How To Use Verily In A Sentence

Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!
Endure then with patience that which thou sufferest, for verily thou deservest all that betideth thee! — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, everybody a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega! Thus Spake Zarathustra
It behoved them not to tarry on that account, for verily the value of the two hundred loads is only some seven thousand dinars. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Verily, we must be living in a golden age of journalism if the number of prize-winning rags and hacks is anything to go by.

Verily, as he had done, so did God apay him, which is just Judge over all the earth. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
The affidavit was signed by a number of men who claimed they had known Hamilton for years, stating, “that for truth and veracity we have never heard his word questioned and that we do verily believe his statement to be true and correct.” Space Ships of the Visitors
So he bore with his injurious usage, saying to himself, Verily insolence and evil-speaking are causes of perdition and cast into confusion, and it is said, ‘The insolent is shent and the ignorant doth repent; and whose feareth, to him safety is sent’: moderation marketh the noble and gentle manners are of gains the grandest. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
If we keep this mighty nation one and inseparable, we shall have answered it forever; if not, why then those who revile man as vile and irreclaimably degraded may raise their pæans of triumph; the black spectres of antique tyrants may clap their hands gleefully in the land of accursed shadows, and hell hold high carnival, for, verily, it would seem as if they had triumphed, and that hope were a lie. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The party who dug the parson out after a snow-storm, verily got their reward, a sort of prelibation of the visionary sweets of that land, flowing not, according to the Jewish notion, with milk and honey, but according to the revised version of Yankeedom, with milk and rum. William Lloyd Garrison
Indeed, after years of declawing, today's BBC is so P45-paranoid of offending anyone that we should all feel verily grateful for a meandering plot in The Archers about Lynda's llamas. Grace Dent's TV OD: Luther and Falling Skies
Golf, now justly cried down by our laws, {2} as the mother of cursing and idleness, mischief and wastery, of which game, as I verily believe, the devil himself is the father. A Monk of Fife
View image of page frequently rejoice unrestrainedly, and thank the Lord that he hath thus favored me in the choice, which I now verily believe was directed and sanctioned by his providence and which I trust shall ever be blessed to his holy name and to usefulness in his cause. Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie HoustonOctober 10, 1856
Verily, nothing can be done for the sake of evil even by the wicked themselves; for, as we abundantly proved, they seek good, but are drawn out of the way by perverse error; far less can this order which sets out from the supreme centre of good turn aside anywhither from the way in which it began. Consolation of Philosophy
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
I saw the doors open, and furnished myself, as I though verily without being perceived, with two pieces of flowered silks, such as they call brocaded silk, very rich. Moll Flanders
Some may be prepared to swear to an affidavit and say they were told and verily believe that this was so.
Verily we nourish a Sybel prophesier, which by the view of a candle doth divine of Celestiall things, and of the Sunne it selfe. The Golden Asse
FN#291] Verily I have fallen into wreak and am betrayed by friendly freke and oh, the excess of my trouble and tweak, Zík, Arabian nights. English
To me their very restrainedness, calmness, matter-of-factness, if I may so call it, are a strong guarantee that they are the utterance of an eyewitness, who verily saw what he tells so simply. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark
Answered Kamar al-Zaman, “O King, verily this favour, if there be no reason for it, is indeed a wonder of wonders, more by token that thou hast advanced me to dignities such as befit men of age and experience, albeit I am as it were a young child.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
I verily believe the HIAB loader lost power since the crane/arm fell down dropping the scaffolding boards.
Her sister took possession of me, and of her papers, and the wedding-ring -- now in the custody of Dettermain and Newson -- together with the portraits of both my parents; and she, poor soul, to sustain me, as I verily believe -- she had a great idea of my never asking unprofitably for anything in life -- bartered the most corroborative of the testificatory documents, which would now make the establishment of my case a comparatively light task. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
Verily, gentlemen, this is, as the lawyers would say, "quasi agnum committere lupo, ad devorandum. Speech of Hon. John W. Ellis, Delivered before the Democratic State Convention, in Raleigh, March 9, 1860
Embedded in Koine Greek, and preserved in Latin translations of the Bible, a few Hebrew terms were widely employed in Old English, such as amen and alleluia, Hebrew for “so be it” and “praise Yah,” more often rendered “verily” and “praise the Lord.” The English Is Coming!
