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Meanings of behold the face in English

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Usage of behold the face in English
1
Take thy birthright, O son, and behold the face of the Father.'
The Little Pilgrim: Further Experiences. / Stories of the Seen a...
2
He is now ninety years old, and he is extremely anxious to behold the face of his son.
Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
3
Jesus once spoke of the little ones as those whose angels always behold the face of the heavenly Father.
Sir Joshua Reynolds / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Por...
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And when they behold the face of the All-Merciful, their own faces are saddened, while they are disporting themselves.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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What if we should behold the face of Divinest Majesty gaze upon us even for one moment in tenderness?
Purgatory: Doctrinal, Historical, and Poetical
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Drunken are the eyes of those men that have openly refused to behold the face of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Nor could he behold the face of Jesus, and doubt that such a man would do only that which was right.
Miracles of Our Lord
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He cannot say nay to one of the little ones, whose angels do always behold the face of their Father in heaven.
After a Shadow and Other Stories
9
It was his resolve to see Eve herself, to behold the face which, in a picture, had grown so familiar to him.
Eve's Ransom
10
So Christ saith of the children that came unto him, "their angels behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
11
I vowed never more to behold the face of my Clarice, to abandon my friends, my books, all my wonted labours and accustomed recreations.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
12
Lo, his mother from the sea is she that comes, with the deathless maidens of the waters, to behold the face of her dead son.'
The Odyssey of Homer
13
Behold the face of a chief who never yet forgave coward!
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
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Above each little one bows some guardian angel beholding the face of its heavenly Father.
The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Serv...
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The stern heart of El Zagal softened at beholding the face of a kinsman in this hour of adversity.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
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Jessica Bright's radiant delight at beholding the face of her foster sister, Mabel Allison, can be better imagined than described.
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
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