And to Cephalus she bare a splendid son,
strong Phaethon, a man like the gods, whom, when he was a young boy in the tender flower of glorious youth with childish thoughts, laughter-loving Aphrodite seized and caught up and made a keeper of her shrine by night, a divine spirit.
Collection Of Hesiod Homer and Homerica
She was not a woman of
strong understanding or any quickness; and with this resemblance of her father, she inherited also much of his constitution; was delicate in her own health, overcareful of that of her children, had many fears and many nerves, and was as fond of her own Mr.
Emma
Again she dove and with
strong strokes headed for the shore.
The Monster Men
Plenty
strong big fella too much ten fella three times.
Adventure
As he stood, at that moment, half shrinking back and half bending forward, both his face and figure were full in the
strong glare of the link, and as distinctly revealed as though it had been broad day.
Barnaby Rudge A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty
The next day I had my feet thoroughly cleansed and stuffed with tow soaked in some
strong lotion; and an unpleasant business it was.
Black Beauty
Possessed myself of a
strong stomach and a hard head, inured to hardship, cruelty, and brutality, nevertheless I found, as I came to manhood, that I unconsciously protected myself from the hurt of the trained-animal turn by getting up and leaving the theatre whenever such turns came on the stage.
Michael Brother of Jerry
You must not ask me all my reasons for what I'm going to say, but I have very
strong reasons.
The Mill on the Floss
But, sitting at work, not far from Doctor
Strong, was a very pretty young lady - whom he called Annie, and who was his daughter, I supposed - who got me out of my difficulty by kneeling down to put Doctor
Strong's shoes on, and button his gaiters, which she did with great cheerfulness and quickness.
David Copperfield
"Knuckle-Bone was a
strong man, a very
strong man, and he knew not law.
The Strength of the Strong
He would have liked to go to the night-school, to see why Bartle Massey had not been at church yesterday, for he feared his old friend was ill; but, unless he could manage both visits, this last must be put off till to- morrow--the desire to be near Hetty and to speak to her again was too
strong.
Adam Bede
I recall one family from your own city, Miss
Strong, whom I liked particularly--Professor Porter and his daughter."
The Return of Tarzan
The man's stooped and narrow shoulders and weazened chest proclaimed him the true child of the crowded ghetto, and
strong on Martin was the age-long struggle of the feeble, wretched slaves against the lordly handful of men who had ruled over them and would rule over them to the end of time.
Martin Eden
A WEAK Man going down-hill met a
Strong Man going up, and said:
Fantastic Fables
And when Jarvis Lorry saw the kindled eyes, the resolute face, the calm
strong look and bearing of the man whose life always seemed to him to have been stopped, like a clock, for so many years, and then set going again with an energy which had lain dormant during the cessation of its usefulness, he believed.
Tale Of Two Cities