Curiosity, a very rational and praiseworthy curiosity, had lured him into these remote realms, that he might behold the wondrous works of God, and that he might study the condition of his brother man without the Gospel.
Behold us, then, three of us, mounted in half Spanish saddles, with our rifles in front lying crossways between our persons and the horn of the saddle.
Baptismal waters from the Head above These babes I foster daily are to me; I dip my pitcher in these living springs And draw, from depths below, sincerity; Unsealed, mine eyes behold all outward things Arrayed in splendors of divinity.
The princely mind, that can Teach man to keep a God in man,-- And when wise poets would search out to see Good men, behold them all in thee!
Several things have induced me to suspect for a long while what I now assert with perfect confidence of its truth; but if you are still incredulous, behold this proof of guilt which I found just now in your cousin's chamber.
The funeral oration of the King and a lament for his mistress were pronounced by Sophie Arnould, of which masterpiece of sacred eloquence the last words only are preserved: "Behold us orphaned both of father and mother.
No, sir, nothing can be more true; and if you would wish further confirmation, behold the letter which madame de Rumas wrote to the king only the day before yesterday; take it and read it.
What eager curiosity did the pious nuns evince to behold one of whom they had heard so much even in their quiet retreat, and how many questions had I to reply to from those who had the courage to address me.
Behold us then walking this way and that, quite by chance, without however going any distance from the pavilion.
Well, comtesse," said he, "behold the number of your slaves increased by an illustrious adorer.
Oh, may the snows come in the morning to stay your going away, for my heart will be sick when you are no longer here, and my eyes no longer behold your eyes.
Now the Shaykh knew not which among his people were the offenders, but after a year had gone by there came certain of the tribe to him and said, "Behold these camels and mules, are they not those which were stolen from Ibrahim Pasha?
Young Leavenworth whisked his glass into his eye, and Mr. Seguin put down his roll to behold the phenomenon.
What but a man conscious of great guilt, of the darkest crimes, would so furtively enter an inn, and afterward steal away under the darkness of the night, when no mortal eye could behold him?
I fled forth at the word, conjecturing now Corinthia's region by the stars of heaven, And wandered, where I never might behold Those dreadful prophecies fulfilled on me.
He who gave life and doth claim From his seed a Father's name Can behold this hour of blame.
O miserable reproach, which all who now Behold thee, soon shall thunder forth on thee!
And some one of our lords shall smite me there With galling speech: Behold the concubine Of Aias, first of all the Greeks for might, How envied once, worn with what service now!
Eyes that have seen each act of my sad life, How could ye bear it, tobehold the sons Of Atreus, my destroyers, comrades now And friends!
Can ye behold this done And tamely hide your all-avenging fire?
Opportunely I behold Jocasta coming toward you from the palace.
I behold the maids This way once more in safe protection brought.
Of law, nor can I check the rising tear, When I behold Antigone even here Touching the quiet bourne where all must rest.
And I, dear friends, when I behold these maids, Am visited with sadness deep and strange.
Ay, but come near; stand by me, and behold What cause I have for crying.
The proportions of the building are so happily united, as to give it an air of majesty and grandeur, which the most indifferent spectator cannot behold without emotion.
This is a sight which a British subject, sensible of the blessing he enjoys, cannot behold without horror and compassion.
Behold us then in this expedition; myself wrapped up in a very heavy greatcoat, and my cane in my hand.
Among the miserable slaves whom "a British subject cannot behold without horror and compassion," he observes a Piedmontese count in Turkish attire, reminding the reader of one of Dumas' stories of a count among the forcats.
Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty, they shall behold the land that is very far off," must have been addressed to one still "very far" from the promised land.
This had barely vanished when a sudden cheer rang out upon my left, and I turned in time to behold a thin, scattered line of gray-clad infantrymen swarm down the steep slope into the valley.
But would it be a pleasure even to you to behold me swinging from the limb of a tree, hung as a spy without trial, merely because I ventured to walk with you into a Federal camp?
I require but to close my eyes to behold once more those slender lines of ragged, weary, hungry men, to whom fighting had become synonymous with life.
As I gazed at her, surprised by the anxiety she so openly displayed, I chanced to behold myself reflected within a large mirror directly across the room.
Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
We pass through the gate of the legend fatal to hope, and with pity or with joy behold the horror of another world.
We tremble, and come forth to re-behold the stars.
As he approached, Jesus said: "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.
With gentle submissiveness and humble acceptance, the pure young virgin replied: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.
