Fall it cannot, but be diminished it may; but let Christiana take my advice, and that is the way to uphold it.
Yea, and it was a derogation to his gospel to offer to uphold that former way of worship, after he had by his own personal presence and Spirit brought in that other dispensation.
There are obligations to make certain improvements, and to uphold and improve the houses?
Burra is not the only place in Shetland, or out of it, where tenants are bound to uphold their own houses.
The second charge is, that the tenants are bound to uphold their houses at their own expense.
There, among other details, are two children who serve to uphold an escutcheon in the ornamental border; and these are very fine, full of the greatest beauty and grace, and painted in a most lovely manner.
The gospel of John cannot alone uphold the infinite absurdity of vicarious virtue and vice, and it cannot, without the aid of "interpolation," sustain the illogical and immoral dogma of salvation by faith.
Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity.
I have no wish to draw down the blinds again upon vital questions of sex, to bring out once more the comfortable "wraps" of Victorian days, to uphold reserve if not silence, or shut the door upon open talk.
When such is the case, there cannot be that adequate punishment for vice so necessary to uphold the morals of a people.
It was the Syndics who in their official capacity heard the oaths of the Bishop and of the Vidomne to uphold the rights and privileges of the town.
His appointees were invariably men of means and influence, and could be relied upon to uphold the interests of the aristocracy and the Governor.
For any person to cast dishonor or censure upon the fallen monarch, or to uphold in any way the proceedings against him, or to assert the legality of his dethronement, was declared by the Assembly high treason.
If he found himself in the midst of Christ's friends, he was the most forward touphold Christ's cause, but he had not much moral stamina.
Some clear Nicolas of this charge, while othersuphold it.
The persons who uphold this view fix the date of the Acts in the earlier half of the second century, and teach that the speeches and addresses were composed by the author of the book and put into the mouths of the reputed speakers.
They have given their support to a political party, and have sold their talents to uphold a cause, hoping thereby to gain their ends.
The cliff stood as adamant, a vast bulwark to uphold the rebels.
With my last breath I will uphold the excellence and nobleness of her character.
You who uphold free people, free speech, free everything, what a foul blot of despotism rests on a once spotless name!
He would take her on his back as he went swimming, and she clung close, feeling his strong movement under her, so strong, as if it would uphold all the world.
She was no longer called upon to uphold with her childish might the broken end of the arch.
It was based on the theory that there was general hostility between the southern white and the southern black, and that the government must uphold the weaker by establishing a system of espionage over the stronger.
They declared it to be the duty of the whites to act in perfect good faith in their relations with freedmen, to respect and uphold their rights, and to promote good feeling.
There was something like a revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the White Leagues or clubs whose members were sworn to uphold "white" principles.
From the letter they read aloud the words of Holy Writ: "In the uttermost parts of the sea, Thy right hand shall uphold me.
Our ally having been attacked and we ourselves flouted it became necessary for us, if we meant to uphold our prestige in the East, to declare war on Turkey.
This is a frequent cause of complaint even among those who wish to uphold the Autocratic Power.
Does she not need all her faith in her lover, in herself, ay, and in God, to uphold her in this new affliction?
And where there is no reason to uphold a passion, it will sink of itself; but where there is, it may last eternally.
They know that the great majority of the poor people are with them, and at heart uphold them.
We on the contrary champion the many against the few: we welcome all witnesses, and weigh all testimony: we uphold all the ages against one or two, and all the countries against a narrow space.
I have as great a respect for it as any millionaire can have and as sincerely accept and uphold it as the condition of our civilization.
He proposed in fact absurdity qualified by fraud, the established practice of which would, no doubt, have had a most excellent effect in teaching the citizens to reverence and the Courts to uphold the law.
Every thing that the king could do to uphold the clergy, he did cheerfully.
