10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPSTRETCHED»
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upstretched in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
upstretched and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Victorian Poetry: Poetry, Poets and Politics
Stand with your upstretched arms and tranquil regardant faces' (I. x. 186, 188).
But such manhood is only immutable when it is aestheticised and safe in the past
. The 'upstretched' arms of the tranquil pair are recalled in a later test of modern ...
What are those limits? What is the normal size ski for you? In general, a ski which
reaches to the top of the wrist of your upstretched arm is considered long. And a
ski which reaches only an inch or two above the elbow of your upstretched arm ...
3
Self and Self-Transformation in the History of Religions
This statuette represents a man with his arms upstretched along the sides of his
head (SB VII, 4, 11-44). This is the attitude of the sacrificer himself when the
priests measure his height, from the tip of his fingers down to his feet, at the very ...
David Shulman Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Guy S. Stroumsa Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion both at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002
And the dried-up muscles of the body gave it no roundness, and the upstretched,
naked arms consisted only of shapeless bones, covered with shrivelled,
hardened, bark-like skin. He wore an old, close-fitting, black robe. He was tanned
by the ...
5
The Selma Lagerlof Megapack: 31 Classic Novels and Stories
And the dried-up muscles of the body gave it no roundness, and the upstretched,
naked arms consisted only of shapeless bones, covered with shrivelled,
hardened, bark-like skin. He wore an old, closefitting, black robe. He was tanned
by the ...
6
Meditations on the Glory of God
Two were covering their bodies, i.e., each cherub covered his body with the pair
of wings that folded downward.11 Verse 1 1 adds that the two upstretched wings
of each cherub joined to the upstretched wings of the cherub next to him on each
...
Samuel Whittemore Fowler, 2010
7
The Satapatha Brahmana, Part III:
And as towhy he anoints him (standing) with upstretched arms; those armsin truth
arethe Râganya's power, and power also is that collected essence of the waters
wherewith henow anoints him: 'Lest thatpower, the collectedessence of the ...
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The Satapatha- Brahmana
1 7. And as to why he anoints him (standing) with upstretched arms ; — those
arms in truth are the Ra^anya's power, and power also is that collected essence
of the waters wherewith he now anoints him': ' Lest that power, the collected ...
9
Loyola's Acts: The Rhetoric of the Self
The legs of Christ are smartly straight and his arms upstretched, with no sagging
at the joints as in some scenes of crucifixion. Above his halo is the Spirit in the
form of a dove, again with its erect body as the central form and its flanking wings
...
Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle, 1997
To the right aretwo women greeting her with upstretched arms. To the left are two
men, also greetingher with upstretched arms;theyhave cast aside their shieldsto
worship. Significantly,the menhave knelt before the goddess, whereas the ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPSTRETCHED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
upstretched is used in the context of the following news items.
Ask Phoebe: Cat statue - two tales
"With his upstretched paw he is appealing to the King of the Birds to stop the incessant war between cats and birds." King Cat was put there by the late Auckland ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Buckle up — it's going to be a bumpy ride for Cameron Crowe's 'Aloha'
Crowe — who gave the world such deathless lines as “You had me at 'Hello,' ” the man who put the boom box in Lloyd Dobler's defiantly upstretched arms ... «Washington Post, May 15»
Leaving a legacy
And quite possibly nothing embodies the spirit of life more than a majestic tree with its roots deep in the earth and upstretched arms reaching toward the ... «Bellefontaine Examiner, Apr 15»
Longing for Grace
People were swaying, arms upstretched. A man near the front was crying and soon so was I, unsure what I was witnessing, much less feeling. Was it grief or joy, ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
Church Is More Informal, Like Society, Study Finds
... Americans worship in congregations where drums are played, words or images are projected on screens, and praise is expressed via upstretched hands. «New York Times, Sep 14»
Megachurch With a Beat Lures a Young Flock
... strode onto the stage of a former burlesque theater here and shouted across a sea of upstretched hands and uplifted smartphones: “Let's win this city together! «New York Times, Sep 14»
Composer sitting pretty on royalties
... Jennifer Grey bumps and grinds with Patrick Swayze on stage and then soars through the air into his upstretched arms as the song crescendos never gets old. «Stuff.co.nz, Nov 10»
An Instinct That's Not Just for the Birds
Those four baby robins, bills upstretched to the sky, blindly and madly chirping for someone, anyone, to drop them a worm — that was exactly what our human ... «New York Times, May 08»
