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...iman, moreover, though she had a good deal of a certain sort of artificial assurance, shrank, for indefin- able reasons, from presenting herself to he... ...heological discus- sion with her late husband. With her he never discussed theology, nor, indeed, discussed anything; he contented himself with making... ...at his daughter had a delightful nature; but he knew how to interpret this assurance. It meant, to his sense, that Catherine was not wise enough to di... ... something of a physiognomist, and while the young man, chatting with easy assurance, puffed his cigar and filled his glass again, the Doctor sat with... ...at with his eyes quietly fixed on his bright, expressive face. “He has the assurance of the devil himself,” said Morris’s host; “I don’t think I ever ... ... of the devil himself,” said Morris’s host; “I don’t think I ever saw such assurance. And his powers of invention are most remarkable. He is very know...

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...nning or design but in simple good faith he had accepted all the inherited assurances of his na- tive rectory, and held by Church, Crown, Empire, deco... ...d it for the first time. It was over- familiar. Everything latterly in his theology and beliefs had become over-familiar. It had all become mechanical... ...s feet steady? Was his 73 H G Wells head swimming? His doubts glowed into assurance. Suddenly he perceived that he was sure of God. Not perhaps of th... ...t it was difficult not to betray a little inflation. He was so filled with assurance that things were right with him and that God was there with him. ... ...ng its diviner rays, that in some indescrib- able manner the glory and the assurance diminished. The onset of the new phase was by imperceptible degre... ... bluish legal anecdotes which is so common an affliction with lawyers, and theology sinks and dies in that turbid stream. But as he lay in bed that ni... ...s I have done…. It tried to express the truth and lost itself in a maze of theology. It tried to bring order into the world and sold its faith to Cons... ...think those were disasters.” “But my dear Sir!” “You don’t want to discuss theology with me, I know. So let me tell you simply that from my point of v... ...ok it?” “I felt suddenly clearer. My mind—I had a kind of exalta- tion and assurance.” “Your mind,” Dr. Brighton-Pomfrey assisted, “began to go twenty...

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...roaching the kitchen table, of- fered for her approval with an air of self-assurance hiding a perpetual residue of anxiety. Formerly the anger of the ... ...s.” He shrugged his shoulders slightly, then added with the same leisurely assurance: “To break up the superstition and worship of legality should be ... ...the Professor’s lips wavered, as if the mocking spirit within had lost its assurance. Chief Inspector Heat went on: “Don’t you believe me eh? Well, yo... ...sed rather than preached, with an obstinate gentleness, a smile of pacific assurance on his lips, and his candid blue eyes cast down because the sight... ...trong within him. In his pride of a trusted servant he was affected by the assurance that the rope was not shaken for the purpose of breaking his neck... ...n, without turning his head. “Why? Let that be the hope of the weak, whose theology has invented hell for the strong. Ossipon, my feeling for you is a...

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...ndeserving. As to these points, Jenny satisfied him by the most sol emn assurances, that the man was entirely out of his reach; and was neither sub... ...e guilty of falsehood towards him self. He therefore dismissed her with assurances that he would very soon remove her out of the reach of that oblo... ...f. The captain chid her for the conclusion of her speech, as an improper assurance in judging of her master’s actions: for if his honour, or his und... ...s unlawful, and at the same time assuaging it, by raising future hopes and assurances, which enable a strong and religious mind to take leave of a fri... ...of impos ing on our reader; and therefore those who object to the heathen theology, may, if they please, change our goddess into the above mentioned ... ...r eldest sister, who told her she was well enough served. “How had she the assurance to wear a gown which young Madam Western had given to mother! If ... ... make a part of his creed, so it is horrid puerility to search the heathen theology for any of those deities who have been long since dethroned from t...

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...o Clarence than even to me, and he used to ask questions for which Gooch’s theology was quite insufficient, and which brought the invariable answers, ... ...had been snubbed into reserve, and I doubt whether Miss Newton’s theoretic theology was very much more developed than that of Mrs. Gooch, but her prac... ...gorous, well- grown, excellently reported of, fully justifying my mother’s assurances that the sea would make a man of him. There was Griffith in the ... ...belief that dejection ought to be fol- lowed by a full sense of pardon and assurance of salvation somewhat perplexed and dimmed our Easter Communion. ... ...you are safe. Mrs. Winslow will tell you so.’ My mother was enforcing this assurance, when the little girl’s sobs burst out in spite of her sister, wh... ...husband before the season was over, not for a moment believing my mother’s assurance that it would 197 Yo n g e be a trial to us all whenever we had ... ...far disturbed at our 198 Chantry House interest in what was termed Oxford theology that the warn- ing would have alarmed her if it had come from any ... ...he persisted in her usual habits, and heard with petu- lance his brothers’ assurances of his being in a critical condi- tion, declaring that it was al...

