Sentences with phrase «upon one's lips»

Such a thought makes prayer die upon the lips.
The lipstick never cracks or cakes upon the lips.
They hang upon his lips as they can not hang upon the pages of his book.»
The kerygma is to be found expressis verbis upon the lips of Jesus in the Gospels.
Endeavoring to explain these words upon the lips of such a man as Mark Twain, one can not say that Mark Twain had a melancholy temperament, for he made the whole world laugh.
As Dr. Moffatt says: «Charis had been long upon the lips of men, and always... it had been one of the shining words that serve the world.
Therefore I turn, and cause the Book to be opened a fourth time: «Men do not desire blessedness upon their lips, nor truth in their bowels»» And I make no comment about the bowels, But rather allow the completion of the thought, such as it is» «For blessedness is the daughter of tears, and truth is but the son of pain.»
Upon his lips Abba meant more than any name for God ever meant before.
Shameless, Season 4, Episode 7: Guardianship duties fall upon Lip - who gets some unexpected assistance.
And thus by degrees was lit, half - way down the spine, which is the seat of the soul, not that hard little electric light which we call brilliance, as it pops in and out upon our lips, but the more profound, subtle and subterranean glow which is the rich yellow flame of rational intercourse.
A prayer for his enemies, the conversion of a fellow victim, and (in John) concern for his mother — these are the utterances that characterize the Dying One; one may at least say of them that they are worthy of his message and in this sense they are not unfairly placed upon his lips.
One would be forgiven for thinking so upon reading Harriet's description of first meeting Ned: «Such a lovely moment: the first time that I had ever heard my name upon his lips, and then, that shy, endearing smile that he gave me, after he had spoken.»
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