| 单词 | empty words |
| 例句 | The police arrest you—or worse—just because of the color of your skin, I do not call that liberty and—” “Miss Carle—” “Ms. Wyman, I will not utter empty words, falsehoods, and lies.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z In my life, I’d heard plenty of empty words coming from important people, lip service paid during times of crisis with no action to follow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What empty words these were coming from my father, a man so used to fitting his form to the mold of power that he had no true shape of his own! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “They’ll be all right,” said Harry, though he knew they were empty words. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The dim phantom said only this in answer: “Of him I may not tell thee in this discourse, alive or dead. And empty words are evil.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to read those hopeless, empty words. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents’ moldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z While I was locked up, her parents had dragged her to a doctor who washed her brain and weighed her down with pills and empty words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The same old empty words—“as well as can be expected.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “What marks our era,” a character in her first novel, “The Vagrants,” says, “is the moaning of our bones crushed beneath the weight of empty words.” In Yiyun Li’s Latest, a Grieving Mother Desperately Clings to Memory 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “Our hopes and dreams drown in their empty words and promises. Of course we need constructive dialogue, but they have now had 30 years of blah, blah, blah. And where has this led us?” Climate activists Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate scold global leaders for lack of action 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z And the way our talk goes nowhere but even empty words have a little more weight now, like the stones we throw when we pause at the brook. Porches, Yards, Driveways, Parking Lots: Where the Neighborhood Is Now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It might seem to be relatively easy to follow in Bellow's footsteps, but I wonder if it's not actually harder, now that various globalised subcultures put empty words in everyone's mouth. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z It makes the film very dramatic, because you seem like such a plainspoken and pragmatic person in a realm of spin and empty words. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z How can an apology, empty words, be all there is? Philadelphia's deadly MOVE bombing: Why we can't settle for apologies now 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z Her group worked closely with choreographers in the mainstream dance world for years until they grew disillusioned by a pattern of fat-phobic comments and empty words around body diversity. Lizzo’s ‘Big Grrrls’ Asks Big Questions 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z "They're not empty words or gestures from all of us," she said, adding: "We will seek to find out who knew, who was told what and what was or wasn't referred up." Russell Brand: Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon says allegations are 'horrendous' 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Jackson and places like it need more than empty words. The Jackson Water Crisis Didn’t Need to Happen 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z After decades of empty words and broken promises from world governments, the changes called for are massive in scale. Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z That infuriated the activists who said in a statement that “our will to fight is only growing after Terje Aasland’s visit with the same empty words as always.” Protests force Norway’s energy minister to cancel UK trip 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The plan, the Ukrainian leader said, showed that global food security was “not just empty words” for Ukraine. Ukrainians remember suffering inflicted by Stalin, Putin 90 years apart 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Open Stadiums on Thursday said it had concluded that “these were all empty words and promises.” Arrests and Warnings as Iranian Soccer Stars Take Side in Protests 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Anything less amounts to surrender, and will reduce the president's historic speech to empty words, spoken on the road to defeat and a new American fascist nightmare. Joe Biden's historic speech was too damn nice: No hand of friendship to fascists 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Grieving families like hers, Ms. Duran said, were tired of “listening to empty words.” For Uvalde Families, a Call for Answers Grows Louder 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “We don’t want empty words. We want results,” Erdogan said Tuesday before leaving Ankara for Spain. NATO summit to open as leader warns of ‘dangerous’ world 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “You have seen that we are real, and that we are not merely pushing empty words,” the group warned. Pelosi: GOP is ‘politicizing’ abortion issue blaming Dems for violence against pro-life advocates 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ukraine dismissed Russia's assurances as "empty words" and said Russian attacks on farmland and agricultural sites were exacerbating the crisis. Ukraine fighters hold out in eastern city as Russia presses assault 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z "That's why most Ukrainians understand that all these promises are just empty words." Ukraine war: How Russia replaces Ukrainian media with its own 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Some walked away disappointed with Agrawal’s assurances, saying it felt like empty words. Elon Musk’s Twitter bid frustrates employees. That’s a risk for him. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Just because everybody had gotten dressed up didn’t mean she was going to start throwing around a bunch of pretty, empty words. After a long night of tribute, Joni Mitchell takes the stage at Musicares 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Josh Rogin’s March 25 Friday Opinion column, “Biden’s genocide declaration has to be more than empty words,” referred to “eight genocides since the Holocaust.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What about the women’s teams that made the NCAA tournament? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The Biden administration and Congress should ramp up their engagement on the Myanmar crisis to prove to the world that this genocide declaration is more than empty words. Opinion | Biden’s Rohingya genocide declaration can’t just be empty words 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “No, there was a lot of just empty words.” Sampson transforms Houston from afterthought to contender 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The time has come to prove those were not empty words. Opinion | Ukrainian foreign minister: The world can do more to help us fight Russia 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z If Afghan women “can’t even have food or survive, then the talk of education, employment and political participation will become empty words,” he added. UN chief urges major Afghan aid increase, unfreezing assets 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z "I don't know whether 'common prosperity' is empty words but it's the government's responsibility to ensure every worker can live respectably," said another Weibo user who goes by firetrap-virtuallife. Beijing migrant worker's search for son sparks outrage, sympathy 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But I persist because I believe I’m teaching those players a more valuable lesson just by showing up than their coach’s empty words ever could. Opinion | Calling foul on poor sideline behavior 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “We have to be with the people, otherwise it’s just empty words, empty notes. People have to feel that you really mean it, that it’s heartfelt.” For top Grammy nominee Jon Batiste, music is both birthright and calling. So is protest 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z "How dare you," she said, "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words." Noam Chomsky discusses the path to a livable future 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Another defence lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma’s slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact. 