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His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.
Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face.Hisson, asrude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said 'Box about: 'twill come to my father anon.'
How like fathera curtain call!
Yes, Alec, it is I, your father, speaking.
They're going to have to be made to sit up and take notice. They're going to have to be made to realise who we are. My father had a chain of dry cleaners.
And the L God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LGod had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said,This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Thereforeshall a manleavehisfatherand hismother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And God spake all these words, saying,Iamthe L thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that isinheaven above, or that isin the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thoushalt nottakethename of the L thy God invain; for the L will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember thesabbath day, to keep it holy. Six daysthou shalt labour and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the L thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the L made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the L blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthelandwhichtheL thy Godgiveththee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Behold there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of 92 fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Haththeraina father? or who hathbegottenthedrops of dew?
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name J, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: buttherebellious dwell ina dry land.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the L pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
For whom the L loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son isgiven: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,Counseller,The mighty God, The everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace.Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, uponthethrone of David, and uponhis kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the L of hosts will perform this.
Have wenot all onefather, hath not one God createdus? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you,That even Solomon in all hisglory was not arrayed like one of these.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts untoyourchildren, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.Thy will be doneinearth, as it isinheaven.Giveus this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive ourdebtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of themshall not fall ontheground without your Father.But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forththebest robe, and put itonhim; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Then said Jesus,Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of the father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.Iamthegood shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and theyshall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus saith unto her,Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.Jesus saith unto her,Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.
'Father! father! where are you going? O do not walk so fast. Speak, father, speak to your little boy, Or else I shall be lost.'
My mother groaned! my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping loud Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost,The Lord and giver of life,Who proceedeth fromthe Father and Son,Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified,Who spake by the Prophets.
In Criticks hands, beware thou dost not come; And take thy way where yet thou art not known, If for thy Father askt, say, thou hadst none: And for thy Mother, she alas is poor, Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door.
I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.
I'm a father, that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.
Some people are better off deadlike your wife and my father for instance.
J'ai peu de mots. Mon pe' re qui les avait tous, est parti si pre cipitamment, qu'il n'a pas eu le temps de me les donner. I have few words. My father, who had all of them, left so suddenly that he did not have thetime togive themall to me.
my father moved through dooms of love through sames of am through haves of give, singing each morning out of each night my father moved through depths of height
because my father lived his soul love is the whole and more than all
Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips.Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism.
Father of Peace, and God of love! We ownThy power to save, That power by which our Shepherd rose Victorious o'er the grave.
Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us O'er the world's tempestuous sea.
I was bornwith ready-made parents and a sister and brother who had already begun their store of experience, inaccessible to me except through their language and the record, always slightly different, of our mother and father, and as each member of the family wasborn, each,ina sensewithmemories onloan, began to supply the individual furnishings of each Was-land, each Is-land, and the hopes and dreams of the Future.
At bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father.
Man kann sich seinenVater nicht w a« hlen. A person cannot choose his father.
The Hunschanted a funeral song to the memory of a hero, glorious inhis life, invincible in his death, the father of his people, the scourge of his enemies, and the terror of the world.
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It had no mother.
My father worked with a horse-plough, His shoulders globed like a full sail strung Between the shafts and the furrow.
To be a successful father, there's oneabsoluterule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
As my poor father used to say In1863, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee!
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia!
The sunlight falls across the country, lighting up the greenstone years of a boy with his father.
I inherited a vile melancholy from my father, which has made me mad all my life, at least not sober.
The father of English criticism.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Father in Heaven, whenthethoughtof Thee wakesinour hearts, let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.
After the funeral, my father struggled through half a page, and it might as well have been Hottentott. 'And what dun they gi'e thee for that, lad?' 'Fifty pounds, father.' 'Fifty pounds!' He was dumbfounded, and looked at mewith shrewd eyes,asif I were a swindler.'Fifty pounds! An'tha's niver done a day's hard work in thy life.'
Chutzpahthat quality which enables a man who has murdered his mother and father to throw himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan.
I have chased the English out of France more easily than my fathereverdid, for my fatherdrovethemout by force of arms, whereas I have driven them out with venison pies and good wine.
Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his God?'
And the three men I admired most, The Father, Son and Holy Ghost, They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died.
His father gave him a box of truisms Shaped like a coffin, then his father died; 538 The truisms remained on the mantelpiece.
What would father say when he found out? For he was bound to find out sooner or later. He always did.'Buried. You two girls had me buried!' She heard his stick thumping.Oh, what would they say? What possible excuse could they make? It sounded such an appallingly heartless thing to do. Such a wicked advantageto take of a person because he happened to be helpless at the moment.
Je n'ai plus ni pe' re, ni me' re, Ni s½ur, ni fre' re Sinon Dieu seul auquel j'espe' re. I no longer have a father, nor a mother, Nor a sister, nor a brother. I only have God to trust in. 549
'My father is deceased.Come,Gaveston, And share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.' Ah, words that make me surfeit with delight! What greater bliss can hap to Gaveston Than live and be the favourite of a king? Sweet prince, I come; these, these thyamorous lines Might have enforced me to have swum from France, And, like Leander, gasped upon the sand, So thou would'st smile, and take me in thy arms.
His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.
Hence vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bestead, Or fill the fixe' d mind with all your toys; Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sunbeams.
My father used to say, 'Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellow's grave or the glass flowers at Harvard.'
The Minstrel-boy to the war isgone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him.
The law of Moses is harsh and severe, as for an enslaved and stubborn people, but it punishes theft with a fine, not death. Let us not think that in his new law of mercy, where he treats us with the tenderness of a father,God has given us greater license to be cruel to one another.
There are senseless dreams of the participation of local government representatives in the affairs of internal administration.Ishall maintaintheprinciple of autocracy just as firmlyand unflinchingly as it was upheld by my own, ever to be remembered dead father.
I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.
Strange interlude! Yes, our lives are merely strange dark interludes in the electrical display of God the Father!
Padre nuestro que esta s en el cielo Lleno de toda clase de problemas Con el cen o fruncido Como si fueras un hombre vulgar y corriente No pienses ma s en nosotros. Our Father who art in Heaven Full of all kinds of problems Ceaselessly frowning As if you were a simple man: Stop thinking about us.
Labour is the Father and active principle of Wealth, as lands are the Mother.
I make a pact with you,Walt Whitman I have detested you long enough. I come to you as a grown child Who has had a pig-headed father I am old enough not to make friends.
My father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here and have a piece of it, just like you.
Over this damp grave I speak the words of my love; I, with no rights in this matter, Neither father nor lover.
My draft-dodging father proved that in the struggle for survival the fittest are most likely to get killed off.
I didn't know at first that there were two languages in Canada.Ijustthoughtthatthere was oneway tospeak to my father and another to talk to my mother.
My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says that your life depends on your power to master words.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
When I was a boy the Sioux owned the world; the sun roseand set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle.Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? What law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am a Sioux; because I was born where my father lived; because I would die for my country?
You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray. See Carroll194:67.
I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
To sum up: your father, whom you love, dies, you are his heir, you come back to find that hardly was the corpse cold before his younger brother popped on to histhrone and into his sheets, thereby offending both legal and natural practice. Now why exactlyare you behaving in this extraordinary manner.
I found out that he was a bachelor, as was his father before him.
Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon; Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon: Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.
Nothing grows in ourgarden, only washing. And babies. And where's their fathers live, my love? Over the hills and far away.
I suppose that the high-water mark of my youth in Colombus,Ohio, was the night the bed fell on my father.
Who is there in that lot one would want as a father, except perhaps MrsThatcher? That choice would be irregular but safe.
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise
Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day.
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