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It was about three months after the time of my leaving Jerusalem that the plague set his spotted foot on the Holy City. The monks felt great alarm; they did not shrink from their duty, but for its performance they chose a plan most sadly well fitted for bringing down upon them the very death which they were striving to ward off.
My mistakes His free grace doth cover, My sins He doth wash away; These feet which shrink and falter Shall enter the Gates of Day. And, holding her hand, The General gave her up to God. It was a solemn and wonderful scene. The Chief of the Staff and Mrs. Bramwell Booth, Mrs.
Such a man as this is sure to have been impressed by the personality of Master Ste, who, in 1870, came to him in the old Charterhouse, that hoary, venerable pile which seems to shrink into itself, as if to shut out the unpoetic and modern atmosphere of Smithfield Meat Market.
I shrink not, therefore, from any thing that I feel to be my duty, from any apprehension of the importance and imposing dignity, and the power of will, ascribed to the present incumbent of office. But I wish we possessed that power of will. I wish we had that firmness. Yes, Sir, I wish we had adherence.
Then she knew by the hush that she had astonished them, and she grew frightened; but she stood just so, and would not let her look shrink; for she still felt just as she did when the words came. Mrs. Van Alstyne broke the pause with a good-natured laugh. "We can't go quite back to that, every time," she said. "And we don't quite set up to be angels. Come, try one more round."
The jobber who has not capital so ample as to buy only for cash is expected invariably to settle his purchases by giving his note, payable at bank on a fixed day. He pays it when due, or fails. Not so with his customers: multitudes of them shrink from giving a note payable at bank, and some altogether refuse to do so.
Surely, sir, you know me too well to believe that I would let love were it the blindest, most absorbing passion woman ever felt lead me into sin so base as that you would urge. The vilest wanton at Whitehall would shrink from stealing a sister's husband." "There would be no theft. Your sister flings me to you as a dog drops the bone he has picked dry.
He would be the richer for seeing her go. He hoped that the sorrow would never quite pass out of his heart, that the love would never shrink to a mere memory. He lifted shining eyes to hers. "Now I understand! Some things aren't worth all they cost. What I wanted last night is one of them. But this I would not be without it, even though " "Nor would I." Tears were gemming her eyes once more.
The shop stared when the old man appeared after the prescribed three days' absence. Even the Pole dared not come near him. A film seemed to coat his glaring eye; deep wrinkles contracted his features, and his muscular frame appeared to shrink even as one looked. From that day on, he began to starve himself more than ever.
Might there not be some among them who would shrink from a future judgment on the ground of their "innocence" or "good works," and many more who would feel that they were making an awful venture in leaving their eternity to depend on the mere sincerity of their convictions, in whatever way these convictions may have been formed, and whether they were true or false?