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...ne of the most frequent topics of conversation between the two friends was Assurance of salvation: Silas confessed that he could never arrive at anyth... ...d with longing wonder when William declared that he had possessed unshaken assurance ever since, in the period of his conversion, he had dreamed that ... ...into the seat where he worked, instinctively seeking this as the strongest assurance of reality. And now that all the false hopes had vanished, and th... ... and come short o’ Their’n.” Poor Dolly’s exposition of her simple Raveloe theology fell rather unmean ingly on Silas’s ears, for there was no word i... ...h a dim fear of dangers attendant on so long a journey, and requiring many assurances that it would not take them out of the region of carriers’ carts... ...d to any image in Silas’s memory, cheered him with the certitude, which no assurance of the town’s name had hitherto given him, that he was in his nat...

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...ora, and wept bitterly through half the night, little comforted by nurse’s assurance that old men were wont to let their wives have their way far more... ...made friends. I will not tell you about the partings, and the promises and assurances that we should meet again. My father had always promised that my... ... duty to do something for them in return,’ I said; but I was silenced with assurances that if I wished to preserve the wardship of my child, I must co... ...was serene in the certainty that her aunt was paying court to her, and the assurance that her cousin was doing the same, though she explains that, hav... ... he did not love the Jansenists, and had a mind sufficiently im- bued with theology to understand their errors. Certainly Clement showed no inclinatio... ...to have become a mark for public hatred. She was a little affronted by the assurance, but we appeased her, and as the tumult was beginning to die away... ...ow my head and heart are far from being cool enough to decide on points of theology,’ he added, covering his face for a moment with his hand. ‘You a r...

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...lator and edi- tor. In 1569 he had published a translation of the “Natural Theology” of Raymond de Sebonde, which he had solely undertaken to please h... ... beseech you, my brother, if I leave the world, to carry to them for me an assurance of the esteem I entertained for them to the last moment of my exi... ...ne. [This letter is prefixed to Montaigne ’s translation of the “Natu- ral Theology” of Raymond de Sebonde, printed at Paris in 1569.] In pursuance of... ...ault of better coin, I offer you in payment 38 Essays: Book the First the assurance of my desire to do you humble service. Monsieur, I pray God to ha... ...ay by day accounts of such good and signal services without remembering my assurances and expectations. I look to the next summer, not only for fruits... ...nfederate city, without any manner of hostility, of which he gave them all assurance; but having, for the greater pomp, brought his whole army in with... ...uillity and contentment of a well-descended spirit, and the resolution and assurance of a well-ordered soul, ought never to be attributed to any man t... .... Quaes., ii. 4.] And this, peradventure, is the reason why neither we nor theology require much learning in women; and that Francis, Duke of Brittany... ...lt with for being purely human and philosophical, with- out any mixture of theology; and yet, with some show of reason, it might, on the contrary, be ...

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...the present writer believes that the discussions that shaped the Christian theology we know were dominated by such natural and fundamental thoughts. T... ...onist. This was the idea of the poet Shelley. And passing beyond Christian theology altogether a clue can still be found to many problems in comparati... ...ology altogether a clue can still be found to many problems in comparative theology in this distinction between the Being of Nature (cf. Kant’s “starr... ... be found that these two ideas are, so to speak, the basal elements of all theology in the world. The writer is chary of assertion or denial in these ... ...ome, catching at a phrase of Huxley’s, speak of it as Christianity without Theology. They do not know the creed they are carrying. It has, as a matter... ...Old Bogey reaches our children, then we may set their minds at ease by the assurance of his limitless charity…. With adolescence comes the desire for ...

