| 单词 | tower of strength |
| 例句 | “Not only fine. She’s strong. She stands on her two feet. She’s a tower of strength. Did you come back to Olive’s house after the funeral?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A tower of strength, she is firm and does not yield, except in loving. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tucker’s band of players may be tiny, but they succeed unerringly in their quest to show us Joan as an unfathomable tower of strength. Review | The small-cast ‘Saint Joan’ at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z A divorced teacher, Dorothy delivers deliciously drawn-out reaction shots, and generally acts as a tower of strength in an oversized trouser suit. Your next box set: The Golden Girls 2010-10-15T07:00:00Z Mr. Venegas, the first violinist, was a tower of strength throughout. Dance Review: ?Tango y Vida? at Chase Latino Cultural Festival 2010-08-02T22:00:00Z A sturdy tower of strength, she carries with her an impossibly balanced stack of steamer trunks, suitcases, a frying pan, bucket, lantern and more domestic objects. Alison Saar traces diasporas in the exceptional 'Silt, Soot and Smut' at L.A. Louver Gallery 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z For me and my older brother, she is a best friend and a tower of strength. When weddings attack: adventures of a modern bride 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z “My mother has been a tower of strength for our family, leaving us a legacy that will influence our children and generations to come,” Mrs. Comes said via text message. Dodie Osteen, at 90, credits healing miracles with spurring Lakewood Church ministry 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z She is also 27 - petite and blonde and a tower of strength. Where Ukraine’s army of amputees go to repair their lives 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z As a couple throughout their married life, Daphne gave exemplary support to David and in his declining health was a tower of strength to him. David Trimble: Reaction to the death of former first minister 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Key newspapers embraced the movement, including the formerly Whig New York Tribune and the New York Evening Post, once a tower of strength for the Democrats. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Her Evelyn, struggling to understand what’s going on and yet accepting it, is a tower of strength — and, in a beautiful final close-up as she gazes in wonder around her, a beacon of love. ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ review: Michelle Yeoh holds this wildly creative film in her (non-hot-dog) hands 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z With the help of their tower of strength, the Hoosiers went from a 51-51 tie with 10:15 left to a 73-59 lead at the 3:51 mark. AP Was There: Indiana wins ‘76 title, caps undefeated season 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Grant says his mother has been a "tower of strength" and Hu is proud of the difference the Moira Fund has made to so many lives, describing it as "a perfect legacy". Diary of my daughter's murder: 'We were in hell on earth' 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Hilda said her brother, who was almost two years younger than she was, was her tower of strength. A Miami-area Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “I think he’s been really a tower of strength for all of us,” Vogel said. The King’s Speech: LeBron James’ words salve hurting Lakers 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “I think he’s been really a tower of strength for all of us,” coach Frank Vogel said of James before the game. LeBron James delivers a king’s speech in the most trying of Lakers times 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Fans view him as a colossus, a tower of strength leading from the team’s defence. At home with Vincent Kompany: 'Setbacks, racism – everything fed my fire' 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z "She is a beautiful mum... a tower of strength and true inspiration." 'Emmeline is my absolute hero' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z She called Ms. Eve a “tower of strength.” Leecia Eve, Ex-Aide to Clinton and Cuomo, Enters Attorney General Race 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z From that point forward, Harden became a tower of strength for Artesia. James Harden was just another freshman at Artesia High, until he hit a game-winning shot 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z To outsiders Terry may be a Marmite figure but to Chelsea supporters he is a truly iconic man, a tower of strength at the club for so long, a winner. John Terry’s 26th-minute guard of honour send-off at Chelsea: fair or farce? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Nyong’o plays Harriet as both tower of strength and woman wrapped in a smothering shawl of pride that she rarely allows to drop. queen-of-katwe-review 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z She was a tower of strength, unafraid to chart her own course. The Daily 202: Five reasons Bernie Sanders lost last night’s Democratic debate 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z “She was a tower of strength alongside her husband, had strong beliefs, and was not afraid to chart her own course politically.” Nancy Reagan: Condolences pour in for 'tower of strength' first lady 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “You have seemed to me like some very solid tower of strength & reality in a world which had become a world of ghosts & shadows & unrealities,” she writes. TS Eliot letters reveal anguish over failure of first marriage 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Morgan won header after header, a figure of fun turned into a tower of strength. Brilliant transformation of Wes Morgan embodies the miracle of Leicester | Jonathan Wilson 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Bruno thought he looked like “a tower of strength,” and took great risks, but he noticed a few baubles. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: 'Immunity Night' wasn't safe for Andy Grammer 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z By contrast, Britain remained a tower of strength. European car sales hit 20-year low for May as key markets suffer 2013-06-18T10:24:04Z Jamal Crawford, a tower of strength off the bench all season for the Clippers, missed a three-point attempt on the buzzer and the Magic were able to celebrate the end of a 10-game skid. Late rally helps Magic snap Clippers' record streak 2013-01-13T01:20:50Z It is the undeniable truth that Cézanne has become a tower of strength in the eyes of the younger generation of artists which intrigues critical fancy. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The old man stood with his arms extended from stanchion to stanchion, a perfect tower of strength and determination. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z I confess to a feeling of remorse in aiding to destroy the illusion which has so long made the Old Mill a tower of strength to Newport. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In this detail work, of immense importance to the successful conduct of a strike, Mabel was a tower of strength. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Comte Vinci, first violin, was a tower of strength, and kept them all in order. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z They knew that God was a tower of strength, and that they could rely on Him. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z She has been a tower of strength to me. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z “While Mrs. MacCall is a tower of strength herself, even if she is getting old.” The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z For the first time they were realizing what a tower of strength Isadore had been. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z He was a tower of strength at all times, and I shall have occasion to mention him later in connection with certain important duties. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z A woman who has her child in her arms is a tower of strength, a beautiful, unassailable tower of strength that may in its turn stand quietly dealing death. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But the defence had a tower of strength in the great advocate Berryer, the defender of Ney, Lamennais, Châteaubriand, and Louis Napoléon—the greatest pleader and, after Mirabeau, the greatest orator his country has produced. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z One day there arrived a very great man, in my opinion a tower of strength in finance—Thomas Baring, afterward Lord Revelstoke, who succeeded Lord Ashburton as the representative of England in this country. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Our master gunner, Master Silas Touchstone, has seen much service 'gainst the Dutch, and, forsooth, he's a tower of strength to the brig. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z They were a tower of strength, an object of pride to every member of the Society. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z More than ever did he seem as a very tower of strength. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z In his assumption of authority Mr Burton seemed a tower of strength. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Morton would have been a tower of strength, however, and so would Andrew. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The little lighthouse on the north point, which had proved such a veritable tower of strength, was still unharmed, although the rocks about it were splintered and pulverised by shell-fire. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Profiting by the experience of these men, we are in hopes to build up a system of practice that will stand a tower of strength amid the rude shock of medical theories. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z There was something about him that seemed to render him in her eyes a very tower of strength and reliability. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z "A beautiful tower of strength," said the boy. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Byron’s name and great popularity would be a tower of strength to them. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z The two men hesitated; for the King's name was a tower of strength which they did not at all like to assail. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z But his name was still a tower of strength to his Red brethren and the Freicorps of the Schwartzwald and the Rhine. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z A tower of strength seemed that thought—and then came that which seemed to cut under its foundations. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He was therefore a tower of strength to Monroe. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z A tower of strength you show to all Who recognise His grace: The tender lights which round you fall Write heaven upon your face. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z He restored a heretic bishop because his restoration would create divisions among Christians, and expelled the orthodox Athanasius because his presence was a tower of strength to the Church. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z I was afraid you might think I was a boy when you heard my name was ‘Billie Campbell,’” she added, turning and facing that tower of strength and sternness. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z It should not be like a child’s card castle, that the light breath of a scornful laugh will throw down, but “a tower of strength That stands foursquare to all the winds that blow.” The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z They almost seemed to suggest that he, as a tower of strength, might aid her in this matter. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z He was a tower of strength to our cause; when nearly everyone was discouraged at Nauwpoort, his courage never wavered. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Both of them were not weak but had immensely strong characters, veritable towers of strength in supremely difficult times, supporting not only their own heavy burdens but helping others around them to bear theirs. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z As it regarded the death of any member of his extensive family circle, what a tower of strength and consolation he ever was to the mourning hearts of his children! Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z A good thick skin is, in this world, a tower of strength, from the top of which the fortunate ones can defy ill-nature. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z She looked pitiful and helpless, she, his tower of strength. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z He was marked for that fixed and reliable character which made his name a tower of strength to any enterprise with which he was connected, and his integrity, extending to little things, became proverbial. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z At a meeting in a London theatre addressed by Lord Salisbury and the Marquis of Hartington, Lord Cowper was in the chair, and his presence was a tower of strength to the cause. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z His European reputation in science made his name a tower of strength to the “Encyclop�dia,”—even after he ceased to be an editorial coadjutor in the enterprise. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z With this application strong you will find that you exert a good influence over many and become a tower of strength to a large number of friends. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z Perhaps you don’t, though, being a tower of strength yourself. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z On Monday night we were pleasantly surprised by the arrival of Amabile, the maid from Pisa, who is quite a tower of strength to us—so kind, gentle, and strong. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Lyne probably thought, however, with Richard that "the king's name is a tower of strength, which they on the adverse faction want." The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Raff was a tower of strength in himself, while at the same time acting as Liszt's mouthpiece in the Wagner propaganda. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z A tower of strength he was to me that hour. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z I pushed in, and found myself in a vast and magnificent apartment, on the gorgeously frescoed ceiling of which was emblazoned the name—which is a tower of strength to every Frenchman—Napoleon. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Falsely I had imagined that the change from the sweet dreamy days of my youth, to the stern realities of my manhood, had created for me that tower of strength to the unfortunate—endurance. The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet 2011-02-23T03:00:30.700Z Thus India, instead of being a weakness to the Empire, proved a tower of strength; instead of a danger, she became a staunch bulwark. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Before the great conflict began he made an address to his Swedes, and then the whole army united in singing Luther's grand hymn, "A tower of strength is our Lord!" A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z A country doctor of the noblest type—as this one was—is the tower of strength on which many a community leans. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z In every relation of life Harold was a tower of strength. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Within the home, in relation to the children, she was undoubtedly a tower of strength. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z But the loss of reputation—that tower of strength to the conqueror—was not to be estimated. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies These troubled ones found in their leader a tower of strength. Brother Francis Less than the least The White Knight is now a tower of strength. Chess Fundamentals Beside Athens, Sparta, a communistic oligarchy, was a tower of strength and effectiveness. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Though she hardly ever saw him and though she had no precise idea that he cared for her more than does the scientist for the bacteria he observes, he had been her tower of strength. A Bed of Roses Leave us but the name and person of Guatimozin to rally around, and it will be a tower of strength, which can never fail us.” Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 They knew he had been communicated with and his presence would prove a tower of strength to the insurgents. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He had his farm in the Hampshire Grants, and his name was a tower of strength among the Green Mountain Boys. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools This man beside her was as a very tower of strength. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Miss Abby W. May was a tower of strength to our association. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Her quiet love and silent sympathy had been for many a year a tower of strength to him. Jan Vedder's Wife To his own denomination he is a tower of strength. The London Pulpit “If he were only here–here!” he moaned; it was evident that the youthful daredevil who liked excitement, but “knew where to stop”, was a tower of strength to the less balanced father. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl They were doubtless, as Bessie believed them to be, a tower of strength to her, inspiring confidence, securing friends, bringing custom and money. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind A tower of strength he was to me at that hour. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories She seemed a perfect tower of strength to me, standing there like a strong guardian of the home. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas In the various communities where they lived their lives, and did their work, they were known as strong, stalwart Christian men, and towers of strength to the several churches to which they became attached. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Slim Haley, with his great bulk, was a tower of strength at right guard, and Madison and Ames did some savage tackling. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The boys formed behind as under cover of a tower of strength, and the spy dashed round the bend. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Betty felt that she was a tower of strength, and so kind. Exit Betty Whether he would be a tower of strength in a smash-up is not so easily divined. An Ocean Tramp His long banking experience and his shrewd, straightforward judgment proved a tower of strength in days of trial. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways Would the resultant training make of her a tower of strength––or would it render her incapable of resisting the onslaughts of evil when at length she faced the world? Carmen Ariza "How kind you are," said Anna gratefully; indeed, he seemed to her to be a tower of strength. The Benefactress She was glad to meet the young man, although she had strong reasons for believing that he was not a tower of strength on matters of Faith. Marion Fay Stern towers of strength! once bulwarks of the land, When feudal power bore sway with sovereign hand— Frown ye no more—the glory of the scene— Sad, silent witness of what crimes have been! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The Brigade Major was a tower of strength when on Gallipoli. With Manchesters in the East He had, above all, a tower of strength in the talents of his illustrious brother. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The women have been a tower of strength to every official in this country who has tried to do his duty. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V She left her hand in his clasp; that too was gentle and firm, like the man; he seemed a tower of strength to Diana. Diana But for Washington, patient and wise, standing as a tower of strength about which the patriotic people might rally, the end of it all might well have been in doubt. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Their men began at once to form themselves in companies, under the general leadership of Timothy Ruggles, who had long been a political tower of strength, and was now assuming military importance. The Siege of Boston Marry her, my son," said he, "and build a tower of strength as her abode on this isle of mine. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland She has been such a tower of strength to our cause everywhere and now her place knows her no more! The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V Diana went into the house feeling that her minister was a tower of strength and a treasury of kindness. Diana I believe she was more anxious to comfort Larry and show him what a tower of strength she could be to him than anything else. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America He was all-powerful, the tower of strength which rose out of her sight. The Rainbow McAlpin, their giant fullback, proved a tower of strength, and when he was given the ball plunged through the line like a thunderbolt. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron His European name was a tower of strength to the Greek patriots. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Let come what might, they would remain with her always like a benediction, a tower of strength in some future hour of trial. When Dreams Come True Charlotte B. Wilbour, gifted in a high degree, calm in judgment and steady in purpose, is always a tower of strength. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II We're all here," said old General Wilks, who had been a tower of strength in the Army of the Tennessee, "and we're the best people of the best state on earth. Otherwise Phyllis And he became to all who knew him a tower of strength, a sure refuge, a strong city, and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Without undervaluing these and other auxiliaries, I incline to the belief that, under God, the Church has no tower of strength more potent than the celibacy of her clergy. The Faith of Our Fathers But there he stood, a tower of strength, the Rock of Chickamauga indeed! Doctor Jones' Picnic At this moment, Hughson, the famous pitcher who had been a tower of strength to the Giants for ten years past, came strolling up, and Joe and Jim fell upon him with a shout. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Jim proved a tower of strength to his company commander, as he had been to his school. Captain Jim He has the whole command and sole management of six most unmanageable pieces of ordnance, admirably adapted for the destruction of Pendennis, a like tower of strength on the opposite side of the channel. The Cornwall Coast Still I am in the service of King Louis, and have claims which he cannot disregard; and, credit me, a king's name is a tower of strength. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. He thought of Warren as a tower of strength, cool, level-headed Warren who could manage any situation. Rainbow Hill ‘Don’t say so! you, loved by every one, the tower of strength to all that is good!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster These men were towers of strength in the North. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Had Erasistratus only been acquainted with the structure of insects, the analogy of their tracheal system would have been a tower of strength to him. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 But Mr. Stuart was a tower of strength. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail Liddell was a great tower of strength to us in these trenches, one of the most fearless and pugnacious of men, with a taste for wandering about No Man's Land o' nights. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Anarchy is triumphant, and the great army which should be a tower of strength is a rope of sand. "The Pomp of Yesterday" It was seen that the Federal government, with a resolute President at its head, was a tower of strength in the event of a social uprising. Historical Essays One friend, one true friend to the young wife, will indeed be a tower of strength to her. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies She always boarded the schoolteachers and looked after them maternally; she was an active church worker and a tower of strength to struggling ministers and their families. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 For thou wast our tower of strength, and the weapons proved fatal to thee. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece An upright, honorable, keen man of business, Duncan Fraser was a tower of strength in the firm. The Rider in Khaki A Novel He had returned good for evil, and in supporting her through the ordeal of the Uplift Plan he had proved himself a tower of strength. Tutors' Lane Declaring she was not excited, only happy, Estelle clung to Jack as to a tower of strength against any return. Chatterbox, 1906 We who laboured along with him in the ministry felt that his mere existence in the community was an irresistible demonstration of Christianity and a tower of strength to every good cause. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 The idea was that Brander, whose name had been a tower of strength to the bank, had been grossly negligent in allowing its affairs to get into such a state. A Girl of the Commune Canada, too, had a tower of strength in Isaac Brock, a distinguished British soldier, who had seen active service in the West Indies and in Holland, and had been with Nelson at Copenhagen. Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada The first interesting house one meets on entering the village from the south is the old Dutch parsonage which, being of brick, was a tower of strength against the Indians as well as the Devil. The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five You are a tower of strength, Jack,' she added, with a proud look at him. Chatterbox, 1906 "Sisters are towers of strength, arks of refuge in a storm," said Fred. Viking Boys His European reputation in science made his name a tower of strength to the "Encyclopædia,"—even after he ceased to be an editorial coadjutor in the enterprise. Classic French Course in English And by so doing, would he not rob Lady Mason of her sole remaining tower of strength?—for if Mr. Furnival knew that she was guilty, Mr. Furnival must of course abandon her cause. Orley Farm Greta Williams had one of those strong womanly characters that are meant to be the prop of weaker natures, that are veritable towers of strength in hours of adversity. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient Price's name was a tower of strength in itself; his hardy compatriots flocked around him, and nearly every day there were collisions between them and the United States troops. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The Ballwyllo herd have long been celebrated, and were a tower of strength at the Angus Agricultural Society's shows. Cattle and Cattle-breeders The good opinion and confidence of the members of the same profession, like the King's name on the field of battle, is "a tower of strength;" it is the title of legitimacy. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition "We are peculiarly happy in having such a tower of strength as Mr. Furnival," and then he bowed to the barrister. Orley Farm Strong, grey, silent, these solid blocks resist winds and waves, and so one felt would that powerful reticent nature stand steadfast in life's battle, a tower of strength to those who trusted him. Robert Louis Stevenson At each of these points, as at Prince Albert, the few Mounted Police that were on duty became a literal tower of strength. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police But she was terribly perturbed about the naughty child; and Rosamund looked to her, with her straight carriage, her fine open face, like a very tower of strength. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls These are the two great qualities needed for a cavalry officer, and Kilpatrick's name at once became a tower of strength among his men. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 And my old friend Mr. Chaffanbrass is another tower of strength. Orley Farm At such moments Willyum Green was a tower of strength, but at the present time he was fooling about helping the ship's cat to wash itself. A Master Of Craft I hope it turns out that way," declared the Kentucky boy; "because Hank is just what you might call a tower of strength when he's along. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave Sir E. Carson, who had for a brief period proved himself a tower of strength on the Dardanelles Committee, resigned from the Cabinet in disgust. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 His name was already a tower of strength in the commercial world. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The home that was home, even in a bog, with the love of it that has made Ireland immortal and a tower of strength in the midst of her suffering—what of that? Children of the Tenements You will be a tower of strength to us; but this is not a time for fighting. The Rajah of Dah But even towers of strength are sometimes undermined and give way. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens The message of the President was immediately transmitted, and proved a tower of strength to the friends of the Union, and a heavy blow to the secession element, which was rampant in Congress. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 During the first days after the tragic happening Dan had been a tower of strength, always at hand to comfort, support, and take every difficulty upon his own shoulders. A College Girl You will recall what a long hard fight Lanier had with sickness and poverty and what a tower of strength through it all was the gentle and tender woman who loved him. Sermons on Biblical Characters That is what I want you to be—a tower of strength—strength perfected, it may be, in weakness—weakness forcing you to despair of self, and find the Rock of Ages. Letters to His Friends Her couch is in the ancestral tomb With Putnam's honor'd dust, The true in word, the bold in deed, A bulwark in his Country's need, A tower of strength and trust. Man of Uz, and Other Poems He would be to you a tower of strength in the day of trouble. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author He was a tower of strength to her. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian As Company Sergeant Major, Cairns was a tower of strength. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry An enemy of all shams, he was a tower of strength for the Administration in the Senate. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis He caught her up to him, fiercely, furiously, and she could feel him trembling, that tall tower of strength, like a terrified child. Jane Journeys On His name was a tower of strength to the Government with the newly-enfranchised electors, but he himself had little taste for the routine of office. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies "You would be a tower of strength in yourself from the beginning; you might be the making of a newly-founded hospital." A Houseful of Girls He was the best living representative of those loyal men of the Border States who had proved a tower of strength to the Union cause. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Invaluable in opposition and almost irresistible in assault, Senator Edmunds has always been regarded by the Republicans in the Senate as their "tower of strength" when the political horizon was overcast. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis He's like a person in a book,—very tall and very thin and yet he seems like a perfect tower of strength, some way. Jane Journeys On Never, but he worshipped her very name and she was a tower of strength to him. The Eternal City What a tower of strength he was to me when I felt I was getting middle-aged, and my system of teaching was becoming old-fashioned. A Houseful of Girls The Chief Justice was a tower of strength to the Massachusetts judiciary. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 His name was a tower of strength in his generation; and he left a vivid impress upon the German mind of the eighteenth century. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology He is a real Sahib; a tower of strength. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I His name at the back of a five-pound bill is therefore a tower of strength, and, in fact, floats the entire speculation. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. They are cold and sarcastic; they inculcate self-sufficiency, and preach to man to be a tower of strength in himself, not always in the praiseworthy Christian way. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He was a great, strong, wise man, a champion and tower of strength. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The home that was home even in a bog, with the love of it that has made Ireland immortal and a tower of strength in the midst of her suffering—what of that? Nibsy's Christmas In him we lost not only a man who was financially a tower of strength in the work, but I lost an intimate personal friend in whom I had absolute trust. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "Besides, the King's name is a tower of strength." Shadows of the Stage It was found that these taxes, which had been the 'towers of strength' of a preceding generation, could no longer be relied on in the changed circumstances that had been brought about by time. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 While Val was frightening his family by indulging in a bout of fever to complicate his injuries, Jeems was proving himself a tower of strength and a person to be relied upon. Ralestone Luck He has no such tower of strength now. Phineas Redux Such a man—and of course Acacius was shrewd enough to see it—would have been a tower of strength to them. The Arian Controversy The spirit of Protestant Germany is embodied in his religious tone productions which have proved to Protestantism a tower of strength. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music The second Miss Tebbs had an immense acquaintance and correspondence, a fairly, good business head and, to her late enemy Mrs. Shafto, she ultimately proved a veritable tower of strength. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Then suddenly Mary became a tower of strength. The Shield of Silence Moreover, during his sojourn among us he was a tower of strength, having long been resident in the country, and thoroughly conversant with the language and manners of the Germans. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben His reputation for purity, dignity, original social consideration, moral intrepidity, and direct Scotch sagacity had made his name a tower of strength in his native State. Tales of the Chesapeake She was a tower of strength to most of the charitable institutions in the city, a terror to the professional pauper, but a real friend to the deserving. The Luckiest Girl in the School He was leaning more and more heavily upon this new tower of strength, this tender little girl whom he had hitherto shielded and supported. The Portion of Labor It is a tower of strength for a boy to have a hero. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie In the late debate between these celebrated speculators,—one reformed, the other confirmed in his vicious career—it was observed, what a tower of strength truth gives to the man who espouses the just cause. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. To whom my pen so oft pours forth my heart; Mansion of noble probity, who art A tower of strength 'gainst all assault full arm'd. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch But in Oriental literature, M. Hammer is a tower of strength, and justly considered to be the pride of his country. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Thus she has made out of the very weakness of her position a paramount tower of strength. The Navy as a Fighting Machine They is the capital uv the Democrisy, its refuge, its tower of strength. "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. A tower of strength was Israel Putnam's name, A rally-word for patriot acclaim; It meant resolve, and hope, and bravery, And steady cheerfulness and constancy. "Old Put" The Patriot You turn to the one who has fought his way through the doubt, the difficulty, the trouble, and you find a tower of strength. The Discipline of War Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent They who laboured along with him in the ministry felt that his mere existence in the community was an irresistible demonstration of Christianity and a tower of strength p. 174to every good cause. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Milton's name would have been a tower of strength to the liberal eighteenth-century clergy inside and outside the Establishment. Life of John Milton What a tower of strength he seemed as he moved through the forest and the night. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists Carette knew now all that I could tell her, and Aunt Jeanne would be a tower of strength to me in my absence. Carette of Sark These men are a tower of strength to the chaplains, and their influence for good amongst their comrades is incalculable. Over the Top With the Third Australian Division No wonder Boone was considered one of the most valuable men on the frontier, and was a very tower of strength in defending it against the Indians. American Men of Action I am not without hope that henceforth, until the battle with landlordism and Dublin Castle is triumphantly over, the people of Kerry will be towers of strength to the national cause. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent What a tower of strength this Indian seemed to her just then. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists There she stood in the centre of the apartment, her firm, square figure apparently rooted to the floor, her head enveloped in innumerable folds of white cotton, a tower of strength and defiance. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick That which a starved and restless and giddy world has lost is this pool of quietness, this tower of strength, this cleansing grace of salvation, this haven of the Spirit. Preaching and Paganism "And he's a tower of strength," continued Samuel, "and, as for getting in trouble with me, that I can promise you you never will do if you behave." The Torch and Other Tales Wendell Phillips was fortunate in his domestic tower of strength; still, I have known men whose domestic lives were painful in the extreme, and yet they arose above this deficiency to great personal prominence. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Solomon has been a tower of strength in this campaign. In the Days of Poor Richard It was into these towers of strength that these worthies retreated on all occasions. Gladys, the Reaper He had been to them a tower of strength. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Mary had served her ladyship as maid for fifteen years before she took Cobley, and she was a tower of strength to that important woman and had come to be generously remembered according. The Torch and Other Tales Simple and earnest as a child, he was yet a tower of strength to the cause of justice. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made And where is he, that tower of strength, Whose fate with hers for life was joined? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Shad became a tower of strength when it came to painting the old furniture. Kit of Greenacre Farm Believe me, my dear friend, even in the short time you have been in Glendale you have become a tower of strength to me. The Tinder-Box He measured the one against t'other, however, and felt upon the whole that such a woman would be a tower of strength if she could only be got away from her parent. The Torch and Other Tales It is not known at what moment the brilliant idea struck him, that as a husband he might be a tower of strength to the fragile young creature on the sofa. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales His unobtrusive readiness and his constant hopefulness had been to her a tower of strength during the quiet, dreadful hours before the doctor came. Mavericks Yet to the middle-class England of his own time, that unenfranchised England which had little representation in Parliament, he was a voice, an inspiration, and a tower of strength. Montcalm and Wolfe Dr. Stone is a tower of strength in herself and with her trained assistants carries the large work here nobly. Notable Women of Modern China He is, of course, a tower of strength—twenty men are not such as he. Sketches in the House (1893) It is the first instinct of the child's nature to look up to the parent as its refuge, its tower of strength. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Gold pillar to a silver socket; The weakling's tower of strength, firm-lockèd, The very golden crown of life; Grace upon grace—a virtuous wife. A Celtic Psaltery Yes, Hugo was, indeed, a rock and tower of strength. V. V.'s Eyes Meanwhile the prince marched up the room, his arm placed affectionately on my shoulder, and presented me to the gracious lady who was such a tower of strength to the Cause. For The Admiral It is perfectly digestible and will prove a tower of strength and a standby under all conditions of life and work. Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes Thou wast a very tower of strength to the host, and we wept for thee as for a second Achilles. Stories from the Odyssey In time of stress he was a tower of strength and could be counted upon to set his men an example of cool and judicious daring. War in the Garden of Eden It belongs there as much as anywhere, and will prove to be a tower of strength and refuge to you in the perplexing situations of your busy life. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga "He has the makings of a soldier, and in a year or two will be a tower of strength to us." For The Admiral It has to be done, however, and what a tower of strength and encouragement does "Capting Florence" prove himself at this juncture! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 The eldership has ever been a tower of strength in the Covenanted Church. Sketches of the Covenanters Why should he not revere such a source of help; such an everlasting tower of strength? The Evolution of Dodd And so we are constantly reminding you that your tower of strength and refuge lies on the higher plane. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga Etienne alone, could guide his men while day lasted, as well as a pilot could steer a ship in a well-known archipelago, and in Ralph he had a tower of strength. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune You're such a tower of strength, and you make everything so easy and simple. Out of the Ashes By all means choose a man whose high character and good name will be a tower of strength to your cause; and if necessary, wait for him to make up his mind. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Because I will not lean upon a tower of strength. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Such a man was, in reality, a veteran even in his first fight, and was a tower of strength to the recruits in his part of the line. The Rough Riders Thus he lived from year to year, increasing his reputation as a lawyer of marked ability, and as a politician whose eloquence in every campaign was a tower of strength to his party. California Sketches, Second Series "Blessed be COOK!" say I. All I know is, that we found his name a perfect tower of strength along the entire route we traversed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890 In prayer, in exhortation, and in labor at the side of the seeker, he was a tower of strength. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy It was that divine love, then, that tower of strength, that shield and buckler, that made me this thing you see. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Bronson was glad that there was a Lorry; both as a companion to himself and as a tower of strength to Dorothy. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life He would be a tower of strength, with his ability and his wealth, if he should, under God, turn to the right and seek salvation. Vandemark's Folly Governor Taft and General Wright were towers of strength in the early days. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) Judging from what I've heard of him, he's a tower of strength. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border For a dozen years after the close of the Revolution Brady continued to be a tower of strength to the frontier settlers of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 He was ultimately made a brigadier-general of the Virginian militia, and to the harassed settlers in Kentucky his mere name was a tower of strength. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 He is a tower of strength in checking the ill-usage of clothes—what I have come to regard as the greatest danger with Englishmen. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I A "good name" is a tower of strength and many votes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Mr. George Dawson—whose name it was thought would be a tower of strength—took an active part in its editorial work. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" "It is in every sense a tower of strength, water even being placed in its side that we might not die of thirst." The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods If American prejudice permitted her and others to speak freely of her pedigree, what a tower of strength her name and influence would be to a despised and struggling race! The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Evans, of course, is a tower of strength, but Oates and Wilson are doing splendidly also. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I From a tower of strength, supporting alone, yet with ease, National Woolens, and the vast structure based upon it, Dumont had crumbled into an obstruction and a weakness. The Cost One hung over the after-capstan, sobbing for breath, and I stood amongst them like a tower of strength, impervious to disease and feeling only the sickness of my soul. The Shadow Line; a confession What a tower of strength to the weakening pitcher! The Redheaded Outfield He was a tower of strength, and he stood by me faithfully until he died. The Story of a Pioneer The dressers, often inexperienced or nervous, found her a tower of strength. Of Human Bondage I thought of the other Societies, too numerous to mention, all built up on this man as on a tower of strength. The Moonstone Unconsciously, perhaps, his fingers tightened their grip upon the shotgun, which was apt to prove a tower of strength in case the worst that could happen came to pass. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island He was very glad to get the assistance of Longworth; the name itself was a tower of strength in the City. A Woman Intervenes Besides, she has Aunt Betsy, a tower of strength in all things.' The Golden Calf But—but—oh, the awful looming cloud of that but!—he did not stand firm in the landscape of her life like a tower of strength, like a great pillar of significance. England, My England He has the whole command and sole management of six most unmanageable pieces of ordnance, admirably adapted for the destruction of Pendennis, a like tower of strength on the opposite side of the Channel. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 If less prominent in his episcopal administration, Bishop Provost's name as a patriot was a tower of strength to the infant Church. Five Sermons "A tower of strength, a city of refuge," suggested Mrs. Whyland. Under the Skylights The building will become like the foundation, and will grow into 'a tower of strength that stands four-square to every wind.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Although somewhat inclined to corpulence, he was a fine man, and looked a tower of strength as he lay tossed back on the pillows, his big arms and thick brown throat bare. A Mummer's Wife We will do our very utmost to make her comfortable, and she will be a tower of strength to us; for you know sometimes it is very awkward to have only two young ladies. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Lady Fawn was a tower of strength to Lucy. The Eustace Diamonds His people looked up to him as a tower of strength, and when he spake, his words fell upon them with the weight of great authority. An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 The fiercer the blast, the firmer our confidence in the inexpugnable solidity of that tower of strength that stands four square to every wind that blows. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms She breathed another air for the moment, conscious that there was beside her a tower of strength, under whose shadow her passion and her pain were alleviated. The Precipice The men you least expected to would become a tower of strength.� The Biography of a Rabbit But then a tower of strength may at any moment become a dungeon. The Eustace Diamonds On the contrary, in carrying out a great reform like the abolition of slavery, the education of the blind, or the foundation of national unity, a man's conscience becomes a tower of strength to him. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquillity for an apparent temporary advantage. The History of the Peloponnesian War Huge great horses, broad of limb, standing high up above the level surface of the open field, great towers of strength, almost prehistoric in their massiveness. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies At first the "Politicals" were inclined to be angry, but with such a tower of strength as General Knox in support they soon came to look upon the proceedings as a fait accompli. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Were she once to get hold of that word paraphernalia, it would be as a tower of strength to her. The Eustace Diamonds In the first place, she was courageous by nature, and in the second her husband was with her, a tower of strength, and she could know no fear while he was at her side. Phantom Fortune, a Novel His name itself was a tower of strength in the army. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 But on our side, besides the physical superiority, was a tower of strength, namely, the king's name, "which they upon the adverse faction wanted." Miscellaneous Essays If his conversion is real he will add a tower of strength to the Russian fighting forces. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Greystock, who would have been a tower of strength, had turned against him, and was now prepared to maintain that the harpy was right. The Eustace Diamonds CLAIRE: So—you being such a tower of strength, why need I too be imprisoned in what I came from? Plays Bit by bit he demolished that tower of strength, the case against the accused, basing his defence entirely upon the evidence of Lord Arthur Skelmerton's guests that night. The Old Man in the Corner Wisely has it been said that "the king's name is a tower of strength." The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers This is a sort of organic integrity of affection, which is to those who receive it a tower of strength, that is impregnable to all assault except that of death itself. Mercy Philbrick's Choice As he stood on the deck, his brawny arms folded across his massive chest, he looked a perfect model of a man and a tower of strength. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Augusta was to me in the hour of need a tower of strength. Byron But there was a tower of strength at short in George McBride, who has been playing steadily and consistently at that position for several seasons without being given one-tenth the credit his work has merited. Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 His wife was in all his trials a very tower of strength to him. Beneath the Banner By our very presence we should be a tower of strength to the hungering human souls around us. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities But the full-back was a tower of strength, and with eagerly outstretched hands he waited the oncoming of the left half. The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup He is a tower of strength in checking the ill-usage of clothes—what I have come to regard as the greatest danger with Englishmen.' The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition "Oh, cousin, you are such a tower of strength and comfort!" The Earth Trembled Shakespeare, Richard III, Act V, sc. in, 11. 12-13: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse party want. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc The deferential gravity of his tone impressed me anew with the man's worth, and I felt that the stricken wife had a tower of strength in the faithful servitor. Vicky Van At Christ Church, Oxford, he justified the hopes of his friends- -a quiet, abstemious, reading man, mighty in debate, learned and devout in theology, and a tower of strength in examinations. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Evans, of course, is a tower of strength, but Oates and Wilson are doing splendidly also.' The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Admiral Cunningham, General Alexander and Sir Marshal Tedder have been towers of strength in handling the complex details of naval and ground and air activities. The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt In Dunchester these were active and numerous, a very tower of strength to me, for Stephen Strong was the wealthiest and most important of them. Doctor Therne And here's another footnote: 'Chief Mate Michael J. Murphy very gallantly declined to leave when he smelled the creosote, and was a tower of strength when it came to stowing the nitrate. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley He'll be a tower of strength when we open up that tract after the railroad builds in. The Valley of the Giants In this painful ordeal Mrs. Wheaton was a tower of strength, and managed almost everything for them, since no dependence could be placed on Mr. Jocelyn. Without a Home But still there was a feeling of doubt, and a consciousness that Melmotte, though a tower of strength, was thought by many to have been built upon the sands. The Way We Live Now But Thomas, the future "Rock of Chickamauga," was already showing himself a tower of strength. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign At this time Minna, with her truly comforting assurance and firmness of bearing, was a tower of strength to me and the one thing I had left to fall back upon. My Life — Volume 1 There's a man for ye!" murmured Priscilla, admiringly, as he disappeared—"A tower of strength for a 'usband, which the Lord knows is rare! Innocent : her fancy and his fact And the other,—if he should turn out as agreeable as he seemed this morning,—why, he is a tower of strength so far as respectability is concerned! God's Good Man Mr Melmotte's financial capabilities would in themselves be a tower of strength. The Way We Live Now Home had proved his tower of strength—his walled city. The Wedding Guest All through the South and West his name was a tower of strength. David Crockett His Life and Adventures I must finish my story, though it seems hardly worth telling, since my nephew, my tower of strength and trust, had suddenly sunk away from me in the prime of his manhood. My Young Alcides And in some strange way, he was a tower of strength to his father. Women in Love Such a fellow does not win scholarships, but he is a tower of strength to his school. Mates at Billabong It was raining fiercely, and the waves, green towers of strength, broke every now and then over the sides of the yacht with a hissing shower of salt white spray. Thelma If I had not been far too anxious to think of playing tricks, I should certainly have declared that it was needless, with such a tower of strength by my side, to disturb the landlord. Poor Miss Finch It gave him some amusement in the midst of his perplexity to remember the manner in which he had been advised to exorcise this tower of strength altogether. Jewel For was not Robert his tower of strength? Robert Falconer She was never a tower of strength to me, but at least she was always a lodge in my garden of cucumbers. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments And now he was to her a tower of strength, a refuge, a strong city, the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Well, thank goodness, you have a name that will be a tower of strength, Bernick. Pillars of Society It was a satisfaction to have a superintendent like him, whose granite principles, emphasized by his stately figure and bearing, made him a tower of strength in the church and in the community. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) They kept shouting incessantly to one another, and Nestor of Gerene, tower of strength to the Achaeans, was loudest in imploring every man by his parents, and beseeching him to stand firm. The Iliad Amid scenes like this, Bishop Luke was a tower of strength to his Brethren. A History of the Moravian Church Your name will be a tower of strength when I use it as a reference. The Legacy of Cain To them Isaiah’s ministry was a house of refuge, and the prophet himself a veritable tower of strength. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) He looked with frank admiration on Sir Percy, who stood immovable and silent by the window—a perfect tower of strength, serene and impassive, yet kindly in distress. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Night and day did I glory in you throughout the city, for you were a tower of strength to all in Troy, and both men and women alike hailed you as a god. The Iliad What a tower of strength fell in thy fall, and we Achaeans cease not to sorrow for thee, even as for the life of Achilles, son of Peleus! The Odyssey Done into English prose It cost us Argives dear enough to lose such a tower of strength as you were to us. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original "Mr. Whitford," said Dr. Middleton, "You have a tower of strength in the lady's father." The Egoist Wesley Cain had charge of that church and this man and his wife were a tower of strength to me. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation Nestor of Gerene, tower of strength to the Achaeans, lifted up his hands to the starry firmament of heaven, and prayed more fervently than any of them. The Iliad Oh yes; a tower of strength indeed, A present help in all our need, A sword and buckler is our God. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow From that day to this, thirty-six years, he has been a tower of strength to the university, and has rendered incalculable services to the State and Nation. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 |
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