{76} From the invocation at the opening of Virgil's AEneid (line 12), "Muse, bring to my mind the causes of these things: what divinity was injured . that one famous for piety should suffer thus."英文原著 · 《A Defence of Poesie and Poems》
"Pine groves with their soft and soul-like sound" gave glorious answer, with the streams and torrents, and my child-heart in its trance echoed the poet's invocation,--英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
All the instruments employed in the art had to be specially prepared and consecrated. Special robes had to be worn, perfumes and incense burnt, and invocations, conjurations, _etc_., recited, all of which depended on the planet ruling the operation. A description of a few typical talismans in detail will not here be out of place.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
In the eighth place, before us, have the footguards of our lord the archbishop led in great state the MOST HIGH AND REVEREND LADY JACQUELINE DE CHAMPCHEVRIER, ABBESS OF THE CONVENT OF NOTRE-DAME, under the invocation of Mount Carmel, to whose control has been submitted by the late seneschal of Touraine, father of Monseigneur the Count of Roche-Corbon, present advocate of the said convent, the Egyptian, named at the baptismal font Blanche Bruyn.英文原著 · 《Droll Stories-2》
And after a serious reading, entirely at will understood by her, in the first place of the petition of the town, then of the statements, plaints, accusations, and proceedings which written in twenty-four quires by Master Tournebouche, and are above related, we have, with the invocation and assistance of God and the Church, resolved to ascertain the truth, first by interrogatories made to the said accused.英文原著 · 《Droll Stories-2》
Then by us has she been requested to make the sign of the cross, and to take holy water from the brush placed by Master Tournebouche in her hand; the which having been done, and by us having been witnessed, it has been admitted as an indisputable fact, that Zulma, the Moorish woman, called in our country Blanche Bruyn, a nun of the convent under the invocation of Mount Carmel, there named Sister Clare, and suspected to be the false appearance of a woman under which is concealed a demon, has in our presence made act of religion and thus recognised the justice of the ecclesiastical tribunal.英文原著 · 《Droll Stories-2》
Raj, I highly doubt there is any argument you can make, Threat you might levy, rhetorical strategy, Plea, invocation, Supplication, or... vetoomus That you can employ that would convince me to reconsider.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》