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... of the most frequent topics of con- versation between the two friends was Assurance of salvation: Silas confessed that he could never arrive at anyth... ...into the seat where he worked, instinctively seeking this as the strongest assurance of reality. And now that all the false hopes had vanished, and th... ... and come short o’ Their’n.” Poor Dolly’s exposition of her simple Raveloe theology fell rather unmeaningly on Silas’s ears, for there was no word in ... ...h a dim fear of dangers attendant on so long a journey, and requiring many assurances that it would not take them out of the region of carriers’ carts... ...d to any image in Silas’s memory, cheered him with the certitude, which no assurance of the town’s name had hitherto given him, that he was in his nat...

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... you will always be mine— mine—mine very own.” And as he gave Cis a hug in assurance of his intentions, his father, who was uneasy about the matter, l... ...th his airs and graces. Wist- fully did the lad watch for some such tender assurance, but Cis seemed all provoking brilliancy and teasing. “She knew h... ..., full of praises of Captain Frobisher, his ship, and his company, and his assurances that he would watch over Humfrey like his own son. Meantime the ... ...ed by the little dog and its mistress to have any com- prehending ears for theology. Queen Mary confidentially observed as much to her after the readi... ... and is a captive for the rest of her days.” Cis was reduced to tears, and assurances that if the Queen would only broach the subject to Master Richar... ...Talbot. Dame Susan had been gratified at first by the young girl’s sincere assurances of unchanging affection and allegiance, and, in truth, Cis had c...

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... at leisure to bring him home with a high hand, utterly disre- garding his assurance that this would only be rendering him in the eyes of his subjects... ...ve marvelled of late, whether any priest or hermit could bring back my old assurance, that all this is my work on earth, or tell me if it be all one g... ...as they fell back into their places, with a few inarticulate blessings and assurances that they only wished they could go to Rome, or to Jerusalem, if... ...showing so much confidence in a youth of his years. They encouraged him by assurances that Sir Lewis Robsart, who had a curious kind of authority, hal... ...r orders, and set forth for Italy, there to pursue those deeper studies in theology and language for which Padua and Bologna were famous. It was many ...

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... two genuinely intended displays of perfervid tenderness, broke out toward theology, sociology, and the cosmos in turgid and startling expressions. No... ... than a shooting star low down in the sky. All this we had with the utmost assurances of science. Still it did not prevent the last nights being the m... ...ehind me, and pushed out into the dim pallor of that night, with the quiet assurance of a traveler who nears his end. The incidents of that long tramp... ... serene. For I felt sure I was dead; no one living could have this perfect assurance of good, this strong and confident peace. I had made an end of th... ...y emptinesses as inexplicable now as the cruelties of medieval Venice, the theology of old Byzantium. And they ruled and influenced the lives of nearl... ...ghtmare of the former days.” 199 H. G . Wells She found great comfort and assurance in my altered clothes—she liked the new fashions of dress, she al...

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...wit’s end. “But it’s of no importance,” continued D’Artagnan, with natural assurance; “it’s of no importance. The money is noth- 18 The Three Muskete... ...hall be one someday. You very well know, Porthos, that I continue to study theology for that purpose.” “He will be one, as he says,” cried Porthos; “h... ...mis,” said his three friends. “Yesterday I was at the house of a doctor of theology, whom I sometimes consult about my studies.” Athos smiled. “He res... ...Aramis. “Oh, good lord,” cried Porthos, “what precautions for the study of theology!” “Gentlemen, gentlemen,” said D’Artagnan, “do not let us lose our... ...” murmured D’Artagnan. “Ah, Monsieur Hypocrite, I understand how you study theology.” The three blows were scarcely struck, when the inside blind was ... ... Dumas “Listen,” said she; “I yield to your protestations, I yield to your assurances. But I swear to you, before God who hears us, that if you betray... ...you, that I am his humble servant.” “I will not fail.” Delighted with this assurance the governor countersigned the passport and delivered it to D’Art... ...er happiness; and D’Artagnan was forced to renew with the living voice the assurances which he had written. And whatever might be—considering the viol... ... his hand and awaiting the good pleasure of his Eminence, without too much assurance, but also without too much humility. “Monsieur,” said the cardina...

