| 单词 | sibyl |
| 例句 | Why did he go to so much trouble when the finished sibyl is mostly clothed and must be viewed from a considerable distance below? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But not even a sibyl could have made sense of those tiny scraps of paper. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “A sibyl of a medieval nun. She has guided my life.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren. Listening to her older records, Joan Baez hears perfection in an ‘unsurpassable’ voice 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Since the mid-1980s, Ms. Cook has reigned as a kind of sibyl channeling the wisdom and humanity of the American songbook, particularly as embodied in the work of Stephen Sondheim. Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z As she and Mr. Charlap performed standards on Wednesday, you had the feeling of being in the presence of an empathic sibyl gently reminding you that life goes on. Music Review: Sandy Stewart and Bill Charlap at the Oak Room - Review 2011-11-04T22:29:44Z In the large triangular compartments at the springing of the vault, are sitting figures of the prophets and sibyls, as the foretellers of the coming of the Saviour. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I tell you, the woman is a sibyl, a witch. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The subtle power in perfume found, Nor priest nor sibyl vainly learned; On Grecian shrine or Aztec mound No censer idly burned. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z She ponders before Michael Angelo's sibyls; displays a singular penetration in her analysis of them, and makes them all interpreters of the genius of woman. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Upon her head was a huge turban, constructed on the pattern of that worn by the Cumean sibyl, which put a finishing stroke to a costume so little in harmony with her style of face. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z I contemplated his mighty sibyls and wondrously glorious prophets, every one of them a subject for a painting. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Give to the fawning sibyl who insists on telling your fortune a red rose for her hair, and the chances are that she will rest content. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Voluspa, vol-us-p�′, n. one of the poems of the Elder Edda: a sibyl or prophetess—a wrong use, though found in Scott's Pirate. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z To those of her own age, she was sibyl and seer,—a prophetess, revealing the future, pointing the path, opening their eyes to the great aims only worthy of pursuit in life. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z "Your worst is for you to fight," answered this young sibyl. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z In the recesses between the prophets and sibyls are a series of lovely family groups representing the Genealogy of the Virgin, and expressive of calm expectation of the future. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Then he understood that she had read his mind, and she became at once a sibyl of occult gifts. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z But on a sudden Herophile, the sibyl of Ephesus, appeared, and descended from the height, and cried: 'Ye fools, what injustice is this? The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Add a little queerness to the travelling dress, a pinch or two to the black bonnet, and how easy were it to make a witch out of the sibyl of these present leaves! From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z I begin to think myself a sort of haphazard sibyl; I divined what would happen, and it has happened. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z And which was mightier of the two, The wisest sibyl never knew, For both alike were real. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Tribolo, an intimate friend of Benvenuto Cellini, was responsible for the beautiful angels and sibyls round the arch of that on the left hand. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z They thought of the saying of the sibyl and the commands of Zoroaster, cast themselves on the earth, and cried for pardon. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The sibyl, likewise, whose verses are used by some of you, is far more worthy to be regarded by you as the daughter of God. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z She seemed to be some priestess--some sibyl. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z I am a more successful actress than you realize, you backward Easterners, and I am treated like a goddess, a bad child, a sibyl, an adventuress, a crazy woman. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The East door by Ghiberti contains prophets and sibyls in niches between the ten panels that illustrate episodes of the Old Testament. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z He has perhaps seen the new God of Whom all the sibyls speak....” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This sibyl had already lived seven hundred years when Æne´as came to Italy, and six centuries still remained of the time granted by Apollo. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z One cannot tell whether the sibyl is trying to encourage or to blight the dying flame. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Again my host paced the room, but this time rapidly, wildly, and uttering exclamations like a sibyl inspired by her god. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Thus baiting his genius, His wonderful word Brings poets and sibyls To sup at his board. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Or had the sibyl, Amphris, the oracle and the priests whom he had consulted really shown him the way to that truth? The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This extraordinary conduct astonished the monarch, and with the advice of the Augurs he bought the books, upon which the sibyl disappeared and was never seen after. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The electric light reveals nothing in the sibyl's book which was not disclosed of old to those who pondered the mysteries by starlight and rushlight. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Here the Emperor Augustus kneels before the Madonna and Child, and at his side is the sibyl Tiburtina pointing upwards.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Who hath beheld thy caverns where, in heaps, The wines of Lethe and Love's witchery, In sealéd Amphoræ a sibyl keeps, World-old, for ever guarded secretly?— Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z “She appears ... she appears,” the sibyl went on stammering. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Returning to upper air, Æne´as took leave of the sibyl, and pursued his voyage along the Italian coast, anchoring at length in the mouth of the Tiber. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The sibyl enters through the multitude, a weird, mad form, with tossing hair and wild, disheveled garments. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Now the sibyl had observed the detour which Mercy made to avoid passing near her hut, and observed it with due professional pique. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z In delirium the sibyls of Delphi and Dodona were of great service to Greece, but when in cold blood were of little or none. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Or had the priests and the oracles and Amphris and the sibyl indeed revealed the truth to him? The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The king declined the offer; the sibyl immediately disappeared and burned three of the volumes. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z "I wonder if I can stump that sinuous sibyl," I said. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z I am dull enough, but I have no ambition but to read the riddle of the sibyl's leaves. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z He wiped his eyes actually, over the gipsy sibyl that I call Roy's gingerbread queen. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z He glared round him like a madman, drew his dagger and made as though to fling himself upon the sibyl’s swooning body. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Unlike other spinsters, she neither petted dogs nor cats, but had a most unaccountable mania for fortune-telling, and had been, for years, the seeress and sibyl of the whole neighborhood. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z He didn't so much speak as thrill with thought vibrations; he spoke like an entranced but still quite gentlemanly sibyl. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Dear little sibyl," says Cyril, lifting one of her hands to his lips, "I thank you for your prophecy. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Will it ever be solved?" and Iris looked at old Polly as if inquiring of a sibyl. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z “Yes!” cried the sibyl and fell into a faint. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Archie, what a nice time you're going to have," said the incorrigible Gipsy, breaking the impressive silence that followed the sibyl's words—"when all that comes to pass! Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z For, sitting rigid and erect as a sibyl and still with that gentle pressure on Addie’s head, she repeated: “He is asking ... for Doddie’s hand....” The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Apollo made known his oracles through the medium of a sibyl. Heathen Mythology She looked up like a sibyl from the great volume she was reading. Manslaughter “To the sibyl of Rhacotis, an old sorceress who knows everything.” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z "Scoffer!" said the sibyl, turning her prophetic eyes on the deriding face of the speaker, while her face darkened, and her stern mouth grew sterner still. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z So at least I assumed a knowing air, and sought in my memory for some of the phrases with which worthy sibyls and father confessors are wont to feed the soul of unhappy lovers. The Wish A Novel After frequent adventures, and passing into the possession of many, the tripod finally returned to Thales, and was deposited in the temple; where, as we have seen, it served the sibyl for a seat. Heathen Mythology Earth has put off her raiment Wintry and worn and old, For the robe of a fair young sibyl. Later Poems There are mysterious oracles in Egypt; there are prophets and sibyls, so I am told, living in the desert. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z ‘You take care not to commit yourself, my worthy sibyl; your oracles are not the most clear.’ Lives of Celebrated Women He thought them very wonderful, and he thought her almost a sibyl as she brought them forth; but no glow of self-appreciation followed, this frugal man was not easily made to glow. East Angels Figure to yourself this massive sibyl with a face planned on a mason's square, deep-chiselled and brooding in the flush of firelight. Where the Pavement Ends This twentieth canto is devoted to the sorcerers in hell, and ends with allusion to the full moon, the sibyl, and Cain, as allied to witchcraft, prediction, and sin. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series I want to consult the oracles and the prophets and sibyls. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Between the triangles and under the thrones of the prophets and sibyls, whose names they carry on tablets, are children's figures. Michelangelo An eye prophetic that has read the leaves The sibyls scattered from their loosened sheaves, A bard that sang at Rome in all her pride, Shall give response;—let Seneca decide! Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Yes, a sibyl in her cave, to whom Bibi-Ri entered gingerly as a cat. Where the Pavement Ends But now he comes who doth the borders hold Of the two hemispheres, and drive the waves Under the sibyl, Cain, with many thorns. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series “No, I want to go to the sibyl,” Lucius answered, impatiently. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z These fleeting utterances, alas! are lost, like the leaves swept of old from the sibyl's cave. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Are they really saints and angels, and prophets and sibyls? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions I remember that when I did my first picture of her, as a sibyl, she was living at Caserta, whither I went every day, desiring to progress quickly with the picture. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun It is a singular thing that as I was packing up old papers ere I left Skerryvore, I came on the prophecies of a drunken Highland sibyl, when I was seventeen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) The sibyl now pressed the sandal to her forehead and her other hand lay on Lucius’ head: “I see her,” said the sibyl. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Thus prophesied the gay Bohemian, the nut-brown maid, the dark-eyed oracle, the wise charmer, the female seer, the beautiful sibyl, the lovely enchantress, the romantic “gipsy girl” of the Third Avenue. The Witches of New York Angels and warriors and saints and sibyls stand separate, the one never touching the other, apart, each alone against the pale greenish background. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions The next day dawned cloudless and breathless; but I think Captain Reid placed a secret reliance on the sibyl, for the schooner was got ready for sea. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Was she not a sort of priestess and sibyl in all the most awful straits and mysteries of life? The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine As for you——” There had come to her that look which sibyls have. Mary Magdalen She stood, with one hand upraised, like a sibyl inspired. A Mad Love She whom the English, whom the greatest doctors of the Council of Basil pronounced a Witch, appeared to Frenchmen a saint and sibyl. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Even the predictions of my sibyl failed to allure me, nor could life’s prospect charm and detain my attention like its retrospect. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers He loved simple, natural, unaffected people, and the part of a sibyl was very distasteful to him. Home Life of Great Authors In the afternoon we went to Lake Avernus and into the grotto of the sibyls, the entrance to Dante's Inferno. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years On earth, “a tawny sibyl,” with “an old striped curtain—” And tatter’d tapestry o’er her shoulders hung— Her loins with patchwork cincture were begirt, That more than spoke diversity of dirt. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The winter and the Advent season had been wholly taken up with the acting of that awful sibyl, that raging bacchante. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages I should be very curious to know what the sibyl will make of such a problem. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) I turned from the grinning sibyl with disgust. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Michael Angelo smites no sibyls from the living stone, but he has carved the face of the very earth to his design. An Ocean Tramp He then left them alone, while he went to inquire how soon they could have an audience with the great sibyl. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller Her sole book in such hours was the dim chronicle of memory or the sibyl page of anticipation. Shirley Silently and sweetly, with the intentness of a sibyl who pours and holds forth a deep potion, she smiled at him across the table. Tante And first, of the expression of supernatural influence on forms actually human, as of sibyl or prophet. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) Susanna had looked as stern as an old sibyl. Is He Popenjoy? Mrs. Thayer advanced falteringly, and sank into the large chair which the sibyl pointed out. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller No sibyl turned the leaves of the records yet to unfold. Italy, the Magic Land It will probably meet with an extensive circulation in these days when Connecticut divines are haunted by infernal visits, and the Rochester sibyls are on exhibition in New York. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Round the curve of the woodland way there might swing at any second the sibyl who would point his life downward. The Dust Flower These, like those men who cast nativities or interpret the oracles of the sibyl, compose their countenances to a sort of gravity, and then make money of their supine drowsiness. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Fate is unchangeable, and neither seer nor sibyl can alter its least decree; but it is sometimes permitted to us to determine the contingent future of a person and no more. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller Perhaps she could give him a hint; perhaps she was the youthful sibyl people seemed half inclined to believe her. A Bookful of Girls For this reason gave I weight to the warnings of the brown-skinned sibyl—though uttered only to taunt, and too late to be of service. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He should feel the ground before him, leading the sibyl a little at a time, so as to have her mentally prepared. The Dust Flower The predictions of the Cumæan sibyl were said to be written on leaves that were whirled away by the wind and had to be gathered and interpreted. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV A slipshod sibyl," "In lofty madness meditating song, leads him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Truly we may say with Michelet that the sibyl of the Renaissance kept offering her books in vain to feudal Europe. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Nor should I have had any inquietude at this premature disappearance, but for the words of the Indian sibyl. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He was aware, however, that in sibyls he had a preference. The Dust Flower At a 436later time many sibyls came into being; Varro reckons ten and other authors give other numbers. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV "You see we really need no sibyls and soothsayers when we have Bertie," said Felicity. The Twelfth Hour I have chosen out of the series three of the sibyls, which have, I think, clear internal evidence of being his; and these you shall compare with Michael Angelo's. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving “No? we cannot hear it; you are mocking us,” I rejoined, addressing myself to the brown-skinned, sibyl. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Allerton couldn’t pause to watch her, for a new sibyl was advancing. The Dust Flower I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent, Watching the future come and the present go— And the little shifting pictures of people rushing In tiny self-importance to and fro. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Anything less like a sibyl could not be easily imagined. The Twelfth Hour But first I must put you in mind what the sibyls were. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Mrs. Gourlay raised her arms, like a gaunt sibyl, and spoke to her Maker, quietly, as if He were a man before her in the room. The House with the Green Shutters Approaching the new sibyl with the same ceremoniousness, he repeated the same words in the same precise tone. The Dust Flower The Baroness, driven from her reserve, stood before him like an enraged sibyl. The Goose Man She looks with scorn upon the stupid People, who kill their prophets and their sibyls. Atheism Among the People And one of the minor reasons which induced me so boldly to attribute these sibyls to him, instead of Bandini, is that the lettering is so ill done. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Abstracted from every outward impression, she sat, the image of some ancient sibyl communing with the inward, unseen pageantries of thought—the hidden workings of a power she could not control. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The art that conceals art is good; but the art that is unconscious of artifice is better, and never had soothsayer arranged more effective preliminaries for astounding prediction than sibyl Joan herself. A Son of the Immortals In fact, it contains a grandeur and sublimity which could be ascribed to nobody but the author of the prophets and sibyls of the Sistine Chapel. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 He painted very few historical subjects; his works are principally portraits, sibyls, and religious pictures. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Nor can I assume myself, still less you, that all these prophets and sibyls are Botticelli's. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving There was nothing of the professional sibyl in her dress, and her tall figure was very beautiful in this attitude of deep sleep. The Tyranny of the Dark No will of your own, with its puny compulsion, Can summon the spirit that quickens the lyre; It comes, if at all, like the sibyl's convulsion, And touches the brain with a finger of fire. The Book of Humorous Verse Tell me, Aseffa, You who are half a sibyl,—shall we go down That valley to our home? Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Clinton followed her, but lingered on the threshold for Louis, whose hand the ancient sibyl grasped with a cordial farewell pressure. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel As the prophets represent the voice of God in man, the sibyls represent the voice of God in nature. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving He was now seated directly between the sibyl and Clarke, her manager, and every sense was keenly awake. The Tyranny of the Dark But yet there was a vein of poetry in her heart, as she sat there, little like a sibyl as she looked. Orley Farm As the sibyls sat in caves, so the sorceress sat in the dark archway, immovable when not sought, mysterious as are all her kind, and something to wonder at. The Gypsies Peace be to thee, ancient sibyl, lonely dweller of the old gray cottage. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel From the traditions of her, the Romans, and we through them, received whatever lessons the myth, or fact, of sibyl power has given to mortals. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving This youth bestowed a great deal of attention on a certain young woman of a classical turn of mind, who once had a longing to attend a fancy-ball as a sibyl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 So in Egypt, so in Greece and Rome; and it has often been claimed that the priestesses of Delphi and the sibyls of the Romans were in states of hystero-hypnotic character. Psychotherapy The Four Seasons, from the Imperial Palace, Ostia. 24The belief that the sibyls had prophesied the advent of Christ made their images popular. Pagan and Christian Rome She sat like a sibyl, elbows on knees, chin in hands, her gaze narrowed and fixed. The Long Roll Now you do not, I am well assured, know one of Michael Angelo's sibyls from another: unless perhaps the Delphian, whom of course he makes as beautiful as he can. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving The truth is that, as the sequel proved, Miss Ambient had some of the qualities of the sibyl, and had therefore, perhaps, a right to the sibylline contortions. The Author Of Beltraffio Juan was something she could not divine, Being no sibyl in the new world's ways; Yet she was nothing dazzled by the meteor, Because she did not pin her faith on feature. Don Juan For this reason the figures of Augustus and of the Tiburtine sibyl are painted on either side of the arch above the high altar. Pagan and Christian Rome She sat like a sibyl till the dawn, then rose and bathed and dressed, and was at the hospital earliest of all the workers of that day. The Long Roll But these were speculations beyond the sibyl of his odd adoration; Annapla was too intent upon her own elderly love-affairs to be interested in those upstairs. Doom Castle She spoke with the authority of a Grecian sibyl. Just Patty Again he refused, and the sibyl burnt three more. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The visions of the mystic, the prophecies of the seer, the inspiration of the sibyl, all come through this Unconscious Soul. Real Ghost Stories Severe as a sibyl in her straight-falling night-dress, her hair spreading over her shoulders, her bare feet pattered on the cool matting. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story It may be inferred that this hymn, admitted into the liturgy of the Roman Church, gave sanction to the adoption of the sibyls into Christian art. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art It represented the "four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy" of Philip of Cæsarea; but it did not set them forth in the dress and attitude of inspired sibyls. The Farringdons The question had been put to sibyl and poet, monk and fool, philosopher and witch, but none could answer it. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The calm dignity of the "School of Athens" conveys a very imperfect idea of the sublime energy of the sibyls and prophets of the Sistine Chapel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 When the ancient sibyl, affrighted at the idea of removal and change, positively refused, the mother tenderly begged that she would tell then what could be done for her. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee In this respect, the sibyls on the Sistine Chapel ceiling are more Michael Angelesque than their companions the prophets. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art On other panels of the chamber he has portrayed the philosophers of Greece and Rome, the kings and generals of antiquity, the prophets and the sibyls who announced Christ's advent. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series So sounds spontaneous from the sibyl broke, Dark to herself the wonders which she spoke; The priests found out the meaning, if they could; And nations star'd at what none understood. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Richard's stare was the mate to Mr. Fopling's; he could not decide just how to lay hold on the sibyl of the golden locks. The President A novel He affected to write down the Cherokee words as the interpreter and the old sibyl discussed them, but his pencil trembled so that he could hardly fashion a letter. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee To this sympathy may be ascribed the prominence and size given them, both prophets and sibyls, as compared to their usual relation to the subjects they environ. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Grave, ascetic, melancholy faces of saints are put on bodies of kings, generals, sages, sibyls, and deities alike. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series After this the folk advanced to the sibyl, and each besought information concerning that about which he was most curious. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 That she was disturbed to the heart is sure, for she went instantly to her friend, the sibyl of the golden locks, for conference, confidence, and consolation. The President A novel Has not Virgil himself quoted the predictions of the sibyls? Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary For some reason, the twelve figures are not prophets and sibyls alternately—there being only five sibyls to seven prophets,—so that the prophets come together at one angle. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art I bet the sibyl often is at dinners where we go—and I'm not so sure but what I would know those hands of hers anywhere—they were not ordinary hands. The Shield of Silence A very sibyl this, her crest of hair agitated, her eyes sparkling with wrath. Visionaries She is a clever woman evidently, and a great sibyl here. Letters from Egypt It is demonstrated that God spoke to these sibyls, for the word sibyl signifies God's counsel. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary But the highest honour that art has rendered to the sibyls has been by the hand of Michael Angelo, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art These are types of 213sensual beauty and spiritual, the siren and the sibyl. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers "The sibyls of Michael Angelo are not more grand," exclaimed one critic; "but the vocalization of Pasta and Grisi is wholly foreign to her." Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens In the rows of figures which Michelangelo painted along the arched portion of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the prophets are associated with sibyls. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation One of these who made her abode at Delphi in Greece was called the Delphian, or Delphic, sibyl. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson I always had desired to have my fortune told, so A—— and I each seized hold of a sibyl and listened to our fates. Records of a Girlhood The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak, or fanes of gold. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library The present head, both spiritual and temporal, is a woman, a sort of sibyl who negotiates the inspirations. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 To explain this, we must learn something about the sibyls. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Ranged along the sides you see seven prophets and five sibyls: the prophets foretold Christ's coming to the Jewish world, and the sibyls sang of it to the Gentile world. Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters The former tenant had built up such a reputation that the garret was still a sibyl's den, in spite of the fact that quite a different creature dwelt in it. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney She looked like a glorious young sibyl, reading a divine prophecy upon the clouds. Bressant It is a singular thing that as I was packing up old papers ere I left Skerryvore, I came on the prophecies of a drunken Highland sibyl, when I was sixteen. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls Some of the sibyls' words of wisdom were committed to writing and passed down to following generations. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Prodigious sibyl of the eighteenth century," cries Michelet, "the mighty magician Diderot! Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) That of the Neapolitan sibyl is public in comparison to it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Her ruins told their tale of glory, Decreed to that eternal sky; And through that ancient grove, her story With sibyl whisper seem'd to sigh. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 She sat bowed together, her head upon her folded arms, a figure still and tragic as a sphinx or sibyl. Lewis Rand In former times, fact and fable were very often confused, and people did not take pains to distinguish the legends of the sibyls from the history of the prophets. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Nor yet the sibyl leaf all read, Dark Nemesis is grim and sullen; She bends again her vengeful head— Woe! woe! to old Craigullan. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. For a description of these sibyls with a list of the works in which they are mentioned, see: —— Fullom, Steven Watson. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Her seat is with the sibyls, not with the nymphs. Reviews Juan was something she could not divine, Being no sibyl in the new world’s ways; Yet she was nothing dazzled by the meteor, Because she did not pin her faith on feature. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time When the Latin hymn "Dies Irae" was written, the sibyl was mentioned, with the prophet, as predicting the final destruction of the world. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Presently it occurred to him, however, that it was not quite chivalrous in him to leave little Elsie there alone with the dark-minded sibyl. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories These sibyls were believed to be inspired, and generations of Greek and Roman philosophers never doubted their power. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family The right-hand wall is dedicated to the sibyls and prophets, the left to the greatest sages and heroes of antiquity. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 "It is the face of a sibyl, of a tragedian." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 In the prevailing opinion, the sibyls shared with the prophets an inspired foreknowledge of the Christian faith. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation I am now truly happy here, quiet and familiar; no longer a staring, sight-seeing stranger, riding about finely dressed in a coach to see muses and sibyls. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II But now, after the sibyls of Michel, it is unsafe to look at those of Raphael; for they seem weak, which is not so, only seems so, beside the sterner ideal. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Like the sibyl of old, if a customer said, "I do not want it," the painter put an extra ten pounds on the price. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great It passes straight into the waving, elemental motion, where again the hallowed horn utters its sibyl phrase, again rising to resonant height. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies To carry on still further the story of the human race, the painter shows the succession of men and women, prophets and sibyls, who, one after another, predicted the redemption of the world in Christ. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation There were seasons when she seemed borne irresistibly on to the verge of prophecy, and fully embodied one's notion of a sibyl. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II To those of her own age she was sibyl and seer,—a prophetess, revealing the future, pointing the path, opening their eyes to the great aims only worthy of pursuit in life. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I For what need I of book or priest, Or sibyl from the mummied East, When every star is Bethlehem star? Poems Household Edition I contemplated his mighty sibyls and wondrously glorious prophets,--every one of them a subject for a painting. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The number of sibyls was given as ten or twelve, and of these Michelangelo selected five. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Rena unfolded herself from the divan and slid to her feet, slim as a sibyl. Every Soul Hath Its Song Much more must a Sappho or a sibyl. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I In a word, he would have us leave the laboratory and its crucibles for the sibyl's cave and its tripod. Ralph Waldo Emerson She wears something like the sibyl's robes and speaks with something like the sibyl's strong accents, but the cool, hard discipline of the artist or of the exact scholar only occasionally serves her. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Please click here for a modern color image The Delphic sibyl is the youngest and most beautiful of them all. