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1. God said, he who boast, let him boast in this fact alone,
2. Even though the place certainly wouldn't boast of city services, it would probably be a better place to spend the dark than dry sand
3. Because I think that I am a secondary beneficiary of the Gospel instead of the primary, I will never boast against the natural branches (or root) lest I be cut off (Romans 11:18-20)
4. They were unaware that they were being followed as they began to boast to each other about their ‘victory’
5. ' Mandy followed her glance and was about to boast of her recent tour in the new bungalows, anxious to to share her experience with some friendly ear; when the woman remarked snidely, “I can't see where they get off, putting on airs and assuming they can just buy a station in the community that's so obviously above their rank or right place!”
6. These bad trees boast a lot about what they have, but when you look close you find that they are empty
7. He knew Grimgy wouldn't dare make such a boast in Nathalia's presence
8. boast a residence that had a separate bedchamber - and
9. ’ Jean had no doubt that his boast was true
10. These super low-level, noise frequencies that he could proudly boast about to others (if he were inclined to do so) are maintained at a hush-hush status for reasons of his humble nature and the importance of strategic secrecy
11. The policy of Europe, therefore, has very little to boast of, either in the original establishment, or, so far as concerns their internal government, in the subsequent prosperity of the colonies of America
12. Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of
13. Whether the trade which those companies carry on, is reducible to such strict rule and method as to render it fit for the management of a joint-stock company, or whether they have any reason to boast of their extraordinary profits, I do not pretend to know
14. Adem was aware that arrogance was common amongst mortal Alit’aren, and it was not exactly uncommon amongst some immortals, though the Sons of Odin saw their ability to wield the Power as a part of their duty, not something they should boast about
15. “However, I have heard Uther boast that the men of his family took great liberties with their staff; that it was almost expected of them
16. Increasing municipal and state government budget deficits, occasioned by reckless spending by both political parties at a time most could actually boast a budget surplus, (no saving money for a rainy day) has government officials marking time exploring imaginative ways of speeding up the process so they might obtain the money faster
17. By so doing, the brochure underlined, the charities are able to boast that an impressive one hundred percent of a contributor’s donations go to their actual work
18. to boast of an interview with the manager of the local farm
19. something about which the Huns can boast
20. Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not
21. but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me,
22. The Big Sandfly of the South Island was not something to boast about
23. Rosegard did boast of its new football field however, with extended bleachers and a new track
24. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him who puts on his harness boast himself as one who puts it off
25. 19 You say, note, you have hit the Edomites; and your heart lifts you up to boast, abide now at home; why should you meddle
26. 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
27. 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard thingse and all the workers of iniquity boast themselvese
28. 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him who cuts with it? or shall the saw magnify itself
29. His record backed up his boast; he never lost
30. blessed, and makes his boast that God is his father
31. 4 Boast not of your clothing and raiment, and exalt not yourself in the day of honour, for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his
32. foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: "We have overthrown the wall of Zion; And we have burnt the place of the mighty
33. no anguish for the angels in the presence of the Mighty One, That Zion was so delivered up, and that note! The Gentiles boast in their
34. destroyed Zion; and he will boast over the people; And he will speak great things in his heart in the presence of the Most High
35. were overcome because they were delivered up, lest the enemy should boast and say: 'So by force have we been able to lay waste even
36. In verse 27 Paul shows that no one can boast that they are not guilty of sin, and sinfulness
37. Those that have faith in the correct doctrine can indeed boast, “Jesus thought it worth His
38. been, he might have been able to boast bout this among men, but not before God
39. thoroughly answered by someone, That he did wrong to boast of this
40. should boast in their rage, and exult in exuberant pride of speech, and say, 18 We have trampled on the holy house, as idolatrous
41. mentioned them, it was never to boast in God for
42. This does not mean we have reason to boast because
43. Other countries boast a variety in the subject of the films they produce
44. 1 And those two men led me up on to the Northern side, and showed me there a very Awful place, and there were all manner of tortures in that place: cruel darkness and unilluminated gloom, and there is no light there, but murky fire constantly flaming aloft, and there is a fiery river coming out, and that whole place is everywhere fire, and everywhere there is frost and ice, thirst and shivering, while the bonds are very cruel, and the angels fearful and merciless, bearing angry weapons, merciless torture, and I said: 2 Woe, woe, how very Awful is this place; 3 And those men said to me: This place, O Enoch, is prepared for those who dishonour God, who on Earth practice sin against nature, which is child corruption after the buggering of mankind fashion, magic making, enchantments and devilish witchcrafts, and those who boast of their wicked deeds with stealing, lies, calumnies, envy, rancour, fornication, murder, and who, while accursed, steal the souls of men, who seeing the poor take away their goods and themselves grow rich, injuring them to get other men's goods, who being able to satisfy the empty, made the hungering die; being able to clothe, stripped the naked; and who knew not their creator, and bowed to the soulless and lifeless gods, who cannot see nor hear, the vain gods, who also built engraved images and who bow down to unclean handiwork; for all these is prepared this place among them for eternal inheritance
45. It is one of the most frequented vacation resorts in the United States and can boast of a Venetian style system of channels that serve as public thoroughfares for the yachts that dock at the mansions along its waterways
46. It can boast, however, of a history quite varied
47. Sitting at the base of three hills overlooking the Caribbean Sea, Charlotte Amalie can boast of a great number of sites of interest in the same proximity
48. In addition, that village can boast of an exhibit of old vehicles, Vintage Auto Barn, where visitors can admire more than ninety classical cars
49. It can indeed boast of many parks and gardens and even luxuriant vegetation, avenues decorated with rows of trees and a 19th century stone architecture surprising in its elegance and parsimony
50. delightful hills that shelter its port and can boast of incredible pristine wild life and white beaches of crystalline waters
1. The urban complex boasted of being within five hundred miles of four of Earth's six busiest spaceports at the time
2. She was also blessed with the good fortune to have moved into one of the two ground floor bedsits, which boasted high ceilings, large sash windows and more than enough room to swing a cat
3. The farmer boasted proudly that he grew the sweetest Tesh fruit in the entire realm; he even supplied the Queen’s Hold with the tasty fruit
4. ” The Sportsman defended himself, “While on holiday in Scotland, I was offered a go with one rod of Livingson's construction, by a British gentleman who boasted of its unparalleled performance
5. “I can not only guarantee it, I can prove that our record for intact deliveries exceeds all others by two to one, at least of those of my competitors who are willing to even share their results,” boasted Mr
6. They both boasted of the same black eyes and wavy black hair
7. powerhouse that had won twelve state titles over the years, and boasted a 30-1
8. boasted to anyone who’d listen (and even those that
9. some relief to the tedium, and even boasted a lively
10. The city also boasted a beautiful Cathedral
11. He boasted to his friends that he’d stolen away my lover
12. She’d boasted of her ugly master’s gifts
13. Those laws and customs, so favourable to the yeomanry, have perhaps contributed more to the present grandeur of England, than all their boasted regulations of commerce taken together
14. Zarko recognised the ‘seven wise owls’ who had boasted that they had obtained and interpreted the king’s dream
15. It would be, at least, three times more advantageous than the boasted trade with our North American colonies, in which the returns were seldom made in less than three years, frequently not in less than four or five years
16. It is unnecessary, I imagine, to observe how contrary such regulations are to the boasted liberty of the subject, of which we affect to be so very jealous ; but which, in this case, is so plainly sacrificed to the futile interests of our merchants and manufacturers
17. It was a sturdy little house that boasted a front porch, a wood floor, and windows
18. the case of a believer’s boasted incest
19. ship and boasted a 22-gun battery of firepower
20. “Oh yes, I know about Rufus’ problems quite intimately—we do go back years and years, he and I,” boasted the painter
21. As said before the College boasted quite a big swimming pool and they were feeling very good about life because at the swimming pool there were many female cadets around
22. Like something from ancient history, the five-story structure boasted stone walls, arrow slits, turrets, and even a crenellated rooftop
23. Fort San Antonio boasted three bronze guns, and Santa Inez one
24. The bulk of the houses, built in Moorish style, boasted a foetid cesspool under the centre courtyard, from which all rooms open
25. “I had them by the nuts,” she boasted, “and don’t you know, they sold and at my price! That’s how I began my career in real estate
26. You know, he and I are old comrades-in-arms; fought side-by-side in the Nicaraguan war,” he boasted, smiling with a narrow exposure of yellowed teeth
27. A dining area took up one section of the room, complete with a circular table with four chairs around it and a sideboard against the wall, and a corner by the windows boasted a sitting area with small sofa—a settee, really—and an overstuffed chair that was perfect for curling up with one of the throws that were scattered about
28. Caroline had often boasted that with the connections she had, the law in Costa Rica was nothing to be feared, so with heart in throat, Sylvia called begging her assistance
29. “In the horse’s belly I can put anything you want, emeralds, cocaine, heroin, anything,” he boasted, smiling and adjusting his hat
30. She had often boasted of the interest their money earned via certificates of deposit, yet the bank officer could find no record of any certificates in their names
31. As Colling sat in the back of the vehicle with his M-1 clasped between his knees, he thought about the possibility that he might find himself in a firefight against one of the “Werewolf” organizations that the Nazis had boasted would wage guerrilla warfare against the occupation forces
32. “Releasing the story with linkage to the Tweety-Bird Case as a continuing news item was my idea,” he boasted
33. “Over two thousand channels on pay per view,” boasted the alien guard
34. Colling asked questions of the young officer when the occasion arose, and feigned enthusiastic envy when Pankovski boasted that he had once been selected to serve in an honor guard for the Great Comrade Stalin, and had stood “no more than three meters from the Great Man himself
35. Jalesow was obviously bored and impatient with the process, but Colling noticed when they reached a town where a gold and white sign with the word Poczta announced the place boasted a post office, Jalesow said he had to make a telephone call
36. Another level now arose in rapid succession, higher than all the rest, with a gleaming finish that boasted of the many facets of the perfection inherent within its construction
37. But it wasn’t the ten revolutions he had boasted of
38. 13 So with your mouth you have boasted against me, and have
39. 18 In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly
40. All boasted large
41. By the end of the year 2001, according to the Portland Oregonian, ELF had boasted additional property damage of some $26 million in five years, involving 33 major crimes
42. 42 And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us, and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father, and I gave my soul to the Lord, and I did not transgress his word which he commanded my father
43. " He boasted he was getting his own revenge and we quote:
44. Was Josie merely seeking sexual satisfaction in homosexual activity? No, if one is to believe her previous statements about her married life, since from the beginning she had boasted to everyone about how sexually fulfilled she had been
45. 42 And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac saying I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father and I gave my soul to the Lord and I did not transgress his word which he commanded my father
46. Overall, I won some and lost some, but the Lawrenceville wrestling team in its 1955−1956 season boasted the best record of any team in the previous ten years
47. I noticed the guys who boasted the most about their conquests always had the most complexes
48. I boasted about the fat profit margins in television, and he vowed to be part of that emerging industry despite his admitted first love for small-town newspapers
49. 5 million, and WNCT TV boasted that its facilities covered eastern North Carolina “from the capital to the coast
50. Roy loved it and boasted about the salesman’s ability
1. There was much boasting among the Dragons and their Riders
2. Kennitch was a wealth of information about the city, about the movers and shakers of the region, and alluded to some of his own connections without boasting in the least
3. He was always boasting that Zhlindu was the world's fifth greatest city after Trenst, the Yakhan, Yondure and Lumpral
4. ‘I heard of a man who was boasting that he
5. Gogo spoke with no false modesty, nor was she boasting of her prowess
6. Adem insisted he had already learnt this trick before they arrived in Kismeria, but Adem was always boasting of his many talents
7. Over many seasons Soffen had begged and pleaded with her father not to use the Dark Healing when he was preparing his palliatives, but he would never listen to her, boasting instead how his potions were the finest and most powerful in Brockenhurst Valley, indeed in the whole of Boddaert's Realm
8. It bears mentioning that although boasting an impressive regular season won-loss record, Osborne‘s bowl record against ranked opponents was 9 (wins) and 13 (loses) including 7 loses in a row prior to winning his first national championship
9. Boasting of effects that are deadly
10. Doc had been eliminated and Alan was boasting, challenging him
11. Caroline escaped to the washroom, just as he began boasting about having his own private cop he could annoy to his heart’s content, ‘and there’s nothing the prick can do about it, either!’ Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a story that she had heard too many times already and, more filled with bravado with each telling
12. When Braun Drix took another turn in the cypher I told Dan, “Braun is always boasting of his elbow spins, so check this out
13. with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?
