How eagerly the famished crew longed to get on shore to quench their burning thirst and satisfy their hunger!
Without stopping to ascertain whether any natives, were in the neighbourhood, they pulled to the shore, and leaping out, rushed forward to quench their thirst at the nearest point of the stream which they could reach.
It is the green oasis where recollection, ever loving, turns to rest; and where the springs of Friendship's warm simplicity, may quench the thirst of him who sighs for Sympathy upon the Desert of Society.
Many waters cannot quench Love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for Love, it would utterly be contemned.
Quench your taper," he bade me in a husky whisper.
This disposed him, at least, to listen to me, and proceeded to assure him of the harmless nature of my visit to the hall in quest of wine to quench my thirst.
Being so sick with self-despisings, I fear I made but a poor return for all this good comradeship; but at the time I could think of nothing but the hell that flamed within me, and of how I could soonest quench the fires of it.
And if his thirst was for vengeance, how could he quench it in a deeper draft than by harrying the woman we both loved?
His condemnatory judgment was of such effect that the important productions of Ibn-Janach remained unknown to the following generations, and inquirers were compelled to quench their thirst at broken cisterns.
During the siege, the Himyarite king was seized with a severe illness, and no fresh water could be discovered in the neighborhood to quench his burning thirst.
Lo, truth is a flame--will ye quench it with fire?
I quench the black word, which can only be forgiven on the death-day, with my innocent blood, and death folds me again to thy arms.
The pupil of Emanuel meets her, and she hastens back again to the grave, there to quench in tears of mourning her first love.
Quench thirst with pieces of ice held in mouth or a swallow of cold milk.
In the midst of the business hurry there are several quiet corners where one may quench his thirst for knowledge, and where master-thinkers lend their potent influence.
Verse: "And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
A man having a wound low down in his throat, was tortured with thirst; but no quantity of fluid passing through his mouth and gullet, and escaping by the wound, was found in any degree to quench his thirst.
Their purpose is to obliterate differences, and quench the flame of hatred and enmity, so that the whole earth may come to be viewed as one country.
How numerous the oppressors before thee who have arisen to quench the light of God, and how many the impious who murdered and pillaged until the hearts and souls of men groaned by reason of their cruelty!
Till God is God no longer--ne'er again Quench liberty that's just.
Here, Chloe hear, And do not turn away, From my Desire, butquench my Fire.
Not a kindlier life or sweeter Time, that lights and quenches men, Now may quench or light again, Mingling with the mystic metre Woven of all men's lives with his Not a clearer note than this, Not a kindlier life or sweeter.
What honour shall thou have to quench my breath, Or what shall my heart broken profit thee?
Such were the means which Rome had invoked to quench the light of the Reformation, to withdraw from men the Bible, and to restore the ignorance and superstition of the Dark Ages.
The Saviour’s parting promise upon Olivet, that He would come again, lighted up the future for His disciples, filling their hearts with joy and hope that sorrow could not quench nor trials dim.
Titus rushed to the place, followed by his generals and legionaries, and commanded the soldiers to quench the flames.
He complained of fearful thirst, and to quench it we had only my bottle of tea: this we shared loyally, my guide praising its virtues, as well he might.
By the interference of their rays in the earth's atmosphere the stars can momentarily quench themselves; and probably to an intermittent action of this kind their twinkling, and the swift chromatic changes already mentioned, are due.
The deafness was probably due to a strain of the tympanum, such as we can produce artificially, and thus quench low sounds, while shrill ones are scarcely affected.
Many waters cannot quench love; neither can floods drown it.
The clouds, that rise to quench the Orb of day, Reflect its splendour, and dissolve away!
To quench a flame should we engage, And fuel add, behold the rage!
Heaven had marked him for its servant, and breathed into his soul a spirit of energy and unflinching perseverance, that no hardship could quench or diminish.
