| 单词 | seraphic |
| 例句 | How lighthearted, how human he seemed as he laughed now, his seraphic face untroubled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She had a seraphic smile on her face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed, his jaw slackened, as if he were listening to seraphic voices. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And then suddenly, click went her face into a look of almost seraphic calm. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He works in an argot of amiable swing, punctuated by startling disruptions and occasional shots of seraphic beauty. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z He adds unctuous piano chords to a poem about Los Angeles that contrasts the seraphic innocence of its name with the oil-reek of the industry that helped make it rich. Review: Songs of Exile With Matthias Goerne 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In a tasteful reading full of sense, Mr. Gersen evoked a grandeur of announcement in the declaratory opening movement, and a calm, seraphic lyricism in the slow. Review: New York Youth Symphony Fearlessly Tackles Beethoven’s Ninth 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z His cajoling expressions range from seraphic to maniacal, both in heavy demand for the mammoth journey of Mahler's third symphony, in the final concert. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z Here’s Johnny Hodges, delivering four minutes of the most seraphic alto saxophone playing to be found on record, on this chestnut from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Far East Suite.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The sequence of motets that follows is more varied, and more dramatic at times; the sound of the recording from Merton College Chapel, Oxford, is a little lacking in immediacy, though nicely seraphic. Clemens non Papa: Missa Pro Defunctis; Penitential Motets ? review 2011-01-27T22:18:00Z Stating the melody, he rounds off some of Powell’s punctuation marks and, on his extended solo, verges toward the seraphic. The Playlist: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Unite, and 12 More New Songs 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z He has brought along Lily Rose Depp, his daughter by Vanessa Paradis, for a couple of brief scenes that display her astounding seraphic beauty. Review: Tusk: The Human Walrus, the Crazy Carpenter and Hey, Isn't That Johnny Depp? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z But in Miami, under Yeager’s congenial tutelage, Page bloomed as the girl next door with the bedroom shades up, or the beach bombshell with the seraphic grin. Bunny and Bettie: The Photographer Who Immortalized a '50s Sex Goddess 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Very early on a recent weekday morning, Duff arrived on a video call from her Los Angeles home looking seraphic in a white dress embellished with broderie anglaise. Stop Asking Hilary Duff Who the Father Is 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The dancers, Mr. Farley said, will wear white clothing and sneakers to look “like seraphic track stars — a bit artist and a bit athlete and a bit angel.” ‘Seraphic Track Stars’ Dancing About Freedom at the Met 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Everything Time is the opener with the seraphic vocals and the house piano that emerges from the astral fog. New band of the day – Picture (No 1,334) 2012-08-20T15:56:02Z He settles back in his seat with a seraphic smile. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z He presumed the 20-minute collage he recorded — a flow state of ecstatic bird song and rushing water captured underground, undergirded by seraphic drones — would be a stand-alone release. Jon Hopkins’s Psychedelic Journey to a New Way of Creating Music 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Indeed, at Friday’s opening performance, the Archangel Michael appeared onstage not as a triumphant seraphic body, but as a child grieving the loss of his parents to the ravages of war. Review | Shining a ‘Licht’ on a 15-hour opera with hundreds of musicians and a helicopter quartet 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Charenee Wade’s warm voice can swing easily from the earthy to the seraphic. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Turns out they're, well, angels — members of the Adjustment Bureau, a sort of seraphic sanitation squad that oversees and controls the meager lives of humans. The Adjustment Bureau: Matt Damon's Battle of the Angels 2011-03-04T17:00:00Z The quartet’s sorrowful air at times felt strikingly morose, but it took a more seraphic turn with time, and ultimately beguiled. Review: Emerson String Quartet Caps Banner Season With Works of Mixed Emotions 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Fincher manages to impart some cinematic verve to the sedentary application of nerd power; the movie raises it to seraphic levels. David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, But You Really Didn't Have To 2011-12-20T15:00:53Z Pleasant it is not, but neither is the story — and the moments of seraphic beauty become all the more redemptive. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z A seraphic figure with neatly sculptured chestnut brown hair and fair skin, the young publisher worked his way through a stream of approaching guests with business-like efficiency. Citizen Kushner 2011-06-24T21:35:16Z For “No Pude,” which translates to “I could not,” Pimienta’s seraphic vocals cut through haunting harmonies as she wrestled with the exhaustion and apprehension her home country conjured within her. Review | Lido Pimienta’s visions of liberation lift up the crowd at Songbyrd 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Seated by the window of her New York apartment, Gomez appears via video call in a red flannel button-up shirt and gold hoops, which sharpen the edges of her soft, seraphic profile. How Selena Gomez embraced her Mexican heritage as ‘a source of healing’ 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Throughout the production of “If Beale Street Could Talk,” it appears some seraphic energy was present. Regina King pours her heart, soul and a career's worth of black women's experiences into 'If Beale Street Could Talk' 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The old man smokes his pipe, the young woman sews, and they say nothing—not until the final minutes, when, in a seraphic closeup, she utters one word of farewell. Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinema of Resistance 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z This isn’t the seraphic existence you’d have thought fate had in store for Karen Walker: domestic harmony wasn’t remotely her scene. Megan Mullally: 'Young people think sex comes to a screeching halt at 32' 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z When the spell of immobility resumes, seraphic harmonies give way to a colossal, demonic setting of fragments of the Libera Me from the Requiem Mass, with bells ringing anarchic changes. An Explosive Opera of “The Exterminating Angel” 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Backpackers, beach bums, drifters and seraphic Rastafarians mingle with mystified tourists, film producers and government ministers in a littoral detonation of cultural excitement. Sun, sand and a Booker winner as Jamaica revels in its literary festival 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Thereafter, the book switches back and forth between Stevens’s seraphic art and his plodding life. The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Angel Gil-Ordóñez will conduct the PostClassical Ensemble as it celebrates the Wagner and Britten centenaries with a program featuring seraphic music by both composers. Religion events from around the Washington area 2014-02-23T05:46:42Z “Dark girls have often something better than unearthly and seraphic beauty,” Sylvia said. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The mistress, who is up to all his dodges, is unmoved by the seraphic air his face wears. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The three angels too, on the right of the picture, are of the highest order of beauty,—pure, serene loveliness, so unconscious, so bright and so seraphic. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Thank you," she intimated to the waiter with a seraphic smile—"we will take table d'h�te. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z "Is he not seraphically beautiful?" she said to Nancy, pointing an ecstatic forefinger at her brother-in-law's slim back. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z That seraphic sister—to attempt a description of her beauty, would be insanity itself. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Under such circumstances, even a saint might have been pardoned, as he pointed out, for showing a temper something short of seraphic. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z A long veil of silvery whiteness fell over her, through which might be seen the fixed but nobly-serene expression of the large blue eyes, and a holy, seraphic dignity of mien. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Six months ago," said Juggernaut, "she came to me and asked for money—much as a child asks for toffee—with a seraphic smile and an ingratiating rub up against my chair. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z What would the abb� say, who had prated so seraphically about loyalty, if he came to know that his ally and his recalcitrant lady love had made a compact under the rose? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The world recedes, it disappears; Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears With sounds seraphic ring. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The sense is, who, being pictured red, shows the blushing shamefacedness of being outdone in his own seraphic nature by an earthly saint. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z Her countenance lit up with a seraphic light; it was as though the child's soul had just been wafted back to its dwelling-place from a visit to paradise. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Celestial Muse, my arduous flight sustain, And raise my mind to a seraphic strain! The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Presently she slipped this garment off, and throwing it across a chair sat down upon the padded top of the fireguard with a contented sigh and smiled seraphically upon her host. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z ‘I like a man that is well-bred!’ exclaimed Larry, with a seraphic smile, his head critically on one side. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z The Sadducees regarded the doctrine of seraphic interference, and all the angelic mythology common in their time, as the fond fancy of those who desired to harmonize Judaism with Gentilism. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Who am I to receive such a favor, granted only to the martyrs of charity and the seraphic virgins who shine in heaven like bright stars. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The young and chaste girl, the seraphic reverie of lovers of twenty, was effaced by the radiant beauty presented him by chance. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z No more we hear the turbulent traffic, Not scorned but unremembered is the day; The Night, all luminous and seraphic, Has brushed its heavy memories away. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z The one was all seraphic in his ardour, the other by his wisdom was on earth a splendour of cherubic light. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Oh! father, it was a vision of seraphic beauty, such as the eye of man hath seldom seen!” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Her fasts and penances, always growing more frequent and severe, increased the enthusiasm and seraphic joy of her soul; but at last they had a naturally weakening effect upon her health. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Stand as ye stood, my legion brave, what time The starry host, celestial symphony, Choraled the anthem seraphic, sublime, To the spelled ear of all eternity! Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Even when godlike resolution had impelled him to return on high, he thrice turned back a lingering gaze towards the more than seraphic beauty of the first woman. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z In fact, it was neither a vision, nor a seraphic ecstasy, nor a voice from heaven, nor a remarkable dream, nor any miraculous apparition, that brought me to the path of salvation. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The female was a being of seraphic loveliness: ringlets of yellow hair descended upon her shoulders, and were bound upon her brow with gems of gold. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z "Which names one more of the charming collection of contradictions which your father or mother or somebody had the temerity to label 'Amy,' sweetest and most seraphic of diminutives." The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Click! went his face into a look of almost seraphic peace, as he pulled off the brakes. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z I should love to be called seraphic, but no one will; I'm too full of original sin. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Such chimes improve not heads, but make 'em ache; Tho' strict in cadence on the numbers rub, Their frothy substance is whip-syllabub; With most seraphic emptiness they roll, Sound without sense, and body without soul. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z Instead he broke first into a seraphic grin and then roared with laughter. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z “Oh, please do sing it again!” besought Bess in a transport, her face spiritualized to a seraphic beauty. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Bending over them where they lay happily asleep in their cots—Ted pouting and Toddie smiling seraphically—the mother would not waken them to gratify herself at their expense. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z The earlier Italian religious movements were almost entirely, like that of the seraphic frate, on the side of informing historical Christianity with the new spirit of Christ. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z His smile so tranquil, so seraphic,— Small wonder that it stops the traffic! More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z How evanescent are their joys in contrast with the eternal blessedness of that bright circle of seraphic intelligences! A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z He affirmed, on the contrary, that the noble art of minstrelsy had only now for the first time fully developed itself on higher themes,--in the praise of moral truth and seraphic beauty. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Six-year-old Ted was slumbering quite peacefully, his usually mischievous expression having given place to a seraphic smile. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z The soul, a “keen seraphic flame,” pierces “From orb to orb, from veil to veil,” and so traverses the universe. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z No more we hear the turbulent traffic, Not scorned but unremembered is the day; The Night, all luminous and seraphic, Has brushed its heavy memories away. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z I see her features, beaming in the divine halo of beatification, lifted up towards the seraphic choir, that are already visible to her eyes. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Her teaching was of the kind indicated above, concerned chiefly with the so-called liberty of the spirit; the passion of lust she had the impudence to call seraphic love. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z I did not hear a word of it, so rapt was I in the contemplation of Helena’s seraphic face. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z In this seraphic mode of criticism, the poem becomes mythic, and the poet a myth; in the power of abstraction, these critics have passed beyond the regions of humanity. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A seraphic contentment alone shone in his clear blue eyes. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Then in the anthem, above all others, I recognised her voice, which came down like a seraphic warning from Heaven, penetrating my heart, and filling my mind with the highest and holiest aspirations. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Therefore, the ephemeral development is a true one, and the conclusions on it are the same as on a seraphic one. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Indeed, the seraphic element in Bepi seems to have been considerably leavened by that of the human boy. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z The preface eulogizes the poet’s spiritual nature and his “seraphic purpose of good.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Holy fear is fair indeed, but who can describe the seraphic beauty of holy love! The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z "Your wife?" repeats she, in soft, lingering tones, and a little tender seraphic smile creeps into her eyes and lies lightly on her lips. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z It was the holy kiss of a sister, the seraphic kiss, the consecration of the bond of saints! Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Why, that is the same Blanden whose name was often mentioned at the time when the seraphic community was talked of? Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z But we read—alas! alas!—"As his seraphic countess gives signs of withering, and one luxuriant branch of industry will die and drop off, others must be pushed into budding." The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z He wore his most seraphic grin, and his ears were spread to catch the most illusive chords of melody. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The place is his monument, and the majestic Elegy—giving to the soul of the place a form of seraphic beauty and a voice of celestial music—is his immortal epitaph. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z But the seraphic kisses of my spiritual bride burned upon my lips. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z You know them both; you need no introduction; you cannot mistake them, for the lofty mien and gallant bearing of Warren, and the soft holy blue eyes and seraphic smile of Emily are unchanged. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The allusion may be to the seraphic vision of St. Francis. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z There will they hallelujahs sing, In honor of their Heavenly King; Forever there, their voices raise, In songs seraphic to his praise. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z The form, some of them still breathless from their interrupted rag, merely looked down their noses with an air of seraphic piety. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z The two women looked at each other for a while in silence, one full of suspicion, the other of seraphic resignation. The Undying Past The haughtily curling lips were tender and placid, the queenly brow calm and serene, the dark, beautiful face almost seraphic with its look of inward peace. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z He has been called the 'painter of seraphic dreams'. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He has reddish-brown ringlets, his cheeks are vermilion, the blue of his eyes radiates seraphic calm. Woman To the last moments of his life he retained full possession of his mental powers and approached the confines of eternity with a seraphic smile that augured heaven. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Nor had Nigel changed, except that his clerical attire made him more seraphic than ever. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Dear, loving, happy little Emily! with her calm, seraphic eyes, and pure, serene brow. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z In the depth and clearness of his dogmatic teaching, but especially in the ardent outpourings of his seraphic soul in his devotional works, we are brought into intimate contact with his marvellous life. Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order He had become quite attached to Roy and would sit on the edge of his box with eyes closed in seraphic bliss as long as Roy would scratch his head. The Crimson Sweater Such is the way Of free-hearted women, Radiant beings Who carry God's secret; All their seraphic Unworldly wisdom Spent without fearing Or calculation For the enrichment Of—whom, what, and wherefore? Later Poems Indeed, the farther we have proceeded with our subject, the more has the intellectual beauty and the seraphic purity of the little being we have endeavored to commemorate, broken upon us. Lives of Celebrated Women This entry into the said settlement or village was on the 13th of January, on which my seraphic religion celebrates the vespers of the holy name of Jesus, and at the very hour of vespers.... History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. Thy peerless splendors none can bear; But darkness veils seraphic eyes, When God with all his glory’s there. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Inspire me, Night! with all thy tuneful spheres; Whilst I with seraphs share seraphic themes, And show to men the dignity of man; 190 Lest I blaspheme my subject with my song. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Of course I think all her fancies are seraphic, and principally this one, since it has brought her near us. Anne In this seraphic exercise, some of them spend almost the whole night. Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country They ceased; and then, like the softest melody of a flute, a young voice arose alone, and, soaring upward, uttered a passage of seraphic sweetness. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Then of danger to peace, from dogs and police, He gave a picture graphic; And on brotherly trust came out with a "bust" Of eloquence quite seraphic. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Otherwise he was fastidiously arrayed in white flannels and, by his seraphic smile and guileless expression, seemed abnormally at peace with his circumstances. The Destroying Angel The Angelic Salutation, the Visitation, the Annunciation, were the darling subjects upon which they had, for a long time past, exhausted every imagination of seraphic gallantry. Priests, Women, and Families Oh! listen, and suspend thy upward wings, Listen—for, hark! 'tis Caradori sings; Hear, on the cadence of each thrilling note, Airs scarce of earth, and sounds seraphic float! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 A little lad with a crooked spine, and the seraphic face which generally distinguishes such sufferers, held her tightly by her right hand. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl The little minstrels of the grove tuned their morning notes, and their seraphic melody lulled the whole to sweet repose. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment But I'll be hanged if I can see myself baring my breast for poisoned arrows, with a seraphic smile on my lips, over here! Ancestors A Novel And it is noticeable that many cripples have often a seraphic intelligence, a far-reaching vision, and very sensitive spiritual aptitudes. Prisoners of Conscience But in his sister—the seraphic sway of Love. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) To palm-plumed equatorial isles, where dying auricular nerves mistook them for seraphic utterances? Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He was too delicately, not to say feebly, absorbed in his devotions, to join in the energies of the seraphic choir. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Mingled incongruously with these seraphic, and, as far as my boyish experience extends, novel, elements of pantomime, there were yet some of its old and fast-expiring elements. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Emerson sat always with a seraphic smile upon his face, and Longfellow thoroughly enjoyed every good sally, though not adding to the mirth-making himself. Home Life of Great Authors How should contagion be intail’d, On bright seraphic Spirits, and in a place Where all’s supreme, and Glory fills the Space? The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts For Love is master, and we know no other, Save self-compelling service to the right, Which is but Love in the seraphic sight. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 “Bonny come!” cried the “Angel,” with a seraphic smile. A Sunny Little Lass Yet the contadino takes his chances with a seraphic resignation that we do not usually attribute to the southern temperament. The Naples Riviera And Yip waved his cleaver over his head, and a seraphic smile lighted his bland, unwarlike face. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Satan and his host, Now to themselves as well as station lost, Unable to support the hated sight, Expand seraphic wings, and swift as light Seek for new safety in eternal Night. The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts Those seraphic workers, learning the reason; took new charge of those souls in order to attend to them with the bread of the instruction. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. May we not find the explanation of this in the threefold “Holy” of the seraphic cry in Isaiah vi. The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit During the Middle Ages those seraphic doctors of theology, who gravely argued how many angels could dance on the point of a needle, speculated also on the serpent's method of locomotion before the "fall." Bible Romances First Series And here they shall cite their doctors invincible, subtle, seraphic, cherubic, holy, irrefragable, and such like great names to confirm their several assertions. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts In dream I saw two Jews that met by chance, One old, stern-eyed, deep-browed, yet garlanded With living light of love around his head, The other young, with sweet seraphic glance. Dreamers of the Ghetto He was a fair, lovely boy, with the seraphic eyes that sufferers from spinal diseases so frequently possess––eyes with the look in them of a Conqueror of Pain. An Orkney Maid In this charming old city with its splendid cathedral and idyllic surroundings he spent the remainder of his life in the peace and quiet that agreed so well with his own mild and seraphic nature. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark As he gazed, they were flung open on silent hinges, and a host, clothed in spotless white, entered their portals, welcomed with swelling anthems and seraphic songs. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 She was perpetually contriving pleasant surprises for her favorite; and it was her delight to wreath flowers around Amy's golden curls, and to add a thousand fantastic decorations to her delicate and seraphic loveliness. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 What a seraphic voice! how it enlivens my soul! The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant “Thanks awf’lly,” she said, looking up at him with seraphic eyes. The Tale of Timber Town But there have been some really heroic, some almost seraphic, efforts to readjust the terms of a relation that seems to have something essentially odious in it. Imaginary Interviews He had mild pale blue eyes and a simple, almost seraphic smile which scarcely ever left his countenance and which was the index to his character. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro On one hand, the seraphic purity and joy of a creature who knew no will but God's will; on the other hand, the quiet, patient life, which had borne such fruits. Nobody She was a schoolgirl of sixteen, with a long, fair plait, a short serge skirt, and a seraphic oval face. The Limit He paused, and a seraphic smile lighted his broad face. The Tale of Timber Town As if it were not the fact, that Calvinism has been viewed with abhorrence by men of the humblest and the purest piety, by men of seraphic minds and of the sublimest intellect. On Calvinism One was everywhere confronted with a curious union of religion and war, representations peopled exclusively by seraphic beings surrounded or accompanied by armed warriors. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders During the silence of some minutes that ensued, I had an excellent opportunity to feast my eyes upon the seraphic loveliness of her face, and the admirable proportions of her queen-like form. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life She alternately repeated the exclamation, "How you do go on!" or accused him of the mysterious crime of being a caution, but she never stopped looking perfectly beautiful and seraphic. The Limit For a moment after arriving there the face of the corpse was exposed, showing the marble features of a young girl of some fifteen years, wearing upon her pale face an expression of seraphic loveliness. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months He did not play with the children any more, and the young rebels wondered why, after being in such an absolutely seraphic temper, he should turn cross so suddenly. A Bachelor's Dream H——, cloy’d with carnal Bliss, Longing to taste how Spirits kiss, Bids Chapels for her Saints arise, Which are but Bagnios in Disguise; Where She may suck her T——’s Breath, Expiring in seraphic Death. The Methodist A Poem If too soaring, too seraphic, Seems to some that heavenward track, T'other way there's much more traffic, Though not many travel back. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. "Do as you're told, young miss!" roared Bones, and hung up the receiver with a seraphic smile. Bones in London Francis was emotional, mystical, seraphic; Arnold was cultured, cold, and critical. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Those bright seraphic eyes lighted with heaven-born love, have turned from celestial light to mark my gloomy wanderings. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As the acolyte swung the thurible and incense floated upward to the Cross, he, too, arose seraphic and alighted upon the very top of the dome. The Orchard of Tears New themes seraphic, Life divine, And bliss that wipes the tears of time Away, will enter, when they may, And bask in one eternal day. Poems In front of it is the street in the middle of which is the royal hospital of the Spaniards, which has been administered since its foundation by the religious of our seraphic father St. Francis. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 She turned her cheek to James, and assumed a seraphic expression while he lightly touched it with his lips. The Hero With trembling hands he tore it open, his rosy face broke into a seraphic smile, and the tears came into his eyes. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man I Thou Sovran Queen of Afric's sunny strands, I smite my lyre to sing thy praise unsung; In strains far sweeter than seraphic bands, A lay deep in my bosom's core is sprung. The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse Some incomes in the royal chapel have been added to the said seminary, and a seraphic tertiary order with which fifty collegiates are regularly maintained in education for the order of our father St. Dominic. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century This Scene in Heaven opens with the songs of the three great Fathers, the Pater Ecstaticus, Pater Profundus, and Pater Seraphicus, symbolizing the three stages of human aspiration, namely ecstasy, contemplation and seraphic love. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' She was constitutionally good-natured, but she was not seraphic, and her lover's rather excusable jealousy was specially hard to bear, when, as upon this occasion, it had no real foundation. Vagabondia 1884 For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes. He Duke, the white of his coat soiled and muddied by frequent and grateful plunges, loped alongside, his pink tongue hanging from one corner of his mouth, and a seraphic expression on his countenance. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The order of the seraphic father, St. Francis, of one hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and ninety-three souls, in sixty-three villages. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The resemblance, once perceived, positively haunted him; stand where he might his eyes could see nothing but the seraphic head of Miss McCarty upon the unspeakable body of the amazon—and then those legs! The Varmint When I pray, it is her seraphic smile that seems to beam upon me down from heaven. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 And young men glittering and sparkling angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty! From a Cornish Window A New Edition There was a seraphic smile on the wan face of Jenny as the singer finished the first verse, and she clasped her thin white hands above her breast in the ecstasy of her bliss. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People Henry looked up at that moment with a seraphic smile. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Cecil is in white, with pale blue ribbons, which give her a sort of seraphic look. Floyd Grandon's Honor The sensualist has brutified the seraphic nature with which he was endowed. Deerbrook There was a mental reservation behind Mrs. Halstead's surface cordiality, and the bewitching Angelica seemed too seraphically sweet and gentle to ring quite true. The Fifth Ace These were the kind of seraphic pleasures he took in living. A Circuit Rider's Wife Yet you are sometimes wayward and volatile in your seraphic disposition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Even the seraphic realms of music were invaded by the dispute between the adherents of the King and the adherents of the prince. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II After that we didn't say a word, but I hadn't supposed it was possible for any human creature to feel so seraphically happy as I did. Lady Betty Across the Water It meant nothing bad, however, for she smiled seraphically and sent forth a stream of smoke, which, mingling with that just emitted by her husband, rose in a curling harmony to the roof. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The instant he observed the slightest motion in his patient, however, he became suddenly abstracted, and gazed, as we have said, with a seraphic expression through the doorway. Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America At which Isidro, pausing in the act of throwing a shell with the top of his head at another shell on the ground, looked up beneath long lashes in a smile absolutely seraphic. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Easy to counsel thus, for one in whose heart there is no poison; instead a honeyed sweetness, almost seraphic. The Death Shot A Story Retold Only thirty-seven when he died, his seraphic beauty was never marred by age. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer In five minutes Nobbles was given into his hand, and a seraphic smile lit up his face as he hugged his treasure. 'Me and Nobbles' It was the glimpse of this rest beyond the river that lit up the pale cheek of our dear, dying sister, with seraphic brightness and beauty. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. Hark! strains seraphic fall upon the ear, From shining ones around th' eternal gates: Glad that man's load of guilt may disappear, Infinite strength on finite weakness waits. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Mrs. Washington was in pink; Tiny in white and a seraphic expression; Rose wore black net and red slippers, a bunch of red geraniums at her belt, her eyes slanting at the men about her. The Californians “Two can play at that game,” replied Bladud, with a seraphic smile. The Hot Swamp Then with a look of seraphic contentment on his face he sat back, loosened his belt a notch, and sighed with perfect happiness. Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive With a smile seraphic as an angel's, she pulls her lace skirts a little to one side, as if to prove to Baltimore that he has encroached beyond his privileges upon her domain. April's Lady A Novel I wonder what the bright seraphic beings up there—for surely there must be such in that pure heaven above us—are thinking of the proceedings of us mortals down here below. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea A bright and tremulous lustre shone Through the dull, dingy Strand, From parting wings seraphic thrown; And then, mute, motionless, alone, Men saw the merchant stand. 'That Very Mab' There she lay, "O' the couch, still breathless, motionless, sleep's self, Wax-white, seraphic, saturate with the sun That filled the window with a light like blood." Browning's Heroines For all that, it sounds in Hamersley’s ears sweet as the most seraphic music, since in its tones he recognises the voice of Walt Wilder. The Lone Ranche The world recedes, it disappears: Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings: I mount, I fly; O grave, where is thy victory! The Boy Patriot Ruth tried to look contrite, but succeeded only in smiling seraphically. The Fortunes of the Farrells Patty smiled up at Miss Lord with the innocent, seraphic gaze that always warned those who knew her best that is was wisest to let her alone. Just Patty A forehead impudent, and two eyes which turned up most seraphically languishing. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 His eyes, accustomed only to rough women, found in her beauty that which was flower-like, seraphic. The Spirit of Sweetwater The flower and fruit of thought sprang spontaneously from his seraphic soul. Shakspere, Personal Recollections His soul was touched with a seraphic gleam— That woman could be false was but a mocking dream. The Bon Gaultier Ballads Heaven opens on my eyes!--my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination When I give Holy Communion with you, sir, on Sunday morning, my heart melts at the seraphic tenderness with which they approach the altar. My New Curate There was something about this lady very interesting besides her beauty, her bright intelligence, and her seraphic thoughts. Tancred Or, The New Crusade A calm, seraphic joy shone in his face, and all that he said and did was just what all delighted to hear and see. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. May this celestial scene, this seraphic hour, never pass away. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Sometimes he is a seraphic creature outspreading his mighty pinions to greet some tremendous spirit sunrise. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers He had gone away for a few weeks, leaving us in possession, when another sort of clergyman arrived—a little man with long white beard, sharp nose, and pale, seraphic eyes. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 There were also playing about the room three or four children of such dazzling beauty and such ineffable grace that no pen can picture their seraphic glances or gestures of airy frolic. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Sir Arthur Conan Doyle remained seated, a seraphic smile of infinite satisfaction playing about his lips. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Had I bothered you with all my troubles you would, I respectfully submit, realize that your proposal is not simple but extraordinarily complicated, even pre-supposing seraphic dispositions on either side. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Tenderness, seraphic sweetness were the man's characteristic, permeating everything he touched. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers True Christians must, as they ponder these productions, be convinced that the Covenanters were men of intense faith and seraphic fervour, and their own hearts will burn as they catch the heavenly flame. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Chang-how stood with folded hands and drooping shoulders, a seraphic calm upon his features, as of one who had stood upon the burning deck when all but he had fled. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. "Oh, no!" said Tinker with a reassuring smile of a seraphic sweetness. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World He did as he was told and wondered as he came nearer to the shell fineness of her cheek and her seraphic smile. Robin From this time there date the seraphic "Panis angelicus," and the noble and delicate "Prélude, fugue and variation" for harmonium and piano. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Joe's smile as he looked up had in it all of that quality which at times made it almost seraphic. Then I'll Come Back to You Sculptured in pure white marble, it seems a very soul just escaped from its prison house of clay, and, listening to those 'sounds seraphic,' bearing away to the great Beyond. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Tinker's face was one bright, seraphic smile as he took off his hat, and, with an admirable bow, said, "May I take you to your people?" The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Then lowly bending with seraphic grace The vase he proffered full; and not a gem Drawn forth successive from its sparkling place But put to shame the Persian diadem. Zophiel A Poem But it is pre-eminently the seraphic sweetness of Franck's style that distinguishes his music and sets it over against this other that is so hard of edge and thin of substance. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Do not name her to me, lest the hideous word 'Woman' should blind me to the seraphic word 'Aunt.' Gilbert Keith Chesterton Almighty God thy heavenly aid bestow, O’er my rapt soul bid inspiration flow; Let voice seraphic, mighty Lord, be mine, Whilst I unfold this awful bold design. The Poetry of Wales "But they are so near," declared Letitia, amiable and seraphic once more. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) The world recedes: it disappears: Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes For an instant he looked at her, gentle, admonishing, reproachful—then his gaze passed over Judy's seraphic features to the face of an old grey horse that stared wonderingly in through the south window. The Miller Of Old Church This song is really seraphic! and the like. Myth and Science An Essay When the door closed behind her a heavy sigh floated through the grating, and the sweet seraphic face of the nun clouded. Infelice O angels, that in your seraphic choir Received her sister-soul, and now enjoy Still present, those delights without alloy, Which my fond heart must still in vain desire! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch She took another stitch in her fancy-work, and her beautiful face took on an almost seraphic expression; she was thinking of George Ramsey. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The sirenic tone of voice and the gesture of his hands indicated the seraphic pleasure to be obtained only in one of those secluded spots. The Parts Men Play No muddy tones of earth dull these seraphic beings composed of luminous vapours. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Then she turned to Berry with a seraphic smile. Berry And Co. Deep pity she with graceful grief applies— Warm feelings ever gentle bosoms fill— While captived equally my fond ears thrill With her sweet accents and seraphic sighs. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Samuel Rutherford, the author of the seraphic Letters, was born in the south of Scotland in the year of our Lord 1600. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Céline, I will not tell you to aim at the seraphic holiness of the most privileged souls, but rather to be "perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect." The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Oh! lovely is that wild, sweet face, Which thus and ever gleams, And smiles, with a seraphic grace, Upon my heart's deep streams. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems Standing third from the left, with a seraphic look on his face, was Berry. Berry And Co. But I wish I could show you my Penini, with his drooping golden ringlets and seraphic smile, and his talk about angels—you would like him, I know. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Truly, in his case the most seraphic Saintliness was not forfeited, and we who read his books may well bless God it was so. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents She has strength to go forward; they enter the door,— And there, on the crowded and blood-tainted floor, Close wrapped in his blanket, lies Douglass:—his brow Wore never a look so seraphic as now! Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War Oh, the beautiful girl … … Her flesh was the soft seraphic screen Of a soul that is meant … To just see earth, and hardly be seen, And blossom in heaven instead. What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 Du Meresq wondered what had jarred those silvery tones, and stolen the melody from the voice he had once thought almost seraphic. Bluebell A Novel Now he is about our Wiedeman, and if he succeeds as well in painting angels as men, will do something beautiful with that seraphic face. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Nor will you wonder, again, at the seraphic flights of love and worship that Samuel Rutherford, who was so poisoned with sin, takes at the name and the thought of his divine Physician. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Otherwise you might have just a voice, flanked by seraphic wings. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century During the perusal of this all eyes were turned upon Solomon, whose face was now perfectly seraphic, and his soul wrapped up into the ninth heaven. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Of the Schoolmen he was contemptuous, with their honorific titles: 'doctor angelic, doctor seraphic, doctor subtle, doctor irrefragable.' The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London Suddenly Horsham looks up and his face is lighted with a seraphic smile. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts The cartoons of Mr. Blaine and Mr. Cleveland during their election battle, as compared to those of fifty years before, were seraphic as the themes of Raphael. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "I will if I like," said the daughter, in a tone that did not manifest a seraphic mood. The Day of the Beast And gazing at her for an instant with a seraphic look, she fell backwards, and expired. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest We knew all her intelligence, all her pure and delicate sensibility, the quickness and power of her perceptions, her seraphic love. Catharine There are stranger inhabitants than Mr. and Mrs. Rochester in these regions you have by some means strayed into—wilder denizens, by much; for youth's seraphic finding. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance A strange figure is this angel, who has a father at Laon, behind the cathedral, and who anticipated by many centuries the puzzling seraphic types of the Renaissance. The Cathedral Her eyes were lit with a seraphic fire, her sweet face resigned as that of an angel. The Wings of the Morning Sherborne had seen her so engaged, and the expression of her countenance, he declared, was seraphic. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest What she did do, as he informed me with a seraphic countenance, was not merely to approve of everything he said, but to determine to do likewise. My Friend Prospero Disgust at my cruel act and horror at my extraordinary habiliments were written all too plainly in her seraphic lineaments. The War of the Wenuses These nuns have ceased to have women's voices; the quality is at once seraphic and manly. The Cathedral She could see him out of the corner of her glance, though she looked into space with her gaze of seraphic worry. Unleavened Bread To accuse the painter of conscious immorality or of what is stigmatised as sensuality, would be as ridiculous as to class his seraphic beings among the products of the Christian imagination. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series In yonder heaven deep the stars are lit For evening service of seraphic quires— Eternal pomp of serried, blazing worlds, The heraldry of God, ere yet Time was. Cromwell Douglas blinked round eyed at Judith, then smiled seraphically and closed his eyes. Judith of the Godless Valley Bowed shoulders are straightened, downcast eyes are raised, sepulchral voices become seraphic. The Cathedral "It was because I felt that his thoughts were nobler than most men's that I wished to marry him," Selma replied, seraphically. Unleavened Bread So it comes about that The owner of a seraphic face is often owner of a temper satanic. Hints for Lovers Perhaps that steep of light is the dwelling-place of angels cherubic, seraphic, archangelic. New Tabernacle Sermons He would appear suddenly, smile seraphically towards us, and then disappear before our snipers could get on to him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 And even supposing that this girl was no more than a fiend in seraphic shape, what conceivable reason could she have for such infamous suppression? V. V.'s Eyes The Holy Spirit will give them the fire of love, the seraphic spirit, the live coal from off the altar, making them both burn and shine. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth Oh, this was a great and sweet day of the gospel! for he handled and pressed the privileges of the covenant of grace with seraphic enlargement, to the great edification of the hearers. The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony He came from the top of glory to the bottom of humiliation, and changed a circumference seraphic for a circumference diabolic. New Tabernacle Sermons Return to Table of Contents Izaak Walton in his short life of Donne has painted a figure of almost seraphic beauty. The Art of Letters Even now, we may be inhaling the ether, which we fancy seraphic wings are fanning. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Thus wrought upon, their pupils almost lose their humanity in the constant indulgence of seraphic imaginings. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He took the pail to Jakie and he saw the seraphic smile fade from his face and an unpleasant glitter creep into his eyes. The Happy Family It constitutes the final test of friendship, and to make the tour of Europe with a man and not hate him marks one or both of the parties as seraphic in quality. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors So oft the finer movements of the soul, That shun the sphere of Pleasure's gay controul, In the still shades of calm Seclusion rise, And breathe their sweet, seraphic harmonies! Poems "Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!" Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II How that seraphic preacher swayed the people with that discourse has not been told. Sketches of the Covenanters Did not periods of seraphic calm always precede a tornado? Kindred of the Dust It might have been mere fancy excited by the scene, that, as she raised her eyes to heaven, I thought they had an expression truly seraphic. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Oft seen o'er sleeping Innocence to bend, In that dead hour of night to Silence giv'n, Whispering seraphic visions of her heav'n. Poems This amazing creation arrested the attention of my friend Chapman, and myself, and we stood half spell-bound under the influence of its seraphic and potent beauty. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars His eloquence was seraphic; his lips had been touched with a live coal from the altar of God; his soul was aflame with the Gospel. Sketches of the Covenanters The next state of existence to the material, I term the spiritual, and the one beyond that the celestial, and beyond that the seraphic. Strange Visitors With her hands hanging at her sidess and her golden head thrown back, she wept with the abandonment of a child, while suggesting the seraphic suffering of a grieving angel by some old master. The Wild Olive "Ah—h!" sighed Shorty, seraphically, as the vision beat in upon his misty conceptions. Pardners Again I traversed the streets at that solemn hour, insensible to every feeling, and regardless of every object but the flaming torch lit up in my heart and the seraphic image of Laura. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described His lips were touched with a live coal from the altar of God, his eloquence was seraphic. Sketches of the Covenanters The "mouth of truth" was the mouth of that seraphic or angelic or golden-tongued or other "doctor gentium," and the old church and the piazza still preserve the memory of his eloquence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Perreeza took the instrument in her arms, swept her delicate hand over the well-tuned strings, and, after a moment's pause sang in seraphic tones a plaintive melody peculiar to her life in Jerusalem. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon But you see, if you hadn't been so devilish lucky, so seraphically happy all these years, you might find a certain humor in the situation, mightn't you? Murder in Any Degree There was a seraphic smile on her face—pale, pure, and beautiful as death. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 "Roll a small pill and get together," admonished Bunch, with a seraphic smile. Back to the Woods Milton found that eight thousand words could fairly and fully represent all the power, grandeur, and creativeness of his almost seraphic soul, when he attempted to express his whole nature in a literary form. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style In this fever, which he knew to be unhealthy, he transfigured Dea into a more material aspect, and tried to exaggerate her seraphic form into feminine loveliness. The Man Who Laughs The horrors of mental despair would be followed by gleams of seraphic joy. California Sketches, Second Series The Bible from which he delivered his seraphic sermons was still lying on the pulpit. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography The parent herself was secretly astounded that she had given birth to a child of so seraphic a disposition. The Mettle of the Pasture Through a seraphic smile she spoke: "It's apple pie, too, Henry—your kind." The Court of Boyville He could see her face everywhere; he could see it even without shutting his eyes; it made the arrogant and malignant cliffs seraphic. Overland Hardly knowing what she did, she opened on this man a pair of eyes seraphically innocent, and asked— "W'y, haven't you seen my aunt?" True Tilda There was a strong substratum of manly courage and will, but the whole was overlaid with a sweetness wholly feminine and seraphic. The Mystery of Metropolisville They smiled at Kate seraphically, and she saw that they wanted to be alone, and that it made little difference to them whether they were sitting in a warm room or walking the windy streets. The Precipice All the grand imaginations of men, all the glorified shapes, the Olympian gods, cherubic and seraphic forms, are but symbols and adumbrations of what it contains. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Advancing toward Ghita, he was about to inquire after the welfare of Raoul, when, struck by the expression of her seraphic countenance, he turned to the body, and read the truth in the appropriate pall. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet "Hide yourself!" and Esteban would dodge under the table or hide in the provision-closet while the cook sallied forth with a seraphic countenance to meet the recent arrival. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Then may our souls together reign, On yonder bright, aerial plain, And shout a loud, seraphic strain, In happiness, my brother. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland What this artist seems to have aimed at, was to create for the soul amid the pomps and passions of this world a resting-place of contemplation tenanted by saintly and seraphic beings. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Even the glowing, almost seraphic love of Christ which was the chief characteristic of her later life was, in her words, "but longing and seeking." The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The parent of seraphic ale degraded into plebeian dough! The Saint's Tragedy The holy man would smile with the seraphic calm of one who sees beyond the pomps and vanities of existence, and would begin the relation of a new miracle. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel When you shall touch your gifted lyre, Glowing with sweet, seraphic fire, O then, remember me again, And wake for me one pleasing strain. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland And that fair form that won my earliest vow, That my young spirit prized all else above, And now adored as freedom, now as love, Stands in seraphic guise, before me now. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 She looked more seraphic than ever, enveloped in a white turkish toweling bathrobe and with her hair in a braid. Mary Wollaston Michaelis pronounced the great word “Patience”—and his clear blue glance, raised to the low ceiling of Mr Verloc’s parlour, had a character of seraphic trustfulness. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Those of Thomas Pinch were all of holidays, church organs, and seraphic Pecksniffs. Martin Chuzzlewit Probably our most attractive-looking child is the Italian, a swarthy-skinned little creature, with softly curved cheeks, liquid brown eyes and seraphic expression—that seraphic expression which is so convincing and withal so misleading. Library Work with Children He regarded me with a seraphic smile, nearly lost his life by getting into a tram-line, and said I ought to know better than to talk to the man at the wheel. The Brother of Daphne Mr Brass remained airing himself at the fire, and resumed his vocal exercise, and his seraphic smile, simultaneously. The Old Curiosity Shop Hope, dear daughter of the Gods, angel of Light, what seraphic visions thou dost weave for us in thy celestial loom! Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 While this was going on, there was a smile, almost seraphic in its beauty, on Mr. Sothern's face. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé Then her face suddenly cleared; the seraphic smile came into it for a moment—a bright idea had struck her. The Blue Lagoon: a romance Arrested by her husband's seraphic smile, she swung round and looked at the clock. The Brother of Daphne Mr Brass would then set the office-door wide open, hum his old tune with great gaiety of heart, and smile seraphically as before. The Old Curiosity Shop Miss Anthony, who had given no thought to that slight detail, looked us over and smiled her seraphic smile. The Story of a Pioneer "A man of the most seraphic mind, and, moreover, so fortunate as to be connected with the house of Flores." Remember the Alamo Oh! to what unguessed archangelic observation, to what infinite seraphic compassion, may not our own swarming race, who dare not too much pity ourselves, be but just such dainty ephemera! Strong Hearts Would those cherub lips half-parted now in a seraphic smile live to pour forth blasphemous curses as he had heard even very small children in the alley? Lo, Michael! It was my guardian angel that protected me, that pleaded for me, that awed me to patience, and that repaid by her seraphic praise the virtue she had inspired! The Adventures of Hugh Trevor What inspired or seraphic pen, though dipped in heaven, could display all that was seen when they "beheld his glory?" Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II In his presence the doctors all must stand uncapped: the seraphic, the subtle, and the singular; the illuminated, the angelic, and the irrefragable to him, were tyros all. Anna St. Ives It changed the native docility of his temper, weaned him completely from his seraphic proclivities and carried him with a rush into the mid-current of the literary revolution. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller And now in his torment there came the vision of a seraphic face bending over him in gentle solicitude; a face that brought comfort with it, even in the midst of his agony. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The Duke chuckled seraphically as he passed down the hall. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Now, 'midst seraphic splendours shalt thou dwell, And be what only these pure forms can tell. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Taught all their host symphonious strains to join, Gave to seraphic harps their sounding lays, Their joys to angels, and to men their praise. The Columbiad In Schiller's Louise we have the religious sentiment sublimated into something quite too seraphic for human nature's daily food. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller He had been sitting there in rapt silence and he looked up at me with a seraphic, far-away smile. The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Her seraphic thoughts have become communicated to me. Cord and Creese In effect, they are very charming, the seraphic young girls of your country! The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons Tuned from the tones by seers seraphic sung, Heaven in his eye and rapture on his tongue, His voice revives old Canaan's promised land, The long-fought fields of Jacob's chosen band. The Columbiad Her face flushed with delight, and a seraphic expression beamed in her eyes, when she spoke of the sufferings of Jesus, and the glories of Mary. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others With an effort he pictured to himself the cloisters, the cells, the great crosses near the monks' couches, the seraphic face of his sleeping master. The Saint Did her seraphic soul move amidst her peers in the assemblage of the holy? Cord and Creese Washing and cooking and mending fell to the lot of my mother and sisters; we students wouldn't do anything but sit round being very learned and getting seraphic hands. Look Back on Happiness So I smiled and that first file of four beamed seraphic. The War Romance of the Salvation Army Rowing in his dark-blue shirt and skull-cap, his curls closely clipped, his mouth beset with abundant soft waves of beard, he bore only disguised traces of the seraphic boy "trailing clouds of glory." Daniel Deronda The gaunt ground, the skyey roof, the caves offering primitive shelter-all seemed a gracious natural setting for the seraphic saints around me. Autobiography of a Yogi When I saw him last I was only a boy, and he came with his seraphic face and his divine music to give me an inspiration which has biased my life ever since. Cord and Creese He began by alluding to her excellence, a priori, the axiom of her seraphic super-humanity, the revelation of her inexpressible virtues, no conception of which could possibly be formed. Swann's Way And will his magic harp no more, ��Mute in the mansions of the dead, Its strains seraphic pour? The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas Not seraphic any longer: thoroughly terrestrial and manly; but still of a kind to raise belief in a human dignity which can afford to recognize poor relations. Daniel Deronda This is the devil’s final defeat and the seraphic company for which our great Example had refused to ask instantly surrounds and receives him. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers The strong, heavily-shaded light made a circle of brilliance about him; his fair hair shone silvery bright, his face had a sort of seraphic pallor. Hidden Creek It possessed a seraphic note pitched true to the long-desired chord. From a Bench in Our Square Then, with a seraphic grin on his countenance, he went to bed and slept the sleep of the just. The Claim Jumpers The enthusiastic belief in Sir Hugo's writings as a standard, and in the Whigs as the chosen race among politicians, had gradually vanished along with the seraphic boy's face. Daniel Deronda Adj. pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn. believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic. elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases As a strain of music fades into silence, his tones fell away, fainter and fainter; and with the same seraphic light on his countenance his breathing ceased. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 If the clerk had spoken with tongues of angels Lily could not have assumed a more seraphic expression. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch He looks uncommonly dumpy, with a pair of winged whiskers of astounding effect, and the expression of his face is blandly seraphic. Memories of Hawthorne From appearances we should judge the seraphic Emperor to be a man of property—worth at least fifty thousand dollars. The American Goliah He looked up into his host's glowering face with a seraphic and innocent smile. Average Jones The most striking examples of seraphic joy, of a sort of divine beauty playing upon the features, are among orators. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. It was hard work, however, for Brewster pummeled like a good one, his seraphic face aflame with the light of battle and his yellow hair seeming to stand about his head like a golden oriflamb. The New Boy at Hilltop With these thoughts Helen turned toward Wallace; she attempted to answer, but the words died on the seraphic smile which beamed upon her lips, and she dropped her head upon his breast. The Scottish Chiefs Something about the seraphic face of Sylvia, chastened by terrible suffering, must have suggested to Mrs. Chilton the idea of caution. Sylvia's Marriage A flush of seraphic mildness suffused her cheeks, her eyes sparkled like diamonds upon a Madonna's crown, she crossed her arms over her bosom and bowed her head. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca "Yes, Grandma, truly I will," said Marjorie, with such a seraphic smile that her grandmother kissed her at once. Marjorie's Vacation MacIan, whose mind was always haunted with such seraphic or titanic parallels, made some such remark to his companion. The Ball and the Cross The faces of those we have forgotten long, or else perchance have lost, once more return, seraphic from the realms of light. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Be quick!" and as a seraphic smile overspread her face, she added, "Leave me alone till he comes, Lizzie, but be quick. Leah Mordecai He saw how pure, how pellucid, how noble the woman was; treading her own ideal world of high seraphic harmonies. The Woman Who Did I had no idea of marrying an angel; it's too bad if you turn seraphic upon my hands. The Whirlpool In a dream or vision he had known the ecstasy of seraphic life. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man That seraphic being whose lustre even now haunts my vision; the ring of whose silver tone even now lingers in my ear. Sybil, or the Two Nations Billy hugged his knees, delightedly; looking up at her with an expression of seraphic innocence. The Rosary The sensitive lines of the mouth, the wide, earnest eyes, the seraphic purity of expression—they were graven in upon her memory, as though he had died yesterday. The Gadfly Now rising love they fann'd, now pleasing dole They breath'd in tender musings through the heart; And now a graver, sacred strain they stole, As when seraphic hands an hymn impart! The Mysteries of Udolpho Over the northern horizon, behind those hills of danger, there quivered up in the darkness one long, flashing, quivering beam, which swung up and down, and up again like a seraphic sword-blade. The Great Boer War A female voice it seemed; no tones could be conceived more tender and yet more thrilling: in short seraphic. Sybil, or the Two Nations Caroline has had a seraphic expression upon her wasted, transparent face ever since. A Changed Man; and other tales Several Neapolitan words, familiar in street circles, ran through his mind, but did not issue from his lips, and his face remained perfectly calm—almost seraphic in expression. A Spirit in Prison He could not be as the saints and love the Infinite with a seraphic ardour, but he could be a little ashamed of loving a wife. Howards End He could-not be as the saints and love the Infinite with a seraphic ardour, but he could be a little ashamed of loving a wife.� Howards End Cheerful by nature, notwithstanding her stately thoughts and solemn life, a brilliant smile played on her seraphic face, as she marked the wild passage of the daring birds, or watched the thoughtless grace of infancy. Sybil, or the Two Nations Who could have passionate thoughts or wild desires in the presence of that swaying, white-clothed girl with the seraphic head? Five Tales Certainly Fillide had not the seraphic loveliness of Viola; but hers was a beauty that equally at least touched the senses. Zanoni He lay back on his pillow looking upward with an expression of seraphic peace and joy on his worn, meagre face, and so his life passed gently away. Stepping Heavenward Grace looked at him from behind the curtain, gazed at him till he disappeared, and then turned round, with seraphic joy on her countenance. Put Yourself in His Place There is the element of fire in the material world; the sun is the fire of heaven; and in the super-celestial world there is the fire of the seraphic intelligence. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry When Coleman perused the message he began to smile with seraphic bliss. Active Service He smiled seraphically, and winked casually as he sipped his port. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques The inconstant lover is invariably pursued by the furies of remorse; the brutal has always some mitigating influence in his career; the libertine retains through many vicissitudes a seraphic love for some faithful Solveig. Mauprat Ferdinand,—he always now called his friend by his Christian name,—Ferdinand was beautifully, seraphically confident. The Prime Minister He says seraphically, in a Letter to a friend, which the Prussian hussars got hold of, 'The idea of it was inspired by the Holy Ghost:' at which the whole world haha'd again. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Nothing that I could write would give you any adequate idea of this girl's seraphic face, for she was like unto no one you have ever seen in this cold Western world. The Darrow Enigma And so on, all through her seraphic history. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) You have all read his seraphic book, The Saints’ Rest. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) "I hear," he said, with a broad and seraphic smile, "that in this hotel there has to-day a murder been committed." The Yellow Crayon Eugenie, to whom such a type of perfection, whether of dress or of person, was absolutely unknown, thought she beheld in her cousin a being descended from seraphic spheres. Eugenie Grandet There was never a time when his expression had seemed more seraphic. The Vanished Messenger Jonathan Edwards—a name they never hear at home, but one of the most masculine and seraphic of interpreters—has a noble discourse on The Importance and Advantage of a thorough Knowledge of Divine Truth. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) The manner in which he dropped on his knees, and hid his face in his hands, and showed his beautiful rings was, as a young lady said behind me, simply seraphic. I Say No When the green car stopped before the Old Folks' Home I was in seraphic mood. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Cain's descent from Satan, who is the angel Samael, was revealed in his seraphic appearance. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 "Yes; and a rose-bud tinge in the cheeks; hands like lilies, and perfectly seraphic smile." The Story of an African Farm, a novel But, even those seraphic Sundays were surpassed by the Wednesday concerts established for the patriarchal family. No Thoroughfare There by the edge of his fiery grave with his hands and legs bound in palm-fibre shackles, stood Bastin, quite unmoved, smiling indeed, in a sort of seraphic way which irritated us both extremely. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot The features were smooth, soft, and childish, their expression was seraphically tranquil; but his violet upper eye was sinister and adult. A Voyage to Arcturus I was quite alone therefore, and when Satan assumed the appearance of an angel, bent over the wall of Paradise, and intoned seraphic songs of praise, I was deceived, and thought him an angel. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Heav'n opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse "From which it would seem, my dear count, that you can at pleasure enjoy the seraphic strains that proceed from the seven choirs of paradise?" The Count of Monte Cristo |
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