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Isthmian

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or forming an isthmus.



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"Isthmian" Quotes from Famous Books



... omen. But Timoleon, with the quickness of genius, seized some of it, wove a wreath for his head, and cried, "This is our Corinthian symbol of victory: it is the sacred herb with which we decorate the victors at the Isthmian festival. Its coming signifies success." With these encouraging words he restored the spirits of the army, and led them on to the top of the hill overlooking ...
— Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... Wonderful changes have taken place since that time, and at the Bois de Boulogne and at Chantilly may be seen running equal to that of our best races in England; and our neighbours produce horses, bred in France, that can carry off some of the great prizes in our own "Isthmian games." ...
— Reminiscences of Captain Gronow • Rees Howell Gronow
... negotiations upon the Isthmian Canal pending, having been taken up by Hayes. His attitude in his notes of 1881 failed to meet the approval of Great Britain, and ignored obligations that the United States had long before accepted. But it pointed ...
— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson
... he ventured on crossing again The scenes of our Isthmian Games - JOHN caught him, and collared him, giving him pain (I felt ...
— Fifty Bab Ballads • William S. Gilbert
... ventured on crossing again The scenes of our Isthmian Games— JOHN caught him, and collared him, giving him pain (I felt ...
— More Bab Ballads • W. S. Gilbert
... more formidable 675 Had rak'd together village rabble: 'Twas an old way of recreating, Which learned butchers call bear-baiting: A bold advent'rous exercise, With ancient heroes in high prize: 680 For authors do affirm it came From Isthmian or Nemean game: Others derive it from the bear That's fix'd in northern hemisphere, And round about the pole does make 685 A circle like a bear at stake, That at the chain's end wheels about, And overturns the rabble-rout. For after solemn proclamation, In ...
— Hudibras • Samuel Butler


Words linked to "Isthmian" :   isthmus


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