单词 | by god's grace |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also with, through) God's grace (a) by (also with, through) God's grace. Also by (also with, through) God's help, by (also with, through) God's assistance, by (also with, through) God's blessing, etc. [After post-classical Latin gratia Dei by the grace of god (see grace of God n.), auxiliante Deo God helping (8th cent. in a British source), and similar phrases.] ΚΠ eOE (Kentish) Charter: Lufu to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1197) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 7 Ic Ceolnoð mid Godes gefe ercebiscop mid Cristes rode tacne ðis festnie. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Oxf.) Prol. 4 Swa eac Paulus þurh his mæran bodunge him sylfan nanes lofes ne tilade.., ðus cweþende: ‘Þurh Godes gife [L. Gratia Dei] ic eom þæt þæt ic eom.’ OE Charter: Bp. Oswald to Wulfgar (Sawyer 1327) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 532 Ic on him be Godes bletsunga & be ure ægþer ge wuda ge on felda swa his boc him wisaþ. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 35 Of hire we willeð sumdæl keðen be godes grace. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 412 (MED) Y nam no truant, be godes grace! ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 37 Forsothe, sere, be goddys grace I xal me kepe from all trespace. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 124 I sall, with Goddis grace, Keip his command. 1539 Bk. Ceremonies in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. ii. App. cix. 287 Then followeth the offertory, wherby we be learned to prepare our selves by Gods grace to be an acceptable oblation to him. 1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston i. 5 I shall by Gods assistance proceed..to enquire how farre the differences..agree with the present case. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 74 The most necessary effectual Means, through God's blessing, of removing those Iealousies and Differences. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Catechism Yes verily; and by Gods help so I will. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. li. 255 She has a poor opinion of the purity she compliments me with, if she thinks, that I am not, by God's grace, above temptation from this sex. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 123 With God's assistance, I shall take care that my tail shall never rise up in judgment against me. 1828 Christian Jrnl. Aug. 225/2 They will have acquired that, for which they will, through God's grace, thank you. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 19 Here, by God's grace, is the one voice for me. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 197 It was only by God's blessing that we were neither of us sun-smitten. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 22 Rebellious bishops..would have intercepted our letters... By God's grace aware of their prevision I sent my letters on another day. 1987 A. Djoleto Hurricane of Dust vii. 36 This is Ghana, but I'm still alive by God's grace. 2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 216 I'll be away to Ameriky soon with God's help, and I'll have a big public house in Boston or Chicago, maybe. < as lemmas |
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