| 单词 | heaven-sent |
| 例句 | In performance, Ricky was like Glenn Gould, the heaven-sent performer of Bach, who played with such perfect simplicity that all who heard remarked not “what a great performer,” but “what magnificent music.” David Mamet on Ricky Jay, a Great Astonisher and ‘Truest Friend’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z I swore she was a parody of Newton-John’s flirty, jolly, heaven-sent persona; of her being staunchly white while adjacent to a wealth of Black and Latin music. Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Discovering each other is a heaven-sent cure for loneliness, and Nicole is fascinated by Jasmine's wealthy background and carefree attitude. Film review: Kicks 2010-06-03T22:15:00Z Is she a heaven-sent delivery from his unhappiness, or is he replicating his relationship with his mother? Beginners ? review 2011-07-21T14:00:00Z "Genius is kind of heaven-sent or a gift you have from birth. Genius is paradigm-shifting. Genius is something that's sustainable. Right?" Capturing how Aretha Franklin could "alchemize her pain into sonic gold" 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mr. Bettany is an archangel on a mission from God who defies orders and fights off an army of heaven-sent monsters. 2010-02-06T02:29:00Z For Ms. Gause, it was heaven-sent, and nearly 30 years in the making. Two Pastors in Love, and Only God Knows 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Music in “The Night Alive” always feels like an epiphany, a heaven-sent vision of a symmetry we can never fully understand but feel mighty grateful for. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z Like participants in some heaven-sent dance marathon, they never stop moving, and you never want them to. A celestial night at PNB | Dance review 2013-03-18T22:22:59Z Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word. Netflix: Queue the disappointment 2011-07-19T17:20:00Z And heaven-sent she almost seemed, with her distinctive grey streak shining, as she proclaimed the truth about womanhood. My hero: Caitlin Moran by Annabel Pitcher 2013-01-11T20:00:12Z Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful lakes district — in the shadow of the Alps — seems heaven-sent for communing with nature. Nature and romance permeate in Italy’s lakes district 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Her immediate response to this apparently heaven-sent phone call was: nah. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Meredith Monk’s heaven-sent voice sounded as if it were dancing throughout the sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church in selections from “Shards.” Beyond Judson Dance, Shows at MoMA and Danspace 2012-12-23T08:20:05Z For Stone, Butler’s film “was just heaven-sent, because it’s such a magnificent film, and beautifully reflects that wish.” Where semi-aquatic Royal Bengal tigers live among people 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Her marriage appeared heaven-sent from the start: A strapping man over 6 feet tall, Mr. Little was the Atlanta Symphony’s principal flutist. Jane Little, Atlanta’s Venerable Bassist, Dies at 87 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Rep.-elect Mayra Flores of Texas summed up her victory in a special election in the 34th Congressional District on Tuesday night as heaven-sent. Lessons learned from Mayra Flores victory in Texas 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z "My long, high-tech underwear was heaven-sent - effective and very, very welcome," she says, grimacing slightly at the memory of being so chilly. Tom Hiddleston: Why we all need monsters and myths 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Walking along the grassy expanse of the proposed mine site, local mayor Mike Starkie said the kind of investment that is on the table “is almost heaven-sent. . . . This mine will be transformational for the community.” COP26 host U.K. pledges to phase out coal power while considering its first new coal mine in 30 years 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In time, he came to understand that talent isn’t “heaven-sent,” but rather the result of habit, i.e., constantly, routinely performing the same creative task. How are those resolutions going? Learn something in 2021 with these 5 books 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z A heaven-sent resource for people like Helen Jones, desperate for justice after her son died in a Los Angeles County jail. Black Lives Matter faces test of its influence in election 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z China’s version of the “OK boomer” clash began when a famous middle-age actor praised the younger generation as if the country’s teenagers and 20-somethings were heaven-sent gifts. China’s ‘OK Boomer’: Generations Clash Over the Nation’s Future 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z A sleeping trumpet player dreams that he is a heaven-sent angel whose mystical horn will signal Armageddon. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 26, 2020 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z And while Sampaio's famous features are heaven-sent, she shared that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is key. Victoria’s Secret model Sara Sampaio soaks up the sun while on beach getaway: ‘Nothing makes me happier’ 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z This bizarre yuletide yarn is heaven-sent for the group’s signature blend of Christmas crudity. Review: Did Carlos Santana ever imagine this? The Troubies get raucous with 'Santana Claus' 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Watching her young self, so bright and full of promise, you think of another Dorothy long ago, Judy Garland — both with heaven-sent voices, both lost too soon over the rainbow. ‘Whitney’ documentary captures the glorious singing and heartbreaking life of Whitney Houston 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z And, for a while, it felt like living in an age heaven-sent for music fans. Heart of gold: Neil Young's online archives are a revolution in fandom 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Mayor Frederick Eaton; Griffith had his movies’ financiers; and the heaven-sent McPherson had one hell of a mother. Review | Three monstrous — yet human — figures who created early Los Angeles 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Or one day it may have to close its doors unless some heaven-sent angel comes to its rescue. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z And, for those Angels charged with showcasing the US company’s latest collection of fripperies, the financial rewards are heaven-sent. Last week, a model described luxury lingerie as ‘empowering’. Is she right? 