enslavers

Updated: May 24, 2025

The grotto of Venus, in which Tannhauser steeps himself with sensuality, is but a German variant of the Garden of Delight, in which the heroes of antiquity met their fair enslavers. It is Ogygia, the Delightful Island, where Ulysses met Calypso. It is that Avalon in which King Arthur was healed of his wounds by his fairy sister Morgain.

Henry Edward Krehbiel - A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music

The Government seemed neither to dread it nor care for it. It lingered on, unsustained by the country and despised by its enslavers. The contributions of the members did not suffice to pay half the ordinary expenses of its machinery. Debts accumulated, and the revenue did not increase. While the body was thus situated, Mr. O'Connell had recourse to an expedient at once singular and decisive.

Michael Doheny - The Felon's Track: History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading: Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848