| 单词 | Sphinx |
| 例句 | I yelled, “The Sphinx is after you! Let us get it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She looked just the way she had when she’d faced the Sphinx—like she wasn’t going to accept an easy answer, even if it got her in serious trouble. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We ran through the dark tunnels, listening to the roar of the Sphinx behind us as she complained about all the tests she would have to grade by hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Annabeth started forward, but the Sphinx roared, showing fangs in her otherwise human face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Sphinx ripped through them, but it bought us just enough time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Sphinx pounced right where she’d been standing, but came up with empty paws. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Sphinx started to follow, but Grover raised his reed pipes and began to play. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It is a Chimera, a Griffon, a Sphinx, a Ganesha, a Peruvian god, a Ch’i-lin, an omen of good fortune, a wish for the world. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His dæmon uttered the softest possible growl at the back of her throat, and settled down with her paws outstretched in the manner of the Sphinx. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The great Dutch painter Jan Vermeer has been called the Sphinx of Delft, for all his paintings have a degree of mystery. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about What walks on four legs in the morning’?” “I beg your pardon?” the Sphinx said, clearly annoyed now. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When he turns it, the swing itself rises and the top of the cage opens, allowing them to climb out, escaping into a dimly lit temple guarded by an albino Sphinx. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Sphinx, half human, half lion, was constructed more than 5,500 years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They collected around the Sphinx’s paws, grew roots and branches, and began wrapping around the monster’s legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I raised my sword, but before I could strike, Tyson ripped the monster’s grading machine out of the floor and threw it at the Sphinx’s head, ruining her hair bun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “What creature,” the Sphinx asked him, “goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Griffon, Phoenix, Centaur, Sphinx, Manticore, Ganesha, Ch’i-lin, and all the rest are like recurrent bad dreams, and we are well rid of them. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a homeless, friendless man to whom life meant little and he determined to seek the Sphinx out and try to solve the riddle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The mechanical spider scuttled between the Sphinx’s paws and disappeared. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As if to prove my point, the Sphinx knocked Tyson aside and tried to charge past me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t want Annabeth getting devoured by a monster, but I figured if the Sphinx was going to ask riddles, Annabeth was the best one of us to try. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Exactly why we changed the test!” the Sphinx exclaimed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When he was small, Tyson had been attacked by a Sphinx in New York. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Now,” said the Sphinx, “next question—” “Wait a second,” Annabeth protested. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I spray painted the whole thing white with the paint I had gotten for the Alabaster Sphinx I was making for the Egyptian Museum project. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The Sphinx smiled so wide her fangs showed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I liked to mow patterns or pictures in the grass and had just finished the outline of something that looked like the Sphinx from the Lost Worlds book when Dad strolled out toward me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Sphinx, inexplicably, but most fortunately, killed herself; the Thebans were saved. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The country around was beset by a frightful monster, the Sphinx, a creature shaped like a winged lion, but with the breast and face of a woman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He tackled the Sphinx midair and they crashed sideways into a pile of bones. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Look, Mr. Traitor,” she growled, “I didn’t fight a dragon woman and a three-bodied man and a psychotic Sphinx to see you. Now where is DAEDALUS?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z From their luxurious accommodations, they could take in fabulous sights as they passed the ancient ruins and famous monuments of Egyptian culture, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There were viewing cards of the Great Sphinx of Egypt, the Fabulous White City of Chicago, the Fascinating Lives of the Esquimaux. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “The Acherontia Aitetropos of the Sphinges—what you call the ‘Death’s-head Moth’?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Crouching like the Sphinx beside him was his daemon, her beautiful spotted coat glossy with power, her tail moving lazily in the snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Holograms from the giant Lego Sphinx and Pyramid exhibit.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I have taken this story entirely from Sophocles’ play of that name except for the riddle of the Sphinx which Sophocles merely alludes to. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make sure you bubble each answer clearly and stay inside the circle,” the Sphinx said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Sphinx bared her claws, which gleamed like stainless steel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Charles, we could go to Egypt and walk around the Sphinx.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He hates it when people threaten Annabeth, but I couldn’t believe he was being so brave, especially since he’d had such a bad experience with a Sphinx before. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Greta Garbo, the elusive Hollywood actress of the 1930s, was so inscrutable she was known as the Swedish Sphinx. ‘I go nowhere, I see no one’: Garbo letters reveal lonely life of film icon 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z With thanks to The Sphinx Organization, Kevin Kennedy From the inaugural year of the competition it became clear that these young artists needed support year-round. Q&A: Aaron P Dworkin 2013-05-10T13:15:12Z Even to the point where its leader can speculate — however hypothetically — about a world in which Sphinx would not be necessary. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Painted in a style known as Red-figure and dating from around 470 B.C., the main design on the cup is of Oedipus listening to the riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes. The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Sphinx hopes to remedy the situation by providing free training and instruments as well as opportunities to perform with the organization’s ensembles. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet Are on a Mission 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It is like knowing the name and address of the man who carved the Sphinx.” Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Lovers of antiques, the pyramids and the Sphinx are for sale in cash. The currency is pounds,” he cries. The Egyptian Satirist Who Inspired a Revolution 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Jessie Montgomery’s “Banner,” which received its New York premiere by Sphinx Virtuosi at Carnegie in 2014, has become almost her signature piece. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Called "McKayla is Not Impressed," the site superimposes the photo in all sorts of scenes - in front of the Sphinx, at the Great Wall of China, at the Royal Wedding. Olympic Viewing: Blunt talk from Lisa Leslie 2012-08-10T11:59:10Z Thus, the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino String Players was born, to later develop into a comprehensive set of programmes under the Sphinx Organization umbrella. Q&A: Aaron P Dworkin 2013-05-10T13:15:12Z “The arena is still devoid of stars of color,” said Afa S. Dworkin, the president of the Sphinx Organization, a nonprofit devoted to diversifying classical music. The Sheku Effect: A Classical Music Star Rises 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The figure of King Khafre, who reigned from 2576-2551 B.C. and built the Great Sphinx and the second largest pyramid at Giza, presides at the entrance: a statue of seemingly glowing calcite alabaster. 'Tutankhamun' in Seattle: artifacts both dazzling and humble 2012-05-25T05:42:18Z Both the orchestra and the Sphinx Virtuosi, a smaller string ensemble, will perform at the festival, which runs from July 11 to 20. ArtsBeat: Sphinx Organization to Join With IMG Artists in Aiding Student Musicians 2014-02-04T16:15:23Z But here in Moreau’s own museum, you might find that you can’t get enough of his many preparatory sketches for “Oedipus and the Sphinx” and countless other drawings. T Magazine: Small Museums 2014-03-20T22:06:31Z An alumna of Sphinx, Ms. Montgomery readily accepted the challenge, writing an urgent, inventive piece titled “Banner” for Sphinx Virtuosi, the group’s ensemble of 18 string players, all prizewinning alumni. Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The Sphinx Virtuosi, a string group, performed at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening as part of its annual tour. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet Are on a Mission 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Also, I loved it when the Sphinx is put in a sack and taken away to be drowned like an unwanted cat. Oedipussy ? review 2012-02-09T17:55:01Z Of course, even before that in 1988, the New York Times reported on it “crumbling” when a 700-pound chunk of the Great Sphinx nearly fell on a German reporter. Notre Dame and 9 other places to see before they disappear 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Sphinx, which turns 25 this year, has come a long way since that first competition. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z At the base of the Sphinx, Trump observed a project of the United States Agency for International Development to protect the Sphinx and several of the country’s other important archaeological sites from rising groundwater. Melania Trump wraps first solo international trip in Egypt with comments on Kavanaugh and Ford 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z “On a practical level, is there enough talent today for that to be true, for Sphinx to become superfluous?” They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The violinist Aaron P. Dworkin, who founded the Sphinx Organization in Detroit to promote diversity in classical music, confirmed that he was considered for the post after Mr. Landesman announced his departure. Vacancies Hamper Agencies for Arts 2013-08-07T20:29:25Z Sphinx offers competitions, conferences, training programs, grants and audition support, alongside advocacy for young soloists and arts administrators, for more diverse rosters and repertory. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The Virtuosi, Sphinx’s premier touring group, is a chamber string orchestra made up of young Black and Latino musicians. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “I’m deconstructing the mythological components that make up the Sphinx,” Erizku said. Beyond Beyoncé Fame, Awol Erizku Expands What Black Art Can Be 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z A single eye, looking out from a malformed face with the inscrutability of the Sphinx suggests that all is not lost — that a glimmer of redemption might lie within. Christian Rex van Minnen's modern tales of male domination, painted like an old master 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z As Afa S. Dworkin, the president of Sphinx, explained in comments to the audience, that phrase spoke both to the organization’s mission and the music played so impressively on this night. