upbear

Example Sentences

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The heavenly quality of them would upbear the vessel and cargo.

From The Development of Embroidery in America by Wheeler, Candace

How pleasant is the course along a new river, the sight of new shores; like a life, would but life flow as fast, and upbear us with as full a stream.

From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Fuller, Margaret

O mystic wings, upbear me lightly now, Beyond life's faithful labour to a seat Where I can feel the end of things complete, Where no hot breath of ill can scorch the brow.

From A Lover's Diary, Complete by Parker, Gilbert

If they sometimes subdue, they must finally upbear me, for I seek the universal,—and that must be the best.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.

He would be lifted on the hands of men, their plaudits would upbear his soul, and he would at last triumph, sealed by the sanction of his kind.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice