To be sure how is it possible for youth to resist the fascinations of a wanton?
Resist the emperor, And if it must be force with force repel; I will not praise it, yet I can forgive it.
Hence note, that the people that shall continue to grieve the Spirit of God, and to resist the doctrine of Noah, they are appointed for heavy judgments.
I couldn't resist thetemptation to see your garden," she said.
Here was another incentive to resist the gusts of his passion.
Couldn't resist the opportunity to pay my respects.
For nothing less can be produced by a disregard of those ties which link nations in confederacies, and produce confidence and security, and which enable the weak, by union, to resist the attacks of powerful ambition.
Before Thaddeus could reply, Sobieski sent to apprise his grandson that the prince had appointed him to accompany the troops which were turning out to resist the enemy.
The sole remaining princely descendants of the three just referred to, true patriot-monarchs, were the earliest awakened to resist the spirit of evil spreading amongst all classes in the nation.
Too weak and loving to resist the prayers of his mistress, Rancey again and again yielded, and they both gave themselves up to a torrent of delight, which carried them along, forgetful of earth and heaven!
No longer able to resist the feeling of terror, Adrienne ran to the door by which she had entered with the doctor, in order to call some one.
As soon as the European sleeps, he feels sure of success, for the Asiatic will not long resist the attraction of repose.
The choleric man vociferates,--You advise me to put a curb on my passions; to resist the desire of avenging myself: but can I conquer my nature?
Tell us, Florence, something of the manner in which the vested interest system tended toresist the advance of new ideas in the field of thought, of morals, science, and religion.
As little did the pioneers of English freedom, when they began to resist the will of Charles I, foresee that they would be compelled, before they got through, to take his head.
How could he resist the dictate of humanity which called him to make his visits more frequent, that her intervals of rest might be more numerous?
The intimacy among the different members of the society was so close that, beyond a courtesy of manner that never failed, the tendency was to resist the approach of any stranger as a 'gene'.
But it is so hard toresist the temptation, notwithstanding that the terrible line beginning "Superfluous lags the veteran" is always repeating itself in his dull ear!
Nor can I resist the desire to prophesy any more than you can do, knowing that I may prove utterly mistaken.
The King tried to resist the last of these three proposals, pleading his duty to the Bund.
A leading Douglas Democratic newspaper thinks Douglas's superior talent will be needed to resist the revival of the African slave-trade.
The nomination was at once repudiated by the delegates of the latter, and at the end of August an organized attempt was made to resist the renewal of licenses on the old terms.
They had gathered in unusually large numbers, being persuaded by their President that they were bound to resist the stream of opinion.
The very effort to resist thedesire of seeing her as I saw everybody else, gave a frenzy and an unnatural tension to my feeling and my manner.
It is difficult to resist the tendency to depend upon those portraits, and to enjoy vicariously through them a high consideration.
Geoffrey asked, as he felt Lionel making an effort to resist the pressure of the water.
At any other time the boys would have refused hospitality so cheerlessly offered, but they were too weak toresist the temptation.
Protestant power in Germany in 1547, urged him to resist the Emperor's triumphant advance; he seemed to show a dread of war, even among his neighbours.
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