"Abstractly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... too much to say that one season had much transformed her. She had been so ignorant of the world a year ago. She had taken for granted all that was abstractly right. Now she saw that the conventions of life were like sand-dunes and barriers in the path she was expected to walk. She had learned for one thing what money was. Wealth had been such an accepted part of her life, since she could ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... which her rude companion spoke of serious things, and she improved the opportunity to embody the prayer of her heart in words. It was a fervent utterance, and Ethan seemed to join her in spirit. Both of them were grateful—not abstractly grateful, but grateful to God for his mercy in saving them from torture and death at ...
— Hope and Have - or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People • Oliver Optic |
