refreshful

Example Sentences

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They may seem to be as much forgotten as the drops of rain which fall into the barren sea, but each rain-drop adds to the volume of refreshful and purifying waters.

From Making the Most of Life by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

How different our smaller trials look, when they are seen from the distance of a quiet and refreshful rest.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

Farewell to all my friends, whose company hath been refreshful to me in my pilgrimage.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Lord's countenance, on face, is a refreshful sweet manifestation of himself to a soul, it is the Lord using familiarity with a spirit, and this made David more glad than corn and wine.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

"A soul that dwells with virtue is like a perennial spring; for it is pure, and limpid, and refreshful, and inviting, and serviceable, and rich, and innocent, and uninjurious."

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)