Hymns
[himz]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hearing hymns sung, denotes contentment in the home and average prospects in business affairs. See Singing.
Typed by Elvin
Examples
- Have you learned any hymns this week, Polly? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But we shall continue to prohibit all poetry which goes beyond hymns to the Gods and praises of famous men. Plato. The Republic.
- Hymns to the Gods, which are the only kind of music admitted into the ideal State, were the only kind which was permitted at Sparta. Plato. The Republic.
- Seeing this did more for Jo than the wisest sermons, the saintliest hymns, the most fervent prayers that any voice could utter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shortly a supplementary program was issued which set forth that the Plymouth Collection of Hymns would be used on board the ship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The devotions consisted only of two hymns from the Plymouth Collection and a short prayer, and seldom occupied more than fifteen minutes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Because rationality itself is a wilful exercise one hears Hymns to Reason and sees it personified as an extremely dignified goddess. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- How I hate these cursed Methodist hymns! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typed by Elvin