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...ing the necessitie of it, Plato hath reason to name it a great and mighty goddesse). In my countrie, if a man will imply that one hath no sense, he w... ...m est dea nescia nostri Quæ dulcem curis miscat amaritiem.) (Nor is that Goddesse ignorant of me, Whose bitter-sweets with my cares mixed be.) to b... ...est, or mounted but by Cæsar, who when he died dedicated his image to the Goddesse Venus. If I be once on horse-backe, I alight very unwillingly; fo... ... Epist. xvi. 59. When he alowd hath said, Apollo heare, Loth to be heard, Goddesse of theeves, said he, Grant me to cousen, and yet just appeare, M... ...e experience speak of it, and I have not found Venus to be so imperious a Goddesse as many, and more reformed than my selfe, witnesse her to be. I th... ...t onely for strength of body, but of minds,' saith Vegetius: And that the Goddesse, foundresse of the Citie of Athens, chose a temperature of a count... ...bis and Biton, Trophonius and Agamedes, the two first having besought the Goddesse, the two latter their God, of some recompence worthy their pietie... ... And the same authority which Numa gave his lawes under the title of this Goddesses patronage, Zoroaster, Law-giver to the Bactrians and Persians, g... ...s it cost him little, so gets he not much by it. Those which made Venus a goddesse, have respected that her principall beautie was incorporeall and ...

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...already well poised in his hand. Oh! Mr Moffat! Mr Moffat! if there be any goddess to interfere in thy favour, let her come forward now without delay;... ...d if there be one to whom thou art sufficiently dear! But there is no such goddess. Harry smiled blandly till they were well on the pave- ment, saying... ...e gleam of glory. But succouring policemen were no more to be come by than goddesses. Where were ye, men, when that savage whip fell about the ears of... ...od created noble, beautiful, all but godlike, in order that women, all but goddesslike, might love? To love thoroughly, truly, heartily, with her whol...

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...greed. ‘What’s your mother’s email address?’ ‘DS at ourserver dot net. She reckons she’s part French and if you say D S like the French do, it means goddess.’ ‘For years the largest Citroen was called the DS for that reason,’ Rex volunteered, but no one was listening as Fee had jumped to her feet. ‘Come with me.’ She led the way to her office where Reginald gasped. ‘Fee!...

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...and, or of the waters was believed to have been the physical body-forms assumed by the creative forces of nature, and the greater and lesser gods and goddesses of the Hawaiian people. Respect and care for nature, in turn meant that nature would care for the people. Thus, Hawaiian culture, for the most part, evolved in a healthy relationship with the nature around it, and...

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...and, or of the waters was believed to have been the physical body-forms assumed by the creative forces of nature, and the greater and lesser gods and goddesses of the Hawaiian people. Respect and care for nature, in turn meant that nature would care for the people. Thus, Hawaiian culture, for the most part, evolved in a healthy relationship with the nature around it, and u...

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...cian youth, a rare dignity. Susie smiled mockingly. ‘You look like a Greek goddess in a Paris frock,’ she said. ‘What have you to say to me?’ asked Ma... ...of fellowship with the earth which is divine, and the sightless Homer. The goddess had not the arrogance of the huntress who loved Endymion, nor the m... ...ffered sacrifice before this fair image, might forget easily that it was a goddess to whom he knelt, and see only an earthly maid fresh with youth and... ...kness of the night, the heart of roses and the depth of running water. The goddess’s hand was raised to her right shoulder, and Margaret’s hand was as... ...nd exquisite passions. Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses or beautiful women of antiquity, and how would they be troubled b...

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...xion, and a fine neck, and a noble bust, et vera incessu patuit Dea—a true goddess, that is, as far as the eye went. She had a grand idea, moreover, o... ...heard with as rapt attention as powerful Pallas of the Foreign Office, the goddess that is never seen without her lance and helmet? Does our Whitehall... ...cond that he had attended, and he read in the countenance of every god and goddess there assembled that their chief was thought to have made another m... ...erns ordinarily call Punishment, or Nem- esis when we wish to speak of her goddess-ship, very sel- dom fails to catch a wicked man though she have som... ...om, in these our days, there is no dead- lier scourge in the hands of that goddess. In the first instance, however, I must mention, though I will not ...

