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furnace
«Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.»
Author: Anne Bradstreet
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affliction, anvil, cast iron, furnace, furnaces, heated, pleases, wrought, wrought iron
«So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, / And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.»
«Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.»
«Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.»
«Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.»
«Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, / That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: / And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.»
«The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a man is tested by the praise accorded him»
«I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Limits,
Success,
Wit
| Keywords:
aptitude, aptitudes, boundaries, crucible, crucibles, furnace, impressions, indissoluble, Min, The Crucible