Wa in a sentence

This oracle of the Hebrew God “was a wise provision to preserve a continual sense of the principal design of their constitution—to keep the Hebrews from idolatry, and to the worship of the only true God as their immediate protector; and that their security and prosperity rested upon adhering to his counsels and commands.

The soul of Tiberius Gracchus “was marching on.

Then truly,” he says, “was the time of singing come; for princes and prelates, emperors and squires, the wise and the simple, men, women, and children, all sang and rhymed, or delighted in hearing it done.

No union,” as Goethe writes, “was to be dreamt of.

The old Cornish name for Falmouth,” he writes, “was _Penny come quick_,(63) and they tell a most improbable story to account for it.

Jesus,” says the Gospel, “was subject to them”(263)—that is, to Mary and Joseph.

The Evangelist tells us that Jesus “was subject to them”(271)—that is, to Mary and Joseph.

The sea” (the Atlantic ocean), “was indeed navigable and had an island fronting the mouth which you in your tongue call the Pillars of Hercules, and this island is larger than Libya and Asia put together, and there is a passage hence for travelers of that day to the rest of the islands, as well as from those islands to the whole opposite continent that surrounds the real sea.[TN-1] 5.

So many times people say, “Was not that a good sermon today?

Your father,” Mr. Holt went on to say, “was good-natured with his money when he had it; and having that day received a supply from his uncle, gave the weaver ten pieces with perfect freedom, and promised him further remittances.

His “Clotilda”, Castlewood went on to say, “was still delicate, and the physicians thought her lying-in had best take place at Paris.

The snare, sir,” said he, “was not of our laying; it is not we that invited you.

The first sense of sorrow I ever knew,” Steele says in the _Tatler_, “was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age: but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us.

Our immortal Fielding,” Gibbon writes, “was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburgh.

For it would be absurd, in the present edition, to chronicle solemnly the rectification of mere misprints like “H_o_xton” for “H_e_xton”, or the change from “was never” to “never was”.

Arbuthnot,” Johnson says, “was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.

It is not stated whether the “tincture of cedar “was made in Shropshire or Lebanon, nor whether it was extracted from roses, or a decoction of thistles.

The first man,” says Professor Lawrence, “was the federal head of this race, representatively and by covenant, as no other father has been or can be with his children.

Most modern interpreters admit that he made a mistake; and so, among the ancients, did Jerome, who nevertheless, said the argument “was good enough for the foolish Galatians.