Against them and their generation would the men of Nineveh rise in judgment, for they, wicked as they were, had repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold a greater than Jonas was among them.
And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should behold and bear record, that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who should take away the sins of the world.
He then led me into this dining-room, looking nearly as you behold it, but with certain marks of bachelor occupancy, and hastened to pour out a glass of wine, which he insisted on my drinking.
My mood is on; I must have air, I must behold the plain of battle.
You behold in me the author of the outrage of Red Lion Court.
Go to a public meeting composed entirely of men and see what a heavy affair it can be, especially if you are a speaker; sprinkle a few women through the audience, and behold the livening effect.
As dying andbehold we live: as chastised and not killed: 6:10.
Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burthensome unto you.
And then, when I fell asleep in listening to these fancies, which she loved to paint in every detail, behold my dreams would be of Turks and heathen; and of bloody battles by land and sea.
I had always deemed her fairest in sheeny white, and she knew it, while Herdegen had taken blue for his color; and behold she wore both, for love per chance of both brothers.
I sent forward a messenger from our last halting-place to give tidings of our coming; and when, hard by Schweinau, behold a cloud of dust, our eyes met and told more than many and eloquent words.
Howbeit he was now in so sad and cruel a plight that a heart of stone must have melted to behold him.
And when he pulled on the stolen shoes somewhat therein hard hurt his sole, and when he made search under the leather, behold a large letter closely folded and sealed.
Presently, when we had many times paced the road to and fro the Pernharts' house, Ann was minded to knock at the door; but behold she was saved the pains.
I behold the chiefest of them all Jove, on his throne with Juno at his side.
Thus I fared with him to the great and mighty city of Saint Mark, which I had ever longed to behold with my bodily eyes.
Behold Gnato: and if we had some Satericall Poetes nowe a dayes to penn our commedies, that might be admitted of zeale to discypher the abuses of the worlde in the person of notorious offenders.
I came now directly from the schoole of Vertue; brought thither by Learning had by Reason, servant to Instruction; and heere behold Patience, who hath lead me, who is further to plead for me.
For proofe, behold good Bretons will, By helpe of Wit, what it hath writ: A worke not of the meanest skill, Nor such as shewes a simple Wit.
Well, behold me here again at last, never more to quit you, nor good mother!
It is impossible to behold or to conceive a carriage of the head freer, more noble, or more elegant than hers; thanks to the great distance which separated the neck and the ear from their attachment to her outspread and dimpled shoulders.
I wager that in beholding your black moustache and my gray one, folks will say, behold father and son!
Behold thy new-decked shrine, And hear once more the voice that breathed "Forever thine!
Behold again," said they, "the dream that our master saw.
Then said they, "Behold the hall which he saw in his sleep.
Lord," said he, "behold yonder is Gwenhwyvar, and none with her save only one maiden.
Stag of Redynvre, behold we are come to thee, an embassy from Arthur, for we have not heard of any animal older than thou.
Chieftain," said he "behold the maiden for whom thou didst challenge at the tournament, I bestow her upon thee.
Behold here is a lance for thee, not less good than his," said the dwarf.
And I have been in Caer Oeth and Annoeth, and in Caer Nevenhyr; nine supreme sovereigns, handsome men, saw we there, but never did I behold a man of equal dignity with him who is now at the door of the portal.
And thereupon, behold a porter came to the spot where Gwenhwyvar was.
He said, 'We shall soon be there, where we can sing with David, "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Paul passed to his martyrdom, to behold him for the last time; and when she saw him she wept greatly and besought his blessing.
Even so it seemed to me--and I consoled myself for the coming death with the reflection, Behold the world is passing away!
And truly it must have been thus with Kelland; for as I still fancy I behold him frisking actively about the platform, pointer in hand, that which I seem to see most clearly is the way his glasses glittered with affection.
There are many spiritual eyes that seem to spy upon our actions - eyes of the dead and the absent, whom we imagine to behold us in our most private hours, and whom we fear and scruple to offend: our witnesses and judges.
When, upon any Saturday, we made a party to behold the ships, we passed that corner; and since in those days I loved a ship as a man loves Burgundy or daybreak, this of itself had been enough to hallow it.
Hans Christian Andersen, as we behold him in his startling memoirs, thrilling from top to toe with an excruciating vanity, and scouting even along the street for shadows of offence - here was the talking dog.
It may be part of the design to draw them with detail; to depict a full-length character, and then behold it melt and change in the furnace of emotion.
