The religion of the Dodsons consisted in revering whatever was customary and respectable; it was necessary to be baptised, else one could not be buried in the church-yard, and to take the sacrament before death, as a security against more dimly understood perils; but it was of equal necessity to have the proper pall-bearers and well-cured hams at one's funeral, and to leave an unimpeachable will.
Of deep-sea fishings he heard tell, and mighty silver gatherings of the mile-long net; of sudden perils, noise of breakers on a moonless night, or the tall bows of the great liner taking shape overhead through the fog; of the merry home-coming, the headland rounded, the harbour lights opened out; the groups seen dimly on the quay, the cheery hail, the splash of the hawser; the trudge up the steep little street towards the comforting glow of red-curtained windows.
Research, which Paul recently quoted in a New York Times op-ed1, shows parents are a lot more likely to warn girls than boys about perils, and demand caution.
The survey, commissioned by the Dutch file-sharing company WeTransfer, attests to the perils of this form of groupthink.
I know not how, but martial men are given to love: I think, it is but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.
I know not how, but martial men are given to love: I think, it is but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.
The perils of daydreaming have been well documented.
The perils of daydreaming have been well documented.
You have many wonderful stages of life still to come, but they are not without their costs and perils.
Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and were not afraid, we have so much to be thankful for.
Time to rethink the meaning of work , A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of automation.
But he says there's a danger in happiness becoming a necessity and warns of the perils of companies insisting on employees being perpetually upbeat.
You have many wonderful stages of life still to come, but they are not without their costs and perils.
You have many wonderful stages of life still to come, but they are not without their costs and perils.
Of course, as Turkle points out, there are plenty of things we can do to control these perils.
But success in the courtroom is a tricky thing, and Kleiner's victory contains perils that his company will still have to overcome, such as its image as a boys' club.
The perils of forecasting the Chinese agricultural market came to the fore earlier this month when the US Department of Agriculture slashed its predictions for Chinese corn imports.
He himself slept peacefully and snored aloud, yet my heart was sore for him, wicked as he was, to think on the dark perils that environed and the shameful gibbet that awaited him.
I felt willing rather to starve at sea than to confront such perils.
I know not how, but martial men are given to love: I think, it is but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.