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...tegration. 15 -- Conclusion. 16 -- Ii. The Physical Environment. 18 -- Terrain. 20 -- Theseasons. 23 -- Iii. The Legendary Setting. 27 -- The Volcano Goddess. 29 -- Her Clan. 29 -- Her Benign Younger Sister. 30 -- Lono The Thunderer. 31 -- Ku The Erect. 32 -- Kane The Procreator. 33 -- Kanaloa, Lord Of Ocean. 34 -- Names That Confer Status. 35 -- Forms. 35 -- Sharks. 35 --...

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...in the temple. How can I forget the blessings I have been receiving from `Kanya Kumari` (the religiously believed unwed young girl, as a semblance of goddess Parvati)?” …. “M’a’me, I had decided to end my life, because my mother could not stop her pestering me to quickly squeeze Anirudh’s wealth, as the marriage with him had been rendered in fructuous, because his utter ...

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...the dancers. Some hula is considered sacred, as in those that honor the goddess Pele. There are hula that are ancient and ceremonial, and may inv...

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... voice is given, which is called an echo. Some do idly fable that she is a goddess; some say that Pan was in love with her, which with- out doubt is f...

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...bers, crowded round the table. ‘Will you throw, ma’am?’ said the presiding goddess, handing the dice-box to the eldest daughter of a stout lady, with ... ...sted beautifully with the 221 Charles Dickens lamp-blacked drapery of the goddess of love. The female servant (who looked very warm and bustling) ush...

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...cause of his exclusion is curious. His wife, beautiful, with the form of a goddess— notorious for the number of her gallantries—was very inti- mate wi... ... ruled all the Court of Savoy, whose sovereign was at her feet as before a goddess. She disposed of the favours of her lover, and was feared and court... ...er figure long, round, slender, easy, perfectly-shaped; her walk that of a goddess upon the clouds: with such qualifications she pleased supremely. Gr... ...was extremely scandalised to see this temple of prudery thus profaned. Its goddess and he formerly would have been less 735 Saint-Simon shocked. The ...

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...iful object than the kind, fresh, smiling, artless, tender little domestic goddess, whom men are inclined to worship—yet the latter and inferior sort ...

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...oose train of thy amber dropping hair, Listen for dear honour’s sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! But her head ached; it ache...

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...thee, thank him in her heart rather for treating her as a mortal than as a goddess.” 260 The Talisman “Respect the kinswoman of Coeur de Lion!” said ...

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... flutter or protest, and had no more manner about it than if it concerned the goddess Minerva ‘I believe I attracted considerable attention; of course,...

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...deserve not punishment. A woman I forswore; but I will prove, Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee: My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love; Thy...

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...ne, and they are terrified at this; whereas the new name means only that the Goddess is wise ( sophe); for seeing that all things in the world are in ... ...races and touches and is able to follow them, is wisdom. And there fore the Goddess may be truly called Pherepaphe (Pherepapha), or some name like it... ...es ( mosthai); and Leto is called by this name, because she is such a gentle Goddess, and so willing ( ethelemon) to grant our requests; or her name m... ...so as hating intercourse of the sexes (ton aroton misesasa). He who gave the Goddess her name may have had any or all of these reasons. HERMOGENES: Wh... ...we be far wrong in supposing that the author of it wished to iden tify this Goddess with moral intelligence ( en ethei noesin), and therefore gave he...

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...r and white robes, a light in her uplifted hand—a serene, calm, conquering goddess. Oh, the farce of it, oh, the folly of it! Liberty is not a crowned... ...oddess. Oh, the farce of it, oh, the folly of it! Liberty is not a crowned goddess, beautiful, in spotless garments, victorious, supreme. Liberty is t... ...m death, stained with blood, grimed with powder. And she grows to be not a goddess, but a Fury, a fearful figure, slaying friend and foe alike, raging... ...usted themselves to form a massive framing for a great picture, nymphs and goddesses, white doves, golden chari- ots and the like, all wreathed about ...

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...Demetrius loves her, and he loves not you. DEMETRIUS: [Awaking] O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine ... ...her love, Demetrius, Who even but now did spurn me with his foot, To call me goddess, nymph, divine and rare, Precious, celestial? Wherefore speaks he...

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...thin two days for this. FERDINAND: Most sure, the goddess On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you rema... ...u wast at play? Your eld’st acquaintance cannot be three hours: Is she the goddess that hath sever’d us, And brought us thus together? FERDINAND: ...

