In its grateful shadow there was room for all; for its arching branches had struck root as they touched the ground, forming a succession of leafy cloisters, until a grove had grown from a single tree.
He left her seated and trembling on the root of a tree, and leaped down into the pit again.
We accept the doctrine on which Eugenics is based because all the facts conform it, but we continue to spend our time and money on methods of reform which have lost their root and now only cumber the ground.
They went to work on scientific principles to root out disease and crime and want and wretchedness, and every degrading and retarding influence.
Education will root out more sin than all your creeds can," gravely answered the Preceptress.
But, two hundred yards further, as he was turning towards the Col du Diable, his foot knocked against the root of a tree and he fell.
Yes, yes, I love her, but just for the very reason that she is the most generous and noble of countries, that in her alone the idea of revolt against the law of blood and war can take root and sprout and blossom.
Our own water-lily is rather more powerful in its uses; the root contains tannin and gallic acid, and a decoction of it "gives a black precipitate, with sulphate of iron.
For the mighty rootof the tree of life, the great orb of the sun, containing 340 thousand times as much matter as the earth, yet mightier periods would be needed.
This root is become a favourite because it is the suitable companion of misery and filth.
Where was the soil for love to take root in, unless she took care of them herself?
Accepted, root and branch, as Rose was forced by her husband's attitude to accept it, a conclusion of that sort can be a wonderful anodyne.
The love of money, the gambling on the race-course and the Stock Exchange, are the root of all evil.
Vanity is a strong plant, and it flourishes in every soil; but it had found no root in Ida's nature.
Give no quarter unto those vices that are of thine inward family, and, having a root in thy temper, plead a right and propriety in thee.
II Where theroot syllable is not known the accent falls on the first syllable, with secondary accents following at intervals to relieve the voice.
The root of both the rest of the one and of the anxiety of the other is the over-estimate of outward good.
The root of all rejection of Christ is the desire of self-will to reign supreme.
Sin takes us far away from God, and the root of all sin is that desire of living to one's self which began the prodigal's evil course.
Let me remind you that all this patient self-surrender had its root in Christian faith.
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
We can get no deeper down or farther back into the secret springs of things than this--that the root cause of all, and most especially of the mission of Christ, is the pitying love of God's heart.
And he preached the greatest motive for it which he knew, when he pressed home on sluggish consciences the close approach of a judgment for which everything was ready, the axe ground to a fine edge, and lying at the root of the trees.
It deals with part only of the man's error, the rest of which, being an error to which we are all exposed, and which was the root of the part special to him, is dealt with in the parable that follows.
So be not tossed about by these secularities, for the root of them all is heathenish distrust of your Father in heaven.
Only a power which can deal with our sense of sin, and soothe that into blessed assurance of pardon, is strong enough to grapple with our true root of misery.
The conviction that they had not sufficient to finish is the very conviction that Christ wished to root in the minds of the crowds.
So, with undesirable rapidity, growth began, and shoots appeared above ground before there was root enough made below to nourish them.
Get the bitter poison root of self-trust out of you, and then there is some chance of getting the wholesome emotion of absolute reliance on Him into you.
The tendrils from high branches extend 60 to 80 feet, take rooton reaching the ground, and form a cover over some acres.
The root used as chewsticks, to cleanse the teeth and gums, by the negroes, produces a copious flow of frothy saliva.
Also, the hollow root of the sea-weed Fucus polyschides.
The above short extracts contain what may be termed the root of the story, whence arise and branch forth a host of subsequent adventures.
Then they found a pheasant's nest at the root of an old oak, made a meal of roasted eggs, and went to sleep on a heap of long green grass which they had gathered, with nightingales singing all night long in the old trees about them.
Then did a wicked jealousy find root in Eva's heart, and so did it grow that it strangled the love which she had borne her sister's children.
Gladly would he have given every fairy flower, at the root of which clung a lump of gold ore, if he might have had his own coverlet "happed" about him once more by his gentle mother.
Then Br'er Tarrypin he began to holler out: "Turn loose that stump-root and catch hold of me!
Spare set down the drinking-horn, and the brothers listened astonished, for out of the blazing root they heard "Cuckoo!
Then the great wise one stuck his finger in the ground, and pulled up a root of the laughing-plant and said: "When you have eaten this you will be the funniest man in the tribe, and people will laugh as soon as you open your lips.
Root of the dock, bark of the Ash tree, leaves of the almond, peach and pear trees, all give good yellow dyes, more or less fine according to the time they are boiled and in proportion to the Tartar and alum used.
Of fruits and nuts we have large choice, and the ripe grains and pulse foods are all garnered, while most of the root vegetables are ready too.
Under his tuition the germs of knowledge took deep root in the prolific mental soil of young Lee and produced plants of rapid and luxuriant growth.
Although the love of it is the root of all evil--still it commands undue attention.
It strikes at the very root of alarming evils that are now hanging over our beloved country like an incubus.
Confined to no time or place--it has taken deep root in our own country.
Many young roots sprout around it, Grow nine fathoms deep in sand-earth, One great root beneath the mountain, In the cataract a second, And a third beneath the castle Built upon the mount of ages.
There the seed took root and flourished, Quickly grew to great proportions, In a single night in summer.
It is a common sight, as one passes through a paddy flat or along the adjoining slope, to see housewives bringing out handfuls of ashes collected in the oven over night, and depositing them at the root of the nearest fruit tree on their land.
Members of the Oppomarango sept do not touch, or use the root of the plant as a tooth brush.
At the close of the marriage ceremonies, the Erythrina or Odina twig is planted, and it is regarded as a good sign if it takes root and grows.
A shaft of theirs is lying on the roof; I'll send it back, for if it should take root A hurt from their own spent and worthless weapon Would put a scorn upon their tale for ever.
Rightness somehow or other must be at the root of things, or we shouldn't be a living world at all.
