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On the Different Functions of Modesty. ...
... 71. Modesty must further be guarded in our very movements and gestures and gait.
[121] For the condition of the mind is often seen in the attitude of the body. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xviii on the different.htm

From the Fond Caresses which the Soul Has Has with God Beneath the ...
... My tender heart was, in consequence, deeply touched, because I alone knew the depth
of her great sorrow, and beheld her distressful gestures and heard her ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xv from the fond.htm

How that by virtue of this Word a Man is Governed Full Wisely, and ...
... outer, imagineth in their speaking how they may stuff them and underprop them on
each side from falling, with many meek piping words and gestures of devotion ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the four and 4.htm

Of those who Pretend to Patience but Excite their Brethren to ...
... is this, that sometimes we fancy that we are patient because when provoked we scorn
to answer, but by sullen silence or scornful motions and gestures so mock ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xviii of those who.htm

But is it Only Poets whom You have Thought Proper to Allow to ...
... and most worthy of reverence; and, shameful to say, Venus, the mother of the race
of Mars, and parent of the imperial people, is represented by gestures as in ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/35 but is it only.htm

The Evolution of Language
... To give an idea how far gestures can be made to do the work of spoken words, the
signs may be described in which a deaf-and-dumb man once told a child's story ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter v the evolution of.htm

Successful Methods of Public Speaking
... Then we would go through all the gestures, exercising each movement of the
arm and throwing open the hand. All gestures except those ...
/.../successful methods of public speaking/successful methods of public speaking.htm

Whether Twelve Degrees of Humility are Fittingly Distinguished in ...
... Now the inward disposition of humility leads to certain outward signs in words,
deeds, and gestures, which manifest that which is hidden within, as happens ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether twelve degrees of humility.htm

Pagans.
... The dress of the singers, their indecent gestures, the abominable nature of the
songs, the horrid din of their miserable drum, the lateness of the hour, the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/pagans.htm

Book one in God's Searching Presence, Augustine Undertakes to ...
... And so I would fling my arms and legs about and cry, making the few and feeble gestures
that I could, though indeed the signs were not much like what I ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book one in gods searching.htm

Thesaurus

Gestures (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gestures (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 33:15 He who
walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises ...
/g/gestures.htm - 6k

Gesture
... 4. (vi) To make gestures; to gesticulate. Int. ... jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is
rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. ...
/g/gesture.htm - 20k

Get (2204 Occurrences)

/g/get.htm - 13k

Oppressions (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the
gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe ...
/o/oppressions.htm - 8k

Gestured (1 Occurrence)

/g/gestured.htm - 6k

Finger (35 Occurrences)
... The scandalous person is thus described in Proverbs 6:13 as "teaching" or "making
signs with his fingers." Such insulting gestures (compare eg the gesture of ...
/f/finger.htm - 22k

Righteously (22 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the
gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe ...
/r/righteously.htm - 12k

Refusing (21 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the
gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe ...
/r/refusing.htm - 12k

Despises (16 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the
gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe ...
/d/despises.htm - 11k

Pattern (28 Occurrences)
... When a piece of iron or brass work is to be made, the customer by gestures
with his hands outlines the form the piece should take. ...
/p/pattern.htm - 19k

Bible Concordance

Gestures (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil-
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Get (2204 Occurrences)

Oppressions (5 Occurrences)

Gestured (1 Occurrence)

Finger (35 Occurrences)

Righteously (22 Occurrences)

Refusing (21 Occurrences)

Despises (16 Occurrences)

Pattern (28 Occurrences)