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z But this heaven-sent wisdom is now to be wiped out by the sovereign State of Arkansas in its own faux wisdom, which knows no mercy. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z However, on the side I go for the mac n’ cheese, which is heaven-sent, and the fried okra, which may be the absolute best I have ever tried on any side of the Mason-Dixon Line. TRAVEL: Oklahoma City offers restaurants, cowboy history, craft beer and bombing memorial 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Becoming a homeowner was certainly heaven-sent for Jordan, Habitat of Brevard’s newest homeowner. Habitat for Humanity builds home, hope in Cocoa 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z When Britain declared war against the Boers in October 1899, Churchill, then 24, saw it as a heaven-sent opportunity. Winston Churchill, hungry for recognition at any cost 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Gold medalist Simone Biles performs like heaven-sent thunder in gymnastics, but an American network has come perilously close to “how to catch a husband” segments. Let’s discuss women Olympians in athletic terms, not feminine pejoratives 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The Olympics this year are a heaven-sent opportunity to indulge in distraction and moral uplift, both of which we desperately need. Just in time: a distraction of Olympic proportion 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z “It has been an absolute heaven-sent because the instruments we had before were by no means up to par,” Smith said. Maplewood Middle band receives donation of tubas worth $7K 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z “For me, it’s been a heaven-sent gift to be among other veterans who are suffering from PTSD,” she said. Once-homeless vet to be among Michelle Obama’s speech guests 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z As it happens, Pocock is injured, which is a heaven-sent blessing in a hellish week for the Scotland coach given the Gray/Ford debacle. Scotland battle against Aussie odds 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Not long after Drake’s heaven-sent victory, the association of spies and literature begins with the playwright Christopher Marlowe. The British spy: how our national obsession led to Bond and Smiley 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z It would be a heaven-sent opportunity for the left to vastly increase government control over the economy and the personal lives of citizens. The Unsettling, Anti-Science Certitude on Global Warming 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z So an app called WinIt, which promises to fight tickets issued by the city on behalf of users, seems heaven-sent for the masses who choose to drive in a pedestrian town. An App to Help You Win the Parking-Ticket War 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But to Ellis Ferrell, the lot on Fletcher Street near 26th in Strawberry Mansion is heaven-sent. New life for an old Philadelphia urban riding club 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z And though a quartet of jumbo sea scallops were over-seared on top but otherwise undercooked, the Cheddar polenta beneath them — neither too runny nor too firm — was heaven-sent. A Review of White Hart Inn in Salisbury 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z For some it is a heaven-sent marketing opportunity; Gillette Co. 'Hairgate': iPhone hit by new social media storm 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z TO A parched mammoth or giant sloth, they must have looked heaven-sent: mirror pools of water waiting to slake a thirst. Palaeontology: Black gold 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z Black gold | Los Angeles | TO A parched mammoth or giant sloth, they must have looked heaven-sent: mirror pools of water waiting to slake a thirst. Palaeontology: Black gold 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z Even the Masters parking lot exudes an air of heaven-sent grandeur. Time To Unpave A Parking Lot And Put Up A Paradise 2013-04-08T04:00:00Z It was not heaven-sent reunion – as he had suspected. Troubled writer Jonathan Rendall fails to elude his final deadline 2013-02-09T23:06:27Z The pricing dynamics in iron ore, where Rio is the world's second-largest producer, are almost heaven-sent. Rio Tinto CEO's departure was inevitable 2013-01-17T12:41:01Z What if the help, heaven-sent, beyond hope and beyond expectation, which had removed their fears, were after all to fail them? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z CENTENNIAL, Colo. — For Missy Franklin, the snowstorm that immobilized this city last Friday seemed heaven-sent. Olympic Hopeful Missy Franklin Loves Her High School Team 2012-02-09T20:29:15Z There are opportunities always lurking in it—the opportunity, heaven-sent, in Lord Wolseley's case—as I venture to think of it—of sitting down again to the engaging Marlborough. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The mistletoe growing on oaks was therefore venerated by the ancient Gauls and Germans as the holiest of heaven-sent gifts to mankind. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Once she gave us heaven-sent help, and we have sworn to aid her if we could. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Who, but an angler, though, can appreciate the heaven-sent joys of casting one's lines on "fresh streams and waters new"? Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z If not he, it is certain that every one of them is a being too mysterious, too richly gifted, and too noble in faculties not to be welcomed and cherished as a heaven-sent stranger. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z I figured these hiring managers, older than me by a decade or more and with hundreds of interviews under their belts, saw something in these seemingly heaven-sent job candidates that I failed to detect. Meet the Worst-Ever Hiring Managers 2011-10-18T19:17:51Z It was so strangely calm here and so divinely beautiful; and a heaven-sent consolation filled the air. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Well," he said, with a shrug, "you know you're my heaven-sent find, and that I'm going to keep you to myself.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z It considered Sunday rather as a heaven-sent opportunity for much comfortable beer-drinking, attendance on a Turn-verein, and for enormous family gatherings around a big dinner. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Experience has nothing to do with vision, but only with facts, and it deals with the results of concrete experiment; never with the flashing spark of heaven-sent inspiration. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Her statue in this temple was simply a large aerolite which had fallen in the vicinity, and was regarded by the people as the heaven-sent image of their great goddess. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z I see clearly that my idea of going away was heaven-sent, that God Himself put the thought of America into my head; everything He does is for the best. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Over and over again he insists and reiterates that they are solely heaven-sent and of Divine origin. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z He had evidently worked out the idea of heaven-sent babies into a theory of pre-natal existence. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z India have missed an early trick and should be thoroughly disappointed that they did not make better use of heaven-sent conditions. England dig in after injury curtails Khan's burst for India 2011-07-21T20:00:37Z The rabbi utters heaven-sent intuitions, the gift of these lads. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I persuade myself, this is also heaven-sent; he was made to bring a prayer-scarf on my account. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Now, I have before noted in what abhorrence holystoning is held by all who have to perform it, and here was a heaven-sent opportunity to make the job impossible. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I reckon the victory of Wolmar with the heaven-sent banner, to be that which gained him his fairest laurels. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z To the middle classes of the 17th century he seemed a heaven-sent philosopher and guide, and was only less popular than Francis Quarles the poet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z And so Erskine was the heaven-sent answer to the mother’s prayers—that was the thought behind her mournful eyes. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z It may be said that there are two heaven-sent guides appointed to lead through life's pilgrimage all those who in faith seek a heritage above. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z Little had I been hoping for such a heaven-sent chance! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The rancid smell of this yellowish-black article of lubrication is indissolubly associated with heaven-sent memories of the happiest days. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z The heaven-sent birds then returned to the lake islands whence they came, leaving the grateful people to shed tears of joy at the wonderful deliverance wrought out for them. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z And for a moment Konrad's dear tired face brightened with a smile of reassurance which expanded her heart as with a heaven-sent reward. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z To astrological politics we owe the theory of heaven-sent rulers, instruments in the hands of Providence, and saviours of society. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The next day was Wednesday, October 18th, 1854—a heaven-sent day, never to be named unless with prayer and thankfulness! A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas I said I would brave Heaven," he exclaimed in wild accents, "by curing a heaven-sent disease; but is Heaven to be braved by man? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The cultivated Aristides had a firm faith in these heaven-sent messages. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius For a century and more, Anglo-Indian officials have been kept busy explaining that opium is a heaven-sent blessing to mankind. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Those that can enter into it perfectly, and can live it, following Paul as Paul followed Christ, are the heaven-sent leaders and ministers of mankind. Misread Passage of Scriptures Order is essential; and good order means the spontaneous obedience to the heaven-sent hero. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII He looks upon himself as a heaven-sent corrective to the British Government. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall But of course, since I am as spineless as a mollusk, I sought to accept this heaven-sent visitation with due resignation. A Top-Floor Idyl No heaven-sent temptations tried the patriarch’s faith, He overcame the trials that spring out of the earth; but he knew not the anguish that rends the spirit like a lightning-stroke descending from God. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Orl�ans went mad with joy at the advent of its heaven-sent deliverer. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) As he had acquired a perfect acquaintance with the language of the natives, and with their manners and customs, Cortez received him as a heaven-sent acquisition to his enterprise. Hernando Cortez Makers of History It's really a heaven-sent gift, Miss Sen, because we were wishing for something really beautiful to hang over that divan. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Obviously, and a heaven-sent phenomenon it is—the mind stuff immediately loses its subject-image when the mind from which it came goes unconscious. The Beasts in the Void Before Abraham faith was both limited in its experience and untested with heaven-sent difficulties. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Our antipathies were mock, and what we denounced with all the pretended seriousness of heartfelt conviction in one journal, we not unfrequently pronounced to be a heaven-sent blessing in another. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Surely it was heaven-sent wisdom that breathed in the words with which she answered Richard's evasions. For John's Sake and Other Stories. He had settled on the heaven-sent rock, and, like the wild birds, built his nest there. Timar's Two Worlds Strange to say, there is a marvellous indisposition in Man to admit the notion of such a heaven-sent message. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford She had some, then, since this policeman said so–policemen knew everything–and she wasn’t a heaven-sent “Guardian,” at all. A Sunny Little Lass He is your best friend; he is a heaven-sent man. Men of the Bible The Mate had given it an external coating of paint as white as the driven snow, and it needed no heaven-sent seer to perceive that within it was full of all uncleanness. An Ocean Tramp Court poets read aloud amidst breathless silence the divine Vittoria’s fourteen lines of jejune sentiment draped in folds of elegant verbiage; nobles and prelates applauded, hailing the authoress as a heaven-sent genius. The Naples Riviera For a week he had been idle, a heaven-sent companion in the barren loneliness of life; but now, when his powder and mining supplies arrived, he would become the old hard-working miner. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp Aye, Effingston, heaven-sent was the sorrow which drove thee forth to seek solace from the night and stars; but, come, now is thy time! The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Did ever any heaven-sent man fail yet? and could God’s own Son fail? The Way to God and How to Find It I cannot exactly say I feel "fear"; perhaps I cannot define fear; but a heaven-sent optimism buoys me up. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium Do we believe that each heaven-sent prayer brings the cloud-burst nearer? Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It It was her attitude toward all things, and it carried her through life a heaven-sent blessing to all those who could number her amongst their friends. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country She must needs 100 have a protector, and the heaven-sent one is himself. Robinetta The garden was very nice, but the moor! —a heaven-sent playground, miles of freedom, and all to themselves. The Carroll Girls The pastor, of course, was a heaven-sent son of divinity. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The two bad boys never lost an opportunity to torment him or Meg, and Bobby felt that here was a heaven-sent opportunity to even up old scores. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School The glistening golden curls pressed closely around the broad, open brow, white as a lily, and a heaven-sent smile just parted the pale lips. The Fairy Nightcaps But this, being a heaven-sent infliction, he could bear with resignation, though it must have been keenly painful to a solitary man of his activity. Pioneers of Science Bear thou with thy human clay, Lest thou miss the heaven-sent ray. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Existence was for him henceforth a dreary waste; and yet his only fault had been that in the ecstasy of heaven-sent passion he had over-leaped the bounds imposed by human pettiness. A Romantic Young Lady "And I," he said, "the secret of their art, When fully learn'd, will to the world impart; But it needs heaven-sent moments for this skill." Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Relationships between Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, Managing Director of Schemes Limited, and Miss Marguerite Whitland, his heaven-sent secretary, were strained to the point of breaking that afternoon. Bones in London What shall I say?—Oh—h"—heaven-sent inspiration—"I'll say nothing at all. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. To them He was a heaven-sent teacher, a great and inspiring master, whose words carried weight. The New Theology But as he looked around for some means of flattening it, there flashed in upon him another idea—a perfectly heaven-sent idea, grisly under ordinary circumstances, as it might be. The Sign of the Spider To me it's a heaven-sent opportunity—one I'm sure any entomologist would grab at. The Raid on the Termites A child could build anew their world for them and make it radiant with a heaven-sent wonder. To Love And suddenly, as by a heaven-sent inspiration, I saw things. Ravensdene Court “But, my dear, heaven-sent friend, I no more want to go to Montpellier than you do!” he cried. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol But that she should suffer now, and through me, that bright creature who flitted in upon my dark life, like some heaven-sent messenger—these are evil tidings. The Light of Scarthey His pretext, heaven-sent, unmistakable, stared him in the face. The Creators A Comedy Ali Abid had been the heaven-sent servant, and though Sanders had a horror of natives who spoke English, the English of Ali Abid was his very own. The Keepers of the King's Peace And then it was that the Colonel realised that fate had dropped a heaven-sent blessing on his knees in the shape of a—well, in the shape of an ingenious bloke like me. War and the Weird A compass which would point north immediately and always would be a heaven-sent blessing to the inexperienced pilot during his first few weeks at the front. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France Altogether, the scheme appeared to the Marquis as a heaven-sent inspiration; and cooler-headed business men than he accepted it as practical. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Shall we not look on each appointment, however distant the place, or small the congregation, as a heaven-sent opportunity? Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet She did her best, but with seemingly no avail, and then she had one of those inspirations, which seem almost heaven-sent. Judy of York Hill Now, as Mary faced this mystery, a belief began to grow up in her heart, so soothing, so comforting, that she felt it was surely heaven-sent. Mary Ware's Promised Land Sure enough, there were Chet and Teddy, looking, to the girls, like a couple of heaven-sent messengers, standing underneath the window, skates flung over their shoulders, looking up toward them expectantly. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion And in the very instant of that heaven-sent reversal Hat Tyler cried in trumpet tones, "Travel yourself, and see how you like it!" The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story But for them Minerva removed the heaven-sent cloud of darkness from their eyes; and abundant light arose to them on both sides, both towards the ships and towards the equally destructive battle. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Though having many other children, it seemed to her that I was a heaven-sent substitute for this lost daughter. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 She was already beginning to learn the blessed and heaven-sent truth, that no life ought to be wrecked for the love of one human being, and that no sinless sorrow is altogether incurable. Olive A Novel Bismarck said that there are male nations and female nations, and that Germany was a male nation—certainly the German has less of that heaven-sent feminine quality of intuition than other peoples. Face to Face with Kaiserism As to the editorship, it was simply heaven-sent, being not at all another case of The Blackport Beacon but a case of the very opposite. Embarrassments Her, on the one hand, her feet bore towards Olympus: but the Greeks, flying with a heaven-sent uproar from man-slaughtering Hector, reached the ships and the Hellespont. The Iliad of Homer (1873) The chance seemed heaven-sent to the poor young creature, who had nearly succumbed before her heavy toil at the washtub, for she was too delicately formed for such labors. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Was that first creation final in its wisdom; or had it been a partial blunder, needing the interference of a heaven-sent, earth-born Intercessor to set the matter right? The Brentons Being gifted with a heaven-sent sense of humour, she is never dull; and what closer bond of social sympathy is there than a sense of humour in common? Impressions of a War Correspondent The angel's heaven-sent words were so inflamed With sacred love's own virtue did they burn They truly seemed to fall from God above. Fra Angelico He is like a heaven-sent messenger carrying relief to the sick and suffering. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots O ho ho for this heaven-sent breeze, Straight from the east and all you please! The Trawler And blessed ye, in silly pastors' sight, Mild creatures, in whose warm crib now lies That heaven-sent youngling, holy-maid-born wight: Midst, end, beginning of our prophecies! In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Refrain: Protector, heaven-sent, Kamehameha great, To vanquish every foe, With conquering spear. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Didn't mind the country, and after she'd been here a fortnight disclosed a heaven-sent gift for making coffee. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Lined now with the marble palaces of bankrupt Sultans, it was once a lonely and desolate strait, on whose farther shore the hapless Io, transformed into a heifer, sought a refuge from her heaven-sent tormentor. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation And teach me once again how much I risked In risking such a heaven-sent love as thine. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform "And you interrupt a heaven-sent musician, when you see the fit's upon him, merely to ask an irrelevant thing like that," Adrian reproved him. The Lady Paramount He stopped, turned to her with exaggerated deference, and greeted her obvious little carrying out of the metaphor as though it were a heaven-sent light. Quisanté Late came vengeance on Troy, late now has it blest this heaven-sent exile, and our Master's house is freed. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy No wonder they are fond of these pleasures, for it is a land of lovely landscapes and heaven-sent airs, completely in harmony with the poetic and artistic natures of this splendid people. The Little Tea Book The compact with thy mistress, Artemis, Gave thee a heaven-sent right to punish me. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform I could imagine what a rage Father would be in with me if he knew what I was doing at that moment, calmly refusing a heaven-sent opportunity. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Knights of old from castles riding Scattered largesse as they went Which, like manna heaven-sent, Cheered the poverty-abiding; But, when 'neath "that low green tent" Passed the hand benevolent, Sad were they and indigent. Poems Vol. IV I said to the heaven-sent policeman; and saw him start for the gate on a lumbering trot. Blister Jones Yet, if we do not ask our superlative writers to be heaven-sent teachers, to be prophets, to be discoverers, what do we ask of them? Platform Monologues And blessed ye, in silly pastor's sight, Mild creatures, in whose warm crib now lies That heaven-sent youngling, holy-maid-born wight, Midst, end, beginning of our prophecies! Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse She did not think twice about it, but accepted the idea as a heaven-sent inspiration which it was her duty to follow. The Poor Plutocrats Why tell of grievances in days forepast, The vessels burnt on Eryx' distant shore, The tempest's monarch, and the raging blast Stirred in Æolia, and the winds' uproar, And Iris, heaven-sent messenger? The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor That was not to be paid by a heaven-sent gift any more than by a devil-helped theft; slow, honest work and patient saving might pay it in years, but nothing else it seemed. The Good Comrade In out-of-the-way places one is looked upon as a sort of heaven-sent "special correspondent." Round About the Carpathians Therefore, we find ignorant men complacently explaining their indifference to art and literature or culture on the ground that they take no interest in such subjects, as if interest were a special heaven-sent gift. The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence Fresh, shaded hill! with flowers and verdure crown'd, Where, in fond musings, or with music sweet, To earth a heaven-sent spirit takes her seat! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch To him this creature of soft curves was of heaven-sent charm. The Big-Town Round-Up The legacy had at first seemed a heaven-sent gift for that purpose, but now, like the blue daffodil, it seemed that it could not be used to pay the debt. The Good Comrade In the desert it has all the value of a heaven-sent gift. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government But now this accident to the boy might prove a heaven-sent chance to break Menocal's monopoly of influence. The Iron Furrow But know that you will have to pay for the blood of the heaven-sent Messenger! I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Sympathy," he remarked, "is either a heaven-sent joy—or a bore. A Prince of Sinners The unhappy man also hears the herald announce Elsa's coming marriage with the heaven-sent Swan Knight, and grimly tells the bystanders he will soon unmask the traitor. Stories of the Wagner Opera The hotel-keeper had unconditionally refused to trade, and here, when a heaven-sent alternative was delivered into their hands, they found themselves hampered by the coils of a cast-off lie. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Come down! though now no flame divine, Nor heaven-sent Dove, our sight amaze; Our Church still shows the outward sign, Thou truly givest inward grace. Verses for Children and Songs for Music She was complaining that people will not distinguish between the essence of the heaven-sent message and the accident of form in which it comes. What Necessity Knows But Confucius's belief in the heaven-sent nature of his mission raised him above fear. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Elsa accepts this proposal gladly, for she hopes her heaven-sent champion may appear. Stories of the Wagner Opera See the breezes, 'mid the bowers, Sigh above the fragrant flowers, And from out those drooping roses, their heart-folded sweetness bear— But no heaven-sent wind shall whisper thy soul-breathings to the air.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Not liberty is good for men, but obedience and stern discipline under wise rulers, heroes, and heaven-sent kings. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Then dropping his unseemly mirth and all his wanton raillery, he stood up with his face a-shine, and spake as if he were the heaven-sent messenger of hope. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware For it is the heaven-sent sort of work, to those ordained for it, that fills one's hours and leaves one eager for further tasks. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man If we did regain the fort, what could we do save remain there until this heaven-sent store of provisions should be exhausted? and then would we not be in as sad a plight as before? The Flamingo Feather Receive such intervals of excitement as heaven-sent aids, to help you more easily over, it may be, a wearying and dreary path. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends I would not have the reader to suppose that I consider Lord Leverhulme a heaven-sent genius of statesmanship. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Lo! a grassy mound, where lowers Branching wide a sombre yew, Rises as to catch the showers, Jewelled showers, of heaven-sent dew. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century I decided, then, without the least compunction, that this should be my heaven-sent means of reaching the railway. The Jervaise Comedy Upon this Phœbus, uttering a voice from the golden tripod, sent me hither to seize the heaven-sent image, and place it in the land of Athens. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. For myself the war was, in a sense, a heaven-sent opportunity. A Student in Arms Second Series Instead of accepting it as the one heaven-sent remedy, people will use any other puffed and advertised stuff. Septimus That joke of the boys must of seemed heaven-sent to him. Ma Pettengill Jesus had withdrawn His grace on leaving him; and he, who since early morning had been so strong with heaven-sent help, now felt utterly miserable, forsaken, weak and helpless as an infant. Abbe Mouret's Transgression You are crying, Lillie, because you are such a kind, heaven-sent, tender-hearted creature. The Dangerous Age Do you suppose a chap who's been a miserable vote-snatcher all his life is going to turn round suddenly and be a heaven-sent administrator in a war? If Winter Comes It might even have happened that another country than that of my birth would receive the glory which a heaven-sent idea is to bestow upon France. The Son of Clemenceau But he is handling a power which, as George Meredith says, "is a heaven-sent steeplechaser, and takes a flying leap of the ordinary barriers." Cambridge Essays on Education Here was a heaven-sent interval, with intellectual companionship in addition to the game of the gods. The White Morning "But if it is true that men say that none but a heaven-sent bride will content me, maybe this is the one of whom they spoke." A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford Such a visit is of course a heaven-sent opportunity and I suppose I betrayed something of my pleasure in my manner. A Librarian's Open Shelf It put a good taste in one's mouth, it impressed one as a heaven-sent means of keeping one cheerful in sad dilemma. Across China on Foot "And I," he said, "the secret of their art, When fully learn'd, will to the world impart; �50But it needs heaven-sent moments for this skill.�" Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems By some heaven-sent inspiration she had invented a pattern beyond which no patchwork quilt could go. Hillsboro People Thou, the remover of all heaven-sent mischief, wilt thou, O strong hero, bear with me? Sacred Books of the East Civilisation was a very tame affair, and a rebellion was a heaven-sent opportunity for resuscitating a picturesque past with lots of loot and scalps thrown in. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion For a good many of the men, who want to get through," smiled Dave, "Saturday evening is a heaven-sent chance to do a little more studying against a blue next week. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis “But it wants heaven-sent moments for this skill,” and few bridal nights send a vision and a voice to the bed of a wakeful lover far away. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts "It was a sheer, heaven-sent inspiration," he declared. The Way of an Eagle The appearance of Mr. Brimsdown was as timely to her as the arrival of a heaven-sent pilot in a storm. The Moon Rock Here surely was a heaven-sent opportunity for letting off steam. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion Frankfort opened its gates to his victorious host and N�rnberg received him as a heaven-sent liberator. Hero Tales of the Far North Or can it be that this is a heaven-sent opportunity in which he may make his request? The King's Cup-Bearer I clung to that heaven-sent bit of wreckage, exhausted and weary, until the light began to break in the east. Dead Men's Money No heaven-sent Bible can guarantee the veracity of God to a man who doubts that veracity. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed Joan had as yet only just appeared, and already she was the heaven-sent interpretress of the nation's feeling, the hope of the people of France. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 To this same long-suffering Jimmy was vouchsafed the heaven-sent opportunity, and he leapt at it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 They little know they've been insulting their heaven-sent king and master. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories However, as abundant rains fall frequently, this drawback is got over by the inhabitants, who treasure up the heaven-sent water for household and agricultural purposes. Facing the Flag The heaven-sent gulls had, after all, saved but half a crop. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West "Standing drink," which he praises as noble, is just the thing I cannot stand, the ultimate mockery and vulgarisation of that fine act of bringing out the cherished thing saved for the heaven-sent guest. An Englishman Looks at the World Camelford at forty, under the influence of favourable criticism, would have persuaded himself he was a heaven-sent prophet, his whole life to be beautifully spent in the saving of mankind. The Philosopher's Joke You have become, my dear poet, my shower of gold, my heaven-sent manna, while you continue your devotion to my personal interests.... Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist I had the luck also to find a man who seemed my heaven-sent second-in-command—Cothope his name was. Tono Bungay Why, oh why, ye earthly ministers, why have ye not followed more closely this heaven-sent messenger that is among us? The Warden Granting the correctness of such a conclusion, it does not necessarily follow that Jesus was not heaven-sent, or that he was in any way unworthy the love and veneration of the world. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Prince Tuan answered that "by their incantations they were able to produce heaven-sent soldiers." Court Life in China The predestined Norbert conceived the present to be a heaven-sent opportunity to enlighten her concerning Joe's character, since the Pikes appeared to have been derelict in the performance of this kindness. The Conquest of Canaan Here of course was the very heaven-sent confidant for such an enterprise as mine. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance I still am beautiful, and yet what child Would think of me as some high, heaven-sent thing, An angel, clad in gold and miniver? Helen of Troy and Other Poems We closed our eyes And waited till the heaven-sent plague should pass. Oedipus Trilogy Lady Hester, meeting the calamity in her own fierce way, seems to have scorned the poor island that had not enough of God’s grace to keep the “heaven-sent” Minister alive. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East It is such a heaven-sent relief to be able to leave something to somebody else, and be sure it will be carried out! Dear Enemy Sulla began by dwelling on the joy which he and his friends derived from the change in Bocchus's mind—from the heaven-sent inspiration which had taught the king that peace was preferable to war. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate He was a born chairman of a county council, and a heaven-sent treasurer of a hospital. The Case of Richard Meynell But in order to recall my young days, I pretend to be filled with a heaven-sent energy. Look Back on Happiness They are the distributors of the heaven-sent bread. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke I've about my person some forty pounds' worth of British gold, and the same amount, say, of the toughness of the heaven-sent idiot. A Passionate Pilgrim Indeed, he always believed that the dream had been either heaven-sent or heaven-permitted. Chantry House He fell back upon heated visions of heaven-sent heroes, devoting their early days for the most part to hoodwinking the people, and their latter ones, more heroically, to shooting them. Obiter Dicta He was also last of the Judges, or heaven-sent deliverers. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Yesterday I chid you for those fancies,—I was wrong,—they were warnings, heaven-sent, to save you from this doom. The Bride of Fort Edward A daily service was instituted in the Mosque itself, and the heaven-sent command to prayer five times a day for every Muslim was enforced. Mahomet Founder of Islam Here was a heaven-sent opportunity of training the men under practically Active Service conditions, scouring the country after real game—Ho! toot the clarion, belt the drum! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 My counsel is that ye give her to be the heaven-sent prize of Peleus son of Aiakos, whom the speech of men showeth to be their most righteous, an offspring of Iolkos' plain. The Extant Odes of Pindar No doubt the woolly sheep of Astrakhan do wear their coats in these little heaven-sent ringlets. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough In these wild times, Annie, every chance-blown straw that points at evil, is likely to prove a faithful index; and if it serve to nerve the heart for it, we may call it heaven-sent indeed. The Bride of Fort Edward They rested, grew, and darkened there; and no heaven-sent breath came silently to steal them away. The Evil Guest In these heaven-sent moments they know what disinterestedness is. The Child under Eight Here was a heaven-sent vent for his feelings. Cap'n Dan's Daughter At length some heaven-sent protector gives you an introduction: the scholar is brought up for examination. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 If ever there was a heaven-sent treasure to small boys, that sand-box is the treasure. Letters to His Children Dirt and filth and refuse were ordinarily disposed of only when a heaven-sent rain washed them down the open gutters constructed along the middle, or on each side, of a street. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. But Isabel had been too well trained by the Society of Jesus not see that a chance yet remained of glorifying her Church—a heaven-sent chance which was not to be lost. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II The mocking light died out in his eyes, and he at once became intensely interested in my heaven-sent project. A Fool and His Money One terrible possibility at which he had hinted flashed across her memory for the first time since;.... but she spurned proudly from her the heaven-sent warning. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The conviction that Wallace was under mortal sentence, which the heaven-sent impression of his eternal bliss had just almost obliterated, now glared upon her with redoubled horrors. The Scottish Chiefs Seems as if he was setting himself up for a heaven-sent genius, and trying to sit upon the older dramatists of the present generation. Philistia At that moment, however, she felt that she was in the position of a heaven-sent protectress to the Princess. The Heart of Rome Strap me! but ’t was a heaven-sent chance that we should come just in the nick o’ time to rescue you. Janice Meredith He of the meaner sort must be content if, at rare heaven-sent intervals -- while thinking, perhaps, of nothing less -- there escape from his lips the unpremeditated flawless circle. Pagan Papers To get any niche in the world for him in which he might live with comparative safety would now be to her a heaven-sent comfort. The Way We Live Now As I had just then to supply Minna with her quarterly allowance also, the money which Regierungsrath Muller forwarded to me from the Grand Duke seemed, indeed, a heaven-sent windfall. My Life — Volume 2 I now see that he must have acted upon a heaven-sent inspiration in remaining here, while those beggars were dragging myself and others along the high roads. The Fortune of the Rougons And thy poems, … the fruit of thy heaven-sent but carelessly accepted inspiration,—who is there that remembers them? Ardath And on a barque of Greece They bear the heaven-sent shape of Artemis. The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides It longs to say gratefully, 'I love thee, thou heaven-sent one.' Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing He saw, he felt that there was hope for him; that this heaven-sent advocate, whoever he was, would save him from ruin. Words for the Wise If they plundered and robbed, as most men did in the times when Might made Right, yet the heaven-sent instinct of hospitality was as the marrow of their bones. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Lizzie was not a heaven-sent teacher; she had no born zeal for her calling, and though she dealt kindlyand dutifully with her pupils, she did not fly to them on winged feet. Tales of Men and Ghosts And you gentlemen—you propose to hide away this heaven-sent warning in a sanatorium. South Wind Nothing but a heaven-sent miracle could make you other than you are, and miracles do not exist for the materialist. A Romance of Two Worlds It was only the sudden stillness of the exhausted applause that brought him to consciousness of his environment; that, and a heaven-sent fellow at the back of the audience who shouted: "Go on, sonny!" The Fortunate Youth The hierarchy which rested on the bowed back of the toiling serf and culminated in the figure of the heaven-sent King seemed to him as immutable as the everlasting hills. The Valley of Decision I only fetches the cup to drink his blood; but it's a small detail, which I shore relinquishes before ever I allows my heaven-sent prey the least loophole to escape.' Wolfville Days Others have written, and not written badly, with the stolid professional regularity of the clerk at his desk; you, like the Scholar Gipsy, might have said that 'it needs heaven-sent moments for this skill.' Letters to Dead Authors Thus kept the Trojans watch; but the Achaians were holden of heaven-sent panic, handmaid of palsying fear, and all their best were stricken to the heart with grief intolerable. The Iliad Everybody knew that in various towns patriot priests had been marching in procession urging the people to sacrifice money, property, everything, and buy the freedom of their heaven-sent deliverer. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 To those hopeful spirits who looked for the near approach of a happier era, Alfieri was the inspired spokesman of reform, the heaven-sent prophet who was to lead his country out of bondage. The Valley of Decision But the heaven-sent shower sank into the earth, and they were the stronger, sweeter for it, more eager to make life brave and beautiful, because death had gently shown them what it should be. Jack and Jill Then, the two of us had come in, like being heaven-sent. My Life and My Efforts There had been doubts whether, after all, Washington was the heaven-sent leader. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence It was a heaven-sent opportunity for Fisher, who had been inventing some excuse for leaving the house. The Clue of the Twisted Candle And this chance of getting six thousand pounds settled on them at a stroke had seemed to him nothing but heaven-sent. Five Tales They looked at each other, and their eyes danced together over this heaven-sent inspiration. Tales of Trail and Town We, of Armenia, mock thy dreams to scorn, For they are born of night, as truth of morn; While Romans hold that dreams are heaven-sent, And spring from Jove for man's admonishment. Polyeucte This unexpected meeting with the daughter of my old friend seemed at the moment like a heaven-sent chance to place the jewel, unknown to him, in safe hands. Okewood of the Secret Service I don't know how we could have groomed him, Colonel, if you hadn't come to our rescue by turning that kit bag's heaven-sent contents over to us. Further Adventures of Lad To them Mr. Fearing seemed a heaven-sent victim. The Lost Road Mounting his horse, he rode south by night and day, and was hailed by the Texans as a heaven-sent leader. Hero Tales from American History Oh man of my need," she cried, stretching out her arms to him, "oh heaven-sent, I see you only as a dark outline against the light of your room. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story It was natural, therefore, that they should regard it as the heaven-sent solution of their problem of travel and traffic with the outside world. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln Rhuburger, by some heaven-sent instinct, flung up his arms to shield his menaced jugular. Further Adventures of Lad And what a healing to your soul will the deeply religious strain be of the heaven-sent Healer who will stay this cruel plague! Massimilla Doni Others have written, and not written badly, with the stolid professional regularity of the clerk at his desk; you, like the Scholar Gipsy, might have said that "it needs heaven-sent moments for this skill." Letters to Dead Authors Thousands flock to prostrate themselves before the heaven-sent picture, and some are healed of their diseases—a fact that plainly indicates its miracle-working power. Russia "Yet if by a heaven-sent chance none, or very few, reached the necessary standard of excellence—?" Kai Lung's Golden Hours And all unseen by you a host of heaven-sent fatuities swathes him about, even, maybe, as they swathe you about. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll The war, which rendered travel impossible, she regarded rather in the light of a heaven-sent boon. Dope Your look of heaven-sent health and general robustness we note with our eyes, while our ears have heard your reputation as a first-rate horseman and the wealthiest of men. The Economist Thorkill thought this fire a heaven-sent relief, and resolved to go and take some of it. The Danish History, Books I-IX “Have you had that, too?” she queried absently, intent on the heaven-sent justification she was finding in his arms. Martin Eden In this view literature is a fortuitous series of happy thoughts and heaven-sent findings. Style One treated of man as a god, ignoring his earthly origin; the other treated of man as a clod, ignoring his heaven-sent dreams and divine possibilities. Martin Eden |
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