The divine energy of Genius and of Virtue enabled HOWARD to foresee, that the sanctity of his pursuit would supply him with strength and powers far superior to all human authority:His piercing mind comprehended that there are enormities of such a nature, that to survey and to reveal them is to effect their correction.

But this enterprise, the greatest that man had ever attempted, had in itself a charm, a sanctity in my eyes that made its accomplishment an unspeakable satisfaction.

She lived in the odour of sanctity with the devotion of a religious, and endowed the monastery with a goodly bequest."

At the same time it is noteworthy that many of these plants which acquired a sanctity from heathen mythology still retain their sacred charactera fact which has invested them with various superstitions, in addition to having caused them to be selected for ceremonial usage and homage in modern times.

It is secure from earthquakes, not more from sanctity than size, for't would feel a mountain thrown upon it no more than a taper-worm would.

There is a slight touch of sanctity at the end of his sentencesa mild elevation of voice indicative of pious oiliness; but, altogether, we like his quiet, straightforward, simple, English style.

Are these erudite persons prepared to insist that the name "Father" should no longer have any sanctity for us, because in their view of likelihood our Aryan ancestors were mere improvers on a state of things in which nobody knew his own father?

Goodness of build without gaudiness, sanctity without sadness, and evenness of finish without new-fangled intricacy, pervade it.

It is probable, that his brain became gradually crazed by these solitary occupations, and that his head was filled with chimeras, which, being believed by himself and his stupid votaries, procured him the general character of sanctity among the people.

We looked into the windows, and beheld the dim and quiet interior, a narrow space, but venerable with the consecration of many centuries, and keeping its sanctity as entire and inviolate as that of a vast cathedral.

But the pope, having cast his eye on the monks as the basis of his authority, was determined to reduce them under strict rules of obedience, to procure them the credit of sanctity by an appearance of the most rigid mortification, and to break off all their other ties which might interfere with his spiritual policy.

Prior Lanzo proved an excellent ruler, and the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes became famous for its sanctity through all England.

He recognized more completely than any of his predecessors the rights of property, and attached great sanctity to oaths.

There is an air of sanctity about this lovely white freestone temple which no amount of neglect can eradicate.

Joan alone behaved with a virtuous as well as modest pride, and ended her life in sanctity within a convent at Bourges, being wholly devoted to pious works, regarded by the people as a saint, spoken of by bold preachers as a martyr, and "still the true and legitimate Queen of France," and treated at a distance with profound respect by the king who had put her away.

Few enough, and scattered enough, were these abbeys, in no degree to disturb the deep solitude of the region; many enough to spread a network or awning of Christian sanctity over what else might have seemed a heathen wilderness.