"Ibis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... god Tum, of the Setting Sun. Probably gods and goddesses never enjoyed themselves so much as in Ancient Egypt; and though it does seem a drawback from our artistic point of view for Hathor to have the head or ears of a cow, for wise Thoth to have the long beak of an ibis, and so on, it was for them only an amusing kind of masquerade or 'tete' party, on the walls of the temples and tombs. At home, they could be what they liked. Think how interesting for the Egyptians to have all these queer gods, and what variety it gave to their lives. Perhaps the priests really ...
— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson
... gentleman from Mississippi. He must speak "the language of just indignation." He gladly testified to the consideration with which Douglas was wont to treat the South, but he warned the young Senator from Illinois that the old adage—"in medio tutissimus ibis"—might lead him astray. He might think to reach the goal of his ambitions by keeping clear of the two leading factions and by identifying himself with the masses, ...
— Stephen A. Douglas - A Study in American Politics • Allen Johnson
... that Mr. Maddison is erecting an ibis house in connection with the aviary. Ri has gone to Kamchatka, but hopes to be back by ...
— Count Bunker • J. Storer Clouston
... life is surprising. At the time the river begins to rise, the 'Ibis religiosa' comes down in flocks of fifties, with prodigious numbers of other water-fowl. Some of the sand-banks appear whitened during the day with flocks of pelicans—I once counted three hundred; others are ...
— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone
... inops, exspes, leto poenaeque relictus. 'Metamorphoses', xiv. 217. Exsul, inops erres, alienaque limina lustres, etc. 'Ibis'. 113. ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith
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