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...r way and holy virtues, and Madame Imperia to the sweet naughtiness of the goddess Venus”— Christian words which shocked the good ladies, to their cre... ...rry to fall to. “Well then, be equal now before me, who am here below your goddess,” replied Imperia, “otherwise one of these days I will have you del... ...u lovest me still more, for thou art the lord.” “No; the palm is yours, my goddess, my Virgin Marie.” “No; I am thy servant, thine handmaiden, a nothi...

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...pon this new made empress. To wait, said I? to wanton with this queen, This goddess, this Semiramis, this nymph, This siren, that will charm Rome’s S...

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...thes torn, his back bruised, and his hands scratched, he inflicted upon himself the further punishment of tearing out his hair by handfuls, as an offe...

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...ckwick, ma’am,’ said a servant, as that gentleman approached the presiding goddess, with his hat in his hand, and the brigand and troubadour on either...

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...onument of our gratitude to you, and a hymn of praise true and worthy of the goddess, on this her day of festival. SOCRATES: Very good. And what is th... ... Plato’s “Timaeus” 11 that of your city, and above all, for the sake of the goddess who is the common patron and parent and educator of both our citi... ...pons which they carry are shields and spears, a style of equipment which the goddess taught of Asiatics first to us, as in your part of the world firs... ...sort of knowledge which was akin to them. All this order and arrangement the goddess first imparted to you when establishing your city; and she chose ... ...of the seasons in that land would pro duce the wisest of men. Wherefore the goddess, who was a lover both of war and of wisdom, selected Plato’s “Tim... ...ll be better than this, which is natural and suitable to the festival of the goddess, and has the very great advantage of being a fact and not a fic ...

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...: I have experienced it in myself, and have not found Venus so imperious a goddess, as many, and much more virtuous men than I, declare. I do not cons... ...ority that Numa gave to his laws, under the title of the patronage of this goddess, Zoroaster, legislator of the Bactrians and Persians, gave to his u...

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... helped by the following list of the Greek and Latin names of the gods and goddesses who play important parts in the narrative. When the Greek names a... ...edge that his wrong should be avenged onAgamemnon and theAchaians. S ING, GODDESS, the wrath of Achilles Peleus’ son, the ruinous wrath that brought ... ...t on the tenth Achilles summoned the folk to assembly, for in his mind did goddess Hera of white arms put the thought, because she had pity on the Dan... ... his sheath, Athene came to him from heaven, sent forth of the white armed goddess Hera, whose heart loved both alike and had care for them. She stood... ...y his own haughtinesses shall he soon lose his life.” Then the bright eyed goddess Athene spake to him again: “I came from heaven to stay thine anger,... ...ceptred king to whom Zeus apportioneth glory. Though thou be strong, and a goddess mother bare thee, yet his is the greater place, for he is king over... ...ve bound him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, enter in and loose him from his bonds, having with speed summoned ... ...Sintian folk forthwith tend me for my fall.” He spake, and the white armed goddess Hera smiled, and smiling took the cup at her son’s hand. Then he po... ...wherewith he took his way amid the mail clad Achaians’ ships. Now went the goddess Dawn to high Olympus, foretell ing daylight to Zeus and all the im...

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...would enter too far into the recesses of that magnificent temple where our Goddess is enshrined, peep through the vast embroidered curtains indiscreet... ...ver the bricks and mortar rose pediments of statues, legs of urns, legs of goddesses, legs and bodies of goddesses, legs, bodies, and busts of goddess... ...sses, legs, bodies, and busts of goddesses. Finally, on the 13th December, goddesses complete. On the 14th they were painted marble-color; and the bas...

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... air from inner fire, We saw stand bare of her celestial beam The glorious Goddess, and we dared desire. Thereat are shown reproachful eyes, and lips ... ...for its next breath: Her wily semblance nought of her denies; Seems it the Goddess runs, the Goddess hies, The generous Goddess yields. And she can a... ...ow them in nature wise as when Love speaks. With them is war; and well the Goddess knows What undermines the race who mount the rose; How the ripe mom... ...leasures pass them by: For death they live, in life they die. Her head the Goddess from them turns, As from grey mounds of ashes in bronze urns. She v... ...f incense myrrh, The woman’s marrow in some dear youth’s name, Then is the Goddess tenderness Maternal, and she has a sister’s tones Benign to soothe ... ...is implored. A smile, and he is up on godlike leaps Above, with his bright Goddess owned the adored. His tales of her declare she condescends; Can sha... ... tricks of evil fame, Elusive to allure, since he grew tame. Hence has the Goddess, Nature’s earliest Power, And greatest and most present, with her d... ...to the sacred mounts. A loftier Reason out of deeper founts Earth’s chosen Goddess bears: by none disowned While red blood runs to swell the pulse, s...

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...lassic studies made a little puzzle, Because of filthy loves of gods and goddesses, Who in the earlier ages raised a bustle, But never put o... ...s; and then He thought of wood nymphs and immortal bowers, And how the goddesses came down to men: He miss’d the pathway, he forgot the hours,... ...!’ and ‘Bis Millah!’ The Russians now were ready to attack: But oh, ye goddesses of war and glory! How shall I spell the name of each Cossacqu... ...h make all bodies anxious to get out Of their own sand pits, to mix with a goddess, For such all women are at first no doubt. How beautiful th...

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...................................................................... 221 MY GODDESS. ..................................................................... ... born in-stead, Who may link me on to thee! Didst not thou a Bayadere As a goddess heavenward raise? And we too to swell thy praise, Such a miracle wo... ...unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind! 1789.* 222 Goethe MY GODDESS. SAY, which Immortal Merits the highest reward? With none contend I... ...nd louder to thee; But if thou here canst decipher the mystic words of the goddess, Everywhere will they be seen, e’en though the features are changed... ...noisily flowing, the changeful surface distorted Ever her moving form; the goddess departed in anger. Y et the stream call’ d mockingly after her, say... ...ook’d round Olympus one day, boldly, to triumph inured; There he espied a goddess, the fairest amongst the immortals,— V enus Urania she,—straight wa... ...hou markest Neither my sorrowful sigh, nor my soft eloquent look. Only one goddess is able the seal of my lips to unloosen,— When by Aurora I’m found,... ... the blood into flame. In the heroical times, when loved each god and each goddess, Longing attended on sight; then with fruition was bless’d. Think’s... ...nging attended on sight; then with fruition was bless’d. Think’st thou the goddess had long been thinking of love and its pleasures When she, in Ida’s...

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...an once already had experienced this frolicsome disposition of the heathen goddess, was now again doomed to be tantalized in the like manner; for he a...

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...wholly devoted to acquiring the means of life…. And the armed image of the goddess which was 5 Plato dedicated by the ancient Athenians is an evidenc... ... I accept your exhortations and encour- agements. But besides the gods and goddesses whom you have mentioned, I would specially invoke Mnemosyne; for ... ...in accordance with the custom of the time set up a figure and image of the goddess in full armour, to be a testimony that all animals which associ- at...

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...ns. Some have thought that the first human pair were tempted by its fruit. Goddesses are fabled to have contended for it, dragons were set to watch it... ...y earthly fruit which our coarse palates fail to perceive,—just *The Roman goddess of fruit and fruit-trees. 7 Henry David Thoreau as we occupy the h...

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... As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In heaven yclept Euphrosyne, And by men heart easi... ...t hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus’ train. But, hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is... ...from off the eaves. And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, tha... ...nly daylight that makes sin, Which these dun shades will ne’er report. Hail, goddess of nocturnal sport, Dark veiled Cotytto, to whom the secret flame... ... foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed, Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell’st here with Pan or Sylvan, by blest s... ...mbrosial oils, till she revived, And underwent a quick immortal change, Made Goddess of the river. Still she retains Her maiden gentleness, and oft at... ...ber dropping hair; Listen for dear honour’s sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, an... ...ad, That bends not as I tread. Gentle swain, at thy request I am here! SPIR. Goddess dear, We implore thy powerful hand To undo the charmed band Of tr...

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...of me, of me! standing there for you to gape at, and knowing that I was no goddess, but only a girl like any other girl! It was cru- elty to animals: ...

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...f he has promised this day to hand over to the giants Fricka’s sister, the goddess Freia, with her golden love-apples. When Fricka reproaches Wotan wi... ...o that Siegfried’s kiss awak- ened an ordinary mortal jealous woman. But a goddess can become mortal and jealous without plunging at once into perjury...

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...divine fragrance; her robe hung waving to his view, while she stood like a goddess confessed before him. There is nothing of interest in the couple’s ... ... vine fragrance; her robe hung waving to his view, while she stood like a goddess confessed before him. “It does seem to me, my dear sir,” said Ambul...

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...most absurd and ridiculous compli- ments to her, calling her their sun and goddess, and her hair golden beams of the morning, and the like; and the ol...