Soules

The most barbarous peoples, it was said for centuries, are inevitably charmed by harmonious sound, an opinion repeated by John Case in his Praise of Musicke (1586, p. 42): the infant, destitute of reason, is stilled by the songs of his nurse; ploughmen and carters “are by the instinct of their harmonicall soules compelled to frame their breath into a whistle,” which delights not man alone but the oxen and horses. ❋ GRETCHEN LUDKE FINNEY (1968)

Marrie that) that is, their soules, which by popish Exorcismes & practises they damme to hell. ❋ Unknown (1579)

I've already commented on your amazing soules on Flickr. ❋ Katy (2008)

Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee doe goe, Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie. ❋ Johnny_mango (2005)

Christ giveth us his very body and bloud and really and truely performs in us his promise in feeding our soules unto eternal life. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We, poore soules goe to wracke, and from these coastes be remoued, ❋ Unknown (2006)

The blood of so many hundred thousand soules of Protestants and Papists, split in the Wars of present and former Ages, for their respective Consciences, is not required nor accepted by Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace.... ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

Alas Tingoccio, replyed Meucio, my meaning is not so: but I would be resolved, whether thou art among the damned soules, in the painefull fire of hell torments, or no? ❋ Unknown (2004)

They are (quoth he) the soules of noble men which we do here feed, for the loue of God who gouerneth the world: and as a man was honorable or noble in this life, so his soule after death, entreth into the body of some excellent beast or other, but the soules of simple and rusticall people do possesse the bodies of more vile and brutish creatures. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Some few yeeres before, it tooke beginning in the Easterne partes, sweeping thence an innumerable quantity of living soules: extending it selfe afterward from place to place Westward, until it seized on the said City. ❋ Unknown (2004)

These wishes drew on other gentle language, with modest kisses and embraces, the onely ease to poore Lovers soules; so that the raine ceased not, till they had taken order for their oftner conversing, and absolute plighting of their faiths together. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And thei answerde me and seyde, that thei hadde no pore men amonges hem, in that contree: and thoughe it had ben so, that pore men had ben among hem, zit were it gretter almesse, to zeven it to tho soules, that don there here penance. ❋ Unknown (2004)

First, with patient soules to support the poore condition, whereto Fortune (without any offence in him or them) had thus dejected them. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And thei seyn, that theise bestes ben soules of worthi men, that resemblen in lyknesse of the bestes, that ben faire: and therfore thei zeve hem mete, for the love of God. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Novels, reducing to our memories, what was done (as on those dayes) for the salvation of our soules. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And the other bestes that ben foule, they seyn, ben soules of pore men and of rude comouns. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And thei saye, that there nys no purgatorie, and the soules schulle not have nouther joye ne peyne, tille the day of doom. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And seint Poul him self was there a physicyen, for to kepen mennes bodies in hele, before he was converted: and aftre that, he was phisicien of soules. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Almighty God, fro whom alle godenesse and grace comethe fro, that he vouchesaf, of his excellent mercy and habundant grace, to fulle fylle hire soules with inspiracioun of the Holy Gost, in makynge defence of alle hire gostly enemyes here in erthe, to hire salvacioun, bothe of body and soule; to worschipe and thankynge of ❋ Unknown (2004)