| 单词 | life-time |
| 例句 | It was suddenly more important than any other thing in a life-time that he knew where he had met Mildred. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He could move as quickly as the huntsman became, although the latter had the experience of a life-time, he himself was smaller to get through obstacles and had, moreover, been taught by Maid Marian. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The notoriously private Foster stunned the audience of stars and Hollywood powerbrokers as she accepted a life-time achievement awarded by announcing she was now single. Jodie Foster comes out as gay at Golden Globes 2013-01-14T18:35:03Z Awards will be given to best female singer, male singer, conductor, opera company, and chorus, and there is also a life-time achievement award and a readers' award. Opera world stages its own awards as faces budget crunch 2013-02-15T13:38:46Z Having been warned that stationery supplies are frequently discontinued, I had the good sense to stock up on them, as well as the Blackwings, before they disappeared, and now have a life-time supply. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Yet he stayed on, in a house which is now partly submerged under water, to guard his belongings and "a life-time of memories". Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Court documents have described Smiley Martin as a dangerous, unrepentant gang member with a “life-time commitment to violence.” Prosecutors charge 3 with murder in Sacramento mass shooting 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Sukarno, who took the official title of “life-time president,” attempted to guide this diverse nation in a parliamentary democracy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Southern Poverty Law Center’s deputy legal director is a “radical activist” who “clearly lacks the temperament to hold a life-time appointment to be a federal judge,” the groups wrote. Biden’s 11th Circuit judicial nominee is ‘radical activist,’ Family Research Council says 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “Demand for pyjamas is at a life-time high,” Ali in Dhaka acknowledged. What recovery? Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to survive 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z “It’s like mecca for Star War fans. It’s a must see, once in your life-time experience.” For tourists, a last hurrah before Disneyland closes. For service workers outside the park, uncertainty 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z They want signs up in stores telling customers to respect staff, more police on patrol and for retailers to impose a life-time ban on customers who persistently abuse shop workers. 'I am verbally abused at on a daily basis' 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z In my family, the ratio of food-time to life-time remains high, but of course, we consider such a distinction spurious, because, for us, food is one of the most intense ways of living. Make yourselves at home: the meaning of hospitality in a divided world 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z On its website, the new group promises “non-judgmental support and life-time accompaniment for our priest-clients who are so very much in need.” Priests accused of sex abuse turned to under-the-radar group 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z On its website, the new group promises “non-judgmental support and life-time accompaniment for our priest-clients who are so very much in need.” Priests accused of sex abuse turned to under-the-radar group 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Unlike legislation, these life-time appointments are not reversible. Why Donald Trump's most insidious legacy will be his judicial appointments | Shira A Scheindlin 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Bruno’s struggle is an ongoing one, aided by prescription medication and, pointedly, in the light of Prince Harry’s experience, a life-time commitment to exercise. The mental health benefits of boxing 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Browning will also be subject to a life-time of supervision when he eventually leaves prison. Child sex abuse site operator jailed for 20 years - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Mexico's peso was still down 8.7 percent after touching a life-time low overnight. Asia shares to rally as turnaround 'astonishes' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z This is difficult but can be done although it is a life-time commitment. The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Countless economic studies document the returns on investment: immediately on decreased rates of special education and grade retention; long-term on graduation rates and life-time earnings. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Shell, it said, was told he was subject to a “life-time ban” against visiting Russia. Russia bars head of U.S. government-funded media agency 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Mitsubishi Motors Corp's shares were flooded with sell orders, indicated below their life-time low, on Thursday after the Japanese automaker admitted to manipulating test data to overstate the fuel economy of 625,000 cars. Mitsubishi Motors shares indicated below record low after cheating on mileage 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Efimova, bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics in the 200 meters, could be handed a life-time ban from competitive swimming as she has previously failed a drugs test. Efimova faces life ban after positive test 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z But after a 30-year battle to keep HIV at bay with life-time antiretroviral drugs, there is growing optimism that a cure is feasible. Hunt for AIDS cure accelerates as GSK and U.S. experts link up 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z We did our best to save them, but he now faces a life-time of management and dental treatment - and all because he wasn't wearing a mouthguard. Mouthguards 'should be the norm in sport' 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The team needed to be sure the patient was aware of the risks of a life-time of immunosuppressant drugs. First successful penis transplant 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Now, that hurt, particularly since I've spent a life-time saying the Stones are better even than the Beatles. Confessions of a 'boring imperialist' 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The single-minded thoroughness of USADA’s investigation and its life-time ban from sports for Armstrong showed that even someone who rubbed shoulders with ex-U.S. presidents isn’t too big to fall. Column: Russia is athletics’ Lance Armstrong case 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Robin Williams’ smiling face illuminated the big screen Sunday night when the San Francisco Giants honored their life-time fan with a special tribute prior to Game 5 of the World Series. Giants pay tribute to Robin Williams 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The group has been banned, and many of its assets seized – but this is unlikely to be the end for a group that has weathered several waves of oppression in its life-time. Egypt's Rabaa massacre: one year on 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z In this country, education level tracks directly with life-time earnings. Better Measure Outcomes of a College Education 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z All the costs of providing Sovaldi are borne by patients and payers up front, while the benefits of the therapy for the patient and society accrue over a life-time. Medical Breakthroughs And Credit Markets 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The District of Columbia public school system received a federal grant to introduce students to more “life-time physical activities,” said Heather Holaday, the health and physical education program manager for the District. US schools develop a nicer version of gym class 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The D.C. public school system received a federal grant to introduce students to more “life-time physical activities,” said Heather Holaday, the health and physical education program manager for the District. U.S. schools develop a nicer version of gym class I don't believe for a second that women want life-time jobs... especially if they were denied the illicit inducements they're presently receiving... Daily chart: Meeting of the minds 2014-02-12T14:53:12Z And Peer J published its first articles via its new model of easily affordable life-time open access publishing. Open access 2013: A year of gaining momentum 2013-12-26T17:15:03.039Z And you can set the life-time of the digital key, giving say AirBNB guests access to your pad solely over the time of their stay–no lost keys; and no copied keys. With Kevo You Can Unlock Your Front Door With An Iphone 2013-09-20T17:35:00Z Many will remember London 2012 for the record-breaking exploits of American swimmer Michael Phelps, who took his life-time medal haul to 22 including 18 golds, making him the most decorated Olympian in history. Nursing a hangover, London looks back with pride 2012-08-13T12:40:19Z Unlike other Haredi movements, Chabad discourages life-time study, so its students rarely stay more than five years or so. Ultra-Orthodox feel in "dialogue of deaf" with secular Israel 2012-07-09T13:26:06Z What strangely morbid people are those who can suggest more unpleasant things in half an hour than one ought to hear in a life-time! A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Many pass a life-time without practically comprehending the meaning of the term. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z But A-bra-ham said, Son, thou in thy life-time had thy good things, while Laz-a-rus was poor and had a hard lot. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z One need not pity them over much, for they are young and have a whole life-time of energy and power of resistance in their spirit. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z The devotion of a life-time was given unreservedly to General Swetchine. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The furniture remained as it had been in the life-time of their father. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z During the life-time of the venerable Cruikshank comic art in England has won the consideration due to a liberal profession, and now enjoys a fair share of reward as well as honor. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The first revised constitution of the Kuomintang provided for his life-time headship; the second stipulated that the post of Tsung Li should never be filled by any other person. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Then followed half a life-time of diplomatic posts: Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, St. Petersburg, as Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington in 1883 and later to Brussels, finally as Ambassador to Vienna. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z James had bequeathed the farm to his faithful wife, Anne Leigh, for her life-time; and afterward, to his son William. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Words she did not care for, they were often lightly spoken, and soon perhaps regretted or forgotten; but acts were different things, they caused injuries, and heart-aches to last a life-time. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z It prepared the way for his coming, co-operated with him during his life-time, carried on his work after he was gone, and continues it to the present hour. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z During the life-time of Sun there was no question of an elective headship for the Party. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z A few more moments of separation and we will rejoin each other for a life-time! The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z It isn't time for despair yet," said he, with gentle firmness; "when God shall have decided against us, your whole life-time will be left for grief. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z If this part of our national domain has a representative in the life-time of our distinguished acquaintance, Kalutunah, we nominate him for the position, as one of the nearest known inhabitants. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z But the fear of treachery which a life-time of ill-usage had instilled was deepened by the presence of the Countess's men. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Goodness me, I’ve enough joy in your good luck to last me a life-time. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z He said that it was utterly false; that he never heard of such a thing during the life-time of Mr. Paine, and did not believe any one else did. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z But not the most business-like and industrious of visitors could hope to compass within a life-time a pilgrimage to all the shrines of England. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z To write a series of good little tales I deem ample work for a life-time. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He was dickering for one of the things he had desired for a life-time. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Indian defense ministry sources said the life-time cost of the tender, including training and maintenance could reach $15 billion, above previous estimates of around $11 billion. French Rafale favored for huge India warplane deal 2012-01-31T20:48:05Z Nine hundred, sixty, and nine years, is certainly a long life-time. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In the Prologue to the Casina it is said that only the older men present could remember the first production of that play in the life-time of the poet. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It's at least a relief to have arranged one's life-time.... The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Italian non-commissioned officers find that the Sicilian recruit’s main objection to the first bath of his life-time lies in the fact that he must lay down the cherished belt which carries his few valuables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Be not beguiled by world's insidious wiles; O foolish ones, ye know her tricks and guiles; Your precious life-time cast not to the winds; Haste to seek wine, and court a sweetheart's smile. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Widows only fast; I have become a widow in your life-time.” Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z A passage quoted from Cicero has been thought to imply that he was writing for the stage during the life-time of P. and Cn. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It is a fact that Douglas refused to accept this plantation and its belongings as a gift to himself from Colonel Martin in the life-time of the latter. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z The newspapers had carried the usual stories of weeping depositors and heartbroken working people whose life-time savings had been swept away in the crash. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Such a moment of ecstasy—of perfect satisfaction—of exultant, triumphant feeling that asks nothing better—that brings perfect rest with the highest exaltation, can happen to any man but once in a life-time. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The reason why smartphones are subsidized by carriers in return for long-term contracts is that smartphone users are widely recognized as heavy data users and bring a higher life-time value to carriers. China Mobile Going To $58 As China Becomes Smartphone Superpower 2011-12-12T20:20:02Z The earlier of the poems, both of anger and reconciliation, may probably have been written in the life-time of Metellus, i. e. in 60 or in the beginning of 59 b.c. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Still he can hardly go on worshipping for a whole life-time without a break of some kind. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z "A book like this," to quote Iglesias Hermida, "is written only once in a life-time, and one book like this is sufficient." The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z He came to "bring life and immortality to light," and to "deliver those who, through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage." Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Nevertheless, it is true that sometimes surgical operations are necessary, and that by standing a little temporary inconvenience you can save yourself a life-time of discomfort. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z W. is rather sceptical about all the tombs; would like to have time enough to investigate himself and make out all the inscriptions, but it would take a life-time. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z But Basil was not Gwen, and if he had tried for a life-time, he could not have cultivated such powers of persuasion as hers and in this she meant to win. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z To love Shelley adequately and worthily was that and more—it was a vocation, a career,—enough for a life-time and an exceptional one. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Thus U Ramhah, who injured and plundered the Khasis in his life-time, became the source of inestimable wealth to them after his death. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z His sleepless vigilance so struck his subjects that the strangest legends became current even in his life-time: his enemies whispered that he was no mere man, but an evil spirit that required no rest. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z First of all, there is no means of knowing how far the observed effects may have been due to increased or diminished use during only the individual life-time of each domesticated animal. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z It cannot be expected that any impulse of generosity will overcome the habits of a life-time at so advanced a period as this. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z They are, therefore, very anxious to have their sons and daughters formally married during their own life-time. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Spaniards who have lived a life-time among the indians and studied them carefully from all points of view agree that the deeper one studies the native character the more incomprehensible it becomes. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z He was succeeded by his son Theophilus, a vehement Iconoclast, whose persecuting tendencies had been with difficulty restrained in his father's life-time. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z In other words, whatever doubt there may be touching the inherited effects of use, there can be no question touching the immense developmental effects thereof in the individual life-time. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The situation is extremely fine, and the grounds, which were laid out by Kent, during the life-time of General Dormer, afford a variety of picturesque and pleasant views. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z And he had been for years—why, for a life-time, one of the most solidly esteemed and admired actors in the finest theatrical company in the world. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z “Free me,” the goblin pleaded, “and I will give you wealth that will last you your life-time.” Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z These maidens fix the life-time of all men and are called Norns. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Therefore, if, as first produced in the life-time of individuals, the effects of use and disuse are not injurious, much less can they become so if transmitted through the life-time of species. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The youthful sergeant is sitting beside the cot within the screen, but his head is bowed down with grief, and a sorrow such as men feel but once in a life-time is rending his heart. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z I have a life-time of arrears to make up, not having lived with it from childhood, as these fortunate people have. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Then to hear Wagner's Kaiser March by a well-trained orchestra come soaring up, made a combination such as one gets perhaps not more than once in a life-time. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The heads of the two brothers were placed side by side in a niche, and so these mortal enemies, who could not endure each other during their life-time, were turned face to face. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Oh, if there had been a life-time of misery in that last half-hour, what was there to come? The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z What at first had been a rare and memorable event in a life-time developed into a habit, to which, with our British love for conventions, all of us conform. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z She had thrown the admonitions and the self-restraint of a life-time aside for a romance. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He ordered six, and three of them were delivered in his life-time. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z I feel as if I hadn't seen you for a life-time. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Here, for instance, is a portion of the passage on the storming of the Bastile:— The spectacles of a life-time were indeed to be beheld within the compass of this one scene.... Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z He chose to give to his children while he lived, preferring to witness the pecuniary assistance he might render to his family, and to participate in its enjoyments in his own life-time. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Indeed, since the English crown devolved according to the ordinary English laws of succession, it was impossible that anybody should succeed to it by mere operation of law during its former wearer's life-time. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z Nevertheless, this Bishop was not consecrated, neither did he receive possession of the temporalities during the life-time of Queen Mary, although her death did not take place till the 17th of November, 1558. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z It is said that every man must eat a peck of dirt in his life-time, and on this day the troops certainly ate their quantum. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z It was not even visited during his life-time, and he died in the full conviction that it was not an island. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Only one hour," she went on, "in return for a whole ruined life-time! The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z I knew him as a friend, my friend and the life-time friend of my father. Charles Edward Putney An Appreciation 2011-07-18T02:00:24.397Z You said something in your life-time about immersing yourself in a cask of Madeira wine with a few friends, and coming to the world in a hundred years again. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z "If our freedom could only be gained by treachery and assassination, it were better we stayed here captive all our life-time," answered Margaretha. 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 Lord George Hell did, at last, atone for all his faults, in a way that was never revealed to the world during his life-time. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z The Count paced the room with long strides; was it near at last--this consummation--did he at last see the term set to half a life-time of remorse and goading despair? The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z What a life-time of suffering on his face! Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Both obviously could refer to the holders of them only during H. P. B.'s life-time. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z The room was dim, but filled with the breath of flowers, as it had been in its owner's life-time. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z I often contemplate the greatest misery in a whole life, namely, that which results if one had to dispatch all the shavings, frizzlings, dressings, sedes in succession, which are now scattered through a life-time. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Of books I possessed very few, and those exclusively professional; but in this beautiful expanse of sparkling water, I had a book opened before me which a life-time would scarcely suffice me to read through. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z It happened that the bishop had often submitted his manuscript to the eyes of many during his life-time. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In explaining this passage, the editors of the Family Bible try to make it appear that the words 'now' and 'beforetime' imply no greater interval of time than that which passed in Samuel's own life-time. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z And Rachel, glancing at him, was reminded by that manner of dignified toleration that she had kept him waiting no doubt five minutes—and five minutes in the flight of an arrow is a life-time. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z The hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one life-time. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Never, perhaps, in the history of letters was the fame of a poet in the poet’s own life-time more universal and more splendid than was the fame of Ronsard. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z One hour beside that sea-kissed beach Quick throbbing to its love's caress, Would yield to me more happiness Than a whole life-time here could teach. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z The word seer, therefore, was used in Samuel's life-time, and there is no proof that the word Nabi, 'prophet,' superseded it during the life of Samuel. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Be free, forget the trouble of an hour in the peace of a life-time. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The possession of California has opened the Pacific and the Indian seas to the Americans, who must, within the life-time of some now born, predominate in both. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z I am forty years old now, and you know forty years is a whole life-time; you know it is extreme old age. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z No man really owns his acres; society allows him the use of them for his life-time, but the fee comes back to society in the end. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z "After this one moment I should of a truth be ready to die, for the bliss of a life-time falls upon me now." Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z "Three years! a life-time, from a business standpoint; at least, as we look at things on the other side," said Dale. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z What to other men who had devoted a life-time of study was obscure and mysterious, became to him the ABC to higher readings. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Endo shares traded up as much as 9 percent at their life-time high of $44.53 on Monday after the deal announcement. Dealtalk: Buyers' stocks rewarded for good strategic deals 2011-04-13T15:38:12Z "The wilderness is all right for a vacation, but all wrong for a life-time." Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z For once they got back to Earth, all were slated to be mustered out of service immediately, decorated to the ears, and awarded full, life-time pensions. The Hero 2011-04-06T02:00:04.180Z No, I don't see any remedy in my life-time. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z A monk who had gone through a life-time of spiritual struggle alone, unaided by human sympathy? Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z If she tried to go beyond, to face the prospect of a whole life-time of captivity, under the gaolership of this extraordinary man, she found her brain reeling. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He had learned what most of us take a life-time to learn, patience; not to speak harshly when others are harsh. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Thus their honorable discharges, medals, and life-time pensions would be safe. The Hero 2011-04-06T02:00:04.180Z There are certain thrills of accomplishment, certain epochs of development, which come only once in a life-time. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z He is getting it already, even in the life-time of many who clamored for his blood, and the heroic old confederate soldiers are not behind in doing honor to his undoubted courage and honesty. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z We are to know that we can know nothing; of what use, then, would be the search of a whole life-time? Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Hard, indeed, it seemed, that this "plenty of work" did not come in Lucretia's life-time. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The next day his ardour has cooled—the third he restricts himself to a bow—the fourth, and he mingles with the crowd—and you never meet him again perhaps in a life-time. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z The governing body will place a life-time ban on the named person, if they are identified, from receiving tickets to all Northern Ireland home and away games. Irish FA to ban fan after chants 2011-02-18T20:11:36Z At length, finding my life very solitary, I accepted the claw and heart of a rich and respectable green parrot, who offered me a good home and the devotion of a life-time. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z "This is yours, confided to your protection for a whole life-time!" Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z He seemed to suffer the agonies of a life-time in that moment. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z It requires the study of a life-time almost to grapple with it at all—at least in any fairly satisfactory and complete form—in any really candid and impartial way. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z It was an hour of pure and perfect bliss, such as comes but once in a life-time, but then outweighs all the joys and sorrows which fill the years from the cradle to the grave. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z And her eyes would sink and all her throat flush red, for she had lived a lover's life-time during that one storm-shaken kiss—and she understood! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z In a life-time of varied detective experience, I have never met one who could more readily and agreeably adapt himself to circumstances. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z This would be a once in a life-time fight. David Haye calls Wladimir Klitschko a coward for not fighting him 2011-01-06T16:56:03Z Especially must they be ready to embrace difficulty and court pain—and that through the long stretch of a life-time. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Perhaps they would both pay for this short day-dream with a whole life-time of misery and regret! No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The strong forecast propelled the company's shares to a life-time high of $34.05, but the stock later pared some gains to trade up about 6 percent at $33.78. UPDATE 2-Valspar expects price hike to offset costs in 2011 2010-11-22T18:53:00Z Shares of the company hit their life-time high of $14.55 in January, but are now trading more than 60 percent down since then. Will DragonWave shares take more beating? 2010-07-09T20:18:00Z In my life-time only Liverpool, Man United & Arsenal have. Live - Tuesday football 2010-04-13T18:13:00Z Adrian had reason sometimes to express the wish to the king that it might be accomplished in their life-time. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII I leave the completion to those who can devote a life-time to the subject, and who are possessed of the necessary discrimination and patience to marshall and arrange the whole flora of Miss Austen’s world. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History None of them was published during his life-time, but manuscript copies were widely circulated among the Independent congregations in England. The Story of Our Hymns Pauline, in many of those respects in which her uncle would fain have seen her changed, remained unaltered—indeed it was not easy to unlearn the teachings of a life-time. Love Works Wonders A Novel It seems not at all improbable that the substance of this book was written during his life-time, and that it was merely revised and augmented on the eve of Edward the Fourth's invasion of France. The Boke of Noblesse During her life-time already, her proud, taciturn, reserved nature had been a riddle to the good homely townfolk; now her death was a still greater riddle to them. The Wish A Novel As the shoemaker of Görlitz had in his life-time some disciples among highly educated men, so has he always had a few since his departure from this life. Dialogues on the Supersensual Life During his life-time he published a number of collections from all sources. The Story of Our Hymns Tarapada showed surprise at his uncle's anxiety and said that there was no need to trouble about this, because the division had already been made in the life-time of his grandfather. Stories from Tagore He could get more from a Library in a day than most men in a life-time, but he needed it still. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses He was a fine specimen of a young Indian brave—one who, in his green youth, had gained laurels, which it usually requires a life-time to win. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 The novelist of worth receives, as a rule, his meed of recognition in his life-time, which is not the lot of writers in all branches of literature. Maria Edgeworth She was famous during her life-time for the weekly ecstasy of the Passion, during which in a trance she experienced the sufferings of the Holy Virgin contemplating the Passion of her Son. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" We know that at one time Bob lost faith in his first motto, but the experience of a life-time has convinced him that it can be depended upon. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Of course there is the social side, and scores of delightful acquaintances are formed that have been known to last a life-time. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 It would be agony, a life-time agony; disgrace. Helena Brett's Career But those days, although only five days, seemed a life-time to Miss Edgeworth, from the dangers and anxieties the family underwent in their course. Maria Edgeworth The abb� Casgrain devoted a life-time to making the French-Canadians appear as the chosen people of new-world history; but, though an able advocate, he spoilt a really good case by trying to prove too much. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" This one day must seem to him like many years; like a whole life-time. Landolin No alien land in all the world," writes Mr. Clemens, "could so longingly and beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a life-time, as that has done. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The affluence and abundance of that gala day—the great gala of a life-time—in that Hampshire farm-house, I have never seen surpassed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. She has stood there for a life-time and drudged and submitted and has done nothing for household or community advancement. The American Country Girl I would not live through that day again—no, not to reign as King over the Amazulu or over the Amandebili for twice the life-time of a man. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story I am still so young, and I must bear for a long, long life-time—must bear this—everything! Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He protested that he thought he had lived long enough when he had witnessed in his own life-time two such national benefits as the Catholic Emancipation Bill and the Abolition of Tithes. International Short Stories English I had once or twice tried, on such occasions, to prevail on Miss Matey to stay; and had succeeded in her sister's life-time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. So sings the Psalmist, “His anger is but for a moment; His favor for a life-time.” Jewish Theology "I know enough about them to last me a life-time," Craig said bitterly. The Lost Warship It is questionable if in a life-time two such horses as these three-year olds will be seen in any Derby race together.” History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 A botanist gravely assures us, that to become perfect in the knowledge of one branch of sea-weeds would take all the time and strength of a man for a life-time. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Is the man who spent half of his life-time gazing into the boundless realm of space and yearning and longing for the unknown, the infinite, no longer in existence? Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Can't you visualize what it would be like to have even a short life-time of knowledge and experience laid out in sharp detail of recall? The Mind Digger To attempt the mountain would delay him a day at least, and a day now was a life-time. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Our darling speculations still find favour and encouragement, and we make as good a figure in the eyes of our descendants, nay, perhaps, a better than we did in our life-time. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Something, which may be the result of unconscious inference from a life-time of observation, guides the man. The Story of the Trapper Or, if a thought of the future mingles with our meditations, it is the rapturous thought that these gifts of Providence once ours are ours for a life-time. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 His life-time corresponded with the growth of his country, and his own work was a noble contribution to the nation's prosperity. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 And vaguely from the hiding-place of memory Voices seemed to cry; "What is the darkness of one brief life-time To the deaths thou hast made us die?" Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems On attaining puberty they obtained an individual name which they preserved during life-time. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Did that mean that she was still to be treated ceremoniously as in Godfrey's life-time? Leonore Stubbs "Yet I have quaffed a more inspiring drink in my life-time." A Christian But a Roman The keeledar was a most respectable-looking man, and elegantly dressed; but I do not think I ever saw a more careworn and dejected face than his in my life-time. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment We see here, as elsewhere, that during the life-time of the teacher, no record of events, no sacred code containing the sayings of the Master, was wanted. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning In his life-time politics might blind his enemies, and fanaticism his friends. Coelebs In Search of a Wife “The Unabridged Dictionary was his greatest work, it being the labor of a life-time:” pronounce Dictionary as if written Dik-shun-a-ry; not, as is too commonly the practice, Dixonary. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected A thought may be put in a line, yet require a life-time to understand in its completeness. The Hills and the Vale I can answer only from a life-time knowledge of pretty nearly all parts of the West—and that from a woman's point of view. Through Our Unknown Southwest We learn, further, that he did not have the round nimbus, but a rectangular or square one, with which it was the custom to adorn the heads of portraits of eminent people in their life-time. St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music He has been accused, he was accused in his life-time, by bigoted Muhammadan writers, of arrogating to himself the attributes of the Almighty. Rulers of India: Akbar Father and mother are honest people; he has been sent to church and school, never saw any thing amiss in us; no, nothing amiss in all his life-time. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts It seemed to her like the turning point of a life-time when Christmas Day was passed. A Mad Love This was Lady Hester's favourite resort during her life-time, and now, within its silent enclosure, "'After life's fitful fever she sleeps well.'" Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century He repudiated these scandalous and gossiping chronicles in his life-time, and it is no part of our business to resuscitate them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Our fathers were bosom friends, and betrothed Noémi to me in their life-time, so I come every year to see my sweetheart in her summer abode, in order to judge how my bride is growing. Timar's Two Worlds This ghost is, in every respect, the very same man that the person whom he represents was in his life-time. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed Whereas, in the hereditary system, a nation may be encumbered with a knave or an ideot for a whole life-time, and not be benefited by a successor. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 It seemed a life-time since she had played in public. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso Within Webster's own life-time a revision of the Dictionary appeared in 1840-1841, and he was at work upon a further revision when he died in 1843. Noah Webster American Men of Letters He was absolutely innocent of conscious hyperbole in saying, “It would be worth a life-time of trouble only to have seen her; and I know her and am able to do her a service!” Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 That stopping lasts a life-time, and he thereafter needs no food. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. —Ah, my friends, eight months' loss of liberty seems almost a life-time to a man who has been, as I have been, the unceasing defender of Liberty for twenty years. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 This also we learn from himself, in the latest poem published in his life-time. Spenser The blow that strikes deepest into the heart and embitters a whole life-time is otherwise met and parried, with a grim, silent, enduring pain. Jena or Sedan? It was not so very long it lasted, though to her it seemed a life-time. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 "A man never has but one love in a life-time," she said, impressively. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain Granny Marrable could be insensible to pressure after a life-time of silence. When Ghost Meets Ghost His unchanging kindness toward all earned for him in his life-time the title of the "Good Cur�." The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord Every word that he had said was as true as Gospel and he could sit around and wait a life-time–but waiting was not his long suit. Wunpost I argued that nearly everything else had been simplified save courting, which went on in the old laborious manner with lovers’ quarrels, heartaches, and ofttimes life-time estrangements. Confessions of a Neurasthenic When old Cauliflower took sick, once in a long life-time, he was prevailed upon to send for Dr. Borax, and it was some weeks before Cauliflower got down stairs again. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes I do believe that there are enough to last me my life-time; and it will be downright charity to relieve me of some of them. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow We are blind during half our life-time, with this difference, that the really blind can always guide themselves, whereas we dare not take a step in the dead of night. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts For if her efforts lacked finesse she had a life-time of truth-telling to back up the clumsiest deceit. Wunpost An ill-tempered letter, once sent, will sometimes embitter a life-time. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order He had crowded the work of a life-time into some 17 years, and his health was now far from good. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Here was underclothing of every kind, sufficient for a life-time; morning suits, riding suits, dress suits, visiting suits, in bewildering variety. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow It is seldom that we are privileged to watch at ease the workings of another's mind, but these drawings, the intimate record of a long life-time, offer an unusually good opportunity. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work If I’d followed my own judgment instead of taking your advice─” “Your judgment!” he mocked; “say, shake yourself, kid–you’ve pulled the biggest bonehead of a life-time.” Wunpost The whole number of genuine plays which we have been able to find printed in his life-time, amounts but to eleven. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare The "System of Nature" was not published during the life-time of Mirabaud, and it is therefore impossible to use any argument which might have been based upon Mirabaud's conduct in relation to it. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Unwelcome at birth, unloved in her life-time, without hope in her death; and she might be the joy of your heart, the life of your home, and the hope of your old age. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Many of his charters bear date from this fortress; so that, though only begun three years before the death of the monarch, it is plain that it was already habitable in his life-time. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Matilda had certainly been used to hear talk on such subjects in the days of her mother's life-time, when the like points were eagerly debated between her and her older children. The House in Town Of course for me it is the opportunity of a life-time. Tante Dorothy looked astounded, but turned the matter off by saying: "It is a good thing to have him stand treat once in his life-time, I declare!" Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover I shall give up the land even if I lose the money, the savings of a life-time, added to a loan, which I can repay in time. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule By its aid, I could apportion the life-time of any mortal at whom you might point your finger. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy Still with her quiet and unrevealing young face turned towards the evening landscape, Karen felt as if she had grown very old and were looking back, after a life-time without Gregory, at the mirage. Tante One would scarcely meet in a life-time a girl of such wondrous loveliness. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover In the last half hour I have lived over again half a life-time of misery. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 And when finally, in deepest despair, I returned to New York, dear old Jack, the friend of a life-time, broke with me when I showed him what was written. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories Engraved after the only Photograph that she ever had taken during her life-time. The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan or: the Headless Horror. "You set your one year of devotion to Karen against Mercedes's life-time, and you presume to discredit hers." Tante For one moment poor Bernardine gazed at the open door-way through which his retreating form had passed; then she flung herself down on her knees, and wept as women weep but once in a life-time. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife All of these three were engraved in Watteau's life-time or shortly after his death, and the verses sub-joined to the engravings are a charming rendering of the sentiment underlying the pictures. Six Centuries of Painting There's none o' your Dumas and Stevensons can beat that; a real happening in our own life-time.... Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Mary held out her hands, and her eyes glowed with that glorious dilation which only comes once in a life-time to one woman's glance for only one man's answering look. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure There are people who are subject to such visions, while there are many others to whom such a thing will happen only once in a life-time. Clairvoyance "It is all in a life-time," he murmured. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife In fact a visit to the Hawaiian Islands is one of the pleasantest experiences of a life-time. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial But it’s a noble mistake, believe me––a mistake which everybody in my condition ought to make, if but once in their life-time. The Book of Khalid Gems of pictures—treasures of sculpture, bronze, china, carvings, glass, coins, curiosities which it would have taken a life-time properly to learn. The First Violin A Novel During her life-time her success secured her the applauses of the world. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History His tongue uncoiled, he soliloquized on wines of the past and present, as the survivor of a dead generation might dwell dotingly on the great men and beautiful women of a long life-time. The Education of Eric Lane It was a magnificent opportunity, the opportunity of a life-time. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Many years afterward he owned, to one who was ever his closest friend, that a whole life-time of suffering had been compressed into those few short years that had followed his father’s death. Wee Wifie But this man had but the one; the love between them was such a love as one meets perhaps once in a life-time. The First Violin A Novel This will he had made near the time of his death; but it will be recollected that, during his life-time, both the marriages from which these princesses had sprung had been formally annulled. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History I want the reader to understand that even though the process of evolution has taken a life-time, I cannot cease wondering at the marvelous development of the Territory and, later, State of Arizona. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer "Did you ever see such a sight in all your life-time?" From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services And after he quitted the regions of the west, they all remained quiet during his life-time, as if under the influence of a wand powerful enough to tranquillize the world. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens And this, interpreted by Eugen, whose mood and whose inner life it seemed exactly to suit, was a thing not to be forgotten in a life-time. The First Violin A Novel Thus chance alone would have enabled one in those days to witness a total phase, and the probabilities, of course, were much against a second such experience in the span of a life-time. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language A hawker’s licence, about the size of one of these pages, covers a life-time of sin and iniquity in this respect. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Such an adventure happens to ordinary fellows only once in a life-time. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats What might have been proper to do in my wife’s life-time became a different matter altogether after her death. Hepsey Burke Besides these are mentioned gifts in his life-time. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors The result was, that the son was banished from home for the p. 223rest of his father’s life-time, though Young seems never to have thought of disinheriting him. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete "It's the chance of a life-time, Jack," he declared. The End of the Rainbow Into these seven acts, as it were, the life-history may be divided, and each of them might serve as the study of a life-time instead of our compressing them into the lecture of a morning. Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 The niche occupied by Philip IV. attracted special notice from the fact that the eccentric monarch, during his life-time, often seated himself here to listen to mass, an idea more singular than reverential. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months During the life-time of his father he bore the title of the Duke de Chartres. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series Do husbands toil through a life-time to support their aunts, and uncles, and cousins? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I He was Home Secretary when Queen Victoria’s reign began, and since then he had served her Majesty and the nation with unwearied devotion for almost the life-time of a generation. Lord John Russell A life-time is none too long for a life's work. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Most of theses ornamentations, as well as the paintings, were the work of brothers of the order, who must have spent half a life-time in their consummation. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months A moment of panic wins salvation for the one; a life-time of self-denial counts for nothing in the case of another. The Orchard of Tears The passion of a life-time into the quarter of a year! The Foot-path Way Those sixty seconds before the starting gun in your first race—why, they are a little life-time. Tom Brown at Oxford "Enough to last me for the rest of my life-time, and, anyhow, life at sea is mostly hard work." The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code But political rights also were soon demanded, and demanded with such violence, that during his own life-time Luther had to repress the excesses of enthusiastic theorists and of a violent peasantry. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities In his life-time he possessed all the bad properties of the animal you see before you; so that, to speak the truth, he now appears in his proper shape. Vice in its Proper Shape Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemble In Disposition. Give your life-time, if need be, to an earnest investigation of this matter. God's Plan with Men Not only this short time flies from us, but also the time of our life, as the wise man says: "Our life-time passes away." The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises It painted by flashes and crowded its canvas with the figures of a life-time. Young Hilda at the Wars And even for that spirit, seer, I've watched and sought my life-time long; Sought him in heaven, hell, earth and air— An endless search, and always wrong! Emily Brontë Some of these species are so curious in their habits, that whole volumes have been written about them, and naturalists have spent a life-time in their study and observation. Popular Adventure Tales He wished, during his life-time, to enjoy the benefits of his wife’s discriminating extravagance. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays There is nothing for it, but to grin and bear it and get through with the swallowing of that proverbial peck of dust in a life-time, as quickly and quietly as possible. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan If three Revolutions within a life-time, all in the same direction, have not impressed this truth conclusively, another and another lesson will be added. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. In this baladin talent of his there was something of the freedom and sparkle of the Italian abbés; and yet the Abbé de Voisenon enjoyed during his life-time a high degree of celebrity. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 It is a strange reflection that it might have injured his position to quote this fine and simple message during his life-time. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship The hopes of a life-time were poised on that painful “if.” The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War Only one good timber tree on each holding in the life-time of a tenant might be cut by the Lord of the Manor, and the tenants themselves might only cut old rotten trees! Old Times at Otterbourne Admiration was yielded by the North to Stonewall Jackson even in his life-time; there was early recognition of Lee's magnanimous acceptance of defeat; but the bitterest odium was long visited upon Davis. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement It requires both earning and saving to provide for the needs of a life-time and the welfare of a family. Practical Ethics Alas, to think of being annoyed a life-time by the nauseous odor of the vile tobacco worm, and of wasting patience and strength in vain endeavors to preserve neatness in his slimy trail! A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation A delusion for a time might expose a public man to popular injustice; but however misjudged, either during his life-time or after death, his character would require no other vindication than truth would afford. The History of Tasmania, Volume I She did not again think she knew all about a subject after reading of the wonderful discoveries of men who had given a life-time to it. Chatterbox, 1906 I should have thought that this ambulance work would have been enough for a life-time. A Girl of the Commune For it depends not on the fortunes of the day, which are uncertain and variable; but on the fixed habits and principles of a life-time, which are changeless and reliable. Practical Ethics If a man were shut up all his life-time in a pit, never to see the light once more, would not this be torment enough to him? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning These tendencies are especially clear if our view embraces a whole life-time, and the clearer the longer the period we embrace. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker You gave us the best you had: I’ll never forget what you said about ‘them who through fear of death are all their life-time subject to bondage.’ Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana What can an overindulged child know of the grand motives it takes a life-time to learn? The Girls at Mount Morris Really quite an ingenious turn, the Colonel flattered himself,—to account for the passion of a life-time as an incident of travel! A Venetian June And what is all our life-time, but a repetition of sighs and groans, anxiety and satiety, loathing and longing, dividing our spirits and our time between them? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning It's throwing away the opportunity of a life-time. The Heart of Arethusa The woman who for the remainder of a life-time was to be in all the world the nearest thing to him, he hated her. At Fault She had the old, womanly faculty for sitting quiet and collected—not indeed for a life-time, but for long spells together. The Lost Girl For with death present as a fact a whole life-time is shortened into one painful minute even though that life were the longest of all and the richest in experience. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Furthermore, the horns—or rather antlers—of the deer are caducous, shedding annually; while those of the antelopes are persistent, remaining throughout the life-time of the animal—as with goats, sheep, and oxen. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Miners by birth; human moles fitted to burrow in darkness for a life-time. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses It was very difficult to withhold the reproach which she felt inclined to deal her; hard to refrain from upbraiding a selfishness which for a life-time had appeared to Th�r�se as criminal. At Fault Could anything be more infra dig than the performing of a set of special actions day in day out, for a life-time, in order to receive some shillings every seventh day. The Lost Girl Moreover, he had full possession of it formerly during my life-time; and, finally, I make him my executor. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 His own choice proved his heaviest punishment: “for he in his life-time received his good things.” The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time It was the compressed misery of a life-time. The Scalp Hunters In a long life-time I have loved but two persons—the woman I told you of, and you. The Indian On The Trail From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 But she could never endure it for a life-time. The Lost Girl Their denunciations of the Chief Justice were unsparing and remorseless; and they described him as "pouring out the hoarded villainies of a life-time into a political opinion which he tried to coin into law." Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 It therefore must be more gently criticised than such of her books as were published during her life-time, and considered by her ready to be given to the public. Mary Wollstonecraft And vaguely from the hiding-place of memory Voices seemed to cry; 'What is the darkness of one brief life-time To the deaths thou hast made us die? The Listeners and Other Poems It's something that comes and finds you—once in a life-time. From Place to Place Does he keep clear old paths that no one uses But once a life-time when he loves or muses? Poems The friends of a life-time were suddenly turned to enemies, and their words were often dipped in venom. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 The last book she finished and published during her life-time was her “Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.” Mary Wollstonecraft It has been seeing these changes in men's lives, not only in their surroundings, though those improve immediately, that reconcile one to our environment, and has induced me to live a life-time in the wilds. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Therefore a woman ought to be especially careful in her choice of life-time companionship. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony Probably it is still too early for anyone to say what rank will in the future be held by the man who in his life-time assuredly stood among the masters of his craft. Robert Louis Stevenson His achievement is the result of a life-time of varied experience, of searching and sustained observation, of unwearying intellectual endeavour. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation The habits of a life-time could not be so easily broken. Mary Wollstonecraft It had probably been brought from Spain during the life-time of the painter, as it is not described by any of his biographers, who have carefully enumerated the works of his pencil. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 It is plain that we are entering upon an era of good feeling, not known before in the life-time of the present generation. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes Many people have been all their life-time making this chariot, without ever being able to put one wheel to it. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 Only once or twice, it may be, in a whole life-time, do we actually achieve it. The Complex Vision The burning steamer, the hours spent in drifting ashore, the wanderings through the wilds of California, this adventure among the hills—surely they were enough to last a life-time. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys Some young men will make more out of the odds and ends of opportunities which many carelessly throw away than other will get out of a whole life-time. Pushing to the Front ‘I would suggest that a fourth might be provided, to include such examples as are worth, let us say, two or three readings in a life-time.’ The Bibliotaph and Other People These in their life-time were heads, of two powerful factions, called the Groaners and the Grinners. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 Q. Did you ever meet Czolgosz or know him in his life-time? The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt This chateau was built by that execrable tyrant, Louis the Eleventh, was his constant residence during his life-time, and the scene of his horrible death. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Doubtless his is a starry crown, richly gemmed, in token of the multitude of the souls of his fellow tribesmen, led to the Savior by his tender, faithful ministry of a life-time in their midst. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas During his life-time, his works were much sought after by princes and nobles, and they are now to be found in the choicest collections of Italy and of Europe. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Then, bare-headed, with no weapons but his pistols and knife in his belt, he crept off up the hill-side with the silence and stealth of a scout who had been a life-time in the business. Wild Bill's Last Trail Is it not worth the labor and expectation of a life-time to be able to do, even once, the right thing excellently well? Education and the Higher Life Intolerance—no compulsory conversion enjoined, or took place during Mohammad's life-time. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 And watching jealously, Drew had realized that Shiloh was one of those mounts that a man discovers only once in his life-time, though he may breed and love their kind all his years. Rebel Spurs The very beggars, when he had passed them, blessed the happy stars that had caused them to be born during his life-time, so noble and generous was the Prince this evening. Ting-a-ling If he has been cruel to his dogs and horses, they also are permitted to torment him, and to hunt him down, as he in his life-time hunted the wolf and the deer. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 Evelyn had the satisfaction of seeing his work bear much fruit during his own life-time, and this must have occasioned a quite exceptionally keen pleasure to a man of his disposition. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees During Fliedner’s life-time occasions arose which called the deaconesses outside their accustomed fields of work, and proved their value in the exceptional emergencies that so often arise. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America These Best Families are nowise distinguishable from the common run in point of hereditary traits; the difference that makes the gentleman and the gentlewoman being wholly a matter of habituation during the individual's life-time. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Some verses which were cancelled in the Prophet's life-time are not now extant. The Faith of Islam Sometimes she looked up and smiled at Floy; and then Floy wished she had not smiled at all—it was so unlike the old smile her face used to wear in dear papa's life-time. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends The habit of a life-time; that which he had always considered as an unshaken conviction, rose now with loud laughter at itself. The Argonauts Think of a man, the grandest of God's creations, spending his life-time standing beside a machine for making screws. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune It is also a well ascertained fact that effectual old age will be brought on at an earlier period by overwork; overwork shortens the working life-time of the workman. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The love and veneration which thankful women paid him was very great, not only during his life-time, but even more so after his death. Legends of the Rhine He permitted her in his own life-time to found a monastery of nuns, called Oblates, for the reception of such of her own sex as were disposed to embrace a religious life. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Suppose you have chosen history as the study for a life-time, take as a companion study something new every year,—first a science, then art, then literature, then mathematics, then a language, etc., etc. Girls and Women When he dies his body is buried on a pile of paper, and with him all his jewels, and every thing else, except living creatures, that he made use of in his life-time. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses —No change of spiritual state to be looked for in the life-time of the oncoming generation, 185. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation To approach undiscovered, and to lie out and watch undiscovered, taxed and developed all their faculties; the fascination and excitement of it stretched their powers; and their successes enriched them both for a life-time. Son of Power He was honored by many miracles, both in his life-time and after his death. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March A word more to the young woman who is choosing furniture for half a life-time. Girls and Women "They were the inventions of a later age; were not current in her life-time." Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 There is more than a suspicion that this disease may be transmitted for several generations, perhaps remaining latent during the life-time of one, and appearing in all its virulence in the next. Plain Facts for Old and Young This fine old soldier gave a life-time of service to the crown, and was active in the border raids in India. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers In St. Ignatius' life-time the arch-fiend seems to have had considerable power. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales But Mr Honest, in his life-time, had spoken to one Good-conscience to meet him there, the which he also did, and lent him his hand, and so helped him over. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools General Fry, you and I have been friends a life-time. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective The happiness and usefulness of a whole life-time may be marred by a word. Plain Facts for Old and Young But if the present moment is still too near to Lowell's life-time to afford a desirable literary perspective, a moral touchstone of his worth is close at hand. Modern American Prose Selections We owe our survival"—he pointed to a row of books upon a corner shelf—"to the knowledge which you have accumulated in half a life-time of research. Brood of the Witch-Queen This problem will not be solved in a day, nor in a life-time. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart Each year seemed to hold more than a life-time at home would have held, and yet how quickly the years went by! Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Various means may smother it, possibly for a life-time; but yet it is not cured, and the patient is never safe from a new outbreak. Plain Facts for Old and Young During the life-time of the animal, twenty-four of these teeth are produced, six in each side of the upper and lower jaws. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon She had come of a family that stood well in Granville; she had grown up there; if life-time friends blew hot and cold like that, was the game worth playing? North of Fifty-Three Well," I assured her, "I am going to get to the top of my peak, if it takes a life-time. The Fifth Wheel A Novel It is incumbent upon the Guardian of the Cause of God to appoint in his own life-time him that shall become his successor, that differences may not arise after his passing. The Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá When making a decision which must affect seriously an individual's whole life-time, passion, caprice, and all motives calculated to bias the judgment, should be laid aside. Plain Facts for Old and Young Now that she is almost forgotten, it surprises one to read the extravagant published compliments lavished on her, in her life-time, by so many distinguished persons. The Friendships of Women When he spoke again she caught a different sound in his voice; a tone as though his soul in those few moments had gone through a life-time of experience. The Cow Puncher But I stood by and saw justice done, and saw the little maid of four enjoy the first luxury of her life-time. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma During her husband's life-time, she had imagined that it was friendship, sisterly, almost maternal friendship. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) I have been the curse of your life-time; a shadow, mingling with all your sunlight; fearful, fearful is the retribution cast from your dying spirit upon mine. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans As Magdalen listened she prayed with intensity that Fay might really tell the Bishop the whole story, as she had told it to herself, that stormy night in March, half a life-time ago. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Under this system a Negro may be convicted of a felony calling for a minimum term of imprisonment, and yet serve out a life-time in prison. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro During their life-time many quarterlies have risen, flourished for a time and perished. Early Reviews of English Poets Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates—but pages Might be filled up, as vainly as before, With the sad usage of all sorts of sages, Who in his life-time, each, was deemed a Bore! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 It is a whole life-time for you, but for me—" and the faded blue eyes filled with tears, and the wrinkled lips trembled a little as she recalled the past—"for me! By Berwen Banks Or his worldly goods, the fortune hoarded up through a life-time of cunning and privation? Dr. Dumany's Wife In mine, it was a whole life- time, and the end of a life-time. Daisy in the Field There are more difficult passages, and more apparent little contradictions, than any man could go through in a life-time. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story But here he was with law enough for a life-time, and all for doing a kindness for people he thought honest. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family Carol, for all her youth, had acquired considerable shrewdness in her life-time acquaintance with the intricacies of parsonage life. Sunny Slopes My young, my fair, my fair-hair'd Mary, My life-time love, my own! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century I thought, speculating upon it, that she must have seen storms, too, in her life-time. Daisy in the Field We have no perfect teachers of languages: yet any man with a taste for the study of them, may learn twenty or thirty of them in a life-time. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The fame of Durer spread far and wide in his life-time. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Almost every sentence is written under the shadow of some advance in knowledge which cost a life-time of some man's labor and self-sacrifice. The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People "Three pages of truth have before now overturned a life-time of error," said Father Hecker. Life of Father Hecker The following "Lamentation," if not written by Hilles himself, was written in his life-time:— Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc Once planted, they are there for a life-time. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Everything that came from his pencil was precious, even in his life-time. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) For them, too, excellent prospects still exist, and careful, persistent treatment may, in a high percentage of cases, keep their symptoms under control for years, if not for the ordinary life-time. The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People I feel it to be honor enough and joy enough for a life-time that I am his first biographer, though but a late born child and of merit entirely insignificant. Life of Father Hecker "The days of man are numbered, and his life-time short and irrecoverable; but to increase his renown by the quality of his acts, this is the work of virtue...." Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Mrs. Witherspoon and Mrs. McKenzie had exchanged calls during the life-time of the latter, but they had lived in different circles. The Tin Soldier They well knew this woman, Dorothy Durant, in her life-time; were at her burial, and now plainly saw her features in this apparition. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural An out-of-date New York or Chicago directory contains names enough, of all nationalities, both Christian names and surnames, to last you a life-time and will cost you little. Writing the Photoplay The major arranged his affairs and made his will, leaving his negroes to his wife during her life-time and at her death they were to be free; this was his expressed wish. From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Has he not faithful friends—friends of a life-time? The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future I must have battled through this veritable inferno of vegetation for at least an hour—though it seemed a life-time. Pieces of Eight A voyage across the lake will be remembered a life-time. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 Every man and every woman had a right to receive a certain amount of land for life-time. A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] It follows therefore that it could not have been written during the life-time of Conrad IV. who was elected Emperor in 1250. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three What could a bird of passage know of the deep mysteries of procedure it took a life-time to learn? The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood It's all in a life-time, and I knew when I went in for this business, that I should have to take the rough with the smooth. The Motor Maid Five seconds passed, but it seemed an hour, a day, a life-time to that man, as his heart ceased to beat, and he gripped the reins convulsively in his clenched hands. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership You'll see more pictures than you can paint in a life-time. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan But for one reason or another—in our life-time partly because we chose so completely to isolate ourselves—the democratic idea took root in Europe with disappointing slowness. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II During her life-time she was the acknowledged leader on all moral questions, especially those which affected the lives of women. Queen Victoria Her verses in praise of Joan of Arc—which number several hundred stanzas—were undoubtedly written in the heroine's life-time. Joan of Arc I shall not see it often in my life-time. Hills of the Shatemuc All these things have come to pass within my life-time. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures My prayer is for wisdom and ability to administer wisely our wealth, during my life-time. The Harris-Ingram Experiment It was the phase foreseen by Horace himself, and its first manifestations had probably appeared in his 083 own life-time. Horace and His Influence But then, this line of argument would equally tell against the publication of unsettling opinions after his death, as against publishing them during his life-time. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Thus the first disciples clearly expected the Second Advent to occur in their own life-time; and it has not occurred yet. Matthew Arnold A sheep you could never be, though you should practice all your life-time. The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for In that sense the germs of the Mahayana existed in the life-time of Gotama. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Even an extortioner can be if he make ample restitution in his life-time, and dies fortified with the rites of the Church.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent It is always satisfactory to reflect on changes which assure us the highest step of a ladder, which ordinarily takes a life-time for a step. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V In that embrace a life-time of pain passed from them, a life-time of bliss was born, and came with a rush to maturity, bringing with it a sense of utter completeness. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Not as often as some," admitted Nellie, "but if it's only once in a life-time it's too often. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel A life-time of reading, of companionship with stirring thoughts, of wrestling with the problems of life—this constitutes a general preparation of inestimable worth. The Art of Public Speaking My father, and also my mother, during her life-time, had both the same predilection for a Paris residence that I had. 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. Then would follow a regular old-fashioned frolic, something like a centennial,—a jollification few had ever seen and most would see but once in a life-time. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated It seems to cap the climax of the strange dramas of which Paris has been the theatre during my life-time. Washington Irving NEWTON'S favourite work was his "Chronology," which he had written over fifteen times, yet he desisted from its publication during his life-time, from the ill-usage of which he complained. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions One doesn't hear it often in a life-time. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week Eliot hoped and toiled a life-time for the conversion of those "salvages," "tawnies," "devil-worshipers," for whom our early writers have usually nothing but bad words. Initial Studies in American Letters His food is the flesh of animals; and so great is his appetite, that it must require several thousand other animals to supply one lion with food during his life-time. New National Fourth Reader His father maintained a kind of oversight of matters during his life-time, but in process of time he died, and Silas was left to his own resources. Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past His clerical colleagues, for half a life-time, sought to change it for him. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant It's a whole life-time in a few days. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892 It was an evangelistic yearning that could not be repeated in another life-time. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Cathewe was one of those sure, quiet men, a staff to lean on, that a woman may find once in a life-time. A Splendid Hazard More than this, I have brought many even of my older colleagues who had a life-time of wrong mental habits to impede them, to realize the truth of my teachings. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers At five shillings per diem I realize the twin ambitions of a life-time and combine the supercargo with the buck. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Off-hand I might say the phrase stands for a life-time of effort with its highest aims unattained. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers He spun out enough high-class copy to keep the ordinary reporter going for a life-time; but he spun it out too fast. Success A Novel In a month Willets had poisoned his wife ... with rough-on-rats ... and the quiet little shoemaker went to the penitentiary for life ... a life-time of shoe-making. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative And who, probably, never was further than London in his life-time. The Baronet's Bride There is money for me somewhere, but, oh, I wish it had come in father's life-time. Bessie's Fortune A Novel What made me leave was because I worked for him all my life-time and he never gave me but two dollars and fifteen cents in all his life. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Children of seven have seen more of horror in three years than most old men have read about in a life-time. Out To Win The Story of America in France Lazarus would have lain at his doors a life-time without being noticed by him. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Without a word he turned and walked with her up the street, there to miss Constance by three moments, which, potentially, might have been a life-time. Heart's Desire It is a vast work—a glorious enterprize—worthy the unswerving devotion of the entire life-time of the great and the good. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave It was the "Te Deum" of a life-time. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. The morning papers rang with her heroism, but none then knew that she had lost the hoarded earnings of a life-time; that the one package saved represented but a small proportion of her treasure. Idle Hour Stories Ability and a life of constant wooing do not always win success, for luck, the factotum of fortune, often bestows in one minute a success which a life-time of stubborn toil could not have achieved. The Colossus A Novel This undertaking he loyally kept, and his strong personality during his life-time alone saved Holland, and through Holland the entire Republic, from falling into utter ruin and disaster. History of Holland The next day was the beginning of their Quarterly Meeting, and the impressions of a life-time can never efface the varied pictures stamped upon memory by each phase of that religious gathering. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl She had had the privilege of trying two masters in her life-time; the first she admitted was "kind" to her, but the latter was "cruel." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Oh, it's only the smallest way for them to show their sense of his life-time devotion to their interests. The Brimming Cup The notes of time extant in the epistle itself agree with its title, and with the testimonies concerning it, for it purports to have been written during the life-time of Clement. Evidence of Christianity You may have only one house to furnish in your life-time, possibly, so be careful and go warily. The House in Good Taste A long life-time would not be enough for them. Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country It is probably wisest to form our opinion of his final attitude on his preface to his last book published in his life-time. Modern Mythology He opened them again in a moment, moved subconsciously by the life-time habit of making sure what Vincent was up to. The Brimming Cup Half a life-time, or rather half a youth-time is a much more satisfactory allowance.’” When William Came As one who saw the supreme achievement of a life-time swept away by some one careless joggle of an infinitesimal part, the Little Girl stared up agonizingly into her father's face. The White Linen Nurse This was in fact the general attitude to the whole kind, not merely in 1740, but after all the work of nearly another life-time as long as Hough's—almost in 1816 itself. The English Novel Before their dinner-hour was reached, they had laid out a scheme of travel and study which would fill a life-time, while the Home of Music in New York was still untouched. Esther Is this why, Between a man and a woman, a single look will sometimes change the complexion of an intimacy of a life-time? Hints for Lovers The day-fly," continued Becker, "is an epitome of those men who spend a life-time hunting after wealth and glory, and who perish themselves at the moment they reach the pinnacle of their ambitious desires. Willis the Pilot All heaven offered us as a gratuity, and for a life-time we refuse to take it, and then rush on the bosses of Jehovah's buckler demanding another chance. New Tabernacle Sermons In his life-time, several weak attempts had been made, in different provinces, to restore in them the stadtholderate. The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands Henry C. Bowen, who certainly has done some good things in his life-time, said to me: "You can have Plymouth Church if you want it." Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs M regrets, and regrets in vain, that he did not await a purer and more permanent passion; and N chews for a life-time the cud of persistent remorse for an hour's poignant pleasure. Hints for Lovers The aspirations of a whole life-time may be dispelled in five minutes, and the wishes of to-day may become the detestations of to-morrow. Willis the Pilot The men whose life-time work is the study of the science of health say so, and shall I set up my opinion against theirs? New Tabernacle Sermons He was rich, at least for his life-time. Whosoever Shall Offend The just living of a life-time makes a man incapable of any mere selfish handling of another's interests—a fact on which the bystander may reckon. Marcella No child, be it son or daughter, dies during the life-time of its parents, but they reach a third and fourth generation. Chapters on Jewish Literature When one remembers one's first success; how one hoped to go home like a Christmas tree full of presents—How much one learns in a life-time! Youth and the Bright Medusa |
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