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Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Among other distinguished individuals who were efficient officers of these Abolition Societies, and delegates from their respective state societies, at the annual meetings of the American convention for promoting the abolition of slavery, were Hon. Uriah Tracy, United States' Senator, from Connecticut; Hon. Zephaniah Swift, Chief Justice of the same State; Hon.
The large numbers of the Canaanites, as well as the Philistines and others, who became proselytes, and joined themselves to the Hebrews as the Nethenims, Uriah the Hittite, one of David's memorable "thirty seven" Rahab, who married one of the princes of Judah Ittai The six hundred Gitites David's bodyguard, "faithful among the faithless." 2 Sam. xv. 18, 21.
Uriah, with his long hands slowly twining over one another, made a ghastly writhe from the waist upwards, to express his concurrence in this estimation of me. 'Shall we go and see Mrs. Micawber, sir? I said, to get Mr. Micawber away. 'If you will do her that favour, Copperfield, replied Mr. Micawber, rising.
The following is from Herapath's Journal on the effect of the earth's rotation on locomotion: 'Mr Uriah Clarke, of Leicester, has called our attention to an article in the Mechanic's Magazine, by himself, on the influence of the earth's rotation on locomotion.
The Boy has seen there, within a few years, and with his eyes wide open, the spirits of Traddles, of Micawber, of Steerforth, of Mr. Dick, of Clara Peggotty and Daniel, of Uriah Heep the last slept one evening on the sofa pillows before the fire, you may remember and of Aunt Betsy herself.
Dixon! I had not seen Uriah Heep since the time of the blow. Our visit astonished him, evidently; not the less, I dare say, because it astonished ourselves. He did not gather his eyebrows together, for he had none worth mentioning; but he frowned to that degree that he almost closed his small eyes, while the hurried raising of his grisly hand to his chin betrayed some trepidation or surprise.
Micawber, with his hand upon the ruler in his breast, stood erect before the door, most unmistakably contemplating one of his fellow-men, and that man his employer. 'What are you waiting for? said Uriah. 'Micawber! did you hear me tell you not to wait? 'Yes! replied the immovable Mr. Micawber. 'Then why DO you wait? said Uriah. 'Because I in short, choose, replied Mr. Micawber, with a burst.
So I am articled, and later, when my aunt has lost her money, through no fault of her own, but through the rascality of Uriah Heep, and I seek Mr. Spenlow to know if it is possible for my articles to be cancelled, it is, I am assured, Mr. Jorkins who is inexorable. "If it had been my lot to have my hands unfettered, if I had not a partner Mr. Jorkins," says Mr. Spenlow.
Most of us find it perfectly natural to be cross and disagreeable under trying circumstances. It would be natural for a man to cry out profane words when a woman grinds down on his corn but it would not be polite. It was natural for Uriah Heep to wriggle like an eel, but that did not make it any the less detestable.
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