"Golden eagle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... employed 18,000 men in its re-erection, and for upwards of thirty years more he had kept adding to its embellishments, till for grandeur and costliness it stood unrivalled. But when it was completed he set up over its chief gate the golden eagle of the Romans, and at the sight of that abhorred ensign all their gratitude fled, ...
— Little Folks (December 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... night. In the morning they rose at dawn and looked at the Roman legions. These were encamped in a green field which glittered with the gold on their tents and armor. The emperor's tent was of purple silk and bore on the top a golden eagle, ...
— King Arthur and His Knights • Maude L. Radford
... of Paulus' true identity, went through the farce of solemnly saluting as the emperor the man who stared down at them from beneath an awning's shadow between golden eagle's wings, and who returned the salute with a wave of the arm that all Rome ...
— Caesar Dies • Talbot Mundy
... shrewdly surmised that the landlady at the "Golden Eagle" had gleaned more particular information than this, although whenever she was questioned concerning the matter, she did only reply by a very grave shake of the head, each vibration of which (particularly when accompanied by a pursing of the mouth, and a mysterious ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 • Various
... golden eagle, Perseus spread out his arms, and the winged shoes carried him across the seas to the cold northern lands whither Athene ...
— A Book of Myths • Jean Lang |
