Crossword-Solution: REMISSLY 8 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant, (The only harmless great thing,) the giant Of beasts, who thought none had to make him wise, But to be just and thankful, both to offend, (Yet Nature hath given him no knees to bend,) Himself he up-props, on himself relies, And, foe to none, suspects no enemies, Still sleeping stood; vexed not his fantasy Black dreams; like an unbent bow carelessly His sinewy proboscis did remissly lie.

Basil says[214]: "The Divine assistance is to be implored, not remissly, nor with a mind that wanders here and there; for such a one not only will not obtain what he asks, but will rather be mocking God." Of course, if a man purposely allowed his mind to wander in prayer, he would commit a sin and hinder the fruit of his prayer.

Enough of this! Since that, I have maintain'd The sceptre--not remissly let it fall-- And I am seated on a prosperous throne; Yet still, for I conceal it not, ferments In the Messenian people what remains Of thy dead husband's faction--vigorous once, Now crush'd but not quite lifeless by his fall.

They rather feel themselves its willing instruments, co-operating with it, blindly sometimes and sometimes remissly, and for every failure of intelligence or vigilance, punished by temporal calamities.