The villagers shook in their shoes when they heard of the ills likely to befall the thief.
If it returns to us safe and sound,' she continued, 'great good fortune will befall the Grants.
I think war is the most terrible calamity that can befall a people, father.
Neil felt in that hour this divine longing; and he knew also, that the thing had befallen him which he had vowed never would befall him again.
This is certainly a very great difficulty, and would be the greatest which could befall us.
No matter what shouldbefall them, they would continue to be true and loyal to their instincts of duty.
Why did you not hasten to warn your companion, as you swore you would, that no such evil might befall me?
Whoever ventures to injure another, ought to beware lest a greater evil befall himself.
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days.
If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.
Of course we knew not what dangers might befall us by the way, so thought it best to be prepared.
As to what may befall us outwardly, in this confused state of things, shall we not trust our tender Father, and rest satisfied in His will?
We cannot say this or that trouble shall not befall, yet we may, by help of the Spirit, say, nothing that doth befall shall make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.
Externally, you are the prey of such circumstances; but if your heart is stayed on God, no changes or chances can touch it, and all that may befall you will but draw you closer to Him.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling," is a promise to the fullest extent verified in the case of all "who dwell in the secret place of the Most High.
The picture almost terrified me, but I thought, if no worse harm befallme what odds?
And with this, think nor act in any haste lest you lay to my charge that which may befall you in the pursuit you are about to begin.
It is a common jest to mock at early love, but if it be real, if it be something more than the mere arising of the passions, early love is late love also; it is love for ever, the best and worst event which can befall a man or woman.
Had I known all that must befall me, before my eyes beheld that scene again, I think indeed that it would have burst.
Tell him how we died, his child and his wife--tell him that I did my best to hide his name from the priests lest some like fate should befall him.
Isabella de Siguenza had prayed that a fate like to her own fate should befall him, and it was upon him now.
It is to this being that they ascribe all the misfortunes which befall them in this life.
Overwhelmed with shame at having deserted their general, and knowing the severe punishment which, according to Roman military law, would befall them for their cowardice, the Romans paused in their flight.
John shook his head, as he watched the stream of fugitives, for he well knew the horrors that would befall the besieged town.
He felt the danger of the enterprise upon which he had embarked, and his responsibility as leader; and the thought of the grief which his father and mother would feel, did oughtbefall him, weighed on his mind.
Then, pausing only occasionally to circle a tent and cut away its ropes, he made his way to the edge of the camp.
I have only to pull this trigger, and my dragoons are upon you; whatever fate befall me, yours is certain.
No harm shall befall you, and you shall return in safety, having great joy in your labors.
It was seen all over the state, and the people were considerably frightened, fearing that it was a forerunner of some terrible calamity, which would befall them for their "unjust and inhuman treatment of the Mormons.
Perhaps the greatest misfortune that can befall a man is to have been an only son brought up by a timid widow mother.
But this kind of thing is about the most dangerous to a man's moral nature that can befall him.
So they rode together that day to the Castle of Vagon, where they were entertained right hospitably, and the next day they separated, each to ride his own way and see what adventures should befall him.
Verily there is a great reward laid up for him that recovers the Holy City out of the hands of the heathen, and will you give this up on the bare rumour of mischief that may befall your estate in this world?
Now, according to his custom, King Arthur was waiting for some marvel to befall before he and his knights sat down to the banquet.
How strong soever she be, and whatever the chances that befall me, I will woo this fair Brunhild," he said.
If any mischief befall the child, it will be by thy own hand, traitor.
Miles of weary forest path marked only by blazed trees, or miles of toilsome waterway, lay between them and their kind, or help or sympathy in whatever trouble might befall them.
Some dire calamity was certain to befall those who passed his abode without making some propitiatory offering.
Therefore I would say it matters little whether we be together or separate, seeing that, save it be the Lord's time, no evil canbefall us.
Therefore, whatever may befall me or mine, I am in the Lord's hands, only desirous that I be accounted worthy to suffer for His sake.
Then you brothers are arrant fools, and deserve whatever fate may befall them!
I tell you this in confidence, to warn you, Andrew Gray, for, obstinate though you be, I have no desire to see any harm befall your grey hairs.
Now, then, suppose an accident of that sort should befall you?
Some idea occurred to him of the ridicule which would befall him should the lady at last tell him that he had really exaggerated matters.