'Captain America' protester jailed for almost six years under Hong Kong security law 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z "You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," she said. Greta Thunberg: Who is the climate campaigner and what are her aims? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In the letter, the king complained that pleas to the church for help against an invasion from Mongol armies had resulted in only empty words. In Orban’s Hungary, Pope Urges Bishops to Embrace Diversity 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z After an empty performance, those look like empty words. Actions, not words, needed by Scotland 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The four contenders say they are good friends, and it’s clear those aren’t empty words. The battle to be Washington State’s starting QB: Here are the four contenders 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z "So, no more empty words, we call upon Sir Bill to act now in the profound hope that Sam Warburton's words do not become prophetic." Lions greats ask World Rugby for law change 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Home Office announcement was "yet more empty words from the Conservatives about agreeing a deal with France to address trafficking gangs". Priti Patel defends deal to stop rising numbers crossing Channel 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z “We must reject empty words and misguided narratives from politicians, and instead demand real action and meaningful change that refuses to leave anyone in our communities behind,” Sollod said. Biden calls judge’s decision to halt DACA program ‘deeply disappointing,’ says DOJ will appeal ruling 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z However, Mr Williams accused the operator of "empty words" after being shown a copy of guidance given to conductors. Covid: Train bosses say social distancing not always possible 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z “Latinos are fed up with empty words and double standards.” Column: In California governor recall, Latinos have a chance to cause political 'desmadre' 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z This, too, became simply empty words on paper. Biden's pick for intelligence chief, Avril Haines, is tainted by drones and torture 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Ambassador Nahshon took to Twitter to condemn the ruling, saying: “Apparently tolerance and diversity are empty words in the eyes of some Europeans.” EU top court upholds curb on animal slaughter, angering Jewish groups 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Here, the values of community, beauty and pride are not empty words. Congo in Conversation | a collaborative chronicle 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z He described Ms Patel's previous promise to ensure everyone got the maximum compensation to which they were entitled as "empty words". Windrush: Victims face 'unacceptable delays' for compensation says Labour 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Twitter attempted to reassure those users with a new thread on Saturday that promised most consistent enforcement, and “action, not empty words”. Twitter’s ‘Birdwatch’ looks like a new attempt to root out propaganda and misinformation 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z That day, the walls of that House committee room rang with empty words twisting what the Bible actually says about the poor. The rise of Christian Nationalism in America 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z I read five empty words before two negatives — “without much” and “cloudiness.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: There are other sports besides football 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z But as long as it acts in collusion with Putin on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, all these declarations are just empty words”. Merkel pressured to end Nord Stream 2 support after Navalny poisoning 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z "Mere empty words, spoken by the Prince of Wales. Disgraceful!" Meghan Markle fans criticize Prince Charles after diversity speech for not protecting the Duchess 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z "All that is left are empty words", she says. Greta: Climate change 'as urgent' as coronavirus 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z “As a black woman, I feel like it is empty words,” she said. Companies touting black lives matter face workforce scrutiny 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z But some civil rights advocates say their denunciations are empty words without meaningful reform behind them. Police across US speak out against Minneapolis custody death 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Such language is not just the superficial trappings of Trump wrapping himself in the flag and using empty words about "sacrifice" and "bravery" and "heroism." Could Donald Trump use the pandemic to "rule by decree" and seize dictatorial powers? 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Prine was the antidote for all the bad music in the world, all the empty words. Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z But it remains to be seen whether these declarations of goodwill are sincere efforts to share the pain or whether, in some cases, they’re just empty words. Column: Lenders say they'll be flexible during this pandemic. But you'll still have to pay 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The government's call for people to return home as quickly as possible like "empty words" to them, she added. Brits stranded abroad in 'dire' situation 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z But 17-year-old Ms Thunberg dismissed the law as "empty words", accusing the EU of "pretending" to be a leader on climate change. Thunberg brands EU's new climate law 'surrender' 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z That bit of upstaging will likely be remembered far longer than any of the empty words droned out by Trump over the adoring applause from Republicans. State of the Union: Trump trolls the libs and defiles his office; Pelosi upstages him 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Speaking shortly after US President Donald Trump, she strongly criticised politicians and business leaders for what she said were continuous "empty words and promises". Prince Charles meets Greta Thunberg at Davos 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Trump did not refer directly to teenage Swedish activist Thunberg, who responded to his speech by referring to “empty words and promises” from world leaders. Trump touts U.S. economy, dismisses climate 'prophets of doom' as Greta looks on 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Thunberg responded by referring to “empty words and promises” by world leaders. Greta says planting not enough after Trump backs trillion tree plan 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The author puts Soviet socialism and U.S. democracy inside quotation marks to signal that they were empty words masking the realities of empire. Opinion | Trump’s mercenary foreign policy confirms what our worst critics say of us 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z When St Petersburg's vegans say their philosophy is about more than food, it's not just empty words. The Russian vegans cooking up a revolution 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.” In 2019, the urgency — and hysteria — of the news overshadowed rare moments of beauty 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr Modi's promises are now beginning to sound like nothing more than empty words. Why do Indian politicians invoke rape to win votes? 