| 单词 | abase |
| 例句 | “Should I abase myself? Rub ashes in my hair? Tear my clothes?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And yet when he says, “I am from outer space,” some of you actually shut your eyes, abase your intellects, and believe! The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Before the company, she reiterated the ballet’s gesture of amorous veneration, making her arms a halo that she drew over his head, shoulders, torso, and legs, abasing herself at his feet. Review: In ‘Onegin,’ Two Star Ballerinas on Contrasting Arcs 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Still, this is one of Ashton’s most sentimental and thin creations; I can’t enjoy the way Marguerite continually abases herself to both Armand and his father; and why are the surrounding men such milksops? Fall for Dance Festival Is Short but Packed 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Yet when she isn’t mooning or abasing herself to win the attention of a handsome fellow intern, she shows off a preternatural self-possession, the girl with all the answers. Mamie Gummer Wants to Make a Name for Herself 2012-10-05T20:45:19Z Much of the classical music industry has since abased itself at Mäkelä’s feet. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But one German theologian has recently proposed explanatory footnotes to turn the most problematic passages — the black children abasing themselves before Pippi, for example — into educational opportunities. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z Rather they are measurements of the amount of time that stick-figure heads bob up and down or left and right to fawn over the person who is president or to abase his flaws. Why cable news networks could use a reality check 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Never suspecting the true cause of Dimmesdale's troubles, the townsfolk venerate him for abasing himself in such style. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z It remains to be seen if Kevin McCarthy manages to abase himself enough to squeak through and get the ceremonial Speaker's gavel. Does it even matter who the next Speaker of the House is, if insurrectionists are running the show? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Ask Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who endured all that and more only to abase himself as one of Trump's most loyal lapdogs. Trump's announcement proves it, again: Republicans aren't tough — they're a bunch of weenies 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z It can be hard to understand why Republican politicians would so profoundly, repeatedly, abase themselves before Trump, particularly when he never returns the favor. Opinion | Is there no crime Trump could commit that would lose him GOP support? 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Russian law says inmates must not be treated in a way that is "harsh" or "abases human dignity". Russia fires prison officials, opens investigations after torture videos 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Russian law says inmates must not be treated in a way that is "harsh" or "abases human dignity." Russian authorities check allegations of prison torture and rape 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z When Biden holds his first Cabinet meeting, attendees will not be required to abase themselves with over-the-top praise for their Dear Leader. Opinion | Can you feel your blood pressure going down? Thank Joe Biden. 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z So evangelical leaders, along with others who have abased themselves before Trump in fear of their cultural enemies, stand condemned by the very value systems they proclaim. How the evangelical movement became Trump's "bitch" — and yes, I know what that word signifies 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z “This is nothing more than singling out people of a particular race as class enemies and forcing them to abase themselves before the reigning orthodoxy,” Mr. Kirsanow said in a Tuesday letter. Civil rights official calls on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to halt Whites-only diversity training 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z "When he fixed the impeachment trial by blocking evidence of Trump's high crimes and misdemeanors, McConnell violated and abased the solemn oaths he took as a United States senator," Conway said. George Conway group blisters Mitch McConnell: He "violated and abased the solemn oaths he took" 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Only fearful, humiliated ex-Trumpers in need of campaign support, like Jeff Sessions, who is again running for the Senate in Alabama, abase themselves and speak of his virtue. Trump’s Impeachment and “Impeachment Lite” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The idea that you can address the objectification of women by abasing men – you want to measure us by the pound? Feminism with no human warmth leaves me cold | Zoe Williams 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z I hadn’t abased myself, on my knees, scrubbing toilets at the level and in constant sight of my drill instructor’s crotch just to join a club. 'A torrent of ghastly revelations': what military service taught me about America 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z It is far more appropriate to take strength from an ultimately uplifting afternoon than abase oneself over an inconsequential refereeing call. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend's action 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Why do you need to abase and demean me? Opinion | The Feminists and the Frat House 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z His spokesman Seumas Milne flew to Russia in 2014 to abase himself before Putin and tried to spread conspiracy theories about the Salisbury chemical attack. As Putin incites more atrocities in Syria, Europe is exposed as craven | Nick Cohen 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z "No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant." Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingered, even as Arizona Republican neared the end of his life 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” McCain, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said in a statement. McCain to halt medical treatment for brain cancer, family says 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z How easily she could picture Oliver abasing himself before this girl by talking about that little out-of-the-way shop, how he’d known the owner for thirty years since his days as a foreign correspondent. “Ways and Means” 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” Mr. McCain said in the wake of the summit meeting. As Trump Struggles With Helsinki’s Fallout, Congress Faces a New Charge: Complicity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z How dare McCain say I am a naïve egotist with a sympathy for autocrats who abjectly abased myself before a tyrant and failed to defend American values? Opinion | Trump and His Very Special Guest 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z I was appalled, frustrated and ashamed watching President Trump abase himself and his country at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. Opinion | What Americans should do after Helsinki 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The ailing GOP senator added, “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” After Trump sides with Putin, Republicans respond with hollow backlash 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” U.S. lawmakers condemn Trump over Helsinki summit with Putin 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z History will not judge kindly these legislators who abased themselves and their institution. Opinion | History won’t be kind, Republicans 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z More than that, he’s willing to abase himself in extraordinary ways. Springtime for sycophants 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Moreover, it was painful to watch the former Exxon Mobil chief abase himself last week in an extraordinary press conference in which he insisted he hadn’t threatened to resign. Tillerson is toast. So is US diplomacy 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z They were happy to express grief and condolence, and willing to abase themselves in general terms for their unworthiness. The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The more consequential one was last week’s Cabinet meeting in which almost all but Defense Secretary Jim Mattis abased themselves before a totally hallucinogenic Trump. Opinion | Little Marco shrinks down to Trump’s size 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Time and again, London abases itself in its desperation to be noticed by Washington, and especially by the White House – no matter how appalling the incumbent of that office. Gove is simply Trump’s cheerleader, glossing over inconsistencies and ignorance | Jonathan Freedland 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z That is, without a doubt, correct, and another reminder of how the G.O.P. has abased itself in the presence of Donald Trump. Decoding McCain’s Hearing on Trump vs. Spies 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Twenty-two years earlier, he had saved his career by addressing a supposed scandal with his nationally broadcast “Checkers speech,” which was mawkish, abasing and effective. A fitting final chapter to 2016’s sleaze sweepstakes 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z He abases our democracy — and Republican elected officials abase themselves by supporting him. Trump tries to wreck the political system 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z In short, the movie feels, if not exactly glamorous, then simultaneously overly processed and overwrought, even when it’s wallowing in the most abased behavior. ‘Sunset Song’: Pretty as a picture, unmoving as a story 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But as a race we have always found methods that enable us to mildly abase ourselves with generally harmless ignobility, mischievous dishonesty, venial duplicity. Appy medium: could Instagram start an artistic revolution? 