"The Fire-Spirits
surely must be there, and I must stay no longer here," said Ripple.
Surely you have learned something from what we have undergone."
She must
surely expect that he would go before long.
"But
surely you believe in God, dear," she had answered, "you're not an atheist!"
Yes, Polemarchus, but
surely not in the use of money; for you do not want a just man to be your counsellor the purchase or sale of a horse; a man who is knowing about horses would be better for that, would he not?
No one is perfect, and
surely it is wiser to discover the imperfections before wedlock.
"Your native shrewdness, my dear Watson, that innate cunning which is the delight of your friends, would
surely prevent you from inclosing cipher and message in the same envelope.
Cease, then, this brawling, and do not draw your sword; rail at him if you will, and your railing will not be vain, for I tell you--and it shall
surely be--that you shall hereafter receive gifts three times as splendid by reason of this present insult.
Remember that as
surely as we one day swung down out of the trees and walked upright, just as
surely, on a far earlier day, did we crawl up out of the sea and achieve our first adventure on land."
Here,
surely, was a most excellent reason for my failure--one for which no one would think the less of me.
I have always thought love the only foundation of happiness in a married state, as it can only produce that high and tender friendship which should always be the cement of this union; and, in my opinion, all those marriages which are contracted from other motives are greatly criminal; they are a profanation of a most holy ceremony, and generally end in disquiet and misery: for
surely we may call it a profanation to convert this most sacred institution into a wicked sacrifice to lust or avarice: and what better can be said of those matches to which men are induced merely by the consideration of a beautiful person, or a great fortune?
Surely you cannot fear the Lord God as you ought to do?
