For thus those who sin deceive themselves, striving to lay the burden of their evil deeds upon the back of Fate, striving to believe their wickedness may compass good, and to murder Conscience with the sharp plea of Necessity.
Here she was directed to lay the cloth, and to prepare the table for one person only--Mr. George Bartram not having returned with his uncle to St. Crux.
Lay the whole to heart; and what's your Walth, then?
Here, in truth, lay the mainspring of this strangely-constituted organization.
Silver Veil as pertinaciously as though behind it lay the mystery of his soul's ruin or salvation.
The doctor walked to a table on the other side of the room, upon which, under a towel, lay the body of a still-born child.
Sally began to lay the cloth on the long Spanish table.
Presently Mary Ann came in to lay the tea, and Aunt Louisa descended the stairs.
There was a gas stove in the kitchen, and when she had put the liver on, Mildred came into the sitting-room to lay the cloth.
Sally came in to lay the table, and Philip began to chaff her.
In these things, he said, lay the greatness of America and the effeteness of England.
It ought not to help to lay the foundations of an amateur military power that is blind and irresponsible.
She was laden with wheat in bulk; from stem to stern, thirteen feet deep, lay the clean, red wheat.
Wherefore, at present, lay the thoughts of thy election by, and ask thyself these questions: Do I see my lost condition?
Do it, I say, lest thou tempt God to lay the sorrows of a travailing woman upon thee.
Lay the letter on the table, and be kind enough to wait for my reply.
At home, on the lid of his piano, lay the prospectuses of music-schools in other towns.
Jimbo and Monkey were listening carefully, while pretending tolay the table.
In that startling phrase 'a childless woman' lay the clue.
And moored in the harbor of Gyth'e-um lay The last of the Spartan fleet, That should bear the Spartan women away To the sunny shores of Crete.
Lay the blame on my miserable beginnings, my false entry into existence, and agree at least that one thing in me has never lied--my passion!
In the middle, on a table, lay the hat, cane, and gloves of M.
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