14. NO, he was NOT boasting
15. collects their fallen ruins; 15 And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions, as love of empire and empty boasting, and
16. So although we enjoy boasting about our 'superiority' and 'progress', we are essentially the same as previous generations
17. If you pretend to delight with boasting of repose and instruction
18. Here is a Catholic convention, he reasoned, to improve understanding between the Church and the Spanish people, and the name of Christ has not been mentioned even once during the whole weekend… That morning, a representative from Washington gave a most disturbing and provoking talk, blasting the Anglo clergy and boasting that his office had been responsible for this gathering of about one thousand people
19. on the outskirts of the town, boasting a few thousand books only, most of which were unread, if discounting those she read herself during her all too many hours of waiting fruitlessly for customers
20. Prince Gotimin of The Elves of Sming presented them with Winghoof Estate, a working horse ranch boasting some six hundred and forty of the finest riding horses, complete with a sprawling home of sixteen rooms, outbuildings, gardens, and a few farm animals, as well as an established staff of ranch hands
21. 14 It allows not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy but preserves it from the destroyers and collects their fallen ruins; 15 And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions as love of empire and empty boasting and slander
22. I withdrew a conducting chip from a compartment and was proudly demonstrating how to install it to my students and boasting about the properties of her new implant when the crisis occurred
23. 1 And you were all humble boasting of nothing submitting yourselves rather than subjecting others more gladly giving than receiving content with the provision that God had given you; and attending diligently to his words you all received them into your very hearts and his sufferings were before your eyes
24. 2 Our Lord Jesus Christ who is the sceptre of the majesty of God came not in the arrogance of boasting and pride though he was able to do so; but in humility even as the Holy Spirit spake concerning him
25. Quite a hefty reward in their eyes, and the adventure had supplied ample material for boasting tales once each returned home
26. Two adjacent houses were cleared, with secure doors and a window apiece, the men's boasting a puncheon floor
27. My boasting was not ill-founded for I am still here
28. The best floral arrangements of the region were exhibited there and my step grandmother had won unconquered the last three years; but judging by the events in full development and the voracious famine that was boasting in the vigorous movements of the jaw of the ruminant, this year the award would go to other hands
29. Nearby, a handful of Canadians in loud plaid jackets and ill-fitting trousers were trying not to sound like their south pacific neighbours, while a small group of Nigerians in pillbox hats and colourful robes ogled mini skirted girls boasting bouffant hair, pancake makeup, frilly petticoats and spike heels
30. By 1970, swarms of penniless youths, having heard tales of wondrous hospitality, were cadging their way around the southern Mediterranean and across the Middle East as far as India, deliberately bludging off the inhabitants whose hospitality soon curdled to hostility when they realised they were being used by the relatively wealthy youth of Europe who would return home boasting how they had stayed in someone’s house, been taken everywhere and treated like a prince – and it hadn’t cost them a penny! Just like the way world trade is skewed for the benefit of Europe and the U
31. Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord
32. Why should he put us on our guard with his boasting? One would think that he would strike without warning, after the fashion of the barbarians
33. ’ He knew his game was up and he was in deep trouble with the law this time but he couldn’t stop himself from boasting about the prowess of the weapon he had supplied, ‘In the right hands you could kill a man inside an armour plated car at half a mile and no-one would know where the shot came from
34. ” Henry tried to sound proud but not boasting
35. Days of Ignorance) that my Nation will never drop: boasting
36. on the Day of Resurrection, and I am not boasting
37. about which they are boasting
38. Well Mr Smelly starts boasting
39. does make Toto look a real foney little boy with all his lies and blagging and foney boasting and stuff - but he does make me
40. I have never yet seen anything other than empty boasting
41. That was said without boasting, while she was intently listening to the German words
42. All he did was boasting about it
43. Most certainly were taught to take the scriptures literally, even boasting to our peers that we believe that the Word is to be taken at face value
44. It seemed to Ben she was boasting
45. " He said boasting
46. boasting about studying the prison law books and his chance of getting an
47. The outpost was a planet boasting a population of twenty two billion sentient life forms
48. boasting about his kills, but rather stating a fact
49. “One of the chaps on the International Clearing computer section has been heard in the gents boasting to a chum that he doesn’t really need to work, since he has plenty put by for a rainy day - or words to that effect
50. “They are always arguing and boasting
1. On an inscription in the Temple of Minerva (Roman god), Pompeii boasts about taking 12 million subjects at surrender in 1,500 towns
2. London boasts at least seven Interweb billionaires amongst its fabled glitterati, but not one of them can begin to measure their fortune or their white-hot technological status against that of old Jimmy Cameron, the founder, chief executive and principle shareholder of NanoGoo International
