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Nor did the armed men contribute so much in resisting the Romans, who endeavoured to force their way in, as the gate itself, which, being furnished with ballistas and scorpions, kept the enemy at bay by the missiles discharged from it.
See diagram of Zodiac. It should not be forgotten too that even as a child in the cradle Hercules slew two serpents sent for his destruction the serpent and the scorpion as autumnal constellations figuring always as enemies of the Sungod to which may be compared the power given to his disciples by Jesus "to tread on serpents and scorpions." Luke x. 19.
The Roman arrangements had been completed long before. Every man knew his post. The slings, the crossbows, the scorpions were all at hand and in order. Mark Antony and Caius Trebonius had each a flying division under them to carry help where the pressure was most severe.
Blackness is so common in large protected insects, as, for instance, in the un-palatable leaf-cutting ants, scorpions, mygale spiders, wasps, and other dangerous kinds, that it is manifestly a "warning colour," the most universal and best known in nature; and the grasshopper, I believe, furthermore mimics the fearless demeanour of the protected or venomous species, which birds and other insect-eaters know and respect.
Dese am powerful healthy days for you chillness! And Massa Doctor and Miss Olive if they ain' mare's half gone, too! 'Scorpions am terrible sleepy things least when dere all over!" The Whip-poor-will Length nearly ten inches. A very large mouth, fringed with long bristles, useful as an insect trap.
Paaker's gifts can no more be pleasing to the Celestials than a cask of attar of roses would please thee, haruspex, in which scorpions, centipedes, and venomous snakes were swimming. I have long led this man's prayers, and never have I heard him crave for noble gifts, but a thousand times for the injury of the men he hates."
The fire of his justice shall burn up all thy rags of righteousness wherewith by the law thou hast clothed thyself, and will leave thee nothing but a soul full of sin to bemoan, and eternal burnings to grapple with. O the burnings that will then beset sinners on every side, and that will eat their flesh and torment their spirit with far more terror than if they were stricken with scorpions!
The letters, the messages, the presents, these had been the whips and scorpions in his hand. Every innocent word, every look, every sign, had been as thongs in the instrument of torture. Pete began to feel a great pity for Philip. "He had suffered plenty," thought Pete. "He has carried this cross about far enough." "Good-night, boatman! I went too far yes, I am back again, thank God "
Smith," he said, suddenly opening his eyes fully so that they blazed like green lamps. "I have others, equally useful. My scorpions have you met my scorpions? No? My pythons and hamadryads? Then there are my fungi and my tiny allies, the bacilli. I have a collection in my laboratory quite unique. Have you ever visited Molokai, the leper island, Doctor? No? But Mr.
To this we may reply that the other world was peopled with foes Typhonian genii, serpents, gigantic scorpions, tortoises, monsters of every description against which it was incessantly needful to do battle.
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