24 Metaphors for giving

"SHOULD GIVE is an irregular active-transitive verb [from give, gave, given, giving; found] in the potential mood, imperfect tense, first person, and plural number.

Giving was with these two a sort of obsession, though always he gave in a half scorn of his fellow creatures which was not more than half concealed.

Many of the princes in the list just given, are men of high character, culture and integrity, who exercise a wise, just and patriarchal authority over their subjects.

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The references that the deceased gave were his bankers and his brother, Mr. John Blackmore.

Philosophy can merely dissect what is given it, but the giving itself is not the work of the analyzer but of genius, which combines things according to objective laws under the obscure but safe influence of pure reason.

And, if this is so, then we have proof here that "giving is God's rule for getting.

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The giving up of self is not merely the renunciation of outward things.

The alms-giving was enormous, charity and fear together opened both hearts and purses.

The elements of human life are the same for ever; any one heart holds in itself the whole, can give all things to another, can bear all things for another; but no giving, no bearing, no, not even if it is the giving up of a life, if it is done without free, full, loving interchange of speech, is half the blessing it might be.

The giving of knowledge and instruction in sex hygiene at the proper time is also a peculiar duty of parents which they must not shirk.

Open giving is becoming a trade.

And then, when "CHRIST is made," their giving but half of him to the Laity, is a thing also, if it be minded, that will very much help on the business, and make the people stand at a greater distance from the Clergy.

I tried to argue with him, that we had enough on our hands with the South without rushing into war with England besides, but he was impetuously confident that we could take care of all foes outside and in, and maintained that the giving up of the envoys was a burning shame.

After all," he added, "mere giving is the lowest form of charity.

And then, when "CHRIST is made," their giving but half of him to the Laity, is a thing also, if it be minded, that will very much help on the business, and make the people stand at a greater distance from the Clergy.

The clink of coins was her most favorable accompaniment; and her giving of self was a sort of disrobing formality.

Without doubt, the giving to them of this liberty is the most remarkable fact in the lives of their elders.

How warm, how tender, how life-giving had been his presence always!

He had never comprehended that strange machine of nicely-balanced doubts and certainties, forever in a state of half-morbid equilibrium between the wish, the thought, and the deedsuch a man as Pietro Ghisleri was, for instance, who would refuse a beggar an alms lest the giving should be a satisfaction to his own vanity, and then, perhaps, would turn back in pity and give the poor wretch half a handful of silver.

[The giving up of this letter to the coroner, who read it to the jury, and then tossed it over to the reporters for copying, was a hard trial, but Marcus had resolved upon meeting all the troubles of the case halfway.]

And what we learn, both from the teaching of Christ, and from the different passages referred to, isthat "giving is God's rule for getting.

" My fondest affection must ever cling to the dear, quaint old pioneer men and women, whose hand-clasps were warmth and cheer, and whose givings were like milk and honey to my desolate childhood.

24 Metaphors for  giving