3. Some miles to the south of London, nestling in the gently rolling, green swathed hills of the Surrey Downs, there stands an old country manor house, which boasts the thickest of stone walls, a small but nonetheless impressive little tower and ornate white painted wooden gables
4. old country manor house, which boasts the thickest of stone walls,
5. For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD
6. 5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things
7. A neatly hand painted sign outside a farm entrance proudly boasts that you can hire ball gowns and hats as well as buy the obligatory free range eggs
8. but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me,
9. he boasts no more his mighty deed;
10. 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord hates
11. but when he has gone his way, then he boasts
12. It boasts the highest number of restaurants in the top ten in the world, taking up two of these most coveted spots
13. Whoever boasts of a false gift
14. I took advantage of one of her visits to the shops to hire a guide and visit some of the many lovely and historic churches that the city boasts
15. 27 Better is he who labours, and abounds in all things, than he who boasts himself, and wants bread
16. This new coalition, Lash boasts, will “set the moral tone for the whole country
17. The city of Dunedin, with one hundred and twenty thousand people, rightly boasts of its Otago University of twenty thousand students
18. Sydney proudly takes advantage of that wonderful landscape and justifiably boasts of its successful role as the host for the 2000 Olympic games
19. The State of Alaska boasts, with justifiable pride, of having three thousand rivers of which, twenty-six are officially under the protection of the Department of Natural Resources of the United States
20. Today the country boasts a 100%
21. For that matter, there are more than a few elves who would love to own it, despite its larger dimensions! It boasts thirty-six rooms, with twelve bedrooms including the master suite, stabling for thirty horses, and garage space for six carriages
22. For he boasts of you in all those Churches which alone then knew the Lord; but we of Smyrna had not yet known Him
23. Revision3 now boasts more than 80 million monthly views
24. Crazy ideas month, Craigslist boasts over 30 million new classified ads, making it the leader of both classified and jobs ads in are great, often the crazier the better
25. Monte Carlo has no handy beach, but we visited the Royal Palace and waved to where we imagined Princess Grace was sipping tea, before wandering the steep streets and shoving a few franks fruitlessly into fruit machines in the magnificent entrance loggia of the fabled casino, which boasts what surely must be the most luxuriously appointed toilet on the planet
26. Today it is the largest port for luxury yachts in the Mediterranean, and the peninsula that I knew as a quiet stretch of rocky land covered in pines and scrub, dotted with hidden private villas, is mostly built up and boasts the most expensive real estate and the most luxurious residences in France, being the preferred choice of the really wealthy – more prestigious even than Cannes
27. Her past experience boasts twenty-eight robot kills, and hundreds of successful missile deflections and target decoys
28. “He’s ninety and boasts he’s still taking women to bed
29. Ozandjave Hunting Safaris in Namibia boasts of being located in
30. What other state boasts a burger joint where you can get 3 cheeseburgers and an order of fries for a buck?”
31. We believed, then, in the old woman’s boasts; and those who had traded with her were quick to dispense of their jewelry
32. while the Eastern Cape boasts a kaleidoscope of locations, such as East
33. So the boasts of men about their conquests would seem hollow since it’s the vulnerability of women that fetches them their favors
34. “I’ve read in Benign Flame that the boasts of men about their conquests would sound hollow for it’s the vulnerability of women that fetches them their favors
35. It was thus, the boasts of Gamal Abdel Nasser that he would push the Israelis into the Red Sea sounded like music to the Muslim ears the world over for Allah’s faithful then, Nasser seemed like the Pharaoh of Islam about to enslave the hateful Jews
36. “ ‘I have wasted flocculate riches’: he boasts
37. “‘I have wasted flocculate riches’: he boasts
38. She would dispatch her good girl reputation and shut those acquaintances of hers up with their taunts and boasts of their film star life style privileges
39. “I have wasted great wealth: he boasts
40. And then the private party boasts to me – We aren't starving!
41. “I have wasted great wealth’: he boasts
42. When this student receives his certificate showing his marks, I wonder: will he hide it? Of course not! On the contrary, he will display it for all to see for he feels proud of his achievement and boasts of it
43. I knew some and had heard their boasts of chop-
44. It boasts the highest trout density, the most consistent action, the best dry fly fishing, and the best scenery among its attributes
45. I know one who is deeply in the local politics and boasts that any resort that patronizes him is immune
46. In spite of this gradual punishment, poor is man, he is proud of himself and thinks that this wealth is because of his skill and cleverness, he may even boasts over pious Muslims and sincere believers, he doesn't know that he is being gradually punished as Allah says:
47. Why build plush cinemas and nightclubs when Broad St boasts ‘Ronnie Scotts and the ‘Millionaires Club’? The grand neighbour was gradually swallowing up Chesford
48. should not marry his daughter to a man who considers no work as a virtue and boasts of his
49. Its giant skull boasts a length of 17
50. Beijing boasts the world's largest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant