| John Lempriere - 1788
...frightful afpr-a, with a black auj bloody garment and lei pents wreathing round their hrad, inftead ot hair, They held a burning torch in one hand, and a whip of fcorjiions in the oilier, and were always attended by terror, ra e, palenefs, and death. In heli they... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1792 - 452 pages
...frightful afpeft, with a black and bloody garment, and ferpents wreathing >ound their head in/lead of hair, they held a burning torch in one hand, and a whip of fcdrpions In the other, and were always attended by terror, rage, palenefc, and death. In hell they... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1801 - 874 pages
...frightfu' afpefl, with a black and bloody garment and ferpcrrTs wreathing round their head inftead of hair. They held a burning torch in one hand, and a whip of fcdipions in th> other, *hd were always attended hy terror lage, palenefs, and death. Jn hf II t'ucy... | |
| Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Classical dictionaries - 1812 - 500 pages
...bloody garments, and scrpcnlfl wreathing round their head instead of hair. They held a burning • .irch in one hand, and a whip of scorpions in the other, and were always attended by terrour, rage, paleness, and death. Sop/tod- &tc. In their sacrifices, the votaries used branches of... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1812 - 892 pages
...frightful ai'pcil, with a black and bloody garment, and ferpents wreathing round their head inltead of hair. They held a burning torch in One hand, and a whip of fcorpions in the other, and were always attended by terror, rage, palcnefs, and death. In hell they... | |
| Thomas Smith - Astronomy - 1818 - 158 pages
...represented! with a stern and ferocious aspect, bloody garments and serpents wreathing round their temples instead of hair : They held a burning torch in one...hand, and a whip of scorpions in the other; and were constantly attended by terror, race, paleness, and death. The Athenians solemnized annual festivals... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1820 - 892 pages
...generally represented with a grim and frightful aspect, with a black and bloody garment, and serpents wreathing round their head instead of hair. They held...hell they were seated around Pluto's throne . as the ministers of his vengeance. JEschyl. in, Eumen. — Snphoct. in (Edip. Col. EUMESIDIA, festivals in... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 490 pages
...usually represented with a grim and frightful aspect, clad in a black and bloody garment, with serpents wreathing round their head instead of hair. They held...in one hand) and a whip of scorpions in the other, with which they tormented guilty souls. 38. The Pa/cae, or Fates, were powerful goddesses, ministers... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1822 - 818 pages
...grim and frightful aspect, with a black and blood; garment, and serpents wreithing round their heads instead of hair. They held a burning torch in one...terror, rage, paleness, and death. In hell they were sealed around Pluto's throne, as the ministers of his vengeance. sEschyl. in Euim. —Stfhoet. in CEdip.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 498 pages
...and frightful aspect, clad in a black and bloody garment, with serpents wreathing round their heads instead of hair. They held a burning torch in one hand, and a whip of scorpions in the other, with which they tormented guilty souls. 38. The Par'cae or Fates, were powerful goddesses, ministers... | |
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