Never will you dare to pass that sea, for my dearer pleasure; yea, were your courage indeed so great, yet never might you abide my coming.

There, too, was Gawain, his nephew, slain, and Arthur made over him marvellous sorrow; for the knight was dearer to his heart than any other man.

His reputation and interests were dearer to her than was her own fair name.

I live and love; The earth is fair, but this is fairer still; My dear ones, they were very dear; but now The past is past; for they are dearer still.'

There is a dearer, warmer bed, Where one all day may lie, Earth's bosom pillowing the head, And let the world go by.

And it was old and new like the wild flowers, The waters, and the hills, but dearer far.

But there they are in the same Book of God, and are even dearer to many hearts than the loftier portions; and so with Addison's papers beside the works of Bacon, Milton, and Coleridge.

You are dearer to me than language has the power of telling!

And Golde, siluer and other marchandize are at one time dearer than another, as all other things be.

And by this meanes they make golde dearer in Pegu then it would bee, if they consumed not so much in this vanitie.

He thought the matter over, and the more he thought the more unwilling he was to give up this sum, which all at once had become dearer to him than all the rest of his possessions.

"The lilies were dearer.

I clearly foresaw, my children, that by making an open avowal of my religious principles, and by publicly declaring myself a Protestant, I should raise many violent passions against myself, and expose myself to a thousand trials; but the truth was dearer to me than life, and conscience spoke louder than the fear of man.

There never was a genius more fitted for the two most opposite duties of obeying and commanding; so that you could not easily decide whether he were dearer to the general or the army: and neither did Hasdrubal prefer giving the command to any other, when any thing was to be done with courage and activity; nor did the soldiers feel more confidence and boldness under any other leader.

And I suppose this place is even dearer?" He avoided the question.

Whatever I bought, I was sure to buy dearer, and when I sold, I was obliged to sell cheaper than any other.

As for Blifil, the success of Jones was much more grievous to him than the loss of Sophia, whose estate, indeed, was dearer to him than her person.

And here I must note the fact, that the French steamers, while dearer than the Austrian, are more cramped in their accommodations, and filled with a set of most uncivil servants.

So well, good father, that I cannot tell, Whether I love him dearer then my selfe; And yet if that my heart were calde to count, I thinke it would surrender me to death, Ere young Pertillo should sustain a wrong.

Ile none of that; I do not like the last; I love thee dearer then I doe my life, And all I did, was to advance thy state To sunne-bright beames of shining happinesse. Allen.

Who roves all day, at length may hit the marke; That is the cause,because I cannot stay With him whose love is dearer then my life.

The frightened Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her her child; but the Dwarf answered, "No; something human is dearer to me than all the wealth of the world.

Yet know, my child, a dearer tie Has link'd his heart to mine; He mourns with Friendship's holy sigh, The youth belov'd of thine!

Sweet is the odour of the morning's flower, And rich in melody her accents rise; Yet dearer to my soul the shadowy hour, At which her blossoms close, her music dies For then, while languid nature droops her head, She wakes the tear 'tis luxury to shed.

And yet they hold it dearer so, Who see beneath the wounds it bears A grace no other garden wears.