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We are apt to make half confessions; to confess some, and hide some; or else to make feigned confessions, flattering both ourselves, and also God, while we make confession unto him; or else to confess sin as our own fancies apprehend, and not as the word descries them.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

Truthandhope descries this as the first in "a series of ads which will be produced across the state, reaching out to every geographic area & demographic with specific targeted media which shares the real stories of friends, neighbors, co-workers & family members so that the issue of equality is properly framed for what it is: a progressive issue, a Democratic issue, a human issue."

Christine Pelosi: A Family Values Approach to Marriage Equality 2009

He descries these bail-outs, but they will happen.

Harry Fuller: Anybody Wanna Bail Out Some 401Ks? 2008

Towlinson, who now descries an opportunity of bringing down the spirits of the ladies to his own level, says wait and see; he wishes some people were well out of this.

Dombey and Son 2007

He also descries promise in the figure of Mr. George himself, striding towards them in his mornmg exercise with his pipe in his mouth, no stock on, and his muscular arms, developed by broadsword and dumbbell, weightily asserting themselves through his light shirt – sleeves.

Bleak House 2007

Upon the left bank of the stream the population is sparse; from time to time one descries a troop of slaves loitering in the half-desert fields; the primeval forest reappears at every turn; society seems to be asleep, man to be idle, and nature alone offers a scene of activity and life.

Jena as de Tocqueville's "democracy" where Black Americans are a "threat" to Whites Marian 2007

Mr. George then descries, in the procession, the venerable Mr. Smallweed out for an airing, attended by his granddaughter Judy as body – guard.

Bleak House 2007

Flintwinch fell that evening into a haunted state of mind, from which it may be long before this present narrative descries any trace of her recovery.

Little Dorrit 2007

I marked its first glimpse, however, as speedily as the benighted sailor descries the first distant twinkle of the lighthouse which marks his course.

Rob Roy 2005

As soon as the honey-bird descries the traveller, he immediately utters a series of wild, excited cries, hops about from twig to twig, and from branch to branch, then hops to another tree, incessantly repeating his chirruping call.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004