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to Occurrences 4112%

This theory appealed to me, as being more plausible, and accounting more satisfactorily for the extraordinary size and brilliance of the blaze, that had lit up the dead world, so unexpectedly.

of Occurrences 397%

Homiletics is the appeal of man to man, for the welfare of his soul, and the true progress of mankind.

for Occurrences 270%

The stranger was tossing restlessly in his bunk, opening and shutting his parched mouth in silent, piteous appeal for the water that must still be doled to him parsimoniously.

from Occurrences 192%

As to those who do not call in question my veracity, but only doubt my sanity, I fearlessly appeal from their unkind judgment to the sober and unprejudiced part of mankind, whether, what I have stated in the following pages, is not consonant with truth and nature, and whether they do not there see, faithfully reflected from the Moon,

in Occurrences 147%

In her eyes there was a pathetic question, a line of anxiety in the lids, an innocent appeal in the looks.

with Occurrences 41%

" Washington (D. C.) Star:"This work appeals with peculiar force to the public.

against Occurrences 36%

He put her off by declaring that there was a good prospect of her husband being acquitted, but that if the verdict unfortunately went against him her confession would have more weight in saving him, when the appeal against the verdict was heard.

on Occurrences 35%

"May we get in on this?" she called, interrupting an eloquent appeal on Laura's part.

at Occurrences 25%

But all the entreaties of Fatimaall my letters, impassioned as they were, appealing at once to her generosity, humanity, and love,could not prevail on her to grant me an interview.

by Occurrences 25%

The Baptists soon afterwards responded to his appeal by forming a Missionary Union, and they appointed Mr. and Mrs. Judson two of their agents.

as Occurrences 15%

It is true that the Conqueror forged a charter purporting to date from Canute in which the king's sole right to take beasts of chase was asserted, and to this he appealed as justifying his harsh new laws; but it is untrue that he depopulated and destroyed a thriving district to make a wilderness for the red deer.

through Occurrences 6%

The following extracts are from the letters of Mr. John Whittaker, "A Lancashire Lad," one of the first writers whose appeals through the press drew serious attention to the great distress in Lancashire during the Cotton Famine.

unto Occurrences 6%

Divine goddess, behold, with all humility For money I appeal unto thy deity; Which, in high honour of thy majesty, I mean to spend abroad most plentifully. TEN.

than Occurrences 4%

It was more an appeal than a sermon, or even an address.

before Occurrences 4%

This question usually arose in connection with some particular law case, and thus came before the courts for settlement,first before the courts of the colony; afterwards it might sometimes be carried on appeal before the Privy Council in England.

without Occurrences 3%

Complaints and appeals without number were laid at the foot of the imperial throne.

like Occurrences 2%

And if a priesthood should arise hereafter, whose calling was to teach not religion but irreligion, not the good news that there is a good God, and that we can know Him; but the bad news that there is no God, or, if there is, we cannot know Him; then would that priesthood find it necessary to appeal like all other priesthoods, to the women, and to teach them how to teach their children.

towards Occurrences 2%

Mr. J.W.C. FEGAN, of the Boys' Home, Southwark, the writer of the pleasant pamphlet entitled Camping Out, makes appeal towards the expenses of giving "a fortnight's holiday under canvasby the sea, if possible"to the waifs and strays in Mr. FEGAN'S Homes.

under Occurrences 2%

As to nations, however, which placed national interests first and made selfishness the standard of international policy it was to be assumed that an appeal under either system would be ineffective.

out Occurrences 2%

One knows the situation in fictionthe desperate girl appealing out of her misery to the Christian priest for help.

beyond Occurrences 2%

The Earl then began to bluster and to attempt to appeal beyond the Pope; he even dared to place armed men at the Priory gate and to stop all communications with Cluny.

about Occurrences 2%

He looked into her face, moved by the girlishness and appeal about the red, wistful mouth and the dark, brimming eyes.

amid Occurrences 1%

At one time my earnest sense of need and desire to seek Him to whom I could appeal amid many a recollection of past transgressions, in the words, "Thou knowest that I love thee," was most sweetly followed by the remembrance of the words, "I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."

along Occurrences 1%

We want very much to be delivered from the necessity of making special appeals along toward the end of the year.

after Occurrences 1%

Appeal after appeal by large numbers of the most prominent women in America was made to General Weyler, and even to the Queen Regent of Spain, for her release, but without avail, when finally the news was flashed to America that she had escaped.

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