For evil purposes are, perchance, due to the imperfection of human nature; that it should be possible for scoundrels to carry out their worst schemes against the innocent, while God beholdeth, is verily monstrous. Consolation of Philosophy
Yeah and verily, the computer virus econometrics gurus join a royal college of experts who live primarily to feed statistics and figures to the news media.
This is, I verily believe it, the worst used labouring people upon the face of the earth.
Forsooth ye wot that not unseldom do women use the custom of going arrayed like men, when they would journey with hidden head; and ye may happen upon such gear as hath been made for such a woman rather than any man; but thou shalt get me also a short bow and a quiver of arrows, for verily these be my proper weapons that I can deal with deftly. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
-- In His name verily I come, and upon His errand; and the love and duty I bear unto my godfather and uncle have added wings, in a sort, unto my zeal. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843
Jesus 'statement to His Apostles in Matthew 16: 28 [Matt. 16: 28] seems to foreshadow John's postmeridian ministry: "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Latest Articles
All this Sir Launcelot saw and beheld, for he slept not verily; and he heard him say: O sweet Lord, when shall this sorrow leave me? and when shall the holy vessel come by me, wherethrough I shall be blessed? Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Bellow is from John Newton (ex slave trader and guy who wrote amazing grace) read 227-252 "Thoughts on the slave trade" books. google.com "I verily believe, that the far greater part of the wars, in Africa, would cease, if the Europeans would cease to tempt them, by offering goods for slaves" Sorry I couldn't fit the whole thing on the descriptions box. WN.com - Articles related to The World-Wonder of modern Bank Profit Making
He made every profession of love and regard to me; and I verily believed him sincere; because I knew he had been obliged by a part of my family; but when I found a coach, a country-house, a good table, a wife, and servants, were all supported by the _chance_ of a gaming-table, I withdrew myself from all connections with him; for, I fear, he who lives to play, may _play_ to _live_. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 1777 Volume 1 (of 2)
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Libertarian Principles, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Not because he was the "father of the faithful," forsook home and country for the truth's sake, was the most eminent preacher and practiser of righteousness in his day; nay, verily, for all this he gets faint praise; but then he had "SERVANTS BOUGHT WITH MONEY!!! The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
Then she got off his breast and he rose and stood shaking the dust from his head against the owners of the curved rib, even women; and she said to him, Be not ashamed; but verily one who entereth the land of The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Old Mrs. Stafford declared to her son, when he was returning, that she had so far got the better of what he called her prejudices, that, if she could but travel to Ireland, without crossing the sea, she verily believed she would go and spend a year with him and the Grays at Rosanna. Tales and Novels — Volume 02
‘Verily, then, I may enter,’ said Kai, ‘for there is no better burnisher of swords than I.’ The Lilac Fairy Book
And I verily thought, if I should hurt the woman by any kind of meane, The Golden Asse
It says, ‘I hereby declare under penalty of election falsification, that the statements above are true as I verily believe.’
