All that day I floated up and down, now beaten this way, now that, and when night fell I despaired for my life; but, weary and spent as I was, I clung to my frail support, and great was my joy when the morning light showed me that I had drifted against an island.

Therefore, the higher his position, the greater must be the degree of honor paid to him, expressed, as it is, in titles, orders and the generally subservient behavior of others towards him.

Great is the Stranger!"

Great was the throne of France even in those days, and great was he that sate upon it:

Great is the office of a queen.

And great was the distress that came over her.

The spirit, indeed, was willing, but great is human weakness; one likes to make the most of a remnant of beauty.

As you realize the divine Love, the divine Justice, the divine Purity, the Perfect Law of Good, or God, great will be your bliss and deep your peace.

I may therefore conclude with Arnoldus, Maxima vis est phantasiae, et huic uni fere, non autem corporis intemperiei, omnis melancholiae causa est ascribenda: "Great is the force of imagination, and much more ought the cause of melancholy to be ascribed to this alone, than to the distemperature of the body."

The more homogeneous our citizens can be made in these particulars the greater will be our prospect of permanent union; and a primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the science of government.

The greatest of these houses was the Cistercian Abbey of Robertsbridge founded in 1176 by Alfred de St Martin, Sheriff of the rape of Hastings, within which the abbey stood, really upon the last of the forest ridge towards the Level of Pevensey.

Great was the jubilation while the effigy of the traitor was being consumed in the flames.

Great is the combat, divine is the work; it is for kingship, for freedom, for happiness, for freedom from perturbation.

A greater and a more famous man was Hawkins's cousin, Francis Drake.

But the greatest of all his works was the maintenance of peace during the whole period of his reign, no less than of his royal power.

Great was the fury and indignation of Wil'sbro', Backsworth, and all the squires around.

The businessfor business it was, as well as the greatest pleasurewas no little strain on my energies, for I was now obtaining a large amount of work, and appearing in court every day.

Now abideth faith, hope, and love; the greatest of these is love."

Imagination, industry, and intelligence"the three I's"are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the greatest is, without any doubt, imagination.

He was a humble and righteous king, and proved by his example that after all the greatest of earthly rulers is only the most obedient servant.

Great was their admiration when they discovered that the wonderful bird was the ingenious contrivance of a little boy; and they could scarcely be convinced that what looked so much like a real bird was only an ingenious combination of sticks and painted paper.

Great was their approval and joy, as evinced in their assent to every measure.

"Great are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth them out of all,"

Thirsting to participate in such a scene, they hurried on; and great was their mortification, on arriving at the river Aux Plaines, to meet with a party of their friends having with them their chief Nee-scot-nee-meg, badly wounded, and to learn that the battle was over, the spoils divided, and the scalps all taken.

These are some of his gifts; and Shakespeare would not have denied the saying of a thinker with whom he has no very strong or natural affinity, that 'the greatest of these is chari