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation The two remaining sibyls, hatted and coated to crane the neck of the passer-by, hurried arm-in-arm out into the spring evening. Every Soul Hath Its Song A verse of the sibyl was also remembered or composed, which, like all predictions after the event, tallied in a surprising manner with the holy object so happily revealed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 580, Supplemental Number How would his interest in the scene have deepened, could some sibyl have foretold to him how closely the Fates had interwoven the destinies of himself and that lovely little one! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 Sometimes, at his earnest entreaty, Pet would read a page of French to him; and he would listen with awe and reverence, as to a beautiful sibyl prophesying in an unknown tongue. Round the Block Of all the sibyls, the one we hear most about is the Cumæan. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Two years later, three perfect-thirty-six sibyls promenaded the mauve display rooms, tempting those who waddle with sleeveless frocks that might have been designed for the Venus of Milo warmed to life. Every Soul Hath Its Song The sibyl was a believer as well as a seer and pretended to communicate with God in person. Delsarte System of Oratory Here the Emperor Augustus kneels before the Madonna and Child and at his side is the sibyl, Tiburtina, pointing upwards. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The people demanded a consultation of the Sibylline books, sacred volumes sold, it was said, to Tarquinius Priscus by the sibyl Amalthea, and containing the secret of the destinies of the Republic. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 The sibyl came to him one day with nine books of oracles, which she wished him to buy. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Severe as a sibyl in her straight-falling nightdress, her hair spreading over her shoulders, her bare feet pattered on the cool matting. Every Soul Hath Its Song We are apt to think of them only as urban flora of the dust and dark, cultivated for profit by itinerant professors and untidy sibyls. Four-Dimensional Vistas In spite of its colossal size, and formal attitude, and severe style, the face of this Madonna is very striking, and has been well described as "sweet and unearthly, reminding you of a sibyl." Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts I remember Guido's Aurora, Michael Angelo's prophets, Raphael's sibyls, while all about were sketches, landscapes and crayon drawings, gifts from the most famous living painters, many of whom are friends of the house. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy In the following centuries they were replaced by scattered papers, collected from time to time in various parts of the empire, purporting to be the writings of the sibyl. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation The word by seers or sibyls told In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Beneath these, seated on the spandrils, are alternate prophets and sibyls, twelve in all, attesting to the future deliverance and judgment of the world by Christ. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts This woman has a dark physiognomy, ample flowing drapery of red and white, a white turban twisted round her head, and stretches out her hand with the air of a sibyl. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Pliny affirms that the original number of volumes was only three, two of which the sibyl burnt, and the third was purchased by king Tarquin. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook These sibylline leaves, as they were called, contained passages supposed to be prophetic of the coming of Christ, and this is why the Cumæan sibyl is placed by Michelangelo among the prophets. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Five sibyls and five prophets run along the side-walls of the chapel. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti "Perhaps, O sibyl, you will read the future and tell me how I am to finance a trip to New York." Bambi The most celebrated, I believe, is the fresco by Baldassare Peruzzi, in which the figure of the sibyl is certainly very majestic, but the rest of the group utterly vulgar and commonplace. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Amalthae'a, the sibyl who offered to sell to Tarquin nine books of prophetic oracles. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook You will notice that the outlines of the Cumæan sibyl are drawn in an oval figure similar to that inclosing the Delphic sibyl. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation On the pendentives between the spaces of the windows, running up to the ends of each of the five lesser pictures, Michelangelo placed alternate prophets and sibyls upon firm projecting consoles. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti "In times like ours if the son of a god and a sibyl were not a deaf mute he would die of grief," said Gorgius. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Mary and Joseph stand before an altar, on the steps of which are seated, on one side a prophet, on the other a sibyl. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The sibyl, after burning three more of the volumes, demanded the original sum for the remaining three. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The old writer Pausanias, writing his "Description of Greece," in the second century, says that the people of Cumæ showed a small stone urn in the temple of Apollo containing the ashes of the sibyl. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation In confirmation of this promise, he called twelve potent witnesses, seven of the Hebrew prophets and five of the Pagan sibyls. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Her girlhood had in it a certain dignity as of a virgin priestess or sibyl. Malbone: an Oldport Romance This particular prophecy of the Tiburtine sibyl to Augustus rests on some very antique traditions, pagan as well as Christian. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts When the castle is set on fire by the sibyl, sir Brian carries off Rebecca from the flames. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook His sibyls can scarcely be counted as women; they belong to a world of their own, neither human nor divine. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Thy life, minion?" answered the sibyl; "what would taking thy life pleasure them?—Trust me, thy life is in no peril. Ivanhoe Which oracle, they say, one of the sibyls long after did in a manner repeat to the Athenians, in this verse, The bladder may be dipt, but not be drowned. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans It is a singular tiring that as I was packing up old papers ere I left Skerryvore, I came on the prophecies of a drunken Highland sibyl, when I was seventeen. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 And thus, croaking like the ravens when they anticipate pestilence, the ill-boding sibyls withdrew from the churchyard. The Bride of Lammermoor The Delphic sibyl, or pythia, of Michelangelo's picture, has the splendid stature of an Amazon. