[The Milliorium Aureum, or Golden Mile-Stone, was a gilt marble pillar in the Forum at Rome, from which, as a central point, the great roads of the empire diverged through the several gates of the city, and the distances were measured.]

The former was a dashing looking blade, of not more than forty, attired in blue, slashed coat, ornamented with gilt buttons, and bedecked at collar and cuffs with a profusion of lace.

Yet still more blissful seems to me the band Gilt at the tips, so sweetly doth it ring And clasp the bosom that it serves to lace: Yea, and the belt to such as understand, Bound round her waist, saith: here I'd ever cling.

with unblushing face Dare ye claim sonship to our heavenly Sire, Who serve brute vices, crouching in the mire To hounds and conies, beasts that ape our race? Such truckling is called virtue by the base Hucksters of sophistry, the priest and friar, Gilt claws of tyrant brutes,who lie for hire, Preaching that God delights in this disgrace.

There was a little mahogany centre table, and a gilt clock.

The shop itself was something of an affront, its gilt name more"The Bon Ton Market."

The corpse was enclosed in lead, and that again in cedar, and a great oak shell, covered with crimson cloth and goldheaded nails, and with a gilt plate, recording the age, title, &c. &c., of the deceased, was screwed down firmly over all.

These children are known in the church as the "Busy Bees," and each of them wore a white satin badge with a golden beehive stamped upon it, and beneath the beehive the words "Mother's Room," in gilt letters.

He was wandering in a garden fragrant with jasmine blossoms and adorned with ancient graven stones and carved gilt statues.

Servants were hurrying back and forth carrying trays and their gilt buttons sparkled almost as much as the silver.

The blushing childhood of the cheerful morn Is almost grown a youth, and overclimbs[180] Yonder gilt eastern hills; about which time Gustus most earnestly importun'd me To meet him hereabouts, what cause I know not.

I tell thee, Wentloe, thou art not worthy to wear gilt spurs[330], clean linen, nor good clothes.

For mine own part, if you shall think it meet, and that it shall accord with the state of gentry to submit myself from the feather-bed in the master's side or the flock-bed in the knight's ward, to the straw-bed in the hole, I shall buckle to my heels, instead of gilt spurs, the armour of patience, and do't. WEN.

There he was, with his little plump, heavy-shouldered figure, his green coat with the red collar and cuffs, his white, well-formed legs, his sword with the gilt hilt and the tortoise-shell scabbard.

Baatu was seated upon a long broad couch like a bed, all over gilt, and raised three steps from the ground, having one of his ladies beside him.

In the middle of a fine wood, the khan has a very elegant house built all of wood, on pillars, richly gilt and varnished; on every one of the pillars there is a dragon gilt all over, the tail being wound around the pillar, while the head supports the roof, and the wings are expanded on each side.

In the middle of a fine wood, the khan has a very elegant house built all of wood, on pillars, richly gilt and varnished; on every one of the pillars there is a dragon gilt all over, the tail being wound around the pillar, while the head supports the roof, and the wings are expanded on each side.

The roof is composed of large canes, three hand breadths in diameter, and ten yards long, split down the middle, all gilt and varnished, and so artificially laid on that no rain can penetrate.

The captain of an hundred men has a badge or tablet of silver; the captain of a thousand has a tablet of gold or silver gilt; and the commander of ten thousand has a tablet of gold, ornamented with the head of a lion.

This seems an ill-digested account of a pagoda, or idol temple, of great extent and magnificence, richly gilt, similar to those of which we have splendid views in the relation of the embassy to Ava, by Colonel Symes.

After looking about us for some time, we entered the building; which contained a sort of central shrine, in which were some gilt figures of large size, besides rows of smaller gilt figures round the walls.

After looking about us for some time, we entered the building; which contained a sort of central shrine, in which were some gilt figures of large size, besides rows of smaller gilt figures round the walls.

I entered it yesterday, and found a 'buddha' coming out of the lotus, looking very freshly gilt and well cared for.

I am prepared to make you an offera gilt-edged offer for that (pointing toward it) hill above the town.

The inauguration followed.[a] On the platform, raised at the upper end of Westminster Hall, and in front of a magnificent chair of state, stood the protector; while the speaker, with his assistants, invested him with a purple mantle lined with ermine, presented him with a Bible superbly gilt and embossed, girt a sword by his side, and placed a sceptre of massive gold in his hand.

Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood.

Always her perturbed imaginings led back to Frederic, to the terrible fate that lay in store for him, to the awfulness of war that had put between them an impassable gulf of blood and guilt and treachery that, in spite of their love for each other, kept them at cross purposes and made them enemies.

But, beyond this, his present view of the English Church appears to be incompatible with that fierce and internecine hostility to the claim upon the loyalty of her children which is really essential to clear the act of perverting others from her ranks from the plainest guilt of schism.

Upon these occasions they practised great cruelties, mangling the bodies of their victims that each man might have his share of the guilt.

He was one of those unfortunates who carry the conviction of their own guilt in their faces.

With a final burst of eloquence, in which he spread his breast to heaven and shook both fists in witness that he was absolved and no blood-guilt could rest on his head, he rode away at top speed straight up the ravine down which he originally came.

What have I done that I should feel guilt?

What is it that you wish me to do?" "You must sail for Europe in one of next week's steamers, leaving behind you such a confession of guilt as will enable my brother to procure a divorce without revealing the shameful fact that he was the innocent means of introducing an impostora ci-devant loretteto his family and friends as his wife.

Only, in general, she is so far conscious of guilt, or at least so far fearful of punishment, as to carry on her struggle in the darkness.

But Guilt was my grim chamberlain That lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red!

Ye gaze upon that fair young brow, Where death's pale shade is resting now; Well, well may grief suffuse your eyes, Yet let no murm'ring thought arise, To stain with guilt affection's tear, Which falls upon the loved one's bier.

" Yes, trav'ling to eternity, While overwhelmed with guilt, Afraid that Jesus' pard'ning love, By me would ne'er be felt.

Come, with your guilt and sin oppressed, In Christ there's pardon, peace and rest; Come, humbly bow before his feet, No vail conceals the mercy seat.

The religious public of this city appear to be doing nothing collectively, to abolish or ameliorate slavery, and with the exception of "Friends," and the body who have lately seceded from them, I fear that all are more or less implicated in its actual guilt.

Such is the testimony of the slave-holders of Baltimore against slave dealing, by which they condemn themselves in the sight of God and man, and add the guilt of hypocrisy to their own sin.

When outbreaks occurred, the guilt was laid to the charge of the Christian teachers.

After a rising among these people, several having been executed, the evidence of the guilt of a certain portion was reviewed in the House of Commons.

But it was strange that, with all these Boltons, there was a desire, an anxiety, to prove the man's guilt rather than his innocence.

There was present to them all an intense desire to prove the man's guilt, which was startling to all around who heard anything of the matter.

'Why should I want to separate them?' 'Because the evidence of his guilt is so strong.'

"Look on her enemies, on their Godly lies, Their holy perjuries, Their curs'd encrease of much ill gotten wealth, By rapine or by stealth, Their crafty friendship knit in equall guilt, And the Crown-Martyr's bloud so lately spilt.

" "You were certainly snoring when I got in, and I was careful not to awaken youbut not on account of any great sensation of guilt or fear.

HOUGHTON, CAROLYN WELLS. Gilt-edged guilt; a Fleming Stone detective novel.

Gilt-edged guilt.

Nothing else is talked of; and a thousand horrors are added to his guilt, which, although he was guilty enough, he has no right to bear.