| 单词 | abnegation |
| 例句 | Two tears slid down her fallen cheeks, in and out of the myriad coruscations of immolation and abnegation and time. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw the quantity of food she’d laid out for him, though, his ingrained abnegation rose to the surface. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was probably just peaceful despair and relief at final and complete abnegation, now that Judith was about to immolate the frustration’s vicarious recompense into the living fairy tale. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z The world “gathered in dreadful suspension,” then “glided backwards into an atmosphere of broadening redundancy, intersected by a vertical and rather searing sense of abnegation.” Fiction That Will Make You Feel Pleasantly Insane 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z They mimic grandmotherly tchotchkes, but a closer look discovers a surrealistic play with bodily abnegation. Art Review: Learning About the Marketplace and Entering It 2011-08-11T21:32:30Z But far from celebrating the artistry that goes into film music, this marathon “Lord of the Rings in Concert” only underlines the abnegation of artistic privilege that genre requires. Review: In ‘The Lord of the Rings in Concert,’ Musicians in Sync With a Soundtrack 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z This may be a kind of abnegation, but it is also an astonishingly vulnerable and courageous way to live. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-10-12T21:55:03Z For all the abnegation suggested by the self-muffling techniques Ms. Fure demands from her players, there is an old-fashioned, richly satisfying grandeur to the resulting music. Review: Ashley Fure Highlighted in a Composer Portrait at Columbia 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The spirit of abnegation that this musical summons isn’t much evident in today’s recessionary climate, when self-centeredness trumps self-sacrifice as a matter of course. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: A Pig That Would Make a Playwright Proud 2011-07-29T05:00:35Z Fisher essentially saw it as a symptom of the disappearance of shame in pop music, the abnegation of the unfair, cruel impulses of pop modernism. Morrissey's retirement will be the perfect ending 2012-06-07T15:40:01Z The former are incidental, chastening wounds risked by those who listen to their heart, the latter a lifelong abnegation of the responsibility to follow your dream. Paulo Coelho on Jesus, Twitter and the difference between defeat and failure 2013-03-17T19:30:00Z For instance, when industrial labour was the destiny of more than two-thirds of the people in Britain, discipline, self-denial and abnegation were absolutely necessary for the machinery of production to function. Celibacy in an intensively sexualised world is a curious anomaly 2013-03-04T08:00:19Z Mirroring Mr. Russell’s fantastic criminal antics, its abnegation of persnickety realism to track its own zany-sentimental orbit is one of its charms. | 'I Love You Phillip Morris': A Winning Smile Makes the Scamming a Breeze 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z That abnegation is an illness that has reached pandemic-level proportions under the panopticon of white-supremacist patriarchy, which seeds division among women through social pressure. Review | Melissa Febos’s ‘Girlhood’ brilliantly illuminates how women are conditioned to be complicit in their own exploitation 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z I tell my daughter about her bodily sovereignty, and Idaho responds by asserting its own control, demanding abnegation — annihilation, even — at the altar of the unborn. I am raising a daughter in Idaho, where shaming women is the law | Op-Ed 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Above all, it requires an abnegation of the self. Opinion | Queen Elizabeth decided to be boring — for Britain’s sake 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The gospel of ‘disruptive innovation’ depends on the abnegation of history2. Scientists use big data to sway elections and predict riots — welcome to the 1960s 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z “This is an absolute abnegation of federal power.” Youth Liberation Front protest in Seattle recalls familiar police standoffs as federal agents stay out of view 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z He picked grapes and picked over the Bible, thinking he had picked the right way to traverse the world: through “abnegation and continuous mortification.” Review: Jerry Brown gets the biography he deserves 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But this “I” is a center that could not hold under the pressure of abnegation her first girlfriend forced upon her slowly, in escalating stages, while they attended graduate school. Review | Haunted by humiliation, Carmen Maria Machado breaks form to address domestic abuse 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Counter-Enlightenment thinkers such as Joseph de Maistre condemned the Enlightenment’s extolling of the individual’s will and desires, insisting on “individual abnegation” in a well-ordered, hierarchical, authoritarian society. Opinion: The strongmen are back. And we have no idea how to confront them. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Women are often advised to avoid any whiff of abnegation or apologia. Sally Rooney Gets in Your Head 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Lawrence’s praise of “abnegation, renunciation, self-restraint,” Atkins sums up the allure to which they succumbed. Review | Burning Man is just one of the many strange wonders of desert life 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z It is a dereliction of duty and an abnegation of the basic responsibilities of good government, on a truly staggering scale. Brexit provides the perfect ingredients for a national food crisis 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Setting the hairless human form against the sparsely vegetated land, Aguilar’s work is not Lawrence’s quest for “abnegation, renunciation, self-restraint” but rather a celebration of the rapport that can exist between body and topography. From Lawrence of Arabia to Breaking Bad: the desert as a cultural oasis 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Some view the result as an immoral eyesore, an abnegation of our responsibility to keep land productive and tidy. The magical wilderness farm: raising cows among the weeds at Knepp 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, he wrote “The 120 Year Diet” and then followed it up with even more misery and abnegation in “Beyond the 120 Year Diet.” Opinion | The Secret to a Longer Life? Don’t Ask These Dead Longevity Researchers 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Everyday brings a fresh allegation, a new self-inflicted humiliation or scandal, and the further abnegation of its responsibility to operate in good faith for the sake of its drivers and customers. The Verge 2017 tech report card: Uber 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Each day he has spent in power has amplified his failings – and the party’s abnegation of its duty in refusing to face that head-on. The Guardian view on Republican attacks on Trump: where are the others? 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Such abnegation of will is what we mean by creativity. The world has lost a great artist in mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Instead, he launched into what he said was “possibly a project of abnegation”. French elections: centrist Bayrou offers alliance with Macron 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z To drive it all home, Hatch said of the boycotting members: “To not be here and participate, that’s a total abnegation of their duties as senators, and I think it’s pathetic.” Orrin Hatch’s raging hypocrisy: The Utah Republican wants Democrats to follow the rules he shattered 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The CFPB’s progressive authoritarianism reflects, in the language of the Hudson Institute’s Christopher DeMuth , “regulatory insouciance” made possible by “legislative abnegation.” Congress insists on making itself irrelevant 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The Cleveland convention, with its baying calls for Mrs. Clinton to be jailed and for the abnegation of civil rights movements, did Mr. Trump no harm. Democrats Followed by Their Own Divisions to Philadelphia 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It allows us to achieve a state that her writing often elevates: the “abnegation of self-containment and self-sufficiency.” The Philosopher of Feelings 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z But the National Security Agency and the CIA: these people are not going to go along with a Trumpian abnegation of civil liberties. Mark Singer: ‘Trump will continue to shoot himself in the foot’ 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Jake thinks his brother's extreme abnegation is rooted in his political convictions. 'Straight White Men' gently wrestles with the meaning of privilege 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The next stage is the beginning of the abnegation of control. Africa’s Conservation Miracle: The Return of the Rhinos 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The answer may lie, in part, in their choice of victim and in their relative abnegation of gratuitous violence. Rolling Stone’s disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias Free markets are the opposite of oppression; they are the abnegation of authority. WILLIAMS: Voting with their feet 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Of fretfulness, satiety, monkish abnegation, and so on, there is not a trace to be detected in the feature of Liszt's interesting and characteristic head. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z He is to abstain forever from meat and eggs and cheese, except on Easter, Pentecost, and Christmas, when he is to eat of them in sign of his abnegation of his Manich�an errors. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z "We don't usually let the carriage go out two days running," said Aunt Cuckoo in a final burst of abnegation, "but for dear Jasmine's sake we will." Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death, are the allurements that act on the heart of man. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z "He understands everything about old pictures, and you know how ignorant I am!" said this lady, half closing her eyes, and shaking her ringleted head with an air of abnegation. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z His abnegation becomes the more startlingly virtuous when it is considered that he resists the temptation to use that fascinating device, paradox. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z His abnegation, his charity, his unalterable gentleness did not forsake him for an instant. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z It elicits in the highest degree strength of character, accustoms men to the abnegation needed for simultaneous action, compels them to repress their fears, and establish a firm control over their affections. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z So ran the Nun's criticism, full of sympathy with the girl, not perhaps quite so full of sympathy for what seemed to her an over-saintly abnegation of her sex's right. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Men can not comprehend this abnegation of self in women, and, not being able to comprehend it, they do not believe in it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Pamela understood that it meant some abnegation on his part to bid her call upon another than himself. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z There you see restraint, tense effort, abnegation—and victory—in one sense a spiritual triumph over the body. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z He got as much satisfaction out of that as if it were a superior abnegation. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z They inculcated political quiescence as well as the abnegation of personal ambition. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z This peculiar abnegation of self is the resource of a woman for the escaping of the responsibilities of her own development. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She had heard the stories current of Liszt’s abnegation, his boundless generosity, his pride in his vocation. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Nobody could better understand this spirit of abnegation for the sake of a higher ideal than Her Majesty. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z His singular abnegation could not put an end to the evils of landlordism, even to the extent of his own plot of ground. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z If perfection in a military ruler were possible, C�sar, with his superb qualities as a general, needed only to possess the abnegation of Sulla to have been a perfect type of the class. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z She had found the necessary counterweight: love for everything alive, sacrifice for one's fellow beings, and consequent abnegation. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z This we attribute partly to a natural sweetness of disposition, which provoked no enemies, and still more to that which on the part of reformers is the rarest of virtues, an entire abnegation of self. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z He did not believe that a girl of seventeen, luxuriously brought up and petted like "a bird of the Indies," could really desire to embrace the austerities and abnegations of a conventual life. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z In these we have, five hundred years before Christianity, the revelation of redemptive religion, resting upon the ethical foundation of the abnegation of self and the withdrawal from the world. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z It was indeed a form of abnegation that prevented him from showing Phyllida his own bad self. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z For the first few days he felt a yearning for martyrdom, a deep desire for renunciation, the mystic abnegation of the man of his race. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He foresaw the revelation which might come, and realized that any abnegation was worthless except the sacrifice of his love. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z You may count on my abnegation of self. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z That in self abnegation and not in revenge the element of greatness consisted must have been brought home to mankind only after long habituation. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z Why should we not follow, as far as possible, the steps of that illustrious husband and wife, the pattern of abnegation and tenderness, as well as of purity and fidelity? The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The mistress set tasks, often no trifles, which the loyal subject must perform—hard feats of arms, long and perilous journeys, abnegations of pride or comfort. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z He knew how much he was indebted to her; twice she had saved his life, or striven to do so, with a devoted abnegation of self which only affection could have prompted. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Continue your abnegation of self, your discipline, your valor, and your enthusiasm, which will entitle you to that gratitude and that admiration. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Rather do others afford the high strung temperament an opportunity to lighten itself through such abnegation. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z The vow of perpetual seclusion comprises a renunciation of the pleasures and business of life, an abnegation of the claims of consanguinity, friendship and society; and an abjuration of all filial, parental and natural affection. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z For a century there was no room for any literature that did not place itself unreservedly at the service of the Church, a service which meant the complete abnegation of the brighter side of life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z "The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair." Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z And evermore thus, from step to step, cutting themselves by dint of abnegation a path across the centuries and all obstacles, they finally came so far as to conquer the sovereignty of the people. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z And then there will be plenty of room to love God and suffer for Him, and any number of chances to practice the highest degree of religious perfection—entire abnegation, if you will. 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 The monastic vows are not only a bold abnegation of the authority of reason and conscience, but a crafty device to delude the credulous, and secretly to acquire riches, power and influence. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z In reality there has never been an age which was less influenced by the spirit of abnegation and repression than is our own. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z She seeks her highest satisfaction in abnegation of all personal desire, and in entire devotion to others. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Yes, the men and the women—for, often will you see in the pages of these narratives that the women, like worthy daughters of Gaul, vie with the men in abnegation and intrepidity. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z So the great lesson taught to the Apostles—and in the end it was taught more completely than ever men were taught it before—was self abnegation. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z No one save Byron has depicted the self-denial incidental to Mazzini's career, which involved the abnegation of all that makes life worth living to other men. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z My father's abnegation went further, and occasioned the only quarrel we ever had. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z All are full of wise spiritual maxims, and all insist on the need of humility and the abnegation of self-will. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z "It's nothing—nothing!" he said, troubled with her embrace, which had never seemed so complete an abnegation, a surrender and a seeking. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z But the perfect coldness of his reasoning, the absence of all passion, the abnegation of all style, make the book unapproachable except to a specialist. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z I am reporting rather fully to Her Majesty on our conversation of Monday, and on the personal abnegation on your own part, which commands my cordial respect.—I remain always, very faithfully yours, W.E. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z She had made her sacrifice in the spirit of utter abnegation, and none need count the cost which she never reckoned. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Why is there so much disavowal and abnegation in your hearts? Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z But Mr. Strauss-Kahn apparently believed he could win the presidency “without fighting,” Mr. Giret said, and so did not follow a path of “renunciation and abnegation.” Soul-Searching in France After Official?s Arrest Jolts Nation 2011-05-16T10:01:20Z It has sneered at our sufferings, denied the devotion, the courage, the abnegation Paris has shown during the siege, hooted her best-loved representatives, Garibaldi and Victor Hugo. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z "The bill is great politics, but it represents an abnegation of responsibility because it doesn't explain to the American people that it's not going to change the oil price." Oil firm tax breaks must end quickly: Senator Reid 2011-04-27T22:20:20Z In its day the scheme was acclaimed by irrational idealists as a triumph of American abnegation and an example of modern altruism. The Philippines A Century Hence 2011-04-20T02:00:25.047Z To regard this rivalry as serious would be, in the opinion of the present writer, an abnegation of the critical faculty. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z But under the influence of suggestion groups are also capable of high achievements in the shape of abnegation, unselfishness, and devotion to an ideal. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z The approach of the foreigner, the abnegation of the workmen, had, on the 4th September, silenced all social demands. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The virtues of self-assertion, ruthlessness, and pride were to eradicate the vices of abnegation, pity, and humility. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z It outlives all trials; in the pride of its abnegation it will provoke them on occasion. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z In response, NI Finance Minister Sammy Wilson said if the two UUP ministers did resign it would be a "cynical abnegation of their responsibilities". UUP ponders ministerial futures 2011-03-06T14:29:32Z The right of Private Judgment, naturally enough, leads to the right to act on that judgment, to the supreme sovereignty of the individual, and the abnegation of all government. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z In open confession, in the lowest abnegation, before universal repudiation, there would still be sublimity! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z He could remember now that hers had been a life of abnegation—that she had risked her good name once for Harriet Wesden—once, and in the latter days, for himself. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The professor sighed the sigh of patient abnegation. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z He had often felt, as the Baron said, that Gabrielle was the last woman in the world for such abnegation as this "idyl" demanded. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z But, dearest Alfred, shall we not be living the Christian life—the life of abnegation—more truly if we give up the hope of personal happiness? Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z They saw in the consecration of their marriage only the right to devote themselves to each other, to vie in mutual sacrifices and abnegation, and to serve the holy cause of progress. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Faces expressing an abnegation of self, indeed, but without that love and charity for others which should have taken the place of self. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z This, said the despatch, would involve great sacrifices; but Napoleon would feel no regret if only by a similar abnegation England would provide the means for a general, honorable peace. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z But in other troubled European economies, abnegation is less evident. Strikes and unions: You ain't seen nothing yet 2010-04-22T10:36:00Z There was one point in which this Convoy seemed to me to touch the extreme of abnegation attained by the G.S.V.A.D.'s. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France In Catholic countries, where religion exacts a life of sacrifice and abnegation from its ministers, the priesthood is a vocation. Friend Mac Donald Do not analyse yourself out of all existence, for such abnegation does not last and inevitably harks back to the old rights. Majesty A Novel It destroys abnegation, humility, patience, and all other virtues. Fraternal Charity Such is the justice of God—the crime enabled Victoria to bequeath to the admiration of posterity a noble example of patriotism and abnegation! The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter In her whole manner there was a softness, an abnegation of herself, that seemed meant for a mute apology. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Gifts of a splendid lavishness in such seasons are abundant; and strangely enough the givers feel enriched unspeakably by the joy of giving, enlarged immeasurably by impoverishment, and increased by abnegation. Misread Passage of Scriptures He still thought that it would be well that they should fight to the death, but a glimmering of light fell upon his mind as to the Colonel's abnegation of all treason in the matter. Ayala's Angel There is in it, as foundation of it, the softness, tenderness, gentle affection as of a child; but all this is as if congealed into sharp contradiction, into abnegation, isolation, proud, hopeless pain. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The necessary give and take, the p. 113sacrifice of self-interests, the little abnegations, the moral adjustment following the appreciation of other points of view; all these things are good for men and women. The Vagabond in Literature He had acquired that passionate abnegation which is the child of grief; not undervaluing the joys of time, he had learned that they were not for him. The Day of His Youth With this abnegation of the external, all questions of time and all claims based upon previous consent or acquiescence fall to the ground. Letters of a Lunatic A Brief Exposition of My University Life, During the Years 1853-54 It was as though Sophy's body had become "possessed" by a strange, heretic spirit that denied all her former religion of abnegation in one strange speech after the other. Shadows of Flames A Novel And as he monologued he was aware of that fettering, overmastering force which visits youth but once—the abnegation of self before that which is. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Systrungr means the son of the mother's sister, and an abnegation of the blood kinship from that side surpasses in the eyes of the poet even the crime of fratricide. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State These fanatics, in their self abnegation, are looking for their reward in Nirvanna, where they think only those enter who from self-denial purify themselves. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The people themselves, enchanted with the product of their own abnegation, made their obeisance to us as to gods. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Love was unchanged, or if changed at all it was ennobled, revivified, purified by the halo of sorrow and of abnegation which glorified it with its radiance. The Heart of a Woman God knows what lies under this apparent abnegation. Black Diamonds One does not reach communism nor return to it by Spartan abnegation or Christian resignation. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History But the doctrine of asceticism and, with it, the abnegation of whatever Rome loved, angered, creating first calumny, then persecution. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Their abnegation develops fanaticism, which is intemperance itself, and fills them with hate toward those outside their creed. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar For the eccentricities of other men's belief no one can answer; but for any reasonable belief in such an abnegation on the part of England, there is no ground whatever. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) This passage in Pope is a strong instance of the abnegation of feeling in his Pastorals. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This was the natural consequence, not only of great efforts which produce exhaustion, but also of the theories of abnegation, impersonality, and systematic nullity, which had always gained ground in this century. Priests, Women, and Families Sometimes he almost terrified her with the violence of his passionate abnegation. Command "You say that the outer-world magicians derived their powers of soul from abnegation of the body," said the goddess. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar She was soon to be married, and in her satirical gray eyes I saw a desire to hold me permanently in a condition of chivalrous abnegation. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The communism of the early Christians, for instance, was rather a voluntary sharing of private property than any abnegation of property as such. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Inflexible resolution to discharge a sacred duty, an entire abnegation of self in its performance, and the strongest convictions of right constituted the incentives to Hansford. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion He then reached a state not of abnegation, but of philosophic open-mindedness or agnosticism. The "Genius" But both preached charity, chastity, poverty, humility, and abnegation of self. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal He understood the abnegation and the tragedy of her life. The Return of the Prodigal But from a growing boy one could not demand such abnegation of heart, feeling and good sense. Pierre and Luce With the most touching abnegation, she tries to carry on the work of the absent one. Contemporary Russian Novelists This look of self-sacrifice and abnegation froze all desire in his veins. Timar's Two Worlds Though monastic life rested upon the principle of social abnegation, monasticism, in singular contradiction thereto, contained within itself the principle of organization. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Never surely was such a noble example of personal abnegation! The Coming of Evolution The Story of a Great Revolution in Science It is the abnegation of God in the universe and of conscience in man. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Lord Hermiston was coarse and cruel; and yet the son was aware of a bloomless nobility, an ungracious abnegation of the man’s self in the man’s office. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston And this desperate abnegation rises at times near to the height of madness; as when he pretended that he had not written, but only found and published, his immortal “Auld Lang Syne.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) It is a spark in the breast of even the most debased, thought the judge, which abnegation and sacrifice often kindle into a beautiful flame. The Bondboy “No matter,” she returned in that voice of abnegation which only a long marching line of misfortunes can give a woman or a man command over. Claim Number One The verdict expected of you condemns liberal institutions: all Religion but priestcraft—the abnegation of religion itself; all Rights but that to bondage—the denial of all rights. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence And since Socialism is an intellectual as well as a moral thing, it will never tolerate in its adherents the abnegation of individual thought and intention. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Contemporaneously with this socialist system was that of Fourier,872 which, though presented more as a scheme of social amelioration, and less as a religion, implied the same abnegation of Christianity. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion He was to be led through the fire, that he might be purified and ennobled in other virtues beside that of abnegation. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart But the abnegation will be no sacrifice; rather a richer and livelier hope. The Thread of Gold The usual bird in a cage appears, the symbol of human passions conquered by religious abnegation. Intarsia and Marquetry And is what is left—if anything is left—an adequate price for the abnegation of manhood? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) New naval programs of both countries were formulated after the expiration of the period of abnegation, and dreadnoughts are now in course of construction.—Editor. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association Religion has taught the abnegation of self; science is first to teach the humiliation of the race. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion The very sharpness of the contrast made her patient, resolute abnegation more beautiful, her sacrifice more complete, her poignant suffering more divine. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Temple, too, was against this, and 'Temple thou reasonest well,' he cries, and thinks his abnegation will be a solace to his worthy father on his circuit. James Boswell Famous Scots Series Asceticism, abnegation, prayer, remoteness from the passions that rend the worldly, bring peace and content. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The self-approval which such a resolution might bring him was hardly worth the inevitable pain of the abnegation. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel And this he can only do by an abnegation of his personal self, and an application of a system of laws, for the purpose of achieving a certain calculable result, the imparting of certain knowledge. The Rainbow High-minded, intrepid, self-forgetful civism and abnegation alone can avert the catastrophe. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 This was not the language of earthly passion—this sublime womanly abnegation. Lover or Friend Infinitely removed above that other agnosticism, which cries, “Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die,” Buddhism starts with the idea of the entire abnegation of self. Religion in Japan These two charming little defects excepted,—you have in the Morvinian curé goodness double distilled, and the essence of generosity, and, be it said, abnegation. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches His entire life was one abnegation of self; a beautiful living embodiment of that charity which “seeketh not her own.” The Mind of Jesus These men foment the irritation between the arrogance of the thus-called regular army, and the pure abnegation of the volunteers. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 It might also be wiser, for his own sake, to give up seeing her until he could afford it; but to this pitch of abnegation Ranny, for all his decency, couldn't rise. The Combined Maze The Dutch, it would appear, quieted any qualms of conscience by regarding their action as amounting to an abnegation, not of Christianity, but of Romanism. Religion in Japan The details of savage custom are given by Tylor,1874 who proposes as the scheme of chronological development "gift, homage, abnegation." Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV For he did not pretend to any virtuous abnegation of the pleasures of the world, but was willing,—so he said,—to add to them some little attempt to earn his own bread. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He waved my abnegation aside and continued, 'I have a great responsibility in watching over this city. What I Saw in America She had tasted all love's abnegations and perversities. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan My dear fellow, why do you forget the splendid abnegation of Sir Edward Carson? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 Without you I may accomplish the task laid upon me, but only with heaviness of soul and abnegation of all that my heart craves. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Is it truth, piety, generosity, firmness, abnegation, devotedness, independence, patriotism, humanity, heroism? My Recollections of Lord Byron That he did not was clearly due to temper and circumstance rather than to romantic fidelity or abnegation. Washington Irving He re-opened the inner eye of man, teaching contemplation in solitude, an unworldly life in abnegation, in chastity, in charity.... The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises With bitterness she realised that, for her, Love must be either a renunciation of ambition, a life passed with some simple countryman, or else a career, a profession, an abnegation of quiet days. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg It was commonly thought that the religious life opposed the life of the world, and that the temporal life should be one of abnegation and asceticism. Colleges in America His whole conduct in Greece was one long act of abnegation, of disinterested and sublime self-devotion. My Recollections of Lord Byron The act, of itself, is the abnegation of that same right which it is designed or intended to assert. The Right of American Slavery The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The Pursuit of God Her arms round his knees, and she was exquisitely beautiful, exquisite in her whole-hearted love, her whole-hearted abnegation—she, a proud Roman lady kneeling at his feet, her full red lips asking for a kiss. "Unto Caesar" Obedience was the soul of the institution, absolute, unconditional, and unreserved—even the submission of the will, to the entire abnegation of self. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Thus equally by what he refused her and what he granted her, he proved his great generosity, the elevation of his character, his virtuous abnegation and self-control. My Recollections of Lord Byron It is a simple abnegation of all attempts for the time to protect the people in the Southern States by the ordinary exercise of civil authority. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States "Nothing is more painful to me than to come across virtue in a person in whom I have never previously suspected its existence," said Esmé, putting down his tea-cup with a graceful gesture of abnegation. The Green Carnation Difficulties enough, God knows, there are in every intellectual position, and intellectual certainty usually means the abnegation of the thinking faculty. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion "Because I make abnegation of this world, and thou makest abnegation of the next; now this world is transitory, and the next will endure for ever." Mystics and Saints of Islam He proposed to have the credit of his abnegations. The Flaw in the Sapphire He commanded respect because he respected himself—there was neither abnegation, apology nor abasement in his manner. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Such a thorough individual abnegation I never knew. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War But the voyageur possessed higher qualities than courage, also; and here again we recur to his perfect abnegation of himself; his renunciation of all personal considerations. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States To educate another, one must have renounced this right, that is to say, made abnegation of the inferior sentiment of personal importance, which transforms us into the enemies of others, even of our own children. The Simple Life He advanced his bony hand, gnarled and mean with useless abstemiousness and miserable abnegations, and revolved the button in the concave. The Flaw in the Sapphire Nor is there much to attract in the singular abnegation of civilized happiness in a slaver’s career. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver He was in that broken mood for which the Middle Ages offered the cloister as a remedy; he felt the urgent need of sacrifice and abnegation to purge him. The Nebuly Coat But its voice was soon stifled, and its children were rewarded for their abnegation by punishment, martyrdom and death. The Philippine Islands I am deeply touched by the noble abnegation which leads you to refuse your admirable Requiem for the ceremony of the Invalides. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers All parish priests are commanded to read the Sorbonne Articles every Sabbath for the benefit of the people, that a solemn abnegation of Christ may thus resound throughout the land.... History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 His hopes of sparing Greece greater calamities by his abnegation were vain. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 If you do not think this, then there is only the other extreme of austere abnegation of self for any cause however trivial. Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch It was rather a vision of the abnegation of riches, of humble possessions shared in common after the manner of the unrealized ideal of the Christian faith. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice The one represents the abnegation of self in woman’s way—she gives service. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer After having offered to the world a great example of pride, of abnegation, of heroism, they are again giving to it a deeper lesson, a more valuable, a more efficacious one. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 The human being, born into a world where choices must be made, must make continual abnegation. Human Traits and their Social Significance They take up the mind with future events, hinder it from dying to self, and prevent it following Jesus Christ in His poverty, abnegation, and death. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon He leaves his retreat and goes all over the country, preaching abnegation and a return to Christ. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance It was regarded as a feeble wail of despair, an absolute abnegation of the powers of the general government. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. When enlightened by revelation and purified by faith, it manifests itself in the sublime abnegation and ardent love of the faithful follower of Jesus Christ. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy So Paul with rare abnegation sent him away at once, though Timothy was to follow shortly, and accompanied him with this outpouring of love and praise in his long homeward journey. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It may be a lesson to nations against the indulgence in rancor, the abnegation of the national conscience, and the dear delight of prophesying one's own likings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 A famous mystic was brought into the presence of the Khal�f H�r�n-ur-Rash�d who said to him: "How great is thy abnegation?" The Faith of Islam True modesty is quite compatible with a true estimate of one's own merits, and does not demand the abnegation of all merit. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of 305man. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Renunciation is not a wholly passive thing; it is not a mere suspicion of all that is joyful, a dull abnegation of happiness. Joyous Gard But in such a sentiment it is the man, the Christian, who manifests himself, and who by a praiseworthy abnegation of self, takes that point of view of the question, which belongs to the consumer. Sophisms of the Protectionists "Because I make abnegation of this world, and thou makest abnegation of the next." The Faith of Islam Let there be no mistake about it; it was a miracle and one performed only by the most complete abnegation of self. With Our Army in Palestine As to the "non-intervention" proposed, it meant merely the abnegation by Congress of its duty to protect the inhabitants of the Territories subject to its control. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government It obviously will not be an abnegation of everything. Joyous Gard Their odious partner had trampled upon them from the beginning of time, and their tenderness, their abnegation, had been his opportunity. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Then, in those early girlish days, it had meant a total abnegation of self. Can You Forgive Her? Ah, you don't know how I sometimes long to be linked, really linked, to the striving, the abnegation, the patience, the triumph of a man of genius! The Way of Ambition His adherents and imitators commenced with his abnegation of inspiration, and made it the preparatory step for their attempted annihilation of revelation itself. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Not to be so, is to die of abnegation and extinguish the type. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought This is, no doubt, true as a general rule, because woman is so much more capable than man of self abnegation, silent patience, meek submission, and flexible adjustment to inevitable circumstances. The Friendships of Women Its principle was the abnegation of selfishness by strictly limiting the expenditure of every member to the amount really necessary to his comfort, dedicating the rest to humanity. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Others try, by voluntary penance, self abnegation, and pain, to accumulate such a degree of merit, or to bring the soul into such a state of preparedness, as will compel the truth to reveal itself. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It came from the abnegation of evangelical faith. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology An instance of abnegation of self scarcely, I think, to be paralleled in the annals of the “coarser sex.” Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Her religious abnegation grew perfect; her peace deepened; her active benevolence broadened; her spirit, always genially tolerant, acquired a mellower ripeness. The Friendships of Women He predicted the reward of Heaven upon her abnegation, sent remembrances to his friends, and, in most touching language, begged her to assume the care of little Blanche, to whom he bequeathed a tearful blessing. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 So much attention did the abnegation of Simeon attract that various other pillars, marking the ruins of art and greatness gone, in that vicinity, were crowned by pious monks. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers The Italian Republicans have actually assisted and upheld the government with an abnegation worthy of all praise,—sacrificing even their right of Apostolate to the great idea of Italian unity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. As a philosophy or a creed it led not so much to solipsism as to a complete abnegation of the reason. The Age of the Reformation However often a man in mind, she always remained a woman in heart; and her personal abnegation was neither feigned nor studied. The Friendships of Women One of the greatest of his plays is practically a diagnosis of the perils which follow in the train of a wilful abnegation of the normal instinct. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays They fought by the example of abnegation they gave, by the moral force with which they inspired the men in the trenches. Fighting France To mention abnegation, sacrifice, etc., to such people is to speak in a language no more intelligible than Sanskrit. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals She made a gesture of abnegation: "I don't think I've got much pride left." The Land of Promise There is a lot of nonsense talked about self-sacrifice and love; about the beauties of abnegation and martyrdom, but, Kathleen, if I shall ever need him at all, I need him now. The Danger Mark Individual free-thinking was incompatible with the position of a member of the Government, and unless such abnegation were practised, no government would be possible. Phineas Finn The Irish Member All have the same words of sacrifice and abnegation on their lips. Fighting France He neither drinks nor smokes, and he will never marry, for his work demands an almost sacerdotal abnegation. Leaves from a Field Note-Book We are assuredly very much flattered that there should be attributed to us sufficient abnegation to elevate us to that double heroism. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings So much attention did the abnegation of Simeon attract that various other pillars, marking the ruins of art and greatness gone, in that vicinity, were crowned with pious monks. The Mintage They had learned there to practise a complete abnegation, and to give to the faithful the example of a united and fervent clerical family. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval But for him, Spanish noble and Christian knight, she knows it to be abnegation of nobleness, treason to duty, dishonour and shame. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works His replies to the President are superb in disdain and abnegation. The House of the Combrays The sudden abnegation of his reserve took her by surprise. A Lost Leader It is nowhere in so many words proscribed, for that would, under the circumstances, have led to the abnegation of relative duties and the disruption of society. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans By that act of humility she seemed to wish to show her abnegation of any further earthly victory by the aid of arms. Joan of Arc A slight offence, but p. 71it has been done in direct violation of conscience, and so in practical abnegation of God. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works To them the fact that the race from the dawn of history, and through the ages has knelt down in abnegation before this inscrutable truth is nothing. Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer He had no faith in human abnegations for reconciliation with God. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties When one came to think of one's self, there was vista and void enough for any amount of bleak abnegation and bitter truth. Orthodoxy Rainham drew back with a gesture of abnegation, as the driver reined the horse back upon its haunches with a clatter. A Comedy of Masks A Novel Hitherto she has made her choice, as it were, in the bodily absence of that love, the abnegation of p. 62whose every hope gives its sharpness to her crown of thorns. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works It stung him a little, nearly made him disregard the spirit of abnegation he had been taught was a Christian's duty in his Master's service. Burned Bridges It was that look of abnegation upon her that he remembered. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ For it is she alone who even demands in the spiritual sphere a complete and entire abnegation of self. Paradoxes of Catholicism It will be seen that even at a later period this abnegation was not sufficient to preserve her from a continually increasing persecution. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. And if ever I am to think so, I would rather that I never had known you, seen your face, heard your voice—which is the uttermost sacrifice and abnegation. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Even in her complete and final abnegation of her forcefulness she had used such an excess of force that the world about her was shattered. The Judge After all, it is singular enough to see sentiments of the most sublime abnegation invoked in favor of plunder itself. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader When was it to end, this continual sacrifice of inclination to duty, this eternal abnegation, this yielding up of herself, her dearest, most cherished wishes to the demands of duty and the great world? A Man's Woman She was unconsciously aware that he had altogether mistaken her character, and given her credit for more abnegation of the world than she pretended to possess, or was desirous of possessing. The Claverings I watched the fire from the cupola of my house in silent abnegation. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Prepared for some terrible instance of humane abnegation on the part of Dr. Chase, I proceeded to do, as directed, and, turning over the card, read, "Present of a $500 greenback"!!! The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America She was dressed not with the studied plainness and abnegation of the model in the studio, but out of regard for her true station and her motherly responsibilities. A Cathedral Singer "It is hard," sighed Armstrong, "to reach that height of abnegation and faith to which you would have me aspire." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times For some years past Gladys had succeeded in obtaining a calm and even spirit, by striving to banish these dreadful scenes from her mind, by active labours for others, and abnegation of self. Gladys, the Reaper Memory of her unselfishness, her simple faith in him, her abnegation, her true, little-woman trust in his career—it all rushed upon him. The Ramrodders A Novel We Catholics voluntarily abjure the blessings of divorce, but we should never dream of using the civil law to impose our abnegation on those of another belief. The Open Secret of Ireland In the first century of our era they were called to an almost superhuman abnegation of their inveterate nationalism, and they could not rise to it. Outspoken Essays Over against the self-assertion of the proud and angry is set the ideal of humble obedience, with its wise suppleness and abnegation of self-will. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day But she, in a pure mood of abnegation, would hear nothing against King Richard. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay They also were, and are, believers in the value of mortification, abnegation, penance. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology No previous English version exhibited such abnegation of the translator's own tastes and habits of thought, such reverent desire to present the original in its purest form. Faust Why do not our poets know this love—this joyful acknowledgment, this calm abnegation? Memories A Story of German Love Toil, abnegation, sacrifice, are therefore of its essence; but these are not felt as a heavy burden, because they are the expression of love. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day In it the noblest virtues of mankind are developed; courage and the abnegation of self, faithfulness to duty, and the spirit of sacrifice: the soldier gives his life. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) To them abnegation of direct influence in politics was death. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Yet, the leadership was his; if he did not exercise it, no one else could; and this incident shows that his abnegation of leadership was not a mere phrase. John Redmond's Last Years Valentine bent his head, with a quick gesture of abnegation. Flames It was reserved for the latter half of the nineteenth century, and for the Congress of a Republic of free men, to witness the willing abnegation of all power, save that of exacting tribute. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) That Cavour accepted the task is the highest proof of his abnegation as a statesman. The Liberation of Italy His twenty years of open war, sustained with an abnegation worthy of all esteem, must be considered as one of the most significant phenomena of the history of the artists of all ages. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) "I do but make abnegation of this world which is transitory, and thou makest abnegation of the next which will last forever." Cosmic Consciousness Julian sank forward upon the table with a gesture of utter abnegation. Flames Each sum he saved stood for some triumph of ingenious abnegation, some miracle of self-restraint. The Divine Fire In a minor degree, not amounting to a complete perversion of the sexual instinct, this sentiment of abnegation, the desire to be even physically subjected to the adored woman, cannot be regarded as abnormal. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women And he had kept up this life of toil and abnegation for years. Promenades of an Impressionist On the one side were love, happiness, position, a home, children probably, and whatever else the normal, healthy nature craves; on the other, loneliness, abnegation, crucifixion, slow torture, and slower death. The Wild Olive Now in her slumber, physical allegory of her abnegation of self, she fought in this battle of the souls. Flames Her practical mind accepted the assumption that a dealer was but human, and that abnegation on his part in such a matter would amount to nothing less than a moral miracle. The Divine Fire In the United States it is merely a harmless exhibition of vanity, and an amusing comment on their own high-minded abnegation of mere titles. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern It follows then that, abnegation being so rare, common sense indicates to me that it would be imprudent for me to allow my happiness to rest upon the existence of a thing so exceptional. Common Sense, How to Exercise It With inviting jungles constantly within easy reach, not to experiment with this lordly implement on something bigger than a wild pig demanded abnegation beyond my philosophy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 In war the noblest virtues of man develop courage and renunciation, the sense of duty and abnegation, and all at the risk of his life. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle I went so far as to speak of myself as happy in my abnegation, and to sing the hymns of the martyrdom of love to which we were by love, by greater love, condemned. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Apparently she was doing wrong in the most self-sacrificing spirit, and believed that doing right, which would end her abnegation, was wrong and selfish. A Young Girl's Wooing Is this to say that reasoning should be a school for abnegation. Common Sense, How to Exercise It Never was child more alive to the beauty of duty, more open to the appeal of virtue, self-control, abnegation. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Through the mist of the unknown by which she felt herself encompassed, she distinguished clearly his devotion, his abnegation, his courage. The Man Who Laughs Her dreamy unpractical temperament, keyed up to the great act of abnegation, had not paused to consider what the consequences might be to herself. The Moon Rock Whatever Russia may do, through repercussion, for the rest of the world, she remains finally alone—isolated in her Government, in her ideals, in her ambitions, in her abnegations. The Secret City But, apart from the question of a sterile abnegation, we must foresee that it may be important not to overestimate one's individual interests, to the visible detriment of the general interest. Common Sense, How to Exercise It Mammon, the Syrian god of riches, which has given name to the modern passion for material wealth, specially conceived of as an abnegation of Christianity, the profession of which is in flat antagonism to it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge It seemed offensive that he, with his curious, half-restrained excesses of temperament, should have domination over her friend who stood so obviously for abnegation. The Precipice The American conservative, indeed, descended the stairs of compromise until his descent into utter abnegation of all that civilized humanity holds dear was arrested by the Rebellion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 North.—A sort of abnegation of your former one. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 He, as a man, could not stand by with folded arms accepting the abnegation of a woman, to stick tied to his mother's apron-strings in boobified contentment. The Torrent Entre Naranjos "As for denying yourself consideration for other people, I am of the opinion, after witnessing your recent disposal of your sweetheart, that you are already tolerably expert in that sort of abnegation." Figures of Earth To pass on to less sinister forms of this abnegation of intellectual responsibility. On Compromise Under the cold impassive vigour he was so determined to preserve, he registered many a noble vow of fortitude and abnegation on behalf of the friend he valued, of the woman he loved. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." True modesty is quite compatible with a due estimate of one’s own merits, and does not demand the abnegation of all merit. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance To see the Holy Ghost descending on Christ, is significant of resignation to duty and abnegation of self. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition You yourself do not look so far gone but what some deed of abnegation, some strong love if you could but conceive it would set you right again. Gulliver of Mars To realise the causes of the success of the revolutionary armies we must remember the prodigious enthusiasm, endurance, and abnegation of these ragged and often barefoot troops. The Psychology of Revolution Lord Hermiston was coarse and cruel; and yet the son was aware of a bloomless nobility, an ungracious abnegation of the man's self in the man's office. Weir of Hermiston They were seated on the ground, their heads resting on their knees, in a position of utter abnegation, surrounded by three or four hundred chattering savages of all ages, headed by the king. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue "You mean that I seem to doubt your abnegation?" Confidence And, withal, a life of privation, isolation, abnegation, chastity, with never a diversion. Les Misérables A crowd will commit a crime as readily as an act of abnegation. The Psychology of Revolution When one came to think of ONE'S SELF, there was vista and void enough for any amount of bleak abnegation and bitter truth. Orthodoxy This woman, belonging to an impoverished class, was trained to self- abnegation; but when women learn the higher duty of self-development, they will not so readily expend all their forces in serving others. The Woman's Bible There were seven holders of the office during the last twenty years of Roman rule, and "he who carried furthest servility and national abnegation received the prize." Josephus It is the canonical subjection in the full force of its abnegation. Les Misérables He made a singular gesture of abnegation, and then dropped upon the bench with his head bowed between his hands. The Gentleman from Indiana She had offered her master a fidelity which involved the abnegation of all impulses of her own heart and mind, and he rejected her love and her service. Charlotte's Inheritance But, as he was straightforward and loyal, he put himself into the hands of the author, and gave himself up then in complete abnegation. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt But whether we are content or not, it is evident that all hope of improvement lies in the tendency, somewhat noticeable of late, to the abnegation of exotic styles and graces. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 The convent is supreme egoism having for its result supreme abnegation. Les Misérables And hunger she might, for Egbert's power lay in the abnegation of power. England, My England But that was something altogether different from ascetic abnegation of life and flight from its responsibilities. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe He found kindness; he found devotion to ideals,—ideals not his own, but which he knew how to respect because they exacted, like the religion of his ancestors, abnegation of many things. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Nowhere else the abnegation of self towering in such quaint sublimity; nowhere else the simplest human emotions conquering the gods of heaven, and fate itself. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy This note should not be concluded without a single remark upon what the author calls an implicit deference to the opinions of our forefathers, and abnegation of our own opinions. American Institutions and Their Influence He is the accomplished model of all the virtues he preaches; his abnegation, his charity, his unalterable sweetness, never belie themselves. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok The King wondered at the perfectness of her piety and devotion and abnegation and she was magnified in his eyes, and he said, 'May God make this pious old woman to profit us!' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Ferdinand, again, is nothing more than Youth, compelled to drudge at something he despises, till the sacrifice of will and abnegation of self win him his ideal in Miranda. Among My Books First Series To balance this indispensable abnegation, the free minds of poets relieve themselves, and strengthen and enrich mankind with free flights in all the directions not tolerated by ordinary society. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy He concentrated his mind in an act of abnegation to the Divine Will. The Saint No doubt he did say it in spirit, with noble self- abnegation and freedom from jealousy. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts He has an idea—the idea of utter submission—abnegation of his own fancied will before the supreme necessities. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The abnegation enjoined does not require that we should be indifferent to our own well-being. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The Tao is the primitive existence and intelligence, the great principle of the spiritual and material world, which must be worshiped through the purification of the soul, by retirement, abnegation, contemplation, and metempsychosis. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Her feminine code Was simple—complete abnegation and self-restraint. The Shadow of the East It does not mean the abnegation of forethought. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah That meant utter submission and abnegation of self, the willingness to be put anywhere, and used anyhow, and done anything with. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII He was as far as possible from the state of abnegation and intelligent impersonality proper to musical translation of a poetic work. Jean-Christophe, Volume I This imperturbable calm, this utter abnegation of self, which displays no remorse even in the very presence of death, are contrary to nature. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Most of the self-depreciatory writers, by their very abnegation of the title, exalt the supreme poet. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years It is no feeble passiveness, no dead indifference, no impossible abnegation that God requires, when He requires us to put our wills in accord with His. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms The worthy Squire of our parish bears one too; and with what manliness! what ease! what abnegation! On Nothing and Kindred Subjects Men who feel culture of all God's gifts worth, A thorough abnegation of self-will, To fit them life's work rightly to fulfil. Home Lyrics If enough constitution responds to the call, he advises an immediate entrance upon the hard road of abnegation. The Opium Habit However loudly I may proclaim the madness of walking in the path of self- abnegation, I cannot avoid it altogether. The Home and the World So put all your strength into the task, and be sure that your soul is never so intensely alive as when in deepest abnegation it waits hushed before God. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms And of all the great questions, dividing the framers of that Constitution, perhaps none of them required a higher degree of self abnegation and patriotism than those touching human Slavery. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 1 Love that was abnegation was to his idea impossible. Gone to Earth But the crowds were captured, and a full penitent-form was the result; no one but her lieutenant had any idea of the abnegation her service had cost. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" The martyr's abnegation of self is not yet dead in the world. Dawn Every one in his grade has given an example of the most complete abnegation and devotion. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) Her own internal degeneracy was faithfully reflected in the abnegation of her imperial duties. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History Courage, loyal obedience, patient endurance, the abnegation of selfishness,—these are the lessons the sea teaches. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 Refusal -- N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†; denial; declining &c. v.; declension; declinature†; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance. recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases There was the same unmanly abnegation of the courage to meet danger and look it in the eye. The Rangeland Avenger Thou and I, my brother, have attained by penances and years of abnegation to that mood which hath been granted the boy as a gift to fit him for the cloister life. A Golden Book of Venice How many examples of nobility, of abnegation, of voluntary martyrdom has not the War given us? Peaceless Europe The courage of battle is mere brutish insensibility compared with the abnegation of the million mothers who gave their boys to the bestial maw of war. The Iron Game A Tale of the War You are satisfied, Madam, I presume?" went on the King addressing his Consort;—"The girl could hardly make a more earnest vow of abnegation than she has done. Temporal Power The path Buddha pointed out was not merely the practice of self- abnegation, but the widening of love. Sadhana : the realisation of life It is generously admitted that the frivolous tendencies which are innate in us have too much of the upper hand to sanction any sentiment which pre-supposes a self abnegation or exalted disinterestedness on our part. The Doctor's Daughter Slowly the grand abnegation, the solemn engagement, was formed; every sentence recited without haste, and with full consciousness of all its obligations. The Hallam Succession But she maintained an even, easy temper, exercising all her will to render herself a passive instrument, replete with supreme complaisance and abnegation. Theresa Raquin There was nothing in his nature which would have recoiled from any self abnegation or submission. Lectures and Essays One of the characteristics of General Gordon was the extreme abnegation of his nature. Practical Argumentation She silently resolved that if abnegation were at all compulsory, and sacrifices demanded by the new tide of affairs, they would of course be practised, but not where the eye of curious pity could penetrate. The Doctor's Daughter Submission is not recognized in their formula except as a word, and their abnegation takes the form of a persistent pursuit of the thing desired, by following another trail. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers As Madame Raquin went to bed, she sobbed bitterly, accusing herself of having less strength than Therese, and of desiring, out of egotism, a marriage that the young widow accepted by simple abnegation. Theresa Raquin He kissed her hand with reverence, and lifted his head slowly, facing the audience with rapt gaze; his wonderful smile—that ineffable smile of abnegation and benignity—just beginning to dawn. Harlequin and Columbine Deference to mental superiority is not to go the length of self-annihilation–abnegation of any personal opinion. Considerations on Representative Government Hers was the nature born to abnegation: aye! and one destined to find bliss therein. I Will Repay The love that pardons, endures through wrong, contents itself in abnegation, is of the imperishable things that draw weak man a little nearer to the angels. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Tall, thin, erect, with an ascetic profile not unlike Cardinal Manning's, he represented that abstract form of asceticism which consists in absolute self-sacrifice to a mental ideas, not that which consists in religious abnegation. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose William repaid all this affectionate solicitude-all this womanly devotion, all this trust, confidence, and abnegation in a manner that needs not be particularly specified. The Fiend's Delight I do not want to make lofty excuses for myself; my own unworldliness is not an abnegation at all, but a deliberate preference for obscurity. The Altar Fire To the few who, throughout those troublous times, had kept a feeling of veneration for their religion, this religion had become one of abnegation and martyrdom. I Will Repay Have we often encountered an ideal more conformable to the desires of the universe, more widely manifest, more disinterested or sublime; have we often discovered an abnegation more complete and heroic? The Life of the Bee Some of the most unworldly people I know have not overcome the world at all; they have merely made terms with it, and have found that abnegation is only more comfortable than conquest. Watersprings Perhaps human nature is not capable of maintaining always this mood of energetic abnegation, of courageous submission. Life of Chopin It gave her a certain dim pleasure to think that her suffering meant that, some day, Perigal would be grateful to her for her abnegation of self. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl The soul was young and ardent, and it fought for abnegation, martyrdom, and stern duty; the body was childlike, and it fought for peace, contentment, and quiet reason. I Will Repay And that abnegation of rhetoric has revealed the nudity of my commonplaces. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One And, according to this creed, it can only be overcome by abnegation, by the denial of the will to live. The Unclassed We think that his voluntary abnegation of popular applause veiled an internal wound. Life of Chopin Why more abnegation than jealousy, less envy than equanimity? Ulysses I know your philosophy of abnegation, and it is a matter of temperament. The Malady of the Century In the second act what the princess in her prescient abnegation had foreseen takes place. A Second Book of Operas A crime just committed, or one in immediate contemplation, in no way interferes with the "five-time prayers," and the neglect of them amounts to an abnegation of the Faith. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet The gentle, uncomplaining spirit of her: the unselfish abnegation of her: the soul's tragedy of her—giving up her life at the altar of duty, at the bidding of a hardened despot. Peg O' My Heart But it is possible, as I say, that you may exaggerate the abnegation required of you. Under Two Flags So all your philosophy of abnegation, all your contempt for appearance go for nothing. The Malady of the Century "Who could compel you to an abnegation which would cause you grief?" Old Fritz and the New Era So the King wondered at the perfection of her rectitude and piety and abnegation; she was magnified in his eyes and he said, 'Allah make this pious woman to profit us!' The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Pity for one's self for being wasted is mostly present in these moods of abnegation. Desperate Remedies There is something sublime in your abnegation if, indeed, you have had no other client this week. The Burning Spear She made a mock gesture of elaborate and complete abnegation. The Argonauts of North Liberty Yet by virtue of subtler abnegation she will often succeed in keeping it from him that she knows. Five Tales It is the perfect abnegation of two who are desirous of blending their beings into one. Ten Years Later But that pure gratitude at her fiery, simple abnegation did not last; it was followed by a petty sense of triumph, and by uneasiness. Villa Rubein, and other stories O cowled Legion of the Cross, What solemn pleasantry is thine, Vowing to seek the life divine Through abnegation and through loss! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Nowhere has practical philosophy, that which consists in a spirit of abnegation, more deeply penetrated than among this unrecognized nobility. The French Revolution - Volume 1 It was not poverty of will, it was abnegation, it was a voluntary act. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments And just before it she was a girl—and nothing more; with all girl’s diffidence, a girl’s self-distrust, a girl’s abnegation, a girl’s plasticity. The Man No; even at his highest pitch of abnegation, he could not forget himself. Beyond But all the time it had for its basis a real greatness of soul, a hearty and an unaffected disregard of public opinion, a perfect disinterestedness, and an entire abnegation of self. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) She thought it would be nobler and greater to renounce him, that her love might be consecrated by her abnegation, while actually devoting her life to the duties enjoined by the laws and the Church. The Daughter of an Empress Here was perfect purity, perfect intrepidity, perfect abnegation; yet there was also narrowness, isolation, an absence of perspective, let it be boldly admitted, an absence of humanity. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Giovanni Cavalcanti, in the appendices to his Florentine history, written before the year 1450, collects instances of civil virtue and abnegation, of political discernment and of military valor, all shown by Florentines. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Why is there so much negation and abnegation in your hearts? Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none By it their hearts are broken; in it the feelings of their sex are lost to them; it begins an abnegation which ends by either plunging them to hell, or lifting them to heaven. Beatrix "There is one thing in the world," she said in a low tone, "for which I would risk even the abnegation of those claims." The Yellow Crayon Long enough has a man, who has already given proofs of devotion and abnegation in the important functions of the aedility of Paris, allowed these sheets to call him ambitious and self-seeking. The Lesser Bourgeoisie They must have been heroes of abnegation, natures like Belisarius himself, not to be cankered by hatred and bitterness; only the most perfect goodness could save them from the most monstrous iniquity. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy The first is the more perfect realization of our own present life; the second, the abnegation of it: the one, limited by experience, the other, transcending it. The Republic The world around her seemed saturated with love, but it was a new love—a love for the man who is suffering, desire for abnegation, for sacrifice. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse This matter concerns a man who has brought you trouble only, and not one of those high and sacred loves which do, at times, command our abnegation, and even bear their own excuse. A Daughter of Eve Without this patriotic abnegation of their feelings, no statesmen would be worthy of the name. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 Soon they had that divine belief in themselves which allows of neither jealousy nor torment; abnegation was ever ready, admiration constant. The Hated Son That was the leading motive, the divinely spiritual one; but there were other motives, which, like tentacles, aided in drawing her will to the acceptance of a possible abnegation. Riders of the Purple Sage To go very slow seemed the abnegation of his manhood. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of man. On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History These for the greater part recommend tranquillity of mind, a complete abnegation of the human passions and the like behaviour. The Wallet of Kai Lung Hearts without tenderness covet dominion, but a true love treasures abnegation, that virtue of strength. The Hated Son They were earnest, solemn in unutterable love and faith and abnegation. Riders of the Purple Sage |
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