Calamities

But he will not, as I do, call on God in calamities verging on death. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The very scene of thy calamities is to be the scene of thy deliverance. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Compare Job's similar recognition of God's hand in calamities, Job 1: 21; 2: 10; and David's, 2Sa 16: 5-11. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The shortening of calamities is a kindness God often grants for the elects 'sake. ❋ Unknown (1721)

151 This is no fanciful aera: the Pagans reckoned their calamities from the reign of their hero. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Iysis, because it put an end to a drought; or from its anaschesis, or relief from calamities, which is the origin of the Athenian name ❋ Plutarch (2003)

Without true development, the rosary of calamities, which is called poverty, far from being solved, is multiplied. ❋ Unknown (1978)

That these inconveniencies and hardships kept them in a state of poverty and misery, and that the chief cause of all their calamities was the strict adherence of the Trustees to their chimerical and impracticable scheme of settlement, by which the people were refused the obvious means of subsistence, and cut off from all prospects of success. ❋ Alexander Hewatt (N/A)

The prophets reiterated to the people of Israel that their calamities were the result of their having ceased to follow in the ways of the Lord. ❋ Irwin Edman (N/A)

In fact, God had often chastised them for their idolatry (see Jud 2: 14); but it is the curse of impiety not to perceive the hand of God in calamities. victuals -- Men cast away the bread of the soul for the bread that perisheth (De 8: 3; Joh 6: 27). ❋ Unknown (1871)

Now that our calamities are at their height; during our seventy years 'captivity. ❋ Unknown (1871)

No scenes, no noise; nothing painful -- by-the-by, the little creature that writes in the papers, and calls calamities PAINFUL, is of Lusignan's breed. ❋ Charles Reade (1849)

Germany been devastated by this most direful of earthly calamities, which is indeed the accumulation of all conceivable woes, ever leading in its train pestilence and famine, that peace seemed to the people a heavenly boon. ❋ Unknown (1841)

Curious to imagine what murmurings and discontent would be excited, if any of the great so-called calamities of human beings were to be abolished, -- as, for instance, death. ❋ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1834)

Here it was that a real advantage offered itself to any mind having that philosophic interest in human characters, struggles, and calamities, which is likely enough to arise amongst a class of men contemplating long records of chance and change through their wanderings, and so often left to their own meditations upon them by long tracts of solitude. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

House of Commons, when Mr. Yorke, first Lord of the Admiralty, touched on the mournful subject with so much feeling that it drew forth an elegant and well-merited expression from Mr. Whitbread, who observed, that "the calamities were the effect of misfortune alone, and that it was a consolation to reflect that no blame could be imputed to any one." ❋ John Ross (1816)

Beck has emerged as the most influential promoter of the Jonah Goldberg/Amity Shlaes contention that President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal were unmitigated "calamities" for the country. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To make them familiar, even all kind of calamities, that when they happen they may be less troublesome unto us. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sounds derivative, but I suppose all these "calamities" will be cute and PG 13... ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): The local people are used to these kind of calamities here. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Person 1: Did you hear about the [calamity] yesterday? Person 2: Yeah, it's a great [Terraria] mod Person 1: [Stop playing] Terraria you dipshit, people literally died! Person 2: Oof ❋ FemboysAreBest (2020)

1: dude , i love her , but she doesn't [love me]. 2: [i love him] more than life , but he [doesn't even] like me. 3: You're both having the feeling of Calamity. ❋ Jesus Stylinson (2014)

[Calamity] [Gonan] in legend of Zelda: [botw] ❋ Princess Zelda (2021)

[Mario's] Power-Up Calamity ❋ MayKannoUrbanDiction (2020)

"Wow Luca, [there you go] with [your dumb] ass decisions, you finna cause [calamity]" "you need to CALMamity down" ❋ K-375 (2019)

My calamity was so loud it could be heard for miles, [blowing trees] over and [making puppies] go [deaf]. ❋ Meghan And Jenny (2003)

[Now class], who can give me a sentence with [Calam] in it? "I said Calam is gay,then i ended up with a moustaouche and no [eye] borws." ❋ Calam (2004)

Dude 1: [fuck that] calamity with the [rapidfire]! Dude 2: why would you [use] the calamity? ❋ Whiner32134 (2011)

[cannon fodder]: ohhhh [noooo] its teh calamity [gundamn]!!!! *argh gets shot by teh calamity! ❋ Calamity (2003)

Yo [stage] 1 Calamity im [finna] [risk it all]. ❋ IAmToxix (2018)