A calm and meek way of discoursing doth much advantage a good cause, as arguing the patron thereof to have confidence in the cause itself, and to rely upon his strength: that he is in a temper fit to apprehend it himself, and to maintain it; that he propoundeth it as a friend, wishing the hearer for his own good to follow it, leaving him the liberty to judge, and choose for himself.

The temper band is simply a piece of leather or hemp twine to which is attached a weight, and the other end of the leather or twine is attached to the builder rail.

And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe; Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please.

Grinding and polishing equipment; how to dress and temper tools.

From "In This Our World." WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN Only melting and hammering can shape and temper steel for fine use.

Temper tantrums are a child's S.O.S. (In PM

Nature form'd thee To temper man; we had been brutes without thee.

Where else is the temper subject to such frequent irritation, or passion to such little control?

An aristocracy must ever want the high personal feeling which often tempers despotism by the qualities of the chief or the generous and human impulses of a popular rule.

Kathleen could be safely left unwatched for an hour or so without fear of change; her moods were less variable, her temper evener; her interest in the passing moment less keen, her absorption in the particular subject less intense.

Temper excellent; said to be well educated, but of too retiring a disposition to allow of our discovering the fact without more trouble than the matter is worth.

Where so much temper exists, impartial history is out of the question.

AZARCO'S FAREWELL "Now saddle me the silver gray, The steed of noble race, And give to me the shield of Fez, And my strong corslet lace; Give me a double-headed lance, With points of temper fine;

She was convinced that her habits were regular, her temper firm and tactful, and her judgment excellent.

Fiddlers, your pins in temper fix, And roset weel your fiddlesticks; But banish vile Italian tricks From out your quorum, Nor fortes wi' pianos mix Gie's 'Tullochgorum'!

Every hour that I live, pent in by intolerable forms and immeasurable dulness, the maddening temper gains on me!

At dinner this day, we had Sir Alexander Dick, whose amiable character, and ingenious and cultivated mind, are so generally known; (he was then on the verge of seventy, and is now (1785) eighty-one, with his faculties entire, his heart warm, and his temper gay;) Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes; Mr. Maclaurin, advocate; Dr. Gregory, who now worthily fills his father's medical chair; and my uncle, Dr. Boswell.

The young woman that was nussin' aunt,Bewlah Blish, by name,was a cooking grewel on the coals, and 'peared tew understan' the mess I was in; but she didn't say nothin', only blowed up the fire, fetched me a mug er cider, an' went raound so kinder quiet, and sympathizing that I found the wrinkles in my temper gettin' smoothed aout 'mazin' quick; an' fore long I made a clean breast

I am a very bad example of the English temper; for the English temper grumbles at all this, to the great relief of our enemies, who believe that what a man admits against his own nation must be true.

Thou hast bloomed into a beauteous maid, but thy temper hath blown also.

The nation too, this greatest of all years, Who watch to see blest turns in their affairs, Slighting the tempest on the Gallic shore, Hope from the senate much, but from you more: Whose happy temper judgment cultivates, And forms so fit to aid our three estates.

I would like to ask you, if your insanity is of the melon-colic, (this bein' the season when melons is ripe,) or is it of the pro temper kind?

Neither the Duke of Burgundy nor the Duke of Berry had calculated upon this resolution; they submitted, without making any objection, but not without letting a little temper leak out.

I'll turn Thou say'st, not only skill is gain'd, attained But genius too may be obtain'd, attained invitation By studious imitation; Thy temper mild, thy genius fine, study I'll copy till I make them mine, thee meditation By constant application.

It's my day, my sky an' sunshine, an' the temper o' the breeze Here's the weather I would fashion could I run things as I please