| 单词 | cursed with |
| 例句 | All of them out there in the hot sun that day were just dumb animals cursed with the mark of ash on their brow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I did inherit Daddy’s eyelashes—and I’m cursed with his eyebrows too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Their legs were long and slim, and I wondered why they weren’t cursed with the big-boned frames Juanita and I had inherited from Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Tyler is one of those kids cursed with an acute awareness of his parents’ circumstances and struggles. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Dante and I were cursed with parents who cared. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “If only he had been fat,” joked my father, “we’d be twice rich. But your father’s fathers were all cursed with heroic fitness.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I am not cursed with a gossip’s tongue,” I said, annoyed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z For a small man, he had been cursed with a danger-ously big mouth, he reflected as he crawled back to his comer of what the Arryns laughably called their dungeon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Painting a picture that justifies her opinion of him—an underdog cursed with an ungrateful son upon whom he has showered love and concern, only to be infamously treated by that son in return. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z May we all be cursed with such insecurity. The Gloom, Doom and Occasional Joy of the Writing Life 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The sick had to isolate themselves on pain of excommunication, and worse; the archbishop warned that “they will be cursed with Lucifer, and Judas and all the Devils in hell.” The Saint Who Stopped an Epidemic Is on Lockdown at the Met 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z And because of how she was treated, she was cursed with ugliness. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Gypsies,” he says, are technically human, though as descendants of Ham they are cursed with servitude and backwardness. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Presumably, our descendants will view us in the same way, as being cursed with the appallingly brief span of eighty-something. Meeting Death with Words 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z In “The Shaggy Dog,” Kirk portrayed a teenage boy who was cursed with occasionally turning into a sheepdog. Tommy Kirk, the child star in “Old Yeller,” has died at 79 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Skid Row residents cursed with self-awareness will discuss how unwelcome they feel on streets they once owned. Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Siréne, the artist from Tokyo, tells me that, for years, he was depressed and suicidal: “I felt like a sponge, absorbing everyone’s feelings, cursed with empathy.” What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z No less than Eastwood’s films, “A Beautiful Day” is a work of intimate and tragic politics, of unsought heroism that’s cursed with the very fact of its necessity. The Wondrous Heroism of Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And everyone knows that writers are a miserable lot, cursed with a need to suffer for their art. Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children’s Poet Laureate 2013-06-15T14:58:08Z Theodicy — the problem of evil — is an ongoing challenge for those of us not blessed or cursed with perfect faith. Mary Rakow’s ‘This is Why I Came’ asks us to reimagine biblical tales 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “She went on speaking, about how this land had become cursed with a mist of forgetfulness,” Beatrice tells us of this woman. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Treacherous, ruthless, greedy and cursed with an uncontrollable temper, he vents his pent-up rage by viciously beating Rosie with a bull hook. | 'Water for Elephants': Love Triangle Sideshow, a Circus?s Main Attraction 2011-04-21T23:29:36Z This is a particularly useful technique if you, like me, are cursed with weak burners. Moo Shu, Now With Less Meat 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Francesca’s pictures and quotations evoke an ambitious, driven young woman impatient for recognition, who is cursed with that volatile combination common to artists: a voracious ego and a fragile psyche. | 'The Woodmans': Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Suicide 2011-01-18T23:30:09Z “It is because of her that I am cursed with optimism,” he said in his autobiography. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The world is still blessed with such people and still cursed with the conditions and dictators who shadow them. How Bob Dylan Turned David Remnick on to Serious Reading 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z One of Heller's more absurd characters is Major Major Major Major, cursed with his unfortunate handle and unfavorable likeness to Henry Fonda. 15 things you might not know about "Catch-22" 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Two new characters, a baker and his wife who’ve been cursed with barrenness, help to tie everything together. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z One of my pet theories about why I could never actually produce anything of brilliance was that I was cursed with a comfortable existence. Riff: ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Can’ 2013-01-06T08:07:03Z “The best of us are cursed with caring, with a bungling and undying determination to protect whatever looks like beauty, even if our vision is blurry.” How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Are you cursed with an extra six grand and in need of a purse so tacky that even drag queens wouldn't carry it as a joke? From Oprah to Goop, these crazy gift guide suggestions caught Salon's imagination 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Theoretically, you could wake up in four months’ time looking like a creature of myth, a man or woman who has been cursed with the upper body of a bullock. Fit in my 40s: you may not be able to swing a cat, but you can still shape up at home | Zoe Williams 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z "This whole project has been blessed with some great things and cursed with just awful things," Auslander says. Shalom Auslander creates a curmudgeon much like himself in 'Happyish' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Those who pursue their vision, even at great peril or fortified with the anodyne of hope, ultimately have no choice; they are cursed with clarity. Werner Herzog, chicken hypnotist 2012-08-28T20:54:00Z Blessed and cursed with the ultimate talent show voice, she is always competing for the top prize, perhaps without realizing it. | Linda Eder: Pop-Country Echoes Come to Feinsteins at Loews Regency 2010-04-11T22:18:00Z Racine’s “Phèdre,” a classical tragedy about a woman cursed with a catastrophic lust for her stepson, gets a makeover. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Dockery plays a gun-toting rancher, fearless but haunted by heartbreak, twice widowed by the age of 21 and so cursed with ill fortune as to be warily regarded within the community as a witch. Michelle Dockery: 'I consider myself a widow' 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z And to be cursed with the quickstep, too ... Dancers, minus Alex Wong, mix things up on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-08T11:40:00Z There were computers, but they were gargantuan, not cursed with internet access, and they came with “a clever pointing device called a mouse.” In Vintage TV Ads, a Curious Fountain of Hope (and Cheese) 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z "I'm cursed with the gift of foresight," he says. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z Sympathy for the misfits and the marginalised is also leavened by self-mocking wit, as when Holly laments that, because she's "cursed with brains and looks", no one takes her seriously. Loserville – review 2012-06-27T16:53:55Z In that grim story, a lawyer is cursed with infinite weight loss — a kind of Jenny Craig nightmare inspired by King’s efforts to shed pounds. Review | Stephen King’s Halloween book is shockingly . . . heartwarming? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Elsa, secretly cursed with the power to shoot ice from her hands, is terrified: “Conceal! Don’t feel! Put on a sho-o-o-w!” ‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z His jokes are often informed by a sense of cosmic injustice that means all people are cursed with rotten luck. In praise of ? Emo Philips 2010-08-09T23:05:00Z While The Cars and their dreamy power pop did achieve critical success, earning a place last year in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they were also cursed with popularity. A salute to Ric Ocasek and Eddie Money, who gave us the soundtracks to our soundtracks 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z He’s an Irish Catholic who was born on St. Patrick’s Day, yet he’s been cursed with deep loyalty to the Cleveland Browns. Analysis | ‘Everybody’s a Joe Manchin.’ A GOP moderate looks ahead to a very narrowly divided House 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Those candidates ended up losing by an average of about five percentage points more than other Republicans not cursed with Trump's blessing. Is America's infatuation with billionaires finally coming to an end? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “Western education and religion tries to teach the world that blacks are cursed with their skin color by the Curse of Ham/Canaan,” the film says, per Rolling Stone. Kyrie Irving not apologizing for posting about film linked to antisemitism 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z At one point she even asks, “Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?” ‘Hocus Pocus’ has become a cult favorite. How does the sequel stack up? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z One singer is cursed with the line: “It’s easy for you to dig my jim jam jive.” Review | A half-century later, Bernstein’s ‘Mass’ shines anew at Kennedy Center 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Also on the list was Augustina Dillon, a Philadelphia resident, who told a reporter, “I am cursed with a blessed Irish imagination.” Perspective | Remembering the U.S. airline that took reservations for moon trips 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes, it seems like the DNA is tainted with crazy, not because of inbreeding or too much barbecue but because Southerners are cursed with memory. Opinion | In South Carolina, a dark family tragedy. And now an arrest. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, the most virulent example of this hasn't come from likely culprits Donald Trump or Florida's Republican governor cursed with permanent constipation face, Ron DeSantis. Amber Heard on trial: Johnny Depp's defamation case is radicalizing young men 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z I happen to be someone cursed with severe astigmatism, and although I have corrective lenses, it’s still difficult for me to read small text. Garmin Vivosmart 5 review: fifth time’s the charm 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The screen, while not pretty and cursed with huge bezels, is incredibly readable in direct sunlight. Polar Pacer Pro review: same watch in a slightly different package 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z If you are struggling with headphone fatigue in your production, cursed with fragile headphones, or want a cool look for your video podcast, the Rode NTH-100s may be a great upgrade from your current pair. Rode’s first pair of headphones offer a comfortable and balanced way to monitor audio 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Now, it appears they’ve been cursed with more hats than rabbits. Plaschke: More madness than march? UCLA and USC face tough roads to Big Easy 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Like Nina, she was cursed with a husband who was no help at all, and yet the responsibility for what she calls her “unnatural” motherhood falls on her alone. Column: 'The Lost Daughter' is a film about motherhood that everyone needs to see 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Dole failed to find the national cheerleader within him, couldn't stand spin doctors and was cursed with the smile of an undertaker. Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “Even enemies shouldn’t be cursed with such a disease,” she said. The deadly black fungus striking India’s recovering covid patients June laughs, because she’s cursed with clarity in a world distorted by ideology. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Feels Stuck. It Kind of Works. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The problem is that the nation is cursed with an absurdly and tragically vast oversupply of guns. Opinion | We know what is killing 40,000 Americans a year. So why don’t we act? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z A hopeless romantic is unknowingly cursed with relationship problems passed down from her father’s chauvinistic ways. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z America is cursed with a Congress – particularly in the Senate – that cannot find a way to set the bar so low for itself that it can succeed. The problem is Congress 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Even as someone cursed with a long attention span, I required a break partway through. CatVideoFest comes to Seattle this month — here’s what our feline-loving critics (and their cats!) thought 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In both cases, the absolute lack of self-consciousness is amazing to behold for those of us cursed with normal human emotions. So Trump is legally moving to Florida? Good riddance | Hamilton Nolan 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Graham Ruthven asks whether the league is blessed with brilliant attackers – or cursed with dodgy defences. US briefing: Wilbur Ross, Taliban talks and vaping lawsuits 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He wrote that blacks were cursed with “a very strong and disagreeable odor” and were incapable of producing art and poetry. Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z He wrote that blacks were cursed with “a very strong and disagreeable odor” and were incapable of producing art and poetry. Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z A high-school student’s popularity soars when it is discovered that he is cursed with the mark of the werewolf. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z But it’s worth noting that the Blair Witch Project franchise seems veritably cursed with mediocrity. The new Blair Witch game will let you pet its dog 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Promised eternal life, they were cursed with ever-progressing aging, and were the most miserable people alive. Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger? 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The fact that the world’s most awful leaders have been cursed with awful offspring might be mildly amusing were it not for nepotism. Trump Jr, Bolsonaro Jr … beware the Adult Idiot Sons of unhinged presidents | Arwa Madhawi 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z By contrast, I’ve detested the idea of veggie burgers ever since my family was cursed with a carton of frozen soy patties in those ghastly times known as the 1970s. Opinion | The Impossible Burger is a wake-up call to the meat industry 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “He’s like this sex wizard but he is cursed with the inability to do anything with all this information,” Butterfield said of his character. Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ is a trans-Atlantic love letter 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z He also happened to be a vampire cursed with a soul trying to atone for his past. You can now watch ‘Buffy,’ ‘Angel’ and ‘Firefly’ on Facebook 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He’s a policy wonk who happens to be cursed with handsomeness, and this perilous mixture accounts for the divided loyalties of “The Front Runner.” The Fall of Man in “The Front Runner” and “Outlaw King” 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z She was cursed with this fate for drowning her own young children in a fit of jealous madness after discovering her husband’s infidelity. The first trailer for ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ shows the 'Weeping Woman' is more than just a folk tale - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z If it was cursed with being in a hurricane zone, it was also blessed. Hurricane Michael’s Deadly Strike Leaves Florida Panhandle Reeling 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolk cursed with glee and ordered her back to the newsroom to start writing. Ronald Wolk, whose Education Week put national spotlight on schools, dies at 86 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The Sprint and T-Mobile proposal is further cursed with an interesting cast of characters. Please, No Tweet on T-Mobile Deal 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z In the literary drama of ancient Greece, a hero could be blessed with great strengths but also cursed with debilitating personal flaws. Perspective | Marion Barry’s statue captures the essence of the man — his strengths and his vulnerabilities 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Avenging her in the film’s opening prologue, Manji slashes his way through hundreds of enemies with furious vengeance before being saved from death — or cursed with life — by a supernatural gift of immortality. With 'Blade of the Immortal,' Takashi Miike delivers his 100th film 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Once the richest country per capita in South America due to its vast oil reserves, Venezuela was also cursed with vast disparities that kept an elite in luxury while the poor languished in slums. Venezuela’s vote for a constitutional assembly could destroy democracy, critics warn 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Richards compared this to “Funes the Memorious,” a story by Jorge Luis Borges in which a man is cursed with perfect memory. Are you forgetful? That's just your brain erasing useless memories 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z And he needed to do so, his presidency being cursed with the Great Depression, a