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Gillinson praised Mr. Smith’s support of musical groups including the Sphinx Organization, which promotes diversity in classical music, and his underwriting of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition’s visit to the United States. Trustees Elect Carnegie Hall’s First African-American Chairman 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z From the Great Sphinx of Giza to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., its use in monumental sculpture embodies power. The Mosul Museum video from Islamic State could be a staged drama 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z They connected themselves with past rulers and monuments, and they used stories like the one that Thutmose IV told about the dream at the Great Sphinx. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “That’s the Sphinx. It’s one of the most famous monuments in the world.” A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As fragile as the Sphinx's face, as transient as the northern lights, as disconcertingly faecal as Seahenge, this irreplaceable part of our gaseous heritage is literally in danger of being blown out to sea. David Mitchell on new World Heritage sites 2011-03-27T00:05:36Z Similarly, the Sphinx was also long regarded as female — I certainly always believed the eerie monument to be so — but initially it bore the face of the male pharaoh Khafra. ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Deborah Borda, the chief executive of the New York Philharmonic, said: “I’m very positive about Sphinx because they actually do something. Sphinx isn’t theoretical. They provide specific, effective programs.” They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The NOI is right in line with ongoing concerns about diversity; this year, it partnered with the Sphinx Foundation, devoted to promoting diversity in the arts. Desperately seeking relevance, orchestras grapple with existential questions 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Sphinx Virtuosi, which is in the midst of a national tour, is the most prestigious outlet of the organization; and the splendid performances showed why. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z In Lawrence Ellsworth’s excellent, compulsively readable translation, “The Red Sphinx” is just the book to see you through the January doldrums. Newly translated, a sequel to ‘The Three Musketeers’ is as fresh as ever 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “Tracing Visions” was the intriguing title of the program Sphinx Virtuosi, an ensemble of 18 top-notch string players who are Black and Latino, presented at Carnegie Hall on Friday. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z They include a statue of the Sphinx dating back to the 6th century B.C., East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Asked about Mrs. Davis, the music producer Quincy Jones, whose “We Are the World” was partly written at the Davis mansion, started talking about the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Sphinx. Tough Times No Deterrent for This Ball 2010-10-22T22:31:00Z Most pressing, the Sphinx Virtuosi was then about to make its international debut in Brazil, and has also been planning events next year in England, as well as recording projects. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z They include a statue of the Sphinx dating back to the 6th century B.C., East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The Sphinx Organization, a national training program devoted to getting black and Hispanic students involved in classical music performance, announced the winners of its 2014 artist scholarships on Tuesday. ArtsBeat: Sphinx Awards Highlight Promise Among Young Musicians 2013-12-24T18:12:42Z His latest, “Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence,” is not the fully transporting sort of book, as was his “American Sphinx” on Thomas Jefferson. ‘Revolutionary Summer’: America on the edge of change 2013-07-04T00:18:56Z The Giza antiquities, including the Sphinx, attract droves of tourists. Tourists are trickling back to Egypt 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z At 13, Goosby became the youngest winner of the Sphinx Competition’s junior division, then was invited to appear in a Young People’s Concert with the New York Philharmonic. For a Major Debut, a Young Violinist Gets Personal 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z With a burst of new attention to phrases like diversity, equity and inclusion over the past two years, Sphinx’s steady, patient work has come to seem prescient. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z And racial diversity in orchestras, dismal when Sphinx was founded, remains stubbornly low, though there are profound disagreements in the field about how to address the problem. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z When Sphinx started, Dworkin was an undergraduate violin student at the University of Michigan. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Sphinxes, dragons, unicorns, and angels are well represented. Glimpsing a Soon-to-Vanish Surrealist World in Chelsea 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Portrayed over the years as a genius and a hustler, a megalomaniac and a Sphinx, he is looking forward to the chance to control the narrative for a change. Peter Gatien, the ’90s ‘Club King,’ Wants His Final Say 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Black classical music finds its strongest support in nonprofits like the Sphinx Organization and Videmus. Black Composers Discuss the Role of Race 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z At this point, Bob’s Sphinx smile and creamy demeanor scream cypher. Mad Men Watch: Don Draper’s Baby 2013-06-17T14:54:15Z She has been in the public eye ever since her sister began dating Prince William, but has maintained a silence that would impress the Sphinx. A Star Turn for a Lady-in-Waiting 2011-05-06T17:23:51Z Washington Performing Arts and the Fortas concerts will jointly present the Sphinx Virtuosi at the Terrace Theater on Sunday afternoon. Perspective | Surround sound made visible: the new Terrace Theater 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Your best bet: For a particularly memorable visit and colorful photos, see the Sphinx and the pyramids at night during the sound and light show. Notre Dame and 9 other places to see before they disappear 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z One small painting, “The Sphinx and the Milky Way,” became an entirely new work at three times its original size, a rapturously spooky fairy-tale version of van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” Art Review: ?Paintings of Charles Burchfield? at the Whitney 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z And although string players have always had a home at Sphinx, some in the field wish that there were more programs for other types of instrumentalists, too. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It was a potentially uncomfortable moment for Sphinx: Finding a successor to an organization’s founder is always delicate, and in this case the most obvious candidate was the founder’s wife. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He claimed that, as a prince, while hunting on the Giza Plateau, he decided to nap in the shadow of the Great Sphinx. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z It holds more secrets than the Sphinx and can seem more distant than Mars, more unfamiliar than the ocean floor. ‘Vagina Obscura’ Demystifies Female Anatomy 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z After this was done and the prince became king, he had the dream story inscribed on a stele and placed between the Sphinx’s paws. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z While it was built at roughly the same time as the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza, we know far more about those Egyptian sites. What Was Stonehenge For? The Answer Might Be Simpler Than You Thought. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “It’s so much more than our life’s work,” Dworkin, 46, the organization’s president and artistic director, said in an interview in October, the morning after Sphinx’s 25th-anniversary gala concert at Carnegie Hall. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “Oedipus and the Sphinx After Ingres” updates an ancient myth with help from one of Bacon’s favorite artists. ‘Francis Bacon: Late Paintings,’ at Gagosian, Is a Vivid Narrative 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The Clintons - and the Mezvinskys - have been Sphinxes when it comes to wedding details. Chelsea warning: NY town abuzz pre-Clinton wedding 2010-07-28T18:39:00Z The young violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery was offered this commission by the Sphinx Organization, founded in 1996 by Aaron P. Dworkin to promote diversity within classical music by training black and Latino students. Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z At the Sphinx Organization, Mr. Dworkin’s initiatives helped raise the profiles of young minority musicians, encouraged young people from different backgrounds to consider classical music, and brought together black and Latino classical musicians. Sphinx Organization’s Aaron P. Dworkin Will Go to University of Michigan 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z I was standing by the Sphinx when I overheard a man angling his phone toward its ravaged face. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Dworkin was there helping to run a competition for young artists started by the Sphinx Organization, a newly founded group devoted to fostering diversity in classical music. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Sphinx was founded in 1996 by Aaron P. Dworkin, a violinist, and presents an annual concert at Carnegie Hall that includes orchestral and chamber performances by its best players. ArtsBeat: Sphinx Awards Highlight Promise Among Young Musicians 2013-12-24T18:12:42Z She is lusciously embodied by Ms. Varma as an artificial erotic construct, who crosses and uncrosses her legs in beguiling and threatening ways that foreshadow the Sphinx wife of “The Homecoming.” ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: The Empire Crumbles 2013-06-28T17:06:22Z And when our heroes are ejected from the Sphinx’s rear, oh dear. ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’: 3D fun, pawsitive lessons for kids 2014-03-06T20:26:33Z He also included reproductions of the Great Sphinx of Giza and of a painting by Rubens, linking himself to art history. Decoding Robert Rauschenberg 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z “One option would have been to start a kind of Sphinx Conservatory, but the vision was never separate but equal,” Afa Dworkin said. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z As tall as the Sphinx, it consisted of some 7,500 painted and horizontally stacked barrels. It’s Christo’s Final Show. But Is It the Last We’ll See of Him? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z And then there was the time he made the newspaper, by accusing a prominent architect of stealing ideas for a building in downtown Lexington from the Sphinx. A Bike Tour of Eastern Kentucky‘s Back Roads 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z At one point, in a sly reference to the 1862 Petipa ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter, we catch sight of him on a camel, passing the Sphinx. Swan Lake ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:34Z Straight ahead, the Luxor’s Sphinx and the deep-focus length of the glittering strip. Mandalay Bay embodied everything modern Las Vegas wanted to be. Until this week. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The national pageant is July 6 at the Sphinx Club. Miss Teen Alaska 2014 goes for national crown 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z And it continues to work with the Sphinx Organization, three of whose affiliates held one-year positions in the strings this season, and whose Virtuosi ensemble shared the stage last week. A Conductor’s Tumultuous, Invaluable Tenure Ends in Minnesota 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z There have been debates, both within Sphinx and from outside, about the organization’s tactics. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z And its touring string ensemble, the Sphinx Virtuosi, continues to bring necessary diversity to major concert halls. The Week in Arts: ‘Madam Secretary’ Returns; a Master Takes On Macbeth 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The accomplished Sphinx Virtuosi also offered Gabriela Lena Frank’s pungent, folkloric “Coqueteos” and Mark O’Connor’s “Elevations, II,” with its bursts of country fiddling folded into music of plush harmonies and intricate textures. Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z For more than two decades, the Sphinx Organization has advocated for the work of underrepresented musicians of color. The Week in Arts: ‘Madam Secretary’ Returns; a Master Takes On Macbeth 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Vivien Schweitzer put in a good word for the Sphinx Organization, doing its part to make classical music a more diverse place. Classical Music This Week: Impossible Sounds, a Piano Star and Birthdays 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z While engineers recently saved Egypt’s oldest pyramid, it’s hard not to worry about the Great Sphinx of Giza. Notre Dame and 9 other places to see before they disappear 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Fitzsimons reminds us that the comic novelist and parodist Ada Leverson, known as “the Sphinx,” stood out among those few friends who remained steadfast. ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z She favors silk slips as dresses and shops for vintage clothing at Chess and the Sphinx in Bushwick. Women Who Cover Up (Even as the Temperatures Climb) 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Today the Sphinx, the pyramids and temples are bleached white, but they were once vividly colored. Assassin’s Creed Has a New Mission: Working in the Classroom 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s, Shivers gave Zukerman a gift he longed for: a lithograph of “Sphinx: Ilaria” by Fini, now hanging in their bedroom. Glimpsing a Soon-to-Vanish Surrealist World in Chelsea 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z A version of this review appears in print on March 28, 2014, on page C8 of the with the headline: The Nanny as Sphinx, Weaving Enigmatic Magic on the Sly. Movie Review: ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ Explores a Mysterious Photographer 2014-03-27T22:24:33Z I said I was doing a documentary on ancient Egyptian beliefs and needed to film in the actual settings: in front of the Sphinx, at Karnak, along the Nile where you see beautiful ruined temples. How we made: Kenneth Anger on Lucifer Rising 2013-07-22T17:55:00Z Some parents complained that their children had to play on cheap, borrowed instruments, so Sphinx organized higher-quality loans. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z A trapezoidal pyramid of 7,506 painted and horizontally stacked barrels, it’s 66 feet tall — as tall as the Sphinx in Egypt — and weighs roughly 650 tons. Christo’s Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons. And It Floats. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Both the pandemic pause on performances and the broad push for racial justice in 2020 brought Sphinx more attention and resources. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It was built to carry 10,000 pounds, but 250 Egyptian soldiers and a Sphinx proved to be too much in a rehearsal for “Antony and Cleopatra.” Donal Henahan, a Music Critic for The Times, Dies at 91 2012-08-20T18:26:36Z You turned up some incredible Los Angeles sights: the Sphinx Realty building on Fairfax and billboards for bomb shelters on Wilshire. 'Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles': Rick Prelinger's new film of old home movies and studio outtakes 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Sphinx began in 1997 as a “social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts,” an ambitious mission statement more essential at this moment than ever. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The past, then, is like the Sphinx with her ambiguous advice. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The work the Egyptians did to build the Sphinx across the two yardangs was extensive, the 1930s research suggested. Egypt’s Iconic Sphinx May Have Begun as Natural Carving by the Wind 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Known as The Sphinx, the snow patch forms in a sheltered area on Britain's third highest mountain - remote Braeriach in the Cairngorms. UK's long-lasting snow patch melts away for 10th time in 300 years 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z She closed the tour in Egypt by touring the pyramids and the Great Sphinx to highlight U.S.-supported preservation efforts there. Jill Biden makes 6th visit to Africa, her 1st as first lady 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Vermeer earned the nickname “The Sphinx of Delft” because so little was known about him — he left behind no letters or diaries and there are no known portraits of him. Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum hosts blockbuster Vermeer exhibition 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z At first glance, the Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Giza looming in the background come into view. The Ecstatic, Elusive Art of Ming Smith 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Vandals have targeted public monuments since the days of the Sphinx — but El Parque de Mexico seemed immune to vandalism for a long time. Column: Who's stealing the statues of Pancho Villa and other Mexican heroes from an L.A. park? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Some of Dr Watson's research on the Sphinx drew on information handed down by generations of people who worked and visited the Cairngorms, including gamekeepers. UK's long-lasting snow patch melts away for 10th time in 300 years 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The 1993 election was the first after the 20-year tenure of the august Black Mayor Tom Bradley, known as the “Sphinx of Spring Street” for his demeanor and bearing. L.A. hasn't yet elected a woman as mayor. But a few have come close 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The Sphinx, in the Cairngorms, which is historically the longest-lasting patch of snow in the UK, has melted. Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Qualifying for an all-female squad known as “Project Sphinx,” their job has been “to eliminate people who need killing.” Review | The women in ‘Killers of a Certain Age’ are no coastal grandmothers 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z He attained kingship after solving the riddle of the Sphinx. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Even in the archaic Sphinx finial, they disrupt our sense that this is a stylized figure. Review | What if the ancient Greeks and Romans actually had terrible taste? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Eugene Meyer, the future owner of The Washington Post, ordered a marble version of an 1888 model of “The Sphinx,” a woman leaning forward with an upturned head. Review | Rodin never visited America, but he still seduced its art lovers 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Amazingly, the Sphinx continues to hang on for dear life. Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Before they can solve that mystery and save their lives, the superannuated Sphinxes have to deal with the vicious Brad. Review | The women in ‘Killers of a Certain Age’ are no coastal grandmothers 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The setting is not quite Egypt — that’s where you’ll find the biggest sphinx of all, the Great Sphinx of Giza — but the sphinx must have welcomed the desert setting after 20 years in the Mid-Atlantic. Perspective | For years, a golden sphinx statue stood guard over Fort Holabird in Baltimore. Where is it now? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Pharaonic chariots and hundreds of performers featured in a lavish ceremony to mark the opening to the public of the 3,000 year old Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, Egypt. Grand opening for Luxor's 'Avenue of the Sphinxes' 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “The Sphinx” was duly carved and sent to New York. Review | Rodin never visited America, but he still seduced its art lovers 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Some of Dr Watson's research on the Sphinx drew on information handed down by generations of people who worked and visited the Cairngorms. Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Dubbed the Sphinx, the patch on remote Braeriach in the Cairngorms has melted away more frequently in the last 18 years. UK's 'longest-lasting' snow patch melts away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z In 2018, the Military Intelligence Corps Association established the Order of the Sphinx, an award recognizing civilians who have contributed to the great cause of solving riddles and unraveling mysteries. Perspective | For years, a golden sphinx statue stood guard over Fort Holabird in Baltimore. Where is it now? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z He was called “the Sphinx” for his ability to be affable and seemingly open while giving nothing away. George Shultz wasn’t ‘afraid to struggle against the odds’ 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z In the Louvre’s medieval basement, the Great Sphinx of Tanis loomed in the dark like a granite ghost from behind bars. Mona Lisa is alone, but still smiling 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z At the heart of the square, an ancient obelisk mounted on a plinth was guarded by four ram-headed Sphinxes, recently transported from the ancient temple at Karnak, still hidden in their boxes. A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The Sphinx had shrunk to the size of an A4 piece of paper in recent weeks before finally disappearing in mild weather. UK's 'longest-lasting' snow patch melts away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The military developed Operation Sphinx, a plan to drop poison gas on Japanese cities during World War II that was hidden until 1998. Review | A frustrating search for the truth about America’s biological warfare 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z A pigeon perched on the face of the regal, reclining Sphinx, is its solitary guest. How coronavirus has dashed hopes for tourism in Egypt 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The rat-a-tat of a jackhammer echoed from a ceiling above the Sphinx’s head. Mona Lisa is alone, but still smiling 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z It was through the sharpness of his wit that he, an outsider not in the royal line of succession, solved the riddle of the Sphinx and won the throne. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The Sphinx is the name of a climbing route near the snow patch. UK's 'longest-lasting' snow patch melts away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The Sphinx Room was uncovered by accident as the archaeologists continued to restore the palace, which was built after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D. Mysterious underground chamber discovered under palace of Emperor Nero 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z He was interested in hunting wild animals in the valley of gazelles that connected between the Valley of the Sphinx and the Saqqara. Mystery of Tutankhamun’s death ‘solved’ as academic claims infection after leg fracture killed boy king 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z From that moment, our own true self becomes the great Sphinx, whose riddle we try to solve. A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z In 2014 she cemented her place at the art world's top table with a critically acclaimed, racially-charged, sugar-coated Sphinx sculpture in Brooklyn, New York. Kara Walker's fountain installed at Tate's Turbine 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The end of the video shows her forcefully pushing Sphinx away. YouTuber denies being a 'dog abuser' 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Democrats were disappointed the Sphinx didn’t speak boldly; Republicans were delighted. Opinion | So this is why Mueller didn’t want to testify 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas also poked a little fun with the Sphinx. FaceApp Challenge offers hilariously geriatric results 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Jefferson biography “American Sphinx,” noted that Jefferson’s words in the Declaration of Independence have remained central to the nation’s values, evolving with American society’s notion of equality. After Confederate statues, America’s culture war targets Betsy Ross and a founding father 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z From massive pyramids to the Sphinx, the Giza Plateau is an ancient-history lover’s dream. In Giza, ancient Egypt’s pyramids and history are brought into the modern age 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The heirloom that he chose to be buried with was a 1,000-year-old stone bowl inscribed with the name of the pharaoh who had built the Great Sphinx. Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Friday night’s draw was held in front of the iconic Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, which were lit up by laser lights. Salah’s Egypt faces Congo, Uganda & Zimbabwe at African Cup 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z While the famous Great Sphinx of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo is the best known, there are a number of smaller sphinxes at other ancient Egyptian sites. Amazing ram-headed sphinx linked to King Tut’s grandfather discovered in Egypt 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z As part of a multimillion-dollar deal with Druids of the Shore, the studio behind the popular Castles & Sphinxes online game, the AI will have a totally new instance booted up. An AI video game moderator goes rogue in "Machine of Loving Grace" 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Its 3-D models of temples, monuments and tombs let viewers imagine themselves inside astonishing structures, such as the Khafre Pyramid and the Sphinx, an enigmatic colossus whose origins are still up for debate. In Giza, ancient Egypt’s pyramids and history are brought into the modern age 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Thutmose IV himself told a story about falling asleep in the shadow of the Great Sphinx, which at that time was already ancient. Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The cake was in the shape of the Great Sphinx, but its face had been replaced with Mortimer’s. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z That would mark a major change from the current setup, in which tourists visiting the pyramids and the Sphinx are routinely hassled by touts and camel-drivers. After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z That would mark a major change from the current setup, in which tourists visiting the pyramids and the Sphinx are routinely hassled by touts and camel-drivers. After delays, Egypt's new mega-museum set to open in 2020 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z She may tweet like a Sphinx, but she rises regularly like a Phoenix. Review: 'The Cher Show,' a Broadway musical that hardcore fans can 'Believe' in 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z My sister Sphinx does not pursue, she waits at her prey’s final destination. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The outfit she wore to tour the Great Sphinx in Egypt was also criticized for looking too much like a costume. Melania Trump Talks About Being ‘the Most Bullied Person’ in the World 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “I wish people would focus on what I do, not what I wear,” the first lady and former model told reporters while standing in front of Egypt’s Great Sphinx. First ladies step deeply into political moment 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z "I don't always agree with what he says and I tell him that," the first lady told reporters Saturday against the backdrop of the Great Sphinx before she headed back to Washington. First Lady Melania Trump goes her own way on trip to Africa - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The first lady rarely talks to reporters, and she chose a historic site to do so, near the Great Sphinx. Melania Trump praises Kavanaugh, laments attention on her clothes 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Once, long ago, a man who would become a Stoic philosopher called us Sphinx: inscrutable, guardians of knowledge. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “I think he’s highly qualified for the supreme court,” she said while visiting the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx. Melania Trump praises Kavanaugh on Egypt trip but says 'I have my own voice' 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z “I don’t always agree with what he says and I tell him that,” the first lady told reporters Saturday against the backdrop of the Great Sphinx before she headed back to Washington. Melania Trump puts on happier face during Africa tour 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Speaking near the Sphinx, Trump said that the message of her trip has been to show “that we care. And we want to show the world that we care.” Melania Trump, ending Africa tour, says glad Kavanaugh, accuser... 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The three biggest, “Panther,” “Eagle” and “Sphinx,” may be the most beautiful paintings on display in all of Los Angeles. Review: Max Jansons paints impossible blossoms with electrifying energy at There-There gallery - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Only briefly do youngsters RunWild, tasting emotion before committing fully to the Sphinx. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Great Sphinx by the pyramids of Giza is the most famous. Archaeologists find sphinx at Egypt temple 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z She closed her tour in Egypt by touring the pyramids and the Great Sphinx to highlight U.S.-backed preservation efforts there. Melania Trump puts on happier face during Africa tour 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Another favorite was “The Riddle of the Sphinx,” which revealed the James Delos host clone program while also giving the Man in Black a momentary shot at redeeming himself. Here’s what we want from season 3 of Westworld 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z But as last night’s episode, “The Riddle of the Sphinx,” revealed, Delos, Inc. has an answer for that problem, too. Westworld may just give The Man in Black a shot at redemption 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z My sister admires a black and white photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Little wonder that one columnist dubbed her the “Slovenian Sphinx”. Melania Trump steps out of Donald's shadow – after a year and a half 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The League of American Orchestras, the New World Symphony and The Sphinx Organization, a Detroit-based group trying to diversify the arts, said Wednesday they are partnering to create the National Alliance for Audition Support. Groups partner to increase lagging US orchestra diversity 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z In a video of “Reactland” posted by Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai, a woman laces up her crisp white sneakers and leads her avatar through a panda forest and past the Great Sphinx of Giza. Nike wants you — and your avatar — to test out its new bouncy shoe 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In many ways, this season is serving as his origin story, and in “The Riddle of the Sphinx,” the audience gets a first-hand glimpse at the vast change in his character over the years. Westworld may just give The Man in Black a shot at redemption 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “That’s probably true. I remember the Sphinx in shades of grey.” Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Douglass "proved" that ancient Egyptians were African...by looking at the Sphinx? Opinion | Frederick Douglass’s Fight Against Scientific Racism 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z You had me at the"The Slovenian Sphinx." Opinion | Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Baldwin was confident this attempt “to determine the secrets so jealously guarded by the Ice Sphinx of the North” would succeed where others had failed. National Geographic's First Filmed Expedition Was a Disaster 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z "I'm the man, ten toes in the street/I'm the blood on the leaves/I'm the nose on the Sphinx," he raps on "Rain Come Down," "Where I'm from we don't go to police." California Sounds: 30 essential Los Angeles records of 2017 – LA Times 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The Sphinx were always so rigid about gender. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The site at Giza where his pyramid was built also contains two other major pyramids and the Sphinx. There’s a void in the Great Pyramid of Giza, but it may not be so mysterious 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z An aeroplane flies over the pyramids and Sphinx on the Giza Plateau near Cairo. Archaeology: The wonder of the pyramids : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Saturday night’s bout at the Sphinx Club on K Street will be his sixth pro fight; he’s facing a 40-something opponent with a 4-10 record about whom his trainer knew exactly nothing as of Tuesday. Slingin’ drinks and throwin’ punches: A 30-year-old bartender stays in the ring 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Tucker taught visitors about the lions’ mythology and their cultural significance extending back to the Egyptian Sphinx. ‘Lion Lady’ brings awareness of animals to South Dakota 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z There it is, the root of the Sphinx. Contagion in tranquil shades of grey 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Egyptians built the Great Pyramids so that the sun, when viewed from the Sphinx, sets precisely between two of the pyramids on the summer solstice. Everything You Need To Know About The Summer Solstice 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet the nearby Sphinx is not referred to in any hieroglyphic inscription from that period, and its origin and purpose remain unknown. Archaeology: The wonder of the pyramids : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z In the background are two pyramids and the Great Sphinx, keeping itself to itself. Can “Baywatch” Fill the Trunks of the Original? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z "It's like when we went to Egypt, they were redoing the Sphinx. In some ways it spoils the effect of what it should be." Situation vacant: Running Rome's Colosseum - BBC News 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Armed with a piece of writing about Egypt’s Sphinx in short, terse sentences, Mum and I sit to read. They said my book-loving mother would never read again 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z There was LeBron James’s face, broad and as impassive as the Sphinx. Is This Heaven? No, It’s Cleveland 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Life-size replicas of the Parthenon and the Sphinx sit surrounded by wasteland, monuments to profligacy. Along the new Silk Road, a city built on sand is a monument to China’s problems 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Known for his often inscrutable comments and wary, phlegmatic demeanor, Silver gained the nickname “the Sphinx.” Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In footage taken during the making of the garden, she serves lunch to workers in undershirts, who sit at her dining table inside the Sphinx, under a chandelier made of a cow’s skull. The Psychedelic Garden of Tuscany 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Despite some Egyptian archaeologists’ objections, archaeological forgery — like China’s full-size replica of the Great Sphinx — only promotes our antiquities without affecting Egypt’s share of cultural tourism. Egypt’s 'Indiana Jones' Says New Theory on King Tut’s Tomb Is Wrong 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z We all raise our Google Cardboard smartphone holders to our faces and behold the Great Sphinx. Why You Should Try That Crazy Virtual Reality Headset 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Springfield, Va.-based ESB Advertising shot the ad at the Sphinx Club, in the basement of a colorful, temple-like building on K Street Northwest. How a small Alexandria plumbing and heating contractor landed a Super Bowl ad with Mike Tyson 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z This 1925 photo shows the Sphinx of Giza before it was fully excavated. These Pictures Made Photographic History 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z A segment of the Sphinx is decorated with the lacy designs of the women’s marriage quilts, which they brought to the garden’s workshop and pressed against unbaked clay tiles to leave their imprints. The Psychedelic Garden of Tuscany 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z For instance, Egypt profited from the Great Sphinx replica in China, as the number of Chinese tourists in Egypt since increased considerably. Egypt’s 'Indiana Jones' Says New Theory on King Tut’s Tomb Is Wrong 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The area around the Giza pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt is one such site. 5 United Nations Achievements Worth Celebrating on U.N. Day 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Sphinxes greet you regally as you enter from Elizabeth Street. Tumult in a Manhattan Oasis Over an Affordable Housing Plan 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z This 1925 photo shows the Sphinx of Giza before it was fully excavated. These Pictures Made Photographic History 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Her time in the unheated shacks at L’Impasse Ronsin—and, later, in the cold belly of the Sphinx—exacerbated a case of rheumatoid arthritis, which grew so bad that at times she couldn’t walk. The Psychedelic Garden of Tuscany 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z With the Amherst glee club, Speck said, he went on two international concert tours, at one point performing a solo before the Great Sphinx of Giza. Why a millionaire New York socialite gave his 400-member taxidermy collection to a Virginia museum 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z When construction began on an eight-lane highway a mile south of the Sphinx and three great pyramids in 1995, the impending change threatened the architectural site and its ancient structures. 5 United Nations Achievements Worth Celebrating on U.N. Day 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Warhol’s on-off friend Truman Capote called him “a Sphinx without a secret”. 'He loved weightlifting and buying jewels': Andy Warhol's friends reveal all 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z This 1925 photo shows the Sphinx of Giza before it was fully excavated. These Pictures Made Photographic History 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z As the wise sage of the superhero team, the Sphinx spoke in seemingly profound chunks of wisdom, but he’d merely reverse the first half of each maxim to construct the second half. The GOP circus is no laughing matter: One of these clowns could actually win it all 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The Reuters news agency cited a security source as saying the shooting took place about 30 yards from a security checkpoint leading to the Giza plateau, the site of the pyramids and the Sphinx. Gunmen kill two Egyptian police officers in attack near pyramids 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z King James is unguardable, just like the Great Sphinx is unmovable. Cases for and against LeBron James as the NBA’s greatest 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z His previous works include the Thomas Jefferson biography “American Sphinx” and “Founding Brothers,” a million-selling publication that won the Pulitzer in 2001. Prize-winning historian reflects on birth of Constitution 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z His previous works include the Thomas Jefferson biography "American Sphinx" and "Founding Brothers," a million-selling publication that won the Pulitzer in 2001. Prize-winning historian reflects on birth of Constitution 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Dworkin majored in violin performance while studying at Michigan and launched Sphinx with the university’s support. Sphinx Organization leader named performing arts school dean 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Another local boxing talent, undefeated welterweight Mike Reed, who was in the main event at Saturday night’s show at The Sphinx Club, is hoping to be part of the Mayweather-Pacquiao party. LOVERRO: Though locals bristle, megafight has boxing back in headlines 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z There was no full frontal nudity in the women’s counterpart to his now infamous men’s “Sphinx” collection shown in Paris in January. Paris Fashion Week: Move over Kim Kardashian and Jared Leto, this is Rick Owens' show 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Even in Albany, he is one of the most private and least-understood figures, sometimes called “the Sphinx.” Leading New York politician arrested on bribery charges 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Even in Albany, he is one of the most private and least-understood figures, sometimes called "the Sphinx." Leading New York politician arrested on bribery charges 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Davis will receive the Order of the Golden Sphinx award at a gala in New York City on April 13. Clive Davis to be honored with Hasty Pudding award 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Nicknamed “The Sphinx”, Sarofim is the son of a wealthy Egyptian cotton farmer. Forbes 400: The Richest People In Texas, 2014 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z It has 810 linear magnetic brakes, equal to the height of the Great Sphinx reclining on top of the Golden Gate Bridge. Five Questions for the Designer of the World's Tallest Drop Ride 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z When Oedipus solved her riddles, the Sphinx committed suicide in a headlong plunge. Jean Babilée Dies at 90; Ballet’s Acrobatic Star 2014-02-04T04:35:29Z Free climbing the Eiffel Tower and Sphinx sounds fun, but so does running around Japanese rooftops throwing ninja stars at Templars. 'Assassin's Creed 4' Easter Egg Hints At Possible Future Game Locations 2013-11-04T16:05:00Z Idowu Daramola, 48, was talking on his cellphone when he lost control of the Sphinx Transportation bus around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in West New York, New Jersey, the Hudson County Sheriff's Office said. Bus driver in New Jersey crash that killed baby to face charges 2013-07-31T21:38:08Z A 42-year-old factory worker opened fire on co-workers with a Sphinx AT 380 pistol on Wednesday, killing two colleagues and wounding seven others. Death toll from Swiss shooting rises to four 2013-02-28T16:51:46Z Trying to figure these two out is more complicated than solving the riddle of the Sphinx. Seahawks draft prediction: Expect the unexpected 2013-02-06T22:31:11Z The day after the killings, he marched with other Ahly fans to Sphinx Square. Bob Bradley Tries to Help Egyptian Soccer League and Fans 2013-02-03T03:06:41Z Gone are the days when busloads of tourists would pour into his shop near the Pyramids to pick up bottled water and $3 statues of the Sphinx. The Cost of the Uprisings in the Middle East 2013-01-29T05:00:00Z This isn’t to say that you have to sit there, still as the Sphinx, taking it all in and saying nothing. You Talk Too Much 2013-01-16T15:01:48Z Mr. Mitterrand, who was known as the Sphinx, began his double life long before he was elected president, but the existence of his second family was revealed only near the end of his political career. The Saturday Profile: Mazarine Pingeot, Mitterrand Daughter, Looks Back 2012-12-01T01:00:42Z Meanwhile in Egypt, a jihadi who was jailed by Hosni Mubarak, called for the Sphinx and pyramids at Giza to be razed. World on a Page 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z Silver, a 69-year-old lawyer from Manhattan, is one of Albany’s most powerful, little-understood and private of figures, called “the Sphinx” by some for his ability to prevail in budgets and policy. NY’s latest sex scandal dogged by sordid past 2012-09-27T13:02:00Z Landmarks such as the Sphinx appear in the background, reinforcing the setting and the relevance to its readers. Comic book styles from around the world 2012-08-06T16:37:31Z Maybe a mysterious monument to the Olympics, a la the Sphinx to ancient Egypt? Orbit looms large over Olympics _ but what is it? 2012-07-24T16:58:08Z Precisely how the Jets intend to use Tebow remains a riddle on par with the Sphinx, but soon they are expected to install their Wildcat package, that bundle of plays intended to maximize his versatility. Tim Tebow Is Less Smooth Than Mark Sanchez in Jets Practice 2012-05-25T02:50:14Z “What was the father of the Sphinx?” he asked, rather ungraciously. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z It seems absurd to say that the Sphinx is disappointing, but so many who have seen it say so that I feel I am one of many, and not individually lacking in reverence or imagination. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z An elegant insect; so closely allied to Sphinx Tantalus, Lin. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z While the sheik was seeking for his retainers, we strolled away to the Sphinx, which looked more strange and weird than ever in the moonlight. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Gray was its Œdipus, though unlike the ancient Theban myth there was no need that either the Sphinx of the Oregon coast or its discoverer perish. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z What, for example, can be less like truth than that solemn donkey of a Scotch duke in M. Octave Feuillet's play of "The Sphinx?" Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z I have seen photographs of the Sphinx, taken while I was in Cairo, much more impressive than the Sphinx itself. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z He belongs to the race of William Tell, of the Wandering Jew, the Flying Dutchman, the Sphinx to whom he is so often compared, the mermaid, the sea-serpent, Byron's Corsair, and Thaddeus of Warsaw. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z But the Pyramids speak not; and the Sphinx still looks towards the East, to watch for the rising sun, but is voiceless and mute. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Then, if any hesitated to give the required answer, or failed to give it correctly, they were mercilessly devoured by the terrible Sphinx, which no one dared attack or could drive away. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z It seems to me that the impression created by the Parthenon as a building is akin to that created by the Sphinx as a statue. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z But this same Sphinx by moonlight impressed me more than did anything I saw in the East. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z But she was not the less a riddle to him and a perplexity--a Sphinx, at once alluring and terrifying. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The faces are Egyptian—immobile like the Sphinx, with no expression of eagerness or desire, but only of calm and eternal repose. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Mounted upon this incomparable steed, Bellerophon now went in search of the winged monster Chimæra, who had given birth to the Nemean lion and to the riddle-loving Sphinx. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Sphinx says you must read her riddle. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z A pale-faced ball-room belle is a modern Sphinx—a gastronomic problem, whose solution will probably never be satisfactorily expounded. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z The Temptation of St. Antony," which thus taunted the Sphinx: "I am light and joyous! Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z When we started, it snowed fast but without wind, and we steered by compass for the Sphinx. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Surprise has often been expressed that Herodotos should make no mention of the Sphinx, which to Arabs and modern Europeans alike has appeared one of most noteworthy monuments of Gizeh. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z At one such meeting the President dragged him forth from silence by turning to him and asking him, "What has the Sphinx here got to say on the subject." Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z She sometimes prattles like a child, then suddenly, and without warning, she speaks like a philosopher—like one who had guessed the riddle of the Sphinx. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z According to the inscription, Chufu had erected a temple to Isis by the side of the temple of the Sphinx, and therefore the latter temple must have been already in existence. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z In the upper left-hand corner is the Sphinx, and near the bottom the Temple of Jupiter Ammon, represented by a singular horse-shoe shaped figure. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The pyramids had been built hundreds of years before, and the origin of the Sphinx was already a mystery. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The "Snow Fair Lady" arrived shortly after the Sphinx, and was dispatched to Annapolis to afford Mr. Mascarine the means of transporting his council and part of his garrison to Chebucto. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z "Iran is not softening its stance," said Meir Javedanfar, Iran analyst and co-author of "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran." Analysis: Iran's softer Gulf words don't mean nuclear shift 2012-01-22T19:31:09Z And as a fact the ruins still found beside the great Sphinx give evidence of very ancient workmanship. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z By skill and care, he sometimes reared in his house some of the rarer English insects, among them, the Sphinx atropos, Sphinx uphorbi�, and others. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He must have borne Five Wounds on the Cross, and he must have answered the riddle of the Sphinx. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z "Explain yourself, O Sphinx," I answered, much relieved by her words. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The one thing which really impressed me was the Sphinx, though I regret to say that my husband and son entirely declined to share my feelings. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Of the seven statues of Chafra, discovered in the temple of the Sphinx, one, chiselled out of hard green and yellow basalt, has been preserved uninjured. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Opposite the door, there's a picture of the desert by moonlight, and the Sphinx. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The great Sphinx, supposed to be one of the oldest as well as most wonderful of these Egyptian monuments, is a Nubian Black.* Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Their "Sphinx" paste, which gives excellent satisfaction, can be bought in six one-gallon can lots at 75 cents a gallon, f. o. b., and in larger quantities at slightly reduced rates. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z We held back the Pyramids and the Sphinx so as to make our visit to them the cap sheaf of the stay in Cairo. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z This is a secret neat as that of the Sphinx: to "go softly" among events, yet domineer them. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z But as I looked into the room this time—I didn't mean to look or spy—the picture of the Sphinx wasn't there. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Roos declared himself strong for that “Sphinx stuff,” and had his camera set up in the bow ready for a close-up of every change of expression. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Then we have three short stories—"The Sphinx without a Secret," "The Canterville Ghost," "The Model Millionaire," which complete the list of Wilde's fiction in the limited sense of the word. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z As a matter of fact, the Great Pyramid at Ghizeh, its two smaller companions and the Sphinx are on a rocky plateau five miles to the west of the city. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z “Now, Miss Sphinx,” she said, “do you think you could come down from the clouds for five minutes and discuss anything so distressingly earthy as clothes?” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z His face at once assumed the expression of the Sphinx. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z “Which would you rather be, a Sphinx or a chatterbox?” inquired Marian. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z In striking contrast to the artificiality and decadent character of "The Sphinx" stands the author's imperishable "Ballad of Reading Gaol." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Just as I am about to conclude this treatise it occurs to me that, although I have given a wealth of useful information regarding the Pyramids, I have rather overlooked our old friend the Sphinx. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z We are struggling more and more to get at the philosophy of life—trying more and more to answer the questions of the eternal Sphinx. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z His face was impassive and inscrutable as the “Sphinx.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Then she thought: “It must be she, the Sphinx....” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z But, on the other hand, as an example of the precious and artificial in literature, a further poem of Wilde's written at this period, "The Sphinx," reveals another phase of his extraordinarily versatile genius. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Among the more familiar species of the baboon are the Chackma, the Drill, the Mandrill, the Anubis, the Babouin, and the Sphinx, all of which belong to the West of Africa. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The woman who was with my aunt was a tall, loosely-built person, with iron-grey hair, a square determined jaw, and eyes which looked as if they could have stared the Sphinx right out of countenance. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z In these facts we find the true explanation of the sand drifts, which have half buried the Sphinx and so many other ancient monuments in that part of Egypt. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z I will go to sleep, here, between the feet of the Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The same may be said of "The Sphinx without a Secret," and "The Canterville Ghost," whereas the "Model Millionaire" is simply a pretty story wittily told. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z And it was by the Sphinx that I saw The Man. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Agrippa cried jovially, "hast thou failed to overthrow the tribute-demanding Sphinx or the Dragon?" Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The sonnet we select from these, to represent Mrs. McClurg, is "The Questioner of the Sphinx". Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z In the rosy light, gigantic, towered the gloomy Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z In ancient Egypt, sphinxes might be numbered by thousands, but the gigantic figure known by pre-eminence as “The Sphinx,” stands on the edge of the rocky platform on which are built the pyramids of Ghizeh. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z I and my sword ... we own it all ... we and the Sphinx ... we own it all.... Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z There is an inscription proving that the Sphinx existed before the time of Cheops; and that even then, the people were rich and civilized. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z My idea in the Sphinx was the hopelessness of man before the cold immutable laws of nature. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z And he came nearer and nearer, following the briny track, till he stood before the Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The great Sphinx at the pyramids of Ghizeh is also dedicated to Haremakhu, and this may account for the fact that the gigantic figure faces the east, the region of the rising sun. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Standing on the snowy ridge of the Finsteraarjoch I saw the pink of the dawn still flushing the summits of the Southern Alps, and in the desert I came upon the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z "Away, away, into the shadow-land, Where Myth and Mystery walk hand in hand; Where Legend cons her half-forgotten lore, And Sphinx and Gorgon throng the silent shore." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z He knows the secrets of the Sphinx, and of the monstrous idols; he is familiar with the burning deserts of Africa, and the horrors of hyperborean countries. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The Sphinx was so great and Psyche so little, that at first he did not see her. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z This being so, “The Sphinx” is not only the most colossal, but at the same time the oldest known idol of the human race. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z The Sphinx vanished in the swirling folds of the storm, the figure of the Man faded into the general gloom, and I was left alone in the midst of nothingness.... Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Sphinx on the right has her hair bound with a narrow taenia. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Human hands had only reshapen it more plainly for human eyes ... into the Sphinx. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z And still much more, O Psyche, I ask the Sphinx, that I will not tell you now, because....” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Without the explanation of reincarnation, the riddle of Edgar Saltus would rival that of the Sphinx. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The Thebans often met to try their skill, and when they had failed, the Sphinx carried off and devoured one of their number. 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 arm of the chair terminates in a ram's head, and is supported by a seated Sphinx. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The Sphinx loomed before him in the night. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z She knew that the horizons were pure delusions, and that behind them was the desert with the Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z As far as the eye could reach there was nothing but brown country—the great Northern plains stretched into infinity and looked upon this evanescent emotion much as the Sphinx surveys the shifting desert sands. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z An answer was given that no remedy could be found until some one should solve the riddle that the Sphinx had proposed, and which she had learned from the Muses. 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 helmet of the Goddess was adorned, according to Pausanias, with a Sphinx and Gryphons. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z And Caleb had fetched the Jewish hermit from the cave in which he lived, opposite the Sphinx. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The Sphinx looked with stony eyes at the clouds of sand and raining ash. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The diamond which is known as "the Sanci," or, as it is sometimes written, "Sancy," has been not inaptly termed a Sphinx among stones. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Why is the story of the Sphinx interesting? 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 arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The Sphinx makes subtle dumb motions, as it were, when closely regarded. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Ask the Sphinx for wisdom; ask me for flight.” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z If the Sanci be the Sphinx of diamonds the Great Mogul may not inaptly be called the Meteor among them. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Here he slew his father La´ius in an accidental encounter, and, after his victory over the Sphinx, which we have already mentioned, he fulfilled the other predictions of the oracle. 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 arms of the throne are supported by Sphinxes. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Such a poem as Emerson's "Sphinx," groaning with its weight of mystical meaning, Whittier never wrote, nor could write. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z If you do not speak to me, Sphinx, then I will drown you, gigantic as you are, in my tears. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z "I should as soon have thought of the Pyramids walking over to the Sphinx, and marrying her." Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Upon hearing this answer, the Sphinx dashed her head against a rock, and expired. 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 arm of the chair is supported by a figure of 340 a Sphinx. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Moreover, as is the case with all great leaders of men, he was as reticent as the Sphinx. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The Sphinx, with stony eyes, looked away into the night of diamond stars. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z “The Sphinx is a chatterbox compared to you.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z American Sphinx.—Description.—Conjectures of its origin and design.—Curiously ornamented head.—Its peculiar features.—Exploring the ruins a difficult work.—Annoyances.—Deserted by the Indians.—A delicate situation.—A fortunate escape. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z On each side of a doorway is a seated Sphinx, and above the lintel are two lions.—Xanthos. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z There is an unbridged interval between the builders of the mysterious temple hard by the Sphinx and their predecessors, the chippers of palaeolithic flint axes in the river drift. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z She lay down between the feet of the Sphinx, against the breast of the Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Conqueror after conqueror has come and gone again; and the Sphinx has kept its inscrutable smile. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z “While now,” added Ruth, chuckling, “he is as silent as the Sphinx.” Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Sphinx on the left wears a cap enclosing most of the hair, a pendant earring, and a narrow taenia. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z That is the riddle of the mythological Sphinx. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z And she was so little and the Sphinx so great, that she was like a butterfly sitting near a tower. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Still the Sphinx looks down, immovable and implacable; and the Greeks in turn take the valley of the Nile for their own. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Riddle of the Sphinx: Œdipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx, a terrible monster which devoured all those who attempted its solution and failed. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Sphinx on the right of the doorway has her hair confined by a broad band, and has a pendant earring. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The upper part of the body is in the attitude of a Sphinx, leaning upon its elbows and fore-arms. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z The Sphinx, with staring eyes and closed mouth, looked out high into the night. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z It was invented by Colonel Stodare, originator of the famous "Sphinx" trick. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Thebes: the Sphinx resorted to the neighbourhood of this city. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z On each side of a doorway is a seated Sphinx. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z On either side broad window openings reveal the Egyptian night, and one frames the moonlit Sphinx and Pyramids. The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z The tears fell on the feet of the Sphinx, and Psyche wept, in her slumbering position. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Under different circumstances its valley might have been the cradle of another civilisation, and another Sphinx, of Hottentot or Bantu physiognomy, might have stood, gazing through forgotten centuries, across the waste of Bushmanland. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Passing by at a distance, he ventured to cast mournful glance at the island of slumber, where Roquairol's grave-hill, like a burnt-out volcano, was to be seen near the white Sphinx. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Sphinx on the left wears a stephan�; a tress of hair falls on the shoulder. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Were the first words I read not, In ten years The miracle shall come— Revealed to you within the land of the Sphinx? The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z He approached between the feet of the Sphinx till he stood right before her. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Farther on, the insatiable Siren exhausting expiring Glaucos; the god Pan standing upright and possessing an hamadryad with flying hair; the Sphinx raising her croup to the level of the horse Pegasos. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Its eastern side showed an open, free foreground, on which the performance was to take place, with a white Sphinx on an empty tomb farther in among the green. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The box was placed upon a table and when opened there was revealed a Sphinxian head, but why it was called a Sphinx is clothed in mystery because upon some occasions it talked. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Is not that face the Sphinx, Whose timeless and intemperable meaning No man has read in desert, star, or sea, But which must be the secret I unsphere? The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z “But first tell me: why are you here and sleeping by the Sphinx?” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z On some sketches I made for this he writes: "Cleave to the Sphinx and Eagle, they are delightful—I don't like the duck-women." The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Who chiseled the Sphinx in the East, With head and the breasts of a woman, And body and claws of a beast. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z She was merely "getting her hand in" when she said to Abinger, looking dreamily at Poppy the while: "Did you ever hear of a Sphinx without a secret?" Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The English have a party paper called the Sphinx, which, however, I fancy has little influence in the formation of public opinion. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Every day I leave my garden of the Present, to ask the awful Sphinx for the solution of my problem.” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z And yet Astral stood in the doorway, as motionless as a stone statue, silent as the Sphinx. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z It befell in times past that the gods, being angry with the inhabitants of Thebes, sent into their land a very noisome beast which men called the Sphinx. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z There is some doubt as to the date of composition of The Sphinx. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z The Sphinx is here hewn out of the solid rock, but pieces of stone have been added when necessary. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Every morning, Psyche, I come to ask the Sphinx how long I must still suffer, and why I must suffer. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The statue was cut from basalt, and the point of chief interest in it is the head-dress, which resembles the calantica, or veil of Isis, the Sphinxes, and other Egyptian statues. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Difficulties disappear; the riddle of the Sphinx is no longer obscure. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z "The stolid British intellect lies in the desert sands like the Sphinx in Flaubert's marvellous tale, and fantasy, La Chimère, dances round it and calls to it with her false flute-toned voice." Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z At first I was disappointed in the Sphinx, but, like Niagara, the more you look, the more you admire. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z “Psyche,” said he, gently, “will the Sphinx give me an answer to my question this morning?” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z In front of that ancient English manor-house, she seems grotesquely out of place—as much as a costermonger, driving his moke-drawn cart among the Pyramids, or smoking a "Pickwick" by the side of the Sphinx. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z During it, he sat as silent and still as the Sphinx. On Soccer: Statue Overshadows Mohamed al-Fayed?s Love for Fulham 2011-04-05T16:49:32Z The Ballad of Reading Gaol is not more powerfully suggestive than The Sphinx, but what it says, its translatable element, is more important to its effect than the catalogue of the Sphinx's lovers. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Sir Stafford adds that he admired the Sphinx, which is, in some respects, more interesting than the Pyramids themselves. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Now I am, Eros, a woman, a woman, who has wept and suffered, and asked of the silent Sphinx.... Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z And if our policemen caught the Sphinx Propounding "Missing Words," one thinks Our British justice could not fail To send her speedily to gaol! Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z In the morning Severn and I took a turn round the Museum—There is a Sphinx there of a giant size, and most voluptuous Egyptian expression, I had not seen it before. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z So do some of the finest rituals; and The Sphinx is among the rare incantations in our language. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Another inscription recently discovered shows that the Sphinx existed in the time of Cheops. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Had he not followed the track of her tears? had he not found her in the arms of the Sphinx?” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z For, as Mr. Emerson sings in his Sphinx song,— "The babe by its mother Lies bathed in joy, Glide its hours uncounted." Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z But a clean plate does not mean a clean slate, and the President brought one home filled with the riddle of the Sphinx. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z In these circumstances, in the Hôtel Voltaire, he finished The Duchess of Padua, and possibly either wrote or re-wrote The Sphinx. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Alas for him, I was deaf to all his flattery, and plunged on in the burning sand till I stood in the presence of the world-renowned Sphinx. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z The maddened horses reared, snorting, foaming, panting, trampling, pulling, and dashed against the Sphinx. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Your friend had better hope for the love of the Sphinx, or fix his heart upon the statue of Diana, as think of that girl.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "The Sphinx" did not prove popular, owing largely to Miss Bain's inadequacy. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z It is likely that in 1883, while in Paris, he began The Sphinx, upon which he worked at various periods before its publication in 1894. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z “Is the Sphinx singing?” inquired the astonished prince. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The Sphinx of our opportunity calls for the uttermost powers of heart and brain to read its riddle—the new, astonishing riddle of excessive power. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Such were the famous riddle of the Sphinx and the riddling answers of the ancient oracles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He drummed his fingers on the top of the piano and urged his views with a fervour that might have moved the Sphinx. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z We have observed in The Sphinx the decorative character of Wilde's work. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Then I—then I—” Suddenly he took the arm of the priest and turned toward the Sphinx. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The army continues to surround the site of the pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza. Looted treasure 2011-02-13T16:36:00Z Even after the Bush administration’s brief push to democratize the Arab world, Egypt’s seemingly eternal president looked as solid as the Sphinx. The Tragedy of Hosni Mubarak 2011-02-13T15:00:00Z Close by is the Sphinx, but we cannot discern it at this distance. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z As there was no particular reason why he should remain awake, he had consented to do so; and, with his back against one of the buttresses, he reposed, silent as the Sphinx. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z “Here is the Sphinx,” said the irritated prince, “purely priests’ work! The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z In front of that ancient English manor-house, she seems grotesquely out of place—as much as a costermonger driving his moke-drawn cart among the Pyramids, or smoking a “Pickwick” by the side of the Sphinx. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z In the street in front of the terrace the hawkers displayed their wares—panpipes, fly-whisks, images of the Sphinx, picture post-cards, matches. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z The wonderful Sphinx of Egypt is supposed to have been planned by the monarch Khafra. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Sure there's a Pizza Hut only a few hundred yards from the paws of the Sphinx. Prague as theme park. Plus: Cairo! 2011-02-03T01:30:00Z What would she with him, this compatriot of the Sphinx, with her fathomless black eyes and enigmatical smile? Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z When the Cecropias rest, they spread their wings out flat, and do not slide the front pair over the others as their cousins, the Sphinxes, do. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z After smoking the hasheesh he had heard the Sphinx talking. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z His face always wore that calm, imperturbable expression denoting a well-balanced mind and a thorough self-control, while the immobile countenance and close-set lips showed that he was naturally as inscrutable as the Sphinx. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z It was as inscrutable as that of the Sphinx, which she knew only from photographs. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z And the Sphinx drank brandy, screamed out with her throat full, and wriggled like a demon. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z But his face might have been the face of a graven image,—say a Sphinx from the sands of North Africa. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The government also generously granted two ships of war, the Sphinx and the Terrible, to attend the Great Eastern. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z "Tall bony woman—face like the Sphinx—and big black pearls, suggesting the prize product of a poultry farm." The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Much of the anger lately has swirled around the Avenue of the Sphinxes, where the mass displacement is currently focused. Egypt's Plans for Luxor: Vegas on the Nile? 2010-10-21T09:20:00Z The Sphinx, whose teeth chattered as if she had the ague, wanted a shawl. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z No one told Carr that Smith’s benching was just a page from the Riddle of the Sphinx Management Workbook, so Carr walked into the Niners huddle, only to find that Smith was already there. The Fifth Down: N.F.L. Matchups 2010-10-15T14:18:00Z She is also co-founder of Recessionwire.com and author of " Reading the Sphinx ," named a "notable scholarly book for 2008" by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren in her own words 2010-09-15T22:40:00Z We should leave the last word to Hamilton: The Sphinx said; I wanted no hurt I wanted no pain ever again I wondered if that was all that was ever meant And ever happened. Our Towns: New Book of Alfred Starr Hamilton?s Weird Letters 2010-08-23T05:30:00Z And then there is the question of the spectacular Avenue of the Sphinxes. Egypt's Plans for Luxor: Vegas on the Nile? 2010-10-21T09:20:00Z The shirt seemed to be modelled on those eye tricks that, if held at a certain angle, suddenly reveal a picture of the Sphinx. Nic Coward losing conviction in BHA's battle against the bookies 2010-08-09T23:05:00Z A few Sphinges and a number of the Bombyces are still on the wing. Butterflies and Moths (British) His face was as grave as that of the Sphinx, and held more than a touch of the same somber sadness. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Then at last, during a period of visitation, the Sphinx saw them escape, taking what they could lay their hands on, straggling away, with their families and their flocks, toward the Red Sea. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The temple of the Sphinx, attributed to Cephren, is T-shaped in plan, with two rows of square piers down the vertical and one row down the cross portion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" But among these South Sea Islands are prehistoric ruins and monuments which are believed to antedate the Sphinx. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Our first example of the Sphinges is the beautiful Death's-Head Hawk Moth—an insect that often attains a breadth of five inches from tip to tip when the wings are fully expanded. Butterflies and Moths (British) The Sphinx, standing in its grim loneliness ten miles from Cairo, is still older, while in the South Sea Islands there are prehistoric ruins which are believed to antedate the Sphinx. The Story of Malta The Sphinx heard nothing more of that tribe for about three thousand years. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise If you look long enough at the Sphinx itself, in the end it will yield some semblance of an answering look. Witching Hill Mr. Flipp's face was as expressionless as that of the Sphinx. The Man Who Rose Again The Sphinges now reach their maximum, as do also the Bombyces; and the other groups are almost if not quite up to their highest total. Butterflies and Moths (British) "The Sphinx isn't likely to offer to unravel the mystery." The School by the Sea I built Karnak; I built Luxor; I built Abou-Simbel; I built Abydos; I built the Pyramids; I built the Sphinx; I invented the sacred bulls; I was all there was to religion, in Egypt. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise We had planned a three-day trip to the Sphinx and Pyramids. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath In the same weird light I have stood before the Sphinx and asked the reason and origin of its existence, but only profound silence has answered me. Glories of Spain He had made his effort, and would, as he had promised Duska, vex his Sphinx with no more questioning. The Key to Yesterday The renewal of my acquaintance with this fair Sphinx is only two days old, and I fear it will not long survive the third. The Children of the World Yes, undoubtedly we had caught the Sphinx smiling—not outwardly, at least not openly, but quietly, quizzically—smiling inside as one might say. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Know, then, that what thou sawest in the vision before the Sphinx and in the Temple of Ammon was the truth, and not a dream, as I desired thee to believe. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The next instant he had passed beyond the sentry and was holding forth in tones hard as the Pyramids, cold as the Sphinx. Glories of Spain But really the mad absurdities Mr. Owens indulged in that night might have made the very Sphinx smile stonily. Life on the Stage A statue, I tell you, a marble Sphinx would have been more moved by my engaging manners. The Children of the World I remembered that the Sphinx had been there a long time; nobody knows how long, but a very long time indeed. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise "But I walked out of the Pyramid unassisted, and accompanied you across the sands to the Sphinx, where you gave me something to drink and made me see a vision." Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance But she did not as yet reveal the secret of the Sphinx. The Broken Gate A Novel Thus the Sphinx’s riddle—the secret of health—is discovered. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Since, your outward man has rallied, And your eye and voice grown bold; Yet the Sphinx of Life stands pallid, With her saddest secret told. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Some details of this inspired chronology were wholly new to the Sphinx. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The outline of the Sphinx and the black bulk of the Great Pyramid beyond were merged in the general darkness. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Solemn, impenetrable, amidst the upheavals and decay of dynasties and people, the Sphinx sits patiently gazing into futurity. Lafcadio Hearn To the left was a butte that was like a side view of the Sphinx, an immense pyramid rising beside it. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway It was certainly a problem worthy of the Sphinx. By Right of Conquest A Novel The Sphinx had been there and seen all that had happened, but she had somehow missed those things. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The Sphinx is staring at you, and yet through and beyond, as though her eyes rested on some inaccessible horizon. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Everybody meets the Sphinx in life;—so I can speak from authority. Lafcadio Hearn Through a long road, lined at intervals, were the remains of the Sphinx, of which we have so often read. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 She was to all appearance as unchangeable as the pyramids, and as mysterious as the Sphinx. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction It was during our first stop in Cairo, and we had been there a day or two before we made our official visit to the Pyramids and Sphinx. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise "It is the face of that Sphinx that I want," he continued. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel |
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