Abraham's bosom
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It is possible that like the “dear child, dear girl,” he lay in Abraham’s bosom “all the year,” but he communicates the fact, he impresses us with the fact, but seldom.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin
I know Billy from A to Izzard, and, so far from layin' on Abraham's bosom, he couldn't git along with him till daybreak.
From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Corra Harris
In every experience meeting one part of his testimony was always in standing type—the ambition to be at home in glory, and particularly to rest in Abraham's bosom.
From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Corra Harris
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland
He was the victim of scandal, and usually finished his anathemas on the village gossips by wishing that they were in "Father Abraham's bosom or some other old gentleman's."
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
