The 15,767 occurrences of ass

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He is usually exhibited as over-laden with wine, and seated on a saddled ass, upon which he supports himself with a long staff in the one hand, and in the other carries a _cantharus_ or jug, with the handle almost worn out with frequent use.

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This present they put on the back of an ass, which stopping at a fountain to quench his thirst, was prevented by a water-snake which would not suffer him to drink till he gave him his burden; hence the serpent renews his youth upon changing his skin.

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Ass, n. [as] Burro, borrico; asno; tonto, ignorante.

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Gomeril, an ass, a fool.

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"I wish that may not be the case of a packet which I expect in a few days-it should have been here already, or, perhaps, it may arrive in the beginning of the week-it is from that formal ass, Trueman the Quaker, who addresses me by my Christian and family name, Francis Tyrrel.

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"In that case, sir," said Jekyl, bowing coldly, "I have no more to say, and I hope there is no harm done.-Conceited coxcomb!" he added, mentally, as they parted, "how truly did Etherington judge of him, and what an ass was I to intermeddle!-I hope Etherington will strip him of every feather!"

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Look ye, sir, I do not go afoot for nothing-if I have laboured, I have reaped-and, like the fellow in the old play, 'I have enough, and can maintain my humour'-it is not a few hundreds, or thousands either, can stand betwixt old P. S. Touchwood and his purpose; and my present purpose is to make you, Mr. Mowbray of St. Ronan's, a free man of the forest.-You still look grave on it, young man?-Why, I trust you are [Pg 272] not such an ass as to think your dignity offended, because the plebeian Scrogie comes to the assistance of the terribly great and old house of Mowbray?"

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Having finished with litters, the series proceeds to peculiar marks found on single specimens; lambs that have a head and tail shaped like a lion or that have a lion's head and a mane like that of an ass, or a head like a bird's, or like a swine, and so through a long and rather tiresome list.

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The ox does not mount the cow, the ass does not bend over the she-ass.

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_Anu_, god, 51; relationship to Ishtar, 84-5; Dêr, city of Anu, 88, 155, 162; god of heavenly expanse, 89, 147, 207, 432; abstract conception, 89; priest of Anu, 90; Anu as term for 'lofty,' 90; member of the great triad, 107, 152, 155, 207, 677; in Lugalraggisi's pantheon, 110; artificial character in Hammurabi's pantheon, 152; position in Agum's pantheon, 152; dwells in Uruk, 153; Anatum, his consort, 153; in Ass.

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_Ashur_, god, consort of Belit, 150, 226, 668; rivaled by Ramman, 161; in Ass.

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pantheon, 189; head of Ass.

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_Assyria_, military superiority, 2; history by Herodotus, 3; art and antiquities, 7; character of country and culture, 30-1; character of people, 31; comparison with Babylonia, 31; architecture, 42; history, 41-4; conquest of, 44; sun worship, 78; Assyrian Ishtar cult as distinguished from Bab., 83, 85; Ass.

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culture and religion, 179; pantheon, 188; divisions of Ass.

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pantheon, 188-9; comparison of Ass.

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pantheons, 189, 201; attacked by Cassites, 199; A. god of oracles, 344; continuity of Ass.

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religion owing to Ass.

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deities, 642; Airu, sacred month in Ass., 684.

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_Azag-sir,_ minor deity in Ass.

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and Ass.

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and Ass.

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beliefs less popular than Ass., 153; periods of Bab.

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and Ass.

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pantheons, 189, 201; country of Bel, 222; under Ass.

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rule, 223; source of Ass.

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and Ass.

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belief owing to Ass.

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_Belit_, goddess, 51; place of cult, 55, 635; titles and their meanings, 55-6, 227; sanctuaries, 56; in Lugalzaggisi's pantheon, 110; consort of En-lil, 111, 150, 151; consort of Ashur, 150, 226, 668; uses of "Belit," 151; Bel and Belit decree the fate, 150, 153; relationship to Zakar, 172; associated with Anu and Bel, 226-8; confusion in Ass.

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_Christianity_, influenced by Ass.-Bab.

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_Dibbarra_, in Ass.

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_Dur-ilu_, Ass.

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_Gamlat_, in Ass.

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_Gibil_, fire-god, E-la-li, perhaps an epithet, 170; in Ass.

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_Kadi_, in Ass.

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_Khani_, god, in Ass.

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_Laz_, consort of Nergal, 219, 243; not mentioned in Ass.

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period, 171-2; by Mili-shikhu, 172; some Cassite deities, 172; in Ass.