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...forlorn situation; bade me be cheerful, and endeavored to make me so by an assurance that every good Christian would give me assistance; then (while s... ...h myself; I saw my endeavors to please were crowned with success, and this assurance made me succeed the more. Though an Italian, and too pretty to be... ...jury; as it did not appear natural to suppose, on one side such diabolical assurance; on the other, such angelic mildness. The affair could not be abs... ...urin which the Abbe de Dangeau was formerly at Paris. Being disgusted with theology, he gave in to the belle-lettres, which is very frequent in Italy,... ...y it fair, write out the different parts, and distribute them with as much assurance as if they had been masterpieces of harmony; in short (what will ... ...g neither the hypocritical nor impudent behavior of a monk, or the forward assurance of a fashionable coxcomb, but the manners of a well-bred man, who... ...e me half a Jansenist, and, notwithstanding all my confidence, their harsh theology sometimes alarmed me. A dread of hell, which till then I had never...

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...send me back to Baltimore from the first station. When he left me with the assurance that I was all right, though much relieved, I realized that I was... ...etween the clear con- sciousness of right and the plausible make-shifts of theology and superstition. The one held me an abject slave—a pris- oner for...

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...as I told thee, double allowance for this my twenty-first birthday, and an assurance, in his brief fashion, that it will be again doubled for the succ... ...rge of my motions has shown me, by convincing proofs more weighty than the assurances which they have witheld, that my real advantage is their princip... ...ttempt to mount, but lead the pony (even Solomon) by the bridle, under the assurances of sixpence in case of proper demeanour, and pen- alty that if h... ...ted. Yet I shall go altogether distracted myself, if I have not an instant assurance from you that you are hastening hither. Meanwhile I have desired ... ...oxious pipe and tabor were put to silence, gave the old man such effectual assurance of un- diminished popularity and importance, as at once put his j... ...er [A student of divinity who has not been able to complete his studies on theology.] to the sea instead of the gallows!’ 399 Sir W alter Scott ‘Now,...

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...oliteness, and wordiness for wit, he uttered his commonplaces with a brisk assurance that passed for eloquence. Certain words which said noth- ing but... ...it had not been for Madame DE Colleville, I—” “Are there demonstrations in theology?” asked the profes- sor of mathematics, naively, plunging headlong... ... rely, madame, upon my prudence,” replied Phellion, “and kindly accept the assurance—” “Of your most distinguished sentiments,” interrupted the counte... ...rve that formula for the conclusion of my letters; I beg you to accept the assurance of my warmest and most unalterable gratitude.” “We will talk of t... ...e that a man should be so foolish!” ex- claimed Madame de Godollo; “wasn’t theology bad enough, that he must needs bring in astronomy too?” And her ve... ...altry result the young publisher would have lost at least something of his assurance. On the contrary, this Guzman of the book-trade hastened to say:—... ...k at that,” said Barbet, handing the document to la Peyrade, his customary assurance beginning to forsake him. “A summons to appear at once before the...

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...by fraud, and with five shillings and a penny still remaining to me for an assurance of my power to enjoy freedom. Osric and Kiomi did not show them- ... ...ce. Saddlebank’s goose was re- verted to by both of us with an exchange of assurances that we should meet a dish the fellow to it before we slept. ‘As... ...; he was old Rippenger’s best theological scholar—always got the prize for theology. Well, he was a confirmed sneak. I’ve taken him into a corner and ... ... and struck confidently into a rugged path. Recent events had given me the assurance that in my search for my father I was subject to a special govern... ...t the slope of the postoffice mouth. Aunt Dorothy undertook to communicate assurances of my un- 178 The Adventures of Harry Richmond dying affection ... ... broke my passion; when I touched her hand it was trem- bling for absolute assurance of her safety. She was leaning against a tree, gazing on the grou...

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...n the weight of his name on the side of Richard, who had secretly given an assurance to his diocesan that both the building and the congregation would... ...t difference between a saving faith and the corollaries of a philosophical theology; and it teaches us to reduce our self-examination to the test of g... ...ough, that King George, but bad advisers: hum, hum—’I beg to conclude with assurances of my per- fect respect.’—hum, hum—’Andrew Holt. ‘—Andrew Holt, ... ...n their extremity; neither how often they pressed each other’s arms as the assurance of their present safety came, like a healing balm, athwart their ... ...Show Mr. Doolittle in, Benjamin” Miss T emple appeared satisfied with this assurance, but fas- tened her dark eyes on the person of the architect, who... ...t out to men,” added Hiram, with an air equally balanced between doubt and assurance, but which judge Temple understood to mean certainty; “I some thi...