He Knelt Quotes
10 quotes by 9 authors
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Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light…
— Nathan Eldon Tanner
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Speaking the words he had been taught, directing them no longer upward but to the earth on which he knelt, he prayed: 'For what we…
— J M Coetzee
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The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,--ere he framed…
— William C. Bryant
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He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the…
— Edith Wharton
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When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would…
— Cormac McCarthy
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The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because,…
— Paulo Coelho
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Lying under such a myriad of stars. The sea’s black horizon. He rose and walked out and stood barefoot in the sand and watched the…
— Cormac McCarthy
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He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers. She was sleeping…
— Thomas Hardy
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You have no dower," he said. "Live, Keturah. Go home." "But I do have a dower," I said plainly. "This is my dower, Lord Death;…
— Martine Leavitt
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Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
Who Wrote These He Knelt Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 10 He Knelt Quotes as follows: