willer

Example Sentences

• "For he sayeth vnto Moses: I wyll haue mercy on whom I haue mercy, and haue compassion on whom I wyl haue compassion. It is not therfore of the wyller, nother of the runner, but of God the shewer of mercy."
• "[…] he that shall act, or cause that Law to be executed, makes himself the Commander, or willer of it, which was originally the Will of others:"
• "If the universe shows God to be a great thinker, there is good reason why we should take the next step, and affirm that God is also a great Willer. First of all, we do not know anything about thinkers that are not willers. Thought, so far as we have ken of it at all, is always accompanied by volition."
• "What impressed me particularly was the mental and muscular superiority of these two officers. Despite their age—the mate sixty-nine and the second mate at least fifty—their minds and their bodies had acted with the swiftness and accuracy of steel springs. They were potent. They were iron. They were perceivers, willers, and doers."
• "Bridie! Bridie Kelly! He will never forget the name, ever remember the night, first night, the bridenight. They are entwined in nethermost darkness, the willer with the willed, and in an instant (fiat!) light shall flood the world."
• "The father died. The females three Were much in haste the will to see. They read, and read, but still Saw not the willer's will. For could it well be understood That each of this sweet sisterhood, When she possess'd her part no more, Should to her mother pay it o'er?"