This evil had held captive all the treasures of the spirit, which, set free at last, seem to refresh and reanimate the whole world before their eyes: "And what I saw seemed even as a smile.
Nearly all these treasures are now being dispersed, and the very memory of them is dying out, under the tyranny of the stupid and uniform "hygienic" fashions of our day.
San Giovanni a Carbonara is one of the chief artistic treasures of Naples.
In the popular mind the Maghe are supposed to possess vast treasures hidden in caves by the seashore, or on the bleak mountain side, and it was doubtless concerning these spirits that the guide’s tale, given in a previous chapter, relates.
In such alliance couldst thou wish to join, A palace stored with treasures should be thine.
Now drain this goblet, potent to digest; Know hence what treasures in our ship we lost, And what rich liquors other climates boast.
We were half prepared for the fairy treasureshe had come forth to reveal to us.
Heaven knows by what fortunate combination of circumstances he finds those treasures still intact, for they seemed to us very insufficiently guarded, unless the tutelary efreet watches over them.
It is the last of mytreasures which I kept for the King.
This tree was first raised in England by the celebrated Peter Collinson, whose original tree, one of the treasures of the Mill Hill garden, was cut down about the year 1800 to make a rail!
They were, however, far from miserly, and often dissipated their hardly-won treasureswithout restraint or consideration.
Enumeration of thetreasures contained in the Palais des Beaux Arts would take a volume in itself.
Our chief search in Arras, after valuing the ancient halls and the limited treasures of the museum, was for some examples of the wonderful tapestries known far and near by the name of "Arras.
Among the treasures in this small chapel was a series of the tapestries of Gobelin, another of Beauvais, and a third complete pictorial set made in Antwerp after the cartoons of Nicolas Memling.
But the treasures which it contained, now either destroyed or carried off to Berlin, who shall say if they can ever be replaced?
I am astonished, my girl, to see you poor and in rags, clothed like a fagot, running barefoot about the fields on the Sabbath, when you carry about you more treasures than you could dig up in the grounds of the abbey.
These two treasures are, as everyone knows, placed on the principal altar of the church, and are esteemed as an inestimable work, for the silversmith had spent therein all his wealth.
Treasures not to be imagined are still hidden in the profound recesses of the Malay forest; priceless treasures for medical science and for industry.
Agriculture, in all its varied branches, could here find incalculable treasures of fertility!
Let Science tell us of the immense treasures there produced for the welfare of Mankind.
The great Sorceress, the great and incomparable Malayan Forest, offers wonderful treasures to the world, some of which give charms to Life and others conceal the snares of Death.
If my words have been clear to you, dear reader, you must have remarked that in those savages are to be found real treasures of uprightness, honesty and common sense.
Treasures of good affections and true thoughts are worth more than all earthly riches, and will bear us far more safely and happily through the world; such treasures are given to all who will receive them, and given in lavish abundance.
Mere treasures of the mind, Edith, do not sustain natural life, do not supply natural demands.
Her heart is rich with affection, and upon you will its treasures be poured out.
In real householdtreasures few were as rich as he.
Treasures of affection, such as no money could buy; and, above all, the wealth of an approving conscience.
Be mine the dreams prophetic, shadowing forth The things that yet shall be, When through this gate the treasures of the North Flow outward to the sea.
And yet not here Spain's gay, adventurous host Dipped sword or planted cross; The treasures guarded by this rock-bound coast Counted them gain nor loss.
Not only was the city and all the treasures of art interesting, but the country around was picturesque and highly cultivated.
I had heretofore banked mainly on thetreasures of hope.
Here again the long purses were soon on his track, and the pursuit had to be abandoned, but not till manytreasures had been garnered.
Even without means to acquire the treasures of a Quaritch or a Pickering, he may yet derive infinite delight from the perusal of the many hundreds of catalogues that now weekly issue from the second-hand booksellers in town and country.
While the priests who guard all these treasures wander in among them in coarse cassocks and bare feet, that the world may see how poor is man.
To cheer her, he showed her the treasures he had brought with him--the ore, silk, and wine.
Not only were the treasures of the Exhibition carefully inspected, but visits were paid to some of the great manufacturing works of the town.
Here the President pointed out the ancient panels, the pictures, including portrait of the founder, and other treasures removed from the old building.
Therefore, the disturbing of them was not merely for the sake of disturbing the dead, but with the hope of finding some treasures there.
In the succeeding years these appearances in public were frequent, and in 1857 he accompanied the Queen and the Prince on their memorable visit to the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester.
Why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeks And given my treasures and my rights of thee To thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy?
But the game does not usually last very long; the wily American soon grows weary or distrustful; and the call for these treasures subsides, and with it the courage of the bidders.
The Rectory at Stand was a small, detached house near the church, and had no suitable accommodation for such an assemblage of treasures as Mr Corser gradually accumulated within its walls.
Sending your treasures of this class to the doctor's is as parlous as committing a book or tract in old parchment or sheep to the mercy of the uncanny bibliopegist or a piece of unblemished porcelain to the duster of a charwoman.
We may have treasures upon earth, but they must not be put into unsafe places, but into safe places.
We must read on without a pause--Lay not up treasures upon earth where moth and rust do corrupt and where thieves break through and steal--that was the true doctrine.
Rove not long time remote, thy treasuresleft At mercy of those proud, lest they divide And waste the whole, rend'ring thy voyage vain.
All the wealth He shew'd me by the Chief amass'd, a store To feed the house of yet another Prince To the tenth generation; so immense His treasures were within that palace lodg'd.
Should these haughty ones effect My death, clandestine, under my own roof, And parcel my inheritance by lot, I rather wish those treasures thine, than theirs.
Artagnan, which to him is worth more than all the houses and all the treasures of the world.
Arts and manufactures consume a large proportion of the treasures of the mine, and as the objects fall into decay, so does the metal return to the earth again.
Or is it simply that threatened danger has caused you to set a higher value on his caresses, and that you count over your treasures with all the more delight because you have been all but ruined?
To make yourself loved, is to store up treasures of happiness for the winter.
Little did we think that all these treasureswould be burnt before they were even unpacked!
The brilliancy of the scenery throws one into a delirium of delight, and a beetle hunter is not likely soon to awaken from it, when whichever way he turns fresh treasures meet his eye.
Apollo, according to a Roman poet of this period, was so impoverished by the pirates that, when the swallow paid him a visit, he could no longer produce to it out of all his treasures even a drachm of gold.
The state-treasury was at a low ebb as usual; they busied themselves in supplementing the inadequate amount of cash out of the local treasuries and even from the temple-treasures of the -municipia-.
We have already mentioned what treasures of art were to be found within the house of Lucullus, who indeed was accused, perhaps not unjustly, of having gratified his interest in the fine arts at the expense of his duties as a general.
