Fabled Sentence Examples

Mythologically the white lily, Rosa Junonis, was fabled to have sprung from the milk of Hera.

The thermal springs are fabled to have been discovered as early as 762, but the first authentic mention of the baths occurs in the 16th century.

No idle gratification of curiosity, as Aristotle fabled of his life intellectual (which would be but a disguise for refined pleasure), no theory divorced from practice, no phy pursuit of science for its own sake, but knowledge so far forth as it can be realized in virtuous action, the learning of virtue by exercise and effort and training.

The spade of the discoverer soon showed that all the fabled glories of the ancient Assyrian capital were founded on realities, and evidence was afforded of a state of civilization and culture such as few men supposed to have existed on the earth before the Golden Age of Greece.

Ibn Batuta, the great Arab traveller, is separated by a wide space of time from his countrymen already mentioned, and he finds his proper place in a chronological notice after the days of Marco Polo, for he did not begin his wanderings until 1325, his career thus coinciding in time with the fabled journeyings of Sir John Mandeville.

The district in dispute was the site of the fabled Lake of Parima and the Golden City of Manoa, the search for which in the early days of European settlement attracted so many adventurous expeditions, and which fascinated the imagination of Raleigh and drew him to his doom.

The main body of Coronado's expedition remained in New Mexico on the Rio Grande while he pushed on to the fabled land of Quivira,' only to meet with another disappointment.

This bird is a winter visitor to Britain, and its Arctic nesting-places being then unknown, it was fabled to originate within the shell-like fruit of a tree growing by the sea-shore.

Early in the 16th century it was believed that in the New World would be found the fabled cities and creatures of which Europeans had heard for centuries.

The inauguration stone of the Irish kings, the Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny, fabled to have been the pillow of the patriarch Jacob on the occasion of his dream of the heavenly ladder, was said to have been presented by Murkertagh to the king of Dalriada, by whom it was conveyed to Dunstaffnage Castle in Scotland (see Scone).

He never, it should be 1 Nor all a lie, nor all true, nor all fable, nor all known, so much have the story-tellers told, and the fablers fabled, in order to embellish their tales, that they have made all seem fable.

Month to month the fabled, longed-for upswing in the fortunes of the retail industry seems closer then further away.

The ancient gompa here contains some grotesque masks of demons and you can be shown the fabled yeti scalp.

Certainly not the lead quarterback or the fabled bad-boy who spent the entirety of his sixth-grade year in detention.

Their winemaker is fabled Helen Turley, so it's no accident that they are ranking at the top of the list, not just from Parker, but in our tasting as well.

Healthy eating habits will keep your energy levels up, prevent stress, and keep you from packing on the "Freshman 15", the fabled number of pounds freshman students tend to gain.

Shops and restaurants will feature wizarding fare and merchandise, letting guests take a bit of magic home with them even if they live far from the fabled Diagon Alley, Leaky Cauldron, or Ministry of Magic.

For instance, the Japanese mythological crane that lived for 1,000 years over time became a feng shui symbol for a long and healthy life, like the fabled crane.

These fabled swordsmen have been the subjects of films, plays and comic books and have shown up in a variety of guises.

It may seem strange, but the way a man acts around his friends, towards waitstaff, or around strangers can be as much a part of flirting as the fabled "line."

These two fan favorites need no introduction - their love story is fabled and flawed, and their unique looks and endearing personalities instantly commanded adoration.

Is there such a thing as a werewolf, or are werewolf sightings the result of active imaginations piqued by centuries of legends about these fabled creatures?

The fabled creature is sighted even in the modern day.

Here, visitors can enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride, lunch at the fabled Grand Hotel, and shopping in the island's many art and antique stores.

The last day of the holiday is the Lantern Festival, when children of the community carry traditional paper lanterns in a tremendous parade that also includes music, dancing, and the fabled dragon dance.

The fabled El Dorado, city of gold, has been a matter of legend for centuries.

Schliemann may or may not have been correct in identifying one of the seven cities that he unearthed at Hissarlik as the fabled Troy itself, but at least his efforts sufficed to give verisimilitude to the Homeric story.

Hence the animals have suggested to vivid imaginations the head of the fabled Gorgon or Medusa with her chevelure of writhing snakes.

Its fabled existence has been utilized by the poets, such as Milton, Pope and Tennyson.

Paul made fabled veggie lasagna (lovely), I made apple tart (pastry too sticky for some reason).