| 单词 | afflictive |
| 例句 | The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature." Tesco Chinese card factory denies 'forced labour' 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In the one, it is an expression of resignation to the Father's afflictive dispensations; in the other, the heartfelt desire to work out the revealed will of God in all the many-sided aspects of life. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The presence of ladies, and the absence of liquors, were the most commendable features of this festivity, which was convened at an absurdly late hour, and characterized by an afflictive amount of dull speaking. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The prudence and martial abilities of the king enabled him, however, soon to suppress these afflictive and unnatural seditions. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z No news of course could be so afflictive to my dear parents, as to hear of the last rash and irretrievable step which I had taken. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z In the intervals between his different fits of intemperance, he suffered the keenest anguish of remorse, and horribly afflictive foresight. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Nature seemed at war with human existence—hundreds seemed to grow worse—the last struggle more afflictive—and no hour of bitterness was comparable to that. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z This, to the new man, is an easy yoke and a light burden; though, to the flesh, it may seem to be a most bitter and afflictive cross. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It will easily be conceived how afflictive such a dispensation must have been to him who had to bear it. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z The refuge of the believer, amidst all the afflictive dispensations of Providence, is that the Lord reigneth, and that He can restrain the arm of man. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Under the most trying circumstances and afflictive dispensations a calm holy resignation to the will of God added a brighter lustre to his exalted qualities. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Soon after this event he sustained an afflictive bereavement in the death of his eldest son, Springett Penn, in the twenty-first year of his age. A Concise Biographical Sketch of William Penn Resignation to its will, whether merciful or afflictive, is one of those eminent virtues which adorn the good man’s character, and will ever find a brilliant reward in the regions of unsullied happiness.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The glorious results of the campaign of 1781 were, however, associated with an event most afflictive to her. Lives of Celebrated Women I'm thankful we're going to a region of picturesque men," says Ronayne, "for I think my lot in life likely to be a little less afflictive than it was last year. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. His death was a terrible calamity, as well as a most afflictive bereavement. Josephine Makers of History At 24 there was a favorable sitiwation of events, if there was not somebody or somethin’ afflictive on the contrary, the which I am disposed to think might be possible. The Witches of New York Resignation to its will, whether merciful or afflictive, is one of those eminent virtues which adorn the good man’s character, and will ever find a brilliant reward in the regions of unsullied happiness.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact It will be remembered, that a few years ago his elder brother, full of college honors and of the highest promise, died under equally afflictive circumstances. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The prioress of the Abbey-in-the-Wood, pleaded before the King against the “afflictive chastisement” threatened by her superior. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages There is another circumstance still more afflictive to a man who is attached, as I am, to a republican government, and one that I perceive has not occurred to you. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Shirley Nay, ourselves suffer with many an afflictive stroke, whose cause, too, seems hidden from us, and to contradict the very character of the God we know. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes Their festivals had nothing mournful or afflictive in them. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Well, if Providence chose to inflict this humiliation and afflictive dispensation on her, it could be borne as long as she had her children around her. Not Like Other Girls All the pains that my infirmities ever brought on me," he adds, "were never half so grievous and afflictive as the unavoidable loss of time which they occasioned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The continual warfare that is carried on between Indian tribes must be afflictive to every humane and Christian spirit. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians There were many good people staggered by that stern and afflictive vicissitude. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm The disease, respecting which the present inquiry is made, is of a nature highly afflictive. An Essay on the Shaking Palsy The circumstances of his death, too, seemed to her peculiarly afflictive. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 The dispensations of Providence often seem afflictive when they happen, and most kind and benevolent afterwards, when their design is perceived. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs At Buckeystown we remained two days, in the enjoyment of a pleasant bivouac; yet, as though no place was free from evil, an event occurred here afflictive to our brigade and to the corps. 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 But fathers—because they design to have their children wise and valiant, apt for counsel or for arms—send them to severe governments, and tie them to study, to hard labor, and afflictive contingencies. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I What makes our troubles is not outward circumstances, howsoever afflictive they may be, but the resistance of our spirits to the circumstances. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Deep as is the gloom that already encircles the world, the afflictive ordeals which that world is to suffer are still in preparation, nor can their blackness be as yet imagined. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh However afflictive your sufferings may be, stay ye undisturbed, and with perfect confidence in the abounding grace of God, brave ye the tempest of tribulations and fiery ordeals. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá No community, no individual, neither in the East nor in the West, however afflictive the circumstances that now prevail, can afford to hesitate or falter. Messages to America Nor should, in a review of this nature, reference be omitted to those princes, ministers and ecclesiastics who have individually been responsible for the afflictive trials which Bahá’u’lláh and His followers have suffered. God Passes By Tribulations, however afflictive, must never shatter their resolve. The Advent of Divine Justice They are a light unto those who believe in them and a fire of afflictive torment for those who turn away and reject them. Selections From the Writings of the Báb Ardea's repertoire was apparently inexhaustible, and at the end of an added hour he began to suspect that she knew what was in store for her and was willing to postpone the afflictive moment. The Quickening He, indeed, is among those whom an afflictive torment doth await. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts His sufferings have now reached their culmination in this afflictive Prison, into which His oppressors have so unjustly thrown Him.” God Passes By They never have even a partial representation of ministers, except under the afflictive dispensations of Providence. History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China Likewise, He saith: “On the day when the heaven shall give out a palpable smoke, which shall enshroud mankind: this will be an afflictive torment.” The Kitáb-i-Íqán Such is their blindness that, with unfeigned severity, they have cast into this fortified and afflictive Prison Him, for the servants of Whose Threshold the world hath been created. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh It seems right, however, in the present instance, to set the reader's expectations at rest, though the doing so be somewhat afflictive to his feelings. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 This afflictive providence is now finished, at least so far. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Though he did not heartily believe in an overruling Providence, he felt the need of one when he considered the afflictive system of slavery with which his State and country were encumbered. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Humanity, as well as interest, should prompt their masters to be a little more attentive to them, under the afflictive dispensations of Providence. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery His sufferings have now reached their culmination in this afflictive Prison, into which His oppressors have so unjustly thrown Him. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh But more afflictive to the feelings of the reformer than the loss of his home, or that of the office of the Liberator, was the loss of his friend, George Thompson. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Thy very afflictive providences have met my wishes, and been so many answers to my prayers. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. It is well to speak of rest from toil; it is well to speak of all the negations of present unfavourable, afflictive conditions which that future presents to us. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Statements so packed as, for example, Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art, do not yield their full intention to the running reader. The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750) Know thou, moreover, that We have been cast into an afflictive Prison, and are encompassed with the hosts of tyranny, as a result of what the hands of the infidels have wrought. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Providence, 2:46; executed by Christ, 1:1; over afflictions and death, 1:83; its darkness, 2:109; prosperous and afflictive, 1:5. Hymns and Spiritual Songs To sink she seems beneath the afflictive weight Of gloomy cares portentous of her fate;— Yet on her brow still soft Affection beams, Tho' Desperation prompts her sombre dreams. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 477, February 19, 1831 Several other afflictive occurrences have been permitted, I am confident for my good: yet I have better health than usual, and the consolations of my God are not withheld. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York And again, flowers are universally spoken of in scripture as blessings, or used as emblems of things valuable or pleasing, while thorns and thistles are always used to represent things hurtful, or afflictive. The Snow-Drop Where stern Disease his rankling arrows sped, While Want, with hard inexorable band, Strew'd keener thorns on Pain's afflictive bed, And urged the flight of life's diminish'd sand. Poems (1828) People find themselves forced to "afflictive" methods which stand in no relation with the realities of life. The Education of the Child And then it is natural that this punitive dosing should be more difficult when the punishments are different in kind, and not very similar in their degrees of coincident afflictive and correctional power. Criminal Sociology Remember, I have wealth more than wit can number; I have had power more than kings could emcompass; yet the world seems a desert; all nature appears an afflictive spectacle of warring passions. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories The most afflictive of all separations, is that which is occasioned by death. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II The Shunammite intended also to express her confidence in the goodness of God, however disguised by the afflictive nature of his dispensations. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I The state of a widow is always an afflictive and unprotected one. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian The loss of such a lady would, indeed, be very afflictive, and I hope she is in no danger. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Philipps, quoted by Sowerby, says: "Even afflictive birch, Cursed by unlettered youth, distills, A limpid current from her wounded bark, Profuse of nursing sap." Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 There is no dispensation, though afflictive, but either in it, or after it, I find that I could not be without it. Daily Strength for Daily Needs Her susceptible mind and tender frame, overcome by the severity of the scenes she had gone through, and oppressed by consciousness of having deviated from her duty, sunk under her afflictive situation. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time What shall we do but seek ability at the Divine footstool to bow in humble resignation to this afflictive dispensation? Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel In this last illness, which was, to the last degree, lingering, painful, and afflictive, his constancy and firmness did not forsake him. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons When acute, violent, extreme, intense, sharp, distressing, afflictive could be substituted? The Century Vocabulary Builder Be satisfied with thy present condition, though it be afflictive, for it shall not last always. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 That involved the possibility of consequences which could not even be named, so afflictive was the mere prospect to them. The Old Wives' Tale To these afflictive tidings was added some discouragement in respect to their proposed journey to Russia. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel The most afflictive symptom was want of sleep, which he endeavoured to obtain by the motion of a cradle. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons When the second house stood tenantless, as had now been the case for half a year, Mrs. Cross' habitually querulous comment on life rose to a note of acrimony very afflictive to her daughter Bertha. Will Warburton The very circumstance, which your suffering sense deems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel 574:30 entertained unawares. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures But to those who believe not in the signs of God, and unjustly slay the prophets, and slay those men who enjoin uprightness,announce an afflictive chastisement. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Nor can it be a matter of trouble to be engaged in villanies one's self, and not afflictive to suffer by the villanies of others. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But to those who believe not in the signs of God, and unjustly slay the prophets, and slay those men who enjoin uprightness,-announce an afflictive chastisement. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) They are essential to our Story; but they are afflictively vain, contrary to the Laws of Fact; and can, now or henceforth, in nowise be. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 The Kaiser too was afflictively high in countenancing the Bishop;—-for which both Kaiser and Bishop got due payment in time. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 "Nay, it is that whose speedy coming ye challenged a blast wherein is an afflictive punishment: It will destroy everything at the bidding of its Lord!" The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Fleury was very pacific, candid in aspect to the Sea-Powers and others; and did not crow afflictively, did not say what he had meant. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 "Nay, it is that whose speedy coming ye challenged a blast wherein is an afflictive punishment:- It will destroy everything at the bidding of its Lord!" The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Remark, by the way, that the Convention had eliminated from its judicial vocabulary the word "crime"; delinquencies and misdemeanors were alone admitted; and these were punished with fines, imprisonment, and penalties "afflictive or infamous." An Historical Mystery Our road lay through a wood, where we found the ground covered over with young locusts, a plague intolerably afflictive in a country so barren of itself. 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