With the aid of glasses it was seen that every part of the shore was laid out in plantations, while the natives were observed running along the shore waving small white flags, which were, of course, looked on as an emblem of peace.
Under these trees, too, the old burghers would smoke their afternoon pipe, contemplating the golden sun as he sank in the west, an emblem of the tranquil end toward which they were declining.
As laborers and citizens, the black face must stand for integrity in the community, the emblem of sterling worth, the black diamond intrinsic in value.
This was an emblemof the true church lamb--the Saviour, who is the corner stone of His church.
So Anselm did not go to Rome for the emblem of his power.
The Hindoos are peculiarly fond of the bannian tree; they regard it as an emblem of the Deity, from its long duration and overshadowing beneficence, and almost pay it divine honours.
That is one emblem of the growth of the Christian community and of the Christian individual, and the other clause that is coupled with it in the text seems to me to give the same idea under a slightly different figure.
The two words mean but one thing, the fire being the emblem of the Spirit.
That is an emblem of what all you Christian people may have if you like, and if you will adopt the discipline and observe the conditions which God has plainly laid down.
That is the emblem of the process that ought to go on, not only in the Christian community as a whole, but in every individual member of it.
The emblemof fire is selected to express the work of the Spirit of God, by reason of its leaping, triumphant, transforming energy.
I need not do more than remind you how frequently that emblem is employed both in the Old and in the New Testament.
Still more so was the person whom it first won,--an officer of the Roman army, the very emblem of worldly power, loathed by every true Jew.
That implies an emblem which is very frequently used, both in the Old and in the New Testament, viz.
So Jesus Christ, the 'Strong Son of God,' is set forth by this military emblem as being Himself the first Soldier in the army of God, and the Leader of all the host.
Fairest of all is that lovely emblem of the vine, setting forth the sweet mystery of our union with Him.
It was an emblem of the Sun; and also of time and eternity.
This word having these two senses was the reason why the Egyptians made a heart over a vase of burning incense, an emblem of their country.
Herbert also describes these caverns, and a serpent, and wings; which was the same emblem as the Cneuphis of Egypt.
Keren signifies, in its original sense, a horn: but was always esteemed an emblem of power; and made use of as a title of sovereignty and puissance.
They particularly deified the great Patriarch, who was the head of their line; and worshipped him as the fountain of light: making the Sun only an emblem of his influence and power.
After the wedding the couple are given kneaded flour to hold in their hands and snatch from each other as an emblem of their trade.
The rice is no doubt an emblem of fertility, and its presentation to the women may perhaps be expected to render them fertile.
A badge of crape his lance's point now wears, A blackened crown his shield as emblem bears!
The original significance of the talisman--the truth which was embodied in it as the emblem of the unseen powers that had produced it, in accordance with natural operations--was forgotten.
The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for anemblem a double-headed eagle.
A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.
That all his fathers taught is vain,-- That Freedom's emblem is the chain?
In an upper corner of the panel behind them is a divine emblem composed of a winged disc resting on what look like two Ionic columns, while between them appear three symbols of doubtful significance.
The bird is chosen as an emblem of the priest with a punning reference to the word gallus, which in Latin means a cock as well as a priest of Attis.
As to the horned god of Ibreez "it is a plausible theory that the horns may, in this case, be analogous to the Assyrian emblem of divinity.
They are probably the horns of a bull; for to primitive cattle-breeders the bull is the most natural emblem of generative force.
The deep shadows of the rocks which fall on the two figures in the gloomy chasm may be an emblem of darker shadows soon to fall on the priest.
This conical stone, like those of other Asiatic cities,(483) was probably the emblem of a Mother Goddess, and the bunches of grapes indicate her fertilizing powers.
The precise significance of such an emblem remains as obscure as it was in the time of Tacitus.
On a coin of Mostene in Lydia the double-headed axe is represented between a bunch of grapes and ears of corn, as if it were an emblem of fertility (B.
The new king Gyges did not attempt to carry the old emblem of sovereignty; he dedicated it with other spoils to Zeus in Caria.
The flag itself is the fighting emblem of the Sovereign, which the Sovereign has declared shall be used by his soldiers or sailors for fighting purposes under certain specified circumstances.
Our Union Flag is very remarkable, even amongst the flags of Christendom, both as a blending of crosses, and crosses only, and also as an emblem of the union of two or more countries.
Now it became specialised in form, reserved as an emblem of rank.
The Lotus-Flower, which is now very generally becoming the recognised emblem of India, is constantly met with in the arms granted to {272} those who have won fortune or reputation in that country.
But to pass to the crown proper, there is no doubt that from the earliest times of recorded history crowns have been a sign and emblem of sovereignty.
It is only natural, therefore, that we should find them using thisemblem of sovereignty.
For, while the preceding decemvirs had observed the rule, that only one should have the fasces, and that this emblem of royalty should pass to all in rotation, to each in his turn, lo!
Poor fellow, he was exhausted-looking and weary, and I could not help thinking, as I looked on him, that he was no bad emblem of the cause he had embarked in!
My courage they inspired to claim the wreath-- Immortal emblem of my constant faith To her whose name the poet's garland bears!
David's life and history, as written for us in those Psalms of his, I consider to be the truest emblem ever given of a man's moral progress and warfare here below.
This namely, that, however gross and material they may be, they are an emblem of an everlasting truth, not always so well remembered elsewhere.
As his name had become the very emblem of wisdom, they would cover with it the latest inventions of their ever-deepening theosophy.
Frantically, like a soldier waving his country's emblem in the last desperate moment of forlorn hope Scout Harris clambered over the counter and grasped the jar containing two peppermint sticks.
It reminds me of what I ought to be--and of what I shall be if I ever see heaven; it seems to me the emblem of a sinless pure spirit, looking up in fearless spotlessness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "emblem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