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Our future is much too precious to be left to politicians and their empty words. German novelists on the fall of the Berlin wall: ‘It was a source of energy we lived off for years’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z She traveled to the U.S. in a zero-emissions sailboat in August, delivering a powerful speech at the United Nations climate summit in September excoriating world leaders for their inaction and “empty words.” Greta Thunberg to join L.A. youth climate strike planned for today 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z She said it demonstrated the government's "empty words". Minister 'not aware' he recycled Grayling speech 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “But our findings show the reality: empty words and weak and inconsistent law enforcement against companies.” A Blood-Red Sky: Fires Leave a Million Indonesians Gasping 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z This week, after sailing to New York in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, she accused leaders at the U.N. climate summit of stealing her dreams and childhood with empty words on climate change. A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg? A tough decision for prize committee 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z As it got underway, 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered a blunt and emotional speech excoriating leaders for their “empty words” and insufficient steps to drive down emissions while temperatures continue to rise. Greta Thunberg admonishes leaders as U.N. climate summit fails to deliver action 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The arguments for continuing to not do anything and the empty words and promises and lies are the same. Q&A: Climate activist Greta Thunberg on global strikes 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z One primary school teacher described the measure as "empty words". Schools in France to display flags in classrooms 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The empty words once again reveal the president’s lack of either a coherent goal for his “maximum pressure” campaign, or a strategy for achieving it. Opinion | Iran breaches a nuclear limit — while Trump flails 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z A worthless piece of paper filled with empty words. Opinion | Please, Virginia Republicans, vote for public safety. We’ll all be watching. 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t want empty words during the election campaign, I want real action from politicians — now, at this moment! This is the last moment to stop the climate catastrophe!” Polish schoolgirl takes climate fight to parliament 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “Public relations is no real substitute to constructive policies. De-escalation in current situation requires wise actions not empty words.” UAE says Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's credibility 'diminishing' 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to listen to it. It’s empty words.” After a tumultuous year, U-Md. graduates celebrate new beginnings 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z These new mechanisms, Severino said, will ensure “Congress’ protections are not just empty words on paper.” Trump touts new faith-based protections for health-care workers at National Day of Prayer ceremony 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z "Apologies are empty words if they aren't faced by action," he said. 'Toxic culture' blamed for maternity issues 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Protesters dismiss the debate as empty words and a campaign ploy by Macron for European Parliament elections in May. ‘Yellow vest’ protesters target symbols of luxury along Paris’ Champs-Elysees avenue 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z “If those are just more empty words, the church will continue to become more isolated.” Pope Francis Ends Landmark Sex Abuse Meeting With Strong Words, but Few Actions 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z “After two years of the president’s empty words, the American people deserve real results.” State of the Union Speech Puts Democratic Resurgence on Full Display 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Such threats from Washington are no longer dismissed in Europe as empty words. How Trump Made War on Angela Merkel and Europe 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z “This is a promise not of a party, not the empty words of a man; it’s an oath before God.” How far to the right could Brazil’s new leader take the country? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Political leaders are called onstage to praise the President in terms that would make a feudal courtier blush, and they’re not empty words. The Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Of DiNardo, the woman said, “I’m tired of all of his empty words.” Priest arrested in diocese of US cardinal leading pope visit 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The empty words of peace by Palestinian leaders are in no way consistent with their actions. Opinion | In 1948, Palestinians lost land. But not to Israel. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z These are the kind of empty words that makes Congress irrelevant on foreign policy. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump gets schooled in Syria on how much his words matter 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Otherwise, he said, the bills under consideration “are nothing more than empty words.” FDA seeks authority to destroy illicit drug shipments 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Russian scientists — and the watching world — are tired of empty words. How Putin can restore Russian research 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Sadly, in many contexts, empty words win out. From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z “I don’t want these to sound like empty words,” he says. Juan Mata out to transform football and the world one per cent at a time 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z That said, Mr. Trump and his team of advisers “cannot simply sit and wait, take token action and issue more empty words without losing the war.” Donald Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal off the table 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Miller apologized to Cannon’s family, but the victim’s daughter, Cheatham, rejected that as insincere, “empty words.” AP Investigation: A patchwork of justice for juvenile lifers 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Labour said immediate action was needed from the government not "just more empty words or infighting from members of the cabinet". Cameron says fiscal discipline not 'selfish' amid austerity debate - BBC News 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z A century of management fads has created workplaces that are full of empty words and equally empty rituals. From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z This version is 46 pages of empty words, and now it seems the final plan might not even be published. England nature plan 'lacking policies' - BBC News 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “What marks our era,” one character says, “is the moaning of our bones crushed beneath the weight of empty words.” Yiyun Li: ‘I used to say that I was not an autobiographical writer – that was a lie’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z "That's why people are angry: they see all these European institutions, all these summits, all these empty words, but they don't see enough results." EU split over pace of reform as crisis bites - BBC News 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z And therein lies the mission for the Seahawks: To prove that those aren’t so many empty words from Wilson, and that time and attrition hasn’t removed what made the Seahawks so special. Is the Seahawks’ championship window still open? 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z They start to think empty words will trump reasonable reflection and considered action. From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z But they don’t want to do this because they have no plan to replace it with, only fragments of partial solutions and a lot of empty words. Republicans don’t want to hurt ‘real America.’ By repealing Obamacare, they will. 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z For some who watched from afar — especially those already disillusioned by aspects of U.S. foreign policy — the vote offered bitter confirmation that often-stated U.S. ideals were little more than empty words. Across the globe, caution and dismay greet Trump victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z "Without a comprehensive plan to deal with these issues then her speech will be nothing more than empty words and a blatant PR stunt." Truss: Extra 2,100 prison officers to be deployed - BBC News 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “Not just bluster. Not just empty words. Not just demagogic rhetoric. Real plans.” Clinton has enough policy to fill a book, while Trump has said little about how he'd govern 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Yes, let’s cheer the refugee team in Rio, the first of its kind, but not with empty words, and not to assuage our Syrian consciences. The world loves refugees, when they’re Olympians 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Conservative Republicans railed against Obama's empty rhetoric and broken promises — yet now their nominee embraces the same style of leadership, yet his empty words are dangerous. Trump's Empty Hope and Change 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z But voters must not stand mute as, once again, Congress ignores the virus of mass shooting in favor of little more than a moment of silence and empty words. No more excuses: Reinstitute a ban on assault-style weapons 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr Mallen told the audience that parity of esteem between physical and mental health were "empty words". Mental health – “We must have change” - BBC News 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z "If it's just empty words, it will play into the hands of the FN and the Islamists." A year after 'Je suis Charlie', a divided France struggles 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “It felt like they were empty words,” she said. San Bernardino residents react to Obama's address: 'We're still scared' 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z America has had enough of empty words, of declarations detached from reality of an administration with no strategy or no intention of victory.” The Daily 202: Fear reigns, and attention turns to the long war ahead 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “As long as terrorism is part of the external opposition that participates in the dialogue … talk of a political solution will be nothing but empty words,” Assad said. Syrian president admits military setbacks, in first public speech for a year 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z I see Catholic universities and colleges too often willing to give up their particularity for the sake of empty words like excellence and prestige. The Gift of the Millennial Catholic to the Church 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z That is faith in action, not just the empty words of a vote-grubbing succubus. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Charleston Was a Hate Crime 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Fayez Korko, 48, said he helped organize an Assyrian militia in northeastern Syria after villagers concluded that the government’s promises of protection were “empty words.” An Eroding Syrian Army Points to Strain 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr Xi denounced political jargon as "empty words" during a speech five years ago. China's Xi unveils latest slogan 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z But the Kiev military said in a statement that rebel assertions they were pulling back guns were "mere empty words". Ukraine rebels say they withdrawing weapons; Kiev doubtful 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The message: Don’t use trite, empty words that may sound good to your ear but say almost nothing. Ten Buzzwords To Cut From Your LinkedIn Profile In 2015 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z She added: "David Cameron's talk of full employment will seem like empty words to working people after five years of talents wasted and opportunities denied." Cameron makes 'full employment' vow 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Consider first today’s journalistic vortex of increasingly empty words. Enough with the f***ing rich kids: Our entitled, spoiled 1 percent is destroying everything 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Are you expressive in a conversation, share your opinion and add more than empty words? Avoid Being That Retiree 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “They are probably making a distinction between Khorasan leaders and others, but this is only a Western term. For us this is all empty words.” Shadowy al Qaeda cell, hit by U.S. in Syria, seen as 'imminent' threat 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z “His lifetime of empty words about caring for the poor is utterly worthless.” California Governor Fights Decision on Teacher Tenure 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Labour said the Conservatives' promises would sound like "empty words" to the unemployed or those on low pay. Cameron makes 'full employment' vow 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z But his Aug. 6 op-ed piece “A president of empty words,” was anything but. Bob Corker’s fingerpointing leaves out Congress It is time for Senate Republicans and Democrats alike to prove that these are more than empty words. Guest: Where are the U.S. ambassadors? 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z “We warned that this is a crisis that won’t stop at Syria, but some said the Syrian president was threatening the world with empty words,” Assad said. Assad inaugurated to 3rd term, says events in region prove him right about terrorism For the Drews, those are not just empty words. Transplant gives hope to cystic fibrosis patient 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Some critics in Bakersfield are not convinced, accusing the GOP whip of empty words because he failed to bring a vote to the House floor. Kevin McCarthy set to take leading GOP role: 'He's a consummate politician' 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But they're beholden to little more than their own empty words. Honestly speaking, consumers lose in AT&T-DirecTV deal 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Jan Creamer, chief executive of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, which opposes use of animals in scientific research, dismissed the agreement as empty words. Scientists, drugmakers, charities sign UK deal on animal research 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Xi called for fewer empty words from cadres, less obsequious treatment of top leaders and, most important of all, fewer ostentatious banquets. Chinese Official at Lavish Banquet Gets Fired 2013-09-17T09:05:22Z I’m assuming our expressions of grief and our commitment to do something different to prevent these things from happening are not empty words. Obama on gun bill : “A shameful day for Washington” 2013-04-17T22:14:00Z Regarding the Palestinians, Mr. Diskin said Mr. Netanyahu’s 2009 speech calling for “two states for two peoples” amounted to empty words that were “meant to sound good to the international community.” Yuval Diskin, Former Israeli Security Chief, Calls Netanyahu a Poor Leader 2013-01-04T16:50:18Z At a time when 'Big Society' and the incentives to begin a 'movement' seemed to be prevalent, we found them to be empty words. Planning and persistence are key to developing a strong social enterprise 2012-12-10T11:15:00Z The Northern Irishman's claim that he wanted to depart this Emirate state with two trophies, rather than solely the one marking his Race to Dubai win, obviously didn't represent empty words. Rory McIlroy cards opening round of 66 to set up stylish end to season 2012-11-22T14:36:22Z Without these values, the practices quickly become empty words, that discredit true Agile. How Manufacturing Can Learn From Software To Become Agile 2012-09-24T15:43:11Z First they let you scream and yell, then they stall you, and finally they tell you vague and empty words. In China, Sons Fight Railways Ministry Over Crash 2012-08-29T00:40:53Z Speaking in Cincinnati, the former Massachusetts governor accused Obama of empty words. Newly confident Romney entering aggressive phase 2012-06-14T23:19:35Z It is a way of pronouncing a benediction for the good received—not in empty words, but by a thoughtful and beneficent act. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z He was afraid to buoy her up with empty words that would end in nothing. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The Queen smiled slightly at feeling how easily the empty words of courts may be retorted upon those that use them. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z I must endeavor to keep the pope in good humor by empty words, so that his good temper may not fail. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z What I promised formerly was sincere, but still it was but empty words. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There are vain words, and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and silly words, and empty words. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.”—Eph. iv. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Santana was approachable and down to earth, Matz said, but not quite in a position to offer empty words of encouragement. Mets Monitoring Return of Santana and Pitching Prospect Steve Matz 2012-03-02T02:02:20Z While of the sciences of theologians, and that of cabalists, nothing is left but empty words, why should we be so particularly fortunate? What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Washington’s “New Traditions” slogan is just empty words unless management finally ends the long-running tomfoolery. Wizards need to part with Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee and Nick Young 2012-01-21T23:20:00Z Shared value is not just a series of empty words or a catchy phrase. Why 'Shared Value' Can't Fix Capitalism 2011-12-20T16:19:26Z She greeted me most graciously; but when I tried to exchange with her one of those glances which are far more eloquent than empty words, I could not meet her eye. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z A form, a ritual of empty words this prayer may be, but up here, in Nature's loneliness, the prayer and the man seemed strangely relevant. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z They had known no empty words, no bandying of foolish phrases. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z He, listening, took her empty words as words of pity. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z The empty words, coupled with the possible threat someday of large sovereign-debt purchases by the European Central Bank, prove enough to frighten the markets’ skeptics and buy the politicians some time. Student With 0.0 Grade Average Has EU Insight: Jonathan Weil 2011-12-08T00:30:53Z Symbolic words, therefore, are what the Chinese grammarians call “empty words”—words, that is, which have been divested of their proper signification and serve a grammatical purpose only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z I too will something make And joy in the making; Altho' to-morrow it seem Like the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Sympathetic comrades came and strove with him and said empty words of hope or cheer,—empty, because they knew poor Winn had not a soul in the world to whom to look for help. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z This reconciliation and approximation must be brought about preeminently by the teachers of the people; it must result, not in empty words—with them we have been surfeited—but in actual deeds. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Good sense, circumspection, are empty words for us. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z “The choice is made by the people — these are not empty words, this is absolutely so,” he said, according to a transcript posted on his personal Web site. Medvedev Defends Plan to Trade Places With Putin 2011-09-30T12:30:39Z "The choice is made by the people, and these are not empty words -- that's absolutely the way it is," Medvedev said in an interview with Russia's three leading television channels. Russia's Medvedev defends plan for Putin return 2011-09-30T08:05:53Z Angel, there are no vacant thrones in heaven To suit thy empty words. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z And I shall send her not empty words and promises; for now deeds are behind me, which without empty boasting, but accurately, I shall describe in the letter. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Think how I appealed to Mr Harley for help—how that almost my life depends upon it—and what did I get but empty words?” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z If there only were thoughts here, but these are nothing but empty words. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z For he hated empty words, though he talked long enough when he had something to say. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z That philosophy made only the silver-wedding between ideas, but poetry the first marriage; empty words there might be, but no empty sensations. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z To repeat excuses, and say that he had only done what he deemed his duty, were empty words, and were so understood by both. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Then the old desire would come again, in an engulfing wave, and his fighting would become empty words. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z I have little to bestow," she continued, with a sigh, "save empty words of gratitude. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The castle visions of glory mounted far out of reach, and his fickle ambition evaporated in a bluster of empty words— “My people will weep at the carriage of such ponderous engines.” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Hunger—starvation—are not, then, mere empty words. The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet 2011-02-23T03:00:30.700Z Memory, duty, danger, became empty words that had no meaning. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z There are vain words, and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and silly words, and empty words, and profane words, and boisterous words, and warlike words. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Between the two men there was too much understanding for empty words of sympathy. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z It can only be because they want to bolster up their tyranny with idle, empty words. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The empty words on either side did not check for a month the lust of conquest nor the passion of defence. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z This, therefore, is the true and substantial faith, which consists in a living and effectual reliance on God, and not in empty words. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Watching training, it is obvious they are not empty words. Free kick expert Maradona leads by example 2010-06-19T10:29:00Z Action on such a scale would speak far louder than the empty words currently emanating from statesmen's mouths either side of the Atlantic. Obama: stop baying for BP blood. Nationalise oil instead 2010-06-15T15:10:00Z China: Vice President Turns to Speech Editing Vice President Xi Jinping is urging Communist Party officials to rid their speeches and documents of “empty words” and political jargon, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. | Asia: China: Vice President Turns to Speech Editing 2010-05-14T04:21:00Z “Blood feuds in the Caucasus are no joke, not empty words.” Chechen President Denies Link to Critic?s Killing 2010-04-29T12:08:00Z But she knew they were empty words, even as she whispered them to herself. Capricious Caroline Why this endless stringing together of words, beautiful, empty words, which a sovereign is obliged to string together and then utter to his subjects, now on this occasion, now on that? Majesty A Novel And what else, indeed, but empty words had he to offer her now?—had he to offer her in the whole long vista of their future? An Engagement of Convenience A Novel He seeks to put you off with empty words. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Charadchambeul returned perfectly furious, vehemently exclaiming that we had induced him to commit an imbecility in giving up the jars to the ambassador, who had presented him with nothing in return but empty words. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 They talk of kindness, of love, of pity, of patriotism too, perhaps, and religion; but these things are empty words to them, meaning nothing, prompting them to nothing. Edelweiss A Story Her hero had fallen; his protestations had been empty words; there was no faith, or truth in this world, or the next; no mercy, no justice! A Question of Marriage He had given her empty words, and she had given him—love! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel I don't like to hear you say so, for those are only empty words. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Chinese commentators admit that all empty words were originally full words, just as Sanskrit grammarians maintain that all that is found in grammar was originally substantial. Lectures on The Science of Language Would be empty words as compared to my example in the field. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Hiram said as if asking a question, and I contented myself with nodding, for it seemed much as if he would put me off with empty words. The Minute Boys of Boston In this parliament of angels, as in the synods of men, empty words flowed in abundance. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels For she spoke cross, empty words, as she stood by the disorderly hearth complaining of neglect. The Sentimental Vikings Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Virtue, integrity, justice, and so on, are all ridiculous, and empty words, when pronounced by that merchant, inveighing against the so called Nullifier, who demonstrated the advantages of free havens. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America The proposition that only an enlightened and an intelligent people can make self-government a success is so self-evident as to make argument but a vain repetition of empty words. Why do we need a public library? Material for a library campaign "Can you change these rocks under our feet with empty words?" she said, with a white smile. Cudjo's Cave The most that native writers have done is to draw a distinction between and “full” and “empty words,” respectively, the former being subdivided into “living words” or verbs, and “dead words” or noun-substantives. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" And he reiterates 'let no man deceive you with empty words.' St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition When, after Sedan, Thiers came to St. Petersburg to obtain the intervention of the Russian Empire, he was dismissed with empty words. German Problems and Personalities But before another sunset it seemed to me that beauty had fled out of the world, and that goodness, innocence, mercy, gentleness, were a mere mockery of empty words. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 These are no empty words, I do not mean it as a threat; it is the simple truth! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature By “empty words” particles are meant, though sometimes the expression is loosely applied to abstract terms, including verbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" They put on false appearances, they use empty words, they perform unreal service, they make idle excuses, they indulge in all kinds of hypocrisy. Sowing and Reaping Well he knew that many false apostles were ready, so sure as he said a word, to pervert it and to fill the ears of the people with their own empty words and poisonous teaching. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Some debaters I have met actually consider it smart to fill an opening speech with empty words so as to handicap their opponent by giving him nothing to reply to. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition Fortunate and unfortunate," replied Henry, "shall be with us but empty words. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Abolish the gaoler and the hangman and your criminal law becomes empty words. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice “My wounds are honorable all in place: “Believe not empty words, yourselves behold.”— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Amid all these terrible investigations and punishments, another disaster took place in Illyricum, which from some empty words involved many in danger. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens "Let no man deceive you with empty words." Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Rallywood went on wondering what the Duke meant to convey by this praise of his great Minister and in fact set many constructions on the empty words. A Modern Mercenary Still, as the tenure of a place of distinction cannot save a fool from the reputation of folly, position in a sentence cannot redeem empty words from their truly insipid character. English: Composition and Literature He did more than advocate his faith by empty words. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains He clutches hard at Nature and Humanity, but "Nature" and "Humanity" remain empty words with him. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy No. Your marriage to him is empty words. Brand Blotters Even if I had blessed her, my blessings would have been empty words; but even such I could not bestow, for, as I spoke, I looked into her eyes and read her accursed of Hecate.' Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus It seems as if nothing need be despaired of, as if words of hope need never be empty words.' The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Loyalty, generosity, and encouragement, as applied to audiences, are so many empty words. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man And his empty words echo to-day in the wigwams of Tammany. American Sketches 1908 But," said my friend, "the boastings of the traitor are empty words. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Until then we are playing with empty words. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Whatever we choose to say in contradiction to this resolves itself into empty words, the fact of nature remaining. Three Things Pitt did so fully and courteously in a paper which George III forthwith described to Eldon as containing "many empty words and little information." William Pitt and the Great War He was, in truth, a noble fellow, and showed that his gratitude did not merely lie in mere empty words and idle compliments. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant True, best of men, is every word That from thy lips these ears have heard, It ill beseems a wretch like me To bandy empty words with thee. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A terrible fear seized him that he had indeed grown garrulous, a man of many and empty words. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness An immoderate desire of speechifying, and of making laws, had seized the greater number of the deputies: but a state is not to be saved by empty words, and schemes of a constitution. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Five times I have appeared to demand my rights, and no longer will I be put off with empty words. The Red Romance Book Are ye afraid of the empty words of an unarmed priest?' and rushing forward, he struck the first blow with his battle-axe. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Nevertheless, so little was that real power of his understood, so much better were empty words gracefully strung together preferred, that Home was seldom asked to preach in the large parish church. How It All Came Round Meanwhile, to the theologian, infinity and eternity are very much of empty words when applied to the object of his worship. Natural Law in the Spiritual World Prayer may be empty words, with no more power than those empty shells which have been foisted upon the Turks in their war with the Balkan States. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year There was a clash of empty words, a firing of smallest shot, and poor Heurtebise, motionless and silent in the midst of the tumult, merely smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Artists' Wives Vain and empty words are thus repressed, and thought, divine thought, reigns supreme. The Lady of the Ice A Novel “When your help means so much you give me empty words.” Fitz the Filibuster They were not mere empty words of tradition that she believed because she had been taught. A Voice in the Wilderness “Then, that’ll be never,” said he, with an emphasis and a kindly smile that showed his were no empty words. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story I dare say you think it was very idiotical on my part, thus to bewail my grief to another person; and allow a few empty words to change the current of my feelings? She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. The old time religion had some filling between the crusts, wasn't so many empty words like they is today. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives A man Of wisdom dealeth not in empty words That like the east wind stirs the unsettled sands To profitless revolt. Man of Uz, and Other Poems What was there left to preach, but empty words, when one rejected all these doctrines? A Voice in the Wilderness If, still later, he allows the words to take the place of the substance of his faith, they will become empty words. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. Without moving hand or foot I could kill myself as I sit here before you, so your threats of torture are nothing more than empty words. The Romance of Golden Star ... Beyond the statement that no news had been received since the 14th ult., this document contains nothing but empty words. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris If we wholly perish with the body, the maxims of charity, patience, justice, honor, gratitude, and friendship, are but empty words. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Albert could not see how it was to be done; and Alice feared that a lesson of empty words might be wasted. Choice Readings for the Home Circle But who does not see, if he opens his eyes, that these are empty words, without reality because nothing of good is in them? Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence And empty words, a soulless sound, she gave, And feigned the fashion of the warrior's tread. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor "Don't imagine you can put me off with empty words," cried Helen, wildly. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance The uncleanness of the man who has suffered seminal loss signifies the uncleanness of empty words, for "the seed is the word of God." Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition It may be that these be no empty words you are speaking now. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic "Since you are Margery's father, I owe you anything a dying man can pay," said I. "Words; empty words," he fumed. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Much of the language is merely empty words. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History The world gives peace at best outwardly, and often only in empty words; but Jesus has direct access to the inmost fountains of feeling. Companion to the Bible But, instead of the empty words that were offered them, the academicians required experiments. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men A tame surrender now meant that his protestations were empty words. From the Ranks They exhibit extreme honesty of purpose, fearless acceptance of Christ's teaching honestly interpreted, scorn of unreality and empty words, and a determination never to allow preaching to be divorced from practice. Outspoken Essays It is no threat to answer empty words. The Seven Plays in English Verse It's a hollow sham of a world filled with empty words. Septimus We prized men for what they were worth to the common country of us all, and recked not of empty words. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) I retorted; and I walked round to him, determined, if necessary, to defend my accusation in a more practical way than by empty words. The Pilots of Pomona Meaningless and empty words, for months and years past worked to death and rendered hollow as empty vessels. If Winter Comes If they should come to any other determination, he warned them that it would not be safe for them to come to his camp again with empty words. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Those were no empty words in his third letter to Malesherbes: 'Which time of my life do you suppose I recall most often and most willingly in my dreams? The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times It was cruelty to deny him the words--the mere empty words--he asked of her. Lady Rose's Daughter A spirit hath not flesh and bones,’ and therefore He brought life and immortality to light, by no empty words but by the solid realities of facts. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Sergey Modestovich went to his wife and, consoling her with cold, empty words, tried to draw her away from the coffin. Best Russian Short Stories Yet, Heaven be thanked that made us friends; Men prate of wealth in empty words, I Sit here content as '90 ends. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 3, 1891 Well this is now no time for talk, for empty words. The Flying Legion Why, man, there is nothing in your heart but empty words out of monks' copy-books and proverbs dry and rotten as last year's leaves. Red Axe Or are all these emotions empty words to you, things that are spoken in pulpits, but to which you have nothing in your life corresponding? Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) That I may not give you only empty words, gentlemen, I will perform a few experiments before you now. Best Russian Short Stories Such things as practical experience and educational equipment were but empty words to him, for he was young and hopeful, and the world is kind at twenty-one. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories I had but too much reason to believe that Mr. Falkland's threats were not empty words. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are No, ladies and gentlemen, do not let us be discouraged or deceived by any fine, vapid, empty words. Speeches: Literary and Social To the man and woman of the thirteenth century, the world hereafter—a Heaven of wonderful delights and a Hell of brimstone and suffering—meant something more than empty words or vague theological phrases. The Story of Mankind One can't help thinking, Daddy, what a colourless life a man is forced to lead, when one reflects that chiffon and Venetian point and hand embroidery and Irish crochet are to him mere empty words. Daddy-Long-Legs As for Betteredge, consistency of principle and dignity of conduct had become, in his case, mere empty words. The Moonstone Empty words must correspond with full words; and full words with empty words. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books If the union will you say, be strange, how is it then that their love affair will be but empty words? Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books What would become of them, think you, were they to fight it out at blows that are so dead through fear when the contest is only with empty words? The Praise of Folly He realized, however, that he had nothing but empty words to set against her feelings, and to-day words did not come to him readily. Casanova's Homecoming But empty words can be filled with knowledge. The Bride of Dreams These five characters simply bear on a stock story; but to the credit of the writer be it, the question contained in the three empty words representing, 'What time' is set so charmingly! Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Nor do I wish to waste time in empty words. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 One evening the Empress Marie Louise, on her way to the theatrical performance, spoke a few empty words to him, merely because she happened to meet him. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise When I say he did me the honor, I am not using empty words. Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. All that I have so often said must seem now to be nothing but empty words—all that I have done myself must seem of no account—and this without its being my fault! Three Comedies The only thing is what kind of empty words will, I wonder, be best to use? Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Why could she not understand that I did not want to come into her presence to rest or to say empty words. Marching Men Some with eager countenances and spirits are kindled by magnificent utterances, and these are charmed by the beauty of the thoughts, not by the sound of empty words; but the impression is not lasting. Seekers after God Let me dispense with empty words—let what Ohio did, does, and will do, for the cause of European freedom, be its own monument! Select Speeches of Kossuth "You were a coward to your better self In your light answer to the empty words Your nature disavowed." Under King Constantine At Freiburg he poured out silver crowns upon the ground, and, while he heaped them up with a shovel, said to the bystanders, "Does not this silver jingle better than the Emperor's empty words?" The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation We could wish that these your expressions were followed by deeds, and not by empty words…. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Should he then waste mere empty words with such self-justification as any common thief would not hesitate to do? Si'Wren of the Patriarchs The fatherhood of God and the imminence of the Kingdom of Heaven were no empty words for him. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Yet I do wish to make you some more substantial acknowledgment than empty words of my indebtedness to you. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths They were not empty words in those days, and unawares Gilbert shrank a little from his companion. Via Crucis Of these shall one or other have this day To mourn their son; since not with empty words Shall thou and I from mortal combat part. The Iliad Against such, mere empty words were but as the ring of brass or a sounding cymbal, dumb bells all, and the clink of the condemned slave's heavy chains. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs These are but empty words I have been saying. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale "Words, words, empty words," warned Mr. Skinner, always a reactionary Republican. Cappy Ricks Retires Any words which he may have spoken on the impulse of the moment were empty words. Castle Richmond "Speak not empty words, Umslopogaas, for where else can she be when we see her with our eyes?" She and Allan "Why should we trouble ourselves about the empty words and unjust suspicions of other people?" said he eagerly. Emile It contains within itself the whole history of the earth; it tells you what it has seen since the dawn of time; while your philosopher simply plays on abstract terms and empty words. The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan One juggles with empty words on this question of immortality, for the question is to know if the moi persists. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Alas, they are poor, witless builders on shifting sand if they place any hope or reliance on those two empty words, signifying nothing! Ardath Yet I will do your bidding because you are wiser than I and utter no empty words. She and Allan It was not like him to waste time in empty words. Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch There are vain words, idle words, hasty words, spiteful words, silly words, and empty words. Friends and Neighbors For, indeed, belief and unbelief are mere empty words; not so the loyalty, the greatness and profoundness of the reasons wherefore we believe or do not believe. Wisdom and Destiny This position is derived from a strict and regular prosecution of the obvious truth, that empty words alone, without any meaning or intention in the speaker, can never be attended with any effect. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Do you call that love? these empty words, this everlasting, unmeaning praise; this rapture about my beauty, my grace, and my skill, is this worship? Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Was he not merely repeating the same empty words with which he had so often beguiled her? The Barrier Gracious Heaven!" thought Eugene, "are honor and shame but empty words? Prince Eugene and His Times And let us not think that these are mere empty words wherewith they console themselves, words that in vain seek to hide the wound that bleeds but the more for the effort. Wisdom and Destiny "Phrases, empty words," he then exclaimed, throwing the letter contemptuously on the table. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Idle empty words! what can such delusive flattery lead to, but vanity and folly? Vindication of the Rights of Woman Then for Physiques, that is, the knowledge of the subordinate, and secundary causes of naturall events; they render none at all, but empty words. Leviathan Proceed, false slave, and slight their empty words: What! hopes the fool to please so many lords? The Odyssey But if it were so, if empty words could console, that surely were better than to be bereft of all consolation. Wisdom and Destiny In church it was with Lady Constantine as with the Lord Angelo of Vienna in a similar situation—Heaven had her empty words only, and her invention heard not her tongue. Two on a Tower The upshot of your remarks at page 11 is that my explanation, etc., and the whole doctrine of Natural Selection, are mere empty words, signifying the "order of nature." More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 And so he went on talking nonsense till I told him to stop, because he made my head ache with his empty words. Hunter Quatermain's Story And these dry, stale thoughts are always so poor that, in order to give them expression, it is necessary to use a vast number of high-sounding and empty words. The Man Who Was Afraid Defense of the country, deliverance of the people, all its grand phrases disappear in the realm of empty words. The French Revolution - Volume 3 Pleasure and pain are empty words to me; what I long for is knowledge—some other knowledge than comes to us in formal, colourless, impersonal precept. Eugene Pickering So, for lack of anything better, I talked to myself: I declaimed inside this copper box that topped my head, spending more air on empty words than was perhaps advisable. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A statute in such a case would be empty words, not because it was wrong, but because it could not be enforced. The Path of the Law "Ye see," I said, "I do not speak empty words." King Solomon's Mines Those are empty words, Cora;—words that are quite empty. The Prime Minister At first there was a brief struggle of empty words between the priest and Veronique, in which they both sought to veil their real thoughts. The Village Rector The old, beautiful formulas, which had soothed and helped the passing of many a soul, were naught save idle, empty words to Naomi Clark. Chronicles of Avonlea His hands Whiter than poplar leaves in windy springs, Shake with some palsy; and his stammering mouth Blurts out a foolish froth of empty words Like water from a conduit. La Sainte Courtisane "My friends," said Ignosi, so soon as they were gone, "can ye do this wonderful thing, or were ye speaking empty words to the captains?" King Solomon's Mines That he,—he, Sextus Parker,—should have been induced by a few empty words to give his name for seven hundred and fifty pounds without any consideration or possibility of benefit! The Prime Minister For the rest, men do not cross the King-langs in midwinter, wearing away their lives upon those stormy heights, to make a jest of empty words. Kai Lung's Golden Hours Those who died East and West, leaving so much anguish and so much pride behind them, died neither for the creation of States, nor for empty words, nor yet for the salvation of general ideas. Notes on Life and Letters |
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