" Again, "The scholar whose heart is in his work, and who is philanthropic, seeks not to gain a livelihood by any means that will do harm to his philanthropy.

Thus the clause at the beginning and the phrase at the close of the following sentence constitute sheer verbiage: "Men who have let their temper get the better of them are often in a mood to do harm to somebody."

They will sink to the bottom of society, and become miserably poor, weak, and of no influence, and so unable to do harm to any but themselves.

"Now fetch me a mirror, or I will turn mean!" "Such beauty could never do harm to anyone," said Telly.

After musing for some time, he said, 'I wonder how I should have any enemies; for I do harm to nobody.'

The senate is a liberal paymaster to him who serves it well, and a fearful enemy to those who do harm to the state.

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.

They purpose to do harm to him and to his house, for he is the son of Belial in such wise that no man may speak with him.

There are wild beasts and birds of all kinds in this island in great numbers; and I was informed by the natives, that these beasts never attack or do harm to strangers, but only kill the indigenous inhabitants.

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.

"Our medicine-men say that the fairies of the water are all wicked; that they are ever seeking to do harm to the Dahcotahs.

It is said, that in ancient times these animals were inchanted, so that they could not do harm to any one:

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.

There is no necessity for this sort of thing; it is very foolish, and it is impossible to imagine anything more likely to do harm to a breed than that the idea should get abroad that this is the general practice in connection with it.

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.

And when you are in a passion, as you call it, Cecilia, you see that you are tempted to do harm to others; if they do not feel angry themselves, they do not sympathize with you; they do not perceive the motive which actuates you, and then they say that you have a bad heart.

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.

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."

"I know not what you mean to do," wrote his brother, the Archduke Ferdinand; "but, if I were wise enough to know how to give you good counsel, it seems to me that such an opportunity should not be lost, but that you should follow up your good fortune and act in such wise that neither the King of France nor his successors should have power hereafter to do harm to you or yours.

She fears the man may do harm to the cattle, or set fire to the house, or in some such way take his revenge.

[Footnote 7: This is in the "Crito" of Plato, where Socrates says it is wrong to do harm to our enemies.

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