Then she says to me, ‘O my lord, Allah upon thee, do not refuse to take the cup from the hand of thine hand maid, for verily I am thy bondswoman.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
“Verily, this my malady is mortal and the shaft of death hath executed that which Allah Almighty decreed against me: this is the last of my days in the world here and the first of my days in the world hereafter.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
A genuine little Poetess, buckramed, swathed like a mummy into Socinian and Political-Economy formulas; and yet verily alive in the inside of that! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
Which the company hearing, said that verily the child ought to be called Gargantua; because it was the first word that after his birth his father had spoke, in imitation, and at the example of the ancient Hebrews; whereunto he condescended, and his mother was very well pleased therewith. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Certes, if thou hast chuckled over their factious and festivous descriptions, or hadst thy mind filled with pleasure at the strange and pleasant turns of fortune which they record, verily, I have also simpered when I beheld a second storey with attics, that has arisen on the basis of my small domicile at The Heart of Mid-Lothian
It was but three days after this, that not at all made cautious by my former danger, as I used to be, and still pursuing the art which I had so long been employed in, I ventured into a house where I saw the doors open, and furnished myself, as I though verily without being perceived, with two pieces of flowered silks, such as they call brocaded silk, very rich. The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders
Shall it be of that famous Saplana who runneth away to put himself in hiding; -- for fear -- _verily for fear_ -- the Commander of Famagosta! afraid to die like The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
Minister turned to the Syndic and said to him, “O my lord! verily the bath is the Paradise21 of this world.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And yet so little was the pace to him that he fairly gamboled in playfulness as he went slashing along, until the deacon verily began to fear that the honest old chap would break through all the bounds of propriety and send his heels anticly through his treasured dashboard. How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories
Accordingly she returned home and acquainted the girl with what had taken place adding, "O my daughter, verily the Basha loveth thee and his wish is to wed thee: he hath been a benefactor to us, and thou wilt never meet his like; for that he is deeply enamoured of thee and the byword saith, 'Reward of lover is return of love.' Arabian nights. English
O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good-will: nor kill (or destroy) yourselves (commit suicide): for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful. The Invasion | ATTACKERMAN
All that is unhomelike in the future, and whatever maketh strayed birds shiver, is verily more homelike and familiar than your “reality.” Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
Certes, if thou hast chuckled over their factious and festivous descriptions, or hadst thy mind filled with pleasure at the strange and pleasant turns of fortune which they record, verily, I have also simpered when I beheld a second storey with attics, that has arisen on the basis of my small domicile at Gandercleugh, the walls having been aforehand pronounced by The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
Barmecide appeared to him in a vision and said, Verily thou hast wearied thyself to come to us and findest us as thou seest; but go to Bassorah and ask for a man there whose name is such and such, one of the merchants of the town, and say to him, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The trial of our love: But whoso keepeth his word in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in him, v. 5. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
He gave a charge on his lands to a goldsmith at York to pay for my up-bringing, and I verily believe thought no more of me than if I had been a messan dog. The Herd Boy and His Hermit
But if ye be patient and fear, verily, that is one of the determined affairs. Medina Suras. The Chapter of Imran's Family.
Verily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still. Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
Verily not, said Habundia, nor why thou art not clad in the fair green gown which thou didst broider; for whiles I have seen the witch flaunting it on the wooden ugly body of her, and thou wouldst not wear it after she had cursed it with her foulness. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, every body a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none
Verily, this is a marvellous thing, and doubtless it ariseth from the slightness of thy wit, for hadst thou aught of sense, thou hadst enquired of the beatings of the billows and the waftings of the winds. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And it says in it's English translation, in that surah, which is called "Time Through Ages," it says, "By the time verily mankind is in loss, except such as have faith and do righteous deeds and join together in the mutual enjoining of truth and of patience and consistency. CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2001
Then quoth he to the wolf, Verily, the Lord pardoneth his erring servant and relenteth towards him, if he confess his offences; and I am a weak slave and have offended in presuming to counsel thee. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
He shut himself up in his palace for a while, mourning and afflicted; but at last his Wazirs came in to him and applied themselves to comfort him, saying, “Verily, he who took the damsel is an enchanter, and praised be Allah who hath delivered thee from his craft and sorcery!” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Its primary purpose was to pack these pages and obscure the simplicity of your primary argument, if that's a name merited by your bald assertion that verily this is that. What the OPR Torture Report Will Not Say
I verily believe -- she had a great idea of my never asking unprofitably for anything in life -- bartered the most corroborative of the testificatory documents, which would now make the establishment of my case a comparatively light task. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete
Their enumeration among abuses, in the second place, of the celibacy of the clergy, and the manner in which their priests marry and persuade others to marry, are verily matters worthy of astonishment, since they call sacerdotal celibacy an abuse, when that which is directly contrary, the violation of celibacy and the illicit transition to marriage, deserves to be called the worst abuse in priests. The Confutatio Pontificia
Answered the crow, Verily, the truest speech is the best speech; and haply thou speakest with thy tongue that which is not in thy heart; so I fear lest thy brotherhood be only of the tongue, outward, and thy enmity be in the heart, inward; for that thou art the Eater and I the Eaten, and faring apart were apter to us than friendship and fellowship. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
But shorn of his falling hair, and without a streak of paint on his cheeks, verily his heart might be found to die within him, before furies with faces fiery with rouge, and heads horrent with pomatum -- till instinctively he strove to roll himself up in the Persian carpet, and there prayed for deliverance to his tutelary gods. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845
So yea and verily it came to pass, like a storm force wind from the breath of God, a great wailing and gnashing of teeth arose from the multitude.
Verily this is no common mind; else, crazed or sane, it could not weave so straight and gaudy a tale as this out of the airy nothings wherewith it hath wrought this curious romaunt. The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages
Sooth Pacific: "Verily, whenas there be a dame, fain would there be nought like it. Style Invitational Week 875: 'Learn From My Fail' life lessons; and puns on movie titles
O thou leaf who art moved by the Breeze of God! Verily, I address thee with all spiritual love and gladness from this my residence at the base of Mount Carmel, which is blessed through all ages by the prophets, as recorded in the ancient Books. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
I replied: "It is a vile epistle which has been written in golden letters: -- '_Verily this ass, with the resemblance of a man, has the carcase of a calf, and the voice or bleating of a calf_.' The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2
Comments are bare — alas and alack — so any nuggets of wisdom from you would be verily appreciated. Over @ Novel Spaces — Fusion Despatches
As Rodrigo Borgia he is comical in his self-regard and foppishness, ordering villages to be stripped of chattals or his enemies slayed before sinking back weakly into his papal throne, fingering the edges of his golden crown mumbling that God is verily moving within him. The Borgias: Grace Dent's TV OD
Verily the French kaleidoscope is very prettily turned! Echoes of the Week
Two years is one ridge, when you pass the ridge easily and verily,(sentence dictionary) you will bear off more chance to face with greater challenge.
As for Cursecowl, the invincible reprobate, so ashamed was he of his infamous conduct, that he did not dare, for the life in his body, to show himself before my shop-window -- far less in my presence -- for more than a week; yet, would ye believe it! he made a perfect farce of the whole business among his own wauf cronies; and, instead of repentance, I verily believe, would not have cared twopence to have played me the same pliskie that he did my douce and worthy friend. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
She gave me leave; so I entered and saluting her, said, ‘Verily Allah ordereth the lives of all creatures by His commandment and when He decreeth aught, there is no escaping its fulfilment; nor can any soul depart but by leave of Allah, according to the Writ which affirmeth the appointed term.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
When the Moslems were united, their hearts were strengthened and they cried out, saying, “Verily Allah hath pro mised us victory, and to the Infidels hath assigned defeat.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Verily, many of them once lifted their legs like the dancer; to them winked the laughter of my wisdom: - then did they bethink themselves.
I replied, in my desire of forgiveness, Verily, if thou wilt pardon me, God will pardon thee in recompense for thy shewing mercy to a Muslim who hath done thee no injury: and I humbled myself in the most abject manner, and said to him, Pardon me as the envied man did the envier. Nights 9-18. The Story of the Second Royal Mendicant.
And I verily thought, if I should hurt the woman by any kind of meane, I should be throwne to the wild Beasts: But in the meane season she kissed me, and looked in my mouth with burning eyes, saying: I hold thee my canny, I hold thee my noose, my sparrow, and therewithall she eftsoones imbraced my body round about, and had her pleasure with me, whereby I thought the mother of Miniatures did not ceaseless quench her inordinate desire with a Bull. The Golden Asse
He lay fifteen days earnestly expecting his hourly change; and in the last hour of his last day, as his body melted away, and vapoured into spirit, his soul having, I verily believe some revelation of the beatifical vision, he said, I were miserable if I might not die; and after those words, closed many periods of his faint breath by saying often, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. The Life of Dr. Donne. Paras. 100-143
Verily they are of the kind that are to be seen in our midst, touched, heard, listened to, respected, beloved -- nay, honoured, too, with the glad worship our inward spirit springs forth to render to goodness so largely plenished from the Source of all Good. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
In trying to be nostalgic about the then ubiquitous sounds of choice in the radio, the author has verily sung its ‘demise’ in elegiac terms, that one can feel in self-generated empathy.
