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The king who could thus humble himself to a dotard, while he made himself the scourge of his subjects, deserved that the bull of excommunication which had been prepared should have been fulminated. He, at least, was capable of feeling the scathing effects of such anathemas.
We meet a few belated laborers, who are returning from the fields with bundles of tea upon their shoulders. These peasants have a half-savage air. They are half naked, too, or clothed only in long robes of blue cotton; as they pass, they salute us with humble bows. No trees in this elevated region.
'Your most obedient humble servant, 'To the collection of English Poets, I have recommended the volume of Dr. Watts to be added; his name has long been held by me in veneration , and I would not willingly be reduced to tell of him only that he was born and died.
So humble people talked to us when I went among them with a friend who spoke good German, better than my elementary knowledge. I believed in their sincerity, which had come through suffering, though I believed that newspaper editors, many people in the official classes, and the old military caste were still implacable in hatred and unrepentant.
Many a life has been more or less a failure because habits of heart well pleasing to God have been neglected. Nothing is more the crowning grace than the unconscious grace of humility. All praise of man robs God of His own honour. Let us therefore be humble and turn all eyes unto God. The message must be gotten from God, if it is to be with power. "Ask God for it," said Mr.
It was interesting to note the special class of customers drawn in the early morning to this flower pagoda. These were the true lovers of Flora, bent upon securing their favorites while damp with dewy sweetness. There was the very humble but appreciative purchaser, who invested only a few centavos, but took away a choice collection of bright colors and of mingled fragrance.
I shall therefore demand from you, sir, a full account of whatever may be destroyed on board vessels or otherwise, and need not mention to you what the rules of war are in these cases. I am, sir, your most humble servant, Camp at Osborn, April 29th, 1781. Sir, When I was at Williamsburg, and at Petersburg, I gave several inhabitants and country people protections for their persons and properties.
Petted Little Em'ly with her pathetic tragedy is handled with deep sympathy and true artistic delicacy. Peggotty and Mrs. Steerforth are admirably drawn and contrasted. Mrs. Gummidge's thoughtful care of Peggotty exhibits Dickens's fine perception of the self-sacrificing spirit among the very poor. Uriah Heep remains the type of the humble sycophant, and Mr.
Nor could the acquaintance which existed between ourselves. The word acquaintance struck cold on Eleanor's heart. Was this to her doom after all? 'I therefore think it right to beg your pardon in a humble spirit, and I now do so. What was Eleanor to say to this? She could not say much, because she was crying, and yet she must say something.
She blushed and her eyes fell before the humble little singer; but while she was considering what answer she could make men's steps were heard approaching, and presently Eusebius and Marcus entered the room, followed by Gorgo's lover.
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