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Sentences ending with gods

You must know, yourself, that Hanuman could not have carried those mountains to Ceylon except by the strength of the gods. [5]
What manly pride would have cheerfully permitted him to accept was opposed by the defiant desire to show me, your father, you, the whole world, that he would depend upon himself, and needed assistance neither from human beings nor even the gods. [10]
Now see--and Gombert will thank you too--that it is quenched with a fuller gift of this drink of the gods. [10]
And the answer which comes to him--" "There is only one," cried the matron; "the omnipotent gods. [10]
One thing only was a pang to his vanity: No succeeding generations would preserve the memory of his heroic struggle and death for the cause of the gods. [10]
Nitetis, however, had understood him thoroughly, and answered: "My mother Ladice was the pupil of Pythagoras, and has told me something like this already; but the Egyptian priests consider such views to be sacrilegious, and call their originators despisers of the gods. [10]
There is Archias, too; there are the artists and the famous gentlemen of the Museum, the members of the Ephebi, and the priests of the great gods. [10]
Meanwhile you get to think yourself a devil of a swell--you and the gods! [11]
Cilo taught me to place my own power, and the greatness of the realm which it would be incumbent on me to reign over, above everything, even above the gods. [10]
Macrinus repeated this to Caesar with a shrug of his shoulders, but he withheld the remark added by the venerable elder of the ambassadors, that they did not fear a foe who by so vile a deed had incurred the wrath of the gods. [10]

Short sentences using gods

The gods preserve us! [10]
The gods be thanked! [10]
The gods remained silent. [9]
The gods are pitiless! [10]
Ye gods and little fishes! [11]
Slim--god of gods, how slim! [11]
Ye are as gods! [6]
There are no gods! [10]
Oh, ye pitiful gods! [10]
I thank the gods! [10]

Sentences containing gods two or more times

The gods themselves, that kind of gods, became as extinct as the deities of the Druids, the Greek fates, the terrible figures of German mythology. [9]
There are many nations in the world, and each group of nations has its own gods, and will pay no worship to the gods of the others. [5]
Each group believes its own gods to be strongest, and it will not exchange them except for gods that shall be proven to be their superiors in power. [5]
Before, in those delicious moments with her, seemingly pilfered from the angry gods, the sense of intimacy had been deep; deep, because robbing the gods together, they had shared the feeling of guilt, had known that retribution would coma. [9]
Even the two Chinamen, mysteriously coming and going, had laughed at him like two heathen gods, and had vanished suddenly like heathen gods. [11]
The gods are a man's earliest, mightiest and most faithful friends, and it therefore becomes thy duty, as a wife, to honor them, and to close thine heart against strange gods and superstitions, as thou wouldst close it against strange lovers. [10]

