Sentence examples for good creature from inspiring English sources

She quotes the Puritan minister Increase Mather — "Drink is in itself a good Creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan, the wine is from God, but the Drunkard is from the Devil" — and declares his words "an early version of our incessant 'moderation' sermons, with only a pint or two dividing heaven from hell".

William appeared to enjoy the domesticity of his life with Mrs. Jordan, remarking to a friend: "Mrs. Jordan is a very good creature, very domestic and careful of her children.

Ben and his healing powers led most reviewers to believe that he was the good creature, and that Justin was a demon or at least a dangerous zealot who received instructions from either God or Satan.

An ala could be seen as a good creature in some regions, such as Banat, Mount Kopaonik in south Serbia, and the adjacent Župa basin with nearby areas, where she was believed to be connected to a territory, which she defended against attacks by the ale from other territories.

Increase Mather, a prominent colonial clergyman and president of Harvard, expressed the common view in a sermon against drunkenness: "Drink is in itself a good creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan; the wine is from God, but the drunkard is from the Devil".

A vaguely medieval world populated by dwarfs, elves, trolls; an evil lord out to enslave the good creatures; and, almost always, a weird magic thing that will let him do it, if the hero doesn't find or destroy it first — that is the Tolkien formula.

Gopnik goes on to define that blueprint: A vaguely medieval world populated by dwarfs, elves, trolls; an evil lord out to enslave the good creatures; and, almost always, a weird magic thing that will let him do it, if the hero doesn't find or destroy it first — that is the Tolkien formula….

Believe it or not, geckos are actually good luck creatures to have inside a home in Hawaii.

On top of producing the nine Moomin books — about the adventures of a family of buoyant, good-hearted creatures that look like upright hippos — she painted, drew a Moomin comic strip, illustrated children's classics and her own stand-alone picture books, and wrote fiction for adults.

Before she could manage a good scream, the creature leaped onto her bed, tail wagging, and spent the rest of the night nuzzled against her side.

In China, the dragon is a symbol of royal power and good fortune, a creature so revered that it symbolizes the nation itself and is considered the mythical ancestor of all its people.