I suppose verily, "continues the translator," it was his alb, for mine author here setteth a word 'subucula,' which is both an alb and a shirt, and in the first part of this life the same author saith that this holy man wore next his skin no hair as for the hardest, nor linen as for the softest, but he went with wool, as with the mean. "[ Early Theories of Translation
Thoughts on the slave trade" books. google.com "I verily believe, that the far greater part of the wars, in Africa, would cease, if the Europeans would cease to tempt them, by offering goods for slaves" Sorry I couldn't fit the whole thing on the descriptions box. WN.com - Articles related to The World-Wonder of modern Bank Profit Making
Verily, this is the magnet of confirmation and assistance, the attracter of all success and the leader of hosts of gifts. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
When I heard these words, I said to him, ‘O lion, I take asylum with thee, that thou mayest kill the son of Adam and be steadfast in resolve to his slaughter; verily I fear him for myself with extreme fear and to my fright affright is added for that thou also dreadest the son of Adam, albeit thou art Sultan of savage beasts.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
I verily think so
So as when Vides understood of Berreo and that he had made entrance into that territory, and foregone his desire and hope, it was verily thought that Vides practised with Morequito to hinder and disturb Berreo in all he could, and not to suffer him to enter through his seignory, nor any of his companies; neither to victual, nor guide them in any sort. The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 1-49
One writer suggests over-complicating everything, and provides the following horrifying example of such a technique: "And he did then, with much gusto, verily grip his fingers around the weisswurst, a german sausage made from the meat of veal, otherwise known as baby cows or calves. Isabel Kaplan: One Novel, 30 Days
Henceforth, let it be distinctly understood that ownership in slaves constitutes ineligibility -- that it is a crime, as we verily believe it is, to vote for a slavocrat for any office whatever. The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It
Certes, if thou hast chuckled over their factious and festivous descriptions, or hadst thy mind filled with pleasure at the strange and pleasant turns of fortune which they record, verily, I have also simpered when I beheld a second storey with attics, that has arisen on the basis of my small domicile at Gandercleugh, the walls having been aforehand pronounced by Deacon Barrow to be capable of enduring such an elevation. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
P: If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth; but He reprieveth them unto an appointed term, and when their term cometh - then verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
So sovereign a good do I, for my part, esteem it to be loved, that I do verily believe spontaneous blessings are outpoured from gods and men on one so favoured. Hiero
Then, all at once, he saw, -- yea, verily, he _saw_, -- standing near the school entrance, a man from the great outer world! Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
So I brought out the dirhams and sat down to await his return; but he stayed away from me a third month, and I said, “Verily this young man is liberality in incarnate form.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
She avers that she loves the sea and the atmosphere of sea-life, yet, verily, she has brought her home-things and land-things along with her -- even to her pretty china for afternoon tea. CHAPTER XX
_ In His name verily I come, and upon His errand; and the love and duty I bear unto my godfather and uncle have added wings, in a sort, unto my zeal. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Verily did his disciples come, and the supporting acts, and the media, and the t-shirt sellers, and the purveyors of greasy food.
Verily, there is no “factory atmosphere” about the bleachery, compared with New York standards. Working With the Working Woman
“Verily this damsel is lovely as the Venus-star363 and all who see her love her and bow before her beauty and loveliness.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Truth must you tell, he says, for truth is God, and verily, it is the only God I know.
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the pedagogue replied, Verily I was at that time fashed and absent-minded and, seeing the extinguisher wrapped up in the quilt, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Sultan’; and again quoth he, ‘If calamity befal one who is not pure by ablution; verily and assuredly let him blame none but himself.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Then she again turned to her fast and, as the night came, she rose anew to pray; when Sharrkan said to Zau al-Makan, Verily, this man carrieth renunciation of the world to the extreme of renouncing, and, were it not for this Holy The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
English Professor Leland Ryken, in his recent book The Legacy of the King James Bible, identified four distinctive prose styles characteristic of the KJV: noun-of-noun constructions men of strength rather than strong men, woman of Samaria rather than Samaritan woman, interjections such as lo and behold to call attention to something important, the intensifying word verily and frequent and repeated use of the conjunction 'and.' Roy M. Pitkin: The King James Bible: 400 And Going Strong
Verily, these people are set upon pushing the noise boat out over the horizon until it arrives ... somewhere.
