Every man's presence is a kind of bridle to him, to stop the roving of his tongue and passions: and even impudent men look for this reverence from him, and distaste that in him which they suffer in themselves, as one in whom vice is ill-favoured and shews more scurvily than another.

Therefore it was that Rodolph dreaded meeting those whose presence was the joy and the sunlight of his life.

That those conclusions were complimentary to you, our presence here is evidence of.

Sublimely patient; infinitely compassionate; deep, silent, and pure, his very presence is a benediction; and when he speaks men ponder his words in their hearts, and by them rise to higher levels of attainment.

Lord Lyons was charming, so friendly and sensible, said he wasn't surprised at W.'s wanting to gostill hoped this crisis would pass like so many others he had seen in France; that certainly W.'s presence at the Foreign Office during the last year had been a help to the Republicsaid also he didn't believe his retirement would last very long.

The unfortunate presence of albumen in the urine is often a symptom of that insidious and fatal malady known as albuminuria or Bright's disease, often accompanied with dropsy and convulsions.

Or if it had been, the presence of the queen, Hamlet's mother, who was generally with the king, was a restraint upon his purpose, which he could not break through.

The presence of a dead body would be a pollution to Apollo, though that of Thánatos (Death) himself seems not to be so.

Not only was Madame de Mailly's presence a difficulty and a reproach to him; his new favourite was by no means willing to respond to his advances.

If he see you himself, his presence is the worst visitation: for if he cannot heal your sickness, he will be sure to help it.

The lustrous third Presence was an angelthere for the sake of the woman.

Their presence is a benison.

The presence of Gibbon Wakefield, now himself become a colonist, added to the interest of the scene.

The sudden presence of a raven at a bridal banquet could scarcely have been a greater phantasma.

His presence was the signal for one of those uncontrollable outbursts of enthusiasm which none can appreciate who have not witnessed them.

Our presence here was the inevitable sequel of past events.

In this they state that they "are firmly impressed with the belief that the presence of the Army here and the large additional force that had been ordered to this Territory were the chief inducements that caused the Mormons to abandon the idea of resisting the authority of the United States.

My presence here is a proof that we Germans are aware of our duties towards internationalism.

Though the presence of her husband was a strange and long unwonted occurrence there, at such an hour, and though she felt the strangeness of the visit, the power of the opiate overwhelmed her so, that she could only see this apparition gliding slowly back and forward before her, with the passive wonder and curiosity with which one awaits the issue of an interesting dream.

His presence, therefore, among the men, not a few of whom were natives of the colony, had a salutary effect; some yielding to the sympathy which is natural to a hearty and encouraging example, while it is possible there were a few that argued less of the danger, in consequence of the indifference of a man who, being so rich, had so many motives to take good care of his person.

The presence of monopolistic prices in trade is not always a result of conscious agreement; more frequently, perhaps, it is automatic, and is an effect of the concentration of capital in a point where competition ceases, as when all the capital engaged in a trade belongs to a single owner.

I soon found out, however, that the presence of one of the ugly creatures was the cause of the horse's trepidation, for, within six feet of us, I discerned a pair of eyes, set in huge brown excrescences, fixed intently on me and my horse, with malicious gaze.

Not merely the presence of Emmins became a trouble and annoyance, but the praise that her neighbors were prompt to lavish on Gabriel, whenever she went among them, became grievous to her ears.

The presence of a divinity student was no barrier to his language at such a time, though for the reader's sake it may be severely edited.

As for Byrne, he was trying to match fact and possibility and he was finding a large gap between the two; for he tried to visualise the man whose presence had been food to old Joe Cumberland, and whose absence had taken the oil from the lamp so that the flame now flickered dimly, nearly out.