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_Nusku_, fire-god, in Ass.

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temple, 623, 632, 652-3, 655; libation of oil in O. T. and in Ass.-Bab., 665; sacrifices in O. T. compared with Ass.-Bab., 667-8; teraphim and Ass.-Bab.

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Ass.

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period, 169; in Ass.

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_Shalman_, god, in Ass.

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pantheon during and after Hammurabi, 144; position in Ass.

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pantheon, 144, 209-11; associated with Ramman, 145, 157-8, 160, 211; associated with Sin and Ramman, 158, 163; associated with Ishtar, 163, 511; associated with Malik and Bunene, 176; often called Malik, 176; symbol of Shamash, 176-7; temple at Ashur, 209; protecting deity, 209; ethical level in Ass.

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)-ka_, goddess, in Ass.

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_Sherua_, minor god in Ass.

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_Sin_, god, see also _Nannar_; worshipped in Harran, 76, 241, 641, 647; temple at Ur, 76, 241, 295, 640, 644, 687; occurrence of the name elsewhere, 77; amalgamation with Nannar, 78; chief trait, 78; lunar cycle and sun calendar, 78; epithets and functions, 76, 78-9, 219, 462; gradual decrease of Sin cult, 78-9; in Lugalzaggisi's and Gudea's pantheon, 110; associated with Shamash and Ramman, 158, 163; in Hammurabi's pantheon, 162; patron of Bit-Khabban, 163; head of 2d triad, 163; associated with Ishtar, 163, 571; father of Ishtar, 565; temple at Calah, 219; sanctuary at Khorsabad, 219; sanctuary at Magganubba, 219; god of wisdom, 78, 219; god of water in Ass.

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pantheon, 219; first-born son of Bel, 76, 219; subordinate position in Ass.

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_Teraphim_, talismans parallel to Ass.-Bab.

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_Triad_, the great, Anu, Bel, Ea, 107; relationship of the members, 147; product of theology, 147, 149; development of, 148; extraneous position, 149; representative of the three kingdoms, 155; punish the violator of monuments, 207; fix the name of the months, 208, 236; general position in Ass.

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Whoe'er, like Alder, strives to aid The lowly where he can, Shall win respect from every soul That bears the stamp of man: But he who, Poplar-like, o'er-rides Poor mortals as they pass, Will well be used if used to prop A stable for an ass.

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That he should instantly be able to tell the difference between a dromedary and a camel without any previous instruction, strikes me as evidence of a more or less remarkable intuition, the like of which we do not often find to-day, and his dubbing that long-eared, four-footed piece of resistant uselessness the Ass an ass, always seemed to me to be a master stroke, although my father used to say that his greatest achievement lay in correctly designating the pig at first sight.

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ASCELLUS BOREALIS, ν _Cancri_, "northern ass."

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ASCELLUS AUSTRALIS, δ _Cancri_, "the southern ass."

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luckless speech, and bootless boast For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before.

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Starting as _Bensley's_ "best man," he missed the wedding ceremony through going to the wrong church, but after that he stuck close to his friend for the remainder of the plot, and greatly endeared himself to the audience by the excellent way in which he played the silly ass.

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In the evening the _Asinaria_ was presented, together with a wonderful _moresca_ in which appeared fourteen satyrs, one of which carried a silvered ass's head in his hands, in which there was a music-box, to the strains of which the clowns danced.

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Do get on--what an ass you are!

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But sudden illness, accident, chronic maladies, or possibly the death of the mother, often throw the helpless babes out into a world of many sorts and kinds of artificial foods--foods that are prepared by modifying cow's, ass', or goat's milk; foods arranged by the addition to the milk of various specially prepared cereals, albumens or malted preparations, otherwise known as "proprietary foods."

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These extinct forms, as Professor Owen, remarks,[129] "differ from each other in a greater degree than do the horse, zebra, and ass," which are not only good _zoological_ species as to form, but are species _physiologically_, _i.e._ they cannot produce a race of hybrids fertile _inter se_.

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I say Sir, I was an ass--do you hear?--an _ass_, premature, wise before my time, a brute, a blockhead!

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He decides in favor of Pan, whereupon Pol throws off his disguise, appears as the god Apollo, and, being indignant at the decision, gives Midas "the ears of an ass."

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_Midas's Ears._ The servant who used to cut the king's hair, discovering the deformity, was afraid to whisper the secret to any one, but, being unable to contain himself, he dug a hole in the earth, and, putting his mouth into it, cried out, "King Midas has ass's ears!"

