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By the uncertain glimmer of torches and the flickering glow of the fire he was engaged in tracing a resemblance to himself in the central figure of the composition wrought in threads of silk--Momus, fool by patent to Jove, thrust from Olympus and greeting the earth-born with a great grin An excellent likeness!"— Under the Rose
He can raise storms and hurricanes, and restrain their rage at pleasure Momus is a jester, mocker, or mimic.— The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
MM. Simon, Ecker, Chery, Leblond, Rigauld, Louis, and Momus were also killed in Senlis At 3 o'clock the Mayor, M. Odent, was arrested at the Hôtel de Ville on the allegation, against which he protested, that civilians had fired on the German troops.— The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915
Laodice resented her preservation; old Momus, aside from the wound of personal loss sore in his heart, was stricken with the realization of the grief of his young mistress, which he could not help.— The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem
Then he rose quickly and moved away Old Momus, the mute, with his head on his knees slept on Julian, who had been halted involuntarily by the attitude of his companion and had been an amazed witness of this extraordinary end of the incident, looked at Philadelphus' face in frank stupefaction.— The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem
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