There is a fine rhythm throughout, and, as Child says, ‘not many better passages are met with in ballad poetry than that which tells of the three gallant attempts on the mainmast tree (stt.
He is justified in so doing in so far as all later developments must be supposed to exist in germinal form at the outset of rational life; but such a conception tells us nothing of the historical origin of customs.
My Bible tells me that 'God is love;' not merely loving, but LOVE.
My Bible tells me of garments of praise and robes of righteousness.
The pillar thus designated was a lighthouse, and the author tells with exciting detail the terrible dilemma of its cut-off inhabitants.
A bit of parchment found in the figurehead of an old vessel tells of a buried treasure.
A look so sweet, so eloquent before, As this, which bids all human passions cease, And tells my pitying heart you died in peace!
He is a man of remarkable ability; in some lights there is a decided richness in his hue; and Lord Dickiefield tells me he fully expects to see him some day Under-Secretary for India, and ultimately perhaps in the Cabinet.
As for Spiffy, even he was acquiring fresh social experience, and tells me he can scarcely resist entering upon a pecuniary exploitation of his position in society.
Oh, she does not know about Ascot, but somehow or other she always tells me what is the best thing to do about everything.
Who is there that ever tells them that personal ambition is a sin the most hateful in the sight of God, the first and not the last 'infirmity of noble minds'?
Now, if I say nothing, and Lady Broadhem tells her when I am gone that she considers us engaged, what will Ursula think of me?
You know it only from your faith in the words of our divine Lord, when He tells you it is changed.
House after house is sold and dollar after dollar spent, till absolute poverty comes upon the children, and the sad condition of their home tells of their distress.
So, as the Holy Scripture tells us, they came very early in the morning; for Mary Magdalene and these good women were Jews, and strictly observed the Jewish law.
A red light on a railroad tells that there is danger at the spot.
In the same way God tells us His great truths and we believe them; because we know that since God is infinitely true He cannot deceive us or be deceived.
He tells us what rewards we shall have for practicing these virtues and leading a holy life: namely, God's grace and blessing in this world and everlasting glory in Heaven.
He tells us Himself how He wishes to be worshipped, and our own invented methods will not please Him.
Therefore the Church by canonization tells us for certain that such and such persons are truly in Heaven.
The Holy Scripture tellsus our life upon earth is a warfare.
Now, a sign is that which tells us that something else exists.
When my conscience tells me to give him assistance, I am just then receiving an actual grace, which moves me and helps me to do that good act; and just as soon as I give the help, the actual grace ceases, because no longer needed.
One tellsus to advance, the other won't let us move.
And Croesus counted, and found, so the story tells us, that the sum was far larger than the amount he had said would have been lying in the treasury if only Cyrus had made a hoard.
The story tells how Cyrus answered the summons, saying he would rather return home at once so that his father might not be vexed or his country blame him.
He tells me he is a personal friend of Senator Mundt and the Governor of South Dakota and other influential people, which may or may not be true.
Yes; that tells exactly from the time I arrived at the police station to the time I left, and every move that I made in between.
Indeed, to say that a man is an Agnostic nowadays tells one no more than calling a man religious indicates to which one of the world's sects he gives his adherence.
The fact of a certain belief being universal only warrants the assumption that the belief itself has a cause, but it tells us nothing whatever concerning its truthfulness.
This precaution seems to be due to the general system of fortification which has been sanctioned by Congress, and is recommended by that maxim of wisdom which tells us in peace to prepare for war.
Mr. Aiton tells us, that it flowers from April to June, yet Mr. Andrews, intent on giving to Messrs.
I did intend to pay her a visit; but she tells me that it might lead to a violent scene, and can do no good.
When he tells himself how much wrong he has done, he goes into the bushes, and is sorry.
Ever since his return home, he has been courting mamma over again, he tells us.
My tongue is not crooked, but it is straight; it will not sing a false song--it tells my father the truth.
I go to a place which is callet Ravensnest--goot place to sell vatch, dey tells me.
Patt writes in charming spirits, and I dare say is in blooming beauty by this time, though she tells me that she is generally thought rather plain.
And that is a popular government, Hugh, in which it tells so strongly against a man to render him unpopular, that not one man in a million has the moral courage to resist public opinion, even when he is right.
There was another vein to my tradition, which tells of a lady who lost her betrothed the night the 'Nest was assailed, and who has ever since lived unmarried, true to his memory.
