Handy Solomon, taut as the weather rigging, took his little advantages one by one like precious gifts.

O a rare gift, a worthy gift and most acceptable.

Boys and girls brought their little gifts, too.

Here she made rapid progress, often giving convincing proof of intellectual gifts, and before long becoming qualified to assist in tuition.

All haste to bring him costly gifts.

It is by means of the divine gift of imagination, probably the most spiritual of a child's gifts, that he can lay hold of all that the world of literature has to offer him.

" After the presentation of this valuable gift, Abraham felt that the time had come for him to make a speechpractically his maiden speech.

Vincy had not lost his extraordinary gift for turning up at the right moment.

A certain Lady Nis here stated to have convinced Dr. Hutton of her possession of this remarkable gift, and by means of it to have indicated to him the existence of a spring of water in one of his fields adjoining the Woolwich College, which, in consequence of the discovery, he was enabled to sell to the college at a higher price.

The latter and M. Enault's book, when compared with each other, leave not the slightest doubt that each observes carefully and conscientiously in his own way, that both possess peculiar gifts for studying and describing correctly what there is worth studying and describing in this terra incognita, and that we can rely on both.

John Byrom, born in Manchester in the year 1691, a man whose strength of thought and perception of truth greatly surpassed his poetic gifts, yet delighted so entirely in the poetic form that he wrote much and chiefly in it.

But to offer Constantinople to Bulgaria would be a fatal gift.

Southey holds his place in this group more by personal association than by his literary gifts.

The magnificent spiritual gifts of the Germans gave them an Emanuel Kant, the greatest thinker of modern times, Beethoven, their greatest exponent of music, and Goethe, their greatest poet.

I have so deep a respect for Maurice's character and purposes, as well as for his great mental gifts, that it is with some unwillingness I say anything which may seem to place him on a less high eminence than I would gladly be able to accord to him.

While the little Zuane was failing, Marcantonio, seeing Marina but seldom, solaced himself in preparing a royal gift to offer to his mother on the occasion of his own birthday fête.

The true sergeant is born, not madehe is the priceless gift of the gods.

" He was quite unconscious of any impending misfortune and when Beth and Louise joined Patsy in thanking him for his pretty gifts of the pearls he flushed with pleasure.

His long continued taxes I forbeare, In which he chiefely showed him to be Prince; His robbing Alters, sale of Holy things, The Antique Goblets of adored rust And sacred gifts of kings and people sold.

Its choicest gifts 'twill pour, That last for evermore, Nor time exhaust the store Through endless days.

Stretch to me, Lord, that chain whose links enlace All heavenly gifts and all felicity Faith, whereunto I strive perpetually, Yet cannot find (my fault) her perfect grace.

"My child, in honor of your first dance your father must give a generous gift.

She has tried to murder a people; and but for the splendid gifts of that people, she would have achieved her end.

And Pleasure, blind with tears, &c. The Rev. Stopford Brooke, in an eloquent Lecture delivered to the Shelley Society in June, 1889, dwelt at some length upon the singular mythopoeic gift of the poet.

Bon Mezrag is not a man, But the lowest of all beings; He deceived both Arabs and Khabyles, Saying, 'I have news of the Christians.' "I believed Haddad a saint indeed, With miracles and supernatural gifts; He has then no scent for game, And singular to make himself he tries.