full of the fury of the god. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Will it be said that there was any collusion between St. Paul and the Pythoness? The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. I see again the vaudoux dance and the long, light eyes of the Pythoness, which fascinated while they struck terror to the very soul. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Her attitudes, it was once said, were those of "a Pythoness cast in bronze." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But the Pythoness was not wholly tamed, and she could not even yet forget her wrongs. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories I am sorry for this his incurable passion to play the Pythoness. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Hardly had we completed the accustomed sacrifices in the Temple of Apollo, when the Pythoness Aristonice, sitting above the sacred cleft whence comes the inspiring vapour, thus prophesied.” A Victor of Salamis The reply of the Pythoness was, "Beware of seventy-three." Nero Makers of History Series In these paroxysms, Joanna raved like an ancient Pythoness whirling on her tripod, and to just about the same purpose. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages She stopped a moment at the entrance; her pride had its last struggle; but he turned restlessly, with a weary sigh, and by that sigh the Pythoness was conquered. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories He entered noisily, without removing his hat, and as he caught sight of the sick woman, looking like an inspired Pythoness, he said roughly: "Come, now, lie down." The Son of Monte-Cristo Here and there a bold spirit dared to open his heart to doubt, and to mutter, “Persian gold, the Pythoness was corrupted,” but quickly hushed even such whispers as rank impiety. A Victor of Salamis As she spoke, Aminta's features became sad, and her eyes glittered with a sombre fire, like that of the Pythoness announcing the Delphic oracle. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Thus Juliet pours forth her love like a muse in a rapture: Constance raves in her sorrow like a Pythoness possessed with the spirit of pain. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical I knew the girl was not to blame, and I took her part, and tried my best to tame the little Pythoness into releasing me from my promise. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories She sprang off the bed, and stood erect, and looked a Saxon Pythoness: golden hair streaming down her back, and gray eyes gleaming with fury. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 I remember to have read that the Pythoness of Delphian oracle prepared herself for dukkerin, or presaging, by taking a few drops of cherry-laurel water. The Gypsies "Oh, a horrid, stuck-up set of people," said this Pythoness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 The convulsive distortions of the Pythoness were but a feeble type of the phenomena of demonopathy, or the supposed possession of the middle ages. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Valérie was roused; she lifted her head like a little Pythoness, and her blue eyes flashed angry scorn. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The ancient Pythoness must have a hecatomb, the writing medium a dollar, and the modern Pythoness of the platform a dime. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The Delphian Pythoness advised Theseus to found a city wherever in a strange land he was most sorrowful and afflicted. Confessions of Boyhood Saul came to the Pythoness of Endor, and begged her to raise the spirit of Samuel; and the spirit of Samuel appeared, announcing to the King the nation’s destiny and his own. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 By these we may be inspired, as the Pythoness by Apollo. On the Sublime When the masters of the Pythoness "saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers." The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution One sentence, frequently repeated towards the close of the effusion, was "linyama uta," "flesh of the bow," showing that the Pythoness loved venison killed by the bow. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 The prophecy of Nostradamus is also obviously imitated from the response of the Delphic Pythoness to Œdipus.—Ibid. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The sacred fire, the divine furor, burns in their bosoms, they become perfect Pythonesses, and every chair they sit on assumes the magic properties of the tripod. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Sarah stood like the Pythoness, in a kind of savage beauty, with the knife firmly grasped in her hand. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Meg, in her rude way, had spoken softly—almost under her breath; but no prophecy shrieked by the Pythoness ever thundered so madly in the ears of the hearer. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh It is impossible, for instance, to know with certainty whether Saul was present when the woman used her conjuration, or whether he himself personally ever saw the appearance which the Pythoness described to him. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft The Pythoness walks in on the gallery behind him, and touches him on the shoulder. Back to Methuselah I will remember that first, sweet revealing Wherewith thy love o'er my tranced being stole; I, like the Pythoness enraptured, feeling The god divine pervading all my soul. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 The Pythoness at Delphi, and the Vestals at Rome, obviously do so. Early Britain—Roman Britain Siddons was then witching the world—witching, in its more solemn sense; for though her smile was exquisite, she might have sat for the picture of a Sybil or a Pythoness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 It is undeniable that these Pythonesses were held in high respect while the pagan religion lasted; but for that very reason they became odious so soon as the tribe was converted to Christianity. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft It is pure inspiration, but of the second order—rather that of the Greek Pythoness than of the Hebrew prophet. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes I would claim to be another Pythoness if only it did not sound so snaky and wriggling. The Certain Hour He knew it was not: his instincts were keen as those of the old Pythoness, who read the hearts of men and nations by surface-trifles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 She grew like a Pythoness flushed with fate, With the incantation in her gaze, A lip of scorn--an arm of hate-- And a dirge of the "Marseillaise!" War Poetry of the South They whom the Priesthood of Delphi employ throughout Hellas to find the fit natures for a Pythoness heard of her, and heard herself. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance You speak truly and rationally, Aspasia, and in an earlier age you would have sat upon the Pythoness's tripod and prophesied. Historical Miniatures She descended, almost without a break, from the fury of a Pythoness to a strange calm. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Pythoness was the priestess who gave out the oracles at Delphi. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes "So looked my Pythoness," whispered Apollo to his neighbour, "when about to deliver an oracle." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales I might," says Origen, "have recourse to the authority of Aristotle, and the Peripatetics, to make the Pythoness much suspected. Thaumaturgia Diodorus informs us of the conduct of the Pythoness and the priests of Apollo, and also that all oracles were bought with gold, and the answer depended on the weight of the sack. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 His greater learning and his vast experience lent to his sayings something divine in her eyes; she looked upon him as the Pythoness of Delphi looked upon the divinity of her inspiration. The Witch of Prague He is the sort of man who would recommend sal volatile to the Pythoness if she consulted him. For the Term of His Natural Life And now I am breaking my head over these words, as if I had heard them from the mouth of the Pythoness at Delphi. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Croesus, having received from the Pythoness, this answer, that by passing the river Halys, he would destroy a great empire, he understood it to be the empire of his enemy, whereas he destroyed his own. Thaumaturgia With regard to the spelling and grammar, our Parisian Pythoness stands, in the goodly fellowship, remarkable. The Paris Sketch Book She was like a Pythoness on her tripod. Colomba The oaks of Dodona are prostrate, and the shrine of Delphi is desolate; but the Pythoness and the Sibyl may be consulted in Lowell Street for a very moderate compensation. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 The Pythoness: the witch, or woman, possesed with a prophesying spirit; from the Greek, "Pythia." The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Some say that the Pythoness being once debauched, the oracles were afterwards delivered by an old woman in the dress of a young maid. Thaumaturgia The Countess stood in the midst of her apartment like a juvenile Pythoness under the influence of the prophetic fury. Kenilworth He clapped his hands—he bounded aloft—he was as a Pythoness inspired; suddenly as it came this preternatural transport passed, though only partially, away. Last Days of Pompeii Demosthenes said, that the Pythoness philippised, to signify that she was gained over by Philip's presents. Thaumaturgia Pythonesses: women who, like the Pythia in Apollo's temple at Delphi, were possessed with a spirit of divination or prophecy. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Plutarch says, that, on the cessation of oracles, a Pythoness was so excessively tormented by the vapour, and suffered such violent convulsions, that all the priests ran away, and she died soon after. Thaumaturgia |
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