And I repented to God the Most High of what I had done and praised Him for my safety.
When the time of harvest came and he saw the folk gathering in their crops, he repented him of what he had lost by his tardiness and died of chagrin and vexation.
The men of Nineve will rise up in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, one greater than Jonas is here.
If the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
It is even uncertain whether he would not actually have repented and taken to flight, had not Abbie come up at the critical moment, and carried him off to Cornelia.
Thy wish to know me shall in sooth be granted; I'm Guido Guinicelli, and now purge me, Having repented ere the hour extreme.
She understood that the man whom she had accused of betraying his friend had faced a roomful of men in his defence, and on the very ground now under discussion, and she repented of what she had done.
She was in such a good humour that she almost repented of having dismissed Lucia.
And then I grew angry at thee as the cause of my wrong-doing and scolded thee, and repented it, as usual.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Moses succeeded in changing the unchangeable, and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Ah, I would not help him when I could, and now it is my punishment that he will not know how sorely I have repented my hardness towards him.
But Bertha had already repented of her teasing, and, slipping her hand into his, murmured softly— “And it need not fail you now.
Now, then, you will ask, have I repented of my decision?
You would have said that our Artemis repented of her coldness; if you had not known it was but play-acting; or let us say perhaps a rehearsal--if you had seen what I once saw at Nonsuch.
It was a process by which good was substituted for evil; but as fast only as the evil was thoroughly repented of and put away.
A hundred considerations had doubtless crowded upon her during the night, yet she by no means repentedhaving showed the leech what she thought of the betrayer in purple and the demand which he made upon her.
Believe me, monsieur, your servant had repentedof his theft, and was about to return the box to you--it was that which caused his death.
He had repented of his bargain, and was doubtless engaged in preparing a confession, telling you of his crime, and the reasons therefor, when the murderer entered the room.
And then again Paul repentedbitterly of the hard words he had spoken, and, working himself into a fever of unreasonable remorse, walked the floor of his room as a wild beast tramps in its cage.
At last we drove away from the old place in the chilly February afternoon, and I confess that for a moment I half repented of my sudden resolution to go to the East.
I have repentedof it, and more than that--I still repent it, M.
Monsieur at times repented the ascendency which he had permitted the Chevalier de Lorraine to acquire over him, and which exempted the latter from any observance of etiquette towards him.
Many were hence led to confess that Christ was God, and repented and were baptised.
She died at the age of thirty-four; and though neglectful of the monks in her busy days, she repented and wished she had joined the nuns.
Then he issued a bull offering the fullest indulgence to all who visited the cathedral at Easter, on the condition that they truly repented and confessed their sins.
The townspeople, on seeing the rats leaving them, repented of the bargain, and refused to pay the money, on the ground of the piper being a sorcerer.
Attracted by his bull, multitudes repented and were allowed to see the handkerchief of St. Veronica, as many as two hundred thousand a day.
Theodora skilfully gained over many bishops by representing that her husband the Emperor on his deathbed repented of his errors, and that her young son at the same time had also registered a vow to restore images.
Ambrose met him in the porch, and thus spoke: "It seems your majesty has not repented of the heinousness of your murder.
Certain it is, too, that in after-time he often repented of his severity to the Thebans, and his remorse had such influence on his temper as to make him ever after less rigorous to all others.
She almost repented not having frankly betrayed her aversion, in spite of every danger, and boldly faced death rather than submit to the approaches of this revolting reprobate.
It was above all a lie, to say that he bitterly repented of ever having had anything to do with the Nazarenes, and only longed to purge himself publicly of the disgrace of that contact.
Later on Eleazar repented of his share in the pursuit of the Jewish freebooters, and is said to have done penance in the most painful manner.
Fifth Day: Solidaristic Responsibility Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
They repentedand accepted the badge of baptism in order to have a share in the blessings of the Kingdom and to escape the imminent judgment of the Messiah.
Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
He, feeling compassion for her grief, repented of his sudden burst of indignation, and clasped her again to his heart, pressing with his lips her pale brow.
They were the most successful, and saved all; but the police bethought themselves of prohibiting this, and repented too late!
Ere three months were over his head the King felt all the shame and the weakness of having consented to this surrendering of plate, and avowed that he repented of it.
I know not if he ever, repented of what he had said, whatever cause he may have had, so droll did it seem to him, but he has many times spoken of it since to me, laughing with all his might.
I harkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that He had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not.
Perhaps by driving him too fast, Satan has driven him to God, to that repentance which shall never be repented of.
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give Him glory.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that He had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not.
When the prodigal son, in the parable, repented and turned toward home, what did his father do?
Evidently he repented his hasty error; as though in anger at himself, he fiercely snapped to pieces a branch which he had torn from a neighbouring bush.
They had remained more than an hour closeted together, and Heideck's reproaches took the more effect that Edmund's mother already secretly repented of her precipitate action in the matter, though as yet she would not admit it openly.
Already she repented the vehemence of her speech to her son, and to him as to herself the interruption came opportunely.
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