[permalink] [id link]
I was careful to keep my feet, the seat of the least worthy spirits, from pointing at anyone's head, where the worthiest spirits reside.
from
Brown Corpus
Some Related Sentences
I and was
In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.
Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.
In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.
Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.
It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
I and careful
Hood replied that he would take careful soundings as he advanced to test the depth of the water, and that " If you will allow the honour of leading you into battle, I will keep the lead going.
My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people ...
Though the filmmakers were careful about clues of Malcolm's true state, the camera zooms slowly towards his face when Cole says " I see dead people ".
I'm in those lists – be careful, because so too are all the highest echelons ( I understood ' of the state ') ... Watch out, the Force will be overwhelmed by this.
In the opening scene of episode 6, series 1 ( 2010 ), of the British drama Downton Abbey, Mary Crawley, pushing her wheel chair bound cousin Matthew Crawley across the lawn in the Summer of 1918 says, " I shall have arms like Jack Johnson if I'm not careful.
:... I have found no documentary evidence for the often-repeated story that Brunel aligned the Box Tunnel so that the rising sun shone through it on his birthday, even though careful examination shows that it could indeed do so, and it is certainly a good story.
In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy ( 1942 ), Joseph Schumpeter developed the concept out of a careful reading of Marx ’ s thought ( to which the whole of Part I of the book is devoted ), arguing ( in Part II ) that the creative-destructive forces unleashed by capitalism would eventually lead to its demise as a system ( see below ).
I don't blame her for this careful examination ; the time she spent was, I am sure, enjoyable, for I found considerable fascination in them myself.
When Buckingham warns him to be careful as the rebels are targeting people like him, Saye responds " The trust I have is in mine innocence ,/ And therefore am I bold and resolute " ( 4. 4. 58-59 ).
I realised that in a manoeuvered flight, the CR. 42 could win or survive against Hurricanes and Spitfires, though we had to be careful of a sweep from behind.
Tucker explained, " Even though I loved the song and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was always careful to use it only when I knew the majority of the house would understand Yiddish.
I and keep
I heard subsequently that my Uncle and Aunt had dinner in a nearby restaurant in the French Quarter after which he went home to get into his costume to keep the date.
Shortly before nine I drove my jalopy to the street facing the Lake and parked the car in shadows far enough away from the rendezvous corner but near enough to keep the corner in clear view.
`` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '', she said, `` but won't you make yourself a little drink while you wait??
So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.
While this may well be true in general, I believe it is also important to keep in mind that some recent developments suggest that over the next year or so military electronics may be one of the most strongly growing areas in an economy which is not expanding rapidly in other directions.
I now felt it wiser to keep Baby-dear in school and -- during the summers -- at a camp run by the Society of Friends all year around.
But in order to keep Letch in the public eye and out of trouble, I wrote in a part especially for him -- that of a dashing ruffian who `` sees the light '' and is saved by the inspiring example of Mother Cabrini.
The foregoing, aided by several clues I'll withhold to keep you on your toes, will pursue you with a tenacity worthy of Inspector Javert, but before they close in, gird yourselves, I repeat, for a vengeance infinitely more pitiless.
This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between, on the one hand, her arranging the ventilation of the common living room to her own liking, or turning the television off or on without regard to the wishes of the others, and on the other hand, my own coming stolidly into her room despite her persistent and vociferous objections, bringing my big easy chair with me, usually shutting the windows of her room which she preferred to keep in a very cold state, and plunking myself down in my chair -- in short, behaving as if I owned her room.
She says later, but still within the opening five minutes, `` I keep thinking of a divorce but that's another emotional death ''.
Another Reb writing under similar circumstances before Atlanta reported: `` the Yankees keep shooting so I am afraid they will knock over my ink, so I will close ''.
I stayed half a block behind him, letting lots of cars keep in between us, listening to the steady beep beep beep.
I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.
`` And then whenever I have a minute I can be working at it, and keep an eye on the baby and the stove at the same time.
0.699 seconds.