| 单词 | spikenard |
| 例句 | These include pomegranates, wine, myrrh, spikenard and cinnamon. Biblical birth control: The surprisingly contraception-friendly Old Testament 2014-01-05T19:00:00Z In the garden grow "an orchard of pomegranates . . . spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense". Ten of the best: walled gardens 2011-01-29T00:06:17Z "What art thou?" was his quick demand; "Art thou some gem from Samarcand, Or spikenard in this rude disguise, Or other costly merchandise?" The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The ancients also perfumed their hair, especially on festivals, with various ointments, composed of the spikenard and different balsams. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In moist, cool ravines, where the sun only slants athwart the branches and a certain dankness always lingers, the Californian spikenard scents the air with its peculiar odor. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Sage, and wormwood, sion, hyssop, borage, spikenard, dog's-tongue, our Lady's mantle, feverfew, and Faith, and all in small quantities except the last. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z I thought of the Magdalen's box of spikenard, whose odor, when the box was broken, filled the house. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z I saw the priest leaning over me, with a clouded phial in his hand, and I experienced a vague sensation of smelling myrrh and spikenard. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Women shall claim him for a friend, Hail him as brother, gladly spend The price of spikenard for his head, Weep at his tomb when he is dead. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z The agate basin exhales the perfumes of spikenard and ambergris. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z And there were fifteen of these golden dishes, full of equal quantities of cinnamon and spikenard. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “A ball of nard,” an unguent of spikenard, odorous and highly aromatic and restorative. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Her love was like spikenard, perfuming the house. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Her whole spirit is then so “borne down by gladness,” that “She bows, she bathes the Saviour’s feet With costly spikenard and with tears.” A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z "I'll bathe myself with incense, spikenard and myrrh, With genuflexions, delicate viandes and wine, To see, in jest, if from a heart, that loves me dear, I cannot filch away the hommages divine." The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z It is also the botanical name of the Lavandula spica, or spikenard, from which a white, aromatic and highly inflammable oil is distilled, called huile d’aspic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Yea, everywhere, in every righteous strife, I find her spirit's fragrant influence rife, Like Mary's precious spikenard sweetening Life. The Coast of Bohemia I do not know why Inula conyza is called ploughman’s spikenard, but it is a picturesque name. Springtime and Other Essays Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians "One Mary bathes the blessed feet With ointment from her eyes, With spikenard one, and both are sweet, For both are sacrifice." The Bible Story The hero would pour spikenard on the head of his beloved—that would be victorious. Religious Perplexities While the King sitteth at his divan, my spikenard perfumes me and to me my beloved is a bouquet of myrrh, unto me he is as a cluster of cypress in the vines of Engedi. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The old servant had lighted the lamp, filled with costly oil of spikenard, as he had been accustomed to do in times of peace. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 All I can say is, that, if this root was the spikenard of the Roman ladies, their lovers must have had a very different taste from the youth of modern Europe. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. The Bible Story But all things may be elevated by affection, as the spikenard of Mary, and in the Song of Solomon, the myrrh upon the handles of the lock, and that of Isaac concerning his son. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) She brought her box of alabaster; The precious spikenard filled the room With honor worthy of the Master, A costly, rare, and rich perfume. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul He was seen that day sitting at the head of his table, and his spikenard sending forth a pleasant smell. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies With her all, she knelt at His feet, and kneeling there she broke her box of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and poured it out. The Girls of St. Olave's Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. The Bible Story Take horehound herb, elecampane root, spikenard root, ginseng root, black cohosh, and skunk cabbage root, of each a good-sized handful. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Borne down by gladness so complete, She bows, she bathes the Saviour's feet With costly spikenard and with tears. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Wild spikenard, with its crown of tiny white flowers, also reproduced beautifully in the blue-print. Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon Perfumed with spikenard, cinnamon, and myrrh, with transparent robes and high-heeled shoes, women of intrepid heart went forth to slay the captains. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Daughters of lamentation round the Cross Where Beauty suffers garlanded with thorn, Remembrancers through all the Night of Loss, We bear the spikenard of the Easter Morn. The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence Thither, in the dawn of recorded history, had gone the Phoenician galleys, full of hook-nosed men in purple and brass, their beards scented with spikenard. Sacrifice At last she caught the thing up and kissed it burningly, then pressed it against her heart as if it possessed some quality of spikenard to ease the pain she still felt aching there. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa In verses 12-14 the bride responds:— While the King sat at His table My spikenard sent forth its fragrance. Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon There were many inferior imitations of the real spikenard, or nard; and we are left without a doubt that Mary's precious gift was of the best. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern "Against the day of My burying hath she kept this!" so had Jesus spoken when Mary anointed His feet with the very precious spikenard. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Lustrous silks came from far-away Serica; cloth of gold from Persian looms; glassware, fragile as tinted bubbles, from the great works near Lucrinum; spices and perfumes from Arabia, aloe, myrrh, and spikenard. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain It belongs to the same family as spikenard and ginseng. The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island "I have been trotting around doing pious errands so long that I 've lost all my sulphur-and-brimstone flavor, and now I smell like spikenard and myrrh." The Holy Cross and Other Tales The splendid phantom of thy rude goddess Floats on thy seas like breath of spikenard, Charging men's souls with love and lusciousness. Silverpoints Some say this is the spikenard, and the same with the Syrian malobathrum. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus From the indictment it would appear the devil instructed him how to prepare an ointment from the oil of spikenard and heart's grease, to cure diseases. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Here also grew camphor, with spikenard, and saffron, calamus, and cinnamon, with all its trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, with all chief spices. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools "Beshrew me," quoth the Friar Gonsol, "if the odour in my nostrils be spikenard and not the fumes of the bottomless pit!" The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Who ever saw for the first time the huge clusters of fruit hanging from the wild spikenard on the face of the cliff and did not thrill with the charm of a great discovery? Some Summer Days in Iowa The dim chambers are fragrant with precious things, for through the winding passages Memory has strewn rue and lavender, love and longing; sweet spikenard and instinctive belief. The Spinster Book The slave-girls, too, censed her all around with stupefying perfumes, bathed her in warm baths fragrant with ambergris and spikenard, and gave her fiery potions to drink. Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul Out of the dewy soil welled up the fresh clean breath of magic spikenard, very precious. Berry And Co. Matthew says she had "an alabaster cruse of precious ointment," which Mark explains was "spikenard very costly." A Life of St. John for the Young Then on the bottom of the nest he laid, bit by bit, a pile of sweet-smelling gums, cinnamon and spice, spikenard, myrrh, camphor, ambergris, and frankincense, with no meaner choice. The Curious Book of Birds Oil of spikenard, so highly prized, on account of its perfume, by the ancients, may be procured in Sagur, Nepaul, and the mountains of the Himalaya. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Some of them are interpreted in other senses, as spikenard, cassia, and cinnamon. The Cathedral How often one sees such a one in train or omnibus, her eyes, may be, spilling the precious spikenard of their maternal love on some happier woman's child. Prose Fancies This also is truly said, for I learned that "Mary ... took a pound of ointment of spikenard very precious." A Life of St. John for the Young Cure for Fever Sores.—Take of hoarhound, balm, sarsaparilla, loaf sugar, aloes, gum camphor, honey, spikenard, spirits of turpentine, each two ounces. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The true spikenard of the ancients is supposed to have been obtained from the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a plant of the Valerian family. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. I will smear your body with myrrh and pour spikenard on your hair. Miscellanies Besides this article and betel, the only exports were, pearls, ivory, silks, spikenard, precious stones, and tortoise-shell; the imports were chiefly specie, topazes, cloth, stibium, coral, glass, brass, tin, lead, wine, corn, &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson I saw bathed in spikenard what I have since seen bathed in blood. A Life of St. John for the Young It ought to be of the colour of spikenard, or of a deep amber yellow, inclosed only in a single skin, and not one within another as it often is. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 A volatile oil, erroneously called oil of spikenard, is met with in the shops, which is obtained from a plant which has been named by Dr. Royle, the Andropogon Calamus aromaticus. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. In the Bible we learn of a woman who took "a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus." Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Marco Polo seems to have regarded Bengal and Pegu as parts of China: he mentions the gold of Pegu, and the rice, cotton, and sugar of Bengal, as well as its ginger, spikenard, &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Here from Indo China and the Indies came spices and aloes and sandalwood, nutmegs, spikenard and ebony, and riches beyond mention. Medieval People Do you remember," he said, "that evening in Bethany when Mary took a box of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, so that the odour of the ointment filled the house? Penny Plain Rue and asphodel had been replaced by lavender and rosemary; the deadly black poppy had been uprooted, and where it had grown there were spikenard and balm. A Spinner in the Sun The king is Jesus, who sits at the table of our hearts; the sweet spikenard is our Christian lives. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians He was plucking the first ripe grapes of his affluent vintage; his "pomegranates were in full flower, and the spikenard sent forth its fragrance." Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography The Island is of surpassing wealth, producing black pepper, nutmegs, spikenard, galingale, cubebs, cloves, and all other kinds of spices. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 From early morn to falling dusk, At night upon the curtained bed, Fragrant with spikenard and with musk, For weariness he laid his head, Whilst thou the insidious net didst spread. Toward the Gulf He opened it and the prophet spat in it, and Marah-Silou, awaking, perceived throughout his whole body a perfume like that of spikenard. Malayan Literature When Christ was born wise men came and presented him frankincense and myrrh, and in after-years Mary came and poured upon his head the precious ointment of spikenard. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Maybe she recognized in the good things of life a temptation which she needed to hold at arm’s-length, if all her spikenard were to be poured out for her Lord. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" They grow cotton, in which they drive a great trade, and also spices such as spikenard, galingale, ginger, sugar, and many other sorts. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Precious the box that Mary brake Of spikenard for her Master's sake, But ah! it held nought half so dear As the sweet dust that whitens here. Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems He perceived upon his body the odor of spikenard and saw that he bore certain marks. Malayan Literature To these we may venture to add, oil of spikenard, myrrh, balsams, attar of roses, and rose-water, as the perfumes usually contained in the Hebrew scent-pendants. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Here also grew camphire, with spikenard, and saffron, calamus, and cinnamon, with all its trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, with all chief spices. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolizing her royal lineage, her emblems, the late-flowering plant and late-blossoming tree, symbolizing the age-long gradual growth of her cultus among men. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Crocus and spikenard blossom on my lawn, The brier fades, the thistle is withdrawn. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations The wild spikenard, or false Solomon's seal, has not the remotest connection with this tribe of plants. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors XX What essences from Idumean palm, What ambergris, what sacerdotal wine, What Arab myrrh, what spikenard, would be thine, If I could swathe thy memory in such balm! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 A brewer fancies that he can set fire to this block of masonry by pumping over it spikenard and poppy-seed oil mixed with phosphorus. The French Revolution - Volume 1 The taste for hawking and hunting saviours no more of nobility than the nests and lairs of the hunted creatures of spikenard. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Like to a box of spikenard did you break Your heart about my feet. New Poems By clustering its small, slightly fragrant flowers at the end of its stem, the wild spikenard offers a more taking advertisement to its insect friends than its cousin can show. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Sage and wormwood, sion, hyssop, borage, spikenard, dog's-tongue, our Lady's mantle, feverfew, and Faith, and all in small quantities except the last. The Cloister and the Hearth I will smear your body with myrrh and pour spikenard on your hair. La Sainte Courtisane Thus go they plunging; rustle the owlet from his branchy nest; champ the sweet-scented forest-herb, queen-of-the-meadows spilling her spikenard; and frighten the ear of Night. The French Revolution Charm his dull ear with Syrian hymns! he lovedyour body! oh, be kind,Pour spikenard on his hair, and wind soft rollsof linen round his limbs! Ballad of Reading Gaol Like the wild spikenard, the little plant bears clusters of pale red speckled berries in autumn. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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