80 Metaphors for presents

It simply argues that the present is practically the best of all possible courts; that it is a great improvement, which probably it is, on the Courts of Delegates; and that great confidence ought to be felt in its decisions.

Thus a good present Behaviour is an implicit Repentance for any Miscarriage in what is past; but present Slackness will not make up for past Activity.

"He insinuated to us (for he was a staunch Whig)" relates Colley, "that this present of fifty guineas was a sort of Tory triumph which they had no pretence to; and that for his part he could not bear that so redoubted a champion for liberty as Cato should be bought off to the cause of a contrary party.

The form of the conjoined cells is not unlike Lamouroux' figure of S. (D.)distans; but the present is clearly not that species.

'A present may be a charity,' said Lady Maud, still thoughtful.

Amid all the political storms through which I have passed, the present is the first attempt which has ever been made, to my knowledge, to assail my personal or official integrity; and this as the time is approaching when I shall voluntarily retire from the service of my country.

Their past is the world's glory: the present in the Near East is theirs more than any people's: the futuredespite the laws of corporate being and decline, dare we say they will have no part in it?

A good ship I know, and a poor cabin; and the language of a cannon: and therefore as my breeding has been rough, scorning delicacy; and my present being consisteth altogether upon the soldier (blunt, plain and unpolished), so must my writings be, proceeding from fingers fitter for the pike than the pen."

My present was a necklace of beautiful blue stones.

Gradually, too, there came to be napkins for tea, and James' Christmas present to his wife was a set of silver forks, while John contributed a dozen individual salts, and Andy bought a silver bell, to call he did not know whom, only it looked pretty on the table, and he wanted it there every meal, ringing it himself sometimes when anything was needed, and himself answering the call.

The present was not a moment however, nor was the impression strong enough to induce the master of the place to enter into any inquiries.

Taken individually and collectively, the presents were a failureall but the pretty collar and ribbon-bow, which, as an afterthought, Ethelyn gave to Eunice, whose delight knew no bounds.

Mrs. Ochiltree's present was an old and yellow ivory rattle, with a handle which the child could bite while teething, and a knob screwed on at the end to prevent the handle from slipping through the baby's hand.

Those presents are confirmations, because they are certificates of consent on each side; wherefore, when two parties consent to anything, it is customary to say, "Give me a token;" and of two, who have entered into a marriage engagement, and have secured it by presents, that they are pledged, thus confirmed.

Her present was a brooch, with a green stone set in the middle and a dozen little shining white ones all round it.

The present is the first American work which takes the subject in hand from the beginning and carries it through the entire process which leads to the results we have spoken of.

" The present was a dress pattern of the same kind of material she had intended to purchase.

The present, perhaps, is not an inappropriate place for a few general observations on costume, considered with reference to art.

Firmly convinced that the present was Nellie's and that her father only good-humoredly guessed it, the young man's simple, truthful nature was embarrassed.

[As we have said, the present is but a fourth portion of Vidocq's exploits; and if the remaining three are of equal interest, the work will be one of the most extraordinary of our times.

The present is the first volume of the series, and the succeeding volumes will be published at short intervals, and at moderate prices.

Your plea, that the coldness of the climate makes them indispensable, I can-not admit of; you know, that we are here three degrees to the north of you, and that the present is the coldest winter since the year 1780-81; and yet I have not seen a close stove since I left New York.

Wonderful to say, although Joe had given his purse to Emilie for the adornment of the tree, there still were presents for every one from him; and what was yet more surprising to those who knew that Joe had not naturally much delicacy of feeling or much consideration for others, each present was exactly the thing that each person liked and wished for.

Buildings, people, customs, seem all about to crumble and fall of their own weight: the present is a perpetually prolonged past.

The only one present having any real part was Percival Coolidge, and West had taken an instinctive dislike to this man.

80 Metaphors for  presents