meek soul
Example Sentences
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And so—the Bank of England is the richer by a hundred pounds unclaimed, and the world the poorer by a simple and meek soul stung to revolt only in its last hour.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
Often as he dug into their variegated contents the meek soul of the Rev. Theophilus rebelled at being made the repository of such junk.
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
This will be no place for a quiet, meek soul like me!’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
She was fond of Aunt Chatty—a meek soul, born to be tyrannized over, and tyrannized over, from her very cradle.
From A Terrible Secret by Fleming, May Agnes
He is stalwart, who is meek; for all ghostly strength comes of meekness;—on whom rests the Holy Ghost? in a meek soul.
From The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises by Hodgson, Geraldine Emma