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z In the meantime, the only question is how far we are prepared to abase ourselves in our quest to normalize it. Normalizing Iran 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A few days after enduring the hysterics of his students, Nicholas Christakis, accompanied by Dean Holloway and other university administrators, met with about 100 students at his home and abased himself. The Rise of the College Crybullies 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps even worse, American officials constantly abase themselves, determined to reassure the very countries which the U.S. is defending at great cost and risk. U.S. Should Stop Collecting Allies Like Facebook Friends: Alliances Should Benefit America 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z It does not sense this about David Cameron: whatever his merits, he is too anxious to abase himself, and make a pretended commitment to modernity, to carry conviction as leader. 'Your Hour May Be at Hand': Winston Churchill's Letter to Boris Johnson He had so abased himself that he seems to have been regarded as no longer an element of weight in the situation. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Jeremiah God smiles at those who would abase him. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Figuratively speaking, he was smitten to the earth—humbled, abased, as he had never dreamed he could be. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Marie Antoinette, the Dauphiness, were forced to abase themselves before this vulgarian woman whom they loathed. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Who and what has given rise to the assuming pride of the people, as it is called in Europe, in every part of which they have been so thoroughly abased? The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z In one of his letters, Paul declares that he knows both how to be abased and how to abound. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z There is naught but forgiveness my spirit to heal; At your feet now abased, craving pardon, I kneel. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z You have honored me, my Emperor, and now I am here to be abased by you. "Der Tag" The Tragic Man 2012-03-19T02:00:28.147Z Simply because they have not learned how to be abased, how to live without getting their own way always, or without getting the praise or recognition to which they feel themselves entitled. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Jeremiah Lift him up, Him who has been abased, Pay him all honor! Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Abase has reference to a bringing down in condition or feelings; as to abase one's self before God. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was clear his only chance of concealing his bottomless baseness was to hold his tongue, and meanwhile he chipped with earnest care, and abased his soul before the very shadow of Miss Walshingham. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z I learnt the great delight of abasing myself to the beloved. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Zedekiah, who has taken up arms against me, must abase himself. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Why should he not, threats failing, throw himself at the girl's feet, abase himself, humble himself, try at least if he could not win by prayer and humility what she had refused to force. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z In the long run, they brought Philosophy to its knees, abasing it to be the apologist of everything they taught and did, and dignifying themselves by giving a philosophic colouring to their mysticism. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z I knew she would treat me with the same indifference, and only feel a wondering contempt that I should so abase myself. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z You have abased yourselves, and we will lift ourselves up; you have faltered, but we will bring fruition; you had peace, and we want war. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Two years later the Spanish Inquisition was set up in Rome; and its shadow fell even over Venice, which abased itself to the imprisonment of Bruno. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z But the breach and the trespass which abased in his person the King's name--he writhed, he groaned as he thought of this! The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z If she had had courage to confess--to abase her stiff-necked pride--the wrong might have been set right with but little serious injury to any but herself. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The pride of Hojo was abased; its cherished home was become a charnel-house; its stronghold a sepulchre; a wreck its monument. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I’m sorry——” “So am I,” she whispered, her head lowered, now thoroughly abased. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z He had caused her suffering and abased her to seek a reconciliation. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Pah! to think that these affairs should compel one to humiliate and abase one's self before a vulgar clod like that! Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z A lively skirmish followed, which ended in the Eastern gentleman's being upset into a sweet-fern bush, while the better-bred animal abased itself before the shining one. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z How long wilt thou abase man in moulding his clay? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The Philistines would fain abase us lower than the earth; they spit in our faces, for God hath cut our bowstrings and shaken the bridle before us. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Oft indeed are the mighty abased, and often likewise Are the base exalted: such is Man who is born and dies. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Then she wrote a charming little letter of penitence to Lady Awcock, abasing herself and at the same time pitying herself. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z How he would abase himself before the god of the Christian nations! Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The more I die to self, I live the more, The more abase myself, the higher soar; And, strange! the more I drink of Being's wine, More sane I grow and sober than before. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Evie was back again exactly where she had been; the only difference was that she now hated Louie the more that she had abased herself before her. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Of servants he asked service unwillingly, and, to the end of his days, with an uneasy sense that somebody was being abased—he inclined to think it was himself. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z No vulgar cares abased her thoughts; no bitter experience withered her heart; death, in compassion, spared her the spectacle of the reverses of her family, and participation in the guilty successes which followed those disasters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z His sons, The Angels, to abase?—a bastardy Exalts, formed out of clay and dust? Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z At dawn, when dews bedeck the tulip's face, And violets their heavy heads abase, I love to see the roses' folded buds, With petals closed against the wind's disgrace. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z And that you do not treat young men as demigods, before whom you must abase yourself in order to be exalted. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Customs were sometimes swerved from the law, influenced as they were by the barbarity of the times, but it is not the law which abases woman. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Here is the true self-respect—nay, not self-respect, for self is abased, self is overawed, self veils the face and falls prostrate in the presence of Infinite Wisdom, and Purity, and Love thus revealed. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Thou shalt yet man behold O'er thee exalted, so that thou shalt fall Upon thy knees and there, abased, adore, With drooping eyes, his lofty eminence, His power and high authority. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z And they kissed his hands and abased themselves before him and caressed his legs and called him Osiris and Serapis and Ammon-Râ and their life’s benefactor. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z As I myself unreservedly remarked at the time, not without bitterness, "Goethe resembled Louis XI. of France, who abased the powerful nobility and exalted the tiers �tat." The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z If only he were an expansive Italian now, he could think of some way openly to abase himself, instead of standing there callously and dully. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z He saw God's righteousness in all its tremendous majesty, and he abased himself before it; he saw God's fatherly love only dimly as yet, but yearned for it. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z "Thou shalt not yet man behold O'er thee exalted, son that thou shalt fall Upon thy knees, and there, abased, adore, With drooping eyes his lofty eminence." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z "Upon the news of the pregnancy of the Queen," says the M�moires, "I decided to write, dreaming that perhaps the King wished to be besought," and she abased herself to do this. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z He was almost angry that his visitor, being thus reminded, did not instantly abase himself. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Some children in an Irish school were asked the meaning of "He that exalteth himself shall be abased," when one of them replied, "Turned into horses or cows." Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z Jack’s honest nature was abasing itself before his friend. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Then they abased themselves before the Starosta and implored him to give them back their one piece of silver. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z "I have abased myself and been kicked in the face." The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z With downcast eyes, with beating heart she listened while Lingard, abasing himself and exalting her, took all the blame—and shame—on himself. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Why then should they abase themselves before the claims of Jesus? The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The inferior branches of the human family have hitherto been represented, by a majority of scientific observers, as considerably more abased than they are in reality. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z If the sister desires to aim at the high "ideals" taught in the sisterhood, she must abase and humiliate herself. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z Collingwood dreamed of abasing himself, and of settling without delay all doubts as to his attitude. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z It is he who abases the Proud and favours the Humble. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The envoys themselves were astonished when they heard this letter; for they had no previous knowledge of its contents, and supposed that it contained abase and harsh challenges rather than requests. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z This is abasing our intelligence, and making it serve as a means to satisfy our wants, whilst it belongs to an order far superior to these very wants. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z For the acquisition of these virtues I had to learn to diminish in my own estimation; be glad whenever I was given an opportunity to abase, to renounce or to mortify myself. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z They remained silent; and his mask fell off, and he abased himself before them with his words, so that old Tichel and Willis Cox were sickened, and Dan'l was pleased. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z But here the cedar means human grandeur and national greatness, full of arrogant pride and therefore doomed to be abased. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z He seems to have been too easily elated, though as easily abased. The Making of an Apostle 2011-07-26T02:00:19.187Z He did not protest—he did not talk poetry, nor abase himself; he made no exaggerated promises, nor did he sue for her love. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z "The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life," delight in abasing themselves before rags and filth, wishing to reach the opposite extreme. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The boy abased himself; he was pitifully ashamed. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z “Do you wish to abase me more than this?” she said at last, in a choking voice. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Nor would he ever take to him a wife but thought to be abased thereby, for had he been married to a woman he had deemed himself much shamed. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z His strained brain easily conjured up the figure in all its menacing nobility, and before the vision he felt abased to the dust. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z All too conscious, alas! of my presumption in the same, I yet abase myself before you as a suitor for your adorable Hand. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z It is HE who "abases the proud, and exalts the humble." The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z He had admired her, and kissed her, and quite often during their engagement had abased himself at her feet. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Casting in iron has been so abased and abused that it is almost difficult to believe that the metal has anything to offer to the arts. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z To subject it to the yoke of passion, instead of increasing it under the liberal discipline of duty, is to abase in us what deserves our respect as much as the respect of others. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z I ought to be more abased that another in proportion as I am more exalted by my position, and as God requires of me more complete death to all. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Seeing him abased and insulted, all her early tenderness revived. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Disgrace outside before the world, and inside before his abased and humiliated self. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z He remembered now, how, at last, after he had forced his wife to understand, she had abased herself, imploring him to save her brother from the consequences of his wicked action. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Ecstasy, far from elevating man to God, abases him below man; for it effaces in him thought, by taking away its condition, which is consciousness. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z My friends, Here I abase my soul before God’s throne, And ask forgiveness for the pious zeal With which I smote the soul of Alma Bell, And smudged the robe of Elenor Murray. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The great were abased; the nobles gave up their titles, and the labourers wanted to be called Mr. so and so. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Important offices and privileges were in her gift, and the courtiers abased themselves before her. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Distant whistles began to sound, and her first morning in Chicago came to Rose, hot, brazen, unnatural, and found her blinded, bruised, discouraged, abased, homesick. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z "Man, man, do you wish to abase me?" said the Bishop. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z "The Emirati desire to be the object of unrestrained praise met its match in the French willingness to abase themselves in front of rich clients," according to the confidential cable. Special Report: How Libya is a showcase in the new arms race 2011-04-04T11:14:10Z And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z I have rich and high relations, to whom I might apply for relief if I condescended to do so; but I scorn to abase myself in any such manner. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:12.713Z At last he came to one of them, and crawled and abased himself on the ground and then took hold of the man's coat and tried to pull him in the direction of the gate. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z It is only after the state of nature has been perverted and abased, that the “kingly” element becomes strong among a people. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z With his overwhelming sense of his sins, he was abased under it, and he scourged himself as a hypocrite. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z But I would not be ordered out; I would not be abased——Surely I had a right. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Mommsen has noted the moment as one in which the power of Rome and the genius of Greece were simultaneously abased in the presence of sultanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Though all men abase them before you in spirit, and all knees bend, I kneel not neither adore you, but standing, look to the end. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z But what have you done for this wretched girl, abased and heart-broken in her sin—what have you done?—you and the better-class people? The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z He continued to abase himself to the fox, and said to him, “Perhaps thou canst find some means of delivering me from destruction.” Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z She saw him collapsed before her with abased eyes, and was satisfied. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z The slave was crushed and degraded, his intelligence abased, even his love of freedom extinguished. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z Ye shall fly, All, and abase your shields of bronzen rim Before their wands. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z He had succeeded neither in abasing nor in intimidating his adversary; in more than one respect he must acknowledge him as his peer. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z He was a hermit living on the Florida coast and perfectly abased when he met Mercer and his two companions. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z Shall a mother abase herself before her stripling boy? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z She leaned towards him as though she yearned to abase herself. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z This feeling was deepened nearly to despair, when I saw the expression of abased mortification that came over the sweet and usually happy countenance of Dus, and the difficulty she had in suppressing her tears. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Chiefs were made to "draw and carry," to abase them before the tribes. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z And concerning the very letter that I reproduce above, the Charlotte Observer, a strong Southern newspaper, which copied it, said: A man would better be dead than to thus abase himself. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z These Time seized and spoiled; these Time crushed in the egg; and the proud stone that should have stood among the clouds, Time left abased beneath the soil. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z But the Almighty raised up, even in his own house, a terrible instrument to abase his pride, by whom he was easily overcome, and driven into exile. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Look ye upon me how I abase myself under all, who yet am above all. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Now it would be easier than later to abase himself and confess that in this midsummer’s madness was no substance or color of reality—that he stood unalterably pledged to her renunciation. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Must I abase myself before my runaway child? Magda A Play in Four Acts Certainly that common saying among us, which declares, that be a family conspicuous as it may, a single half-century shall see it abased; that maxim undoubtedly holds true with the commonalty. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The Hudson Bay Company seeing the giving of liquor to Indians abased and impoverished him, abolished it by a law passed in committee in 1853. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Be not thou therefore ashamed to be bruised in spirit, and abased in thine own eyes. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z As the vision grows, the pride of the invulnerable sapiens, who might make himself the equal or more than the equal of God,1772 shrinks and is abased. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius She read in his face horror, pity, loathing, and longed with her whole being to abase him lower than she was in his eyes. The Unknown Sea He held his head down; he was too abased to speak. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel They had, by making use of the mediation of Khudayar, gone so far as to open the door for Yakoob Beg to abase himself. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Awful blindness! a worm of the earth would make himself great in the world, when the Lord of glory abased himself to the very dust. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z She had met him as he came wearied home, with a basin of water in her two hands, and the deference of eye-lashes modestly abased. The Firebrand He looked again at the dear grey head abased in his unworthy presence out of endless remorse for one error. The Unknown Sea "And now, Major d'Arcy, if you will condescend to abase yourself we will continue our sewing lesson." Our Admirable Betty A Romance This abases the This exalts the microscopic municipalities of Greece. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses He who would exalt himself, shall be abased. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. I would almost give my eyes," hissed through her teeth the revengeful Fausta, "if I could only see that painted doll, Valeria, abased and degraded. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs He could not expose the conspiracy without confessing his own part in it, and he felt that he would cheerfully prefer death to so abasing himself in Violet's eyes. A Traitor's Wooing Sir," said Joseph, bowing obsequious back and keeping his eyes humbly abased, "you ask a thing impossible——" "Ask, animal? Our Admirable Betty A Romance It is the abasing of man, the exalting of God,—the belief that what He sends is all good, and that all the bad is from ourselves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Rich and powerful, their ambition urged them to further the projects of the Emperor, which in abasing the Papacy lessened the power of the temporal princes. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. They are not abased, but only amused by our world's condescensions. A Man in the Open Many persons, indeed, reject this doctrine because they cannot believe that man has power to abase so high a thing so sadly. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus She felt ridiculous and abased in her own sight; but the glamour was stealing over her again. Shadows of Flames A Novel In these straits, he condescended to extend the kiss of peace to his old foe Goldoni, and Goldoni abased himself to the point of accepting the salute. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Then King Henry of Valois abased his eyes, and men could hear his teeth chatter in his head. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion One set of citizens will become abased—that is, they will surrender their birthright of equality—in order that another set may strut around in a belief of superiority and indulge a sense of pride. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America But not like a farce-monger, who, to gain your laugh, must utterly abase his characters, and make them merely ridiculous. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 And thus was abased the arrogance of the ungrateful and proud people of Florence. Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani He neither would nor could, under his ethics of self-respect, abase himself to labor, so he proceeded to enslave the native to labor for him. The Greater Republic A History of the United States And I abased myself before Necessity, the great Goddess, and said ostentatiously: "It is naught, it is naught, and you needn't look at me when I wander about." From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel So it was brought home to me that the victim could be abased, and so it disengaged itself from these things that the abasement could be conscious. The Sacred Fount They that turn justice to wormwood, and abase righteousness to the earth! The Bible Story During the whole of their lives the females were subject to the most abasing degradation; and their sex was often, at their birth, the cause of their destruction. Oriental Women She had abased herself in penitence, and he only thought her queer. The Torch Bearer Whether such a procedure would exert a correspondingly elevating or abasing influence upon the intellectual development of the two classes is a problem for anthropologists. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Thus we place no garland around the vices of the human race: thus we abase, and thus we exalt: thus are we humbled to the dust, thus are we raised to the highest heavens. Modern Substitutes for Christianity Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger: And look upon everyone that is proud, and abase him. The Bible Story The kinky head of their king was abased. The Portal of Dreams You would do anything, abase yourself to any degree, to stop the noise of sobbing which is slowly sapping your manhood. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 We may exalt democracy, and abase aristocracy, and cajole people with specious phrases. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 The stern old grandfather abased and denied the physical and material needs. The House of Fulfilment Man's pride is to be abased, and put to confusion. Training the Teacher She would abase herself before Guido and confess everything to him in the very words she was whispering now, and she would implore his forgiveness. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome They seek not so much to raise those that are cast down, as to abase those who stand erect. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind In this wild element of Life, he has to struggle onward; now fallen, deep abased; and ever with tears, repentance, with bleeding heart, he has to rise again, struggle again still onward. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy By and by, the same rough usage is dealt out to honest women, to citizen’s wives, whose pride the nobles seek to abase. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages He has abased our trained nurse and expert motorist in order to exalt her. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium Let Zedekiah abase himself before the victor, yoke on neck and crown in hand! The Forerunners He had been quite alive to the fact that he and his conversation would be abased, and that his power, both of pleasing and of governing, would be lessened, by this new contact. Lady Anna They began, at the first, a systematic ignoring of the fact of intellect in this abased people. Civilization the Primal Need of the Race The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 The judge abased himself completely before these words. The Monster and Other Stories She is not abased or dejected, but exalted, rather. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium He abased himself in awful shame over it many a time in life, and suffered in his own person all the fearful retribution which such habits bring in their train. Home Life of Great Authors Of what use would it be to abase herself? Lady Anna "Do you see that, fellow?" the triumphant challenging look seemed to say: "Your comrade must abase himself to the level of the beasts, if we so will it,--we, who have the power!" Jena or Sedan? His Majesty saw standing, ‘with a very abased countenance, not a bondman but a freeman, with a dagger at his girdle.’ James VI and the Gowrie Mystery We'll abase ourselves like they used to in the olden days to show they repented. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts The laborer was purposely abased to the utmost and he was made to feel in many ways his particular low place in the social organization. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times She wasn't abased by her surrenders, their simplicity exalted her, showed her innocent and himself a flushed and congested soul. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Never had the supreme tribunal of justice abased itself more ignobly than when it listened so complaisantly to the king, and approved without qualification an organized massacre perpetrated unblushingly under its very eyes. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 You must not abase—” He had not finished, and Naida had scarcely risen, when the heavy door swung on noiseless hinges. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 It would surely be abasing the prophets without any cause, if we were to assign to them that delusion. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 He abased himself before the awful might of these creatures who had saved them. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 You abase them more than is needful, in the faint hope that others may say a word in their behalf—which won't happen. Shirley It shows that the change is not merely momentary, but that the temple-mountain shall be exalted for ever, and that no earthly power shall be able to abase it. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Then first must I E'en down to death abase me. Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly All despair abases God into an idol, into a creature. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 "I believe in you, my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you, And you must not be abased to the other." Whitman A Study Daniel addresses the king, and reminds him how that God supported his father, and gave him power to exalt or abase whomsoever he pleased. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century She is captured; and ignominious abuse is cast upon the leaders of the deeply abased people.—We need not here dwell for any length of time upon the numerous expositions of תתגדדי. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Her spirit enters into and takes possession of me as soon as I behold her; it subjugates me, it abases me. Pepita Ximenez I love you, my dear child, in the love of the Divine Master, who so abased himself by love! Letters of Madam Guyon All is good, all is as it should be; to abase the body is to abase the soul. Whitman A Study That this was no trick of a moment but a calculated scheme to abase and possess her she now realized with a sort of dull horror. In the Shadow of the Hills She abased herself by taking an inferior position. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The woman who inspires me with an earthly love, on the contrary, I endeavor to despise and abase in my thoughts, remembering the words of the sage, and applying them to her. Pepita Ximenez As when we charge a vessel, the more ballast we put in, the lower it sinks, so the more love we have in the soul, the lower we are abased in self. Letters of Madam Guyon He too abased himself before the sign of their god, then rose, to stand motionless, listening.... Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The policeman abased himself instantly and trotted with them as a guide. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy If I succumb to your love, I humiliate and abase myself. Pepita Ximenez He was so happy that he wanted to abase himself before some one. The Red Hand of Ulster The copper of the armored men gleamed bright in the glow from beyond, as they abased themselves and crept slowly toward the light. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Strong is the arm that in our cause was raised,— Christ, be Thy name to endless ages praised, Who, at the hands of sinners was abased;— Have mercy, Lord. Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church How the revolution has abased a Prince of the House of Savoy! Pius IX. And His Time How does abase differ from debase? humble from humiliate? degrade from disgrace? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions As he stood there looking unhappily upon all of those abased people who seemed to be worshipping him, he thought he heard the voice of his dream of long ago. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces It did not abase the royal authority; it brought into clear view the unity of interests between the crown and the nation. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) He had a foolish impulse to tear it down and to abase himself with a plea for pardon before the silent beast behind the bars. Kings in Exile He abased himself to serve all men with the supreme service—the gift of his life in our behalf. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions As if in some final act of humility and contrition, he unbared and abased himself, he laid down the pretension of integrity. The Combined Maze Mentally she abased herself before him because of her doubts. The Ranch at the Wolverine He felt that he could not again abase himself for a few paltry shillings a week. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Amen shall abase those who know not god. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions It arrived in two motors, and we abased ourselves before it, babbling apologies. A Padre in France Our abasement abases them; our falls drag them down; we owe to them to stand fast, to save them from falling. Famous Women: George Sand His father, a successful manufacturer of codfish packing-boxes at Newburyport, telegraphed money for the prodigal's return with the stipulation that he should forswear the inky cloak and abase himself in the box factory. Otherwise Phyllis Theodora blushed, and then actually turned a little pale, looking wondrously abased in her uncalled-for confusion; but she was not at all coherent in her explanations, which were really not meant for explanations at all. Theo A Sprightly Love Story Holy Church is always merciful to those who abase themselves before her,—who own their folly, and humbly bow to her rebuke. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford She confessed her crime and abased herself, but now they would begin life again, and she croaked forth a string of allurements from a throat that had known too many rich puddings. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton She coldly said, her long-lasht eyes abased, Is this the mighty ocean? is this all? Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Let us see, then, if it be wise thus to assert the doctrine of a necessitated agency, in order to abase the pride of man, and teach him a lesson of humility. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory To-day the Jews on Calvary A cruel Cross have raised, And nailed upon that Cross, their Lord Have wickedly abased, Who made a pathway through the sea And led them from captivity. Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes Even as thou art scandalizing others, thine own nature is being abased, whilst those whom thou dost backbite remain the same. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story Let one raise himself by means of self, and not abase self, Self is his own friend, is also his own enemy. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts His features showed traces of the evening before, in red eyes and pale cheeks; and yet worse, in the spiritless, abased expression, which was more than Dolly could bear. The End of a Coil As he once more lifted up his head amongst his nobles, he said humbly, "The great God of heaven is King; and those who walk in pride He is able to abase." Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young This brutal letter was not destined to be sent to its address, but to abase the pontifical dignity, or at least the person of the Pope, in the eyes of the French public. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Then, again abasing itself before him, the crawling creature glided out of the hall as it had entered, and was speedily lost to view. Folk-lore and Legends: German He was a man suddenly sick with remorse; and, to the last, the faint scar which the wound left was as a crucifix before which he abased himself. The Orchard of Tears You bring her here, even to abase herself To rescue me! The Woman Who Dared Again he disappeared, again he reappeared, a little deeper sunken, a little more abased, and henceforth that was his life. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Discovery would come, and forth he would be drawn like a shy, unwilling periwinkle from its shell, once more to play his abased and bashful role of free entertainer to guffawing mixed audiences. The Life of the Party Thus saith the Lord God, Remove the diadem and take off the crown, this shall not be the same; exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 "And he that is mighty shall be abased." The Hero Seek not, even from Him, holiness in yourself; let self be abased, and be content that the Holiness is His. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy She had the native woman's disdain of a man who abased himself before a woman. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Those prelates that will not abase themselves to preach upon ordinary Sabbaths, think the high holidays worthy of their sermons. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) He dropped her hand, and stood before her, abased in his own eyes, but one who, if a criminal, had had the strength to be his own judge and pass heavy sentence on himself. Studies in love and in terror He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious; and yet he wanted to abase himself! The Hero All who were not utterly abased by the yoke of Bond domination stood upright. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 But we have a great many who have helped to abase their classes. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Rise, Princess, and injure not your honour by thus abasing yourself before your slave. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers She had abased herself in the dust before God—she had offered all her life to Him if He would spare her child—and had He not answered? Virginia She bad been on her guard against him just now, but when he thus abased himself before her she took pity upon him, and became dangerously amiable. Vixen, Volume III. What star did at my birth preside, That I should be born-slave?" he sighed: "To tread that spit, of horrid sound— Inglorious task—to which no hound, That ever I knew, was abased. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) It gratified him, at the same time that it hopelessly abased him to observe all this evidence of her power. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West To abase myself before her; to grovel at her feet and crave her pardon for my behaviour of last night. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts He directed an elaborate wink at the crown of her abased shade hat. The Opened Shutters For long years, he had abased himself before his father without a question; but when, at last, he had divined him, the deed was done, the habits had become rooted. A Nobleman's Nest She stroked his head, and the hound fawned upon her, dragging himself round her feet, crawling, abased. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The vast mass, and roar, and motion of the hall itself soon ceased to confuse or abase him. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Fortune mocks us; she turns us on her wheel: she raises and abases us at her pleasure, but her power is founded on our weakness. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Ashamed, abased, degraded in his own eyes, he turned away his head. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "This man," said Jesus, "went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." Child's Story of the Bible The nation was abased, crushed beyond all hope of recuperation. Jack 1877 Condemned, abased, like a prisoner en route to the gallows, Isabelle walked from among them. The Cricket O women! into what loathsome violence you have abased your holy mission! A Confederate Girl's Diary Thus England was to be abased and insulted, while France lorded it over all her neighbours and prepared to become mistress of the seas. William Pitt and the Great War Small wonder that he raged as he felt that to reach his goal he had to crawl through so narrow a portal, had to abase himself before well-meaning mediocrities like Labouchere or Newcastle. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe To those who had been familiar with that pitiful little face, who had seen the child abased by servitude, Moronval's discourse was at once heart-breaking and absurd. Jack 1877 In Italy, there is little manhood but no class-worship; her millions of beggars will not abase themselves one whit lower before a Prince than before anyone else from whom they hope to worm a copper. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. The guiltless be condemned to bleed, The poor enriched, the rich abased, The low set high, the proud disgraced. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Iskender's heart leapt up in thanks to Allah for thus abasing one who had conspired against him. The Valley of the Kings Through Christ man is abased and lifted up—abased without despair, and lifted up without pride; in Him all contradictions are reconciled. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Henceforth you will justify me, I hope; for I can clear myself of the charge of ingratitude and treason, which would abase me in my own eyes if I had been guilty of them.' Hortense Makers of History Series But so far from abasing the possessor, in the estimation of others, this very trait commands their respect, and their love. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 This day the world my power shall see, That none in arms can rival me: My strength the monarch shall abase, And set thee, lord, in lordliest place. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Ye hear much of him, and it doth not abase you, but if ye saw him, ye would not abide yourselves; ye would prefer the dust you tread on to yourselves. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He only knew that he was abased in his own sense of deep injury towards a fellow-creature. Deerbrook I am weary of abasing myself to such a contemptuous mortal, nor will I longer endure such indignity. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance It has been led astray into Chauvinism, abased to idiotic hatred of the foreigner, degraded to grotesque self-worship. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil When very young I went astray from God and my mind was altogether taken with vanities and follies: such as the remembrance of them doth greatly abase my soul within me. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Is there any more abasing and humbling principle than love? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning You can have no idea how our vanity is mortified, and our pride abased, by finding what the world can produce out of the bounds of Deerbrook. Deerbrook He ought to abase himself before God, to be overwhelmed at His feet, to spread himself in a passion of gratitude; he knew and wished it! En Route Still he lies on the very identical Spot where he fell—lies, as I said on the ground, Shamefully and conspicuously abased! The Book of Humorous Verse Show always as much neighbourhood as thou canst to grief that abases itself, which will cost thee but little effort if thine own grief hath been great. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 All speak one thing to one purpose,—to bring men to God, to abase all glory, and exalt him alone. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning To abase herself, in the hope of receiving spiritual consolation, appeared to her as an act of disloyalty to her dead love and her maimed and crippled son. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance And find abundant cause every day to exalt the Lord and abase flesh—and herein I have some exercise. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural pre�minence of that monarch of buildings. Under the Rose But when the deity has abased them and stripped them of their conceit, there is something in their very circumstances to reprove them and bring about a change of mind. Plutarch's Morals The glory of God shining on him doth not puff him up in arrogancy and conceit of the knowledge of such profound mysteries, but he is more abased in himself by it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Alas, the Peabody Apartments accommodate only about a thousand people, and half a million or more of human beings live in abasing poverty and misery in London today. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen In language like this, we are not abasing the national courage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Common sense was needed to expose and abase and overturn those criminals whose talents enabled them to conceal their wickedness; proselytism could follow in due course. The Bishop's Secret Caricatures of all kinds represented Walpole abasing himself before Spain and entering into secret engagements with her, to the prejudice and detriment of England. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Majesty and greatness go before to abase and humble the soul in its own eyes; and mercy and goodness second them to lift up those who are low and exalt the humble. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning “Then, as you wish them abased and tormented, you must help me to abase and torment mine—my husband, and Lord Lovat—” “Lord Lovat!” repeated many wondering voices. The Billow and the Rock Degraded and abased in her own eyes, all her moral feelings revolting against the abominable indignity imposed on her, yet the threat which had been uttered made her tremble. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times Reigning, guiding, all-commanding, ruling myriad worlds of light; Now exalting, now abasing, none can stay Thy hand of might! Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation Then I abased my soul, and prayed again, And cast off all the burden of my sins, Tearing my strange ambition from my heart. Stories in Verse If thy soul rightly discover God, it cannot but abase thee. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Who dost the low uplift, the small make great,5 And dost abase the ignorantly proud, Of our scant people mould a mighty state, To the strong, stern,—to Thee in meekness bowed! The Ontario High School Reader She would have to flatter him by abasing herself, by throwing herself upon his mercy. The Highgrader Yet, is it strange that I repine, And feel abased in lonely woe, To lose thy love—or e'en to know That half of it is mine? Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse Go on; cease not to throw all into confusion with thy terrors, to exalt the strength of a twice vanquished race, and abase the arms of Latinus before it. The Aeneid of Virgil “He that humbles himself shall be exalted, and he that exalts himself shall be abased,” Matt. xxiii. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning She had pled with him before, and knelt and wept and abased herself before him. In Kings' Byways Fold the arms upon the chest, abase the head, bring the eyebrows down till you have to look through them! Three Margarets She fawned upon him piteously from the very beginning of this embrace, and at the last she fell, both knees thudding upon the carpet, and abased her head between his ankles, crying bitterly the while. Despair's Last Journey In adversity, let us consider, confess our sins, and abase ourselves before the throne of God. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Faith glorifies God in his justice and mercy most, and abases the creature. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Andrew Murray says, "Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, His glory and power flow in." The Calvary Road Before the hurt and abased look in his deep gray eyes, her own eyes dropped, ashamed and pitiful. The Brentons ‘Mine,’ said she, pensively; and as she abased her head, the broad leaf of the lily hid her brow and her eyes; the light of heaven shone through the flower. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”—Luke xviii. The Parables of Our Lord In itself it is filthiness, and contrary to God's holiness; an abasing of the immortal soul; a spot in the face of the Lord of the creatures, that hath far debased him under them all. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He will not allow himself to be exalted; he will not allow himself to be abased. Pushing to the Front He has the same equable spirit when abased and when abounding. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. That is, abasing our eyes in reverence to so great a man, but without closing them. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection We gave Mary notice, and Kate said she couldn’t abase herself to be a ‘general’ after her bringings up. The Fortunes of the Farrells And the truth is, the more holiness, the more humility and self-abasing; for what is holiness, I pray you, but self-denial, the abasing of the creature, and exalting of Christ Jesus? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning When you have abased yourself before a friend, have confessed your own shortcomings, and braced yourself to bear reproaches, what can be more delightful than to hear that her own ignorance is greater than yours? More About Peggy How can they abase grand humanity to the level of their social organon, affecting to control it with their arbitrary absolutisms, their mammon deification, their mimic infallibility! She and I, Volume 1 Forgiveness would split and shiver what slavery but abased. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection For so anxious was he to clear himself of the reproach of abasing himself before his head boys, that his next inquiries were made brusquely and snappishly. The Master of the Shell And truly this is it which most abases man's nature, and, being seen, would most humble men. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Come up, for I am weary of my perch; and verily, if the mountain come not to Mahomet, the prophet must abase himself to the mountain. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess In glory I reigned, abasing their kings, the people of the earth fearing my dominion; And I beheld the tribes and armies in my power, and saw the countries and their inhabitants dread me. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales The word friendship has been abased by applying it to low and unworthy uses, and so there is plenty of copy still to be got from life by the cynic and the satirist. Friendship The Delawares stand abased by the children of their grandchild, overthrown by men defeated in a hundred battles. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 Christ writes his everlasting thoughts of love and good-will to us in this epistle; and that we may not think this doth extol the creature, and abase Christ, it is added, ver. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In every country and in all ages woman has been thus abased. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. So I said to him: 'By Him who hath exalted thee and abased me, pity me, and take me before Solomon.' The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales The enemy lines are much broken and ruined, their parapets thrown down, the mouths of their dugouts blown in, and their pride abased. The Old Front Line The Mengwe were brave: they would not abase themselves in the eyes of the Lenape by admitting that they were vanquished, or proposing peace. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 God abased, man exalted,—how unsuitable are these, think you! The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning For a while after the door had closed upon the Commandant, Dominique stood with eyes abased. Fort Amity The kine, the shepherds, the abased wise, Must all less lowly wait Than I, upon thy state!— In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World The Mysteries of Providence. 1Almighty God! thy wondrous works Of providence and grace, An angel's perfect mind exceed, And all our pride abase. 2Stupendous heights! amazing depths! Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination A mystic, when abasing reason in the presence of faith, may lose sight of earthly objects in the splendour of the beatific vision. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Shall I, who am born of the Spirit; shall I, who am of God in Christ, abase myself to such unworthy and base things? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning A mother would shrink from abasing herself to save the life of her child as these men abased themselves in the hope of saving their dollars. The Plum Tree Yet I would not abase myself, being now in my turn sore and therefore obstinate. Simon Dale The financier's irritation was increased by this unexpectedly reckless attitude on the part of the man who should, he felt, be abased in sackcloth before him. White Ashes They are the popular singers of an abased race, of a conquered people. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present David prays, “re establish me with thy free Spirit,” as if his spirit had been abased, embondaged, and enthralled by the power of that corruption. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But it may be a question whether George Romney has not been unfairly abased, even though it may be agreed on all hands that Sir Joshua Reynolds has not been unduly exalted. Art in England Notes and Studies We abase ourselves before them in happy humility. Here are Ladies When one's impressions of a place are at first exalted, they are often, later on, apt to become equally abased. Scottish Ghost Stories He was seized by a terrible and frenzied desire to overthrow the idol that still persistently rose up lofty and enigmatic before his imagination, do what he would to abase it. The Child of Pleasure To break down the will by abasing youth before its comrades and elders, to lay its self-respect low, to beat dignified individuality into callous insensibility, manufactured a docile, automatic unit for the German mechanism. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life But the more these sanctuaries have been abased and ridiculed by the enemy, the more they have been respected and adored by the people. Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) Not in repugnance nor in scorn Our spirit holds you, Nor would our pen abase you More than it must—to call you feminine! The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem There was no cause for humiliation in his consciousness, and he could not consent to abase himself before the untoward and discordant facts. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Besides, it is a pity to abase oneself unnecessarily. Border and Bastille Though I feel the working of sin, and am abased, yet Jesus shows his mercy to be mine, and I trust that I am his. The Annals of the Poor Such silent suffering is the severe judge of the world who makes all rich people poor, all proud humble, all pleasure bitter, all human progress abased. Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) But she was so genuinely penitent and abased when her omissions were discovered that her friend had not the heart to be severe. One Woman's Life Pour forth the overflowings of thy anger; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. A Hero and Some Other Folks Though I feel the workings of sin, and am abased, yet Jesus shows his mercy to be mine, and I trust that I am his. The Dairyman's Daughter He was now anxious to abase himself before the lady at the bookstall. The Simpkins Plot Claude reddened to the roots of his hair and felt suddenly abased. The Way of Ambition The priests were there, frantically abasing themselves; Mtetanyanga, his opera hats rolling, unheeded, on the ground. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers By your deeds the exalted station of the people hath been abased, the standard of Islám hath been reversed, and its mighty throne hath fallen.” The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Throughout past centuries each system of religious belief has boasted of its own superiority and excellence, abasing and scorning the validity of all others. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Because of you the people were abased, and the banner of Islám was hauled down, and its mighty throne subverted.” The Promised Day Is Come And finally, these portentous prophecies: “Because of you the people were abased, and the banner of Islám was hauled down, and its mighty throne subverted.” God Passes By In truth I declare, it shall be so abased in the days to come as to cause tears to flow from every discerning eye.... Bahá’í Administration Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor; poor, bestow upon us a share from the ocean of Thy wealth; needy, do Thou satisfy us; abased, give us Thy glory. Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Then in the days that followed that first terrible night, she had abased herself and striven to fill the role Gaston prepared for her! Joyce of the North Woods You hire down-trodden reporters to go and abase themselves to get the information, while we wouldn't lower ourselves enough to ask even by proxy. Homeburg Memories Our heights which laud Him, sink abased before Him higher than the highest evermore: God higher than the highest we adore. Poems By your deeds the exalted station of the nation hath been abased, the standard of Islám hath been reversed and its mighty throne hath fallen. Bahá’í Administration The result was tangible, but he had paid for it with the most abasing quarter-hour of his life, and Shelby, too, craved another atmosphere. The Henchman A sense of my small returns of love and gratitude to him often abases me and makes me think I am little better than those who profess no religion. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle It was utter silliness my abasing myself, saying that Rachel Leonard was more lovable than I. Her rich expectations were her superior charm. The Late Miss Hollingford And King George, passing him, saw the old man sitting there, and felt ashamed, abased, before the look of the old servant. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow In truth, I declare, it shall be so abased in the days to come as to cause tears to flow from every discerning eye.... Bahá’í Administration There was a peculiar feebleness about his whole attitude as he sat—something almost abased in the sinking of his chin upon his breast. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Then did mother unholy to son that knew not abase her, Shamefully, fear'd not unholy the blessed dead to dishonour. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus If it be His wish He will cause the abased to be exalted, and the exalted to be abased, even as He did in the Bayán, couldst thou but understand. Selections From the Writings of the Báb Think not that he who humbles himself remains for ever abased, for it is written: 'He shall be exalted.' Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province His hopes had been raised or abased among the places of £1,000, £1,200, or £1,500 a year. Phineas Redux He would leave the good unprotected and exposed to abase from the bad. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated For man's own prudence is constantly exalting that head, and divine providence is constantly abasing it. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Shall wee, I say without blushing abase ourselves so farre as to imitate these beastly Indians, slaves to the Spaniards, refuse to the world, and as yet aliens from the Holy Covenant of God? History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour If it be not true, there is no truth in man; and if it be true, he finds therein great cause for humiliation, being compelled to abase himself in one way or another. Pascal's Pensées "If he exalts himself, I abase him; if he abases himself, I exalt him; and I contradict him continually, until he understands at last that he is an incomprehensible monster." The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism She must live and die with this secret self-knowledge which abased her, gnawing at the heart. The Butterfly House They made up their minds to see the throne of Louis XVI. abased, provided that the Revolution would consent to allow itself to be controlled by the throne. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Tarquinius, angry at his opposition, took measures to abase him and to bring his art into contempt. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Let us then abase her to matter and see if she knows whereof is made the very body which she animates, and those others which she contemplates and moves at her will. Pascal's Pensées On the contrary, the more we see of the divine character, the more deeply shall we be abased and humbled before him. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Think you that I, a lady born of France, would abase myself to beseech his loyalty? Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France The president, the cashier, abased themselves before the irate old man. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future So, leaving Sholto standing by the lakeside with bowed head and abased sword, the strange woman went her way to work out her appointed task. The Black Douglas The imperial régime was a loss for the Romans, but a deliverance for their subjects: it abased the conquerors and raised the vanquished, reconciling them and preparing them for assimilation in the empire. History Of Ancient Civilization Blessed the abased one who layeth fast hold on the cord of My glory; and the needy one who entereth beneath the shadow of the Tabernacle of My wealth. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas Shall either the pomp of the mighty or the wretchedness of the abased endure? The Summons of the Lord of Hosts I implore Thee, O my Lord, by whatsoever is of Thee, to send, from the right hand of Thy might, that which will exalt Thy loved ones and abase Thine enemies. Prayers and Meditations His chosen ones shall be abased in His day. The Kitáb-i-Íqán They creep round with huge burdens of stone bowing them down to the very dust and so abased their hearts are turned to humility. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 S: And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself,...45: The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh The mightiest of men are abased before the revelations of Thy glory, and they who are endued with strength tremble when faced with the evidences of Thy might. Prayers and Meditations This station is also one of the signs of the Day of Revelation; even as it is said: “The abased amongst you, He shall exalt; and they that are exalted, He shall abase.” The Kitáb-i-Íqán We have accepted to be abased, O believers in the Unity of God, that ye may be exalted, and have suffered manifold afflictions, that ye might prosper and flourish. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh S: And as to Samood, We showed them the right way, but they chose error above guidance, so there overtook them the scourge of an abasing chastisement for what they earned. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh It behoveth thine eminence in this station to consider each created thing in its own place, neither abasing nor exalting its true rank. Gems of Divine Mysteries Are they not today leading the life of abased and impotent mortals? The Kitáb-i-Íqán For this reason He hath written: “He that is exalted among you shall be abased, and he that is abased shall be exalted.” Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh S: And when he comes to know of any of Our communications, he takes it for a jest; these it is that shall have abasing chastisement. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Whom he commended was elevated, and whom he denounced was abased. A Short History of France He loved her, he told himself, but was no whimpering fool to abase himself at the feet of a woman who was careless, or might be even worse—pitiful. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy In all this pitiful scene was nothing so pitiful as the pride in which she drew herself up and towered over the man who had abased her. Hetty Wesley Verily, it shall be so abased in the days to come as to cause tears to flow from every discerning eye. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh S: They make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from Allah's way; therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side And then the degradation to which he had been forced to abase himself! Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival I chucked myself out of the church because of that—that abased, disheartened feeling. Burned Bridges By its severe testings some of those who we thought were our strongest people have been abased, and some of the weak ones have been exalted. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder It is a standard that no man can abase, a force that no power can rival. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh S: Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave standing upon its roots, It is by Allah's command, and that He may abase the transgressors. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Plain I behold my former prayer perform'd, Myself exalted, and the Greeks abased. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper This is so great a truth that they regard as nothing any Castilian whom they see abased and ragged. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. "No man knew better how to abound, and to be abased, and either was indifferent to him." The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened There was something delicious to Colina in abasing herself before him. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and they will be abased. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side A French word, generally used in heraldry instead of the English word abased. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science The King of Sweden united with the French court in the endeavor to abase the pride of the house of Austria. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Such a crushing fall, a young lady abased to the level of a drudge! His Masterpiece As if ashamed of her failure, Nature keeps this ungainly child hidden away at the ends of the earth, in the Straits of Magellan, and on the abased sea-story of Rodondo. The Piazza Tales S: Thus they were vanquished there, and they went back abased. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side I think that both of her companions felt abased by the vivid faith which sparkled in Miss Hurribattle's conversation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Zealous as the Duke of Bavaria had been in the cause of the papal church, he now forgot that church in his zeal to abase an arrogant and insulting rival. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Nor should we forget the other side of this thought; namely, that it is the constant drift of Providence to abase the lofty in mind, and to raise the lowly. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Further you are to conciliate your neighbours who are weak and abase the strong, and you must not let the stranger within your gates. Machiavelli, Volume I S: And of men is he who takes instead frivolous discourse to lead astray from Allah's path without knowledge, and to take it for a mockery; these shall have an abasing chastisement. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side And all the standards of life were abased. The Day of the Beast They made no doubt that such an able statesman as Cardinal Richelieu would seize every opportunity to abase, or at least embarrass the house of Austria, the eternal rival of France. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works There was at once a comprehensiveness and a particularity in Sophie's gaze which, while humbling and abasing Cornelia, brought a comforting feeling that full justice, upon all points, had been done her in Sophie's mind. Bressant God knew she wanted love such as his was—for he had shown her what love, free from abasing passion, in its purest sense, was. The Miracle Man S: And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and goes beyond His limits, He will cause him to enter fire to abide in it, and he shall have an abasing chastisement. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side A blinding flash of realization abased her utterly. Captivity As to the Frenchmen, their dislike to Grotius was occasioned by his opposition to their design of abasing the crown of Sweden. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works And, lest this should not be sufficient, here stood one before whom she had abased and humbled herself, whose insolence she had borne meekly and lovingly, whose feet she had set upon her neck. Bressant It was a dreadful sight, so the woman herself told me afterwards, a king abasing himself before a spectre of a priest and craving mercy. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers S: That He may cut off a portion from among those who disbelieve, or abase them so that they should return disappointed of attaining what they desired. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Care was taken, however, not to abase them more than was strictly necessary, for it was intended to maintain the hierarchy. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 Evil it were That one a coward should mix with you, one hand Fearful, one eye abase itself; and these Well might ye hate and well revile, not me. Atalanta in Calydon Mrs. Harry's met them for a few seconds and were abased. Lady Good-for-Nothing I hold a terrible power And sometimes my own moderation Amazes me, For I can abase as well as elevate, Tear down as well as build up. The Broadway Anthology Doctor Chantry went simpering, and abasing himself before the French noble with the complete subservience of a Saxon when a Saxon does become subservient. Lazarre Nothing had been done, unless the situation of France were exalted in proportion as that of England had been abased. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Oft would she pray the God of grace His lofty spirit to abase; Upward his grovelling thoughts to raise, And teach him humble prayer and praise. Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. The sinner's best recommendation to the divine favor is a sense of his own demerit, which leads him humble and self abased to cast himself on grace in a mediator. Sermons on Various Important Subjects On the whole the gods which are its denizens are humanized and humane, the friends and allies of men, who therefore feel themselves not abased or helpless in their relations with them. The Unity of Civilization At post-houses the servants abased themselves to take me by the heel. Lazarre Never braver men trod the deck than there laid down their lives rather than abase their country's flag. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 As she sat, the light glinting upon her glasses, her chin well upheld, her whole attitude austere and commanding, Sam felt his courage sink lower and lower, until he became abject and abased. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains Do the latter humble and abase us; keep us mindful that this is not our rest, and quicken our preparations for that world where all tears will he wiped away from our eyes? Sermons on Various Important Subjects For to the Church and to its sects, quite as much as to the world, applies the saying, "He that exalteth himself shall be abased, but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Nevertheless, Wolseley counted on the moral effect of his victory to level the ramparts of the citadel and to abase the mushroom growth of Arabi's pride. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) "I see no answer," answered I dejected, "Except that either Love must be abased, Or he resign perfection in his calling." Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure "I am to exalt you, and abase myself, to her?" Bylow Hill They confess their own emptiness and abase themselves before God. Sermons on Various Important Subjects For what a fellow-dramatist calls this "Sunset Shadow of a King," no man or woman could abase every hope and energy. Life of Robert Browning Venomed Gad In Civilisation's path; malignant-mad, And blindly biting; raising an asp-neck In Beauty's foot-tracks, and prepared to wreck The ordered work of ages in a day, To raze and shatter, to abase and slay. 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