The interpreter tells me, Hugh," said the last, "that the chiefs wish to pay their first visit to the hut this evening.
But depend on my prudence, whichtells me that we ought now to part.
He tells me we shall have Injins enough this summer at Ravensnest.
Never have I seen so beautiful a creature; and the generous-minded Pris tells me she is as good, and virtuous, and wise as she is lovely.
He tells her something, That makes her blood look out; good sooth, she is The queen of curds and cream.
He tells me that he won't have any trouble in caring for your stock while you are away.
And Dylks will get out of the county as soon as he can--he tells me it won't be so easy as we would think; and when he does, it will be much more to the purpose than riding on a rail in a coat of tar and feathers.
At the sound of the town bell, Jehan le Bel tells us, the folk of Calais gathered round the bearer of these terms, "desiring to hear their good news, for they were all mad with hunger.
It is probably of himself that he speaks when he tells us that "the science of optics has not hitherto been lectured on at Paris or elsewhere among the Latins, save twice at Oxford.
The poet himself is looked upon--he tellsus bitterly--as a madman.
He tells us that it was the more easy for Sokratês to put down the sophists, since their shallowness and worthlessness, after a short period of vogue, had already been detected by intelligent men, and was becoming discredited.
The latter tells us that the Athenian ships were presently emptied by the desertion of the seamen; a careless exaggeration.
Diodorus tells us that Sokratês and two of his friends were the only persons who stood forward to protect Theramenês, when Satyrus was dragging him from the altar.
When Sokratês, as Xenophon tells us, devoted his time to questioning others: “What is piety?
It was in this general way that a great proportion of the antipathy against Sokratês was excited, as he himself tells us in the “Platonic Apology.
I like it not," he continued, "as something within me tells me that it is not good for any of us to be here".
The dook tells me so, and, what's more, I had a dream.
Tis our own language, sir,' I tells him, 'we did not steal it.
That will be of no use, child, the dukkerin tells me so; but I will try what I can do.
Among the number, to his great satisfaction, was your poor servant whotells you this tale.
Then Dante, seeming to recognize me, all of a sudden drew me toward him and spoke as a man speaks that tells strange truths truly.
What also tells fatally against the identification is that the arms of Courtenay are impaled with the royal arms, surrounded by the bordering componée, the well-known token of bastardy.
The count tells me a story that is in circulation here, and has reference to the Empress Marie Louise and the kings her brothers-in-law.
Of this violent deed we have contemporary evidence, for Orosius tellsus that less than fifteen years afterwards, while passing through Alexandria, he saw the empty shelves.
Only once, as Arnold tells us, has such a thing been done; and then public opinion expressed itself in such an emphatic tone of disapproval that the displaced teacher was instantly appointed to another position.
We may well believe Professor Tyndall, therefore, when he tells us that all the solar radiance we receive is less than a two-billionth part of what is sent flying through the desert regions of space.
And the Apocalypse, the work of the fiery and imaginative disciple John, is confined to a prophetic description of the Messiah's anticipated return, and tells us nothing concerning the deeds of that Messiah while on the earth.
Bastian tells us that he has found living organisms to be generated in sealed flasks from which all living germs had been excluded, we demand the evidence for his assertion.
De Quincey tells us that "if a saying has a proverbial fame, the probability is that it was never said.
I will tend you, I will love you, I will care for you; my heart tells me this is my work.
Martha tells me she has gone to bed, which is proof that she has worn herself out.
It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe in him, if you do not anything he tells you.
When he tells them to watch lest he find them neglecting their work, they stare this way and that, and watch lest he should succeed in coming like a thief!
If we do what he tells us, his light will go up in our hearts.
It is a picture of something in God, a word that tells a fact about God, and is therefore far nearer being called a truth than anything below it.
How many are there not who seem capable of anything for the sake of the church or Christianity, except the one thing its Lord cares about--that they should do what he tells them!
For our encouragement to fight on, he tells us that those that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled, that they shall become as righteous as the spirit of the Father and the Son in them can make them desire.
He now tells them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.
He tells us a thing knowing that we must do it, or be lost; that not his Father himself could save us but by getting us at length to do everything he commands, for not otherwise can we know life, can we learn the holy secret of divine being.
Facile and effective pieces in verse of the sort that tells well on the recitation platform.
Sir Charles tells me that it was a wish of my father's long before he died, and that nothing would please him so much, and all that.
Rose tells me, Imogen, that there was some idea of your doing Antigone.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tells" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
