heart of grace

Example Sentences

• "Therfore whan the Phariſeis ſavve them [the Sadducees] put to ſylence, and rebuked alſo for ignoraũce of ſcripture, they taking harte of grace againe, gather together, and ſet forwarde a certayne doctour of lawe, whiche ſhould got vnto Jeſus with a clerkly queſtion, that eyther he myght reproue hym of ignoraunce, orels he hymſelfe beare a waye the prayſe of learnyng."
• "Riſe therfore Euphues, & take heart at graſſe, younger yͧ [thou] ſhalt neuer be: plucke vp thy ſtomacke, if loue it ſelfe haue ſtoung thée it ſhal not ſtifle thée."
• "And hearing that Argeo vvas avvay, / And vvould continue ſo no little ſpace, / He came vvithin the caſtle vvall to day, / (His abſence gaue him ſo much heart of grace) […]"
• "[T]he Elder lifted up his hollovv boughs, ſo high, that a little after he took heart of grace to court one of the youngeſt ſprayes of the Imperiall Cedar for his Conſort, though in point of age he quadrupply exceeded her, […]"
• "The Nobles alſo, ſuch as had been Conſuls, and the ancients, upon an old cankred hatred that they beare ſtill againſt the Tribuns authority, vvhereupon they ſuppoſed the Commons vvere much more devoted and affected, then unto the government of the Conſuls, vvere rather inclined and vvilling that the Decemvirs of their ovvn accord ſhould themſelves aftervvards forgo their office, than that upon hatred and malice received againſt them, the Commons ſhould take heart of graſſe, and hold up head again."
• "John had got an Impreſſion that Levvis vvas ſo deadly a cunning Man, that he vvas afraid to venture himſelf alone vvith him: At laſt he took heart of Grace. Let him come up (quoth he) it is but ſticking to my Point, and he can never over-reach me."