The Harpy Monument," It is a tower, round the four sides of which runs a frieze at a height of about twenty-one feet from the ground.
Harpy it might have been, but happy it was not," he answered with a groan.
As Jack was not perfectly satisfied with the anchorage near Harpy Island, he proceeded farther north, to a spot which answered all his requirements, off a lofty headland with a deep bay.
Who but a harpy would have alluded to the comforts of a rival's domestic establishment at such a moment as that?
Maryanne Brown was a harpy, and is a harpy to this day.
She was a Harpy who would claw out his heart and feed upon it, without one tender feeling of her own.
In the fourth she releases him from the harpy fangs of a bailiff; she is present at his marriage.
Here was a child whom none could ever claim from him, upon whose existence no greedy father or harpy mother could ever found a claim to favours from him.
Portray belonged to the harpy for her life; and moreover, he himself had been forced to be instrumental in paying over to the harpy a large sum of Eustace money almost immediately on her becoming a widow.
She did think that Frank, her Frank, the man whom she worshipped, was to take this harpy to his bosom as his wife.
His wife and daughters were still at Dawlish, and he was up in town in September, simply because the harpyhad the present possession of these diamonds.
He had brought a little harpy into the family, and I was obliged to declare war against her.
Of course, the jewels would be sold for half their value, and the harpy would triumph.
Greystock, who would have been a tower of strength, had turned against him, and was now prepared to maintain that the harpy was right.
Near the two lions just mentioned are the paws of another lion, and a fragment, found near the Harpy Tomb, of a crouching warrior and bull.
So I paid a visit to my harpy--and a harpy in need is a harpy indeed.
Just then Lady Probyn came up, followed by an elderly harpy in spectacles and false, much-frizzed fringe.
On the so-called Harpy monument from Lycia, now in the British Museum, the Harpies appear carrying off some small figures, supposed to be the daughters of Pandareus, unless they are intended to represent departed souls.
I quote from him on the Greek poet Theognis, and on the Harpy Tomb described by Sir C.
Mr. Layard sent me an impression; and on theHarpy Tomb in Lycia, about 600 B.
A creature very similar to the harpy (a combination of several badges), was one of the favourite devices of Richard III.
The arms of the City of Nuremberg are: azure, a harpydisplayed armed, crined and crowned, or.
Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou Performed, my Ariel; a grace it had devouring.
Azure, a harpywith her wings disclosed, her hair flotant, or, armed of the same.
In less than four years the Convent debts are all liquidated, and the harpy Jews banished from St. Edmundsbury.
The crest is something like that of a harpy eagle.
Oliver Herford THE HARPY They certainly contrived to raise Queer ladies in the olden days.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton Orpheus Robert Herrick Cerberus Oliver Herford The Harpy Oliver Herford Cupid and the Bee Anacreon The Assembly of the Gods.
The magistrate then appealed to the policeman within whose beat Gerrard Street was included; and as he received five guineas a year from Mrs. Harpy for shutting his eyes, it was not likely that he would open them on that occasion.
If he were moving in a very respectable sphere, was married, or had any particular motives to induce him to keep his intrigue secret, he was the very kind of person who suited Mrs. Harpy and her bullies.
Suddenly the door opened, and Mrs. Harpy made her appearance.
At about nine o'clock Mrs. Harpy sent up word that I was to dress myself in my best attire—a command with which I positively refused to comply for I was determined that, happen what might, I would not assist in the sacrifice of myself!
Presently Mrs. Harpy sent up a bottle of wine and some fruit, with her kindest compliments; and then the young ladies laughed and enjoyed themselves in the happiest manner possible.
Mrs. Harpy was an admirable type of her profession.
I fell into a doze; and when I awoke, Mrs. Harpy was once more standing by the side of the bed.
Mrs. Harpy attended, denied the robbery in the most indignant manner, and persisted in the accusation relative to the base sovereign.
A compromise with Mrs. Harpywas accordingly effected: she paid fifty pounds in forfeit of her recognizances to prosecute: and she received two hundred to abstain from farther proceedings!
Mrs. Harpy is very gay, Miss, and is fond of company.
Than a harpy I am much harpier-- How harpy I must be!
Illustration] The Harpy They certainly contrived to raise Queer ladies in the olden days.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harpy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
