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Sentences starting with mercy

Mercy took precedence over her natural directness. [9]
Mercy he did not expect, and pity was not shown him. [4]
Mercy Madras was dead. [11]
Mercy to goodness! [9]

Sentences ending with mercy

Fight on, with your doomed followers--brave men I admit--and Hoche will have no mercy. [11]
I can destroy you, but my name is Clementine and so I will grant you mercy. [10]
Can't I teach you forebearance, mercy? [13]
And he hoped, with an admixture of anxiety such as he had never known before, that the painter's demeanor would be such as should allow him to show mercy. [10]
Phoebicius saw what was passing in her mind, and he went on, "You may snort proudly now; but an hour will come when you will crawl up to me like your lame dog, and pray for mercy. [10]
The prelate, who was full of admiration for Thomas' daughter, told Katharina how, to save her lover, she had taken a crime upon herself which deprived her of every claim to mercy. [10]
Yes--on; still on towards the goal; away over ruins and stones, through blood and dust, till she bowed her proud neck, crushed and beaten, and sued for mercy. [10]
She half rose to throw herself at her mother's feet, upon her mother's mercy. [4]
She went up to the mischievous Irene and grasping her arms from behind, bent them until she cried for mercy. [9]
Smith's ship happening to go aground half a league below, they sent off to him, and were glad to submit on any terms to his mercy. [4]

Short sentences using mercy

Lord, have mercy upon us. [11]
The mercy of the King! [10]
Have mercy, O King! [10]
Kate Mercy shook her head. [9]
Everybody say: 'Lord have mercy. [11]
Mercy? [11]
Mercy! [8]
Mercy! [11]

Sentences containing mercy two or more times

Look this day in mercy and blessing on Thy humble people, and graciously hear us, spare us, and have mercy upon us! [2]

More example sentences with the word mercy in them

No mercy for you, my love! [6]
And I tell you as I hope for happiness here and hereafter, that if Worthington succeeds in what he is trying to do, if the railroads win in this fight, there will be no mercy for the people of that state. [9]
Then her tears would burst out afresh, she would utter imploring supplications to the gods for mercy, and a few minutes later, begin conjuring her mother to take her to the hanging-gardens, that they might hear Nitetis' defence of her own conduct. [10]
I have ridden with the President, and have gone with him on errands of mercy and errands of cheer. [9]
Then I laughed with my cousin; and when I was once more alone I marvelled at the mercy of a benevolent Providence, by whose ruling a small joy makes us to forget our heavy griefs, though it were but for a moment. [10]
And, oh, Farcillo, will you have mercy, too? [5]
Envy and ill will would also have a share in this affair, and the usually benevolent King knew no mercy where crime against his own person was concerned. [10]
Oh, how fervently will I pray for you all my life, if only you show mercy to my father and brothers! [10]
Now, the man who sues for mercy condemns himself to death! [10]
A Calvinist fanatic who had no mercy on sin, save for that particular weakness of his own--" "Stop, Mrs. [9]
Under the porch, where she had sat when Heaven in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed again; and the old church received her in its quiet shade. [12]
They proved it when, to stand by their convictions, they put themselves and their families at the mercy of a problematical future; and when, in advanced years, they undertook the gigantic work of compiling so large and profound a German dictionary. [10]
But ere he went to rest he thought of his hapless mother, whose birthday at this hour, beyond midnight, was now over, and, kneeling before the priedieu in his bedroom, he fervently commended her to the mercy of Heaven. [10]
Hardly a day went by that there were not people in the White House begging mercy for a sentenced soldier. [7]
At his mercy was the daily bread of every official, every trader, every clerk, every civil servant, big and little, in the whole huge India Company's machine, and the man who hazarded his bread by any failure of subserviency to the boss lost it. [5]
Through that door was heard a noise of things being moved about, and at last Anna Mikhaylovna, still with the same expression, pale but resolute in the discharge of duty, ran out and touching Pierre lightly on the arm said: "The divine mercy is inexhaustible! [2]
But I, meanwhile, was extolling the mercy of the Most High, and the people joined in my hymn of praise. [10]
Up-stairs the Cure's voice prayed: "Of Thy mercy, O Lord, hear our prayer. [11]
Out upon the vast sea of sand, where the descending sun was spreading a note of incandescent colour, there floated the grateful words: "He remembering His mercy hath holpen His servant Israel; as He promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and his seed for ever. [11]
They talk to us of the rules of war, of chivalry, of flags of truce, of mercy to the unfortunate and so on. [2]
Show Thy mercy upon us this day, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation; make the hearts of Thy servants to rejoice in Thy mercy; smite down our enemies and destroy them swiftly beneath the feet of Thy faithful servants! [2]
He was going upon an errand of mercy to the wounded, and found he had in his memorandum-book the name of our lady's husband, the Colonel, who had been commended to his particular attention. [6]
Luke Claridge had understood neither, not his wife when she had said: "Thee should let the Lord do His own work, Luke," nor his dying daughter Mercy, whose last words had been: "With love and sorrow I have sowed; he shall reap rejoicing--my babe. [11]
He had died twenty years after the time when Luke Claridge, against the then custom of the Quakers, set up a tombstone to Mercy Claridge's memory behind the Meeting-house. [11]
His mind was troubled, too, that he had spoken while yet Luke Claridge lived, and so broken his word to Mercy Claridge. [11]
Frankly, crisply, she told him strange truths, and, without mercy, crumbled his wrong opinions. [11]
The mercy shown to them was certainly too like payment, and his own part in the matter struck him as hateful and base. [10]
Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness. [10]
If they attempted to run in to the Marmotier for safety, they would presently be at the mercy of the French. [11]
Generally he inclined to leniency; but breaking into a house was punishable with death, and in this instance it was but right to show no mercy, out of deference to the Arab merchant. [10]
The blood mounted to his head; he desired the interpreter to inform her that she was to hope for no mercy, and inwardly devoted her to a cruel death. [10]
When he comes to be tried, I shall be very happy to recommend him to mercy on account of his previous good character. [12]
He knows that this leaves his garrison of Beaugency at the mercy of fortune, to escape our hands if it can; but there is no other course if he would avoid this battle, and that he also knows. [5]
If there is the tiniest spark of love for me in your heart, if you do not want to see me reduced to implore Paula for mercy. [10]
Night after night the sweat of agony may burst dark on the forehead; the supplicant may cry for mercy with that soundless voice the soul utters when its appeal is to the Invisible. [14]
I retreated to the recess of a closed doorway, and there the dog had me at his mercy, flying at my throat and face or any part of my body that presented itself. [5]
Thou hast governed the realm with right royal gentleness and mercy. [5]
Public opinion in the old democratic sense is a myth; it must be made by strong individuals who recognize and represent evolutionary needs, otherwise it's at the mercy of demagogues who play fast and loose with the prejudice and ignorance of the mob. [9]
He promised her the mercy of the Redeemer, and when he had ended with "Amen," and blessed her, he looked down at the ground for some minutes and presently said, "Follow me, Child. [10]
As for ourselves, the Long Knives, we came in truth to conquer, and because of their hasty judgment the Kaskaskians were at our mercy. [9]
Jesu mercy, said the king, where are all my noble knights becomen? [5]
He has had the ingenuity to protect himself in his own climate, but when he travels he is at the mercy of customs and traditions in which the idea of physical comfort is still rudimentary. [4]
Thou that are the Good Shepherd, have mercy on this wandering sheep! [10]
Hence, whoever resists the final decision of the highest judicial tribunal aims a deadly blow at our whole republican system of government--a blow which, if successful, would place all our rights and liberties at the mercy of passion, anarchy, and violence. [7]
If you had the desire to do this, you would dismiss such an obsession from your brain, you would prefer to err on the aide of justice and mercy. [9]
Upon one occasion the brothers fell out about something, and Chang knocked Eng down, and then tripped and fell on him, whereupon both clinched and began to beat and gouge each other without mercy. [5]
