"In extremis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his exit majestically, and left Brigitte with the arrow of his comparison, discharged after the manner of the Parthian "in extremis," sticking in her mind, and she herself in a temper all the more savage because already, the evening before, Madame Thuillier, after the guests were gone, had the incredible audacity to say something in favor of Felix. Needless to relate that the poor helot was roughly put down and told ...
— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac
... aside. An example to this purpose we have in the etymology of Ramesses, as it is explained in the [478]Hebrew Onomasticum. Ramesses, tonitruum vel exprobratio tineae; aut malum delens sive dissolvens; vel contractionem dissolvens, aut confractus a tinea—civitas in extremis finibus AEgypti. A similar interpretation is given of Berodach, a king of Babylon. Berodach: creans contritionem, vel electio interitus, aut filius interitus, vel vaporis tui; sive frumentum; vel puritas nubis, ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. • Jacob Bryant |
