单词 | saintliness |
例句 | And if ever my faith in the essential saintliness of humans becomes tattered, I shall think of that evil-looking man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was just natural sugar-coated goodness. Pure saintliness.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the answer lies in Christopher's very saintliness: the more he fails to respond and suffers without complaint, the more it goads her. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Cummings acknowledged that Krazy’s gender was fluid, but still identified the feline as female throughout, calling “our heroine” Krazy “the adorably helpless incarnation of saintliness.” The Gender Fluidity of Krazy Kat 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Here, the plant forms usually relegated to manuscripts’ borders supplant the religious scenes altogether, rendered in a sparkling trompe l’oeil that gives them their own kind of saintliness. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z But we need to learn about her saintliness in stages. Books of The Times: A Mother?s Devotion, a Family?s Tearful Regrets 2011-03-30T22:25:15Z Fonda gets just a hint of archness into the delivery, letting the viewer know that she’s aware of how ridiculous it is to cheerfully approve of her own miraculous saintliness. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z There, intelligence is viewed as suspect and chastity weird; virtue as smugness, and saintliness a direct provocation. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Encompassing all of them is the story of Hind, a remarkable real-life figure in Palestinian history, here unfortunately reduced to stiff, self-effacing saintliness. | 'Miral': Hopes and Struggles in a Difficult Land 2011-03-24T21:53:01Z Distrusted by the very community he hopes to serve, Logan epitomizes the tragic hero; yet Boyega never allows him to congeal into saintliness. ‘Small Axe’ Review: The Agonies and Ecstasies of Black British Lives 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The blessings in “Benediction” are no more easily won than the saintliness that Lyle advocates in his sermon on forgiveness. Kent Haruf’s ‘Benediction’: last days of a small-town life 2013-03-20T20:07:53Z And Denzel Washington is one of the few Hollywood stars who can pull off a larger-than-life character who can dispatch a gang of cutthroats with a nasty blade yet maintain an air of saintliness. 2010-01-11T02:48:00Z So maybe her thriving lawn is just a miracle – the feeding of the 15,000 sq ft using only one’s own saintliness and half a bucket of recycled hair-washing water. Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z And Mr. Parsons’s deft, light-fingered performance makes the saintliness go down easy; there is real charm in Elwood’s little morsels of homespun wisdom when they are batted across the footlights with such guileless simplicity. Theater Review: ‘Harvey,’ With Jim Parsons, at Studio 54 2012-06-15T02:17:16Z There is more than a hint that Tietjens's inept saintliness is bringing out the scold in Valentine. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Stallone himself, in interviews, comes off about as generous and self-aware as you could possibly ask a Hollywood megastar to be, which is still quite a far cry from Rocky’s saintliness. A Unified Theory of the “Rocky” Movies 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Kelly's reputation never approximated such saintliness, but he's still the man whose biggest hit "I Believe I Can Fly" was played and sung in church services and graduation ceremonies for years. Are some stars and celebrity cases simply too famous to ensure that justice will be served? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z There’s not a lot of saintliness here but plenty of blood and treachery as Hild navigates the warring kingdoms of 7th century Britain at the dawn of Christianity. TV's top shows are on hold as strikes wear on. These 10 books are replacement therapy 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z He was so taken with her charisma and saintliness that he says he remembered exclaiming: “I want to be like this. Wow!” Bangkok’s Priest to the Poor Finds His Fit Among Fellow Outcasts 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It turns out, I think, that the saintliness is real. George Saunders' saintly, disappointing new stories: A tender-hearted takedown 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Her proposals for internationally overseen mass migrations and grand-scale geoengineering require faith in widespread saintliness and wisdom that humankind has yet to show. Review | How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z They lend their planters an air of wisdom, even saintliness. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “Today’s psychiatrists are the enemies of tragedy, and of saintliness,” he said. Review | The last volume in ‘A Life of Picasso’ is just as astounding as its predecessors 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The richly digressive plot defies easy recapitulation, but a dream cast evokes our fascination and compassion, never reducing the characters to obvious villainy, or conversely, tin-plaster saintliness. Theater in L.A. this week: Mike Birbiglia, 'Department of Dreams' and more 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Even the monstrous Caesar evokes our compassion, thanks to the genius of Wilson, who reduces no one to obvious villainy — or, conversely, to tin-plaster saintliness. Review: A dazzling revival of August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' at A Noise Within in Pasadena 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But as the story becomes about the city’s need to worship at Bauman’s wheelchair, Gyllenhaal’s sidesteps dignity and saintliness and inhabits the horror of unsought heroism. The 10 Best Actors of the Year 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “Joan of Arc” represents a significant shift in strategy for Timbers, because he plays Joan’s heroism straight: her saintliness is never subverted. A Protest Musical for the Trump Era 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z For some, Mother Teresa’s saintliness was so evident from the start that her canonization was just a formality. Mother Teresa Is Made a Saint by Pope Francis 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Orwell’s contemporaries such as Cyril Connolly noted that, henceforth, he would be a socialist, but a socialist with an aura of secular saintliness that some found affected, even comical. 100 best nonfiction books: No 39 – The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “The saintliness got in the way of the real human being.” The Jackie Robinson Story as it Should be Told 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z And one of them was described as religiously “devout,” a word often used to imply saintliness in Christians and fanaticism in Muslims. The tragic choice we make about guns 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Bleeding stigmata on her hands, feet and breasts were supposedly evidence of her saintliness. Book review: “The Nuns of Sant’Ambrogio” by Hubert Wolf 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z "How the whole country was transformed and how the whole country got behind South Africa, only somebody of Mandela's charisma and saintliness could have achieved." Mandela tributes from around Wales 2013-12-06T07:56:40Z No special saintliness of disposition was theirs and no miracle intervened to render them immune from tantrums when they crossed the convent threshold. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z He possessed in an exceptional degree the qualities that constitute saintliness: deep humility and transparent purity, absolute unworldliness, with love unfailing, and patience that had its perfect work. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z His mother's patient prayerfulness for both husband and son, which was at last crowned with success, has passed into a touching type of womanly saintliness for all ages.—A. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The beauty which in ordinary circumstances his jaded eye, versed in woman's wiles, might neglect, would appeal with irresistible force in a garb of saintliness. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Charles, another brother, who died young and greatly lamented had the saintliness and the genius both. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z It is remarkable that Volusian, who held the highest offices in the Roman Empire, and among the rest was Prefect of the City, was not converted either by the genius or the saintliness of Augustine. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z In spite of his conduct on this raid, Theodore, Florence of Worcester, and others, speak of the saintliness of his character.596.Cc. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z There was a sort of burlesque saintliness about her meekness that nauseated him. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I have seen it stated that he was a broad churchman and a communicant; and Mr. Jones produces a letter from a clergyman testifying to his "saintliness." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Whether because they are better actors or because we confuse saintliness with femininity, even as boys we are more ready to forgive it in them. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z His saintliness revolted from vice, but his love of virtue opened the floodgates of viciousness. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Everywhere we find the impress of a mind of wide intellectual grasp, a character of the highest saintliness, and a gentle refinement of thought and feeling. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z Their descendant exhibited the same saintliness which they possessed but in a different fashion. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Historically, the ascetic tendency has not been associated with the highest types of real saintliness except by accident, and has never been their productive cause. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z But by and by he learns that making a success in the banking business is not consistent with excursions to the South Seas or with the more picturesque and unusual forms of saintliness. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z It is thus that God allures us to saintliness. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z The former would not and could not become a reformer, though he was highly adored by the latter for his saintliness, who styled himself the only expounder of the former. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Finally, in its relation to God, the good is called piety or saintliness, and consists in rendering to the Father of men and of the universe what is his due. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The Tractarian movement took its rise in a longing for saintliness, of which Keble furnished a living example. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z And Polly held up both her hands with an intended expression of saintliness, which was not altogether successful. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z But saintliness of character was in F�nelon commended to the world by equal charm of person and of genius. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I suspect that the decision to walk is going to be seen as further evidence of his saintliness, though this should be resisted. The Spin: A good walk spoiled 2011-03-22T11:06:31Z The outstanding feature of his life was a transparent simplicity and saintliness of spirit, and the testimony of his contemporaries to his godliness is unanimous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z She wished to follow Christ day by day, hour by hour—constantly to endeavour after saintliness. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z It lent itself both to inspired saintliness and to imposture. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z His Madonnas have a most taking motherly expression and yet are full of the mystic saintliness that becomes the Mother of God. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z In our age we have the larger ideal of saintliness with service; and to promote this should be the aim of every Sunday school. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z I should prefer their judgment even to such councils as are nowadays assembled, famous only for numbers and authority, not for scholarship and saintliness. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z At the other end of the scale, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, reaffirms his reputation for saintliness by taking a modest sum from Indian taxpayers. Politicians' salaries: Leaders of the fee world 2010-07-05T12:39:00Z Anselm was a great scholar, a deep and original thinker, and a man of the utmost saintliness and piety. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli One touch of saintliness that had rarefied him was dispelled to her naughty content. The Unknown Sea Apart from his saintliness, you cannot tell on a slight acquaintance how much there is in him. Glories of Spain A disc over the head of each symbolizes his saintliness. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Our reverence for the saintliness leads us almost into a reverence for the crime. The Book of This and That As in the case of so many of her kindred, mystical devotion was weaving its grey web about her, and saintliness of the peculiar Spanish type was covering her as with a garment. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History We learn some most curious things from The Life and Miracles of Charles, Duke of Brittany, of the House of France, in regard to what was in those days considered evidence of saintliness. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) I know her well also, and all her saintliness. Glories of Spain A body so wasted by fasting as to be incapable of sustaining the continuous round of tears and prayers is the surest warrant of saintliness. Women of Early Christianity Which tomb has been executed by means of the great saintliness, goodness and gratitude of Pope Pius V, a Pontiff and Holy Father truly most saintly, most blessed, and most worthy of long life. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings Ferdinand the Holy was a great king, of a saintliness and greatness still acknowledged by the soldiers of Seville. Cathedrals of Spain Such an approach to life produced men who were saints, men who were unselfish and admirable in almost every way; but this saintliness grew at the expense of significant human achievement. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance It was, now, the standard of La Clavel, the mantle of the saintliness he had proclaimed. The Bright Shawl I would not defile the air around your saintliness for the world! A Monk of Cruta The object of religion upon earth is saintliness, and its success is shown in holy individuals. The History of Freedom And The Master looked so benevolent that he seemed absolutely cherubic, and there was absolutely no sign of anything but the utmost saintliness about him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 It is an encouraging sign of the times that the ecclesiastical view of the Middle Ages, which associated saintliness with sickness, has given way to modern 'muscular Christianity.'... Rural Hygiene Then go and live in a devil's den and develop saintliness. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Those who expect saintliness as the first attribute of psychic advancement will certainly be disillusioned. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Even more powerful was jealousy of the dead man's saintliness, so firmly established during his lifetime that it was almost a forbidden thing to question it. The Brothers Karamazov In the countenances of these there was no cast that betrayed a character, either of particular saintliness or sin. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness There is no suggestion of saintliness about it. Birds in the Bush “This fashion of saintliness may be along with such matters, but it cometh not by their help.” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers To them asceticism is the deterrent saintliness which renounces all joy, and with a hard thin voice condemns the leanings of mankind to reasonable indulgence. Apologia Diffidentis It is unfortunate that the unworldly Coleridge and the worldly Thackeray should have both pitched upon Lamb's "saintliness" to make copy of. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions She had always a charming note of unconventional freshness, a childlike naivet� of immaturity and unsophistication at times, even a certain girlish shy austerity that had for me a touch of saintliness. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The goal can be reached, presumably, by the road of saintliness. The School and the World I could not sing, nor dance, nor lake me a bit, if I were a saint; and that fashion of saintliness you speak of must needs be sorest of all. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers They recognised his saintliness and came out in crowds to meet him, amazed at the power of the Lord as manifested by him. Modern Saints and Seers Uncle Tom in his saintliness may be an idealization, but the elements were drawn from life. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement They were scarcely cold before the rumour of her saintliness, and the miracles of her passing spread through Rouen and through France. The Story of Rouen And as we do not like the look of saintliness, neither do we like the life. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) Suffering was esteemed as a good, and self-denial with suffering made saintliness. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals And as for the Frate, whatever we may think of his saintliness, you judge his preaching too narrowly. Romola "He may have reason, and justice, and saintliness on his side, yet I never can forgive him." David Malcolm I'd stake my professional reputation," said the doctor vehemently, "that nothing ails that woman except that she thinks Heaven would be a better background for her saintliness than earth. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale True womanliness is regarded in our country as the saintliness of love. Creative Unity The types of the age were knightliness and saintliness. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals But saintliness of character was in Fénelon commended to the world by equal charm of person and of genius. Classic French Course in English He was an ancient saint of legend, who was connected with a hero Nara, just as Kṛishṇa was associated with Arjuna; and the atmosphere of saintliness clings to him obstinately. Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India Respect and esteem, forsooth! and due encouragement to such a miracle of saintliness and capacity; light terms indeed to apply to such a character. Home Life in Colonial Days His Life by his disciple Adamnan is one of the most beautiful memorials of medieval saintliness that we possess. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 In general, the methods of attaining to holiness and saintliness must be arbitrary and ascetic,—fasting, self-torture, loathsome acts, excessive ritual, etc. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals We know Saint Francis and are familiar with the heroic records of saintliness and renunciation. Human Traits and their Social Significance Well, well; this is as near saintliness as most of us will ever get. The Lure of the Mask The spiritual life, then, may be described by its characteristic marks of serenity, a certain inwardness, a measure of saintliness. The Essentials of Spirituality Culture meant saintliness—after the fashion of the saints of those days; the education that led to it was, of necessity, theological; and the way to theology lay through Latin. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Her virtue is just a sugary saintliness that doesn't ring true. The Tyranny of Weakness I'll show you," she said, as they were talking about it one afternoon after Minnie had gone home, "How far her saintliness will carry her. Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission This is the whole history of your saintliness. The Promised Land It is characterized by a certain serene fervor which we may almost call saintliness. The Essentials of Spirituality But in spite of the saintliness of the eventide, in spite of his winter-time goodness, the full influence of his life was not a blessing but a curse. Sermons on Biblical Characters I should have doubted as soon the saintliness of those who wear the golden girdles of Paradise. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Let the people of the Eastern Church stick to their Christian ideal of saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) The historic memory could reconstruct forgotten glories of station and battle, of terrible villainy and terrible saintliness, the pitiful, valorous, slow descent to the degradation which was not yet wholly victorious. Here are Ladies It is not that we have too much saintliness, but too little, too limited wisdom, too narrow intelligence, too small an endowment of virtue and conscience. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Even the man whom conviction had dedicated body and soul to the religion of self-sacrifice had enough humanity mingling with his saintliness to feel the peculiar appeal of this gentle girl. The Guests Of Hercules It is said, amongst other evidences of his saintliness, that he never allowed his sister to kiss him. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See The principal ideal of the Church is saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) His saintliness, indomitable faith, outstanding services local, national, international, his exemplary devotion, qualify him to join ranks of Hands of Cause, insure him everlasting reward in Abhá Kingdom. Citadel of Faith Yet the saintliness of the intellect is to be purged from prejudice and self will. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The church was stuffed with gewgaws and tinsel; marble was replaced by painted plaster and saintliness by sickliness. The Age of the Reformation You are not all saints, but nearly all of you have hours of saintliness, flights of pure love. Life of St. Francis of Assisi It ought to be absolutely indifferent to the Church what political denomination, or social creed, or institutional shape a human society shall have as long as this is founded upon any other ideal but saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) Happily the days are gone when sickness passed for saintliness. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals And we cannot help admiring their earnestness and saintliness, even while we see how morbid was their conception of life, and how completely they got the true order reversed. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ Its whole emphasis is psychological, on the inner struggle and not on the outward manifestations of saintliness, such as visions. The Age of the Reformation In her walk there was the rigid austerity of a saint who has adopted saintliness not from inclination, but from the force of a necessity against which rebellion has been in vain. The Miller Of Old Church If you ask what saintliness ought to mean, Christianity has not to argue but to show you the saintliness in the flesh. The Agony of the Church (1917) The various flowers there are the faithful, adorned with piety and virtue, and spreading the fragrance of saintliness with which God is pleased. The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin In opposition to the monkish ideal of a contemplative life which had hitherto obtained, a new ideal, the ideal of the courtier's life, was upheld; ecclesiastical saintliness was contrasted with knightly honour. The Evolution of Love He was the most hopeless bigot I've ever known, and by long odds the nearest masculine approach to true, gritty saintliness. The Quickening It was Ladvenu who heard her confession on the day of her execution, and who after her death testified to her saintliness. Joan of Arc Well, then, Europe must try the only way left, which is saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) They arose at length, the one confirmed now and made almost fearless by saintliness and love. Hetty Wesley From the concentrated saintliness of the Vivarini to the sumptuous assurance of Titian is a far cry, yet how few the years that intervened! A Wanderer in Venice We must not mourn over past years of folly as if they made saintliness impossible. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series In one respect, perhaps, Holland's saintliness Page 105 interfered with the free action of his genius. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences The aim of the Church as well as of Europe has to be God, Christ, saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) Those among these brave men who have faith, are conscious of such supernatural life and their letters—admirable collections have been published—reflect a light of authentic saintliness. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Not many minutes hence, up those steps will pass the holy nuns from the Convent of the White Ladies at Whytstone—noble ladies all, and of great repute for saintliness. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century It is that, and that alone, which makes devotion burn fervid, and which makes characters glow with the strange saintliness that rebukes iniquity, and works for the purifying of the world. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Their heavenly patron, Rabbi Nahman, could not hold his own against his living rivals, the earthly Tzaddiks—all too earthly perhaps, in spite of their saintliness. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) Saintliness above everything, the true saintliness including goodness and sacrifice. The Agony of the Church (1917) A proud bearing, a goodly following, a gorgeous retinue, would be a far better proof of orthodoxy in his eyes than any saintliness of life and conduct. The Secret Chamber at Chad Helgi.—The revelation of the saintliness of Holy Bishop Gudmund has affected me so much, my lord, that I forgot to have all the bells of the church rung. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts The fleet had been ordered to Besika Bay, and the metropolitan Press was busy backing Turkish saintliness for all it was worth. Looking Seaward Again And besides, the lives of the Saints as they were written by the inferior Bollandists were enough to disgust anybody with saintliness. The Cathedral The Church is infallible not by any talisman but by her saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) Froude sided with Henry, and showed, as he had not much difficulty in showing, that there were a good many spots on the robe of Becket's saintliness. The Life of Froude I always feel that what we really depend on is a kind of tradition of their absolute saintliness handed on from the people who experienced it. The Altar Steps He discourages monkish religiosity and external badges of saintliness—"avoid everything peculiar," he says, "in dress, food, and language." Christian Mysticism In thus denying, thus turning his back on himself, he has no thought of saintliness, no thought but of his father and his brethren. Hope of the Gospel Let all the Churches feel their unity in the ideal spirit of saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) Being what she was, it was grand; and made as it was for penitence, it had in it the essential spirit of saintliness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 These men, in Italy, Germany, and especially in Flanders, had manifested the amplitude and purity of vision which are the property of saintliness. Là-bas Now it will be found that these men of acknowledged and pre-eminent saintliness agree very closely in what they tell us about God. Christian Mysticism Fortitude, courage, intuition and intelligence are all made to arise out of her natural saintliness and love. The Poetry Of Robert Browning No, they expect from Europe more saintliness than they have had in their history. The Agony of the Church (1917) For saintliness comes in small things as well as great, and George Herbert's swept room is a true image. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 The romance of cloistered saintliness was not his. Flames Often, indeed, he smiled in so soft and sweet a fashion, that his fever seemed to have increased his saintliness, at least so thought the villagers. Abbe Mouret's Transgression True, Lady Byron had nobly and quietly lived down these slanders in England by deeds that made her name revered as a saint among all those who valued saintliness. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time The Church ought to give an example to secular Europe: an example of humility, goodness, sacrifice—saintliness. The Agony of the Church (1917) Moreover, we must not confound the essentials of saintliness with its accidents, which are the special determination of these passions at any historical moment. Cosmic Consciousness The extreme saintliness of both boys during the afternoon's ride took the sting out of Mrs. Burton's defeat. Romance of California Life The saintliness of this broad-minded divine's character emerges unsullied from an age of contentious bigotry. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy He was not himself a finished saint, but he had a hearty appreciation of those who had attained saintliness. How to become like Christ Greatness is no real virtue, but goodness and saintliness are virtues. The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series But there was something in the direct grave look of his eyes, and in the pure steadfastness of his expression, which gave to his aspect a touch of saintliness quickly felt by those about him. In the Days of Chivalry Those who aimed at saintliness of life consulted him and looked up to him. Recollections of My Youth Had anybody accused him of saintliness he would have resented the charge, quite justifiably, and if the wit of The Gay Spark had been witty, he would have enjoyed it without a qualm. The Roll-Call He had little of the saintliness of spirit which marks the true Republican and which turns politics into music in The Masque of Anarchy. Old and New Masters Greatness is only an illusion, but goodness and saintliness are realities. The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series But a show of saintliness is more than enough to frighten me away. The Knave of Diamonds It was reserved for the modern Pre-Raphaelites to attempt the combination of a maximum of saintliness with a minimum of pulmonary and digestive capacity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 When Héloïse, world-famous for learning, virtue, and saintliness, passed away, and her body was laid beside his, he opened his arms and clasped her in close embrace. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 His manner changed; the saintliness vanished from his attitude; the expression of his face became sly and knowing. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk We ought not to seek after greatness, but after goodness and saintliness. The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series What business have I in this house, among these women who have taken a monopoly for saintliness? Without Dogma She had culture, moral power and earnestness in a high degree, warmth of sympathy and sensitiveness to all beauty, but she had no saintliness. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Mr. Gore's ascetic saintliness of life conceals from the general world, but not from the privileged circle of his intimate friends, the high breeding of a great Whig family and the philosophy of Balliol. Collections and Recollections Master Busy, we must admit had but little saintliness left in him now. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Between saintliness and vice there is a bridge, not an abyss. The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series In consequence of this their power of reasoning is weaker than man's, but their saintliness in certain conditions becomes unassailable. Without Dogma But, while the attitudes of worship and of saintliness were cramped, often severely so, still on the whole Arthur had thought he was content with Janet just as she was. The Second Generation That peculiar training produces, often enough, a character of saintliness and unworldly grace on which one can only "look," to use a phrase of Mr. Gladstone's, "as men look up at the stars." Collections and Recollections Get all the good out of him you can; there is none too much saintliness on earth. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The Figeacois, who at first looked upon Becket as an enemy, after he was murdered at Canterbury, and when the fame of his saintliness began to spread through France, dedicated a church to him. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine It was plain that he had no special respect for saintliness. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store Not yet are they the pride of pompous galleries, but the glory and saintliness of homes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 In this it resembles Asceticism, to which further symptom of saintliness we had better turn next. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature We wish him to be kept from any worldly taint, and by-and-by his saintliness may gain you forgiveness in spite of your heretical perversity. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire And when he saw this girl, she went to his heart, and in his saintliness and simplicity he asked me to give her to him as his wife. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself But the ugly costume seemed to emphasize her beauty, as the habit of a nun often brings out the placid saintliness of her face. K Moreover, the fuller appreciation of the idea of saintliness, and the higher esteem of the mystical elements in Judaism—ideas scarcely to be divorced from asceticism—have helped to confirm the newer attitude. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Single attributes of saintliness may, it is true, be temperamental endowments, found in non-religious individuals. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Cécile never allowed herself to reflect a spirit of saintliness, or even of sacrifice, but only of maidenly wisdom and sweet philosophy. The Cavalier But for all the saintliness in the eyes of Mary, the face was an exact portrait of Amaryllis Ardayre! The Price of Things It would be hard to imagine wickedness proceeding from such a designation, though the Church itself assuredly would be the first to disclaim assumption of full saintliness within its great membership. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert There are very few modern hymns which have the old ring of saintliness in them. Authors and Friends Here saintliness has to face the charge of preserving the unfit, and breeding parasites and beggars. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Then she came to understand that fidelity to God's precepts, and contrition for sin, was the path of saintliness; and so were traced out on her soul the first lineaments of perfection. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Did these men also believe that Piero's saintliness was a lie? The Saint There is no need to withdraw from any region of human activity and human interest in order to develop the whitest saintliness, the most Christlike purity. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV While the Salvationist is not of the generally understood ascetic or monastic type, yet his spirit and deeds are of the very essence of saintliness. The War Romance of the Salvation Army Our survey of the phenomena of saintliness has unquestionably produced in your minds an impression of extravagance. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature It was as if this token of deep abjection and humiliation were required as a confirmation of her saintliness. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others It is getting late," he said, "and saintliness may encounter some dangers, at such a late hour, in the streets of Rome. The Saint It was an unpardonable crime, high treason against saintliness. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) What had his philosophy availed him, his saintliness, his hopes for mankind? King Coal : a Novel Moreover, we must not confound the essentials of saintliness, which are those general passions of which I have spoken, with its accidents, which are the special determinations of these passions at any historical moment. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The picture that forms in my mind of these women is absurd, Arthurian and exact; I see them as great ladies, mediaeval in their saintliness, sharing the pollution of the battle with their champions. The Glory of the Trenches You know," the Pope continued, "that prophecy alone is not sufficient proof of saintliness. The Saint But I perceived the saintliness of the Great One through his heart-warming smile and twinkling eyes. Autobiography of a Yogi In these days, when we are all reduced to one apparent level of moral respectability, and great saintliness and dramatic guilt are alike seldom conspicuous, we forget the violent contrasts of the middle ages. Letters of Catherine Benincasa We must not forget this now when, in discussing saintliness, we ask if it be an ideal type of manhood. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature A murderer like Musolino, crowned with an aureole of saintliness, would be an anomaly in England. Old Calabria After all, saintliness is never a reality; it is always more or less an idealisation of the image by the mirror. The Saint We do not claim anything like perfection, or even saintliness, for Falstaff. Obiter Dicta Culture meant saintliness--after the fashion of the saints of those days; the education that led to it was, of necessity, theological; and the way to theology lay through Latin. Science & Education In the annals of saintliness we find a curious mixture of motives impelling in this direction. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature It was the baroque period of saintliness, as of architecture. Old Calabria If there is saintliness anywhere, it is in the mirror, in the people who believe in the saints. The Saint My life seems so earthly, so lacking in heavenliness and saintliness! Adventures in the Land of Canaan He had none of that convenient oblivion which in softer natures covers sin and saintliness with one common, careless pall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 So we stand once more before that problem of truth which confronted us at the end of the lectures on saintliness. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature One sees him, as ever, thinking of everything: not a very remarkable attribute of the fresco painter since then, but very remarkable then, when any kind of facile saintliness sufficed. A Wanderer in Florence Try France, where there is a famine of saintliness. The Saint The gorgeous ostentation of his old life gave way to an equally elaborate scheme of saintliness. Henry the Second But she knew there was an awful row on, and I fancy she rather gloried in her own saintliness. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Buddha! how hard are the paths of saintliness! The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Ma Tesing had performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, he had resided at Constantinople for two years, and his reputation for knowledge and saintliness stood highest among his co-religionists. China "Leave the saintliness and the reputation alone," said he. The Saint And this is the miracle that testifies to the saintliness of the Dervish and to the truth of his doctrines! Without Prejudice Grace looked at Mr. Gregory and nothing could have exceeded the saintliness of her expression. Fran Psychologically considered, this whole affair of saintliness or sinfulness is a matter of the preponderant idea. Problems of Conduct It shows the whole doctrine of saintliness and blessedness to have a source in Truth, though overlaid and altered. AE in the Irish Theosophist But you must know that your reputation for saintliness is threatened by other dangers. The Saint At the book's end Sir Archie, still clinging to his belief in money-power, still trying to use her saintliness to save his own soul, says he will erect a grand monument to her memory. The Treasure Every creative impulse is shadowed by a possessive impulse; even the aspirant to saintliness may be jealous of the more successful saint. Political Ideals Holiness, saintliness, and piety are virtues which are foreign to the character of boys. The Upton Letters That the Christian ideal of ascetic saintliness detached from society has no moral value is a plain corollary from the idea of earthly Progress. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth It had been a liberal education to look into his vacuous face, into those filmy eyes dripping with saintliness and alcohol. South Wind She was looking as beautiful as only the younger sister of a High Church episcopalian rector can look, dressed in white, the colour of saintliness, on a beautiful morning in July. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich I suppose you'd say there is neither absolute saintliness nor absolute wickedness, but that life is helplessly composite of both, and that black really may be white. The Judgment House He seemed so convinced of my father's saintliness, and so honest a fellow, that Isabel insisted on unbosoming ourselves to him under seal of confession. The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade I revered Dora for her fortitude, and Lucy appealed to me as the embodiment of her mother's saintliness I would watch Lucy. The Rise of David Levinsky He belonged to that class of eminent ecclesiastics — and it is by no means a small class — who have been distinguished less for saintliness and learning than for practical ability. Eminent Victorians Because he has not, like Pere Anselme, the saintliness which would absolve him in the eyes of monsieur here for this flagrant violation of the Sabbath. The Lesser Bourgeoisie I asked him; “sure I have caught none of her saintliness.” A Monk of Fife And the result was, willy-nilly, that he was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character. The Iron Heel She reminded me that she had kept house ever since she was “so high” for her uncle the priest: a man well-known for his saintliness in a large district extending even beyond Pampeluna. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes He was obsessed by the ideals of saintliness, and convinced of the supreme importance of not eating too much. Eminent Victorians Under her purity, and saintliness, and culture, and ethereal beauty of soul, she was, in things fundamentally human, just like Lizzie Connolly and all Lizzie Connollys. Martin Eden |
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