"Merops" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the ladder for the purpose. Why, Phaethon—for thou art Merops' son— Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car, And with thy daring folly burn the world? Wilt thou reach stars because they shine on thee? Go, base intruder! over-weening slave! Bestow thy fawning smiles on ...
— The Two Gentlemen of Verona • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]
... them nudis manibus, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and suck their bodies for the sake of their honey-bags. Sometimes he would fill his bosom between his shirt and his skin with a number of these captives; and sometimes would confine them in bottles. He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird; and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn ...
— The Natural History of Selborne • Gilbert White |
