There is no nobler or more fruitful instinct in man than a desire like this, which is possible only to those who are at once humble and aspiring.
Humble and poor people were amongst the best educators of Shakspeare, Scott, Dickens, Wordsworth, George Eliot.
The answer is that wealth and rank expect deference, not so much humble and slavish manners as that intellectual deference which a thinker can never willingly give.
However humble may be the position of the dweller in a small village at a distance from a town, he must attend the dominant church because no other will be represented in the place.
With a good constitution it mattered little to him how humble were his quarters or how remote from so-called civilization.
He painted in oils, not only this or that moral lesson, but a tale of heroism in humble life.
Their humble imitators were the associates of Robert and George Cruikshank.
I come forth," he said, in one of his earliest temperance harangues, "to set by my humble example the opinion of this unthinking world at defiance.
No class, no creature was too humble for his sympathy.
His fortunes threw him early among humble boon companions, at Grimaldi's club and elsewhere, as we have seen; and his wild exuberant spirits and lively sense of humour made him king among them.
That humble log cabin meant much to her, for inside those stout walls she had spent several fairly happy years; but she put these sad thoughts away with a resolute hand whenever David was near.
Both boys were grimly determined that they would fight desperately to retain possession of their prize, since that store of food meant much to the dear ones back at the humble cabin home.
Frequently she would step outside the humble log cabin to look around, and see whether either the boys or her husband could be coming.
But one pair of eyes turned for a last wistful look at the familiar log cabin, with the grand old oak hovering above its humble roof, that had sheltered her little brood so faithfully these years.
But, somewhat discouraged by the constant delays, he made up his mind at last to leave for a point further west, and begin life anew under more humble conditions.
Therefore pray your honour do not be afraid of doing me justice, because people would think it may be a conceit below you on this occasion to name the name of your humble servant, Daniel Button.
She is referring rather to her humble circumstances, her low estate.
She forgets that servants read novels, and do fancy work, and write lots of letters; and that service can no longer be considered the humble labor of a lower for a superior being.
Now, if you can humble yourself, can become as a little child, can win a welcome to this inner life, let me tell you that you have come very near to the kingdom of heaven.
He goes back with a startling boldness and unreserve and plainness of speech on his own youth, and he lays himself alongside of his youthful correspondents in a way that only a strong man and a humble could afford to do.
Which, again, is just another way of putting what the Psalmist says of himself in hishumble and happy boast: 'I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my meditation.
If a man's melancholy temperament is sanctified,' says Rutherford in his Covenant of Grace, 'it becomes to him a seat of sound mortification and of humble walking.
His parents were in humble circumstances, and Massey was little more than a child when he was set to hard work in a silk factory, which he afterwards deserted for the equally laborious occupation of straw-plaiting.
Mary was then urged to make a humble submission to her father as the means of recovering his favour, and after a good deal of correspondence with the king's secretary, Cromwell, she actually did so.
The efficient manner in which you have carried out my humble suggestions has been a source of great encouragement to me and has revived confidence in my heart.
That my open letter was balm to those suffering for the Cause is indeed a great happiness to me, and I take it as a sign that God accepted my humble tribute.
I beg to enclose my humble contribution of 19 pounds, as my share of the numerous donations that have reached the Temple Treasury in the past year.
For my part, I shall not fail to offer my humble share of help and assistance to every one of them in their respective work and would welcome from each a special report on their present activities and of their plans for the future.
Let us also bear in mind that the keynote of the Cause of God is not dictatorial authority but humble fellowship, not arbitrary power, but the spirit of frank and loving consultation.
I feel it a pleasure and privilege to offer you these few thoughts as my humble contribution to the proceedings of your annual Convention.
Poor we may be; spirits and viands fine My humble means will not afford.
Born in an humble station, I am ignorant of the manners that befit a palace.
I can only remember one instance of it in all my experience, and that was promptly followed by a humble apology.
Be humble to thy superiors, respective to thine equals, affable to all, [4053]but not familiar.
Humble thyself, therefore, under the mighty hand of God," 1 Peter, v.
Her shrill imprecations contrasted oddly with the humble and deprecating entreaties of the men, and with the muttered prayers of Jose, who awaited his last minute upon his knees before the firing party.
What was the aspect of Paris formerly on one of those bright champagne-like spring days, when the Parisian butterflies of all classes, the humble gray moth as the sparkling tiger-fly, came forth to sun themselves in the golden air?