More example sentences with the word gods in them

The images of your manifold gods are everywhere to be seen; they crowd on our gaze, and yet who knows not that their real is not their apparent significance? [10]
Your generous heart, your love of truth, and your beautiful reverence for the gods, your courage and heroism, in short, every thing that I love and honor in you, I shall give to the hero of my tale. [10]
Fear not for your granddaughters, sisters, playfellows and betrothed: From the earliest ages a stringent law forbade the sacrifice of Egyptian blood; strangers were to perish, or those who worshipped other gods than those in Egypt. [10]
Nay, makers of your gods, Each day ye break an image in your shrine And plant a fairer image where it stood Where is the Moloch of your fathers' creed, Whose fires of torment burned for span-long babes? [6]
I tell you, you will recover sight, and once more thank the gods for a good old age. [10]
I already behold you creating other works to the delight of gods and men; but this Demeter extorts boundless, enthusiastic appreciation; both as a whole, and in detail, it is faultless and worthy of the most ardent praise. [10]
They have not yet succeeded in finding a new Apis, and believe that the gods are wroth with your father's kingdom. [10]
Perhaps, however, he would have hesitated to carry his purposes to immediate conclusions, were it not that the very gods seemed to play his game with him. [11]
Then her tears would burst out afresh, she would utter imploring supplications to the gods for mercy, and a few minutes later, begin conjuring her mother to take her to the hanging-gardens, that they might hear Nitetis' defence of her own conduct. [10]
It is not worth while to try to get any grip upon the cloud of minor gods, there are too many of them. [5]
She was a woman and need wear no colors; and her enthusiasm for the old gods and Greek taste and prejudices were the delight of her father. [10]
Fate is always with me, and I will be the gift of the gods to the woman that takes me. [11]
To him for whom Apollo, the pure among the gods, and the Muses, friends of beauty, do not open it at the same time with truth, its gates will remain closed, no matter how strongly and persistently he shakes them. [10]
Those lean Egyptians, who pushed past in silence and haranging their heads, were no doubt bent on carrying offerings to Osiris and Anubis--for the festival of the gods of death and resurrection coincided with the Nekysia--and on winning their favors by magical formulas and spells. [10]
How could one who had once dined at the table of the gods still relish the fare of mortals? [10]
Wise are they who anger not the gods, and who fly before the rising storm. [11]
The pliant intellect which the gods bestowed on me would ill sustain the test in this hour of anguish. [10]
I wish I were there to see--but no, by all the gods, no! [10]
There certainly never were more gods than there are now; and among those of whom the myths tell us things strange enough to bring those who worship them into contempt, or to the gallows, is the countless swarm of good and evil daimons. [10]
The conquered Babylonians were allowed by Cyrus to retain their own gods, after their incorporation in the great Asiatic kingdom. [10]
Then it is well with her, for death is not punishment; it is the end and aim of life,--the only end that we can attain without effort, but through sufferings!--the gods alone know how great. [10]
He is the weigher, the philosopher among the gods, the lord of writing, of art and of learning. [10]
My poor father was of course condemned and thrown into prison, where he was beginning to doubt the justice of the gods, when for his sake the greatest wonder happened, ever seen in this land of wonders since first the Greeks ruled in Alexandria. [10]
At first she was frightened; but then she exclaimed with delight from the very bottom of her faithful heart, "The gods be praised! [10]
In short, she was a lady; not one by virtue of a visit to the gods that rule o'er Buckingham Palace, but by the claims of good breeding and long descent. [11]
So let us wait for your brother's consent, and may the gods give their blessing! [10]
For when the veil no longer hid that face from my gaze, I felt as though the gods had revealed a mystery to me which till now only the immortals had been permitted to know. [10]
And it is true--by all the gods of all the worlds, it is true. [11]
Now he is transported among the gods, and the Olympians received him, if any one, gladly. [10]
The Magian then took a mortar, laid some leaves and stalks of the sacred herb Haomas within it, crushed them and poured the ruddy juice, the food of the gods, into the flames. [10]
On this ocean too the great constellations circle in their ships, and there is the kingdom of the blissful gods, who sit enthroned above this heavenly ocean under a canopy of stars. [10]
Have I not told you that the gods of the heathen are unreal beings which the vain imaginings of fools have endowed with all the weaknesses and crimes of humanity? [10]
Put every abomination together, everything unworthy of an honorable man and abhorrent to the gods, and you have the man whom you so willingly obey. [10]
It dates back to the shadowy ages of tradition, and was the birthplace of gods renowned in Grecian mythology. [5]
She had come to the Serapeum expressly to avenge her son's death and then to perish with the fall of the gods for whom he had sacrificed his young life. [10]
The gods hearken to the prayers of those who die innocent. [10]
For what?--a sacrifice to the gods you have offended in your classic existence? [11]
This wall was to protect the highest of the gods, and among the detachment told off to defend it, were Karnis, his son, and his wife. [10]
It went on to point out how the heathen had devised their gods in the image of weak, sinful, earthly beings, and chosen victims in accordance with this idea. [10]
Philippus forbade them to plunder on pain of death, and showed them--the gods be thanked!--that he was in earnest. [10]
To be able to lavish everything upon the most beloved of mortals, and do whatever her warm, ever-helpful heart prompted, seemed to her a special favour of the gods in whom she believed. [10]
Are the gods to be blamed because we misunderstand their words? [10]
When it was time to depart, she joined the hands of the betrothed pair, and called down a blessing from the gods. [10]
For the first time in his life his belief in the justice of the gods forsook him. [10]
Even the youths, thy immediate attendants, are never seen to smile; though cheerfulness, that sweet gift of the gods, usually belongs to the young, as flowers to spring. [10]
Remember, that at thy death, which may the gods long avert, I shall represent the existence of this glorious land as thou dost now; my fall will be the ruin of thine house, of Egypt! [10]
Was the groaning throng of restless spirits which his grandson had pointed out to him from the observatory, pouring into the sanctuary of the gods? [10]
On its walls thou canst behold pleasing paintings of the gods to whom thou hast devoted thy life, the most sacred chapters from the book of the dead, and many other beautiful pictures touching thine own life and character. [10]
