And what spray Our dolphins toss'd in play, Full in old Triton's beard, on Iris' shimmering veils!

Et micant lacrimæ trementes de caduco pondere: Time was that a rain-cloud begat her, impregning the heave of the deep, 'Twixt hooves of sea-horses a-scatter, stampeding the dolphins as sheep.

Among the various pieces of news brought to them was one to the effect that many dolphins battled with one another and perished near Aspis, the African city.

And seeing that in the hippodrome men made mistakes about the number of turns necessary, he established the system of dolphins and egg-shaped objects, so that by them the number of times the track had been circled might be clearly shown.

" Again, in Milton's "Lycidas," i. 163 "Look homeward, angel, now and melt with ruth, And, O ye Dolphins, waft the helpless youth.

AEolocentaurus was admiral of one of the fleets, and Thalassopotes {109} of the other: they had quarrelled, it seems, about some booty; Thalassopotes, as it was reported, having driven away a large tribe of dolphins belonging to AEolocentaurus: this we picked up from their own discourse, when we heard them mention the names of their commanders.

These were pirates also: the dolphins carried them very safely, and seemed pleased with their burden, neighing like horses.

Others we saw, sitting on large casks, driving two dolphins who were yoked together, and drew the carriage after them: these did not run away from, nor attempt to do us any injury; but rode round about us without fear, observing our vessel with great attention, and seeming greatly astonished at it.

If we read aloud correctly such lines as these, we can scarcely fail to be impressed with their harmonious flow: "A teme of Dolphins raunged in aray Drew the smooth charett of sad Cymoent: They were all taught by Triton to obay To the long raynes at her commaundement: As swifte as swallowes on the waves they went.

Thus o'er the waves, which gently bend and swell, Fair GALATEA steers her silver shell; 415 Her playful Dolphins stretch the silken rein, Hear her sweet voice, and glide along the main.

And instead of short-finned dolphins they shall take to them fleet mares, and reins instead of oars shall they ply, and speed the whirlwind-footed car.

Lesbia sat by her affianced at the glittering table, lighted with clusters of wax candles, which shone upon a level parterre of tea roses, gardenias, and gloire de Malmaison carnations; from which rose at intervals groups of silver-gilt dolphins, supporting shallow golden dishes piled with peaches, grapes, and all the costliest produce of Covent Garden.

If eather passinger owner or swabber That in the sea hathe lost a leather budgett And to the Dolphins, whales or sharkes, doth grudge itt Godf.

Some ancient houses are to be found in Low Friar Street, one of which, with winged heads and dolphins carved on it, is said to be the oldest house in Newcastle.

We had only now arrived in the waters where they abound; for it is a curious fact that none are ever seen below Mineych, though Herodotus speaks of them as fighting with the dolphins, at the mouths of the Nile.

THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one another.

THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one another.

But one of the Dolphins said to him contemptuously, "We would rather go on fighting till we're all killed than be reconciled by a Sprat like you!" THE FOX AND THE MONKEY A Fox and a Monkey were on the road together, and fell into a dispute as to which of the two was the better born.

The Fountains bubbled in an Opera Tune, and were filled with Stags, Wild-Boars, and Mermaids, that lived among the Waters; at the same time that Dolphins and several kinds of Fish played upon the Banks or took their Pastime in the Meadows.

No sooner had the Goddess ceas'd to speak, When lo, th' obedient Ships their Haulsers break; And, strange to tell, like Dolphins in the Main, They plunge their Prows, and dive, and spring again:

The mantle of truth flows from the shoulders of the angel, forming a drapery for the whole group, and serving as a support for the basin, the edges of which are ornamented with dolphins spouting water.

The lower basin contains dolphins spouting jets, while in the upper basin, supported by swans, the youth Hylas stands, surrounded by the nymphs who admire his beauty, and who eventually draw him into the water, where he is drowned.

Three little cupids sit on dolphins, and listen to her music.

We'll learn white female dolphins to visit us!

In another dozen, the harmless contest pertained to Grecian urns crowned with flowers, or dry dolphins, tritons, or naiads, rising from the bosoms of little gravel beds in miniature front yards.