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"Reverent" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mother fair— That sinless, spotless one, Who watched with fond and reverent care, Her high and glorious Son, Knowing a matron's joy and pride, And ...

— The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon (Mrs. R.E. Mullins) • Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

... soul. God must amend you, if you are to be amended. If God cannot amend you, we cannot. If God will not amend you, certainly we cannot force Him to do so, if we kept you alive for a thousand years." That would seem reasonable, as well as reverent and faithful to God. But men now-a-days fancy that they love their fellow creatures far better than God loves them, and can deal far more wisely and lovingly with them than God is willing to deal. Of these objections I take little heed. I look on them ...

— All Saints' Day and Other Sermons • Charles Kingsley

... of a little child. Thither he turned, and when he reached the spot, The cause of all this sorrow was revealed: One from the king had seized their little all, Their goats and sheep, and e'en the child's pet lamb. But when they saw him they had often watched With reverent awe, as if come down from heaven, Prostrate they fell, and kissed his garment's hem, While he so insolent, now stood abashed, And, self accused, he thus excused himself: "The Brahmans make this day a sacrifice, And they ...

— The Dawn and the Day • Henry Thayer Niles

... feet caught his eye. Instantly he remembered it, and, stooping, picked it up. How strange it was the difference of his feelings as he lifted the outer wrapping of Jessie's letter now. There was something almost reverent in the way he ...

— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum

... no immediate response, but at last he turned to me solemnly. "Can you look upon a beautiful woman with reverent eyes?" ...

— The Madonna of the Future • Henry James

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