"Spoiled" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the first, these were overcome personally, in and by himself for us; to wit, at his resurrection from the dead. For as by his death he made amends for our breach of the law, so by his resurrection he spoiled those other enemies, to wit, death, the devil, and the grave, &c., unto which we were subjected, not for any offence we had committed against them, but for our sin against the law; and men when they have answered to the justice of the law, are by law ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... "It's beginning to rain, and it's spoiled my ride this evening. It's going to be confounded dull to-night, so give us some music, Lois, to liven things up ...
— Under Sealed Orders • H. A. Cody
... Phoebus, with a smile; "silver is good, but not for ploughshares. Thy strange experience, thy long wanderings, thy lonely meditations, and varied intercourse with men, have spoiled thee for a priest, while, as I would fain hope, qualifying thee for a sage. Some worthy person may easily be found to preside over this temple; and by the aid of such inspiration as I may from time to time see meet to vouchsafe him, administer ...
— The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales • Richard Garnett
... know what to do. That their lovely party should be spoiled by the missing ice cream seemed too bad ...
— The Bobbsey Twins at School • Laura Lee Hope
... end has come, and now he sees The happy, happy shore; O fearful, and faint, distrustful soul, are these The things thou fearedst before— The awful majesties that spoiled thy peace? ...
— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 - Sorrow and Consolation • Various
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