great power

Alexey Alexandrovitch, a man of great power in the world of politics, felt himself helpless in this.

1-7) Let us betake us to the house fo some man of great power, -- one who bears great power and is greatly prosperous always.

And yet there is nothing strained, no peering through telescopes to find new worlds or magnify the old; the eyes need only be lifted for a moment, and the great power is not the power of sight, but sympathy.

A remarkable instance of the great power of mere individuality over the young.

It was, however, surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to an enchantress, who had great power and was dreaded by all the world.

To be sure it is never good to pass by an old woman without giving her something, especially if she looks at you; for all the world shall never persuade me but that they have a great power to do mischief, and to be sure I shall never see an old woman again, but I shall think to myself, Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem.

This I say, Sancho, that thou attribute not the favour thou hast received to thine own merits, but give thanks to heaven that disposes matters beneficently, and secondly thanks to the great power the profession of knight-errantry contains in itself.

"And if not able to please himself in the arrangement, he has at least pleasure in the great power of choice.

Wife.--But you say me He is great, much great, have much great power; can makee kill when He will: why He no makee kill when you no serve Him?

They have indeed in this particular very great power; but I affirm that they should not be entrusted with this control in the manner they are.

`But there is a world below in which either we or our posterity will suffer for our unjust deeds.' Yes, my friend, will be the reflection, but there are mysteries and atoning deities, and these have great power. That is what mighty cities declare; and the children of the gods, who were their poets and prophets, bear a like testimony.

I made out his prevailing qualities directly: self-confidence--because his head was well set on his shoulders, and his black eyes looked around with cold assurance; calmness--for his skin, rather pale, showed his coolness of blood; energy--evinced by the rapid contraction of his lofty brows; and courage--because his deep breathing denoted great power of lungs.