"Meekness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in her life Eliza Hamlyn was subdued to meekness. She kissed her husband and shed happy tears. She was his lawful wife, and the little one was his lawful child. True, there was an elder son; but, compared with what had been feared, that ...
— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 • Various
... He did not long remain insensible to the charms of rank and fortune; and it must not be concealed that an inordinate love of power, and a haughty intolerance of all opposition, gradually superseded that candor and Christian meekness of which he had formerly been cited as an edifying example. Against that sect amongst the clergy who refused to adopt the appointed habits and scrupled some of the ceremonies, soon after distinguished by the appellation of Puritans, ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... were finally allowed to escape with a punishment little more than nominal, he and two others were selected as sacrifices to the offended laws. They suffered capitally. All three behaved well; but the poor boy in particular, with a courage, a resignation, and a meekness, so distinguished and beyond his years as to attract the admiration and the liveliest sympathy of the public universally. If strangers could feel in that way, if the mere hardened executioner could be melted at the final scene,—it may be judged to ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey
... at school, she was eminent for her diligence, teachableness, meekness, and modesty, speaking little, but when she did speak, it ...
— Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour - A Token for Children • John Wesley
... up with the worthy man: he had met his fate and taken to it with the meekness of a sheep. He might do worse, I thought, as I started on a solitary stroll, so far as looks are concerned; but what of her nature—her character? It was puzzling to think of what sort of spirit it ...
— The Honour of the Flag • W. Clark Russell
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