Why, even in this house, which the gods have filled to the roof with gifts and favors, misfortune has crept in through the key hole. [10]
What do you think--would it not be right to pour out half a cup of wine to the gods, and allow ourselves the other half? [10]
As soon as they show any disposition to refuse to the old gods the respect that is due to them, or to raise a finger against them, severity must be exercised and every excess must be punished by death. [10]
There, yes, there they cherish the heresy that makes the gods into puppets of straw, and the majesty of the throne into an owl for pert and insignificant birds to peck at. [10]
Besides all else, there was in the Fort the thing which the gods made last to humble the pride of men--there was rum. [11]
Take heed while there is time; for the gods have opened their own sanctuaries to the horror. [10]
An edict of Theodosius commands that every temple of the gods shall be closed, and the heavy cavalry have dispersed our force. [10]
And men lost their wits and looked on at the crime, flinging the delight of the gods into the water and the kiln. [10]
The god of Thebes, our Ammon, shall be transformed into Ormuzd,--Isis or Hathor, into Anahita, and those among our gods for whom I can find no likeness in the Persian religion, I shall designate by the name of 'the Deity. [10]
Before the onset, the young Lysander raised his hands imploringly to the gods, crying: 'For my father, my honor, and the glory of Sparta! [10]
But were I the widow of a noble Aurelian and your mother--" Here Apollinaris, whose wounds were beginning to burn again, broke in: "She would have counseled us to leave revenge to the gods. [10]
It rises from the well which has its springs at the beginning of the world, where those beings lived who loved before there were any gods at all, or any faiths, or any truths save the truth of being. [11]
The form of the solia or throne has become familiar to us from the discoveries at Pompeii and the representations of many gods and distinguished persons. [10]
The gods forgive the sins of the wise, and a man will not forgive the fault committed by a stupid lad in a moment of imprudence. [10]
At any rate, the sight of these young gods of leisure, the contemplation of the stolid butler and plush footmen in the background never failed to make Lise's heart beat faster. [9]
Not yet had the Romans dared to lay hands on the chief of the gods, the patron and protector of the city. [10]
Behind the stage, the real play, the absorbing interest, the high stakes--occasional discreet laughter through the peep-hole when an actor makes an impassioned appeal to the gods. [9]
To the Egyptians the Philadelphi, Ptolemy and Arsinoe, are gods, and what cause have we to reproach them except that they use their omnipotence? [10]
As soon as the pathway widens, we'll run you down with scant ceremony, and may the gods deprive me of a day of life for each one I spare! [10]
The gods gave the old man three sons. [10]
The gods of the old heathen are the servants of to-day. [6]
I stick to the old gods whom my Olympias served, and she always did the best in everything. [10]
Then why, in the name of all the gods, was Xanthe sad? [10]
The Emperor received the honors due to Zeus and his fiat had ruined the happiness of a contented home as completely as the thunderbolt wielded by the Father of the gods could have done. [10]
It is as the Greek philosopher said, 'To conceive the human mind aright is the greatest gift from the gods. [11]
The images of the gods, too, had very various fates. [10]
Cambyses may thank the gods, that the Ethiopians have never taken it into their heads to conquer countries which do not belong to them. [10]
The thought that the gods themselves were helping her to appeal to the only man who could save her lover, encouraged her to defy every obstacle. [10]
Under such circumstances the gods themselves cannot separate the individual from the multitude; nay, even the innocent animals share the penalty. [10]
He took what the gods sent him, and was thankful. [9]
The statues of the gods had, before Caesar's arrival, been placed on the pedestals erected for them to prevent any risk of a demonstration at the appearance of the deified emperors. [10]
When I beheld the first Persians scale the walls of Sardis, I execrated myself and the gods, life appeared odious to me, existence a curse. [10]
I dreamed of the fall of the Caesars, and of a great Greek Empire risen from the ruins, powerful and brilliant under the special protection of the gods of Olympus; and each one of us must labor to bring about the realization of this dream. [10]
They fancy themselves the exclusive favorites of the gods, and by so doing incur the contempt of all wise men, and the hatred of the whole world. [10]
I swear, by the eternal gods, that but for Cambyses' sake that shameless Lydian had not seen the light of another day. [10]
In this prayer the blessing of the gods was called down on everything pure and good, but principally on the king and his entire realm. [10]
When Homer describes the battle of the gods and noble men fighting with giants and dragons, they represent under this image our struggles with the delusions of our passions. [5]
It may be that we are not to blame, either of us, that the practical gods are too strong. [9]
It is true that the gods will not exonerate Mrs. [9]
Epicurus, who believes that the gods merely watch the destiny of men inactively from their blissful heights, is right. [10]
I know now that I must not fly, and that I must bear whatever fate the gods may send me. [10]
They told him, that he had been lying in a violent fever for weeks, and had only escaped death by the special mercy of the gods, the skill of the physicians, and the unwearied nursing of his mother. [10]
And Lucy Hayden, that doll-like darling of the gods? [9]
We may really thank the gods, that Cambyses did not lay violent hands on him in a fit of passion. [10]
It is to tell him that I love him more than the gods, the world, yes, more than my own young life. [10]
The Greeks of Tauromenium should be reminded from the stage-boards of the might of the old gods and the glories of their past. [10]
If we each take calmly whatever befalls us our masters try to heal our wounds, but if we resist may the gods have mercy on us! [10]
Where injustice holds sway frightful things occur, for the gods seem to take the side of the wicked. [10]
In every nation sufficiently advanced to have made effigies of their gods or of their deified rulers, the sculptors no doubt have endeavoured to express their highest ideal of beauty and grandeur. [1]
But life is such a web of wretchedness and disappointment, that I agree with your philosopher Solon in thinking those fortunate to whom, as in former days to Kleobis and Biton, the gods decree an early death. [10]
Not in the Stoa, not in herself can a woman find such a stay, but in pious dependence on the help of the gods. [10]
And yet we stand high, friend Lienhard, and therefore are seen by all; but the old Argus who watches for his neighbour's faults has a hundred sharp eyes, while among the gods three are blind--Justice, Happiness, and Love. [10]

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