It doesn't strike--and that's one mercy. [5]
I would beg that woman--if it were a woman--to be merciful, as she one day must ask for mercy. [11]
Iberville was in that mood wherein men do stubborn deeds--when justice is more with them than mercy, and selfishness than either. [11]
Only, I'll say that mercy an' goodness, such as is in you, though they're the grand things in human nature, can't be lived up to on this Utah border. [13]
He, Alexas, knew that in this Dion she would lose a friend and protector, but he would be disposed to take his place if her conduct did not render it impossible for him to unite mercy with justice. [10]
They told him, that he had been lying in a violent fever for weeks, and had only escaped death by the special mercy of the gods, the skill of the physicians, and the unwearied nursing of his mother. [10]
Cambyses, while rejoicing that Croesus was saved, ordered his deliverers to be executed for disobedience without mercy. [10]
And let me tell you, holy Father--you who were once a knight also--if the Mustache, weltering in his blood at my feet, prays for mercy, I'll teach him----" "Son! [10]
My nurse had taught me that being good meant doing unto others as we would be done by; Cilo cried to me: 'Strike down, that you may not be struck down--away with mercy, if the welfare of the state is threatened! [10]
If we each take calmly whatever befalls us our masters try to heal our wounds, but if we resist may the gods have mercy on us! [10]
Meantime, judgment is still blent with mercy. [14]
For, if we stay here, we shall be caught like bears in a trap, and Kentucky will be at Hamilton's mercy. [9]
At this he sprang after her into the barge, saying in her ear in a tremulous whisper: "A wretch, a miserable man entreats your mercy. [10]
He was almost sorry that he had trusted her with his secret and begged her for mercy, instead of leaving things to run their course, and if it had come to the worst, dragging her to perdition with him. [10]
I am not sorry for you, for you deserve not mercy. [11]
Go to your sons, you anxious, troubled fathers, and assure them of my mercy and favor. [10]
The folks in some of the neighboring towns had a joke against them, that a Rocklander could n't hear a beanpod rattle without saying, "The Lord have mercy on us! [6]
He was baptized, so she longs to win, by her prayers and oblations, the mercy of the Lord who is so ready to forgive. [10]
In her exile she had learned enough to know that a divorced woman is like a rudderless ship at sea, at the mercy of wind and wave and current. [9]
Though you have seen me in many cases show mercy, it has always been for my mother's sake. [10]
Who that had seen him just now, going to meet his soldiers, would believe that he had a few hours before sent away, with hard words, the widow of the Egyptian governor, who had come to beg mercy for her husband? [10]
No mercy and scant shrift would be shown him. [11]
That is to say, she was being chaffed without mercy, and was enjoying it. [5]
These people likewise saw good Mr. Moncrieff, the clergyman, take a book from his pocket that he never had leisure to open, and heard him commence a prayer for mercy which he was not permitted to conclude. [5]
The penalty, he said, was outrageous, hitherto unheard of in law,--putting a corporation in the hands of a receiver, at the mercy of those who coveted it, because one of its officers refused, or was unable, to testify. [9]
A good many said it was all nonsense, and a mere excuse to get away from meeting and have a sort of frolic on pretence that it was a work of necessity and mercy, one or both. [6]
When the sun rose in the morning, there was an unpleasant surprise for the Boers; yonder were the English troops visible on top of the mountain two or three miles away, and now their own position was at the mercy of the English artillery. [5]
I left the room quickly, and met the Sisters of Mercy in the hall. [11]
At the head rode a grey-headed old man; his robes were brown, and rent, in token of mourning, the mane and tail of his horse had been shorn off and the creature colored blue.--It was Hystaspes, coming to entreat mercy for his son. [10]
He regrets the riot, chevalier, and says the Royal Court extends its mercy to you. [11]
His father had resolved to obtain on the sacred soil of Palestine the mercy of Heaven which was denied to the excommunicated Emperor, and desired his oldest son, Rudolph, to represent him at home. [10]
He left the quiet, slumbering town at our mercy. [5]
It was my purpose from the first to throw myself upon his mercy. [11]
Kuni's charity had provided for the orphans, but her Nickel would find no mercy from the heavenly Judge throughout eternity. [10]
I am not proud, I hold my every breath At Nature's mercy. [6]
Eulaeus tried to pray for mercy and to speak, but the powerful officer, who hated the contemptible wretch, dragged him up, and out of the room. [10]
Could it be possible that the civilization in which he lived left any human being so defenceless as to be at the mercy of the ghouls who had been here? [9]
No resistance is possible against such superior force, and the sooner we appeal to the King's mercy, the more surely it will be granted. [10]
And she, rightfully, ought to have fallen before them; and if the pestilence should seize her and death should drag her down into the grave it would be showing her mercy. [10]
He was the one person in the community who was the universal necessity, and yet for whom the community had no mercy in its troubles or out of them. [11]
Bess was only one of millions at the mercy of unknown motive in nature and life. [13]
There was only one means of escape--to trust to the King's mercy. [10]
Lord have mercy on us sinners! [2]
Whoever killed one of these animals, whether intentionally or by accident, suffered the penalty, of death, without any chance of mercy. [10]
Hear the prayer of the sinner, O Lord; Listen to the voice of those that mourn; Have mercy upon the sinner, O Lord! [11]
The remorseless vengeance of the law, brought down upon its victim by a machinery as sure as destiny, is arrested in its fall at a word which reveals her transient claim for mercy. [3]
May the judges of the dead-may Osiris--have mercy on our souls! [10]
In the offices of mercy which she performed for the sick and the wounded and the dying, the dross of her nature seemed to be burned away. [6]
By the mercy of Auramazda I conquered them. [10]
Speak the word, O gentle King--speak but the one--" "I cry you mercy! [5]
Don't you think, now that the tables are turned, that you might have mercy on 'a prisoner and a captive'? [11]
Rhetoric can add nothing to its glory; gratitude, and the pride permitted to human weakness, that our Bethlehem should have been chosen as the birthplace of this new embodiment of the divine mercy, are all we can yet find room for. [3]
Only I do not put my investments"--Jack smiled faintly, as if the conversation were taking a humorous turn--"at the mercy of Henderson's schemes. [4]
No, no: for none but the poor and sick and overridden, in time of peace; in time of war, mercy for none, pity nowhere, till the joybells ring the great man home. [11]

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