"Arcus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... loquitur. Vocabar ante circulus Eramque curvus undique Ut alta solis orbita Et arcus ille nubium. Eram figura nobilis Carensque sola origine Carensque sola termino. Modo indecora prodeo Novisque foedor angulis. Nec hoc peregit Archytas[60] Neque Icari pater neque Tuus, Iapete, filius. Quis ergo casus aut Deus ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan
... put to your shifts; 'ardua prima via est,' the first part of the road is confoundedly steep! 'ultima via prona est,' and after that, it is all down- hill! Moreover, 'per insidias iter est, formasque ferarum,' the road is full of nooses and bull-dogs, 'Haemoniosque arcus,' and spring guns, 'saevaque circuitu, curvantem brachia longo, Scorpio,' and steel traps of uncommon size and shape." These were nothing in the eyes of Phaeton; go he would, so off he set, full speed, four in hand. ...
— Wanderings In South America • Charles Waterton |
