Oh madam (saith he) the wiliest pie of all, these are no pies butsoules in purgatorie that craue reléefe.
And you ô poet Bards from danger void that dities sound, Of soules of dreadlesse men, whom rage of battell would confound, And make their lasting praise to time of later age rebound.
Now De pardieux, if old Robert will giue me leaue, I will doo what I can to bring these soules to rest.
I Sir: there are a crew of wretched Soules That stay his Cure: their malady conuinces The great assay of Art.
Chauntre preestis perpetually to praye in the sayd churche for the Bretherne and Systers of the same Fraternyte, and for the soules of them that be departed, and for all cristen soules.
Remember all that on this morne, Our blessed Saviour Christ was borne; Who issued from a Virgin pure, Our soules from Satan to secure; And patronise our feeble spirit, That we through him may heaven inherit.
Aie me, it is the spoyl of my honor thou seekest in my soules troubled departure, thou art some deuill sent to tempt me.
For my soules health I beg my bodies torment: bee not thou a diuell to torment my soule, and send me to eternall damnation.
God wot he was Petro Desperato, when I stepping to hir with a dunstable tale made vp my market A holy requiem to their soules that thinke to wooe women with riddles.
Alas, our Englishmen are the plainest dealing soules that euer God put life in: they are greedie of newes, and loue to be fed in their humors and heare themselues flattered the best that may be.
Guiltles soules that liue euerie houre subiect to violence, and with your despairing feares doo much empaire Gods prouidence: fasten your eyes on this spectacle that will adde to your faith.
That no moonks should inioyne penance to any man without licence of their abbat, and that abbats might not grant licence, but for those of whose soules they had cure.
Christen soules in dedes of pitee and charitee the day of my saide burying, that is to sey:--emonges pouer people and prisoners within the citee of London and withoute.
And all goode people that this Scripture reade or see For their soules say a Paternoster, Ave Maria, & a creed for Charity.
O who such tempting graces could despise, All voluntarie sinnes soules may refraine, But Natures selfe that of the flesh is bred, Such power she hath, that vice she will retaine.
So lasciuious youth, Courting our beauties, cares not to pollute Our soules for that, though left heauens substitute To bridle passion.
Gyneura now delights but in his presence, shee cannot once endure him from her sight, His loue-ful face is now her soules sole essence, and on his face shee dotes both day and night.
Thus Mahomet both day and night doth spend, In obseruation of her eyes and pleasure, Growing so iealous, least he should offend, His soules perfection, natures vnspent treasure.
Have not all soules thought For many ages, that our body is wrought Of Ayre, and Fire, and other Elements?
For, bodies shall from death redeemed bee, Soules but preserved, not naturally free.
This sense is brought out more clearly in Cy's version, which is a paraphrase rather than a version: Wee after Gods mercy drowne our Soules againe.
Lowell's conjecture, 'hold soules repute,' had been anticipated in some MSS.
As men to our prisons, new soules to us are sent, &c.
As our blood labours to beget Spirits, as like soules as it can, Because such fingers need to knit That subtile knot, which makes us man.
You, for whose body God made better clay, Or tooke Soules stuffe such as shall late decay, Or such as needs small change at the last day.
And, grim Dispaire, let Innocence Triumph, and bring eternall peace To all your soules and Joys increase.
I wilbe vext, And such an anger I will fling amongst 'em Shall shake the servile soules of these poore wretches That stick his slight deservings above mine.
Will not a single death give satisfaction, O you most greedy men and most ungratefull,-- The quiet sleep of him you gape to swallow, But you must trym up death in all his terrors And add to soules departing frights and feavors?
Why should he strengthen those opinions That all true learning much laments and greives at And sincks the soules sweet union into ruyn?
Divinity, that tells Us there are soules in women, Ile no more Credit thy dubious Theorems nor thinke Thy lawes astring us to preserve our faith.
Your fellowes may goe behind the arras: I love to see Musitions in their postures imitate those ayrey soules that grace our Cittie Theaters, though in their noats they come as short of them as Pan did of Apollo.
Thus, for lost soules recovery The clapping of all wings And triumphs of this victory None but an angel sings.
I neuer did repent for doing good, Nor shall not now: for in companions That do conuerse and waste the time together, Whose soules doe beare an egal yoke of loue.
Rom: Hold, take this gold, worse poyson to mens soules Than this which thou hast giuen me.
Susan and she 20 God rest all Christian soules were of an age.
The godly give up their soules, but the soules of the wicked are taken from them.
Wee shall carry nothing away with us when we dye, yet our soules shall live.
That the Messe profiteth not the soules that ar in purgatorye.
I rekke never, whan that they ben beried, Though that hersoules goon a-blakeberied.
And thei seyn, that theise bestes ben soules of worthi men, that resemblen in lyknesse of the bestes, that ben faire: and therfore thei zeve hem mete, for the love of God.
And thei saye, that there nys no purgatorie, and the soules schulle not have nouther joye ne peyne, tille the day of doom.
And the other bestes that ben foule, they seyn, ben soules of pore men and of rude comouns.
I woot wel þat þe soules of men ne mowen nat dien in no wise.
It was very usual," says Leland, "in greater brydges to build chappells in which they did pray for the soulesof their founders.
He certainly gave L30 towards the building of Salford Bridge; and it was very usual on greater bridges to build chappells, in which they did pray for the soules of their founders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soules" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
