350 collocations for dwelt

"Now, in old times there dwelt here an old man, a mighty hunter and fisherman.

In the midst of this, as the listeners were besought to "dwell a moment on this exquisite delineation of Nature,"expertly pronounced "Nate-your" by Mrs. Potts,Miss Caroline turned her head aside as one deeply moved by the poet's magic.

We dwell a little upon these Norman foundations, to show how completely the Church was spreading itself over the land, and asserting its influence in places where man had seldom trod, as well as in populous towns, where the great cathedral was crowded with earnest votaries, and the lessons of peace were proclaimed amid the distractions of unsettled government and the oppressions of lordly despotism.

He was obliged to leave his cave, where he had dwelt six blessed years; and the bishop of Antioch, who knew his merits, pressed him into the active service of the Church, and ordained him deacon,for the hierarchy of the Church was then established, whatever may have been the original distinctions of the clergy.

But his words, if dry, are always manly and honest; there dwells in his pages a spirit of highly abstract joy, plucked naked like an algebraic symbol but still joyful; and the reader will find there a caput mortuum of piety, with little indeed of its loveliness, but with most of its essentials; and these two qualities make him a wholesome, as his intellectual vigour makes him a bracing, writer.

Beside a salmon stream there dwelt people rich in slaves.

Far out on the Western prairies dwells the only sensible man on this continent.

Like the low murmurs of the Indian shell Ta'en from its coral bed beneath the wave, Which, unforgetful of the ocean's swell, Retains within its mystic urn the hum Heard in the sea-grots where the Nereids dwell Old thoughts still haunt meunawares they come Between me and my rest, nor can I make Those aged visitors of sorrow dumb.

We long to rescue her and take her to our hearts; we are touched by her predicament, as Michelet tells us the heart of the beholder is moved by the bound Andromeda of Puget,that great artist in whom dwelt the suffering soul of a depraved age, and who all his life long sculptured forlorn captives,"Ah, would I had been there to rescue the darling!"

Where dwelt a daughter of an ancient race Deep-learned in lore, and with the gift to trace The thread of life in the dark web of fate.

This is the lesson which you and I and every man have to learn: that in ourselves dwells no good thing; but that there is One near us mightier than we, from whom all good things do come; and that He loves us, and will not only teach us what is good, but give us the power to do the good we know.

"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him:"and that perfectly and utterly; for in Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, so that He Himself could say, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."

And thus looking out into the Eternal, you entirely forget the present and go forth into the Land of Subconsciousnessthe Land of Spirit, where yet dwell the gods of ancient and innocent days?

There are several villages around Kreuznach (some of which we have visited), where dwell a good many spiritually-minded people, who meet together for improvement.

He started in answer to the summons, writing on his way the beautiful stanzas to the Po, beginning River that rollest by the ancient walls Where dwells the lady of my love.

For in that country dwelt many strong barons, sib to his flesh, and the stoutest knights of his race.

Now, changing climes alternately, they dwell one day with their dear father Zeus, and the next in the secret places under the earth, within the valleys of Therapnai, fulfilling equal fate: because on this wise chose Polydeukes to live his life rather than to be altogether god and abide continually in heaven, when that Kastor had fallen in the fight.

It will be proper, then, to dwell a little on his circumstances, his friends, and his ideas during these two years.

Beyond the chain of Mount Atlas, in the deserts of ancient Getulia, dwelt two tribes of Arabian descentboth, probably, of the greater one of Zanhaga, so illustrious in Arabian history.

Till love crept in and took the place of pain, And in her heart took Pity's weeping place And dwelt a king.

It was in this city that Calvin dwelt three years, spending his time in lecturing on divinity, in making contributions to exegetical theology, in perfecting his "Institutes," forming a close alliance with Melancthon and other leading reformers.

190 There dwells sweet Love, and constant Chastity, Unspotted Fayth, and comely Womanhood, Regard of Honour, and mild Modesty; There Vertue raynes as quecne in royal throne, And giveth lawes alone, 195 The which the base affections doe obay, And yeeld theyr services unto her will; Be thought of tilings uncomely ever may Thereto approch to tempt her mind to ill.

On yet another occasion in the springtime a poor man who dwelt some distance from the monastery of Rahen, came to Mochuda, and asked the loan of two oxen and a ploughman to do a day's ploughing for him.

I have a long picture-gallery to retire into when I want to think of something fair, in recalling the moon as it silvered the Rhine at the foot of Drachenfels, or the soft mist-veiled island where dwelt the lady who is consecrated for ever by Roland's love.

Master Fuller, Here dwells the sacred mistress of my heart; Before her door I'll frame a friv'lous walk, And, spying her, with her devise some talk.

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