Note 21 ( return ) [ Since the beginning of Solomon's evil life and adversity was the time when Hadad or Ader, who was born at least twenty or thirty years before Solomon came to the crown, in the days of David, began to give him disturbance, this implies that Solomon's evil life began early, and continued very long, which the multitude of his wives and concubines does imply also; I suppose when he was not fifty years of age.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

12 accompanies the bull on certain coins, and symbolises the sexual elements, le baton et l'anneau .
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

To them, when warmed by love, they glow And sue to thee, some favour show, Each lowly bush, each towering tree Would follow too for love of thee.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Then he would say, "Eat, little birds, eat, and praise the Lord."
— from The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

There was difficulty in obtaining such enriched letters by engraving as were used in manuscripts; and there was at this time a large number of professional scribes, whose interests were in some degree considered by the printer.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

No man, except Hastings, was so "entirely loved" by Edward; and Montagu, worldly as he was, and indignant against the king as he could not fail to be, so far repaid the affection, that his chief fear at that moment sincerely was not for Warwick but Edward.
— from The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Hitherto the men who had volunteered had been hooted by their fellow-prisoners as they went out, but the promise that they should not be called upon for service against British troops made a great difference in the feeling with which the offer was regarded, and had it not been for the hope that everyone felt that he should ere long be exchanged, the number who stepped forward would have been greatly increased.
— from Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

This may have been only a fancy, helped out by radiant faces and the slanting evening lights, but, even if the simile fails, they were certainly prepared to shine as brightly as they knew how at the ball later on.
— from Geoffrey Hampstead: A Novel by Stinson Jarvis

en a où l’on voit, dit-on, des tables de pierre sur lesquelles elles mangeaient, leurs sièges, et les berceaux en pierre de leurs enfants.”—
— from Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island by MacCulloch, Edgar, Sir

“You can see every little bit exactly right,” said Elfrida.
— from The House of Arden: A Story for Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

SEE Ellert, Laurence B. ELLIOTT, ALMA LEE. Humanism and imagination.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1965 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office