Whence it is evident that the Word, the architect of all things, who sitteth upon the cherubim and holdeth all things together, having been made manifest unto men, gave to us the Gospel in a fourfold shape, but held together by one Spirit.

it is good to wait the voice of the Lord God Almighty, who holdeth the earth in the hollow of His hand,His hand, that we may feel for, when the way is dark, whose living fibres thrill both heart and soul.

The poet, says Sidney, in that most famous passage which is too frequently quoted incompletely, commeth to you with words sent in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well inchaunting skill of Musicke; and with a tale forsooth he commeth unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

she holdeth court here in the chief butlery.

Enter Austria, before whom cometh Ambition, and bringing him before the chair, King John in sleep maketh signs to avoid, and holdeth his own crown fast with both his hands.

And all the golden gloom of it holdeth no haunting fear, For it is blessed, and giveth rest To those who enter here Here in the eveningwho can know

"Tostig holdeth high feast and revel, for to-day we took a rich booty at the ford beyond Bassingthorpmerchants out of Winisfarne, with pack-horses well ladenand there were women alsoin especial, one very fair.

Thus destiny which from their fathers holdeth the happy fortune of this race, together with prosperity heaven-sent bringeth ever at some other time better reverse: from the day when Laïos was slain by his destined son who met him on the road and made fulfilment of the oracle spoken of old at Pytho.

And now also holdeth such charge good, and the Muses' chariot speedeth to sound the glories of Nikokles the boxer.

that thou wilt procure from the world or the like; then thou must encourage thyself with the freeness of the promises, the tender-heartedness of Christ, the merits of His blood, the freeness of His invitations to come in, the greatness of the sin of others that have been pardoned, and that the same God, through the same Christ, holdeth forth the same grace as free as ever.

He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, anddraweth it back again.

"I mean that Belsaye cannot fall whiles it holdeth Helen the Proud.

So, get thee to Sir Benedict and speak him this from me, to wit: that while he holdeth Ivo in check before Thrasfordham, I will arise indeed and bring with me flame and steel from out the wild-wood.

This power that holdeth thus the keys of life, Can then at will give moments of release, Which to the soul are as the water-brooks That scantly rise amid a sun-scorch'd waste: These, oft repeated, must at length destroy

Four days hence, in Finsbury Fields, our good King Henry, of great renown, holdeth a grand shooting match, and all the most famous archers of merry England will be thereat.

"How can he [or she] get wisdom that holdeth the plough, [or the broom,]whose talk is of bullocks [or of babies]?"

The fool that doubteth religion and disregardeth virtue, proud of the proof derived from his own reasoning, regardeth not other proofs and holdeth the Rishis, who are capable of knowing the future as present as mad men.

Whose is this sable quiver, bearing five images of tigers, which holdeth shafts intermined with boar-eared arrows altogether numbering ten?

And as Damayanti was an obedient wife to Nala, or as Sachi is to the god who holdeth the thunderbolt in his hand or as Indrasena, Narayana's daughter, was always obedient to Mudgala, so did Santa wait affectionately upon Rishyasringa, when he lived in the wood.

Those of Great Witchingham, Norfolk, for instance, inform the chancellor that their parson "holdeth two benefices, but whether lawfully dispensated they know not," and they add that a schoolmaster in their parish "teacheth publicly, but whether licenced or not they know not."

" "Nevertheless," growled Little John, "the holy Saint Swithin holdeth the waters of the heavens in his pewter pot, and he could have poured them out, had he chosen, even from a clear sky; and wouldst thou have had me wet to the skin?"

But He who holdeth little useless birds In His protecting care, looked tenderly Upon this patient soul, so sorely tried.

The father it is, with his infant so dear; He holdeth the boy tightly clasp'd in his arm, He holdeth him safely, he keepeth him warm.