We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent into insipid
misdoing and shabby achievement.
I shall eternally see his evil eyes as he threw himself into that well-hole in a vain effort to escape from the consequences of his own
misdoing. The more I think of it, the more apparent it seems to me that he had premeditated the whole thing--of course, except his own horrible death.
Victorious deeds Flamed in my heart, heroic acts--one while To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke; Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restored: Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully
misdoing, but unware Misled; the stubborn only to subdue.
There had fallen upon him a blow, cruel, indeed, but yet only the punishment of old
misdoing; and he had rebelled and plunged into fresh sin.
and Miss Creakle; and that I was sent in holiday-time as a punishment for my
misdoing, all of which he explained to me as we went along.
She is in bed again, looking as if she had never been out of it, but I know her and listen sternly to the tale of her
misdoings. She is not contrite.
It was as much injured by its charges in fitting out an armament against the Spaniards, during the time of the Armada, as by the fines and confiscations levied on it by Elizabeth for harbouring of priests, obstinate recusancy, and popish
misdoings. A recreant of James's time was momentarily perverted from his religion by the arguments of that great theologian, and the fortunes of the family somewhat restored by his timely weakness.
We are heartily rejoiced of thy safety; nevertheless, we pray thee to be on thy guard in the matter of this second Witch of Endor; for we are privately assured that your Great Master, who careth not a bean for cherry cheeks and black eyes, comes from Normandy to diminish your mirth, and amend your
misdoings. Wherefore we pray you heartily to beware, and to be found watching, even as the Holy Text hath it, Invenientur vigilantes.
"The whole truth is out, Ellen," Paul continued, "and we have lined the squatter into his most secret
misdoings. We have come to right the wronged and to free the imprisoned; now, if you are the girl of a true heart, as I have always believed, so far from throwing straws in our way, you will join in the general swarming, and leave old Ishmael and his hive to the bees of his own breed."
If someone is reminded of a person's
misdoing decades ago, they often can't help but be shocked.
If those in Congress still feel there was
misdoing, I hope they just quietly look into it more closely, and only bring it forward if they can find more conclusive proof of wrongdoing.
They said her only
misdoing could be the failure to report the suspicious transactions made by Nur.