It is a rock on which a vessel may be indeed, and is often wrecked; but that same rock affords the foundation of the brightest and noblest beacon.
But in every state there is a great number of men who love order for itself, and for the protection it affords to property.
A glance into so remote a past affordsus a pleasure not unmingled with fright and bewilderment.
The bounding wall of the temple of Osiris at Abydos affords another instance of it.
We are convinced that the present system of treating casual paupers neither deters the vagrant nor affords any means of reclaiming him, and we are unanimously of opinion that a thorough reform is necessary.
Detention under disciplinary treatment affords the best hope of their reformation, or of preventing them by their example or conduct from contaminating those with whom they come in contact.
Thus the long job affords the greatest opportunity for promotion.
Time study affordsthe means for the only scientific proof that many trades fatigue the workers beyond their endurance and strength.
The close relation of the elements of the instruction card affords a field for attention to lapse, and be recalled in the new elements that are constantly made apparent.
It is remarkable that the resemblance should be so close, since Archaeopteryx affords the only bird's skeleton known to be contemporary which can be compared with the Solenhofen Flying Reptiles.
It affords excellent distinctive characters for defining the genera.
However, it is not of any use for me to expose the deception--it affords him pleasure, and does no harm to any body.
It is estimated that the floor of the church affords standing room for--for a large number of people; I have forgotten the exact figures.
I have since smiled to think of the affair; but I recall it now with more interest, for the sake of the contrast it affords between middle-class boys and labouring-class boys in exactly similar circumstances.
In their view it is the safest, and the most easily obtained, and, when obtained, it affords the most refreshment.
Sickness amongst friends or neighbours affords another topic upon which their emotion seeks exercise: they linger over the discussion of it, talking in moaning tones instinctively intended to stimulate feeling.
This not only firms the soil about the tree, holding it straight and strong through the winter, but it affords good protection against rodents, especially mice.
On gravel loams, medium loams, and all well drained soils which are fairly open in texture either fall or spring plowing is practiced depending on which period affords the most time.
His rooted antipathy to intellectual progress, while it affords easy and wide scope for his wit, must after all, lower his intellectual rank.
The Semitic world affords many examples of the belief that a man's religion was part of his political connexion and that the change of nationality involved change of cult.
Moreover, upon Gerbert's time pressed the specific need to consider just such questions as the disputation affords a sample of.
Joinville and his knights defend a bridge over a tributary, which helps to check the Saracen advance, and affords an uncertain means of safety to the French.
Language affords him the most enticing criterion, but one of the most deceptive.
He uses terms without adequately comprehending them, and thus affords one of the myriad examples of how, under decadent or barbarized conditions, phrases may outlive an intelligent understanding of their meaning.
This is true of both the Greek and the Latin Fathers, and affords a prodigious proof that the inspiration and the exigencies of the new religion had drawn into one spiritual vortex the energies and interests of Christian communities.
Peter at Rome, affords a proof; a picture which, though recently cleaned with little judgment, is still an object of admiration.
How great, a letter which she wrote to her mother in July affords a striking proof.
Her own language on the subjectaffords a striking proof how well Marie Antoinette had succeeded in imbuing her with her own forgetfulness of self.
The study of combination and contrast of colours, affords him ample means to exercise his taste; and the eye becomes instinctively capable of discerning that which is graceful and beautiful, and that which is not.
The fact that there are half a dozen trade routes to Yün-nan affords a proof of the inaccessibility of the province.
No sooner had we settled down in the fine clean quarters which the temple affordsthan the priests came to pay their respects, and regaled me with the "sweet tea," which the discovery of Mr. Baber has rendered famous.
His "History" affordsnumerous illustrations of the way in which Graetz promoted and enriched historical research.
Good, honest fellow, may he ever remain content and satisfied with the old gun, for it affords almost the only solace of his lonely life!
Ere the rifle can be levelled and a ball dispatched, the stag has dipped the crest: but the second barrel, after a flying run to the ridge, affords more deliberate aim at about 120 yards.
Another system by which the Great Bustard can be brought to bag is by driving, and right royal sport it affords at certain seasons.
The tentadero at the present day affords opportunity for aristocratic gatherings, that recall the tauromachian tournaments of old.
The present occasion affords the best opportunity of doing honor to the man we love; instead of which, we offer him an affront.
The information that our measures of the last session have not proved dissatisfactory to our constituents, affords us much encouragement at this juncture, when we are resuming the arduous task of legislating for so extensive an empire.
The question for which I contend has received the universal approbation of mankind; there are no instances of the interference contended for, and this general sense of mankind affords me some evidence of truth.
But we are told that there will be a conflict of commercial regulations between this country and Great Britain, and that the consequence will be, the loss of the market she affords us.
The legislative and diplomatic history of the United States affords abundant evidence of the wisdom of the objection taken in this debate against the indefinite duration of public acts.
And there is infinitely more sense in this, than in the ludicrous exclamations of men who complain of the want of time, and say that life affords them no space in which to act their imaginings.
But the latter only affords the proper materials of narration.
It makes level before us the wonder of the method of their proceedings, and affords an obvious reason why they should be in so many respects like our own.
It is an admirable remark, that the book which we read at the very time that we feel a desire to read it, affords us ten times the improvement, that we should have derived from it when it was taken up by us as a task.
The Ashford demesne affords walks or drives for miles.
And if it does not-- "we are rather beholden to any minister who undermines it and affords us the opportunity of erecting a better in its place.
At the crossing of Stave River a fine view is obtained of Mount Baker, looking forward to the right; and the bridge over the Harrison River, where it meets the Frazer, also affords a picturesque view.
North of the Harlem it includes the district of the Bronx, a little stream which for half a mile or so affords as exquisite a picture of nature's beauty as can be found anywhere.
Classic architecture is nothing but an outline, and affords no little points, no interstices where human feelings may cling and overgrow it like ivy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "affords" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