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In order to sound her, the count disguised himself as a father confessor; but Volantê detected the trick instantly, and said to him, "Come, come, count, pull off your lion's hide, and confess yourself an ass."

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A nincompoop, fond of drinking, but with just a shade more brains than Abel Day, who is "a thorough ass" (act i.

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Titania happened to see a country bumpkin, whom Puck had dressed up with an ass's head.

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Ocnus is represented as twisting with unwearied diligence a rope, which an ass eats as fast as it is made.

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One day, riding on an ass by the ruins of Jerusalem, after its destruction by the Chaldeans, he doubted in his mind whether God could raise the city up again.

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While he still looked, the dry bones came together, received life, and the resuscitated ass began to bray.

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He rides an ass called Dapple.

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He returned the favor by stealing Sancho's wallet and ass.

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The hero becomes possessed of a magical wild ass's skin, which yields him the means of gratifying every wish; but for every wish thus gratified, the skin shrank somewhat, and at last vanished, having been wished entirely away.

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This exquisite allegory is from the _Golden Ass_ of Apulēios.

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Jonson, _The Devil is an Ass_ (1616).

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Una comes on a white ass to the court of Gloriana, and craves that one of the knights would undertake to slay the dragon which kept her father and mother prisoners.

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Ocnus was always twisting a rope with unwearied diligence, but an ass ate it as fast as it was twisted.

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⁂ The allusion is to Sancho Panza's ass, which was stolen from under him by the galley-slave, Gines de Passamonte.

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He rode upon an ass which he dearly loved, and was noted for his proverbs.

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_Sancho Panza's Ass_, Dapple.

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You could have made her give up the stuff she recovered from that ass Brookings inside of an hour, and wouldn't have had to kill her afterward, either."

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He was in that peculiar condition when a man knows that he is making an ass of himself, and knows that he is going right ahead doing it.

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Our informant was ploughing in a fierce cocked hat, with a team composed of a cow and an ass.

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The corn is laid in the circular trough, and ground by a stone revolving round the shaft in the centre; which is probably worked by an ass.

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I have written in vain if the reader, while believing in the hypothesis of a forger, thinks him such an egregious ass.

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After an appropriate interval the cold truth is revealed to him in a hysterical duet, and he goes home, glaring defiantly, but feeling an entire and unmitigated ass.

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He is a good fellow at bottom, and of immense service to the party; but he is the most blatant ass I have ever met.

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Do you think a chap would be such a silly ass as to want to come in specially to carve his name during play-hours, when he's got the whole of his school-time to do it in?"

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It was not a particularly severe one, but it drew from its recipient the somewhat unexpected expostulation-- "You silly ass!

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The Cymeans, you know, had never seen ass or lion; so the ass came the lion over them, with the aid of a borrowed skin and his most awe-inspiring bray; however, a stranger who had often seen both brought the truth to light with a stick.

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As he drew them toward the shore, he found them very heavy, and thought he had a good draught of fish, at which he rejoiced; but a moment after, perceiving that instead of fish his net contained nothing but the carcass of an ass, he was much vexed.

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On Saturday nights, when the Auld Licht young men came into the square dressed and washed to look at the young women errand-going, and to laugh sometime afterwards to each other, it presented a glare of light; and here even came the cheap jacks and the Fair Circassian, and the showman, who, besides playing "The Mountain Maid and the Shepherd's Bride," exhibited part of the tail of Balaam's ass, the helm of Noah's ark, and the tartan plaid in which Flora McDonald wrapped Prince Charlie.

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From the remotest antiquity Asiatics had the horse, ass, ox and cow, camel and goat--netting ten times the outfit in useful animals which the Peruvians, Mexicans, or Indians enjoyed.

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Accursed, most rotten ass, Andrea!

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I measured it, as they do a horse, and found that, from the ground to the withers, it was just five feet four inches, which height answers exactly to sixteen hands, a growth that few horses arrive at: but then, with this length of legs, its neck was remarkably short, no more than twelve inches; so that, by straddling with one foot forward and the other backward, it grazed on the plain ground, with the greatest difficulty, between its legs; the ears were vast and lopping, and as long as the neck; the head was about twenty inches long, and ass-like, and had such a redundancy of upper lip as I never saw before, with huge nostrils.

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And first the peacock, with his gorgeous train, demands our attention; but, like most of the gaudy birds, his notes are grating and shocking to the ear: the yelling of cats, and the braying of an ass, are not more disgustful.

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In a manger laid He was Between an ox and an ass, And all for our trespass, Therefore repent.

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He said, In a manger, Between an ox and ass!

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