financial emergency that demanded quick and decisive action. Trump’s empty chairs rob science of a voice in government 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Even still, the show has much more genuine tension than you’d find in a comparable American series, maybe because the British aren’t so cursed with relentless optimism. The best home design show in the world — no, really — is finally available on Netflix 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z They say it is now polluted and cursed with the presence of the dead. Brazil tribe gets compensation for plane crash over Amazon forest - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Watching the boy's Sisyphean progress towards his distant home, that name suddenly seems disturbingly apt, but he's not the only one cursed with a dismal name. The place where children can be very unlucky with their names - BBC News 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Katie had no idea that she was cursed with this affliction until she moved into a suburban home with her boyfriend, Micah. 10 spine-tingling movies for Halloween 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Unlike the Dodgers, cursed with leaden feet, the Indians led the American League in stolen bases and baserunning efficiency, according to FanGraphs. The puzzle of Cubs ace Jon Lester: He's hard to hit but easy to run on 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z They were idle, lazy, and dim-witted, cursed with the inferior “breeding” that once underwrote a Progressive interest in eugenicist population control. White Plight? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z TROON, Scotland — Even in their dotage decades from now, the golfers who were cursed with afternoon tee times Friday at the 145th British Open might be able to tell of the unfairness of it all. Troon’s wind and weather blow tea-time golfers off the British Open leaderboard 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z I was too obviously cursed with unreliability to earn a spot at a Stevenote. I'm terrible with technology 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “I was cursed with a dark sense of humor,” he later wrote, perhaps too modestly, “that made many adults afraid of me, for reasons they couldn’t quite put their fingers on.” Fear, loathing and firearms: sensory overload inside the NRA's Mall of Death 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Soon after, we hear a poem about how the women in her family seem cursed with men who come home at 3 a.m. Everyone is talking about Beyoncé’s new album. Here’s what you need to know. 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Goldwater delegates berated and shook their fists at the press, and African American delegates were “shoved, pushed, spat on and cursed with a liberal sprinkling of racial epithets”. American crossroads: Reagan, Trump and the devil down south 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z The lexicographer Samuel Johnson wrote, “May my country never be cursed with another such conquest!” The Mosquito-Borne Ailments That Changed the World Before Zika 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Banishing all memories of the blue-eyed teen idol of “Titanic,” he hides the baby face he’s been cursed with into his 40s behind a fastidiously unpretty rictus of physical suffering and existential despair. ‘The Revenant’ stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a man fighting for his life 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z But clearly, exposure to certain subjects, at a certain level of intensity, can be profoundly dangerous for those cursed with this particular achilles heel. Careless words triggered my depression | Tim Lott 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough.” The Democratic Socialist Who Ran for President Almost a Century Ago 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Coming on the heels of a summer cursed with dry heat, the flooding “is kind of adding insult to injury,” Davis says. Epic rainstorm a serious problem for South Carolina farmers 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z At Lincoln Center, the sign makeover brought a visual consistency to the philharmonic’s home, which opened in 1962 as Philharmonic Hall and was cursed with acoustical problems like dead spots. A Name Change for Avery Fisher Hall, 61 Times Over 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z As a warrior cursed with immortality continues his quest to rid the world of witches, an old foe returns from the dead. Films being released from September through November 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “But I’ve been blessed and cursed with incredible energy,” she said last week. An Artist With Too Many Ideas to Consider Retiring 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z In part because the military hogs most of China’s airspace, Chinese commercial airlines are cursed with some of the worst on-time records of any carriers in the world. More Chinese Airlines Are Flying to the U.S. Than Vice Versa 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In her 2014 memoir, “A Fighting Chance,” she describes herself in high school as “tall,” “self-conscious,” and cursed with crooked teeth. Elizabeth Warren’s Virtual Candidacy 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Few teams cherish having a No. 5 seed, a position that seems cursed with upsets against opponents with nothing to lose. Arkansas Avoids the No. 5 Jinx by Edging Wofford 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Seeing what he is cursed with, a heart attack, perhaps even cancer, seems merciful. The grief and helplessness of dementia — both for my father and for me 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Men and boys were dragged from their homes, beaten and cursed with sectarian slurs, and then led in small groups to a field, Abu Omar added. Iraq probes Diyala massacre claims 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z However, you find that Yharnam is also cursed with a horrible endemic illness. 