The bottom, or under surface, which appears to those who view it below, is one even regular plate of adamant , shooting up to the height of about two hundred yards.

Is man of adamant he should outlast The giants of the grove?

Let him not stay long, in one city or town; more or less as the place deserveth, but not long; nay, when he stayeth in one city or town, let him change his lodging from one end and part of the town, to another; which is a great adamant of acquaintance.

And he took his strong spear, pointed with shining bronze, and on his valiant head set a well-made helm of adamant , cunningly wrought, which fitted closely on the temples; and that guarded the head of god-like Heracles.

This mountain is composed of adamant , which attracts to itself all the iron and nails in your ship; and as we are helplessly drawn nearer, the force of attraction will become so great that the iron and nails will fall out of the ships and cling to the mountain, and the ships will sink to the bottom with all that are in them.

The frozen snows of January still lay like adamant in the crosstown streets.

High in the midst exalted as a God Th' Apostat in his Sun-bright Chariot sate Idol of Majestie Divine, enclos'd With Flaming Cherubim, and golden Shields; Then lighted from his gorgeous Throne, for now 'Twixt Host and Host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval, and Front to Front Presented stood in terrible array Of hideous length: before the cloudie Van, On the rough edge of battel ere it joyn'd, SATAN with vast and haughtie strides advanc't, Came towring, armd in Adamant and Gold; ABDIEL that sight endur'd not, where he stood Among the mightiest, bent on highest deeds, And thus his own undaunted heart explores.

He could not be persuaded to do a thing while it could do any good--he was iron, he was adamant in his stubbornness then--but as soon as the thing had reached a point where it would be positively harmful to do it, do it he would, and nothing could stop him.

Snagsby in the light of a determined enemy to virtue, with a forehead of brass and a heart of adamant , that unfortunate tradesman becomes yet more disconcerted and is in a very advanced state of low spirits and false position when Mr.

Why, these latter are as hard as adamant , as straight as a line, as smooth as a floor, and as white as snow.

And then she inveigled Sheldon into agreeing that she could take occasional cruises in the islands, though he was adamant when it came to a recruiting trip on Malaita.