30 examples of stedfastly in sentences

It may be easily conceived how the pagans might be brought stedfastly to believe that comets, eclipses, and thunderstorms, were the forerunners of calamities, when man's strong inclination for the marvellous is considered, and his insatiable curiosity for prying into future events, or what is to come to pass.

For is it not humiliating to look stedfastly, even for a moment, at God's greatness, and then at our own littleness; at God's strength and at our own weakness; at God's wisdom, and at our own ignorance; and, most of all, at God's righteousness, and at our own sins? I do not say that it should not be so.

[Calling to the Beggar, who returns; he looks at her stedfastly.

Then looking stedfastly on him, "Sir, there is a part of that song which I should wish to exemplify in my own life: "May I govern my passions with absolute sway!

Lest we by wrong should be disgracéd Doth strike our foes with fear and wonder, O thou on whom their hopes are placéd, Whom either earth doth stedfastly sustain, Or cradle rocks the restless wavy plain.

Paul, looking's at me stedfastly, cried, 'She is no more!

One little girl, about four years old, kept looking stedfastly at me the whole time, not letting a single word or gesture escape her notice.

The man then sneaked away in this imposed matchcota, in a stolid manner, slowly, all the Indians looking stedfastly, but uttering no sound approvingly or disapprovingly.

Moore turned his head, and looking stedfastly at the wound for a few seconds, replied, "No, Hardinge, I feel that to be impossible.

Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.

" "I swear, before Heaven!" said the Rabbi, "that I have ever diligently kept the law, and walked stedfastly according to the traditions of our fathers, from the day of my youth upward.

" No answer; and the mother seating herself again, looked stedfastly and suspiciously at him; but she could not catch the eye of her son, who sat doggedly determined not to reveal his secret, and as determined also to elude her looks, searching as they were, and sufficient to enter his very soul.

He once asked her for the key to the fruit-garden, when my parents were both out; but Mammy stedfastly refused him.

"And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine.

And they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

At these words obtain pardon, Friday mused a great while; and, at last, looking me stedfastly in the face, Well, well, said he, that's very well; so you, I, devil, all wicked mans, all preserve, repent, God pardon all.

After I had paused a while, and looked stedfastly on him.

The murderer contemptuous gazing Did stedfastly his weapon aim, No swifter beat his heart, Assassin! Nor shook his lifted hand for shame.

There were many Gentlemen who looked at them stedfastly, but

There is but one Method of setting our selves at Rest in this Particular, and that is by adhering stedfastly to one great End as the chief and ultimate Aim of all our Pursuits.

Were the Intention stedfastly considered, as the Measure of Approbation, all Falsehood would soon be out of Countenance; and an Address in imposing upon Mankind, would be as contemptible in one State of Life as another.

Damon, said he with a deep Sigh, I have long languished for that Miracle of Beauty Gloriana, and if you will be very stedfastly my Rival, I shall certainly obtain her.

look stedfastly upon me, Look manly, take a mans affections to you; Young women, in the old world were not wont, Sir, To hang out gaudy bushes for their beauties, To talk themselves into young mens affections; How cold and dull you are! Arn.

Mr. Thomson came forward to receive him, and looking stedfastly at him (for they had not seen one another for many years) said, Troth Sir, I cannot say I ken your countenance wellLet me therefore crave your name.

The cattle stood staring and fed not, and looking stedfastly on them he saw the cartrope of its own accord untie and fall to the ground; thereupon he went and tied the rope more fast and more knots in it and stood apart as before to see the issue.

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