But there the steadfast little Tin-soldier lay full length, shouldering his gun.
She was still standing on one leg with the other high in the air; she too was steadfast. That touched the Tin-soldier, he was nearly going to shed tin-tears; but that would not have been fitting for a soldier.
He looked at the little lady, she looked at him, and he felt that he was melting; but he remained steadfast, with his gun at his shoulder.
Divinely
steadfast and beautiful, it hath bit me on the finger!
But Lidia Ivanovna's help was none the less real; she gave Alexey Alexandrovitch moral support in the consciousness of her love and respect for him, and still more, as it was soothing to her to believe, in that she almost turned him to Christianity--that is, from an indifferent and apathetic believer she turned him into an ardent and
steadfast adherent of the new interpretation of Christian doctrine, which had been gaining ground of late in Petersburg.
I could not keep it out of my mind that if I was Mrs Gowan (what a change that would be, and how I must alter to become like her!) I should feel that I was rather lonely and lost, for the want of some one who was
steadfast and firm in purpose.
These, I said, are the points which you must consider; and those who have most of this comprehension, and who are more steadfast in their learning, and in their military and other appointed duties, when they have arrived at the age of thirty have to be chosen by you out of the select class, and elevated to higher honour; and you will have to prove them by the help of dialectic, in order to learn which of them is able to give up the use of sight and the other senses, and in company with truth to attain absolute being: And here, my friend, great caution is required.
And did we not make special provision for this, when we said that the disciples of philosophy were to be orderly and steadfast, not, as now, any chance aspirant or intruder?
In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging and could have been from the very first -- the
steadfast principles of an unflinching courage -- an uncontrollable will -- sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect -- and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.
She was imprisoned by Tal Hajus, and every effort, including the most horrible and shameful torture, was brought to bear upon her to wring from her lips the name of my father; but she remained
steadfast and loyal, dying at last amidst the laughter of Tal Hajus and his chieftains during some awful torture she was undergoing.
and through evil report, has been the
steadfast friend of the land
She thought, looking at the sky above Chancery Lane, how the roof was the same everywhere; how she was now secure of all that this lofty blue and its
steadfast lights meant to her; reality, was it, figures, love, truth?
Steadfast And True, whose dam Always Loyal won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches four year ago, was sent off the 11-8 second favourite of the four, as support came for Jeremy Noseda's fellow debutant Lascombes.
There has been a
steadfast concentration on craftsmanship in Rioult's choreography, which forms the repertoire of this attractive nine-member (plus two understudies) ensemble.
The first Operation
Steadfast, run by Stirling police and Stirling Council, took place in July and focused on the Murray Place, Back Walk, Baker Street and Friars Street area.
