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Mankind have, in all ages, attached themselves to a few persons, who, either by the quality of that idea they embodied, or by the largeness of their reception, were entitled to the position of leaders and law-givers. These teach us the qualities of primary nature, admit us to the constitution of things.
The work that is worth doing, the work which God regards as 'righteous, comes, and comes only, from the motives of 'remembering Thee in Thy ways, and rejoicing because we do remember. And the gladness which is wholesome and blessed, and is 'joy in the Lord, will manifest itself by efflorescing into all holiness and all loftiness and largeness of obedience.
The major attributed the largeness of old Battle's legs to a rheumatic gout he was at times troubled with, and which went far to show that he was a horse of good constitution, who had been reared in the care of a Christian gentleman of rank.
Pollyooly hesitated; she was still taken aback by the young man's lack of the formidable largeness Flossie had led her to expect; and she was, besides, a very truthful child. Then she said: "I expect he's somewhere in Chelsea." "When'll he be back?" snapped the young man. "He's generally in to tea," with less hesitation; and she looked at him with very limpid eyes. "He is, is he?
No one familiar with collections of tapestries can fail to recognise the largeness and simplicity of treatment peculiar to tapestry subjects as contrasted with the elaboration of pictures. If we grant that in this modern world of hurry, imitation of tapestries is legitimate, the important question is, what are the best subjects, and what is the best use for such imitations?
'One wants men who, by solid learning, and by acquaintance too with modern modes of criticism and speculation, by scholarship, force of character, largeness of mind, as well as by their goodness, can secure respect and exercise authority.
The room jolted and swayed as the boat landed and Polter disembarked. Babs stood clinging to me. We, at least, were normal in this metal barred room, Babs and I. But outside was the abnormality of largeness. I think that in relation to us, the men were of over two hundred-foot stature, and the hunched Polter a trifle less.
Its utmost point, which other geographers call the Promontory of the Terra Australis, is of the same latitude as the most southerly parts of Castile, and is about forty-two degrees distant from the equator. The inhabitants have curled hair and dusky complexions, and regard more the delicacy than the largeness and number of their dishes.
Dick discovered that the girl was breathless with excitement and the largeness of her news. "Are you listening?" "I'll catch every word," Dick replied. "Well, I'm at Belle Meade's house. Belle and her mother are here. Mr. Meade is out. You know where the house is -corner of Clark Street and Stetson's Alley?" "Yes; I know."
It is mere sentiment to rejoice that the sun is larger than the earth; it is quite as sane a sentiment to rejoice that the sun is no larger than it is. A man chooses to have an emotion about the largeness of the world; why should he not choose to have an emotion about its smallness? It happened that I had that emotion.
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