That relieves you, does it not, Jason?"

" The chief flowers used by them for strewing over graves were the polyanthus, myrtle, and amaranth; the rose, it would appear from Anacreon, having been thought to possess a special virtue for the dead: "When pain afflicts and sickness grieves, Its juice the drooping heart relieves; And after death its odours shed A pleasing fragrance o'er the dead.

The great practical advantage derivable from this fact is, the knowledge that whatever relieves the one benefits the other.

The action of writing relieves me.

" Huon talked on and on, with the eloquence of a Frenchman who relieves himself of a burden.

This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who from the midst of battles and horrors relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader by introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestick life.'

No, sir: I heard at Mansfield how the matter stands; How you have justly lost your goods and lands, And that the prince's indignation Will fall on any that relieves your state.

The princely heart, that freely spends, Relieves full many a thousand more, He getteth praise, he gaineth friends, And people's love procures therefore.

But it was not to be expected that all persons would view in the same light a question of policy so obscure; and apart from the warm personal interest which I feel in their safety, your Lordship can well understand that it relieves me from a great load of anxiety to learn from the result that the course which I have followed was not ill- calculated to promote it.

It is often argued that maintenance of stocks of stores at a secondary base gives a fleet a free hand and at least relieves it from the obligation of defending the line of communications.

This is the line for Mr. Darwin to take; for it at once and completely relieves his scientific theory from every theological objection which his reviewers have urged against it.

"Thou enterest on new and serious duties, child, but the spirit and purity of an angel, a meekness that does not depress, and a character whose force rather relieves than injures the softness of thy sex, can temper the ills of this fickle world, and thou may'st justly hope to see a fair portion of that felicity which thy young imagination pictures in such golden colors.

Roses grow in every garden, clematis relieves with its rich purple shade the walls of many a cosy little dwelling-house, and the old white mills, with their latticed windows and pointed gables, are a feature of every tiny hamlet through which the river flows.

It brightens up the old, time-worn barns, and relieves the monotony of grey stone walls and mossy roofs in the Cotswold village.

A. It relieves him of the fear of a dry crown sheet, and gives him an apparent excuse for low water.

The neighbouring scenery is bold and rugged, being the commencement of Bagshot Heath; and the variety of surface agreeably relieves the eye, after the monotony of the first twenty miles from town, which fatigues the traveller either upon the Bath or Western roads.

Of the exception, some editions of the Psalms in Metre are full of examples; as, "Happy the man whose tender care relieves the poor distress'd!

That relieves us of the discomfort of being the last car, and yet lets you have the scenery and moonlight.

In all places poverty claims compulsion, but here compassion is accompanied by horrorone dares not contemplate the object one commiserates, and charity relieves with an averted eye.

The passage concerning Mr. Parker is in the preceding page: I had read it, and I do not see how it at all relieves the disgust which every right-minded man must feel at this passage.

One bearer relieves another as each wearies of his burden.

"With a painter or a musician it is differenta lot of hand-work comes in which relieves the brain, so that they can work longer hours.

It at once relieves his labors, while it doubles their efficiency and success.

I am surprised to find that looking at the compass is attended with such painful and melancholy emotions as those expressed in Mahood's face when he comes back; but he performs the self-imposed duty with unshrinking faithfulness, and relieves us of a great deal of anxiety about the safety of the ship.

Excusez, says the sergent-de-ville, as he politely relieves him of his upper garments and displays his bust in the full daylight.