Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Carlyle]
On being told these terms the artificer stipulated that he should be allowed the use of his horse Svadilfari, and this by the advice of. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
Khur-om, Phoenician artificer, meaning of the name of, 81-u. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
The advertisement was sandwiched between a reader advertising a doctor of physick and one for an "artificer," the latter being a ladies 'hair-dresser. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
It is the image of the watchmaker, the metaphor being that the watch is so complicated that it is difficult for us to imagine its existence without an "artificer" or "designer.". From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
Tripura means the three cities constructed by the Asura artificer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
"Tubal Cain was an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wedge of Gold] Reference
Dædalus, grandson of a king of Athens, was the greatest artificer of his day. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Tubal-Cain is described as "An instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.". From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
The artificer engineer informed me that the water was over the engine-room gratings. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
And endued with great strength, Nala is the son of Tashtri, the divine artificer of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
Poe, as cunning an artificer of goldsmith's work and as adroit in its vending as was ever. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
That peacock was my own design, and made for my daughter by a cunning artificer in Candia. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844] Reference
Hephaistos is, in the same work, mentioned as the artificer of beautiful rings and hair-pins. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
He was an "instructor of every artificer in brass and iron," that is, he was the first smith. From Wordnik.com. [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference
Thou art of the form of that skill which is possessed by the celestial artificer of the universe. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
His Roman name, Vulcan, would seem to indicate a connection with the first great metal-working artificer of. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Desirous of doing what was agreeable (to Indra), it was made by Vishakarman (the celestial artificer) for Indra. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The trace of man's labour was lost in them; the work of the artificer had come to resemble the rudest accident of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
He followed her as she went, keeping at a distance, and saw the old artificer at work, and so discovered his process. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Salutations to thee that art the artificer of the universe, and that art ever united with the attribute of tranquillity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Or, if the poor emigrant be an artificer, and chuses to follow his trade, the high price of labour is no less encouraging. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
In the ornaments of the tabernacle, the artificer Bezaleel "made two cherubims of gold beaten out of one piece made he them.". From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
It is a significant fact in the history that Hiram, this expert artificer, bearing the same name as his king, should have had an. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
Here in these regions called Patala, it hath been built with great care by the divine artificer, and planned by the Danava Maya. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
As he was proceeding along, he beheld that beautiful lake which looked as if it had been made by the celestial artificer himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
Created by Tvashtri (the celestial artificer) for the use of Ishana, it was a consumer of the life-breaths and the bodies of all foes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Money came most readily to those who had a handicraft, and there was hardly a house on the main road in which there was not an artificer of some kind. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Zillah, was the “instructor of every artificer in brass and iron,” and on that account he is considered the first blacksmith of which there is any record. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
This spelling indicates the true derivation of the name, which is simply a corruption of Tubal - cain, who was "an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron". From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
The son of a widow woman, of the tribe of Nephthali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artificer in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and skill to work all work in brass. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
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