"Afflicted" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... all round the edge, and a portrait of his great namesake in the middle, and said, in a tender tone, "Here, poor kitty, let me wipe your nose; don't cry any more;" and he wiped it so softly that it really seemed to comfort the afflicted ...
— Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... composition of his poems. In a letter to Lady Beaumont (May 21, 1807) he says, "Trouble not yourself upon their present reception, of what moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny!—to console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier; to teach the young and the gracious of every age, to see, to think and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous; this is their office, which I trust they will ...
— Among My Books • James Russell Lowell
... really wanted a minister, With religion enough to sustain him, For the salary's exceedingly small, And faith alone must maintain him. He must visit the sick and afflicted, Must mourn with those that mourn, Must preach the "funeral sermons" With a ...
— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn
... king heard mass in the French chapel, and afterwards touched and cured many afflicted with the king's evil, to the great astonishment of the Italians ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 • Various
... render one who is afflicted," said Bishop Brooks, "is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able ...
— An Iron Will • Orison Swett Marden
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