Then the aspirant must not only be tested in those labours and dangers and pleasures which we mentioned before, but there is another kind of probation which we did not mention--he must be exercised also in many kinds of knowledge, to see whether the soul will be able to endure the
highest of all, will faint under them, as in any other studies and exercises.
"I will give my daughter to him who jumps
highest," exclaimed the King; "for it is not so amusing where there is no prize to jump for."
He soon realized, however, that the circles in which he moved were not the
highest, and that though he was received in the
highest spheres he did not belong to them.
"Well, look at those hills which surround the main one where the site for the Castle was wisely chosen--on the
highest ground.
One of the clever people belonging to the set had called it "the conscience of Petersburg society." Alexey Alexandrovitch had the
highest esteem for this circle, and Anna with her special gift for getting on with everyone, had in the early days of her life in Petersburg made friends in this circle also.
how each of thy virtues is covetous of the
highest place; it wanteth thy whole spirit to be ITS herald, it wanteth thy whole power, in wrath, hatred, and love.
At eleven in the morning the train had reached the dividing ridge of the waters at Bridger Pass, seven thousand five hundred and twenty-four feet above the level of the sea, one of the
highest points attained by the track in crossing the Rocky Mountains.
"The
highest wisdom is not founded on reason alone, not on those worldly sciences of physics, history, chemistry, and the like, into which intellectual knowledge is divided.
As a genius of the
highest rank observes in his fifth chapter of the Bathos, "The great art of all poetry is to mix truth with fiction, in order to join the credible with the surprizing."
The
highest elevation of this range still does not exceed 10,700 feet.
By "honour", however, is by no means meant "indulgence", but a reverent regard for their
highest interests: and the Circles teach that the duty of fathers is to subordinate their own interests to those of posterity, thereby advancing the welfare of the whole State as well as that of their own immediate descendants.
The intensely literary keeping, as well as quality, of the story I suppose is what formed its
highest fascination for me; but that effect of great world which it imparts to the reader, making him citizen, and, if he will, leading citizen of it, was what helped turn my head.
THE happiest day-the happiest hour My seared and blighted heart hath known, The
highest hope of pride and power, I feel hath flown.
The chickens will become ready for the market when poultry will fetch the
highest price, so that by the end of the year I shall have money enough from my share to buy a new gown.
ONE day an Opossum who had gone to sleep hanging from the
highest branch of a tree by the tail, awoke and saw a large Snake wound about the limb, between him and the trunk of the tree.