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Some men never get to this stage, never realize that their own passions, working upon the universal human love of the mysterious, are wholly responsible for the cult of woman the sphynx and the sibyl. The Grain of Dust Her height and massiveness in the low room gave her the look of a huge sibyl, while the strange fragrance of the mysterious herb blew in from the little garden. The Country of the Pointed Firs Of what use is it to invoke an ancient sibyl when a muse is on the eve of birth? What is Property? The story of the fatal fountain was narrated at full length, and with formidable additions, by the ancient sibyl. The Bride of Lammermoor There are other pictures of the same sibyl carrying a crown of thorns, showing that she predicted the sufferings of Christ. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation In labor we must be as passionate as the inspired sibyl; in life we must be mere machines. Roderick Hudson But without trusting to the African sibyl's prediction, Bonaparte may have formed his match under the auspices of ambition as well as love. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827) All this a god decrees; a sibyl wise In prophet-song did this to me proclaim; Who when Bellona kindles in her eyes, Fears neither twisted scourge nor scorching flame. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse I tell ye," said the sibyl, "her winding sheet is up as high as her throat already, believe it wha list. The Bride of Lammermoor The sibyl's left arm drops a curve across the upper part of the figure, and this curve is repeated a little lower down by the creases in the drapery across the lap. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation They scatter their leaves to the wind, as the sibyl did, and posterity collects them, to be treasured up among the best materials of its wisdom. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") Thus I conceived it, when I saw my mother, and I comprehended now why some nations so greatly revered the power of priestesses and sibyls or feared the power of witches. The Bride of Dreams The ancients well said that the contortions of the sibyl generated her inspiration. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Walter gazed at her wonderingly: was little Molly going to turn out a sibyl? Home Again She is called the Cumæan sibyl because she is supposed to have lived in Cumæ, which was the oldest and one of the most important of the Greek colonies in Italy. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Thereupon the sibyl cast three of the volumes into the fire, and demanded the same sum precisely for the remaining six. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The female stood in the attitude which a sibyl might be supposed to assume, while listening to the occult mandates of the mysterious oracle, every faculty entranced and attentive. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish But little is committed to writing, and that little is wafted away for ever, like the leaves of the sibyl, by the smallest breeze. American Institutions and Their Influence Such a use is made of it by saints and sibyls. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Within the mountain's hollow side, A cavern stretches high and wide; A hundred entries thither lead; A hundred voices thence proceed, Each uttering forth the sibyl's rede. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation According to the legend, a strange woman, the sibyl of Cumæ, brought to Tarquin the old nine books of oracles, and demanded for them three hundred pieces of gold. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The great singer rose to the altitude of a sibyl; she uttered inspirations; she herself was inspired. Cord and Creese She was smoking a black cigar that would have knocked me down and looked like an old sibyl. The Sisters-In-Law The believers were evidently rallying indignantly to the support of their sibyl, and cast upon Wynne glances of bitter reproach. The Puritans There are certain conditions to fulfil before setting forth, but when these are done the sibyl guides him on his way, and the journey is safely made. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation They finding the ancient woman at a corner of her own chimney, Epistemon said, She is indeed a true sibyl, and the lively portrait of one represented by the Grei kaminoi of Homer. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 "Nay, it is only worthy Master Henbane Dwining," answered one of the sibyls. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day "Very well thought out—unusually clever—for a layman," she uttered, and was still, with the suggestion of a sibyl whose oracle has ceased to speak. The Nest Builder It's rather hard, when you come bearing yourself very much as the sibyl when she came to the Roman king, to be treated as something worse than a vulgar gossip. Madame De Mauves The sibyl is reading aloud from one of her books of oracles. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation And here be pleased to condemn yourself, by a renouncing of those errors which you have committed very grossly and somewhat perversely in expounding the prophetic sayings of the holy sibyl. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 She sank back on her pillow and gazed at me with a wearied light in her eyes and a sibyl look on her face. Blindfolded The loveliest woman alive must do the same, meet in a looking-glass—that eternal accompanying sibyl—her disaster. Linda Condon At times, she seemed like an inspired prophetess, and if she had lived two thousand years earlier, she might have been remembered as a sibyl. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Finally the fortifications of the city were undermined, but to this day a subterranean passage in the rock on which they were built is still shown as the entrance to the sibyl's cave. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation Let us throw some bread and beef into his throat to pacify him, as once the sibyl did to Cerberus. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 "Dying hoary heads possess the souls of sibyls." The Companions of Jehu "Wasna there some ane o' ye said," asked the old sibyl, "or did I dream, or was it revealed to me, that Joscelind, Lady Glenallan, is dead, an' buried this night?" The Antiquary — Volume 02 Judge, then, with what a leaping heart he chanced on some newspaper gossip concerning the sibyl, for it was so that he first stumbled across her mission. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne The Cumaean sibyl offered Tarquin the Proud nine books for what seemed an exorbitant sum. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration They made an ample and full relation of their voyage unto Pantagruel, as likewise of the estate and condition of the sibyl. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 In about five minutes the sibyl caught the inspiration of her god, and heat and sleeplessness were alike forgotten. Men, Women, and Ghosts She played, she sang, she discoursed on everything,--a priestess, a sibyl, full of inspiration, listened to as an oracle or an idol. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Michael Angelo was enabled to paint the saints and sibyls of the Sistine Chapel from familiarity with the writings of the Jewish prophets. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Perhaps," said the girl, a sibyl for intentness now, "you would prefer to go? A Man and His Money And, lastly, it is most needful and expedient for us that we search for and find out some sibyl to serve us for a guide, truchman, and interpreter. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 The sibyl fell back as the last word passed her lips, with a sigh of relief, into what was evidently a profound and insensible sleep. Across the Zodiac The sibyl then burned three, and, returning, asked the same price for the remaining six. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. The king still refused to purchase; so the sibyl went away and destroyed three more of the volumes, and bringing back the remaining three, asked the same price as before. General History for Colleges and High Schools All these purposes he had answered by retreating softly, without beat of drum, while his sibyl was abroad running down prey for his devouring. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Do we know but that she may be an eleventh sibyl or a second Cassandra? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 The tender passions, indeed! go, thou wanton sibyl, thou amorous woman of Endor, go! The Duenna After a long silence, the aged sibyl let fall her arm, and dropped back suddenly on to the couch. Old Mission Stories of California "Come not away!" cried Esther, in tones that sounded like the admonitions of some sibyl. The Prairie Once more, the tyrant declined the offer, and again the aged sibyl destroyed three, and demanded the original price for the remainder. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Probably it rests upon the ancient tradition of oracles and sibyls, foaming at the mouth like champagne bottles. Without Prejudice Drawing herself up to her full height, the sibyl in a deep, solemn voice said: "What brings you here?" Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery This corpse, this woman—proclaim it to every one—the sibyl was my mother yes, yes, my own mother! A Word, Only a Word — Complete This corpse, this woman—proclaim it to every one —the sibyl was my mother yes, yes, my own mother! A Word, Only a Word — Volume 05 This white hair harmonized admirably with the red cheeks of the camp- sibyl, who appreciating the fact, did not dye it. A Word, Only a Word — Volume 04 The girl seemed stunned, standing there plucking at her fingers, scarlet lips parted, and her startled eyes fixed upon the white-draped sibyl. The Hidden Children He fumes and frets, but upon his countenance is the precious fury of the sibyls. Chopin : the Man and His Music I had perforce to bottle up my curiosity for the moment and wait till my sibyl was in the mood for interpreting. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose The maiden possessed the wisdom of a sibyl," said the king, "and I fear she has prophesied correctly as to your sad future. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends And there it lies, my sibyl sister, still! The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 The truth is that, as the sequel was to prove, Miss Ambient had some of the qualities of the sibyl and had therefore perhaps a right to the sibylline contortions. The Author of Beltraffio By their favor, Virgil traversed the ages of iron without losing a page, and, by right of his Fourth Eclogue, took rank among the prophets and the sibyls. Irish Race in the Past and the Present It struck him that her sudden outburst was strained; it seemed to him that in this mere contortion of passion the sibyl's robe had become rudely disarranged. A Sappho of Green Springs It seemed to him that among the Christians Lygia was a kind of sibyl or priestess whom they surrounded with obedience and honor; and he yielded himself also to that honor. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero It had been dark fort some time before he reached the house, and on his arrival there, he saw a confirmation of what the sibyl had hinted. Guy Mannering Which oracle, they say, one of the sibyls long after did in a manner repeat to the Athenians, in this verse: The bladder may be dipt, but not be drowned. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls And then, still clutching him by the arm and still standing at the top of those stairs, she gave forth her prophecy with the fury of a sibyl. Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) Thus the sibyl sang of old, Thus hath holy David told. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 But nothing in his look or manner can rouse in these society sibyls any suspicion of the boundless love which I see. Letters of Two Brides The aged sibyls blessed the bridal bed of the laird when he married, and the cradle of the heir when born. Guy Mannering In this torturing dilemma fear prompted an expedient, which to Lottchen appeared madness, and to Louisa herself the act of a sibyl instinct with blind inspiration. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English As she stood in my garrett doorway, tall and proud, she seemed to reach the stature of an antique sibyl.' A Prince of Bohemia Falstaff was a "creation" perhaps, or the Sistine sibyls; there we have indubitably an end conceived and sought and achieved; but did these inventors and business organisers do more than heed certain unavoidable imperatives? War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war The procession pauses," said Raleigh, "at the gate of the Chase, where a sibyl, one of the FATIDICAE, meets the Queen, to tell her fortune. Kenilworth Her attitude was that of a sibyl in frenzy, and she stretched out, in her right hand, a sapling bough which seemed just pulled. Guy Mannering The spirit of deep prophecy she hath, Exceeding the nine sibyls of old Rome: What's past and what's to come she can descry. King Henry VI, Part 1 At this moment the old sibyl returned with the key. Maitre Cornelius I beseech thee, mistake not this sibyl for another, for the Roman galleries abound in sibyls. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes I observed these with interest but certainly as long as they were under the spell of the master they communicated nothing worth preserving; they seemed to show "the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration." Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 I am a sibyl if I am not amazed to think what he can see in me. The Way of the World None of old Foresight's sibyls ever uttered such a truth. Love for Love: a Comedy The den of the sibyl was much darker than the antechamber; the color of the walls could scarcely be distinguished. Unconscious Comedians Sages and sibyls now, and athletes clean, Rulers of empires and of forests green! The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets She spoke as with the softness almost of a sick child, yet now at last, at the end of all, with the perfect straightness of a sibyl. The Beast in the Jungle |
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