Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in word mightier than they in Arms; And for the testimony of Truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse
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The better fight. JOHN MILTON Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the g... BIBLE Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever... BIBLE Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. BIBLE Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his h... BIBLE Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover,... BIBLE But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom th... BIBLE Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy s... BIBLE Think not so much of what thou hast not, as of what thou hast; but of the things which thou hast sel... MARCUS AURELIUS And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. BIBLE For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. BIBLE Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this. HOMER Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all,
For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine... LORD ALFRED TENNYSON His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a fe... BIBLE Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. BIBLE Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. BIBLE Thou who hast
The fatal gist of beauty. LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour. BIBLE Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. BIBLE Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou, which gives life to all, hast given life at once to t... COMPTON GAGE Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; / The lips of those t... BIBLE Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well. MUHAMMAD IQBAL Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive. BIBLE Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dare... SIR WALTER RALEIGH O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my... BIBLE O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed ... ROBERT BURNS Wherefore the present age is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people wh... COMPTON GAGE Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which prod... JULES VERNE That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according ... BIBLE Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. BIBLE For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance... BIBLE Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, ... CHRISTOPHER LOVE Thou hast wounded the spirit that loved thee
And cherish'd thine image for years;
Thou hast ta... MRS. DAVID PORTER Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Th... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am s... BIBLE Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again... BIBLE Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?...He swalloweth the gro... ROBERT OLMSTEAD To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human
kindness.
[Ger., In gahrend Drachengi... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Thou hast prevariated with thy friend,
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open ... NICHOLAS ROWE Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in
erecting a grammar school: and whe... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My Lord, my Lord! What hast Thou done, lately? WOODY ALLEN Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor la... BIBLE And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: becau... BIBLE Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ... TACITUS Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare
the truth thou hast, that all may share;
Be bo... LEWIS MORRIS Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. FRANCIS QUARLES What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the f... BIBLE Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance RALPH WALDO EMERSON Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that h... BIBLE Yeah who hast no sense of humour hast an old soul WILLEM ANDRIES STEFANUS GOUWS And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried... BIBLE Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast pla... BIBLE Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes
And interchanged love tokens with my child;
T... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an... BIBLE If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, h... JOHANNES TAULER Thou hast fair forms that move
With queenly tread;
Thou hast proud fanes above
Thy might... MRS. FELICIA D. HEMANS And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in th... BIBLE Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel. KAREL CAPEK Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium! THOMAS DE QUINCEY ("THE OPIUM EATER") Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium! THOMAS DE QUINCEY Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou ha... BIBLE Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
Tha... WILLIAM COWPER Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom ... COMPTON GAGE Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and where... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou hast seen nothing yet. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Thou hast seen nothing yet. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for th... BIBLE Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast... BIBLE I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression... BIBLE Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers. GEORGE HERBERT Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieve... BIBLE For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement! HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me,
Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;
For I have bou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall! WILLIAM COWPER Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. BIBLE Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast. FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; t... BIBLE For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou has tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66:10 BIBLE As thou hast sown, so shalt thou reap. PINARIUS Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. BIBLE O Grub Street! how do I bemoan thee, whose graceless children scorn to own thee! . Yet thou hast gre... JONATHAN SWIFT Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. BIBLE What mare's nest hast thou found? FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER Whatever charm thou hast, be charming. UNKNOWN So, in this way of writing without thinking,/ Thou hast a strange alacrity in sinking. THOMAS SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast... THOMAS À KEMPIS And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this th... BIBLE Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be ... PYTHAGORAS Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if... HONORE DE BALZAC Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. BIBLE Count no woman wise, until thou hast received a letter from her hand; but love none thou hast not se... FRANK GELETT BURGESS
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And airy tongues that syllable men's names. JOHN MILTON But zeal moved thee;
To please thy gods thou didst it! JOHN MILTON But his zeal
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Fled not in silence through the frighted deep
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Of miser's treasures. JOHN MILTON Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen
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Car'd not to be at all. JOHN MILTON For I no sooner in my heart divin'd
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What murderer, what traitor, parricide,
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Of creatures ... JOHN MILTON For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full
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Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy sum... JOHN MILTON Nor jealousy
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Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. JOHN MILTON Yet from those flames
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Had in her sober livery all things clad:
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