单词 | wretchedly |
例句 | When he was traveling around the world on the Beagle, Charles was wretchedly seasick almost every day he was on board the ship. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dubicki was a sleepwalker and her parents worried she had wretchedly stepped overboard one night and been eaten by sharks or swallowed by a whale. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what it is,” answered Fiver wretchedly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He stopped at last before a gigantic, colored poster that represented a wicked woman, half undressed, leaning in a doorway, apparently quarreling with a blond man who stared wretchedly into the street. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’ve got used to it,” I said lamely, wretchedly, my mind a conflict. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The beneficent snowfall and kroxet—windless weather 0°F and 20°—that had seen us through Tarrenpeth and out of range of probable pursuit, now dissolved wretchedly into above-freezing temperatures and rain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus, she intended to keep Gwydion alive; perhaps, Taran thought wretchedly, Gwydion would be better off dead. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “You poor child, how wretchedly unfortunate, how were you to know?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Why, I don’t even know General Peckem,” the chaplain protested wretchedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I am grown wretchedly thin,” admits a former beauty in “Northanger Abbey” while Miss de Bourgh is repeatedly described as “thin” and “sickly” in “Pride and Prejudice.” Jane Austen believed beauty could come in every shape and size. What else can she teach us about wellness? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The burnished table remains bare, the performers’ insatiable mouths empty, and wretchedly so. Theater Review: ‘Feast’ Revisits Babylon, With Interactive Whoopee Cushions 2014-01-14T23:03:33Z In the film, Pasolini updates de Sade’s wretchedly dark tale by substituting Italian Fascists for French libertines. Top 10 Least Sexy Sex-Filled Movies 2011-12-02T09:55:23Z You fix this because someone behaved wretchedly on your behalf at others’ expense, and those people need to be made whole. Perspective | Impulsive friend puts a relationship at risk 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Though in the novel Chester’s Mill is set in Maine, no wretchedly overdone Down East accents are imposed in this adaptation. Television Review: In ‘Under the Dome’ a Small Town Gets Smaller 2013-06-23T20:59:48Z “The Women’s War” does what so many classic adult fantasy books do not: It gives us a nuanced portrayal of grown women dealing with a wretchedly unfair society. ‘The Women’s War’ Is an Epic Feminist Fantasy for the #MeToo Era 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Too many of the stories also end on a forced poeticism: "… working hard, colors spinning out, exotic as a bird rarely seen unless believed in, wretchedly, like a moonward thought." Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z “Nothing of this kind happens with Warhol, or Gilbert and George, or any of the other image-scavengers and recyclers who infest the wretchedly stylish woods of an already decayed, pulped-out postmodernism.” Robert Hughes, Art Critic Whose Writing Was Elegant and Contentious, Dies at 74 2012-08-07T03:48:42Z But she’s candidly tough on herself, whether describing her drug addiction as a young woman or merely a brief, wretchedly embarrassing encounter with a music legend. Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z “There is no better excuse for hitting a woman than the fact that she looks just like a man” is one of its wretchedly unfunny lines. Perspective | Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women. They shaped a misogynistic culture. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z By 1936, Universal was virtually ruined, and Junior’s career ended at 28, though he was to survive another 43 wretchedly unfulfilled and chronically hypochondriac years. ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The night I saw it, not all of that singing was precisely on key, and the child nearest me overacted wretchedly. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z There was one that referred to her as "wretchedly self-absorbed." "Barry" star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: "Make her a monster. I'm all for it" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z A wretchedly folksy recital of greatest hits, it does not waste effort on depth or continuity. Review: Kevin Spacey as Clarence Darrow, Stadium Size 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Though experts in authentic Spanish idioms might shudder, it’s good to see fresh evidence of the old Bolshoi ardor in national dances, much needed after the wretchedly etiolated versions in Yuri Grigorovich’s “Swan Lake.” Bolshoi Ballet Performs ‘Don Quixote’ With a Smile 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z In many cases, toxin levels are low, or the amount of plant material you would have to ingest to present symptoms is wretchedly high. 'Gardening Can Be Murder': The safest place to encounter these toxic plants 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z They are wretchedly poor, and live in a cave close to the huge alcove in the cliff where one of the Buddhas used to stand. Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The best hope to save his life, she said wretchedly, is for him to be arrested and go through detox. Opinion | ‘If You Would Go Out on a Limb for Us, It Might Just Save Our Lives’ 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z But she’s candidly tough on herself, whether describing her drug addiction as a young woman or merely a brief, wretchedly embarrassing encounter with a music legend. Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She and Stewart have such natural chemistry in their scenes together that I found myself briefly wishing Riley and Abby would hook up and run off, leaving this wretchedly picturesque hamlet of homophobes behind. Review: Kristen Stewart makes spirits bright in LGBT holiday romantic comedy 'Happiest Season' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Lewis’s life was a sermon, and in our wretchedly divided and dispiriting time, his words repay our attention. Opinion | John Lewis’s battle cry goes forth again. Will we rally to it? 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z It offers no redemptive escape from sports gambling at its most wretchedly addictive. 'Uncut Gems' doesn't try to polish up the life of a gambling addict 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z By now, the wretchedly unthinkable has become almost rote. Newsletter: A deadly day at Saugus High School 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Here was a man on his England debut, fielding not just the vilest abuse, but a moment that will echo, wretchedly, far beyond this shabby-looking pitch. Six minutes of added time for racism will live long in sporting infamy | Barney Ronay 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Likewise, more than 800 women die wretchedly and painfully each day from cervical cancer, which in poor countries is sometimes diagnosed partly by the smell of rotting flesh. Opinion | World Leaders Once Made Miracles, and Can Again 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z I’m a writer and, aside from the occasional big year, it’s true I’m wretchedly, comically poor. Ditch your air-conditioning. You'll be fine | Franklin Schneider 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s the ordinariness—the familiarity—that makes Butler’s work so wretchedly riveting. Halle Butler’s “The New Me” Is an Office Novel for a Precarious Age 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z I am trying to think about when, exactly, I realized that my brain was wretchedly ill suited to the modern world. Opinion | Our Brains Aren’t Designed to Handle the Trump Era 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Thousands of cattle died in the fire, but thousands wretchedly survived—blinded, their ears gone, ear tags melted, udders burned off. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Either way, coke is a wretchedly inappropriate drug for experiencing the Necks. My Obsession With the Necks, the Greatest Trio on Earth 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The NFL overtime is still patently unfair, competitively unbalanced, and wretchedly unreasonable. Don't tweak the NFL overtime rule, fix it 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The practice is wrong, selfish, small-minded and - most wretchedly - devastating to democracy. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Going 1-6 at the Coliseum and playing wretchedly on offense did not help. Rams mailbag: Draft analysis, McVay-Snead, salary cap and podcast requests 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Imagine, then, the fate of Nigerians who have no choice, but must seek treatment at the ill-equipped, wretchedly funded hospitals in our country. Nigerian president disdains his country's best hospital for medical care in Britain. But what ails him? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Are we teaching our children to own the world, or only some wretchedly small part of it and that too in bitter, unending antagonism with all others? Bangladesh: What It Will Take to Beat Terrorism 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z First stop: its wretchedly negligent lack of segregation between the two main groups of fans. Clashes of England and Russia fans in Marseille exposes failure of planning | Barney Ronay 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z The previous owner had died wretchedly, amid old junk, garbage and loneliness, and Marsh said he was going to renovate the place himself. The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Sometime it drives us wretchedly to war, as in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. Xi Jinping visit: Chinese president at Buckingham Palace for lunch with Queen - live 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z A month later, he killed 12 and was killed himself, another casualty of a mental-health system that lets the severely psychiatrically ill — you see them sleeping on grates — live and die wretchedly abandoned. Another massacre, another charade 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He would wait years, if necessary, he said wretchedly. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z His brief tour in that country turned out wretchedly. A Singular Conviction Amid the Debate on Torture and Terrorism 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z He worked that night's entire game while his body was attempting, and wretchedly failing, to pass a kidney stone. Clippers' surge brings new energy to steady broadcaster Ralph Lawler 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Sometime it drives us wretchedly to war, as in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. Xi Jinping visit: Chinese president at Buckingham Palace for lunch with Queen - live 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Every morning that I walked from my house to that job, I was wretchedly miserable. Why Complaining Is Killing Your Reputation At Work 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z According to the folks who throw these things together, we here in the Mountain State are wretchedly miserable, but not terribly worried about it. West Virginia editorial roundup 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “These are the incidents that wretchedly show the dangerous foundation on which our country is established,” the Seoul-based Hankyoreh newspaper said in an editorial on its website. Fire kills 21 at South Korean hospital for elderly 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The GOP is not stuck in the past, they are stuck in a lie in which they created. shepherdwong I passed the night wretchedly. GOP's Self-Diagnosis: Soften Some Positions or Keep Losing 2013-03-18T20:35:25Z There has been a lot of talk about Jadeja, understandably so, but this series hasn't just been the usual tale of fumbling wretchedly against spin. India v England: fourth ODI live 2013-01-23T09:04:23Z The drug’s victims also die wretchedly young: 28, on average, for women and 31 for men. Why Europe's Healthiest Economy Has Its Worst Drug Problem 2013-01-22T08:35:30Z From our comfortable viewpoint in 2012, the United States of 1862 sounds wretchedly backward: Most of the population lived and labored in rural areas. Agricultural Inventions from 1862: A Look Back in Scientific American 's Archives [Slide Show] 2012-09-30T13:15:00.200Z Besides all this, at the sorrowful sign given to fight, they must run headlong to death: for either they must slay cruelly, or be slain wretchedly. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z Like the Irish too, they are wretchedly improvident. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Every one of them lacked arms and ammunition, and all their wants were poured out to the luckless young Prince, who was expected to attend to every detail, and whose own supplies were wretchedly insufficient. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Why, I know not, but since I have been in the Highlands I have for the first time felt wretchedly weak, without appetite. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Is it possible he would have remained so long absent, knowing, as he must, that the cause for which he suffered would be so wretchedly carried on? A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z But though skilful and intelligent as artisans, and abundantly endowed with the faculty of imitation, they are wretchedly deficient in imagination, and have no idea of invention. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Indeed, sir, we have been wretchedly supplied,—scarcely two rations in succession have been regularly drawn, yet we are not despondent. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z They have barrels of salt pork, beef, and a small store of coals, and little else, and are wretchedly paid. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z One might call him a wretchedly bad speaker, if his speaking were not so utterly unlike anybody else's, as to refuse to be classified with any other speaking, good or bad. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It was a river town and gradually losing its usefulness by the invasion of railroads up and down the river; besides, the colored people were in the most part wretchedly poor, ignorant and envious. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The part of the town where Poucette lived was wretchedly poor, dingy, and dirty-looking, especially in such weather as I now visited it, and the reputed haunt of thieves and evil-doers of various kinds. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And there, having laid aside all the belongings of royalty, wretchedly, with bare feet and clad in wool, he continued for three days to stand before the gate of the castle. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z “I was merely asking your advice, doctor,” the man with the puckered forehead answered, wretchedly. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Between his insidious court and the dread of Mr. Hornyold's gallantries she was uncomfortable as well as wretchedly unhappy. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z That they seemed desolate to the early navigators none need doubt, however, for the old-time sailors had a ship wretchedly unfit for such stormy seas, and he was ill-clad, half-fed, and homesick. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z October was a dismal period with its shortening days, its gloomy skies, and high winds, which with zero temperatures blew piercingly through the wretchedly thin tents. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Her father, all business and energy, attached the wires with a reckless want of ceremony; I thought in wretchedly bad taste. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z “If it’s really a riot she’ll never come back to me,” he brooded, wretchedly. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Gnawed as he was by unhappy thoughts, wretchedly anxious as he was, he was silent for a time. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z It was only as might be expected, under the circumstances, that when Gaines sought to leap clear of the window and get his feet in under him, he failed—failed wretchedly. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z They found the natives of this alluvial region wretchedly poor and illy protected against the bitter cold. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z "But they won't shoot you, Sallie," he said, giving voice to his only fear in a shaky whisper, his soul in his honest eyes as he glanced wretchedly round at her. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z A young woman, probably the sergeant’s wife, sweetheart, or daughter, stood aside, looking on wretchedly. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Or in a snow-choked city wretchedly, Dead babe at breast, with bare blown hair, A ruined woman crawled with quivering knee; Two bobbies scowled at her. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z It may be said, however, that for such a range of subjects the term Mind is wretchedly inadequate and common-place, and that the better rendering of the title would be Philosophy of Spirit. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The spring hunt may be said to have fairly opened ten days before the return of the long-absent sun, when a wretchedly gaunt reindeer was killed on January 28, 1852. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z On the contrary, the Indians were wretchedly victorious, obliging the ministers, by their perversity, to go away and leave them in the darkness which they so loved and delighted in. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z On the second, for the same reason, it is failing wretchedly. Carbon prices: Breathing difficulties 2012-03-01T16:00:40Z The canoe was a wretchedly patched affair, evidently put together in a great hurry. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z My greatest trial was going to church, because the singing was so wretchedly bad that it made my ears ache. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Two wretchedly thin foxes, giving about three ounces of fresh meat to each man, was the only game up to Christmas, and nothing was encouraging except the steady drift to the south. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But in comparison with it the old Year Books in Rastall's, and even more so in Maynard's edition, appear only the more wretchedly misprinted. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Poor fellows, they are wretchedly dressed, and many of them have no socks. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z After a week or two of fruitless effort to win back Lady's interest, Lad coldly and wretchedly gave up the attempt. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z In the misty drizzle of rain, which soon hushed the pipings of the birds, all the region looked wretchedly poor. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Thin, pallid, hook-nosed, bearded, and wretchedly clothed, he stood over her radiant person and seemed to peer into her very soul—this child of the West, Beltishazzar the Jew. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "I doubt I shall never see him again," she said wretchedly. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z As he closed the doors and told the cabman where to drive, a man, wretchedly clad, slouched past and turned into the Marylebone Road. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Cursed they die Who living, lived but wretchedly; For no man, if he lack of love. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z It is true that I felt wretchedly miserable in the prospect of marrying Captain Cross. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z She was expected either to rake the hay together or to use the fork in spreading it in the sun, working all day long until her arms ached so wretchedly that she could not sleep. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z In the house, Richard Carstares paced to and fro in his library, every now and again pausing to glance wretchedly up at the portrait of his brother hanging over his desk. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z My baby was born within ten months of my marriage and most of that time I was wretchedly, depressingly ill. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I could never lift my eyes save to the Crystal Palace, crouching, cowering wretchedly among the yellow-grey clouds, pricking up its two round towers like pillars of anxious misery. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z What I have suffered in these wretchedly cold houses over here words, Mr. Blake, can never express. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z I have heard it more than once observed of fortunate adventurers, that they come home rich in purse, but wretchedly barren in intellect. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z "Your pardon, my dear, but at the present moment I am singularly devoid of all strenuous emotions, so your remark is—" "Oh, Tracy, Tracy, I am even quarrelling with you!" she cried wretchedly. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I was frankly and wretchedly unhappy, and I could only hope that Betty was no better satisfied with the situation. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Curiously enough she clings to these once powerful but now often wretchedly poor families, as if pride of descent and attachment to old splendor prevailed even in the realms of magic. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z My poor fellow! you have been wretchedly treated, and it is certain that Bernard Belmont shall suffer for what he has done. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z I think I was feeling ill when I last wrote to you, and ever since have been coughing and feeling wretchedly, until finally the hemorrhage has come. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Any attempt to frustrate such an action would, he supposed wretchedly, be the essence of selfishness. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z His hut was rudely fashioned and wretchedly furnished. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z With them, you spend quite as much—yes, more; for you never know what to order to stir them up, and you always dine wretchedly. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Nobody loitered in the streets but a few miserables, and they were wretchedly cold. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Ulenspiegel, thinking wretchedly of Nele, and also that in some hostelry he might perchance find a good bed, good supper, a comely hostess, said yet again: “Let us go and drink!” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z In the race the crew, like the earlier Harvard crew, went to pieces when they were called on for a spurt—the test of nerve force in reserve—and were beaten in wretchedly slow time. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z The fleeces were wretchedly small, for the few sheep nibbled the stubbles and commons bare till the spring-time. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He was colourless and wretchedly thin in face, but the improvement in his appearance was already very marked. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z She kept him wretchedly ill at ease by more of the same banter, which he hardly knew how to take. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The dog stopped, and wretchedly and stiffly tried to get up the tree and bite Ulenspiegel, but he could not, and fell back to die. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Nothing could be more common, more neglectful, more wretchedly melancholy, than the place she at length gained. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Of course the trouble is that all the books in question, or most of them at least, are such wretchedly poor occasions in themselves. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z He looked wretchedly ill, and was prey to a visible embarrassment. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z I may say that I pass my life wretchedly; for nearly two years I have avoided all society, because I cannot possibly say to people, 'I am deaf!' Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z Yet, indeed, this must cease; indeed, we must not part thus wretchedly to meet amid the comfortless tumult of business; to part I know not how. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z When our traveller reached Bath he rejoiced greatly, and, the next day being Sunday, went to the Abbey Church with other fashionables, and heard a sorry discourse, wretchedly delivered. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z "I'm sorry, Beatrice," he said wretchedly; "I'm sorry—I didn't mean to hurt you." The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Still, it is hard to understand why anyone thought it was a good idea to build, in a wretchedly poor country, a plant that would consume vast quantities of extraordinarily costly diesel fuel.” Colossal Waste Exposed in Afghan Electric Projects 2011-10-24T18:15:10.557Z These whites, many of whom were men of low morale before they left Europe, were wretchedly paid, the scale running from 150 to 300 francs a month. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z It is raining today, and I feel wretchedly dull and bad. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Not five minutes later, down they came, the Doctor erect, stately, and deliberate as ever, Hoover slinking wretchedly alongside. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z On coming up I stopped and looked at them: they were a boy and a girl; the first about twelve, the latter a year or two younger; both wretchedly dressed and looking very sickly. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Robbery had greatly augmented the public wealth; but individuals were wretchedly poor, with the exception of the few who had had a hand in the pockets of the conquered nations. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This slight article on the civic banquets of England would be too wretchedly imperfect without an attempted description of a Lord Mayor's dinner at the Mansion House in London. Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook 2011-10-06T02:00:33.843Z James Keith, Albert Myles and myself will finish the course this year by hard study, having about twenty-five recitations each week—and I am in wretchedly poor condition. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z But this is wretchedly bad, and will amuse those who know how very particular Mr. Baily always was in his superintendence of the press, and how plainly his genuine works bear the marks of it. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z The trading class in my country is wretchedly ill-off; just poverty-stricken. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Those reports, and Oates's and Bedloe's narratives, are suppositions too monstrous, and the evidence too wretchedly mean to deserve consideration. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z As the sailors entered the hut they saw an old, very old man, wretchedly clad in a garment of rabbit skins rudely stitched together. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z How he lived there I do not know, but, after his return to Rzeslewo, very wretchedly. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Then one of my class played Beethoven's G major concerto most wretchedly. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z He addresses her in wretchedly bad grammar, but what can you expect of a sparrow? In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z She paused, staring wretchedly at the ceiling with her lovely murky eyes, and considering God knows what sad pages of her unhappy history. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z And in the morning, when I came round, still wretchedly hoping for some way out for us both—you were there, happy and smiling, making a silk bag for your pink topaz!” Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Some wretchedly dressed people spoke with the doorkeeper standing at the gate, evidently questioning him about something. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z It was not alone Warry's death, but the sharp, tragic manner of it, so wretchedly inconsonant with his life, that grieved and shocked the community. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z You have lived out of France till you have grown wretchedly serious and eccentric. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z And if I do fail, I shall fail most wretchedly. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He suddenly remembered that he had eaten nothing since noon and realised that he was wretchedly tired and spent. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Moreover, as a rule, they are wretchedly armed. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z "I didn't ask for the others, as it's a wretchedly indecent hour to be making a call." The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Bradford's newspaper, The American Mercury, he told Webb, was a paltry thing, stupid and wretchedly managed, and yet was profitable. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Pauline's voice died away wretchedly, and she drooped her head as the final faint word was spoken. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Under the arms were four lines in French, thus wretchedly translated by Strype, in his “Annals of Queen Elizabeth.” Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Collins died of neglect; Milton was an impecunious genius; every body knows how wretchedly poor Goldsmith was; and wasn’t poor old prodigious Sam Johnson hungry half his life? Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z The native, or humbler classes, as we have already intimated, are a wretchedly low people. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z But she is wretchedly weak, and a little talking makes her hoarse. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z The Ashantis were wretchedly armed, and yet for five hours they held out against picked troops who were equipped with the best weapons of precision. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The deputation returned quite chop-fallen, to their friends at Newcastle, where they lived for some time in great poverty, and very wretchedly. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z This son, Franz Victor, our hero's father, had to pass his life wretchedly in an insignificant position, the only one among the Sendlingens who went to his grave in mature years, unrenowned and indeed despised. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z The wretchedly demoralizing effect of gambling is apparent throughout all the cities of this republic, the common lotteries tempting the mass of the people, and various games of chance others who have money to risk. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Put a 134 specialist there, and the navy will be wretchedly organized, because the administration of the navy requires something more than the specialism of seamanship. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z He stood in the light of the only door,—his features wan and cadaverous, and his countenance wretchedly haggard. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z The mediums are a wretchedly weak, invertebrate order of beings, quite incapable of any such virile processes of thought as those expressed in the poem. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I was poor when I started; yes, miserably, wretchedly poor. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Some of them are wretchedly poor, built of mud and bamboo, the inhabitants half-naked and wholly starved, if one may judge by their appearance. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The situation has been almost enough to put Helen in her grave; she looks wretchedly; and Miss Torrington is no longer the same creature. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z I have indeed wronged myself—most wretchedly wronged myself, but not now; the wrong which I did to others has recoiled ten-fold upon my own head. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z The inevitable penalty for this triple error was a wretchedly topped ball, which skipped along the ground until it reached the bunker. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z How horribly he had dwindled, how wretchedly small he had become! John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Rising with an effort from his bed, Roland proceeded to dress himself, with infinite difficulty, for he felt wretchedly weak and dazed. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He was looking wretchedly pulled down and haggard, as the other had said, for he had had very little sleep. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z It would burn wretchedly, he explained apologetically, but was better than nothing. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Your form—you don't mind criticism, old chap?—your form is wretchedly bad. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z As soon as he had crept out of bed, he declared that the world was stupid, and most wretchedly ordered; I agreed with this perfectly. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z First the Northern and then the Southern Kingdom became grossly idolatrous and wretchedly corrupt. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Her hands were small and shapely, but they were cut and bruised, wretchedly discoloured and black with bad usage and neglect. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Notwithstanding her title, that woman must have been wretchedly brought up.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z He fussed and he fooled and he waggled his old dreadnaught for fifteen or twenty seconds, and then shot straight into the bunker—a wretchedly topped ball. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Finding himself wretchedly cold in the night, the Laird called to Donald to know how he was accommodated. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Instead of that you go off somewhere and get wretchedly drunk in some gambling-house. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z He was seventy-eight years old, and had reigned fifty-three years, wretchedly enough—but of this fact he was not aware. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z At first they were small in size, were wretchedly printed on the commonest paper, and each number contained only a small quantity of matter. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z The system which arose from this wretchedly egotistical state of mind was to a certain extent successful. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z His fortunes varied, and as is frequently the case with inventors, at one time he was wretchedly poor. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z My dear little friend, how wretchedly tired you must be, and then bothering with that woman. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z No mystery and no solution; all is too wretchedly clear. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z Near the end of the week, the answers came, rendering Miss Lucy who had not dared to write to defend her position, wretchedly miserable. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z In Latin America, wretchedly poor citizens would seek solace in Evangelical Christianity imported by U.S. religious orders. Niall Ferguson and the brain-dead American right 2011-05-24T11:01:00Z She was a bright little girl, though very poor; often hungry, and always wretchedly clad. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z The nose of great jurists looks sometimes, in my opinion, as wretchedly as the nose of Justice herself when its flexible material is drawn out and twisted and tweaked under too long fingers. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z A domestic woman often has a wretchedly unworshipful view of art and fame. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z In Portugal a decade of wretchedly low growth testified to problems afflicting the whole economy. Europe's debt saga: Every which way but solved 2011-05-12T11:01:28Z Though wretchedly poor these people were clean and neat. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z Those that remained were now wretchedly served by the Peruvians, whilst the fire of the besiegers, on the other hand, did considerable damage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Appleby knew that the troops were wretchedly supplied with commissariat and drugs, and the affair was within the discretion Harding allowed him. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z I have been wretchedly sick, and in such fiery pain; but it is over, and I am perfectly well.” Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z The pomelo is the most widely distributed species in the genus, but here as in the orange the quality of practically all the fruit is wretchedly poor, dry and insipid with a very thick skin. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z Through his mumbled response Pape realized wretchedly that Mrs. Sturgis had been raised to a sitting posture by strength of her astonishment. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Or rather that pity in her, a woman's unfailing pity for a loving being, however wretchedly unworthy of compassion, was striving to silence her ideas of duty. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z He was wretchedly poor, besides; for on the bills and securities he carried away, many being on eminent houses in America, payment was stopped, and being unable to risk proceedings, he was reduced to beggary. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z "I feel wretchedly," said Oswald in a forced voice, putting his hand to his head, "do not let me disturb you, I will go home." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z It is only right that I should help you when my people seem to have treated you so wretchedly. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z True it is that the generality of the inhabitants are wretchedly poor, but they themselves are to blame, and not the country. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Feeling wretchedly stiff and cramped, and cold to my bones, I stood up and rubbed my limbs. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Once after that we had a passing glimpse of English soldiers, a group of wretchedly ill men, with their wounds uncared for, stumbling along to the station. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z "I have felt miserably, really wretchedly ever since I went away," he admitted, speaking slowly and without looking at her. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z That night Edwards and I talked matters over, and I found that he was wretchedly down-hearted about the future. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Besides, we encounter in it direct and palpable imitations of Shakespeare himself; among which the most prominent is the wretchedly drawn character of the jailor's daughter. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z You must see that the allowance secured to me is wretchedly inadequate. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z She looked wretchedly pale and wan, with dark rings around her weary eyes. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z His childhood was spent in the little beer-shop of his wretchedly poor father. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The first four are wretchedly cut; the last four, showing Sir Henry’s battle with the rebels and his triumphal return, are both well designed and well executed. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z She felt that if Mynors were to be tender, sentimental, and serious, she would become wretchedly self-conscious. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z With the exception of a few magnates among us who are able to enjoy their prestige, we are wretchedly off. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Oh, fool! fool! fool!—miserable old fool that I was, to allow myself to be so wretchedly duped!" groaned the squire, in bitter anguish and remorse. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Not at all comfortable—catering rotten, rooms wretchedly cold and draughty. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "If they will set my back to the wall, they shall see I can fight," she thought, as she wretchedly took her way to her room. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z One half of the inhabitants p. 273subsist for a great portion of the year almost entirely upon this food, wretchedly as it is made by my countrymen. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z But why are they all so wretchedly small and bare? Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z I've not been very well physically; I've had a ghastly morning; I'm homeless and wretchedly poor—and I'm laughing at it all—the whole thing, Molly. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Now he looks wretchedly from sitting so steadily at his books and drudging. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Of course everybody noticed that he looked wretchedly ill. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z It was late in the afternoon when Ross got home; the trail to his cañon from the county road was wretchedly rough. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z I trust I am not so wretchedly selfish! Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z So you see I shall have neighbours all winter—two neighbours, for Mrs. Ledwith is wretchedly ill and her physicians have advised her to remain here all winter. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z I was wretchedly clad—if you don't remember it, I do—and it was bitterly cold. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z From head to foot he ached with weariness, and he felt wretchedly sick. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z He drank deep of all these delights of student life, he was always surrounded by a merry throng of so-called good friends, but he was often wretchedly forlorn and unhappy. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z She gazed at her without speaking, wretchedly conscious of her own unreason. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z He was dragging on his season wretchedly with half salaries, small operas, feeble old comedies, and his ballet company; and every body was looking out for the day when he should appear in the Gazette. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z "How did he tell me?" mused Guthrie wretchedly. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z A second child clings to her skirt, and mother and children alike are wretchedly clad. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z "He lives more wretchedly than we do," she thought. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z She was a sad-faced woman, with some refinement in her looks: she was wretchedly dressed, thin, pale, and dejected. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Talents I know I have, wretchedly as I have misapplied them; they may serve me yet; they would, had I a motive for action. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z According to Eamon Dunphy, a reserve player under Busby, "His greatest achievement was to create the illusion of beauty in a craft wretchedly deformed from the beginning". Sir Alex Ferguson reminds us of the importance of a good manager 2010-12-17T16:00:02Z Seldom has a team looked so wretchedly ordinary in a victory. Newport Gwent Dragons 16-23 Wasps 2010-12-12T17:26:00Z In the Coral Island amusement arcade, a woman in a wheelchair is locked in her own eternal dance with a fruit machine, and my horse performs wretchedly in the donkey derby. Blackpool: profile of a ghost town 2010-08-27T07:00:00Z Now it had fallen wretchedly into decay, and over it brooded the depression of hopes and dreams long dead. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Men, he observes, are wretchedly prone to superstition of all kinds; however, it is beneficial, he admits, to believe that the gods take care of them, and punish malefactors. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Never had troops less to do than we had, for the six months or so we afterwards remained in the country; and time hung wretchedly on the hands of some of us. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 “Because it was very beautiful, my dear sister; because I only had a wretchedly common porte bonheur; and, lastly, because it was of diamonds, and I liked it.” A Double Knot We have made wretchedly little progress, even if we have made any at all. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 It is wretchedly unbeautiful, though just as we were getting ready to leave it we did have one genuine vision. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise In no other part are working people so miserably housed, so wretchedly treated as they are in the southern states where the democratic party rules supreme. Labor and Freedom I was wretchedly tired, too, and, despite of my fears and the stench, I fell asleep, and slept till daylight. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 He was wretchedly glad of the darkness, for it covered a thousand familiar sights he had grown to love. The Valiants of Virginia I have a constant irritation in my throat, and I feel so wretchedly. A Sister's Love A Novel I pretended to be interested in a wretchedly new and cheaply woven rug. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise In preparing breakfast, &c., all the boys got wretchedly wet, and to try to prevent their taking cold my brother dosed them all with camphor. The School by the Sea He was wretchedly dressed; his poor blue jacket scarcely reached to his waist, while, on the other hand, his hose fell over his boots. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster For two days I had lain in wait for this moment, and now it fell so wretchedly short of my expectations. The Wish A Novel Anna Maria did not wish to close the bargain yet; in Eastern Prussia the grain had turned out wretchedly. A Sister's Love A Novel Others hold likeness of substance, many others insensible rays as the cause; men who also in very many cases often wretchedly misuse rays, which were first introduced in the natural sciences by the mathematicians. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Everyone else had their contentment, and he must endure wretchedly without the visible expression of his beauty. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Under these circumstances we lived wretchedly enough, much like shipwrecked sailors on a plank, with a shoal of sharks around. Barbarossa and Other Tales Never did unhappy celebrity sit more wretchedly than the poor Professor. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen There was only one asylum for the insane in all the island, and that was wretchedly managed. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Wherefore also it invites a friend wretchedly, and feebly retains him, so that it is esteemed as one of an abject and contemptible class, according to its less apt and less suitable figure. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments And now I feel wretchedly bored without the little highness, and as if I were of no use to anybody. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. "How wretchedly haggard I look," she thought, drearily; "surely every one who looks at me will read my guilt in my face." Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Nearly all of them were wretchedly clothed, and a considerable number were without shoes, which could not be obtained in the Province at any price. Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 At least he died wretchedly in poverty some months later, and had spent no large amount of money in between. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery He was conscientious in believing himself to be wretchedly unhappy, but as a matter of fact he had in the instant become a hero to himself. The Bachelors A Novel "Yes, I've been wretchedly ill; for years now, it seems," he replied. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Cold, but not wretchedly cold, as would be the idea always present to me that I had reduced you to poverty. Ayala's Angel And she won't want to eat, either," mused Emmy, wretchedly, "for that nasty medicine has made her awful sick. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Tattah itself is a small, wretchedly built town, containing little more than a thousand inhabitants, who are for the most part of the Moslem religion. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan Cowles stood hesitating, looking at the two young people, still separated, standing wretchedly. The Broken Gate A Novel De Montalvan was wretchedly ill at ease, but gathered a little reassurance from De Berniers's declaration that he would voluntarily renounce his pretensions, and abdicate in favor of his friend. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 I remember the F. family—such a cheery, healthy-looking family living in a damp, dark basement, and almost always half-starved, wretchedly poor, but very industrious! The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them If I were not so wretchedly poor, I would not accept one farthing of this money for her. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story But the wretchedly disenchanted woman could no longer be deceived. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands She sits down on a wretchedly uncomfortable, if delightfully mediæval, chair and laughs a good deal. Faith and Unfaith They were generally married men, with incomes wretchedly inadequate to the support of themselves and their families on the "European plan." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 He will ever stand before his wife a perfect model for her to look up to, and all her pretty little womanly ways, being a closed letter to him, will be wretchedly wasted on him. Her Royal Highness Woman Our first business, therefore, was to sell our animals; but they were so wretchedly worn that no one would look at them. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 All that day she dragged about, feeling wretchedly, but still keeping up. Maximina Some halls and churches are wretchedly adapted to hear either speaking or singing in. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action Connor made one desperate effort to smile, but the effort failed wretchedly. The Garden of Eden She does beautiful work for which she is wretchedly paid, but it serves to keep the home together. Windyridge A poor old woman, as wretchedly clad as the girl, was in the company of the two. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Alexander meets three thousand Greek prisoners, wretchedly humiliated by the Persians, and delivers them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The undisciplined and wretchedly clad swarm came and went as they chose, none having enlisted for more than a brief term. The Greater Republic A History of the United States There's a wretchedly defective color sense in many of the old masters, and in heaven knows how many of the young ones. Ewing\\'s Lady Now that the meal was over, everything looked wretchedly untempting to a weary person seeking to be refreshed. The New Mistress A Tale “Something told me you were in pain, and wretchedly ill,” she whispered, her voice shaking with a thrill of tenderness. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Here again Sonnenkamp was unfortunately obliged to say no, feeling himself wretchedly poor and ignorant. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine His parents were wretchedly poor and he received only a meagre education. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Because he was the inventor of parliamentary trains, and they are wretchedly slow. The Handbook of Conundrums That he is wretchedly poor, that he is ignorant, that his language to ordinary folks seems simply unintelligible, perhaps in certain quarters may be accepted as signs of his Divine commission. The Religious Life of London They were wretchedly clad, and lodged, and fed. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself The effigy is in a fair state of preservation, but wretchedly disfigured on the surface, by legions of names and initials, barbarously cut into, and scratched on it. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The streets of Manila are wretchedly paved or not paved at all, and as late as 1893 were lighted by kerosene lamps or by wicks suspended in dishes of cocoanut oil. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Thus, too, must an observant eye discern everywhere that saddest spectacle: the Poor perishing, like neglected, foundered Draught-Cattle, of Hunger and Overwork; the Rich, still more wretchedly, of Idleness, Satiety, and Overgrowth. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series All seem enthusiastic and very friendly, and wretchedly poor. The Religious Life of London "Glad to hear that I am so wretchedly poor, Miss Grey?" he said with a smile, and bending his eyes on her. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. "Oh, we are very willing to do so," said Hjalmar's letters, "but we cannot, we are so wretchedly made." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series She sat well to the front of the box; he could see every move she made, and every little thing about her wretchedly fascinated him. Fidelity A Novel I'm wretchedly stupid about all these things, and never could learn any game but �cart�.' Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands We shall probably be told next that it is a losing concern, and that the occupant of the wretchedly seedy see is about to give it up in consequence of his being "out of pocket." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The futility of attempting to deal with him according to any code recognized by men of honour was wretchedly apparent. The Destroying Angel Your head is burning with fever, your hands and feet like ice, and you feel dimly, but wretchedly, that this is but the beginning of sorrows; that there are a dozen more days to come. An American Girl Abroad "Of course—after such a long time together—But you're not married to him, Ruth," she said again, wretchedly. Fidelity A Novel This miracle is their appointed task; which they must accomplish, or die wretchedly: this miracle has been accomplished by such; but not in our land; our land yet knows not of it. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Bertha is unhappy she says, and he treats her wretchedly; but then he is not really cruel to her. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners All night wretchedly he tossed and turned, and there was no refreshment in his sleep. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers One hardly knows how badly reading aloud can be done and how wretchedly it is for the most part taught until one asks one's children to read aloud. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home She listened to the plans Annie and Ted and Ruth were making and wretchedly wished she had done differently years before. Fidelity A Novel There was some snow in the hollows, and I wet my feet, which always makes me feel wretchedly; and I could not find any thing to eat except a thin dried-up old mole. Letters from a Cat The man Westwood was a poacher, a thief, wretchedly poor and in ill-health; he has no character to lose, no friends to consider. A Life Sentence A Novel He looked wretchedly ill, but his sufferings were mental, not physical. The Bartlett Mystery After-dinner sittings, which fatigued me extremely, brought about a disorder of my stomach, so that I could digest nothing and became wretchedly thin. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun They are wretchedly uncomfortable, these awkward boats, for one not accustomed to them, but experience demonstrates that they are quite safe. The Pearl of India On inquiry, it appeared that, although wretchedly poor, and having a large family to support, he had been unable to resist the dice-box, and had gone to gamble away his brace of florins. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The four tidy little patches of ground made the rest of the garden look more wretchedly neglected than ever before; they were to him like four reproaches from his four neglected children. Better than Play "We are always so wretchedly stupid here, and he is so charming, and so good to look at, and always in such a perfect temper!" Portia or By Passions Rocked Angela objected to the shops, which she described as "punk," and to the condition of the lower classes, who were so poor and wretchedly dressed. The "Genius" But at evening, wretchedly constrained, She returns once more To the wet home, to the empty arms Of her hoary spouse. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine THE next morning Mr. Ferris was startled by the appearance in his office of Mr. Byrd, looking wretchedly anxious and ill. Hand and Ring He was looking so wretchedly ill that their hearts warmed to him, and they asked him to dine with them that evening, or the next, or—well, the next after that. The Return of the Prodigal I own that I felt wretchedly; and I can only say of the other, who professed to feel quite well, that she fled at an early moment from the table. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Each battalion was led by a staff-officer, who was splendidly, or wretchedly, mounted, as his luck had served him. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) And because that place now was empty, and because she saw no promise of its ever being filled, she sobbed wretchedly a long time. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance When her mother spoke to her, she declared that her head ached wretchedly, and she could not be persuaded to dress herself. Lady Anna So wretchedly has Pitt managed his opportunities� that every succeeding negociation has ended in terms more against him than the former. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 For though our position was naturally strong its defences appeared to the uninitiated to be wretchedly inadequate. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Thus we stood, wretchedly equipped against the most skillful heretics. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli I–I have–have suffered, Stephen,” she concluded, sobbing wretchedly now. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance For, how wretchedly was I now maintaining that proper independence of spirit, which I had always insisted even the most blinded and devoted of lovers should feel! Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 He went on to the lawn, very slowly, and kicking wretchedly at the turf. The Monster and Other Stories It is true that the little Prussian State was wretchedly poor; for that very reason the Prussian rulers had to practise strict economy and unrelenting industry. German Problems and Personalities That it was wretchedly incomplete and inadequate I hardly need say, but the responsibility for the incompleteness and inadequacy cannot be laid upon the field force. Campaigning in Cuba He began to think a little of his own suffering; then Scip called him, sobbing wretchedly. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 My little bedroom under the skylight, and three meals per day of none too plentiful and wretchedly cooked food, required the deposit of five dollars a week in advance. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself We need no chiseled words to tell us of the great name so gallantly won by Arnold the hero, and so wretchedly lost by Arnold the traitor. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools There is, first of all, the priest, who might protect you by the Catholic interest; they are a wretchedly small body, but they count two chiefs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) I am back again in the stage of thinking there is nothing the matter with me, which is a good sign; but I am wretchedly nervous. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) An Italian prima donna who has been heard in the same rôle at the same opera house sings the invocation wretchedly, but acts the following scene, the killing of Scarpia, with startling realism. The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation It would be awfully lonely for me here, Mildred would be wretchedly unhappy and Margaret would have a devil of a time. The Fate of Felix Brand It is a wretchedly uncomfortable position, but compared with all that has gone before it is only uncomfortable. Records of Later Life The debate was very bad; everybody spoke wretchedly. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III Do you know that you made me wretchedly nervous? Berenice What was a little sympathetic feeling, more or less, to these wretchedly poor creatures? A Manifest Destiny She felt wretchedly ignorant and uncertain as to what she ought to do and wished there were some one better versed in worldly knowledge than herself to whom she could go for advice. The Fate of Felix Brand Dear Dorothy, Here is my love with my pen and ink, which I flatter myself are as wretchedly bad as those of any gentlewoman in the universe, and St. Leonard's. Records of Later Life Phillpotts I did not hear, but he was wretchedly bad, they told me. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III When in London, he found the streets wretchedly dirty. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series She smiled wretchedly at him as he rose with her. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards About two years ago an attempt was made to induce one of the leading dailies in this country to expose a wretchedly unsafe bridge in New England. Bridge Disasters in America The Cause and the Remedy We are unable to say whether the poor prophet, so wretchedly sold, ever recovered from his spleen, or whether it shortened his days and brought him to an untimely grave. Bible Romances First Series Kindly benevolent despotism had also a voice in the matter, for Poland was wretchedly misgoverned, a source of constant danger to herself and to her neighbors. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 It is now wretchedly deficient in this respect, causing both suffering and ill health in a climate especially demanding this prime necessity of life. Due South or Cuba Past and Present How wretchedly passed the evening, and yet I have no doubt I was an object of envy to many of my young lady friends. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 "I'm glad enough you've come," he said, "and it's quite—you make me feel—as if I had been wretchedly waiting for you." The Wings of the Dove, Volume II I’m wretchedly sorry to make you all this trouble, but––she mustn’t come in here––you’ll bring me a bite to eat––yes, I’m hungry. The Eye of Dread The Earthmen were pitifully few, only thirty of them, and wretchedly armed. Slaves of Mercury The viands are wretchedly poor, and the price charged is a swindle. Due South or Cuba Past and Present And now that Eleanore had come, her presence made him feel at once what a wretchedly dreary place it was. The Harbor Never had New York seemed to contain so many people; never had the overflow so congested avenue and street, circle and square, and the wretchedly inadequate and dirty street-car and subway service. The Crimson Tide A Novel That made me wretchedly angry, so I came in here. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The tears swam to her eyes and wretchedly and yet thankfully she wept. The Paliser case There are thousands of them about the town, forming a collection of wretchedly wornout carriages, drawn by horses in a like condition. Due South or Cuba Past and Present I have felt wretchedly ill for the last few days, and seem to have lost both sleep and appetite. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' These last must be wretchedly unwholesome in the brief rainy season. Aztec Land Do the Tuamites deny that "many of the streets are wretchedly built," and "the Galway road shows how easily the Catholic poor are satisfied?" Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule But he was now by my presence so wretchedly detached from the great world he moved in that for a moment I was stirred to pity him. The Cruise of the Shining Light What else could be expected in an atmosphere so wretchedly immoral? Due South or Cuba Past and Present And I must say that I feel wretchedly sorry about the whole thing. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West O, I’m wretchedly perplex’d that I’m forc’d to go out a doors now; and troth, it goes sore against my mind; however, ’tis upon sure grounds. Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694) Many of the streets are wretchedly built, and the Galway Road shows how easily the Catholic poor are satisfied. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The horses were grazing quietly, and Bucks, examining his revolver, which he had all the time felt he was wretchedly incompetent to shoot, sat down beside Stanley, already fast asleep, to stand his watch. The Mountain Divide Among the small towns in the interior, at the houses of entertainment, which are wretchedly poor as a rule, the charges are exorbitant, and strangers are looked upon as fair game. Due South or Cuba Past and Present A man is a wretchedly helpless being when he has only his hands.” The Greater Power He could picture the whole wretchedly cheap retaliation for the slight which Mary Hope had given them, and the picture tormented him, made him writhe mentally. Rim o' the World It was all wretchedly unconstitutional—of this there is no doubt. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck The experience of this last month alone might show how wretchedly that test would operate if applied even to the Bank of England. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 I found he was out of work, and his parents wretchedly poor," said Queen Mab; "so I said he might come and help Jakes by doing a few odd jobs. Soldiers of the Queen I might see our house filled with the foe, My father old, Ascanius, Creusa lying low, All weltering in each other's blood, and murdered wretchedly. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse He was wretchedly unhappy—all the more so because he was furiously angry with Elsa, and perhaps, at the bottom of his heart, with himself. Great Uncle Hoot-Toot He had been unhappy that night, with the peculiar unhappiness of a naturally decisive man wretchedly in two minds, and she had given him a half hour of forgetfulness. The Innocent Adventuress Miss Willis realized, for the first time, that she had been horribly brazen––or, at least, she told herself that she had been––and as a consequence, she was wretchedly ill at ease. A Breath of Prairie and other stories No," replied the monkey, wretchedly; "but then I'm always afraid it will be, and that's just as bad. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Oh! he was wretchedly uncomfortable, and finally he burst into tears. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. The owners of these cabins, with great labour, have contrived to obtain wretchedly poor crops of potatoes from the barren soil immediately round their cabins. The Macdermots of Ballycloran We may still tremble, the fear of doing wretchedly may linger, but we grow. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Yet he had become wretchedly in need of sleep; his eyes were bloodshot, and his pulse ran fast. Sunlight Patch The fight went on slowly, wretchedly, shot for shot, Danton himself dragging up a bale of ammunition and serving it to the men. The Road to Frontenac His kindly grasp of the hand and hearty welcome acted like magic upon Herbert Randolph; but his wretchedly disheartened look did not change in time to escape the keen young newsboy’s notice. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Breakfasted at a small public-house, a wretchedly dirty cottage, but the people were civil, and though we had nothing but barley cakes we made a good breakfast, for there were plenty of eggs. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Two or three forlorn-looking children were eating at a wretchedly uninviting table in the midst of these surroundings. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly She could think only of him toiling wretchedly in the mines or quarries, striving against a fate as unfriendly, as unyielding, as a wall of cold granite. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China He liked the "Arabian Nights," but oddly enough these wonderful tales made no such impression on his fancy as the stories in a wretchedly inferior book made. A Boy's Town His face was wretchedly pale, his hands trembled as he proceeded to pile in the coal. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer "It makes me wretchedly uncomfortable, as if you were some dreadful man waiting to be paid or something, to see you standing there." The Marriage of Elinor His father and mother were both dead when he was two years old, and a wretchedly poor sister of his father took care of him as best she could till he was eight. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Were we to judge at present by the same rule, we should find many of our great men wretchedly naked and desolate. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) They were all wretchedly clothed in graceless rags, and formed a bitter and depressing contrast to the magnificence of nature. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Much good may these wretchedly printed volumes do you! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Our blind leaders, therefore, have most wretchedly deceived the world by their mass-offerings, for they have forgotten this one real sacrifice. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost “We—we—ran over a cat––” she said wretchedly. Rose O'Paradise “It is so windy and cold, and oh! so wretchedly dull.” Hushed Up! A Mystery of London This labor of docketing scarred backs seemed wretchedly monotonous. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar I cannot help adding that these catalogues are wretchedly printed. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Alice laughed wretchedly as she detached the fingers he had pressed anxiously upon her forehead. The Beloved Woman The fields are wretchedly tilled, where tilled at all. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge He was gasping painfully for breath, and groaned wretchedly as he recognized his visitor. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail The people appeared to be wretchedly poor, living in the most primitive mud cabins thatched with straw. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Never, to be sure, was a precious collection of English History and Poetry so wretchedly detailed to the public, in an auction catalogue! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The hours dragged slowly and wretchedly on toward the misty dawn. The Big Bow Mystery He was a raw-boned lad of some eighteen, wretchedly clad, and worse fed; and he had swooned through fatigue and cold. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Finally I got up wretchedly and dragged on some garments. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home They were wretchedly poor, for the old man was now growing too weak to hunt, and often came home at night empty-handed. Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold It has not done much for man; in this country all white men vote, yet the masses are wretchedly fed, housed, clothed, and poorly paid for their labor. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II He was endeavoring to be natural, and was failing wretchedly. Theo A Sprightly Love Story The gloom of despondency and the suicidal impulse are as powerful as they are unwelcome and unsought; and the wretchedly unhappy patient cannot alone meet the issue and resist. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) OW while all these things had been going on, poor Gabriel had been growing more wretchedly unhappy day by day. Gabriel and the Hour Book The people on the route seem to be wretchedly poor, living in the most primitive mud cabins thatched with straw. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands A wretchedly thatched roof, surmounted by a single stone chimney, covered the whole. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story In due course the answer came under Scott's notice, when he found it so wretchedly drawn, that he advised Macnamara to have another answer drawn by some one who understood pleading. A Book About Lawyers England has, from the beginning, blundered most wretchedly, for want of consulting the human heart, in preference to musty parchments; and the equally useless books on the law of nations. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. A. Young remarked that wages in Ireland are wretchedly low, while labor is far from being cheap. Principles Of Political Economy "I shall be properly fatigued by that time, no doubt," confessed Algy wretchedly. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands To effect this they were tied to stakes and burned alive; were broiled on wooden gridirons, and thousands were thus wretchedly destroyed. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Were the consequences of that one act of folly and meanness never to cease? he wondered, wretchedly, as he stood there. The Giant's Robe Truly, life may be made miserable in many ways, but in the Kansas homes in that memorable grasshopper year of 1874 life was wretchedly uncomfortable. Winning the Wilderness "Ah!" said the wife, "we live very wretchedly here in this nasty miserable ditch, do go back and tell the fish we want a little cottage." Folk-lore and Legends: German All leather work, such as saddlery, harness, shoes, &c. is wretchedly bad, but undersells our manufactures of the same kind by about one half. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Anne, cursing the killer of her husband, curses the woman who shall marry him, is, herself, that woman, and dies wretchedly. William Shakespeare The remainder of the day was passed wretchedly enough by me; and I already began to repent of the step I had taken. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf "Oh, we are very willing to do so, but we cannot," said Hjalmar's letters; "we are so wretchedly made." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen "She will soon have more to think about," thought Robin wretchedly. The Wooden Horse To my eye, they are all wretchedly ill dressed, for they wear the same dark and dirty-looking calicoes which our Scotch maid-servants wear only on week days. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Grey, Rivers, Dorset, Buckingham and Hastings make oaths of amity, call down curses on him that breaks them, themselves break them, and die wretchedly. William Shakespeare These Portuguese are, for the most part, wretchedly poor, and, apparently, will soon become extinct. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. It was very uncomfortable, her position being wretchedly cramped. Across the Mesa He was wretchedly dissatisfied with it all and felt that he would give all the polish and culture in the world for a simple, unaffected friendship in which he could trust. The Wooden Horse The soil is still to appearance wretchedly poor, yet it gives a rich produce, in grapes, figs, olives, and mulberry leaves, for the silk worms. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Ignorant, superstitious, and condemned to a life of unrequited toil and unredressed wrongs, the mental and moral condition of the agricultural poor was wretchedly low. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 After two more fruitless quests I grew by turns insanely jealous and wretchedly self-distrustful. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Besides the news of victory, the Crimean War correspondents told of the Cholera sore plight of the English army, of the ravages of cholera, and of the wretchedly organized hospital system. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) He felt wretchedly alone and unprotected, as an atom of dust drifting across a sunbeam. Where the Souls of Men are Calling The road very heavy in most places, and in some wretchedly ill-paved, with stones of unequal size, and not squared. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Their salaries were so wretchedly small as to be insufficient for the necessities of life in this climate, where the poorest European is obliged to keep half a dozen black servants in his pay. Athelstane Ford The whole bitter truth was out, now, and he turned away wretchedly, ashamed to meet her eyes. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern He was wretchedly underpaid by his publishers, and his greatest works utterly failed of contemporary recognition. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Why had Stroke set so wretchedly slow a stroke that defeat was certain? Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns They are wretchedly poor, and driven by this poverty to meannesses which they would in other situations despise. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. The manner of his execution was wretchedly bungled, in some way, and the whole thing was to me indescribably repulsive. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 “I’ll quit an’ leave this part of the country,” Bob said wretchedly. The Fighting Edge Time passed on, and on, slowly and wretchedly. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Offer all Asia to Septimius— Add Britain—put in competition With Acme—wretchedly abstemious They'd call him of your gifts, Ambition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 To the traveller in France, every thing seems to denote extreme poverty, and that extending its influence over all ranks of society; and certainly, compared with England, France is wretchedly poor. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Hence, when at three years of age the little one was left wretchedly pitted by a severe attack of small-pox, its fate was listed. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It was wretchedly demoralising work for an army. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Meanwhile, she and Griggs were wretchedly poor, and she begged her father to continue her allowance. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 There can be no doubt, that he would preach very wretchedly, who should always be haranguing without the corrective discipline of writing. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching A most impressive event to the Greek mind of Homer's age; the greatest of the rulers is wretchedly cut off from his Return by his wife Clytæmnestra and her paramour Ægisthus. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary "I am a wretchedly deceitful girl," she told herself. Three Little Cousins And all this notwithstanding the disadvantages of appearing in foreign dress; for it hardly need be stated how wretchedly many of the translations have been executed. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 So keen is the American play-goer's sense of humor that often when a play is wretchedly bad it comes to the rescue, and the applause is terrifically loud. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Yet we could not linger, unique though the occasion, dearly bought our privilege; the miserable limitations of the flesh gave us continual warning to depart; we grew colder and still more wretchedly cold. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Compare the beautifully foreign set coleoptera, with our wretchedly lame and uneven-sided attempts. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. I am growing nervous—it is really true—really, wretchedly, ridiculously, fine-ladically, nervous. My Recollections of Lord Byron “Well,” Eveley said judiciously, “I suppose you will all be satisfied now that you are back 299 in your old rut wretchedly doing your duty by each other.” Eve to the Rescue It was not a happy affair, for three of the guests were wretchedly nervous. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] You will find it a wretchedly stupid letter; but you may imagine, my dearest girl, that I am tired. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The vertebrate specimens were old and wretchedly mounted, the lepidoptera nowhere; but the recently acquired animals were splendidly rendered. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Their ordinary lives were wretchedly debased; and, in search of booty, or in revenge for fancied injuries, they often committed the most savage crimes. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 I felt in my heart that something decisive was coming, and I had a premonition it was going to be something bad; the man appeared so wretchedly nervous as he sat there in the witness-box. The Other Side of the Door It is pretty clear, however, that they are in no danger of being turned out, but that they are wretchedly off for speakers. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I All this seems like a scene out of a melodrama, but it's wretchedly real for all that. The Diamond Coterie Edie, am I a wretchedly prejudiced old maid, or is there something not nice about that man?” Witness to the Deed Alnaschar, my fifth brother, was very lazy, and of course wretchedly poor. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Although the dervishes had built stout works, and had plenty of cannon and ammunition, they made a wretchedly bad stand against the gunboats, injuring none of them. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan He slept wretchedly and seldom went to bed, but passed the greater part of the night walking about the room or dozing in his chair. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I The boats on the Nile are very ticklish flat-bottomed affairs, wretchedly handled. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 He was the son of wretchedly poor people, and was born in a miserable hut in Cilicia. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Yesterday—I felt wretchedly yesterday, Margaret; I was in acute pain all day. Fernley House He liked the Arabian Nights, but oddly enough these wonderful tales made no such impression on his fancy as the stories in a wretchedly inferior book made. Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells We were wretchedly tired, and hungry as bears, but found room in an adjoining house, and succeeded in getting a supper of reindeer steak. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland In this country we have a few fairly good roads, but the majority of our highways are wretchedly bad. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block He was wretchedly educated, and his natural powers were of the meanest sort. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 The ecclesiastical system was disorganised by plurality and non-residence; the dignified clergy as a whole were worldly minded, and the greater number of the rest were wretchedly poor. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The land forces degenerated into a wretchedly organized army of less than three hundred thousand men, drafted from the lowest classes. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy By Erebus! but I am sick—sick of the fools, with whom I am thus wretchedly assorted! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 She looked wretchedly haggard and careworn in her sackcloth robe, with her short-cut grey hairs left bare. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Even Auckland exclaimed that the continental alliances had been wretchedly mismanaged, a remark which Malmesbury treated with quiet contempt. William Pitt and the Great War I am grieved to find that you are so wretchedly low-spirited. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House The hay-carts were wretchedly small, and the implements used looked generally rude and primitive. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Alas! that thou art gone, and gone too so wretchedly! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 How can a man be so weak, so wretchedly weak? The Green Rust I don't care what I look like," she said, "but I feel wretchedly unpleasant. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 She leaned against a slim white bole of a young birch behind her and looked at him wretchedly. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 He'll be quiet enough tomorrow night, thought Curtis wretchedly, as he went upstairs to bed after housing the calves. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 After my anger had passed, I was wretchedly unhappy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 When this was done, they were driven like a flock of birds into a narrow place outside and hung to a beam to die wretchedly. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece She suffered herself to be persuaded to eat something, then wandered wretchedly back to her father's room to remain there for the rest of the day. The Arbiter A Novel The doleful fact is, I'm too wretchedly shy and awkward to live. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 She set her teeth to walk easily and straightly, but constantly the jog of his elbow on her shoulder or the swing of his hand against her blouse sent her ambling wretchedly arms-length from him. Mary, Mary They were wretchedly poor, and old Brooke, as he was called, and Ned were employed a good deal by Mr. Carroll—more out of charity than anything else, I fancy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Poor fellows! they were wretchedly equipped, so far as garments went. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The suspension-bridges—instead of which wretchedly inferior ones of wood are now used—were composed of the tough fibres of the maguey; a species of osier, possessing an extraordinary degree of tenacity and strength. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America |
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