Had these been Englishmen we should have applauded them; and had they been Irishmen, we had no right to blame them; but we had the mortification to know that they were, by birth, Americans.
But in each case these very natural denials had served only to strengthen men's belief in the truth of the reports; and inevitably they had established a hard line that cut off the men so named from the rest of the countryside.
This swift transition had sprung apparently from no more than a whisper, a murderous rumor which persisted in the face of flat denials issued from its supposititious source.
Considering the pains and self-denials that the rearing of this child incurred, it was a trifle inconsistent that Maumee Niña should have opposed the friendly advances of gallants from the town.
Besides, the ironical situation tickled him extremely, that he of all men with his round religious denials should be the one to pilot the God of Catholicism through the devout crowd.
But he himself would look upon it in a different way; inside the eucharistic car he would represent the doubt and denials hidden in the heart of worship, splendid in its exterior pomp, but void of faith and ideals.
Gospels could give each of the denialsprecisely at the time of its occurrence; and so each Gospel merely throws them together, as in another way we here bring them together in one section.
If Peter's denials ran through all three (and Luke says in ver.
The three denials of Peter, as recorded by the first, third, and fourth Evangelists, will be found inconsistent in their minute circumstances.
Their denials of everything which to me had been previously sacred appalled me like the overture to some approaching tragedy.
The fare was simple, but it must have seemed a feast to the Pilgrims after the months of self-denials and extremity.
The anxieties and self-denials experienced by women of all lands during the last five years may help us to "imagine" better the dauntless spirit of these women of New-Plymouth.
Thus the story of the denials of Peter is rendered indelible by the words, "before the cock crow twice.
For her defence, the accused confined herself to simple denials of the allegations against her, at the [93] same time entertaining the court with a lachrymose harangue about her rough treatment at the hands of the accusing parties.
Every Christian hath a measure of this spirit, and is grieved at his heart, when he calls to mind his shameful denials of his Lord.
Peculiarities unknown to us, might render it proper for them to submit to self denials to which others are not called.
Self-denials are, therefore, not only the appropriate method of manifesting benevolence to men, but they are likewise the appropriate manifestations of a benevolent nature.
We can love no being for labours and self-denials in our behalf, but that being who voluntarily labours and denies himself.
And is it not true that God could make self-denials for men in no other way than would be plain to their apprehension, except by embodying his Godhead in human nature?
Conscience feels the obligation of gratitude just in proportion to the self-denials and sacrifices made in our behalf.
It is the kindness and mercy exhibited in the self-denial that moves the affections; and the affections can move to no being but the one that makes the self-denials, because it is the self-denials that draw out the love of the heart.
The testimony of the Scriptures that God did thus manifest himself as suffering and making self-denials for the spiritual good of men.
If a benefactor has endured great sacrifices and self-denials to benefit us, the obligation of gratitude binds us the more strongly to respect the will and feelings of that individual.
That they who will turn aside from following Christ because danger and self-denials meet them cannot reach heaven.
The dangers and self-denials which they must meet with who will follow Christ.
Her alms were expiations, her self-denials penances.
The secret self-denials of the righteous shall be recognized and rewarded.
In her excitement she did not then regret that she had burned the note, though she knew that it was a rash act, and that it necessitated extra self-denials which would tell heavily upon her.
She could not afford it, she said, and that was always her excuse for the self-denials she practiced.
Religion, such as it is, is the thing pretended to: But the great things of this world, are the things really intended by her in all her seeming self-denials and devotions.
But they are denials to no boot, and excuses that will not profit, that are made to hide the sin of the soul from the sight and judgment of God.
There were discrepancies and contradictions, denials and disputes, flashes of anger and clouds of suspicion.
There was nothing at first but an ordinary diary; a record of the work and self-denials of a poor student of art.
This assertion may be met with a chorus of denials that there was, or is, in Christendom any Religion of Inhumanity.
The basis of Paine's denials being the divine wisdom and benevolence, there was in his use of such expressions an implication of limitation in the divine nature.
And, if Thomas Paine is enjoying the existence for which he hoped, no heavenly anthem would be such music in his ears as a chorus of stormiest denials from earth reporting that the Religion of Inhumanity is so extinct as to be incredible.
Yet among these partialities and blind denials a man's positive insight seems to thrive, and he fortifies and concentrates himself on his chosen ground by his arbitrary exclusions.
Those denials were never met by any evidence [Footnote: Cf.
Then it suddenly occurred to her that she need never be put through the agony of her denials again, that she could believe what she liked, make up stories.
And the denials continued; twice a day now they were extorted from her--with every denial the ghost of her Friend stole more deeply into the mist.
Among the earliest communications which were published as dictated by angels in the new dispensation were denials of the miracles of Jesus, and denunciations of the clergy as "the deadliest foes of progress.
The liberal newspapers were on his side; but the Methodist and Episcopalian pulpits resounded withdenials of the right of atheists to enter Parliament on any terms.
Ever since Thales said that all is water, philosophers have been ready with glib assertions about the sum-total of things; and equally glib denials have come from other philosophers ever since Thales was contradicted by Anaximander.
Will he not say, "Why should I weary myself any more with studies which yield no certain science, and self-denials which meet with no reward?
There are denials from Churchmen that Galileo was so much as imprisoned.
He was treading the path of Bruno: the accusations, the taunts and jeers, the denials and denunciations, were urging him on to an unseemly earnestness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "denials" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
