If its possession was not so easily acquired, they were nevertheless true lovers of the Bible, and preserved and multiplied it in dark and troublous times.
Full many a weary and a troublous thing Is, in its issue, solaceful and fair.
In spite of such community of religion, the growth of Assyria brought troublous times on Northern Syria.
Of thistroublous history the rocks of Syria themselves give evidence.
Yet troublous as the times before us may be, we have at last reached that stage of our work in India which is truly consonant with our own traditions.
During the troublous first stages of the Chinese revolution, the Mohammedans, emerging from their sulky aloofness, co-operated so loyally with their Buddhist and Confucian fellow-patriots that Dr.
The great glory of the Americans is in their wondrous contrivances-- in their patent remedies for the usually troublous operations of life.
It was doing an enormous business before the war began, and, when these troublous times are over, will no doubt again go ahead.
In that troublous time, it would have been unwise and even dangerous for the captain to receive the chevalier's proposition with coolness.
I repeat to you, my lord, it is because your influence might be fatal in these troublous times, that it must be neutralized at any cost.
From the effects of the troublous days which at last came to most outposts of Roman civilization Salzburg did not escape.
He died, full of years and honours, in that unhappy and troublous 867, having held the Bishopric of Sherborne fifty years.
A changeful and troubloushistory is that of John Williams.
To God mother went, From home it was rent; Asleep the child fell 'Neath tears' troublous spell.
See, how I'm tossed so will-less By troublous waves of doubt, The wind overturned my little boat, The wreck is all my refuge.
The system was characteristic of the Middle Ages, and arose from the fact that in those troublous times every isolated person needed protection and was content to merge his individuality in some society in order to obtain it.
Instructed by a vocation so manifest, Basil began to read more clearly in his own heart, where, in spite of the sorrows he had borne and of the troublous uncertainties that lay before him, he found no such readiness to quit the world.
Having permitted Leander to muse a little, his hostess turned the conversation to the troublous topic of her thoughts; and began by saying how her brother would esteem the privilege of counsel and solace from one so qualified to impart them.
A cardinal's nephew, even in those troublous times, was not killed without some noise being made about the matter.
That century was perhaps the most troublous one in the modern history of India.
Thus was their little Jerusalem built 'even in troublous times.
In these troublous times, indeed, it could hardly be otherwise.
Throughout the troublous times of the Civil War, in spite of the loss of his clerical offices and eventually of his professorship, Duport quietly continued his lectures.
In Italy, however, some remnants of the art fortunately survived these troublous times, and the importation of Oriental products by the Venetian merchants about the beginning of the 13 th century helped to revive the industry.
In the troubloustimes that followed it often changed hands.
In after-years he distinguished himself as a friend of the down-trodden and oppressed, and during the troublous times that marked the end of the Ming and the rise of the Ch'ing dynasty he strenuously advocated the cause of the poor.
The Morning Hymn of Praise Adam, waking in the morning, finds Eve flushed and distraught, and she tells him of her troublous dreams.
But her great eyes, dark circled, fixed upon him with a meek, sorrowful look, spoke dumbly the troublous tale of her mind.
