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Yet after that first forty days on the mount when Moses hungrily asks for more, He is told that no man could endure the sight of that great glory of God's face. Yet the impression so made upon Moses far exceeds anything previous and completely overawes and melts him down. The elders of Israel "saw God," yet the most distinct impression of anything seen is of the beautiful pavement under His feet.
"By what I shall learn on making the concierge talk, could you not recognize her kind of paralysis without seeing her?" "That would be a little vague. However, I will do the best I can. Try to learn not only what concerns her illness, but all that relates to her what her position is, who are her relations, which is important for a witness who overawes as much by what he is as by what he says.
Life in Mexico, vol. ii. p. 213. The Necessity of large Capitals in Mexico. The Finances and Revenue. The impoverished Creditors of the State. Princely Wealth of Individuals. Having spoken of the Church, the great power which overawes the government, it is also proper to mention the secondary powers: the men of colossal fortune.
‘I don’t know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon,’ said he, smiling; ‘you are only half a woman—your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don’t know what to make of it.’
Charley and his friend conversed in low whispers; for there is a strange power in a thunderstorm, whether raging or about to break, that overawes the heart of man, as if Nature's God were nearer then than at other times; as if He whose voice indeed, if listened to, speaks even in the slightest evolution of natural phenomena were about to tread the visible earth with more than usual majesty, in the vivid glare of the lightning flash, and in the awful crash of thunder.
Charley and his friend conversed in low whispers; for there is a strange power in a thunder-storm, whether raging or about to break, that overawes the heart of man, as if Nature's God were nearer then than at other times; as if He whose voice, indeed, if listened to, speaks even in the slightest evolution of natural phenomena were about to tread the visible earth with more than usual majesty, in the vivid glare of the lightning flash, and in the awful crash of thunder.
While the sands of the desert exhilarate you, and the silence of the Swiss or Scottish Highlands is felt to be sublime, the desolation of the Campagna is felt to be unnatural: it overawes and terrifies you.
It is the individual atoms that build up the mighty and effective aggregate that overawes all opposition, and like an avalanche sweeps all resistance before it.
The force has got no farther, but its position on the main line of march is of vital service; as it overawes the Kokofu, and facilitates the advance of further relief. "That, gentlemen, is the situation, at present.
It is the religious aspect of your enterprise which impresses and overawes men of every sect and party. Hitherto you have seemed to be actuated by no hope of preferment or love of power, and therefore have established, even in the minds of your enemies, confidence in your disinterestedness.
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