| 单词 | comfortless |
| 例句 | “Well, yes, He did say it,” said Praying Mother Washington, “and I’m so glad He told us He wouldn’t leave us comfortless.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In the solitary, comfortless course of his recent driftings, Perry had over and over again reviewed this indictment, and had decided it was unjust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot food was limited to once a day; the other meals were cold and comfortless. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The next day, the fourth, was little better, and the night almost as comfortless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He wandered through the wild solitudes of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees heard him gladly, his only companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My nose tickled from the dust in the sleeping bag, and the basement floor—which was poured concrete beneath a thin, comfortless layer of indoor-outdoor carpeting—made my bones ache whichever way I turned. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Immediately after their cold and comfortless breakfast Strider went off alone, telling the others to remain under the shelter of the cliff, until he came back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was a soldier, and now I am nothing but an agony for myself, for my mother, for everything that is so comfortless and without end. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As cold to himself as to his clients, he lives in a comfortless flat where the entrails from the previous night’s chicken dinner still decorate the bathroom floor. Movie Review: ‘Pieta,’ Directed by Kim Ki-duk 2013-05-17T00:03:13Z At night, he carefully counts the coins given to him in tips by hotel guests, storing them under a loose floorboard in his comfortless room, against better days to come. 'Albert Nobbs': Gender-bender is wistful, intriguing 2012-01-26T22:08:01Z It's also a place of borrowed American culture that's obsessed with the achievements of its children while being cold and comfortless toward those who fail or just don't fit. Edward Yang's Taipei: All Boxed In 2010-04-14T12:55:00Z The period setting perhaps makes Davis's twisted visions slightly more palatable, but Hunderby remains sufficiently comfortless that it probably doesn't herald her transition from cult figure to prime-time star. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z It's a comfortless but arresting image, typical of a film which – like the novel – refuses classification either as comedy, tragedy, or anything in between. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z Now I am dead you come to me In the moonlight, comfortless; Ah, what would I have given alive To win such tenderness! ‘Winter’: a passionate reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s troubled love life 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Brunschwig’s resolute, comfortless art is a critical component of that history, and it is through the very absence of images that she bears witness to the unspeakable. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Ragged addicts scrabble in shadows like dusty lepers, and insane, emaciated women terrorize their caregivers in a comfortless psychiatric hospital. In ‘Asmodexia,’ Evil Infects Souls Like a Plague 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Cleareyed, comfortless, often dazzling, like sun on ice, “Anatomy of a Suicide” follows three generations of women tethered to life by the thinnest possible filament. Review: In ‘Anatomy of a Suicide,’ Pain in Triplicate 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A troubadour might sing about love’s disappointments: “My loving heart, my faithfulness, myself, my world she deigns to take. Then leave me bare and comfortless to longing thoughts that ever wake.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That doesn't diminish the pain and anxiety of the elderly women who now face a comfortless old age. How Korea helped prostitutes work at US bases 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Mean and comfortless dwellings imply not only a low standard of comfort, but often a low morality. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Damp, bare and comfortless was the castle in which this child first saw the light, and mournful was the welcome he had from his mother. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Breakfast the next morning was very comfortless, as the wind was still blowing with 28� of frost, and everything—boots and foodstuffs of all kinds—was frozen inside our tents. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Oh, what comfortless things are these summer storms! Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z It could hardly have been other than a time of merely formal prayers and comfortless spiritual experience. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z She was used to entering Italian palaces and finding interiors as bare and comfortless as a barrack; but in them the discomfort and bareness had always been due to the inadequate means of their owners. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z I cried, "too well I do know it, dear lady; and, albeit my tongue is silent thereon, my heart doth grieve to see you comfortless of that which is the sole source of true comfort." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z At eleven the foremast fell, at three the mainmast followed; and now the Hansa really looked a complete, comfortless wreck. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Then, again, the black waistcoat, stiff, tight, and comfortless. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Where a poor or weakly mother is concerned, and where the puppies are restless, squall, and seem damp and comfortless, it is another matter. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z The cold winds do murmur, the bleak snow is falling, The beasts of the forest from hunger doth call; There is desolate evenings and comfortless mornings, And gloomy noontides for one and for all. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z Every now and then a dim figure stole up to us with an eager sad whisper, asking, "How goes it? how goes it?" and slipped away down-stairs with the comfortless answer. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Next night was passed in the same comfortless position, but on the morning of the 16th the second officer caught sight of a star, and never was there a more welcome omen. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Is there anything at once more comfortless or more hideous? The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The bed was high, ample, and spotlessly white, and relieved the otherwise comfortless look of a stone floor and white-washed walls. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z "I think so," he said slowly, his eyes wandering to the grey misty landscape, against which the poor hovels of the village stood out naked and comfortless. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z For the wife had not been in Raleigh during the entire winter; Jared had been left to endure existence as best he could in his comfortless boarding-house. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z A feast by dogs and men, and a night's halt on the ice followed, to Dr. Kane, at least, both vexatious and comfortless. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He had come to dash her down, to fill her cup of sorrow to the brim, to leave her lonely in the world and comfortless--for never, never could she love another! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Doubtless she had had a comfortless time on the journey from Heritzburg, jogging through fords and over ruts, and along steep places, wet, tired, and scared, deprived of her books and all her home pleasures. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Pity is wasted on a mechanic so placed at any time, for he likes the position, and it is not so comfortless as it looks by a long way, experto crede. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The oaken table, long and clumsy, stood in the great hall, and the guests were ranged according to their station on long, hard, and comfortless benches. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z In this comfortless home, and amid the dreary surroundings of this hard and rough village, which is little improved since the days of border war and pillage, he was reared. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z I was utterly comfortless; I wept and screamed; and my voice came echoing back from the rocky valleys with a sound that terrified me. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z It was such a one as the few wharf and sawmill hands who were married usually lived in—comfortless, primitive, and rickety. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The place reeked of the smell of cooking and tobacco smoke, and looked very comfortless with its uncovered walls and roughly boarded floor. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z In a bare stone room, as comfortless as a hermit's cell, the two young men, seated on blocks of stone, exchanged confidences. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Poor Lucius lay alone that afternoon in his comfortless college bedroom. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z Then Eckart thought of Conrad, Heinz and Dietrich, and was himself altogether comfortless. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z It was scantily furnished, and generally comfortless and mean. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z It was growing shadowy, but it looked horribly comfortless, and the few dishes that were still scattered about the table bore the remnants of a singularly uninviting meal. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The comfortless contrast between colossal wealth and beggarly want could only be thereby increased, since it is almost exclusively the lower middle class who emigrate to agricultural colonies. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Mr. Sanborn met me at the comfortless depot, and insisted upon taking me to his lodgings, where Friend Number Two, in the shape of his amiable wife, added herself to the list of my well-wishers. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In all this time of slow rebuilding Vivian would not have been left comfortless if masculine admiration could have pleased her. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z But there, too, all was comfortless or obscure. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The cells here have a more comfortless look than in the cloister proper. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Young Vandeleur, with light silken hair, and innocent blue eyes, found his paragon the picture of “grim-visaged, comfortless despair,” drumming a tattoo on the window, in slippers and dressing-gown, without a collar to his shirt. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z I remember these boats as crowded, dirty, and very comfortless, but I found this one as well appointed as need be. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z It never ceased pouring in deluges, so that for hours together we could not get upon deck, but had to remain below in the small bleak, comfortless cabin. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Then he heard the other door shut, and he turned to the comfortless gloom of his own quarters. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z And yet with this stern, comfortless conviction on their minds—with hunger, and famine, and pestilence on every side—they never uttered one word of complaint, not even a murmur of remonstrance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z His room was singularly comfortless, but a hot iron pipe ran through it and it struck him as luxurious by contrast with the camps in the snowy waste. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z And when he came to the words, ‘leave us not comfortless,’ he burst into tears and wept much. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z A long journey first in a comfortless train, through a country as level and lonesome as mid-ocean itself. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z And how comfortless and unmeaning may life become without this deliverance! Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z These people, their child, and their house were positively dirty, and looked comfortless: the pigs lay in one corner of the kitchen, and the domestic utensils stood about in apparently habitual disorder. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z He could hardly bring himself to eat the comfortless meal with her. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I have seen some die sullen, silent, and comfortless. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Yet they are obliged to sit hours in this comfortless chamber, without understanding what is said. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z I told him to come up with me to my office, and stalked from the kitchen, full of the comfortless wrath that has failed to find a suitable victim. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Then he invited them to go with him, saying that the Plain of the Fountain was a comfortless resting-place after a long journey. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Others sought their love In death, and found it, dying; but for me The death that took me, took from me my love, And left me comfortless. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z If you would not be comfortless in death, and hopeless in the judgment day, be genuine, be real, be true. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z But none of these measures will eradicate the bad housing of dirty and comfortless, or of demoralised and demoralising homes. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z 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 They are comfortless and they will mourn for comfort. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z The only person who never appeared to remark the cold and comfortless terms on which Gregers and Jeann� lived was the Baroness. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Motherly pity, bend thy face and grant One beam of ruth to thy poor suppliant, Nor turn me from thine altar comfortless.' The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z She somehow gave the comfortless impression of being "ready-made" and "greatly reduced," as if there were quantities more exactly like her put away somewhere, the supply having hopelessly exceeded the demand. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z My head aches; I am not well; I am tired with this comfortless estrangement from all that is dear to me. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z He must fight his illness alone, lying unattended in his comfortless quarters. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z It was a still, hot night, and the moon hung round and full above the cedars, when rancher Brooke sat in his comfortless shanty with a whisky bottle at his hand. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z For the love of lovely things Must quench all bitterness, And whilst the robin sings No heart is comfortless. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z It was not grief which the excited, wearied countenance of the emperor wore, it was comfortless, dull despair. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z We return at dark, and, unable to enter the beds, we pass a few comfortless hours by the kitchen fireside. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z "Come in here," she said, leading the way to a little comfortless room where people waited. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z When he entered the shanty Jimmy had supper ready, but he realized, as he had never done since he raised its log walls, the comfortless squalor of the room. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The mode of living on these driving excursions is altogether "itinerant," and really comfortless, for the most part. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Alas! much too soon were the pieces demolished, and the crumbs picked up off the comfortless bare table. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z You know now how melancholy it makes me sometimes to think how ill and comfortless you may be, and I so far away from you. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z I had gone with Mr. Fenton to the round-house, and looked a while from its windows on the comfortless scene without. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z There was sympathy in his companion's eyes, for she had seen his comfortless dwelling, and guessed tolerably correctly what manner of life he led. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In our English Bible He is made to speak of leaving them comfortless. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z I was reading to her one day, when I noticed how thin her shoes were, and how comfortless the old box looked. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z His quietness, however, did not deceive Ellis; the admiration conveyed by his eyes was so wholly unmixt with respect, that, embarrassed and comfortless, she knew not which way to turn her own. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z Our heroine was kept waiting a considerable time in a cold and comfortless, though richly-furnished parlour, where the splendid coal-grate exhibited no evidences of fire, but a mass of cinders blackening at the bottom. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z He already loathed the comfortless place, from the hideous oleographs on the bare wood walls down to the uncleanly sawdust on the floor. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z I saw his room, a bare and comfortless hole, but with a splendid view from the windows. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The taverns are silent; some are turned into comfortless farm-houses, others are closed and unoccupied, sad and deserted widows of the old “pikes,” far gone in melancholy decline. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z He rose before the break of dawn, made saddles and bridles all day and far into the night and was paid with poor food, a comfortless bed, and cheap and scanty clothing. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z Here lies a company of very poor Women, in the dark dungeon, Hungary, cold, and comfortless, night and day; Pity the poor women in the dark dungeon. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z He saw the dusky forest he had toiled and lost hope in, and then, turning his head a trifle, the comfortless dingy room and Saxton's intent face and eager eyes. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z My apartment was comfortless and ghastly enough; but, in a little time, my bed and some other furniture were brought, and the gaoler asked if I wanted anything more. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z The poor wretch had ventured into a bleak and comfortless portion of the world, and its inhuman mother had not provided a rag to cover it. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z If the transition was great, at first, from that barren and comfortless place to the luxuries of Penrith, the change back again must have been peculiarly trying. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Our Blessed Saviour, whom all the rich and luxurious call “Lord,” was born in as lowly a condition of comfortless poverty as Patrick Bront�. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z The people, both masters and slaves, were poor, listless and inactive; their dwellings were comfortless and uninviting, and their lands miserably neglected and unproductive. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z If I now stand between a comfortless past and a hopeless future, I will at least turn the present to account, I will at least bring my ruined wretched life to a consistent conclusion. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z Her father was dead, the home where she had dwelt as mistress for so many years broken up, the present appearing blank and comfortless, the future uncertain and vaguely terrifying. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z She did not change countenance however at the sight of the comfortless hut; it was neither more nor less than a bad mountain cabin, there were many such, and she was used to hard living. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z A beautiful soul and noble mind are phantoms, but a sickly body is the most comfortless reality, and a burden which I must drag about with me during my whole life. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z These chill and comfortless rooms had but little adaptation to their new purpose, and hastened the release of many a poor unfortunate by the mercy of death. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The countess sat alone in the dimly-lighted, comfortless sitting room, gazing at the spot where her son's bed used to stand. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The overcrowded tenement Is comfortless and bare, The atmosphere is redolent Of hunger and despair. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z We gained some little shelter under the broad roots of a clump of fallen trees and limbs, and passed a most comfortless night, being wet, and without a fire. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z On just such a day as this Roland Dorrien sits moodily in his dreary, comfortless room, looking out into the darkling vista of rain and fog. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The room had still a comfortless air, now that she was alone to observe it. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z In Poem vii. he represents himself as standing, “like a guilty thing,” at the door of the London house where they used to meet, and he was then all sad and comfortless. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z Now do I look on life as the worn mariner, Stretching his eyes o'er seas immeasurable, And all is drear and comfortless. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z The place which was to be her bedroom and boudoir for some weeks was not comfortless by any means. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z "About the same," was the comfortless answer which the Freiherr made every morning to the anxious inquirers of the family, and he sat more silent and gloomy than ever at the head of the table. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z The action was a relief after hours of slow trudging and sleepless, comfortless rest. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z I walked into that portion of the vessel appropriated to the poorer class of travellers, and here I beheld my unfortunate countrymen crowded together in a most comfortless manner. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z How often she had sat in that bare and comfortless pew holding her father's hand. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Entering at the stout front door, we find a large room, bare and comfortless. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z I would my unfortunate friend had never left your Wentworth Place—for the hopeless advantages of this comfortless Italy. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z In comparison, my dwelling is bleak, comfortless, and unretired, but my father is entitled to all my care. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z My small comfortless home was intolerably lonely to me, and towards sunset I went out to find some fortitude under the open sky. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z She was propped up with pillows in a narrow, comfortless bed. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Vanity of vanities, all is vanity; such is the comfortless doctrine of the book. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z However comfortless and forlorn you may be, don't add to your own and the world's misery by fretting. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Its little yellow stars may now be seen gemming the woodsides, when all around is cold, comfortless, and dead. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z He was sorry to leave the hotel, which had been a royal "Sans Souci" and "mon repos" to him, and turn his face away from its comfortable chambers towards his own bare comfortless rooms. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z I watched my room grow dim, and felt it becoming more cold and comfortless as evening drew on; but it seemed not so dreary, and felt not so cold, as my desolate heart. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you." The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Except an opium den—of which I have only hearsay knowledge—there is probably nothing more comfortless and degrading than the lower-class alehouse of our towns and cities. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z From the beginning Thou hast never been without a witness in the world, and Thou hast never left us comfortless. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z They took a small house in the Latin Quartier, very plain and comfortless. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z The village with its windmill, and the few farms that are in sight, look naked and comfortless: not an inviting territory for an invader given to the picturesque. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The room was bare and cold, and comfortless in the extreme; the painter was middle-aged, small, brown and shriveled, and very much out at elbows. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z There were urgent need of repairs, and a general shabbiness of detail that was pitiable: the high wooden pews looked comfortless, ordinary candles evidently furnished a dim and insufficient light. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z She saw herself burdened with household cares, comfortless, friendless; she saw herself upon her death-bed, and her child standing beside her. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z I shivered comfortless, but cast No chill across the tablecloth; I all-forgotten shivered, sad To stay and yet to part how loth. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z She saw herself worn out and wearied with household cares, comfortless and friendless, fighting the battle of life alone; she saw herself dying and her child standing by her bed. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z It was, indeed, extraordinary to note how comfortable the genius of that ancient Cristoval who had planned the place, had made this originally comfortless corridor-like room, for room it was despite its narrow confines. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z I tell her she is comfortless by nature. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z You have, perhaps, seen the hard-faced toughs lolling back with their feet on the radiator pipes before the windows, the heaps of dead flies that are seldom swept up, the dreary, comfortless squalor. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z "You are not going to leave me comfortless, but will wipe away the mold from hopes, and thus brighten up the future by letting the sunshine in upon them again." Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z In a sick-room, not bare and comfortless like Jim Hunt's, but bright and cheerful, lit with shaded lamps, and filled with tokens of thoughtful love. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z This comfortless spot they left at the dawn of the day, and, on their arrival at the lodges, found them deserted; the property of the Indians being scattered about, as if abandoned for ever. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z She felt a final lowering of her spirits when once more the comfortless inn came into sight. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He loathed the dreary patrol of the wet streets; he abhorred his comfortless quarters in the third-rate hotel; and the curt refusals that followed his application for a humble post were utterly disheartening. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z It would be difficult to imagine anything more comfortless and primitive than that interior. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z For weeks she has felt no interest in the comfortless philosophy of the books which were formerly her favourites. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z When I opened my eyes I was lying on a bed in a bare comfortless room. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z I got very wet, and I could not dry my things properly, the place was so dirty and comfortless; and I got a little feverish chill. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z On the evening after their return to the city they sat in a corner of the comfortless lobby at the hotel. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The upper story was even less inviting than the ground-floor—barer, more chill, utterly comfortless. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z "I dare say it did seem cold and lonesome and comfortless like," Mrs. Jeffson said, indulgently; "but we'll get things nice in no time." The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Those who were in their positions the night before—that is, on Wednesday night—found that they were not utterly comfortless in the sodden fields. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z What a delightful retreat, he thought, from the comfortless affectations of the world. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z It was not, of course, that Castalia Kilfinane did not know that thatched hovels are frequently comfortless, ill-ventilated, "the noted haunt of" earwigs, and limited in the accommodation necessary for a genteel family. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z In her lonely chamber sat a pale, sad girl, tearless and comfortless. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z Bays and rocks and moonlight, and such like comfortless stuff, would be designated by him as "all my eye an' Betty Martin." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z To adhere to our metaphor, it is a large comfortless Meeting-house; and so is the Recluse. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The reception that we experienced at the hands of the virago who owned this comfortless hovel, had been neither hospitable nor flattering. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Yet with all its splendour of traceried arch it is a comfortless place. Canterbury 2011-02-17T03:00:20.527Z Why did you do a thing so comfortless? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z His wife still kept her fixed, comfortless gaze turned to the pass, which on the other side descended into the valley, and whose windings could be partly overlooked. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z It was a long-shaped wooden house, comfortless in appearance; a number of men were drinking at the bar, and sounds of revelry issued from the open door. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Who can tell how many hearts have been wrung by the pangs of separation, how many crushed by the comfortless despair of interminable bondage? White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z The tall mass of the mansions towered high above him; he hated the place, its comfortless show. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The Way is the Way to Father, narrow and hard and comfortless. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z In a certain existing account of steps taken in 1811 to remedy the dilapidated and comfortless condition of the Jail, we get a glimpse of York, commercially and otherwise, at that date. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Afterwards we found that all our care was in vain, and in the comfortless camps of the Peninsula bitterly bewailed the little luxuries we had needlessly left behind, now so unattainable. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z The poor child had a comfortless youth in that family where her very presence was a rock of offence. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Although his face was half averted, he must have been conscious of her gaze, for he turned abruptly, and said indifferently,-- "There is something really comfortless in an autumnal landscape at an hour like this." Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z And Mrs. Tabor, looking up in a comfortless pause and finding us all at gaze, broke down entirely. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Here, in comfortless wigwams, we have seen Dr. Lee, a medical man attached to the Indian department, administering from an ordinary tin cup, nauseous but salutary draughts to sick and convalescent squaws. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z His lot appeared as empty and forlorn as when he had decided to put an end to his tedious existence: life was as comfortless and devoid of interest now as then. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z And the horror grows darker with their fancies, the cold of early morning, the comfortless grey of the dawn, the dead white mist, the ever-dripping tears of the dew, the deluging rains, the appalling thunder-bursts. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The night was as dark and comfortless as October nights usually are. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Neither of us again made any allusion to the night of alarm; but it was as if both now felt a share in it, a kind of blindfold sympathy not altogether comfortless. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Accommodation for man and horse was for the most part scant and comfortless. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z "Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue, But moody and dull melancholy— Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair; The venom clamours of a jealous woman, Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z How comfortless is the sorrow of him who feels at once the pangs of guilt, and the vexation of calamity which guilt has brought upon him! Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Now, such a soul shall not be left comfortless in the end; but, shall be refreshed with divine consolation. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He glanced round him at the room, with its painted ceiling and comfortless floor and the huge bed of gilded wood shrouded with blue brocade. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Oh, but try to understand," he entreated, "Try to see a fellow-creature as he is, in all his comfortless nakedness, with no conventional wrappings. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Do you remember the comfortless morrow that brought the first contact with your boy associates? A Cursory History of Swearing He had been several weeks without a lodging, and though it was now summer, the winds of heaven afford but a comfortless blanket for the shoulders when the midnight dews fall upon the earth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Yet God had so withdrawn his consolations from him, that his human nature was left desolate and comfortless. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z A quaint, subdued old room—clean, and yet comfortless. A Double Knot The furniture for the most part had been good, and was of that peculiar comfortless family of horsehair and mahogany with which the mid-Victorian epoch was blessed. The Princess Galva A Romance Come; sit with me, here at Life's creaking door, All comfortless.— The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy I lay on my comfortless straw couch, wondering why it was that my prison was not colder. Deep Moat Grange Nor will he ever leave them without sufficient succor; “I will not leave you comfortless,” he says; “I will come unto you.” True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z She kept her slender hands folded and listened to the words of the clergyman, a picture of the most hopeless and comfortless pain. A Sister's Love A Novel Heavily drove the night, heavily drove the day over Christian, comfortless, downcast, blank. The Unknown Sea It is astonishing what a comfortless thing is the glow of conscious virtue—it is bright in hue but gives off no warmth. Beggars on Horseback The fire still smouldered on the hearth, but the room was icily cold and comfortless. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers For many years after the war, the appearance of the villages was most comfortless; one may perceive that this was the case in Thuringia, from the transactions with the Government. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. It was all raw and comfortless, and as the newcomer looked up at the forbidding summits he snarled to himself, "They ain't a patch on the Andes." The Tempering The room was bare, and cold, and comfortless in the extreme; the painter was middle-aged, small, brown, and shrivelled, and very much out at elbows. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir It was near nine o'clock when he got home to report himself unsuccessful, to meet dark looks from his wife and daughter, and sit down alone to a comfortless dinner, chagrined and disconcerted. Tony Butler He was astonished that religion could have such power--so great and strong--to comfort the poor in the miseries of a hopeless, comfortless life. The Progressionists, and Angela. One of the most inclement winters in the Gulf of Mexico had passed in the comfortless manner described in the last chapter. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 When covered with snow, and with lamps of fire burning within, these habitations must be extremely warm, though to our ideas rather comfortless. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea For a time I mused, drearily enough, turning many comfortless things over in my mind. The Book of Susan A Novel Entering the library at Sartoris, he finds Dorian there, alone, indeed, and comfortless, and sore at heart. Faith and Unfaith “I will not leave you comfortless, like orphans: I will come to you.” The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II I believe; Thy power I own Thy word I would obey; I wander comfortless and lone, When from Thy truth I stray. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion This was a very cold, comfortless day, the temperature between 38° and 42°. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Though it came at last with me to a vague, comfortless feeling of shut-outness—of too often missing an undefined something that I had hoped to share. The Book of Susan A Novel As for me, scarcely were my eyes opened to the light, I had barely thrown one glance around my cold and comfortless chamber, when thoughts of home came rushing to my mind. Jack Hinton The Guardsman In these rude, and according to our estimate comfortless, cabins they hibernate rather than live the life of civilized beings for eight months of the year. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia As he went along the worn oil-cloth of the hall he saw through the comfortless white-spotted glass of his front door the outline of a woman’s hat. Man and Maid We had a severe frost this night: at daylight in the morning the thermometer was down to 20°, and a raw fog contributed to make the weather very cold and comfortless. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The evening of this already comfortless day I now recall as one of the most exasperating of my life. The Book of Susan A Novel Although He has gone up on high, and taken His seat by the Father’s throne, He has not left us comfortless. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons Even the morning ablution was comfortless and distressing; a pocket-handkerchief serving but indifferently for a towel. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. During our dark and comfortless ride, I told him all that had befallen me since we parted in Lisbon. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The reaches of the river were beginning to show slaty downstream and a little damp wind running with the day was like a chill after fever, unfriendly and comfortless. Where the Pavement Ends So she filled up the teapot which was half full of leaves, and then sat down to her comfortless meal. The New Mistress A Tale To the lonely man, fresh from his rough and comfortless sick-bed, this was indeed a home-coming—a welcome to stir the heart. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt It was going to be a wet and comfortless night. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He arose; and, laying himself upon his cold and comfortless bed, slept calmly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 With a feeling of utter despair we lay helpless and comfortless on the floor of that miserable black hut. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Only cast a glance at the daily sacrifices of those who, to reside within the periphery of greatness, submit to a crushing rent and a comfortless abode. One Of Them The whole pleasant season of May is spent in dismal sorrow; and June is comfortless and cheerless. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards So the three prepared to pass a comfortless night. The Auto Boys' Mystery Among them was the following: He and the other Union prisoners occupied one large, comfortless room, in which the floor was their only bed. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Utterly disgusted, he helped that worthy to bed, and then, after a cold supper, for which he had little appetite, he sought his own shakedown couch in the comfortless lumber-room. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley It was one of those spacious edifices which were types of mediaeval life, lofty, splendid, but comfortless. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Her life was to be enjoyment now, since the early part of it had been hard and comfortless. Helen Grant's Schooldays And with a comfortless sigh he turned back to the house. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day To all seeming, he paid little attention to the poor and comfortless features of the spot. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Is there any one whose feelings and energies are not depressed by a cold, comfortless, untidy room? Maids Wives and Bachelors Her long years of home-waiting, the comfortless journey, even the first week of uncertainty, had been easier to bear than this anxious waiting. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It was a comfortless scene within doors and without. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Their food was brought from the hotel, two or three miles away, on the hill, and consequently must have been cold and comfortless. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It needed not the cold, murky sky, nor the ceaseless pattering of the rain, to make this place look more comfortless and miserable than anything I had ever beheld. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Many not only rejected such a destiny for themselves, but were indignant at the attempt to decoy their children into such a comfortless region. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning From her I learned that that cold and comfortless season was mitigated at Stanley Grove by several feasts for the poor of different classes and ages. Coelebs In Search of a Wife And if devotion, and most kind feelings towards all creatures—man and beast—can ensure pleasant and healthful sleep, his pillow is a charm against comfortless dreams and rheumatic pains. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The remaining comfortless dwellings, mostly log cabins, and board shanties, with their broken windows and ragged inmates, who flocked out to gaze at the strangers, presented an appearance desolate in the extreme. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier To learn the answer which all idealism gives to this comfortless theory, it is well to read Schleiermacher's “Monologues,” and especially the chapter “Youth and Age.” Naturalism And Religion In spite of their being enemies his heart was touched by their comfortless condition. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro The house stood alone, big, gaunt, cold, and comfortless, in the midst of bare hills, exposed to the bitter wind that careered through the valleys and ravines. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 She had digged a pitfall for her own occupation; and of all comfortless and stony places, such pitfalls as this make the hardest lying. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Oh I would my unfortunate friend had never left your Wentworth Place for the hopeless advantages of this comfortless Italy! Life of John Keats It is not we, it is he who is poor and miserable in all his despicable riches, for he stands there in the most gruesome, comfortless loneliness. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II IT WAS so desperately cold and comfortless that Si and Shorty felt that they must do something or perish. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro It was a dreary, comfortless, uninviting place, and a greenish slime overspread the lower portions of the wall, and coated the uneven pavement. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Truly we would have been comfortless in that sad time but for one old standby, who had never yet failed us. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 The sun had long set and a grey dusk had fallen when Dalton, weary and despondent, returned to the Station after a dull round of inspection during which he had occupied comfortless d�k bungalows. Banked Fires Often the spirit of discouragement comes over them, particularly at night, when, weary, cold, and hungry, they turn into their comfortless huts, on the snowy ground. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings First my couch She prepared, then bent to loose From my feet the espardillos,— Footgear comfortless and rude! Atta Troll In His fearful ordeal He was forsaken by God,—but to you remains the everlasting promise, ‘I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.’ Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part “A great darkness and horror,” says the text, have fallen on the pilgrim; it is the comfortless deathbed with which Bunyan so strikingly concludes the sorrows and conflicts of his hero. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers She was the picture of abandonment in the comfortless room, ascetic in its lack of dainty feminine accessories. Banked Fires There are earls and countesses as there used to be mastodons and other senseless, over-grown brutes roaming miserable and hungry through the undrained woods,—cold, comfortless, unwieldy things, which have perished in the general progress. Lady Anna “Dreary, solitary, comfortless—it was no longer home.” Threads of Grey and Gold The arrangements are awkward, the seats are comfortless, but the singing is hearty and the feeling good. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Their gains are occult curses; comfortless loss their truest blessing; failure and pain Nature's only mercy to them. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work The comfortless night gave way, at last, to a comfortless day—May 7th—gloomy, lowering, and raining, off and on, till late in the evening. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Instinctively he tried not to awake, as if even in sleep he knew how comfortless his surroundings were. Jena or Sedan? On deck the most stormy aspect presented itself, while below all was wet and comfortless. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) From this day she felt herself no more alone or comfortless. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The hour of midnight had now come and gone, and still the royal sufferers were in their comfortless imprisonment, half dead with excitement and exhaustion. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Pepys, travelling with his wife in his own carriage, lost his way twice in one short hour, and on the second occasion narrowly escaped passing a comfortless night on Salisbury Plain. Old Roads and New Roads He says to all the suffering and comfortless: My dear brother, think not that thou alone sufferest distress and temptation. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent As for our accommodations at this place, they are as comfortless as it is possible to imagine, but that really signifies comparatively little.... Records of Later Life Idle, comfortless, bare, The broad bleak acres lie: The ploughman guides the sharp ploughshare Steadily nigh. Collected Poems Volume Two The gardens are like all other French pleasure grounds, formal and comfortless, but there is one part you would all enjoy. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) She accepted her position as minister to the comforts of the hitherto comfortless without remark and entirely as a matter of course. The Benefactress And yet," said Edith, "I have passed some pleasant hours in this room, comfortless as it looks. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 It was to take place in the cold comfortless month of March. Marion Fay They who believe not or know not this are as absolutely hopeless—as comfortless—as Ecclesiastes: they are "the rest which have no hope." Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes For they were the only gods that were left, and a comfortless set of gods they were! The Harbor The ill-omened bird again shrieked, and the wind howled fitfully; whilst the moon, issuing from behind a cloud, now threw a cold comfortless light, which imparted a death-like hue to every object around. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. She was sitting alone in her comfortless room. A Singer from the Sea It was necessary that the people about should know that I had a wife and son, and so I brought him and her to this comfortless country. Is He Popenjoy? All night this was kept up, while, on the floor of the schoolroom, all but the two or three older ones, with the completely exhausted teacher, slept in what comfortless attitude they might. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic I rose, but did not wish to leave him comfortless in 298 the rising wind. The Cruise of the Shining Light It is with ineffable delight that he looks behind, and says, in thinking of his cold and comfortless garret, "I came out of that place, single and unknown." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. These scenes of anxiety and trouble strongly urge the heart forward to desire the day of the Lord to come, so wretched, so comfortless does all appear. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 Their huts were miserable abodes, barely endurable in pleasant weather, but comfortless in the extreme when the wind filled them with smoke, or the rain dripped through the branches. King Philip Makers of History They were sitting in a room, empty and comfortless, which was built on to the end of the oblong which comprised the store. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Let the torpid monk seek Heaven comfortless and alone. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Mr. Lincoln's looks are those of a man whose nights are sleepless, and whose days are comfortless. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Dirty, too, it should surely be, and comfortless, and tenanted by misery, or poverty, or sin, or, very likely, all together. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 All the day long they work in the darkness, Far from the songs of the birds and the sunshine, Now they return to their sordid villages, Ill-smelling rows of comfortless cottages. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The candle had gone out, and the eerie light of the northland dawn, drifting into the room through the little space of window that was uncovered, made him and his companion look old and comfortless. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The living room in which the girl sat was poor and comfortless, though she industriously kept the place clean. The White Lie The day was dying on the Kentish downs And in the oakwoods by the Stour was dead, While sadly shone o'er snowy plains of March Her comfortless, cold star. Legends of the Saxon Saints This loss, added to his blindness, must have made his home, for some years, desolate and comfortless. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History For two weeks she did not even see him, and one evening, after an extremely comfortless conference with his leader, he met her with the most chilling formality. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Breathed there a man of soul so dead, Who would not to himself have said, This is—a confounded comfortless dwelling. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 He was fresh from London; we had passed a night in a comfortless cave; the day was hot, and his weight made a plod through deep snow necessarily fatiguing. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice She mounted into the wet, comfortless tram, whose floor was dark with wet, whose windows were all steamed, and she sat in suspense. The Rainbow In the inner recess of Tresco’s cave, where he had made his comfortless bed, the dim light of a candle is burning. The Tale of Timber Town The whole scene was a combination of natural wildness, loveliness, beauty, and barrenness, or rather bareness, yet not comfortless or cold; but the whole was beautiful. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 And it mattered little to him that their dwelling was rude and comfortless, their clothing old and worn, and their manners uncultured. The Cabin on the Prairie They, disbelieving in "spirits," persisted in calling her insane—a comfortless and far from beneficial suggestion. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Without reply, I followed them upstairs into a large back attic, which was in the same comfortless state as the shop and parlour. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago The tents of the Monguls thus made were, of course, very comfortless homes. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series It makes them gather round the table, instead of sitting down here and there in the comfortless, unsociable way they used to do. The Grey Woman and other Tales My shirts look like pillow-cases, and anything more comfortless than my comforters I couldn't imagine. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 Once he harked back to the dust flower, saying that as its humble and heavenly bloom brightened the spots bereft of beauty so she cheered the lonely and comfortless places in his heart. The Dust Flower No place could look more cold and comfortless; but Daisy was so madly anxious to do something that she set about her task with a will. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief His apartment was gloomy and comfortless, his clothing was ragged, and his person squalid and dirty. Richard III Makers of History If thou art orphaned, friendless, comfortless here, remember there is in the Elder Brother on the Throne a love deep as the unfathomed ocean, boundless as Eternity? The Words of Jesus "The drops, dear mother, trickle still Into my coffin deep; It feels so comfortless and chill I cannot go to sleep." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 She came every day and sat with unwearying patience on what we called the model throne, the one comfortless wooden arm-chair the studio possessed, while Paragot mounted guard near by on an empty box. The Belovéd Vagabond When Germans come to England and have to live in lodgings or poorly furnished inns, the bedrooms seem to them most comfortless and ill provided. Home Life in Germany These last were crowded together in villages and towns which were formed of dark and narrow streets, and rude and comfortless dwellings. Richard III Makers of History Jesus seems to have an especial love and affection for His orphaned and comfortless people. The Words of Jesus But the old building was quite deserted, and, when he forced open the rusty lock, and entered, he found nothing but a low, dark, comfortless room. Tales From Scottish Ballads Nothing, in short, could be more dreary and comfortless than our walk for the first two hours. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Many of them are rough characters and live hard and comfortless lives. Birdseye Views of Far Lands He told us of tiny obscure places in Italy which he knew, where the rooms were carpetless and comfortless, but where the cooking could vie with the Savoy or Carlton in London. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The life of boarders at an American tavern, presents a senseless and comfortless mode of killing time. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Even the morning ablution was comfortless and distressing; a pocket-handkerchief serving but indifferently for a towel. p. 104Restless activity now took full possession of the prisoners. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France The houses of the working classes are comfortless in the extreme. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Any very small, very old, and very dirty street at any point has its proportion of street-sellers, whose dark, grimy, comfortless rooms are their refuge at night. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Although he ascended, yet he says, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity It was all over at last, and the tired household was left to rest, and they awoke to a comfortless house next day. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened The short journey had been rendered comfortless by a continuous downfall of rain, and when the friends halted at the Cattle-Fair Hotel for dinner, they were all more or less drenched to the skin. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier The philosopher's young companion was just pleading openly and confidentially with his distinguished tutor, and apologising for having so far renounced his calling as a teacher in order to spend his days in comfortless solitude. On the Future of our Educational Institutions Inconsolable and comfortless, my uncle put the child out to nurse, and travelled to the south. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity In my sore need, I was not left comfortless. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The best of the old furniture had been carried off to adorn the town house, so that when Fred succeeded to the ownership it was a pretty bare and comfortless place. Otherwise Phyllis The whole interior of the place appeared bare and comfortless. The New Tenant That strong purpose of his might even yet lift him from the soiled and comfortless bed, and send him on the trek again. The Dop Doctor “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity It is a barren, comfortless land at present, with a possibility of being useful some day. The Rhodesian It was certainly a most comfortless kind of carriage, something like what a growler would be if you removed all its lining and padding, and with very narrow seats. India and the Indians In these rude, and, according to our estimate, comfortless cabins, they hibernate, rather than live the life of civilized human beings, for eight months of the year. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands And in many respects those revels of olden time were indecorous, noisy, comfortless affairs. A Book About Lawyers The cold winds do murmur, the bleak snow is falling, The beasts of the forest from hunger do call; There are desolate evenings, comfortless mornings, And gloomy noontides for one and for all. Revised Edition of Poems This was a more cold, dreary and comfortless place than No. 7. 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. While sitting one day in the large, bare, comfortless public room at the miserable hotel at which he put up, he observed two strangers, whom he at once perceived to be English. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Müller considers the business relations of men, as they exist at present, as “the comfortless mutual slavery of all.” Principles Of Political Economy But of women—such women as he would care to mention to his mother and sisters—he sees literally nothing in his dusty, ill-ordered, but not comfortless rooms. A Book About Lawyers Very few of you who read this have ever seen a place so comfortless or so poor. Nine Little Goslings And among all the occupants of those comfortless conveyances, Harry Denvil was the only one for whom that journey was not a prolonged torment of pain and unrest. Captain Desmond, V.C. They reached it a few minutes later, and were standing in a big and rather comfortless room when Sproatly rejoined them. Hawtrey's Deputy One would think it impossible to exaggerate such a picture of comfortless neglect. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the evening52 I went to the palace for a few minutes, but it felt so cold and comfortless that I had no wish to remain. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The morning was wet and misty, and altogether comfortless, and Flora was glad when the bustle of getting on board the steamer was over, and they were safe upon her deck. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life His dwelling was cold and comfortless; and how long would he be obliged to bear all this? Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It was a very long while since any woman had crossed his threshold, and the red-cheeked fr�ulein gave the comfortless bachelor dwelling a curiously homelike appearance. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Napoleon had long lived in a state of nervous fear, which must have made even his high position comfortless to him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 That inhabited by the English ambassador, on the contrary, is small, comfortless, and with only a small slip of ground. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 It looked poorer, and meaner, and more comfortless than ever, after the luxuries she had grown accustomed to. Cornwall's Wonderland Ah, Charles," said Mrs. Raeburn, "what a sad, comfortless Christmas many of those poor little creatures will have,—children as dear to their parents as our little girl is to us. Stories of Many Lands Of course, though comfortless and solitary, it was a place of much greater security than Carisbrooke. Charles I Makers of History Udal too slipped down from the window-seat; he buttoned his gown down to his shins, pulled his hat over his ears and hurried through the galleried courtyard into the comfortless shadows of the street. Privy Seal His Last Venture She flung herself back into the bare little room, cold, empty, comfortless. Anna the Adventuress The spray lifted over the bows and swept along the decks, the wind howled dismally through the rigging, and the ship was wet and comfortless. The Tale of a Trooper He had been delayed several hours by an accident to his post-carriage and by the storm, and now found himself obliged to stop for the night at this lonely and comfortless little inn. Stories of Many Lands At that hour Sam had not made his appearance; but between twelve and one he sauntered into the comfortless room in which Carry was still sitting with her father. The Vicar of Bullhampton The furniture of this comfortless apartment consisted of sloppy, much-jagged deal tables, dirty whittled benches, and a few uncouth chairs. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Emiliuses friends could not conceive why he lived in this narrow street, in this comfortless lodging, why he was so little to be seen in society, or how he employed himself. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck While it is being set in motion, he sits down before the wall on one of the seats or pews where a large audience of other comfortless and lonely-looking people are. The Lost Art of Reading It was all strange, and unhomely, and comfortless; like one of those wild dream-pictures which seem so appallingly real in their hideous unreality. Vixen, Volume III. Its comfortless neglect is a true epitome of the life of him who first shaped his course from his reveries within it. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Aristide went back to his comfortless lodgings aflame with bewilderment, indignation and despair. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Under any light but that of the fire, the place must have looked cheerless to desolation, but the comfortless room was alive with the fire's palpitating heart. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Curiously I examined the place, the unreadable books kept in niches behind transparent sections of the wall, the strange furnishings, at once exotic and comfortless to me. Valley of the Croen In warm weather this might be an agreeable occupation, but on cold days it seldom induced me to leave even the comfortless shelter of our hut. From Paris to New York by Land He went to spots which he was told had a world-wide celebrity, of the names of which he had but a bare distant remembrance, and which he found to be arid, comfortless, and uninteresting. The Bertrams At Aigues Mortes the salon was a comfortless, tasteless convention, set apart for the celebrations of baptisms and marriages and deaths, a pride and a terror to the inhabitants. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol But they passed a long and comfortless night, though partly consoled with the hope of their fire being descried in the dark, and taken for a signal of distress. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Yet even this feature was not the most comfortless in the case. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Let me describe the comfortless conveyance in which we accomplished the first two thousand miles of the journey across Siberia. From Paris to New York by Land They were standing in a big comfortless room in the hotel when Sproatly rejoined them. Masters of the Wheat-Lands He could hardly have been happy, Prescott thought, in his untidy and comfortless house at the farm; but, after all, it had been a home, and now he was rudely flung adrift. Prescott of Saskatchewan We have wandered full eight miles from the house, and have searched with all diligence, but returned comfortless; not an herb, no leaf eatable, that we could find. Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages In that day this was a great undertaking, fraught with perils of the sea, and a long, comfortless voyage. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Through long years of wearisome and comfortless striving,—years of rigorous self-denial, of reproach and humiliation,—Wesley had steadfastly adhered to his one purpose of seeking God. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The fire had sunk low in the grate, and the hearth was strewn with dead ashes;—somehow or other, everything seemed chilled and comfortless. Vagabondia 1884 Dim is the light of reason, and cold and comfortless our state, while left to her unassisted guidance. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. The seven were confined in one room of fair size, and, except for the heat, were no more comfortless than they would have been in the average English jail. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea And he turned himself upon the comfortless sofa with a feeling akin to desperation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He was alone in his little comfortless room, but felt it to be impossible that he should lie down and rest. Ralph the Heir The fog thinned gradually and the Ford made its usual comfortless speed down the mountain. Black Oxen In the mean time while this conflict has been going on, their walk is sad and comfortless, and their couch is nightly watered with tears. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. The cottage, for it was little more than a cottage, was clean, but comfortless and bare of any adornment whatever. The Day of Judgment Here is God's yea and amen, the Alpha and Omega, sight for the blind, healing for the paralyzed, cleansing for the polluted, life for the dead, the gospel for the poor and sad and comfortless. The Ministry of the Spirit Their life in camp, too, was comfortless and wretched. Xerxes Makers of History Those were rude times, and even the palaces and castles that were built for kings and queens were at best very comfortless dwellings. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History Only those who flee the rude traditions, the heartless laws, the ignorance and comfortless life of worn-out Europe can see the pictures the very word 'America' rouses in us. The Return of Blue Pete And so he lay in a semi-comatose condition on the comfortless couch which had been provided for him, and the realities of the situation seemed far away. The Day of Judgment And He has been magnified to us also by saints in comfortless cottages, imprisoned upon sick-beds in gloomy attics, but finding in everything an occasion to experience and to manifest the power of their Lord. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians Their clothes were scanty and plain, their houses were comfortless, their food was a coarse bread, hard and brown, and their money was of iron. Xerxes Makers of History He led Margaret and the prince to the cave, where they were received by his wife, and entertained with such hospitalities as a home so gloomy and comfortless could afford. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History We parted, and I commenced as comfortless an expedition as it would be easy to imagine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Young men will have some retreat beside their comfortless boarding-houses; some society besides their landlord's family, and it is a match between the devil and the church which of us shall furnish these. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training After a while, he tells us, his mind, which was endeavoring to heal itself, sought for comfort in the mode which other comfortless ones had accepted for their consolation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 That which maketh the solid benefit of patience unknown, its taste so bitter and comfortless to men, is its death in the separation and absence of its soul. From a Cornish Window A New Edition They lived in castles, very strongly built indeed, and very grand and picturesque sometimes in external appearance, but very illy furnished and comfortless within. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History That lion-lord whose noble bed With finest skins of deer was spread,— How can he now endure to press The bare earth, cold and comfortless! The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse In one corner of a large, unpainted building was what he called the infirmary, and a comfortless looking place it was. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude This doctrine, which in most hands would be cold and comfortless enough, he makes vital, engaging, through the passionate presentation of an eloquent lover of his fellow-man. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Riches cannot remove the pang of bereavement, but alas! for 'the comfortless troubles of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thus ever mourned he, comfortless; that so In after days the Master, in the glow Of morning-tide, the mother of the race Gave for his solacement. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman For her with ready heart and mind The royal pair their strength combined, And brought me to this last distress, Like some lost woman, comfortless. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Then I entered the empty house, made a brief examination of it, and wondered how my mate would like living in such an apparently comfortless abode. "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 Nevertheless, after some time, my mind, which was endeavoring to heal itself, undertook, since neither my own nor others' consoling availed, to turn to the mode which other comfortless ones had adopted for their consolation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The day has been very cold and comfortless, very unfavourable for the poor children afflicted with measles. A Journey to America in 1834 More than thirty years ago I became disgusted with the clumsy, awkward, comfortless affairs that, under many different forms, went under the name of camps. Woodcraft How slowly will the long nights creep While comfortless I wake and weep! The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse So I had a comfortless time of it for about a week. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) They passed a comfortless night, and the storm detained them all the next day. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Years of health and strength spent in hand-to-mouth indulgence inevitably bear fruit in a comfortless old age. Practical Ethics However, even the longest and most comfortless night will come to an end; and when at last the morning broke, I went out to ascertain whereabouts we were. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The whole outlook was indescribably comfortless and depressing to her. The Privet Hedge But let me eat, comfortless as I am, Uninterrupted; for no call is loud As that of hunger in the ears of man; Importunate, unreas’nable, it constrains His notice, more than all his woes beside. The Odyssey of Homer The savages were poor, but few in number, and their abodes comfortless. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago He keeps the awakened conscience still upon that comfortless sight, and he labours to represent God by halves, and that it is a false representation of God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning A stage journey from one part of the country to another was as comfortless as could well be imagined. The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five "Dreadful!" cried poor comfortless Julia; "can it, say, can it be true?" Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Such music was, of necessity, somewhat comfortless hearing to Richard, debarred alike from deeds of arms or joy of dancing. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Each night they landed, built their fires, and with scarcely any shelter wrapped themselves in their blankets for almost comfortless sleep. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago When she had last seen it it was bare and cold and comfortless, and now— The windows were draped with inner curtains of dainty Swiss. The Governess Alvina began to feel she would die, in the awful comfortless meaninglessness of it all. The Lost Girl It even brought some degree of comfort to the comfortless on board the gun-boat. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters The parterre—its somewhat comfortless seats, rising as on iron stilts, as they recede, row by row, from the proscenium—was packed. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The same old room we occupied years ago, however comfortless then, has a familiar air of welcome now. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Under the best circumstances, a field hospital is a comfortless place; but here the sun shone like a furnace upon the tents, and the rains drowned out the inmates. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The poverty and misery, experienced by the peasants in their comfortless hovels, awakens a feeling of discontent and protest. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy There everything was comfortless,—for there had been no notice of their coming. The Peasant and the Prince His anticipations proved to be but too just: the six years which he spent in this establishment were the most harassing and comfortless of his life. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works “The end?” said Richard, tremblingly,—for he guessed what that meant, and the idea of Margery being subjected to a long and comfortless imprisonment, was almost more than he could bear. Mistress Margery The tall man and his associate were pacing up and down the grass-plot, and they looked very cold and comfortless, I thought. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The huge school-room was as primitive and comfortless in its appointments and furniture as well could be. Monte-Cristo's Daughter What, then, I would fain discover, constitutes the peculiar merit of inducing persons uninstigated by motives of economy to fix themselves in the comfortless and filthy city, and call it Paradise? Olla Podrida And he bravely made up his mind to keep up heart and hope, and to weather the comfortless night as best he could. Eric, or Little by Little The place had a comfortless air, and there was no fire on the hearth. Our Frank and other stories But on his sick-bed, the comfortless couch of many declining years, a loving visitor, a devoted lady-worker, has found him out, and the Lord has found him out through her. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work It was not likely that the fragrant cigar he then lighted as the crowning blessing of the evening, would recall to his mind the fireless, supperless, comfortless culprit he had left in such “durance vile.” Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel If so, how comfortless must Eve's bower have been! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 But youth is very strong, and it wrestled with despair, and agony, and death, and after a time, Eric could rise from his comfortless hammock. Eric, or Little by Little All the morning I continued in my comfortless position, watching their movements,—occasionally refreshing my parched lips by chewing the bitter berries of the thicket. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,—such is the comfortless doctrine of the book. Classic French Course in English All this Mrs. Orme understood, and saw that the young man was alone and comfortless. Orley Farm The cottage of the peasant which I entered on my way to Ducie was very mean and comfortless, and the food which his hospitality offered me was of the coarsest kind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 What comforts could she send Gerald in the comfortless desert without overloading me? Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales My orders were negligently obeyed; and, in fact, every thing in the schooner became as comfortless as possible. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The place prepared for his ministry was, indeed, comfortless: the wind overpowered his voice, and his congregation shivered with cold; but to the men it was a new era. The History of Tasmania , Volume II She felt herself alone, as it were, in the great mass of her species, and she repined when she reflected that the best years of her life were spent in this comfortless solitude. Mary Wollstonecraft And now she drooped her weary head, Within that comfortless manger, It might have been a palace bed, With canopy of gold instead, So little did she know or care. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems I will not leave you comfortless," Jesus assured the brethren, "I will come to you. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern It looks barer, and is overshadowed by that peculiarly comfortless air always given by chimneys or machinery of mines. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts We are not comfortless to confinement, for we have faith; we fear not affliction, for we have hope; and we forgive our enemies, for we have charity. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs On her account I wished to remain a few days here, comfortless as is my situation. Mary Wollstonecraft Three Paradoxes "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. The ebbing forces of the wine left him comfortless. Despair's Last Journey Raising her face in mute appeal to the bare trees, to the rushing, comfortless wind, to the murky sky, she bursts into a storm of tears. Molly Bawn This seemed a little comfortless at the time, but it saved our lives afterwards. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography It was said to be a cold and comfortless land, but it was surely preferable to the Fleet Prison or the Marshalsea, with the alternative of starvation or enlistment in the army. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion He went out and fed his horses and made them comfortable for the night, and then came back to his deserted house, dark now, and chilly and comfortless. The Second Chance Twilight found it little more than five miles from its starting-point, and the bivouac that night was by the comfortless roadside, in the miry bushes, with fires of wet wood, and small and poor rations. The Long Roll The Vienna Club is good in its own stiff German way; but, generally speaking, German Clubs are very ill arranged, dirty, and comfortless. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General I had to learn to live on comfortless. The Daughters of Danaus This comfortless cavern where she had suffered so much seemed to her now a Paradise, in which she would be content to dwell forever. Which? or, Between Two Women The room was a cold, comfortless apartment, with a plastered wall and an earthen floor, save at one end, where a raised platform of boards sustained a desk and one high office-chair. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Few things can be more comfortless or depressing than a sail down the Gulf of St. Lawrence on a gloomy winter’s day, with the thermometer at zero! Hudson Bay It is a very poor and comfortless place—at least you would think it so—and is meant to save poor people from sleeping, perhaps dying, in the streets.” Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure The hall, which was formerly such a comfortless apartment, was now invested with that degree of comfort which always gathers, more or less, round a place that is continually occupied. Ungava Sleepy, wet, covered with mud, and utterly miserable, the party turned out of their comfortless bivouac, and, after a hasty meal of cold provisions, resumed their march up the kloof. The Settler and the Savage For her the amaranth of the empyreal Heaven is as comfortless as the adamant of Hell. Milton Then, unless the Virgin be pleased to change my inclinations, I shall begin at last to love my betrothed; for already the very idea of him renders me sad, wearisome, and comfortless. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Life has gained immeasurably in comfort and convenience for the well-to-do, but the comfortless quarters of the poor drive the man to the saloon and the child to the streets. Society Its Origin and Development When the boys came downstairs, there was as comfortless a scene displayed before them as the most retributive justice could have wished to visit on the rebellious. Rattlin the Reefer The confinement of the princess in the Tower had purposely been rendered as irksome and comfortless as possible. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth As it was, I remember it as the most painful and comfortless night I ever passed. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Yet, Britons, envy not these boasted climes, Incessant war distracts, and endless crimes Pollute the soil:—Pale Avarice triumphs there, Hate, Envy, Rage, and heart-corroding Care, With Fraud and Fear, and comfortless Despair. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The passage is proverbially comfortless,—through the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, across the Bay of Bengal, through the Straits of Malacca, and up the Chinese coast, under a tropical sun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A sharp pang shot through his heart as the dread possibility rose before him of his delicate little girl being carried away to share the comfortless prison of his sister. All's Well Alice's Victory Through the kindness of his friends his cottage had partly lost its comfortless appearance, and himself, his wife, and children had been provided with sufficient food and clothing. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Stone was everywhere, giving a cold, comfortless look to the dwellings. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found Forced to economize, she went without regular meals, satisfying her hunger cravings with what little she could cook herself in her own comfortless room. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life As far as we men are concerned, we can manage perfectly well down there; but I’m afraid it will be rather a comfortless berth for the ladies. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific And he played blind optimist against the cold, comfortless fact that the Canadian Army was wasting and the reserves were not marching up to mend it. The Masques of Ottawa So he lay a miserable, groaning wreck of humanity on his wretched bed, in the comfortless kitchen of his bare and desolate home. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best You say you love the Lord; well, he will not leave you comfortless.” Frank Oldfield Lost and Found But now I am not free To weep; my heart, though throbbing in its pain, Uneased and comfortless must yet remain. The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic Dinner that day was a very comfortless meal. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Or it resembles the transformation of a shabby piece of suburban building-ground: it has to be dug up, drained, paved, fenced; and until traffic has poured into it, it remains a comfortless and dismal waste. The New Society Alone, helpless, speechless, in the dingiest and most comfortless of rooms, he found Mr. Hastings! Three People Having then washed himself and changed his dress, he sat him down for a minute or two, while his wife prepared the comfortless tea. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found With the flight of time, this comfortless existence gave way to more luxurious customs. Rabbi and Priest A Story Alas! in an instant the flame had died away, the stove vanished, the little girl sat cold and comfortless, with the burnt match in her hand. Favorite Fairy Tales All her ambition was gone; she let the squirrel run away, and gave herself up to her own comfortless feelings. The Home I believe; thy power I own, Thy word I would obey; I wander comfortless, and lone, When from thy truth I stray. 2Lord! Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination Altogether, the appearance of the house is gaunt, filthy, and utterly comfortless. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found Pestilential place, goal of whirlwinds and dust-devils, ankle-deep in desert drift—prototype of Berber in a sandstorm—as comfortless by night as day. On the Heels of De Wet It is a source of infinite comfort in this comfortless world—a principle which enables both parties in every contest to be victorious—an important article in the great law of compensation. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy My old age would be comfortless indeed if I were doomed to spend it here alone. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Walter Gray was pleased enough to go back to his little girl whom he had left in tears for the comfortless house and the burden of the young stepbrothers and stepsisters. Mary Gray She surely had no friend, save Willie, her little boy, with whom she dwelt in the comfortless abode we have briefly visited. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems |
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