Then is not God merciful to the world in punishing them, even in destroying them out of the world, where they only do harm?

We have found a few who hold doctrines on certain points, which it might do harm to publish; but we find or hear nothing of fanaticism now as formerly.

Some are fond of using salt; but it is by no means necessary, and may do harm.

Tiraboschi, who was also in the service of the Este family, doubts the truth of the anecdote, and believes that the duke shut the poet up solely for fear lest his violence should do harm.

V. be malevolent &c adj.; bear spleen, harbor spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice; betray the cloven foot, show the cloven foot. hurt &c (physical pain) 378; annoy &c 830; injure., harm, wrong; do harm to, do an ill office to; outrage; disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast.

Contempt is not incompatible with indulgent and kindly treatment, and for the sake of one's own peace and safety, this should not be omitted; it will prevent irritation; and there is no one who cannot do harm if he is roused to it.

Rhasis, repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.

And thus you will neither yourself be kindled into unseemly passion, nor will you in a fit of fury do harm to any one else."

By a different conduct they may do harm to the Editor, Publisher, and the work itself, as far as the withdrawing of their countenance must necessarily be prejudicial to its currency.

(g) Do not point the weapon in any direction where an accidental discharge might do harm.

We have before stated (see chapter on Private Life) that Charlemagne, who always was very simple in his tastes, strenuously set his face against these novel introductions of luxury, which he looked upon as tending to do harm.

As to drink, dogs usually prefer clean cold water, and we cannot do harm by mixing therewith a little plain nitre.

And he doesn't think how giving "local option," to them that don't take the wide view of things, may do harm to a locality.

It may do much good; it cannot do harm.

But lest you do harm to yourself, lest you take into your head some foolish notion to commit suicide, we'll have to bind you.

The success was better than he had a right to expect, for the leaden pellet bored its way through the skull of the wolf, who, with a rasping yelp, made a sidelong plunge, as if diving off a bank into the water, and, striking on the side of his head, rolled over on his back, with his legs vaguely kicking at the moon, and as powerless to do harm as a log of wood.

Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make it manifest."

"Every person's safety requires that he should submit to be governed; for if one man may do harm without suffering punishment, every man has the same right, and no person can be safe.

And whether he will do any good anywhere is doubtful, but it is certain he will do harm, and it is equally certain that already he weighs my happiness as carelessly as you once weighed it.

It was opposed to his idea of English law, and apt to do harm rather than good.

As a polemic, it is possible that it did not do harm (though the effect of even a polemic is marred by hysterical indifference to facts.)

The root of it is that there is in you and in all your glittering kind no malice, no will to do harm nor to hurt anything, but just a bland and invincible and, upon the whole, a well-meaning stupidity, informing a bright and soft and delicately scented animal.

"At sowing do not plough large furrows," he says, "but little and well laid together that the seed may fall evenly: if you plough a large furrow to be quick you will do harm.

He's a kindly good-hearted chap, Lawrence, and he wouldn't do harm to a fly.

His presence just now in Paris could do no goodon the contrary, would be certain to do harm.