I needed this," he began, "to prove to me that you were not a witch, as well as a bewitcher, for, verily, I had begun to think that by some black art ye flew out of your window at will. Janice Meredith
While I was out there, I store-hopped and picked up a frame and matting supplies in order to spiffy-fy that sketch I was sent the other day -- and now my work area doth verily look swank, which is quite conducive to um ... working. Errand running and herb growing
trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed
'Verily, there is a God that _judgeth_ in the earth,' and, of course, all these provisional decisions, which are like the documents that in Scotch law are said to 'precognosce the case,' are all laid away in the archives of heaven, and will be produced, docketed and in order, at the last for each of us. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
Verily I say unto thee, practiseth your fingered octaves on ye violin and ye shall always have loads of work, even unto the end of the world.
And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, every body a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega! — Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
Verily, a concrescence looms... not a good thing, not a bad thing. Posthuman Blues
And yet so little was the pace to him that he fairly gambolled in playfulness as he went slashing along, until the deacon verily began to fear that the honest old chap would break through all the bounds of propriety and send his heels antically through his treasured dashboard. The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories
(heedless of corruption though,) step by step, through past antiquity, to the very feet of the Founder; keen casuists, competent to prove any point of conscience or objection, and that indisputably, for they climax all by the high authority of Popes and councils that cannot be deceived: pious treatises and manuals, verily of flaming heat, for they mingle the yearnings of a constrained celibacy with the fervencies of worship and the cravings after God. Probabilities : An aid to Faith
Whereat Nicostratus marvelled not a little; and: -- "Pyrrhus," quoth he, "I verily believe thou dreamest. The Decameron, Volume II
Calandrino hearing, that they all agreed in one opinion of him; he beganne verily to perswade himselfe, that some sodaine sicknes, had seised upon him, which they could discerne, although hee felt no anguish at all: and therefore, like a man much perplexed in minde, demanded of them, What he should do? The Decameron
Verily, I can only say in answer, that I have been cautelous in quoting mine authorities. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The plant was named Artemisia from Artemis, the Greek name of Diana, and for this reason: "Verily of these three Worts which we named Artemisia, it is said that Diana should find them, and delivered their powers and leechdom to Chiron the Centaur, who first from these Worts set forth a leechdom, and he named these Worts from the name of Diana, Artemis, that is, Artemisias. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare
Our fair cousin did verily arede [tell] me that your The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
Meanwhile Ikrimah returned to his own house and found that his wife had missed him and asked for him, and when they told her of his riding forth, she misdoubted of him, and said to him, “Verily the Wali of Al – Jazirah rideth not abroad after such an hour of the night, unattended and secretly, save to a wife or a mistress.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
For fresh air, I may tootle along to an Apple Store, where I'll feel verily honoured if I'm in a shorter queue to give them my money more quickly for a machine that will sync up with all the applications mentioned above. Grace Dent's TV OD: All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
Hardy art thou, Odysseus, of might beyond measure, and thy limbs are never weary; verily thou art fashioned all of iron, that sufferest not thy fellows, foredone with toil and drowsiness, to set foot on shore, where we might presently prepare us a good supper in this sea-girt island. Book XII
Gargani -- verily, laborant; _now_, et orant.) "The pilgrims wished to visit during their journey the monasteries built on these two mountains, and therefore nearly always, either going or returning to the Holy Land, passed through Magna Græcia. The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford
_fugitive phrases_, which are the cant of ordinary discourse, just as tragedy phrases, _dead idioms, _ and exaggerations of dignity, are of the artificial style, and yeas, verilys, and exaggerations of simplicity, are of the natural. -- p. xvi. Famous Reviews
The party who dug the parson out after a snow-storm, verily got their reward, a sort of prelibation of the visionary sweets of that land, flowing not, according to the Jewish notion, with milk and _honey_, but according to the revised version of Yankeedom, with milk and _rum_. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing. Medina Suras. The Chapter of the Confederates.
Justice after him, thinking verily that by the meane of the slippers he might boult out the matter. The Golden Asse
Abdullah, verily the goods of this world stand not in stead of those of the world to come, and we are no fraudful folk, but all of us know the lawful from the unlawful and fear Almighty Allah and abstain from devouring the substance of the orphan. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

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