"Unlook" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... half their incense unconsum'd remain'd. "How oft the oxen to the temple dragg'd, "While now the priest his voice address'd, and pour'd "The goblet o'er their foreheads, have they dropp'd "By stroke unlook'd for. When myself, to Jove "Wish'd sacrifice to offer up; for me, "My country, and my sons,—the victim loud "Dire lowings utter'd, and without a blow "Fell sudden,—scarce with blood the wounding knife "Was stain'd. The morbid inwards mock'd our wish, "To ...
— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid
... are in favour with their stars Of public honour and proud titles boast, Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars, Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most. Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread, But as the marigold in the sun's eye; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famous'd for fight, ...
— Characters of Shakespeare's Plays • William Hazlitt
... stands oppress'd with mighty woe, On every side he sees the labour grow; "Oh cursed event! and oh unlook'd for aid! Melanthius or the women have betray'd— Oh my dear son!"—The father with a sigh Then ceased; the filial ...
— The Odyssey of Homer • Homer, translated by Alexander Pope |
