Justice nerves his arm; and soon a lucky blow from the sharp claw pierces in a vital part the hardened sinner, who, with a gulp, gives up the contest and his life at once.

It was then that, far from the tumult of arms and from the great passions of public life, with no great ambition to nerve his heart, nor any great events to obscure the public criticism of his conduct, he displayed in calm and steady light the grandest features of his character, and by this crucial test, added certain confirmation to the highest estimate that could have been formed of his character and of his abilities.

All his faith and selflessness were nerving the big man.

Nov. 13.] the vain hope that a ship might he procured; but at the end of two hours, Hammond became impatient; and the king, having nerved his mind for the interview, ordered him to be introduced, received him most graciously, and, mingling promises with flattery, threw himself on his honour.

He wrote: "I must think that difficulties nerve the spirit of a man.

In the churchyard is the grave of Grace Darling, and many hundreds come to look on the last resting place of the gentle girl who was yet so heroic, when her compassionate heart nerved her girlish frame to the gallant effort on behalf of her fellow-creatures in dire peril, when she ".... rode the waves none else durst ride, None save her sire.

It was proven that he had made fierce threats against the life of Loraine, and the liquor in which he had so freely indulged had served to fire his brain and nerve his hand to carry out his wicked intent; and so the jury brought in its verdict, and he was sentenced to be executed, which sentence was duly performed and that closed another act of the sad drama.

"Through Orient seas, o'er Afric's plain, And Asian mountains borne, The vigor of the Northern brain Shall nerve the world outworn.

It is, therefore, one of the ideas most potent in nerving the overstrained German people to continue their fight.

The same road is to be retraced; and if she had an object before which nerved her little limbs, she had now the delightful consciousness of that object having been effecteda feeling of inspiration which enabled her, hungry as she was, to overcome all the toil of the return.

The Champion, silent, joined his bands at rest, And spurned at length despondence from his breast; Removed from all, he cheered Zúára's heart, And nerved his soul to bear a trying part: "Ere early morning gilds the ethereal plain, In martial order range my warrior-train;

With the coming of May the Vision of Victory which had nerved Germany to her greatest effort seemed fading from her sight.

They ought to clothe our voice with authority, to nerve our action by generous resolution, and to fill our counsels with weightiness and power.

The mighty trump and the mellow fife, Nerving the limbs to a stouter life; Thrilling they sound with their glorious tone, Thrilling they go, through the marrow and bone.

So hope nerved his muscles, and anticipation brought color to his cheeks and fire to his eyes, and the thought of his mother's kiss lent inspiration to his labor, and no boy that ever worked in Burnham Breaker performed his task with more skill and diligence than he.

To nerve oneself to part with a friend, and to find the friend perfectly ready, and all your battery of argument thrown away is most vexatious.

And here am I with heart insurgent beating the long roll and every nerve a-quiver with sedition!"

That laugh levelled the last barrier of doubt and fear and nerved Sofia finally to test the forlorn hope she had been nursing ever since Victor had let her see a little way into his mind as to her fate.

CONTACT MIND READINGThe two classes of mind reading; The simplest form; Nerve current theory; The truth about public performances.

She'd got all nerved up readin' them dretful things and felt queer, I wuz sorry for Blandina to think she wuz so very sensitive to masculine influence.

Then stumps loom up beside the ditch, Uncannily nod the bushes, The boy running on, each nerve a twitch, Through a jungle of spear-grass pushes.

" This expostulation nerved Mrs. Helm with fresh resolution.

No doubt the fellow had a big body, strong bones, and good thews; but that he had the real pluck that nerved the little bodies of such men as Nelson, or Suwarrow, ay, or of Napoleon, I deny."

In an age of joys and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of right, Who shall nerve heroic boys To hazard all in Freedom's fight, Break shortly off their jolly games, Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray?

It was an Idea that nerved Britain for the struggle against Napoleon.