| 单词 | sackcloth and ashes |
| 例句 | A striking number of free-market economists, worshippers at the feet of Milton Friedman and his Chicago colleagues, have lined up to don sackcloth and ashes and swear allegiance to the memory of Keynes. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z The antithesis of recession-appropriate sackcloth and ashes, prints exert a strong emotional pull. Colorful Clothes as an Economic Indicator 2010-04-14T23:54:00Z The donning of sackcloth and ashes for this once-mighty art form is an annual ritual. Cinema Is Dead? Telluride Says Not Yet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z I would absolutely beg on my hands and knees in the Senate chamber or anywhere else, in sackcloth and ashes and on broken glass, if I thought it would help. Column: 'What are we doing?' After the Texas school shooting, Sen. Chris Murphy speaks for us all 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The source added that the EU wasn't in "sackcloth and ashes" after it temporarily suspended agreements made as part of the Brexit deal last Friday. UK and EU in "constructive discussions" over NI trade row 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Saying that he remained confident that Mr. Biden would ultimately win the presidency, he joked, “I am wearing sackcloth and ashes.” Deprived of a Quick Decision, Democrats Seek a Narrower Path 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Why not mandate Stitch Fix-style deliveries of sackcloth and ashes so that we may know that these people are truly humbled? Opinion | Blue-Apron-style replacement for SNAP is a marvelous idea 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z In recalling such a sordid piece of news—now twenty years old today—I’m still left feeling what I did two decades ago when this story first broke: sackcloth and ashes. Remembering Christopher Drexler on what would have been his 20th birthday 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But don’t panic. It’s not because the wheels somehow fell off the fashion bus, dooming us to a future of wearing sackcloth and ashes. Standout New York Fashion Week trends: shirtdresses, flare for the leg and a serious orange crush 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Upping the ante, he called on Sinn Fein leaders to don “sackcloth and ashes,” an Old Testament ritual for demonstrating repentance and shame. Protestant Firebrand Ian Paisley Dies Aged 88 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z But he does not appear to understand that the church of public opinion demands virtual sackcloth and ashes, the convincing performance of repentance and contrition. Why do we care if Lance apologizes? 2013-01-20T20:00:00Z Not everyone in the football world is inclined to put on the post-Olympics sackcloth and ashes, however. Football's back – but has it lost its swagger after London 2012? 2012-08-18T23:01:05Z The immediate future is all sackcloth and ashes. Central banks: The twilight of the central banker 2012-06-26T17:28:31Z Then Jacob put on sackcloth and ashes and mourned for Joseph many days. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z Let me go home in silence, to reflection, perhaps to sackcloth and ashes!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z But even these late-comers weary after a time, and one by one disappear, till there comes a season when, without flowers, Nature seems to be humbled in sackcloth and ashes. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The queen, poor martyr, was sitting in sackcloth and ashes while quaffing the cup of bitterness, and it behoved faithful subjects to don mourning. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Shutting herself up for seven days in sackcloth and ashes, she threw her idols out of the window, and performed a strict penance. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z They neither dressed, nor made their beds, nor washed, nor saw visitors, nor shaved, nor cut their nails, and made their toilets with sackcloth and ashes. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Mr. Churchill said, in a speech at Sheffield: Whether we blame the belligerents or criticise the powers, or sit in sackcloth and ashes ourselves is absolutely of no consequence at the present moment.... The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Many of them trudge along on foot, grasping only the stout staff which one's mind associates with pilgrims; these give a true feeling of sackcloth and ashes. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z You shall come and see the young gentleman, good Prue, as I say; and then you will repent in sackcloth and ashes for all that you have urged against him. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The proud Amalekite fell from his lofty eminence, and the exiled Jew was lifted from his sackcloth and ashes and placed next the throne. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z For three months an Englishman sits in sackcloth and ashes. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z Must you see me howl in sackcloth and ashes before you believe me? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z At a diet held in 822, at Attigny, in France, he appeared publicly in the sackcloth and ashes of a repentant sinner, and made open confession of his misdeeds. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z In all probability he would have suffered exile—sackcloth and ashes for his huge misdeed. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z Henry, who had always loved his son, forgave him readily, and the prince—almost passionate in his sorrow—died on sackcloth and ashes as an atonement for his sins. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z When a wife is prematurely torn from her home, the only proper attitude for her husband is to sit in sackcloth and ashes. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Remorse was his portion, and he was in truth repenting in sackcloth and ashes. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Now you’ve learned, and you can go around here in sackcloth and ashes and you will be the ‘freshmen’s handsome president’ still. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z That is at football, by the way, not just the nation's game but its sackcloth and ashes, its cat-o'-nine-tails, its hemlock on the bedside table. Wales join the queue to give England's divine right a real kicking 2011-03-22T00:06:27Z Cowdery says he is not donning sackcloth and ashes and attempting to soothe popular resentment of the City by discovering the joys of philanthropy. Insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery goes on a mission to help the working poor 2011-02-28T07:00:14Z Seating himself at the door of the tent in sackcloth and ashes, he sent in two friends, who came, according to the custom of the country, to serve as mediators. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Whether I indulge in poor jokes or sit in sackcloth and ashes, the confounded fact remains the same. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z But if you ever venture to come on such an iniquitous errand as now brought you, by the Great Jehovah, you shall repent in sackcloth and ashes! A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Since then, in sackcloth and ashes, he has meditated on myriad errors, wrong directions and triangulations that blurred not only the message but the purpose, finding reasons why so few voted Labour last May. Ed Balls the bruiser is the man to confront these Tory lies 2011-01-21T20:00:00Z Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Heads were close shaven, temples scarified; and those immediately about the royal person were clothed in sackcloth and ashes. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z I say we have been tricked, and the sooner we repent in sackcloth and ashes the better.” The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Three days earlier Woods, wearing his Nike-branded sackcloth and ashes, had sat in the same seat and attempted to convince the watching world he was a changed man in the aftermath of scandal. Woods slammed by Augusta chairman 2010-04-07T23:05:00Z "Was not the sin sweet for which I am now in sackcloth and ashes?" The Undying Past The heavens themselves seemed covered with thick darkness, and the green earth with sackcloth and ashes. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Had any one ever been disinclined to believe in Mr. Crockett's genius, he must have recanted and repented in sackcloth and ashes after enjoying 'Sweetheart Travellers.' Left on the Prairie In ordering his repulse she had done a deed of which she had by no means anticipated the consequences, and now she repented in the sackcloth and ashes of a sorrow-stricken spirit. Rachel Ray Should he wander about in the desert all his life long in sackcloth and ashes, and turn his back upon all the happiness of existence? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. We were to go in sackcloth and ashes and scourge our bodies and souls. The Undying Past Yes, Mr. Thorndyke had been a fool, and was repenting in sackcloth and ashes. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir I don’t believe a man who is guilty of this sin is ever going to see the kingdom of God unless he repents in sackcloth and ashes, and does all he can to make restitution. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments "What crime have I committed, that I should spend the rest of my days in sackcloth and ashes!" Faith and Unfaith What do you suppose those Virginia girls were going to do about it, put on sackcloth and ashes? From Bull Run to Appomattox Thou shalt moan and beat thy breast in sackcloth and ashes, because of thy fault, for it stinks before heaven. The Undying Past "Nothing but make confession in sackcloth and ashes and pay what I have to pay," I answered gloomily. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road “It will show how we despise him for his disgraceful conduct, and make him the sooner come creeping to our knees in sackcloth and ashes.” Blind Policy Her heart is broken; she lays aside the vestments of a noblewoman, and clothes herself in sackcloth and ashes. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) A whole year of sackcloth and ashes would not be penance for such iniquity. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The Kentucky Derby on Wednesday last was won by a Kentucky horse, bred, owned and trained, while Memphis and the Southern talent are clothed in sackcloth and ashes. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 It was failing her, and in sackcloth and ashes she was mourning it. The Vision of Elijah Berl "Then," said Hussain, "my misfortune is great; permit me and my daughter to go home, and mourn the loss of your favour in sackcloth and ashes." Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Don't delude yourself with the notion that she is sitting down in sackcloth and ashes with her past! Ancestors A Novel Passion Week, in London, is distinctly an ascetic period; there is really an approach to sackcloth and ashes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. I have repented of it in sackcloth and ashes. A Mad Love Now hundreds of thousands are weeping in sackcloth and ashes over the untimely end of hundreds of thousands slain in battle! A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Miss Juliarawkins, summoned by a whistle through the keyhole, looked a good deal better in sackcloth and ashes than she had done in several discordant colours. When Ghost Meets Ghost Then you may retire to your corner, and wear sackcloth and ashes. A Castle in Spain A Novel But one night in a saloon under the influence of drink I committed a crime, and I was sent to the penitentiary, where I repented in sackcloth and ashes. Sowing and Reaping I assure you that if you marry this farmer's niece now, in ten years' time you will repent it in sackcloth and ashes. A Mad Love Let no one flatter himself that he is going into the kingdom of God who does not repent of this sin in sackcloth and ashes. Men of the Bible She was one of those that held with making the same sackcloth and ashes do for two. When Ghost Meets Ghost He himself confessed them again and again, and repented in sackcloth and ashes. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Sailcloth and coal-dust being our equivalent for sackcloth and ashes, the steamer looks mournful indeed as she drives southward towards the Cape. An Ocean Tramp Nothing would astonish me less than to see Archie himself in sackcloth and ashes one of these days, and I do believe that it's the thing he's afraid of himself. The Side Of The Angels A Novel When you become General I will mourn my cruelty in sackcloth and ashes. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America I own my fault and put on the sackcloth and ashes of confession, and, after that, surely you will give me absolution. Is He Popenjoy? He shall go, and he shall beg forgiveness for his suspicions, in sackcloth and ashes. The Princess Virginia Lead on, Mr. Lincoln, attended by Seward and Halleck—all in sackcloth and ashes. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The time seems to have come for this nation to sit down in sackcloth and ashes. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Nineteen subdued penitents, clothed in mental sackcloth and ashes, went down to breakfast next morning. The Madcap of the School She did not believe that Mary had done anything to merit expulsion from the family; but she did think that her return to it should be accompanied by sackcloth and ashes. Is He Popenjoy? "Phil says one may go in sackcloth and ashes the remainder of the year, but we must be fine for Goodwood," she said. The Marriage of Elinor But these heroic women did not sit down in sackcloth and ashes to weep over the cruel verdict. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III And now every ear of it would have been repenting in sackcloth and ashes if it had been qualified by Nature to know how little it would fetch per bushel. Somehow Good I am sincerely sorry for the wrong I meditated against you—I have since repented in sackcloth and ashes. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life In the taking of these degrees the penitents were compelled to appear in sackcloth and ashes, and in some places the men were obliged to shave their heads and the women to wear veils. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity I am glad to see that those who have been willing to wear the sackcloth and ashes are beginning to receive the crowns of the olive and the bay upon their consecrated heads. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II He could not imagine her, no matter how grievously she might sin, as meekly repenting in sackcloth and ashes. Otherwise Phyllis Her temperament was not one to let her sit down in sackcloth and ashes to weep over the ruins of romance. Making People Happy Put off the sackcloth and ashes, or rather the oilskins and fish-scales, and travel with us for a while. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good "We must see and move the sackcloth and ashes a little further off," said his lordship. The Vicar of Bullhampton Imagine if you can the moral perversity of a young woman who never regrets a witty deception or a graceful subterfuge, but repents sometimes in sackcloth and ashes for her truth-telling. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance We have doffed the cap and bells, and gone into sackcloth and ashes. The Hero of Garside School He beheld us, not as the Ninevites once were, in sackcloth and ashes, but recklessly violating all his holy laws. Thoughts on Missions Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. God's Plan with Men For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would long ago have changed their minds, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses. He will come back in sackcloth and ashes; he is just that sort, you know,—thunder and lightning, fire and tow. Vagabondia 1884 It is a survival of the biblical "sackcloth and ashes." An African Adventure My father was a steady, industrious, Christian man, who had repented in sackcloth and ashes the errors of his lifetime. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk In complete change of raiment, smelling like a field of new-mown hay, and figuratively clothed in sackcloth and ashes, he entered. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes. The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses. It was just a shut lid and its lashes, Just a few hours in a train, And I sorrow in sackcloth and ashes Longing to see her again. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II I dare say before the year is out I shall repent in sackcloth and ashes that we ever bought the house. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 “Why! if Grace had a chance to be class president I’d go into sackcloth and ashes during the rest of the year.” A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall Had any one ever been disinclined to believe in Mr. Crockett's genius, he must have recanted and repented in sackcloth and ashes after enjoying Sweetheart Travellers. Under the Rebel's Reign I heard Hope reading about the people who put on ash-cloth and sashes—I mean sackcloth and ashes whenever any one of their family died, so's the angels would let the soul into heaven. At the Little Brown House In every province, wherever the king's command went, there was great mourning, fasting, weeping, and wailing among the Jews; and many of them sat in sackcloth and ashes. The Children's Bible It was not intended that men should walk perpetually in sackcloth and ashes because of the sorrows that surround them. The Lifeboat These dark lines of human nature were sometimes prominent, even when the monk was clothed in sackcloth and ashes; and are markedly visible in the life of William de Trompington. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages "There is time yet for the city to repent, in sackcloth and ashes, for its sins; and to come to such terms with the Romans as may save the Temple." For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem It doesn't need sackcloth and ashes to carry our loved ones home, dear. At the Little Brown House And you repented in sackcloth and ashes, and were ready to make a sacrifice of yourself by way of reparation? The Heart of Una Sackville He discovered his error, no doubt, in sackcloth and ashes, poor fellow; but mercifully he had not to endure many years of disenchantment. The Fortunes of the Farrells She would grow thin and hollow-eyed, and her parents, looking on, would repent their cruelty in sackcloth and ashes. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story The new dresses hung neglected on their pegs, and Rhoda put on a silk blouse with her serge skirt, and walked down to supper in mental sackcloth and ashes. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Let me go home in silence, to reflection, perhaps to sackcloth and ashes!' The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 It was the last day of Carnival, and to-morrow—sackcloth and ashes. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Nevertheless, many a victim was hurried to an untimely grave, many a family sat in sackcloth and ashes for a departed member. Rabbi and Priest A Story F. What were the sackcloth and ashes which he bought? The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes He must now rise, shake off the sackcloth and ashes from his spirit, and put on the beautiful garments of true manhood. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Humility was Reynolds's highest card, and when out among the people he was always figuratively clothed in sackcloth and ashes. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective I didn't mean to be irritating about the moving, but I was, and my soul has been wearing sackcloth and ashes ever since because I was so nasty. The Opinions of a Philosopher Here are no sackcloth and ashes, camel's hair and leathern girdles; this prophet's chamber has its silks and sattins, stuffed cushions and curtains, screens and wrapping gowns. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel I've waited for my kingdom," she declared; "waited for it in sackcloth and ashes. The Henchman Italy had been repenting in sackcloth and ashes her defeat of the previous fall. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The Hebrew would sit in sackcloth and ashes to atone for his offences and to induce the proper spiritual submission. Platform Monologues In sackcloth and ashes, let us confess the truth—we English led them astray: on us the shame; to us the dishonour. Post-Prandial Philosophy My broker, Mr. X., came to me, quite submissive, doing penance in sackcloth and ashes. Dr. Dumany's Wife I know that now, and I repent my sin in sackcloth and ashes. Phineas Redux Happily, with you such moods were of the rarest: you would have been more than mortal had not your soul at times sat in sackcloth and ashes. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 But no one se scandalise at their antecedents—neither is it proper to repent in sackcloth and ashes, or to confess sins, except to God alone. Letters from Egypt "O, my poor, dear husband, have I so forgotten you?" she cries in mental sackcloth and ashes. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future But who would go thither and peril his or her life for the good of the city in sackcloth and ashes? Angel Agnes The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport And I suppose we put on the sackcloth and ashes, when the striped bug came at four o'clock, a.m., and we watched the tender leaves, and watered night and morning the feeble plants. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Had I preached in heathen lands, or in the ruined seaports of Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross "Sit in sackcloth and ashes, and hear Brooks lecture on the poor," he answered, lightly. A Prince of Sinners By heavens! you shall repent of this in sackcloth and ashes! Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Many who had taken an open stand on that side returned to the fold of the Democracy in sackcloth and ashes,—upon bended knees, pleading for mercy, forgiveness and for charitable forbearance. The Facts of Reconstruction It is gone—it is gone—and now for humility and repentance—now for sackcloth and ashes. Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two And, indeed, sackcloth and ashes as they are, the isles are not perhaps unmitigated gloom. The Piazza Tales Then the half-frenzied shape of Mary Dyer, the persecuted Quaker woman, clad in sackcloth and ashes, would have rested in it for a moment. True Stories of History and Biography Thither came a party of big marines and a small Irish terrier, bringing with them a long naval gun, which they covered with a camouflage of sackcloth and ashes and let off at intervals. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 How many ever afterwards deplore their errors in sackcloth and ashes, and conduct themselves in the most correct and unexceptionable manner? Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America The proud Lord of Hers was, in spirit, in sackcloth and ashes. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century The patriarchs rent their garments in token of the misery that lacerated their souls: then rags and tatters were ennobled by sorrow—there was a deep sentiment in sackcloth and ashes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 This Mary Dyer had entered the mint-master's dwelling, clothed in sackcloth and ashes, and seated herself in our great chair, with a sort of dignity and state. True Stories of History and Biography I dare say Silas is sorry, but I don't think he is in sackcloth and ashes. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Howard, dear, I—I'm sitting in sackcloth and ashes. The Taming of Red Butte Western Practically, that is what it amounted to--I admit it in sackcloth and ashes. Lady Merton, Colonist But will the flesh be mortified by any real rough sackcloth and ashes? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 It was her stronghold, this figure—she would have been adorable in sackcloth and ashes, she knew, but she preferred a tailor-made. The Lady of Big Shanty He ever sits on the "stool of repentance," clothing himself in sackcloth and ashes for what he has done or not done. Quit Your Worrying! It seemed as if the trees were shriving after all the green riot of summer, and making ready for sackcloth and ashes. D'Ri and I It did not come to her that she should be in sackcloth and ashes for causing him such woeful pain and misery. Mistress Penwick She would speak of her own dislike of them as of her great sin, of which it was necessary that she should repent in sackcloth and ashes. Mr. Scarborough's Family "How do you wear sackcloth and ashes?" he cried, catching me in his arms as he made the query. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon It is the Church that should repent in sackcloth and ashes for permitting such a mockery of marriage. Sex and Common-Sense Jerusalem! and, at the last moment, as he lay in sackcloth and ashes, pronouncing merely these parting words: "Father, after the example of our Divine Master, into Thy hands I commend my spirit!" A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 Whether we blame the belligerents or criticise the Powers or sit in sackcloth and ashes ourselves is absolutely of no consequence at the present moment. Peace Theories and the Balkan War Every day she went across to the house intent upon doing good offices; and this was the repentance in sackcloth and ashes which she exacted from herself. Mr. Scarborough's Family To droop one's head like a bulrush, And to lie down in sackcloth and ashes? The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Had it been all sackcloth and ashes there would not have been this terrible fall. John Caldigate If I could only paint you in your sackcloth and ashes, I should die in content. Madcap Whether we blame the belligerents or criticise the powers, or sit in sackcloth and ashes ourselves is absolutely of no consequence at the present moment…. Peace Theories and the Balkan War Why don't you follow my example and dress in sackcloth and ashes? The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Bonegulch sits in sackcloth and ashes and cools her mammoth cheek in the breezes of Colorado canyon. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 Since Hester's awful obstinacy had become hopeless to Mrs. Bolton, an atmosphere of sackcloth and ashes had made itself more than ever predominant at Puritan Grange. John Caldigate We saw that he was just going, so he was removed from his bed, and laid upon sackcloth and ashes. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V I did not answer a word,—only clothed my soul with sackcloth and ashes, and called it good enough for me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Let this sinful people put on sackcloth and ashes. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire In the one crouches Memory, clad in sackcloth and ashes, mumbling penitential prayer; in the sunshine of the other Hope flies with a free wing, beckoning to temples of success and bowers of ease. The Devil's Dictionary The king of the Goths exhibited in his distress the edifying contrast of Christian piety and moderation; nor did he lay aside his sackcloth and ashes till he was prepared to arm for the combat. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 He attended on us, as I may say, in sackcloth and ashes. David Copperfield His temper was inflammatory, sometimes leading to excesses, which I am sure he rued in mental sackcloth and ashes. Tracks of a Rolling Stone I had won, but my triumph was but sackcloth and ashes in my mouth. Bab: a Sub-Deb Thus, they are continually between two fires; now repenting in sackcloth and ashes, and now, with the help of the Lord, blessed with victories. The Woman's Bible I am going to put on sackcloth and ashes this day. The Letters of Robert Burns I have repented in sackcloth and ashes, and made what reparation I could by adopting and giving my name to one who is a perpetual reminder to me of a moment's infatuation. Peter Ibbetson He cried out to her, made appeal to her, in sackcloth and ashes. Delia Blanchflower Yea; let a misguided people kneel down in sackcloth and ashes, from end to end, from border to border, of their wasted country. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") Yet David in the twilight of his days seemed to dwell in the shadows of despair, in sackcloth and ashes, repenting for his own sins and bemoaning the evil tendency of men in general. The Woman's Bible We go very simply—we wear sackcloth and ashes. With the Procession For had the mighty works been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in both of you, they would long ere now have repented, covered with sackcloth and ashes. Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Matthew For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. The World English Bible (WEB): Luke For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh? The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah So don't let's order our sackcloth and ashes quite yet awhile. With the Procession If those men believed their Bibles, they would be repenting in sackcloth and ashes for having preached such a devil’s sermon to God’s children. Sermons on National Subjects Verily, if we must wear our sorrow upon our sleeve, why not return to the sackcloth and ashes, as the most consistent demonstration of that grief which, hidden in the heart, surpasseth show. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush "Why should we not make bonfires for a defeat, and put on sackcloth and ashes after a victory?" asks George. The Virginians The crown had come first; the sackcloth and ashes last. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Thou shalt repent, and so I tell thee; yea, in sackcloth and ashes. A Boy's Ride They require the spectacle of fasting and prayer—a view of a candidate seated in sackcloth and ashes in outer darkness. The Fighting Chance Then the sackcloth and ashes of Lent come down in good earnest and the town mourns over its scarlet sins. Castilian Days Heaven help us! if some people were to do penance for telling lies, would they ever be out of sackcloth and ashes? The Virginians Wherever, and only where, there are the sackcloth and ashes of self-despair there will be the crown of gold of an answering faith. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV I do know it,—and I'm a-repenting of it in sackcloth and ashes;—so I am. The Eustace Diamonds "What does he put sackcloth and ashes on his head for?" inquired Huck. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. In the past they followed our counsels, and while they are still afflicted our souls are in sackcloth and ashes.... Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft Women were expected to weep publicly, and if they wore sackcloth and ashes, to wear it in the sight of every one. A Daughter of Fife I was once shown an old Jewish coin which had on the one side the words 'sackcloth and ashes,' and on the other side the words 'a crown of gold.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV I have always thought that the text, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' referred to the inner private life, not to a perpetual display of sackcloth and ashes; but I know not. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Woe be to thee Bethsaida, for if the miracles which were shewed in you, had been done in Tyre and in Sidon: they had repented long agone in sackcloth and ashes. The first New Testament printed in English I'll do penance in sackcloth and ashes by remaining here, and applauding your poetic efforts. The Postmaster's Daughter Fortune gone with the winds, poverty leering into his face, shame drawing her red finder across his brow, honor in sackcloth and ashes! Man on the Box If the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. All Four Gospels for Readers If the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. The Gospel of Matthew for Readers Such sackcloth and ashes doings, for a wedding, did I never hear of!—She spoke a little spitefully, I thought; and I returned no answer. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded He's upstairs," said the man, with a leer, "sitting in sackcloth and ashes, more ashes than sackcloth. Many Cargoes There was much that he was ashamed of,—many a little act which recurred to him vividly in this solitary hour as a thing to be repented of with inner sackcloth and ashes. The Way We Live Now It was on the occasion of the third anniversary of my father's marriage to Rebecca Hartz—an occasion that richly deserved sackcloth and ashes instead of feasting and merriment. Leah Mordecai Doubtless you remember that I warned you against her from the first day I ever set my eyes upon her, and predicted that you would repent in sackcloth and ashes your charitable credulity? St. Elmo For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. The Gospels in Four Part Harmony And already a messenger had gone to Cepheus and Cassiopoeia, where they sat in sackcloth and ashes on the ground, in the innermost palace chambers, awaiting their daughter's end. Heroes Every Child Should Know It is true that the German stage is a castaway—a Cinderella— thrust aside, and clothed with sackcloth and ashes, while the spoiled and petted step-child is clothed in gold-embroidered robes. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends And the end is not yet, for England and France must be punished for their deadly sins until they repent in sackcloth and ashes.' Rilla of Ingleside And where you might realize your mother's touching dream of becoming a boor, and repenting your sins in sackcloth and ashes! Joseph II. and His Court A self-confident nation, however, is slow to betake itself to sackcloth and ashes. Chaucer "She is just beginning to discard sackcloth and ashes for something more becoming," she informed him gravely. The Hermit of Far End There was no gratitude for any so-called leniency of the North, no repentance for the war, no desire for humiliation, for sackcloth and ashes, and no confession of wrong. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states Esther, who knew naught of what was happening at court, was greatly alarmed when her attendants told her that Mordecai had appeared in the precincts of the palace clothed in sackcloth and ashes. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 How will she best care for them by indulging her own feelings in the communion of Rome, or in denying herself, and staying in sackcloth and ashes to do them good?' Eminent Victorians How far are they to be all gown and bands in the pulpit, and how far sackcloth and ashes? Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) And then I explained my glee by declaring that I was now a partner in a prosperous undertaking establishment, and that written jokes might go hide their heads in sackcloth and ashes for all me. Waifs and Strays Part 1 He had been made sure that she had repented her own deed in sackcloth and ashes. The Prime Minister The children of Abraham covered themselves with sackcloth and ashes, but though the elders sinned, what wrongs have the children committed, and though the children committed wrongs, what have the sucklings done? The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 But to little purpose did Glenluce sit in sackcloth and ashes. Adventures Among Books M. le Marquis shall do penance, child, since your tyranny demands it; but not in sackcloth and ashes. Scaramouche Then the half-frenzied shape of Mary Dyer, the persecuted Quaker woman, clad in sackcloth and ashes would have rested in it for a moment. Grandfather's Chair But she was expiating it in very sackcloth and ashes, and he would add nothing to the burden on her back. The Prime Minister Thy sackcloth and ashes availed more than my ten thousand talents of silver, which I promised unto the king. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 "I ought to walk this road in sackcloth and ashes," she said in her mother's ear as they went on foot up the steep slope of Saint-Leonard. The Village Rector For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) This Mary Dyer had entered the mint-master's dwelling, clothed in sackcloth and ashes, and seated herself in our great chair with a sort of dignity and state. Grandfather's Chair I suspect also that the haircloth shirt and the sackcloth and ashes of the anhedonic hermit were painful methods of seeking excitement. The Foundations of Personality Royal apparel agreed but ill with his condition after three days of sackcloth and ashes. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Thy father is mourning in sackcloth and ashes, while thou dost eat, drink, and dress thy hair. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 I am sure it wouldn't do us any good out there to feel that you were all sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Kingdom of the Blind After his trial and conviction, womanlike, she repented in sackcloth and ashes, but Thomas would have no more to do with her. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries Again, amongst other things, Tientietnikov conceived the idea of establishing a school for his people; but the scheme resulted in a farce which left him in sackcloth and ashes. Dead Souls "It doesn't follow that because one's a socialist one ought to dress in sackcloth and ashes." The New Machiavelli |
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