-
Night (also
known as the
Parable of the
Friend at
Midnight or of the
Importunate Neighbour) is a
parable of
Jesus which appears in Luke 11:5–8. In it...
- The
Parable of the
Unjust Judge (also
known as the
Parable of the
Importunate Widow or the
Parable of the
Persistent Woman, is one of the
parables of...
-
lawes that
England hath, [viz.,
Magna Carta] were got by our
Forefathers importunate petitioning unto the
kings that
still were
their Task-masters; and yet...
-
characterized by a great, strict, very
serious seriousness, a determined,
almost importunate tendency to
follow classical models, the finest,
cleverest calculation...
- Chrysostom: And in that He adds s****, and knock, He bids us ask with much
importunateness and strength. For one who s****s,
casts forth all
other things from...
-
disagreement over
foreign borrowing, a
scandal in Hokkaido, and
increasingly importunate party demands for
constitutional government. Each
policy issue became...
- "The
Bridge of Sighs" is an 1844 poem by
Thomas Hood
concerning the
suicide of a
homeless young woman who
threw herself from
Waterloo Bridge in London...
- imagine, by a
feeling of
proud self-sufficiency.
Though the
object of
importunate solicitation, he is
himself not in need of
anything beyond himself. He...
- does the red pole
which projects from my
indecent groin; but as for the
importunate birds, the reed
fixed on my head
terrifies them and
forbids them to settle...
-
Friend at
Night (
Importunate Neighbour)...
