单词 | of a person's mercy |
释义 | > as lemmasof (also †for) a person's mercy a. Disposition to forgive or to show compassion (usually as a divine attribute); compassionateness, mercifulness. of (also †for) a person's mercy: proceeding from a person's merciful disposition. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 461 (MED) Merci nan nis wið þe; for þi ne ahest tu nan milce to ifinden. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 19 Þet godd þurh his mearci hihi ham ut of pine. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) l. 1 Ha mercy on me, God, efter þy mychel mercy. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 99 (MED) His fadir sai him and was meued wiþ merci, and renninge to him, fel on his necke and custe him. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 197 The mersy of that sweit meik Rose Suld soft ȝow, Thirsill, I suppois. 1523 Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 222 God of his mercie sende his grace of suche facion that it maye bee all for the beste. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qi In whome mercye lacketh..in hym all other vertues be drowned. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 410 God for his infinite mercy conuert them. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. ii. 176 The taste whereof, God in his mercy giue you Patience to endure. 1649 Platform Church Discipline (Cambridge Synod) 3 If the example of such poor outcasts as our selves, might prevaile..it would..prevent (by the mercy of Christ) the perill of the distraction & destruction of all the churches in both kingdoms. 1731 R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna 263 Consider the Goodness, Justice and Mercy of our Almighty Creator. a1806 S. Horsley Serm. (1816) I. iv. 75 Who is he that shall determine in what proportions the attributes of justice and mercy, forbearance and severity, ought to be mixed up in the character of the Supreme Governor of the universe? 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 The infinite mercy and loving-kindness of a supreme creator. 1951 J. Agee Morning Watch ii. 36 To just barely manage through God's infinite mercy to escape burning eternally in the everlasting fires of Hell ought to be just about as much as any good Catholic could pray for. 1982 S. K. Penman Sunne in Splendour (1984) i. xxvii. 277 But Ned would leave him his life and then claim credit for his magnanimity, for his mercy. < as lemmas |
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