The second part is that which he executeth there whither he is now gone, even in heaven itself, where the throne of grace is.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan
He plays his games heartily, and is almost as glad to cheer, when he is not good enough or pushing enough to play.
— from Oxford by Edward Thomas
[ 107 ] The poet, with his intenser nature, gives expression to our deepest thoughts and feelings.
— from Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
Mr. Craske, thrown out of countenance by so much directness, could only stare; the same did the others, though some few tittered, for Mr. Craske, when all was said, was held in no great esteem by the discriminant.
— from The Lion's Skin by Rafael Sabatini
Those who professed such a feeling were held in no great esteem.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane
But not in the old way of supposing that this centre is a capricious Individuality external to ourselves, which can be propitiated or cajoled into giving the good which he is not good enough to give of his own proper motion.
— from The Hidden Power, and Other Papers upon Mental Science by T. (Thomas) Troward
There is a pulse in everything he writes: his is no galvanised existence.
— from William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by His Wife Elizabeth A. Sharp by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Amelia) Sharp
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