And teach us to know The humble compassion That pardons each foe; Keep us from temptation, From weakness and sin, And thine be the glory Forever!
Humble modesty is more often right than a proud and boasting spirit.
How could he be humbleto that uppish, vainglorious tune, that toreador pomposity?
They saw his shoulder-straps and respected them, took a pride in beinghumble before them.
The best approach to a human tribunal, as to a divine, is a humble and a contrite heart.
SHE: "And that accounts for your determination to humble yourself so?
This was an old cleric, humble of manner but very proud within, who taught him all manner of penmanship, and the more beautiful this was the less decipherable it became.
The sweet flag wafted towards them its humble fragrance and the water plantain unrolled about them its filaments of lace on the margin of the sleeping waters which the willow-herb starred with its purple flowers.
The humble things that were the foundation of the great nation of Americans.
But pray read on another year, Remain the humble newsman's friend; And he'll engage to let you hear What Europe's princes next intend.
While thus employ'd, from week to week, You surely will not think it hard If, with the rest, I come to seek Some humble token of regard.
I invoke the nine To aid these humble toils of mine-- That now forebode through every page The witling's sneer, the critic's rage.
Stranger, their humble graves adorn; You too may fall, and ask a tear; 'Tis not the beauty of the morn That proves the evening shall be clear.
They sit about in their humble home on Saturday night, with their pint of beer, their songs and their jovial stories.
The prison scene where this humble hypocrite showed he knew his Bible thoroughly, and knew the advantage of having some holy quotations pat, reminded me often of men I have known in Auburn and Sing Sing prisons.
I continued to dip, however, more boldly than ever and to do a good deal of day work; in which comparatively humble graft the servant girls, as I have already said, used to help us out considerably.
Cotton was the king of kings, and England, France, and the whole civilized world would bow in humble submission to his Majesty.
She regards Adele with a peculiar tenderness, and hopes to make herself the humble and unworthy instrument of redeeming her from the wicked estate in which she has been reared.
The Emperor was afraid of him, Philip of Spain his most humble servant, Charles II.
Black Dave is dead; he said he killed a man at Prencess Anne: the young wife of Levin Dennis, who turns out to be a lady, stayed and prayed with him to the last, and he went off humble and happy.
The fountain of sympathy burst up again in Vesta's heart, and she felt that there were compensations riches and station knew not of in humble alliances like hers.
You know, perhaps, that it was from the hopeless love of my cousin Custis, I fled to God for consolation, and he made me his humble minister.
If we could all humble our hearts, it would be so easy to start life better, and turn this accident to joy and comfort.
The negro said an humble good-night, and the Judge lay down upon his bed to think of the dread alternatives of the coming week; but, voluptuous even in despair, he slept before he had come to any conclusion.
The Lord moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform,' and his humble instruments require only to be inflexible and conservative to do all things well.
The hundred humble heads are at rest in the sand; one grave-stone would mock them all.
Still we cannot affirm that other creatures even more humble may not have preceded Eozoon, since such humble organisms are known in the present world.
The softer varieties, gently grated or kneaded down in water, or the harder varieties cut in thin slices, show a congeries of microscopic chambered shells belonging to the humble and simple group of Protozoa.
How much trouble and discussion would have been saved, had he been aware of his humble origin, and never entertained the vain imagination that he was a child of God, rather then a mere product of physical evolution!
It is a remarkable instance of the permanence of fossils, that in these ancient organisms the minutest pores through which the semi-fluid matter of these humble animals passed, have been preserved in the most delicate perfection.
It is true that the primitive germs of many kinds of humble plants and animals are so much alike, that much confusion has arisen in tracing their development.
What images of beauty would they have afforded to the poets who have made so much of the comparatively humble Nautilus!
AW] Another refers to the known facts of reproductive accelleration or retardation observed in some humble creatures.
It gives to these humble creatures the same material for their hard parts which is usually restricted to animals of much higher rank.
These may serve as illustrations of the functions of these humble inhabitants of the sea as accumulators of calcareous matter.
There was some family tradition that, humble as Hugh Bronte's circumstances were, he was the descendant of an ancient family.
We do not care how modest, how humble our commencement be, so it be made on sure grounds, and have a safe foundation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "humble" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
