Meaning of heart of grace | Babel Free

Definitions

Chiefly preceded by get, give, take, etc.: courage or relief, especially when gained as a result of favour shown to one.

archaic, uncountable

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Examples

“Therfore whan the Phariſeis ſavve them [the Sadducees] put to ſylence, and rebuked alſo for ignoraũce of ſcripture, they taking harte of grace againe, gather together, and ſet forwarde a certayne doctour of lawe, whiche ſhould got vnto Jeſus with a clerkly queſtion, that eyther he myght reproue hym of ignoraunce, orels he hymſelfe beare a waye the prayſe of learnyng.”

“Riſe therfore Euphues, & take heart at graſſe, younger yͧ [thou] ſhalt neuer be: plucke vp thy ſtomacke, if loue it ſelfe haue ſtoung thée it ſhal not ſtifle thée.”

“And hearing that Argeo vvas avvay, / And vvould continue ſo no little ſpace, / He came vvithin the caſtle vvall to day, / (His abſence gaue him ſo much heart of grace) […]”

“[T]he Elder lifted up his hollovv boughs, ſo high, that a little after he took heart of grace to court one of the youngeſt ſprayes of the Imperiall Cedar for his Conſort, though in point of age he quadrupply exceeded her, […]”

“The Nobles alſo, ſuch as had been Conſuls, and the ancients, upon an old cankred hatred that they beare ſtill againſt the Tribuns authority, vvhereupon they ſuppoſed the Commons vvere much more devoted and affected, then unto the government of the Conſuls, vvere rather inclined and vvilling that the Decemvirs of their ovvn accord ſhould themſelves aftervvards forgo their office, than that upon hatred and malice received againſt them, the Commons ſhould take heart of graſſe, and hold up head again.”

“John had got an Impreſſion that Levvis vvas ſo deadly a cunning Man, that he vvas afraid to venture himſelf alone vvith him: At laſt he took heart of Grace. Let him come up (quoth he) it is but ſticking to my Point, and he can never over-reach me.”

“Novv the landing-place on the other ſide vvas very muddy and ſlippery, vvhich made the fiſher-man be a long vvhile in going and coming; yet for all that, he took heart o' grace, and made ſhift to carry over one goat, then another, and then another.”

“[T]he peasants, who at first shrunk from him in horror, at his supposed talents for sorcery and grape-devouring, took heart of grace as he got to a distance, and having uttered a few cries and curses, finally gave them emphasis with a shower of stones, although at such a distance as to do little or no harm to the object of their displeasure.”

“But looking round me, and seeing none hurt but John Squallit, […] I took heart of grace, and shot in my turn with good will and good aim.”

“In a day of two, however, he began to take heart of grace, and to find himself oftener at Mary's side, with something to say, and more to look.”

“So, while she gathered heart of grace to meet / The few words they might speak together there, / He was beside her; […]”

“Valancy, pale, subdued-looking, her slanted eyes smudged with purple, in her snuff-brown dress, moving quietly about, finding seats for people, consulting in undertones with minister and undertaker, marshalling the “mourners” into the parlour, was so decorous and proper and Stirlingish that her family took heart of grace.”

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