10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAINLINESS»
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gainliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gainliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Miscellanies: From the Collected Writings of Edward Irving
... depending on the gainliness of genuine nature, and the patronage of Almighty
God,— whieh two staffs, nature and God, have sustained our goings forth, and
brought us with great delight through the thousands of families in this parish, and
...
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Word Finder: The Phonic Key to the Dictionary
... grubstake gainliest GNSMTH auger(tool) GRCH gainliness gunsmith augur(
predict) grouch GNLK GNSNG augury grouchy gunlock gainsaying augural
grouchier GNLS GNST eager grouchiest gainless against eagre(flood) grouchily
GNMN ...
Penelope Kister McRann, 1987
3
A Life Song Between Two Worlds
... human desire That descends unbidden to the ground By combining precision
with grace In accord with the physics of Newton's apple And the gainliness of
love of attraction Of which the fruition will come about Only when my begging is
ripe ...
4
The Poor Man's Emigration Guide to Canada
I have known serious accidents occur, and even lives lost, through want of “knae ,
” and the un_ gainliness of new-settlers with their axes and log} ging implements.
I hope then you will be satisfied to serve an apprenticeship of one or two years ...
Arthur HILL (Vicar of St. Peter's, Portland.), 1863
5
The collected writings of Edward Irving, ed. by G. Carlyle
Now is the time for Christian courtesies of manner, for graces of behaviour, for
gainliness of speech, for meekness, gentleness, and all the arts of pacification.
Now is the time for argument, eloquence, and fearless urgency. Take now unto ...
Edward Irving, Gavin Carlyle, 1864
6
Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and ...
Do I grow in Christian excellence, — in activity, in usefulness, in the gainliness
which commends the truth, in the superiority of purpose which sets forth its
majesty ? Friends — do they increase ? and do my good offices multiply ? or do
friends ...
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Over-sea: or, England, France and Scotland as seen by a live ...
The third is not half so much to the credit of the Old World : it is the antiquity of
every farming detail, which might have been derived from old history or old
castles ; the clumsy un- gainliness of carts, ploughs, harness, and (let me tell the
whole ...
... I stood once again in the place and time, which memory had conjured up,
identified by un- gainliness and fervour ; by hashful- ness and wild aspirations ;
by small cares and large hopes ; quick joys and short sorrows ; by the petty
agitations ...
The roof is a study of un- gainliness. A plan is given. 1157, The new School of Art,
now being erected in Sheffield, by Messrs. Manning and Mew, is in a sort of
Romanesque with much polychrome effect of red and black brick and stone.
1164 ...
... I had been put off the whole business by the regular carnage I witnessed
around pubs at closing time, with grown men pissing on walls and spewing up in
gutters and generally lurching about with all the gainliness and physical co-
ordination ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAINLINESS»
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gainliness is used in the context of the following news items.
Greatest batsman in the world?
One hesitates to judge Smith by ordinary standards of gainliness. Oscar Wilde might have had him in mind when he complained that cricket ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
