How sweet to me was my dearest Fredy's assurance that my gratification and prudence went at last hand in hand!
Arblay but acquiescence and despatch,-- while his best consolation is in the assurance he has universally received, that this expedition has the good wishes and sanction of England.
This assurance that if any accident happened, there would be succour at hand, relieved many a fresh starting anxiety.
She raised to heaven her eyes moistened with tears, and believed that in the happiness she then experienced, she felt the assurance of divine protection throughout the whole of her future life.
The Curé had much difficulty in calming her, with the assurance that he would exert himself to obtain her pardon, and that if she would aid him by her good conduct, he hoped to succeed.
Madame Sin entered the roof garden, with the assurance of one who has a table waiting, and walked along the edge of the small dance floor.
This Doctor Satan, whoever he is, gives us assurance in his note.
Marion knew that Mrs. McAlpin did not feel half the assurance she tried to express.
You are aware that, for the last year or two, Her Majesty's Ministers have been in the habit of opening Parliament with a congratulatory assurance of the continued, and even augmented, prosperity of the country.
Let us premise however, that, in this matter, the howl is distinctly traceable to the harpies who inveigled the public to join their nefarious schemes, and to advance their capital on the assurance of enormous dividends.
An assurance which gives us a most exalted idea of the appetite and digestion of the loggers of Maine.
No omnibus-driver threading the confusion of a great thoroughfare could shape his course with greaterassurance and lack of hesitation than does B.
If he had not been supported by the indomitable courage and assurance of his sister, he would have sunk to the level of a pauper.
In the first stage assurance of salvation through faith alone was yet unknown to him.
He ventured,” so it has been said, “to throw overboard all doubts as to the doctrine of assurance of salvation and to declare frankly and freely: it is impossible to trust God without being fully assured of redemption and salvation.
People are confident that they are justified instead of first awaiting justification, and therefore the devil has an easy task with such false assurance of safety, and overthrows men.
To lay hold upon the righteousness of Christ with a sure trust is made to suffice for justification and for the fullest assurance of salvation, without any of the preliminaries and conditions on which he had formerly insisted.
We may mention casually Loofs’s well-founded criticism of Luther’s doctrine of Justification andAssurance of Salvation (p.
Thus the author of the Commentary on Romans is still very far from that absolute assurance of salvation by faith which he was subsequently to advocate.
Luther’s utterances so far have referred more to the inward occasion, to the time and the subject-matter of the experience from which the dogma of absolute assurance of salvation took its rise.
His Commentary on Romans had concluded with the anxious question: “Who will give me the assurance that I am pleasing God by my works?
Secondly, we lay hold upon it only by faith, and thus our life comes from faith (fiducial faith with assurance of salvation), of which fact we must be joyfully confident.
Faith alone as the means of justification, and the assurance of Divine favour, which was its outcome.
As soon as the Indians are informed by its notes of its return, they conclude that the frost is entirely gone, in which they are seldom deceived; and on receiving this assurance of milder weather, begin to sow their corn.
His ownassurance is left on record: he held that knowledge and doing are of value only so far as they ennoble humanity, and lead to that which is eternal.
Dearest friends, can you give us the assurance that we shall be able to educate our son in the simple Catholic faith which we have learnt to recognise as the most vital and consoling.
I would be loth to lose my money, or crave assuranceof my kinsman, But this may be done to try me, and I mean likewise to try him.
It had cost them strenuous toil to drive that heading, but one could have fancied that they were satisfied with the terse assurance he offered them.
The assurance is naturally satisfactory," said Wisbech with quiet amusement.
Before we deduce so weighty a conclusion from data so peculiar, we must obtain some assurance that no further insight will disallow the interpretation we have given.
It was a subject on which no Government should attempt to legislate without the assurance of success.
He was speaking without reference to the present or any other Government, and he must repeat that no Ministry would be justified in proceeding to deal with a question of such great importance without some assurance of success.
More valuable, therefore, even than the passage of the Ballot Bill into law, is the assurance which the conduct of the Government has given that it was thoroughly in earnest.
The undersigned leaves it to the Ambassador to bring the foregoing to the immediate attention of his Government, and takes this opportunity to renew to him the assurance of his most distinguished consideration.
While no one can stand surety for what may come, it is not difficult to adopt measures which will give far greater assurance of permanent peace than the world has ever known before.
War is thus reduced from a probability to a mere possibility, and this is an immeasurable advance; but the assurance of permanent peace cannot be given until the desire for war is eradicated from the human heart.
They believed that firmness would give the best assurance of the maintenance of peace, and, faithfully following precedent, they went so near the fire that they were, one after another, sucked into the contest.
Lady Sydney and Polly moved Sir Francis to repeat the assurance her majesty had given me touching the commutation of my father's imprisonment into an order of banishment.
He agreed to do so, and called to mind that he had taken away something from a certain Calvinist, under pretence of law indeed, but not under any good assurance for a Catholic conscience to trust to.
Recent events had given me the assurance that in my search for my father I was subject to a special governing direction.
So when I beheld her, intense gratitude broke my passion; when I touched her hand it was trembling for absolute assurance of her safety.
He had nothing but his impetuosity for an assurance of his promise, and was never able to force me back beyond a foot.
And I have the assurance that she loses nothing by it.
I come to request you to demand the hand of the Princess of Eppenwelzen-Sarkeld on behalf of my son Harry, your grandson; and I possess the assurance of the prince, her father, that it will be granted.
Even in the middle of the family I led the conversation; and I did not leave Salter's house without receiving an assurance from his elder sisters that they were in love with me.
I left him satisfied with the assurance that I meant to make my grand tour neither as a merchant, a gambler, nor a rake, but simply as a plain English gentleman.
You will credit my assurance that the offence was not intentional, not preconceived.
During my interview with Polidori, the features of Madame d'Orbigny changed their expression of assurance alarmingly, although she did not understand German.
She spoke to him with as much assurance and pride as if it was concerning the most natural thing in the world, and as if before a man of his species, she had no thought of the reserve and fitness which she had certainly shown to her equals.
Orbigny theassurance of my most distinguished sentiments.
Without any document to prove the validity of my claim, convinced of the strict honesty of my brother, confounded by the assurance of M.
She managed to give him the assurance he sought, her desperate, passionate voice grown gentle and quiet again.
I had been too much accustomed to sleep out at night during my long years of hiding from persecution to have any fears after the assurance the woodcutters had given me, so, commending myself to my Maker, I quickly fell asleep.
With this consolatory assurance Vincent began to write his letter.
I can therefore only renew the assurance of the love which you already know I bear to you, and which I shall bear with me to my grave.
I give my mother a renewed assurance of my most tender and filial affection.
With apparent perfect assurance concerning himself, he says: I have sincerely desired to do what was right.
But this assurance was not altogether sincere; for I disapproved of his opinion with regard to water, and resolved to drink wine every day, when I went out to visit my patients.
I had the constancy to work for fifteen days on this fine affair, to copy it fair, write out the different parts, and distribute them with as much assurance as though it had been a masterpiece of harmony.
A murmur all around the circle conveyed the assurance that we would follow him to the last extremity.
The manner in which I was tied indicated that my captors intended to "make assurance doubly sure, and take a bond of fate.
So many incidents had occurred substantially as they had been planned, that trust in the foresight of our leader, with the assurance that all would come out right, was greatly strengthened.
They were somewhat perplexed by the assurance with which I spoke, and held numerous private consultations, only agreeing that the case needed further investigation.
The messenger volunteered the comforting assurance that "these brave Kentuckians will no doubt find a warm welcome at Chattanooga," and gave us the best directions in his power for reaching that point.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "assurance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
