A tide of little evils and distresses has been setting in against him.
All this while God has not left the sinner, nor is come to the end of his patience towards him, but stands at least with the door of grace ajar in his hand, as being loath as yet to bolt it against him.
Against him in deed; for him in word, and contrary to him in practice: antichrist is so proud as to go before Christ, so humble as to pretend to come after him, and so audacious as to say that himself is HE.
Therefore will God enlighten and gather and set the kings and nations against him, that both he and his may be buried, and have their dolesome withdrawing-rooms from the world in the sides of the pit's mouth.
Richard Cromwell was such a ruler; and, as soon as an arm was lifted up against him, he fell without a struggle, amidst universal derision.
The Rajah, in reply, attempted to clear himself from the accusations brought against him.
At an early stage of the discussions on Indian affairs he rose, and in a long and elaborate speech vindicated himself from a large part of the accusations which had been brought against him.
Pelle caught her, and she leaned inert and helpless against him, and remained thus for a considerable time, pale and with closed eyes.
Well, that was only tit for tat; but he felt bitterly how even his past rose up against him.
Pelle was quite angry at the insubordination, and pondered over a way of making himself respected; for to-day he had had the other big boys against him.
I will invent the most dreadful calumnies against him.
Honestly, his appearance is against him, and justifies his arrest.
How many strange, hideous, and amazing blasphemies have some that are coming to Christ had injected upon their spirits against him.
The Turke goes on mighty in the Emperor's dominions, and the Princes cannot agree among themselves how to go against him.
Though the Swedes' Agent was there with all the vehemence he could to save the goods, but yet we carried it against him.
This day I am told that my Lord Bristoll hath warrants issued out against him, to have carried him to the Tower, but he is fled away or hid himself.
In proportion as the first sight of the uncle had prejudiced me against him, so much more did it propitiate me towards the nephew.
This was one of the recompenses offered to the duc de la Vauguyon, as a compensation for the public clamor and dislike which sprung up against him in consequence of his zeal for my service.
After this Merlin told unto King Arthur of the prophecy that there should be a great battle beside Salisbury, and Mordred his own son should be against him.
When Sir Tristram saw that there was not one would be against him, he shook the sword to the king, and made countenance as though he would have stricken him.
When a man gets unfortunate, everything is against him.
As soon as d'Ache saw me he asked whether I would lay the ten Louis he owed me against him.
For Astyochus, who was eager to gain the favor of Tisaphernes, observing the credit Alcibiades had with him, revealed to Alcibiades all that Phrynichus had said against him.
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
He knew that if he said that he could never be President, for the whole North would rise against him.
Feeling that the campaign was going against him, he made up his mind deliberately the course he ought to pursue, and laid down for himself the action demanded by his strong sense of duty.
But the Spaniards were too brave to bear this, and they rose up against him, calling the English to help them.
This made the other barons so angry that they joined the king against him, and he was made prisoner and put to death for making war on the king, and making friends with the enemies of the country.
But the people would not believe him, and Gloucester was always stirring them up against him, and interfering with him in council.
So they were often rising up against him; and each time he had to put them down he grew more harsh and stern.
In this way justice is often thwarted and the law cheated of its victim, but unless fortune favors him, sooner or later the indicted man must return for trial and submit the chargeagainst him to a jury.
The assistant district attorney who appeared against him was a young man recently appointed to office, and who was almost overcome at the idea of trying a case against so well known a practitioner.
Last: "The detective must, in every instance, report everything which is favorable to the suspected party, as well as everything which may be against him.
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