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of God. Virtues are traits or qualities which dispose one to conduct oneself in a morally good manner. Traditionally the theological virtues have been...

face has a significant role in Chinese diplomacy.: 123  Miàn (面) "face; personal esteem; countenance; surface; side" occurs in words like: miànzi (面子) "face;...

any shadow at all ..." He emphasises the need to catch "the grace in countenance, in which the affections appear, which can neither be well used nor well-judged...

He has broad shoulders, mighty arms, a conch-shaped neck, a charming countenance, and coppery eyes; he has his clavicle concealed and is known by the...

and one whose "countenance was manly and agreeable". Smith is said to have acknowledged his looks at one point, saying, "I am a beau in nothing but my...

only what is happening now! So they side with the enemy and countenance the enemy's violence. In France, before the Second World War, a great many people...

symbolic pregnancy giving birth to a spiritually perfected doppelganger of oneself. Taixi (胎息) is a linguistic compound of two common Chinese words: Tāi (胎)...

left leg is bent in motion, in a dancing posture. Machig Labdron is depicted as white in color with three eyes and a pleasing countenance. She wears the...

confine the gods within walls, or to liken them to the form of any human countenance." Germania 40: mox vehiculum et vestis et, si credere velis, numen ipsum...

body-doubles" "multiplication of the body" "dividing oneself", "replicating oneself" (Bishop 2016) In present-day usage, English translation equivalents...

days of practice he had a vision of a "radiant personage with grave countenance and white beard resembling the Prophet and merging with his body". He...

umbrella sticking out under his arm, in the finest weather." "With a tall, loose figure, a peaked austerity of countenance, and no inclination to embonpoint...

and writes: "He could not countenance the possibility that people sometimes create ideas that cannot be predicted, even in principle." Regarding the claim...

full acceptance of the importance of being able to financially support oneself and one's family. The specific expression of Modern Orthodoxy, however...

output. These actions stand "in direct opposition to the ideas underlying their system of financial incentive, which countenanced no upper limit to performance...

slowly. Disembodied, he seemed bereft of soul. Sir Wanderer of Countenance Complete, who stood in attendance before him, asked, "How can we explain this? Can...

detected fear on the faces of Cambodians, Björk instead attributed their countenance to the natural modesty of the Cambodian people. Also accompanying Björk...

missionaries to the detriment of native cultures, which few today would countenance. Discipline was strict, and the converts were not allowed to come and...

"lesser countenance" (Aramaic: זעיר אנפין), or the Demiurge, which term and its usage is believed to have been of Gnostic church origin, although in later...

Around two o'clock in the afternoon the government meeting was suspended until six o'clock. On the way out, the ministers —"with countenances whose gravity...