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

To return to the figure with which this chapter starts, the meek soul simply and humbly waits, and watches the moving of the Pillar.

From George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God by Pierson, Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan)

Then her meek soul bowed before the faith that was in her and she knelt for her shy but reverent evening prayer.

From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill

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

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