The Sumatran girls, as well as our English maidens, entertain a favourable opinion of the virtues of morning dew as a beautifier, and believe that by rubbing it to the roots of the hair it will strengthen and thicken it.
And the dealings of God with the European parts of the world, at this day, do further strengthen this our expectation.
Many Examples of this kind are collected by Mr. Bromhall in his Treatise of Spectres, and the cunning Devil, to strengthen Men in their worshipping of Saints departed: And by Mr. Bovet in his Pandemonium.
She drifted back, and the master gave the order for the guns to be beached and dragged up the slope to strengthen the resources of the besieged.
Roussilac would tell us that she has come to strengthen the hands of the French.
Then westrengthen the body, so that it may be able to resist his return.
Pray to our Lady and the saints, daughter, that they strengthen you for the ordeal.
Was there any genuine desire on the part of Holland to strengthen the hands of her new ally, or were the crafty Dutchmen playing some deep game of their own?
It may strengthen my pleading and terminate the hesitation of the young entomologist if I mention here that the officer in charge of the collection of lepidoptera in the British Museum--the well-known authority, A.
Should this not be so, mix some more plaster and strengthen the cast, endeavouring to get a flat surface on the top.
The late accession to his flock had decidedly raised his spirits: he knew how materially it would strengthen his hands; but, independently of all politic consideration, Cecil's grace and beauty exercised a powerful influence over him.
I like reading, in general; but that in which one finds something to polish the wit and strengthen the soul is what I like best.
No doubt, there have been mistakes; but I am becoming more and more cautious, in order that I may always ensure and strengthen my reputation, which to acquire I have taken so much trouble.
What I needed now was to strengthen the affection she had admitted until it was too strong for her to resist longer.
Belgium had a considerable share in the development of free principles, although they at first seemed only to excite the resistance of bigotry and strengthen the growth of superstition.
But this joint sovereignty did not satisfy the ambition of either, and serious divisions arose between them, each endeavoring to strengthen himself by foreign alliances.
Benevolent persons throw themselves with peculiar ardour into a case of this sort, and quite passionate efforts are made to strengthen the mother against further eventualities and protect the children until they attain to nubile years.
There will be few servants obtainable for the small homes of the future, and that may strengthen her sentiments.
I fear it's a sham," said I, "but it will be something to strengthen my hands with when I come to tackle Lady Amelia.
It would be merely a ceremony," said she, leaning her cheek on her hand, "to strengthenyour appeal to Aunt Amelia?
Such a step, as I then thought, could but strengthen our love, increase our mutual esteem, and insure the approbation of society which could not accept our union unless it was sanctioned in the usual manner.
I told her all the circumstances which I thought would strengthen her in her resolution to befriend them, and promised to introduce the ladies to them at the first opportunity.
To enhance the comfort and attractions of our homes and to strengthen our attachments to our pursuits.
Realization of the benefits of organization and ability to co-operate will vastly strengthen class power.
Both imply that Cyrus gave command to rebuild the Temple: if they were originally independent that would but strengthen the tradition of such a command, and render a little weaker Dr.
It is believed that "piercing the ear" will cure weak eyes or strengthen the eyes.
Sailors wear gold earrings for weak eyes or to strengthen the sight.
I now long to go back again to the work in Bristol, yet without impatience, and feel assured that the Lord will strengthen me to return to it.
These exercises have one advantage--they can be directed scientifically so as tostrengthen the limbs that need development; but no city gymnasium can offer the invigorating breezes of the mountain.
True culture ought tostrengthen the faculty of thinking, and to provide the material upon which that noble faculty may operate.
The endeavor to attain it, or to strengthen it, is a great virtue, and of all the virtues the one most indispensable to the nobility of the intellectual life.
If it is proposed to strengthen us against the attack I suggest as soon to be made, it seems to me that General Beauregard might with great expedition furnish five or six thousand men for a few days.
It seems to me to be now of especial importance to strengthen Major-General Holmes, near Acquia Creek.
Toward this end I have several games of silence, which help in a surprising way to strengthen the remarkable discipline of our children.
One of the things invented by Seguin to develop the lower limbs, and especially to strengthen the articulation of the knee in weak children, is the trampolino.
Replying to the annexationists, Count Czernin said:] The forcible annexation of foreign peoples would place difficulties in the way of a general peace, and such an extension of territories would not strengthen the empire.
