No, I am not, though in dreams ofttimes the truth appears.
My father is a warrior and a sailor, and ofttimes has he told me of the fearful perils of the seas.
It hangs where I ofttimes can see it, This message direct from our God.
And ofttimes we lose the occasions of carrying a business well and thoroughly by our too much haste.
And this vice, one that is authority with the rest, loving, delivers over to them to be imitated; so that ofttimes the faults which be fell into the others seek for.
Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern that catch that which stands next them, the candlestick or pots; turn everything into a weapon: ofttimes they fight blindfold, and both beat the air.
With such surprising accuracy have these predictions been fulfilled that even infidels ofttimes bear witness to their truthfulness.
Consider, too, the wickedness carried on everywhere in sect Babylon unrebuked, with the preachers ofttimes in the lead.
The clothing of the household is scant and of the coarsest material, has ofttimes the garniture of rags; and for herself and offspring is marked, not seldom, by the absence of both hats and shoes.
He is subjected to many petty annoyances and injustices and ofttimes deep humiliation solely on account of his color.
Through repetition a coyote's signals are ofttimesrelayed for miles.
The plains where he lives enable him to see objects miles away, and his eyes being of telescopic nature ofttimes enable him to determine whether a distant moving object is friend or foe.
As is ofttimes the way with men whose minds are unhinged," said Rogers.
Such is the feebleness of the human mind that the best causes are ofttimes gained only by bad arguments.
His sons continued to reign around the temple, kept down with difficulty by the procurators,[6] ofttimes dispensing with the consent of the latter in order to gratify their haughty and violent instincts.
Indeed, it is often so shallow as to merit the term “skimming-dish,” ofttimes applied to this class of vessels.
It is frequently quite amusing to watch two fight over a particularly desirable one, which either has chosen for its own, and ofttimes the battle will be long and heavy before either will give up that which he considers by rights his own.
During the two days that she lay there, I often lingered by her side; and I recalled the many scenes, ofttimes perilous and sad, and ofttimes joyous and gay, through which we had gone together.
I waited for the feasts that we ofttimes have in our own camps that I might take part in the amusements of my people, but as I spoke of these things they gazed at me in astonishment and pity.
Ofttimes had I heard old chiefs tell of the misdeeds of the prairie gods, their hatred toward the Indians, and the terrible injuries they were able to inflict, and I dreaded the results of this familiarity with the spirit-book.
These efforts are ofttimes not visible to the naked eye, but each individual heart is painfully conscious of how many of its most cherished plans ended only in failures.
Parents do not think how far a word of praise will ofttimes go with children.
And on the other hand, do not history and observation show that quietness and gentleness ofttimes mark the most determined of actions?
Between father and mother, brother and sister, ofttimes pass rough and hasty words, and sometimes angry words, even more frequently than words of endearment.
Hence the latter ofttimes fail of success which their talents might almost be said to have promised them.
From the manner in which men bear their conditions we should ofttimespity the prosperous and envy the unfortunate.
Ofttimes there are families the members of which are, without doubt, dear to each other.
The world ofttimes knows nothing of its greatest men.
When least expected they contract matrimonial alliances, thereby ofttimes disappointing numerous protégés, who have been confidently expecting that they would come in for the property.
This is observed ofttimes when death is about to close the scene.
The king on his throne is beset with cares, and the labor he performs is ofttimes far heavier than any borne by the poorest peasant in his dominions.
Ofttimes we dislike egotism in others simply because of our own.
The best laid plans of mice and mere motor-men ofttimes go awry, and we did not get to Bath until well on into the night.
And truth to say, sheofttimes thought, The angels were near by, So strange a gleam was on his hair, So bright his cherub eye.
Ofttimes is she beaten, abused, mutilated; and rarely does the apathetic lord interfere to protect her from this feminine but fiend-like persecution.
I hadofttimes experienced the chill blast of the norther, but never more acutely than upon that night.
What would be the use of our ofttimes long lives, given to the pursuit of certain worthy and legitimate knowledge, if at death it all counts as nothing, and we begin this life on a wholly different line of thought and study?
Ofttimes was I found in the deep valley of humiliation, where I sat me down and sighed; and in many a "Garden of Gethsemane" were seen the trickling "tears of blood.
Nor did this specimen of the "genus homo" evince any unusual ignorance of woman's work, whose endless routine and diversified drudgery ofttimes require the patience of a Job and the wisdom of a Solomon.
Their system of co-operative trade ofttimes leaves them destitute of ready cash, but all who had money gave me the most liberal patronage.
My own was a slippery path to tread, and ofttimes led my weary feet into the shadow, and gloom, and darkness.
The swift passing panorama of the avenue is ofttimes varied by a picturesque group of Chocktaws or Cherokees, with grotesque costume, this place being their principal rendezvous.
Man, in spite of his conceded superiority of physical strength and supposed mental supremacy, bows before the tornado of life, while woman ofttimes stands erect and fearless amid the storms and winds of years.
My Bible lay upon the stand, In which I'd ofttimes found a blessing, I quickly took the book in hand, In hope to learn a useful lesson.
Shakspeare has said that-- "Ofttimes to win us to our harm The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
Yet," said she to Dame Bragwaine, "in good faith I seem to have beheld him ofttimes before.
So they took ship; but as soon as they were at sea the wind blew them upon the coast of North Wales, nigh to Castle Perilous, hard by a forest wherein were many strange adventures ofttimes to be met.
But Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain were angered when they saw Sir Key so churlish to a youth that had so worshipful a bearing, and ofttimes had they given him gold and clothing.
I am full sorry for thy rashness, for ofttimes have I been assailed in vain, and by the best knights of the world.
The next morning flowed the drink ever apace, but as ofttimes cometh to pass when men have drunk heavily, even so the more wary of drink are most of them on the morrow.
At this time was King Olaf lying with his ships in the Nid (thirty ships had he, and his folk were of great prowess) but the King himself was ofttimes at Ladir, being kept company by his body-guard.
I have remarked the ofttimes the voice of Mr. Gladstone was so low, that it was with difficulty one could hear him.
Then it is that I remember what depths of religious fervour there are in this leader of a fierce democracy, and can imagine that ofttimes his communings may, perchance, be silent prayer.
Haply I am but a weak woman; yet a woman can ofttimes do that which men would shrink from.
He is over hasty, and his judgment is ofttimes wrong.
For although Earl Hamish hath ofttimes spoken of you, yet never until this day have I seen you; and 'tis well-nigh a score of years that I have lived in Bute.
For ofttimes he does sink into a deep reverie; and disjointed words break from him, which tell me whither his thoughts have flown.
Burgundian soldiers still ravaged along our borders, and it seemed ofttimes as though we little loyal community of the Duchy of Bar would be swallowed up altogether betwixt the two encroaching foes.
Ofttimes we were in peril from the close proximity of armed bands, as we lay in woods and thickets by day, avoiding towns and villages, lest we should draw too much notice upon ourselves.
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