Standing erect, heads slightly bent, eyes downcast, perfectly still in the long folds of their garments, they seemed as if metamorphosed into a crowd of statues.
The Mussulmans, who had set out to fall on a caravan protected by a puny escort, found themselves facing a force at least three times greater than theirs, and assisted by formidable cavalry.
It seemed incredible to him that a child of his house could so far forget her station and self-respect as to avow herself unequal to any sacrifice or any trial, much less one in itself the noblest and the highest of all martyrdom.
Assuredly she deemed that his influence over me was not without peril, and resolved the following morning to send for the Herr Robert, and in all frankness avow her fears, and appeal to his friendship to allay them.
Some converts Knutzen certainly made; and as only the hardiest would dare to avow themselves, his influence may have been considerable.
Unbelievers who openly avow their disbelief in the truth of any religion, such as Deists, Atheists, Skeptics, etc.
And whereas one passage does avow that the author in his Amphitheatrum had said many things he did not believe, the context clearly suggests that the reference was not to the main argument, but to some of its dubious facts.
It was only in Holland that so aggressive a criticism of Christian faith and practice could then appear; and even there neither publisher nor author dared avow himself.
Yes, that is my plan; I may as well be frank with you, and avow it.
He loves your majesty with the passion and enthusiasm of a lover, but he is very timid, and waits for some token of reciprocity before he dares to avow his love.
Here at least there shall be no dissimulation; here we shall both be privileged to avow honestly and honorably that we are not lovers.
But stop--write first the address of the person who presumes to avow herself a Deist in the face of my laws.
I freely declare that, did I retain the slightest doubt with regard to this odious charge, I would avow it.
I avowed my ignorance, recalling to myself that he had formerly considered it reprehensible, in any woman, and especially in members of his own family, to dare to avow that they knew any thing about legislation.
Altogether, Lorenzo thought it best openly toavow his intention of helping the reforming party to regain their rightful position.
The former he omitted to avow out of respect to the declared wishes of his State but the latter he repeatedly announced because it was only in harmony with his past course.
Certain it is that he never entertained one which he could justly be accused of having concealed or recanted to propitiate power or to promote his own popularity, or which he was not on all suitable occasions prompt to avowand to defend.
Clay had been, in his youth, too much a man of the people to avow such a belief, but that he became a convert to it in after-life I have no doubt.
As in this blessed hour, I may ever avow The thoughts which are pining for utterance now?
From whom seek the strength which his need of is sore, Although in his pride he might perish, before He could plead for the one, or the other avow 'Mid his intimate friends?
Already, however, had returning shame made everybody unwilling to avow his complicity in the crime.
The curious disinclination of so many to avow themselves as being without a religion must also be noted.
The other cause is the ill-repute that has been attached to those who avow themselves as being without religion.
I have received anonymous letters whilst in jail, which I have shown to the governor of the prison, and have handed to my solicitor, wherein the writers express their wishes to aid me, but durst not avow their names.
When the storm of opposition was apparently reaching its height, in June, 1899, he took occasion to avow explicitly the course it was obvious he must have recommended.
At this moment scarcely a politician dares franklyavow unalterable opposition to the admission of Cuba, if she should seek it.
With what consistency can any one avow fidelity to the Union and yet profess views according in the main with the platform of Messrs.
Rather than take a bold, manly stand, avow what we are actually doing, and adopt a measure which would at once conciliate and harmonize the whole North, we are to suffer a tremendous disorder to spring up and make mischief without end!
I indignantly replied, "you do almost constrain me to avow that which no maiden should, unasked, confess.
It is a distinguishing peculiarity of the Erewhonians that when they profess themselves to be quite certain about any matter, and avowit as a base on which they are to build a system of practice, they seldom quite believe in it.
She was determined to force him to the wall and make him avow his sentiments.
When she passed two or three days without seeing him, she would reproach him good-naturedly, and avow that she was vexed at his absence; and she said it with such perfect candor and sincerity that Frederic was deeply touched.
There was not an officer in the Proserpine, who had any serious doubts about the true country of Bolt, though there was not one officer among them all who would openly avow it.
Then, his long passion grown suddenly cool, with his profusely bleeding victim beside him, Gerard felt there was nothing left but to avow himself tardily “an idiot.
You see, I have changed my mind, and have the uncommon virtue to avow the change.
But although you are too courteous to avow the knowledge, you have had many opportunities of learning that I am a vain show.
