Obliged he was to his master for his bounty, and he repays him with good counsel how to behave himself in his new monarchy so as to gain the affections of his subjects, and deserve to be called the "Father of His Country.
A gentleman[121] repays himself for the zeal with which he performs his duty by the pleasure he enjoys in acting thus, and does not regret the praise, esteem, and gratitude which he sometimes does not receive.
If not, is it not because the clatter of the world's business, or the more refined sounds of some profession or study, have so taken up your attention that you have none to spare for that which requires and repays it most?
It troubles you for an hour, it repays you by immortality.
They take from the sun the odorous they return--they are the emblem of the love that receives and repays tenfold--the emblem of the heart that drunk thy rays, and owes to thee the germ of the treasures that it proffers to thy smile.
Illa est agricolæ messis iniqua suo=--That is a harvest which ill repays its husbandman.
Those who regularly undertake to cultivate friendship find ingratitude generallyrepays their endeavours.
Her een sae bonnie blue betray How she repays my passion; But prudence is her o'erword ay, She talks of rank and fashion.
If anything on earth deserves the name of rapture or transport, it is the feelings of green eighteen in the company of the mistress of his heart, when she repays him with an equal return of affection.
He pours it out: Plutus, the god of gold, Is but his steward; no meed but he repays Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him But breeds the giver a return exceeding All use of quittance.
The establishment of this fact repays much of the trouble caused by the ascents.
Lillie is immensely pleased, feeling that it alone repays the whole enterprise.
It amply repays the time and attention given to the planning.
A climb to the summit of Red Hill, at Centre Harbor, Starr King's favorite haunt, well repays for the labor.
And even a short visit is so refreshing, so invigorating to mind and body, that it repays when even the sight is not a novel one.
Though it takes considerable practice to succeed at first, the results are so good that it well repays the few hours' work it requires to master the few difficulties it presents.
He gives us two beautiful pictures to illustrate what it means; and it repays us to linger over them.
Injustice, a historian has said, always repays itself with frightful compound interest.
It well repays a dose or two of liquid manure in the growing season.
February in the open ground, when the weather is not too severe, well repays glass protection at that season.
Oh, Flora, what have I not endured since last we met; but this repays me--more than repays me for all.
Believe me, Miss, when a person repays love only with friendship, it arises not from a fear of being ungrateful: the fear then is only for the appearance of ingratitude.
I was easily reconciled to this by the opportunity thus afforded of a visit to the ancient city of Vienne, which well repays inspection.
Henceforth, sailing a calmer sea, he repays Henry's favour with adherence and admiration.
With a few draughts from the cup of Love she repays for a life full of trouble.
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