'Bloodborne' New Details And Incredible Screenshots Released 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Inner urban ABC watchers might be assumed to be more likely to cycle to work than Tele-reading commuters cursed with a long commute. Has Sydney's Daily Telegraph lost touch with its readers? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The country also was cursed with a beautiful mess of a writing system. Don’t go overboard praising China’s schools 2014-02-10T01:54:40Z Worse, if Ms. Karande wanted, they could be irreversibly cursed with her supposed powers to channel gods and evil spirits alike. India Ink: The Ties that Bind Transgendered Communities 2013-12-19T07:40:48Z Eight hours of sleep was tantamount to fasting for a lineman cursed with a high metabolism. Golic Jr. grows into family's role at ND 2013-01-02T23:41:00Z Mormons are also taught that Native Americans are a lost tribe of Israel, one branch cursed with dark skin for their sin, and that all humans have the potential to become godlike. Is the real Mitt Romney about to stand up? 2012-08-20T15:36:49Z Grief can affect us all; depressive illness only those who are cursed with it. Grief is good news for pharmaceutical companies 2012-08-14T11:30:01Z Many such villagers are youngsters cursed with an adult's sense of responsibility. India Ink: Survival Without Adult Supervision, Stark Reality in Rural Bihar 2012-06-25T05:32:47Z Van Rensselaer knew that the ticker was some minutes behind the market, and he cursed with impatience. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z On the two sides of the chamber were one or two fine portraits by Rubens and Vandyke, also in ebony frames, but cursed with an internal border of gold. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z The highways and byways would not be cursed with barrenness and dust, but fringed with the mulberry and apple, with silent salutations for every weary traveler who would put forth his hand and eat. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z New England was at this time cursed with an irredeemable paper currency. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z What did I do Unto my mother to be cursed with birth? The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z He stamped and raved—and tore his hair, and cursed with the most horrid and blasphemous oaths, the son who had followed so closely in his own steps. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z But just so long as men persist in rewarding their friends, as they call them, just so long will our country be cursed with political parties. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The nature of these eight persons was evil, corrupt and depraved, and in the nature of things their children would be cursed with the same nature. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Rishton said all parts of the business were performing strongly, leaving the group "blessed and cursed with choice". Britain needs more engineering heroes, says Rolls-Royce chief 2012-02-09T13:41:46Z Being cursed with a soul too big and gentle to let him harm anything so helpless as Wolf, he did not snap or growl, as did Lady, when the puppy teased. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z But the wind is sad and restless, And cursed with an inward pain; You may hark as you will, By valley or hill, But you hear him still complain. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z “I open my eyes, and am cursed with pain,” they sang. Tripoli Journal: Young Libyans Revel in Freedom to Speak Out 2012-01-11T02:30:48Z I remember the ill-fated youth—ill-fated, indeed, if cursed with so much constancy! The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z He marries while he is young—and his spouse is not cursed with barrenness. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The earth was cursed with thorns and thistles, for Adam's sake. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z But some of these people are cursed with such delirious ferocity that we are compelled to defend ourselves. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z I cursed with him and Jeremiah the day of my birth, and was very impatient; keeping it, however, to myself, and not expressing it aloud. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z And she was far less cursed with "nerves," with feverish unrest and carking discontent, than women are to-day. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z She was, moreover, cursed with a most abominable temper, which made her a perfect terror to her colleagues at rehearsals, and which she could not always control, even before the audience. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z Would to heaven, we say, that a king might have been dethroned for immoral conduct, as the world had not then been so cursed with their atrocious deeds. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Was ever an honest woman cursed with such a daughter?’ The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Vast regions of incalculable, unexploited wealth, sparsely inhabited by stagnant populations cursed with anarchy and feeble from miscegenation—how could such lands resist the onslaught of tenacious and indomitable millions? The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Go! or I hale Thee to judgment of them; Go! or Thy God shall avail Thee in vain; Thou art of Japheth, and I am of Shem Lazarus, outcast and cursed with Cain! His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z Perseverance, pugnacity, and stupidity are necessary for success if you aren’t cursed with intelligence and good breeding. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z For years, Norv Turner was cursed with the Too Nice tag. Mike Shanahan is what Redskins need in a coach: No more Mr. Nice Guy 2011-08-31T22:40:57Z He was an ideal sort of chap, until you got to know him really well, and found out that he was cursed with one perfectly miserable trait. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Did she wish to annoy him, or was it merely that she was cursed with a particularly disagreeable manner? The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z The Holy Roman Church sends these into a cheerful place called Limbo, and the baby-souls wander about in chill twilight, cursed with immortality, shut out for ever from the joys of Paradise. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Young, sadly, seems to be cursed with the virus that still stirs in Roddick and which brought Tiger down: entitlement. US Open 2011 diary 2011-08-25T13:21:51Z Patrick Lord Ruthven was exactly the sort of person suited for a deed of cowardice and cruelty, being by nature cursed with dispositions which preferred bigotry to religion, and barbarism to refinement. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z How had I deserved to be so cursed with the removal of my beloved in the hour of her making them? The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z "Alas!" sighed the Learned Pig, while expiring from inflammation of the brain, brought on by a laborious endeavour to ascertain the sum of two and two, "Why, why was I cursed with Intellect?" A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z The haggard butterfly who had been cursed with riches dropped her voice from its wailing tune to a whisper. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z All the clubs that I have ever seen—and I've travelled a bit—are cursed with at least one of these Creeping Pestilences which you observe mostly from the rear. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He was cursed with money if ever a young man was. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z But the fish are either replete and satisfied, or cursed with the wiliness characteristic of their species, for not a float shows any sign of agitation. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It is either cursed with ignorant fury or looked on as merely democracy, a little advanced, and perhaps too individualistic. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Umgwadhla was cursed with fervour and fury throughout the length and breadth of the land. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Perhaps I'm cursed with the instincts of my kind—of the American girl. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z The worst crimes I have ever heard of were the work of men cursed with more brains than conscience. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z Not content with the good barley I had just fed him, Paz it is that takes a piece out of Padre Celso’s arm one fine day and so gets me cursed with candle and Book. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z The truth is, there is a vast inert mass of stupidity and ignorance, too dense for individual effort to enlighten or remove, in all communities cursed with the institution of slavery. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z I do not know whether these letters ever reached the chief and his fair dusky daughter or not, nor do I know whether he was blessed or cursed with a white son-in-law. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z And cursed with monophobia, none the less This Lowell lived alone there near LeRoy, Surrounded by his servants, at his desk A secretary named McGill, who took Such letters, editorials as he spoke. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z "Cinnamon and sugar—" he cursed with a great oath; and turning, gave Nettie a violent push from him, which was half a blow. Little Nettie or, Home Sunshine 2011-04-29T02:00:07.153Z I wrote: “My favorite flower is so beautiful, but cursed with a name that sounds more like a wart on the sole of your foot: Ranunculus.” The Power of Re-Framing, or, Would a Ranunculus By Another Name Be As Beautiful? 2011-04-11T22:20:00Z On the other hand, the ignorance of the Slave States is principally native ignorance, but comparatively few emigrants from Europe seeking a home upon a soil cursed with “the peculiar institution.” The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The greatest ruffian the country was cursed with. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z They are cursed with suspicion and the evil eye. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z I cursed with abandon, looked around to see if giant cracks were crawling up the walls or if the floor was falling in. Japan's disaster toll rises with 18,000 deaths 2011-03-21T03:57:00Z If I had been cursed with a few hundreds a year more than he has, you would not have forsaken me. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z They are cursed with dispositions like that of the Jew, who, very early one morning, picked up a roll of bank-notes on Newmarket Heath, which had been dropped by some inebriated betting-man the night before. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z This time Gosławski cursed with the others, but he went on working with redoubled zeal. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z In consequence, I had to endure the misery every man must meet, who is cursed with poverty, and blessed with a family he is unable to support. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Indeed, the man who does the gravest injury to his fellows is often cursed with a narrow-minded certainty of his own righteousness. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z "That so lovely a daughter should be cursed with such a mother!" muttered the youth as he watched her go. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The union was cursed with the deep and undying resentment of the lady’s father, and the poor curate struggled on till the grave gave him that rest which earth had denied the living. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z It simply means that most of them are not cursed with an imagination, and so don't worry about what's coming.' The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z What had I done to be cursed with this, the greatest, misfortune Fate can bestow? Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I know that sounds weak,” he exclaimed, as she uttered a little squeak of distress, “but you don’t know the temptations of a lonely man, with nothing to do, cursed with wealth....” Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z It would be by no means fair to maintain that no man can be successful in business who is not cursed with all these vices. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Vranic had always been cursed with a morbidly discontented disposition, as peevish and as fretful as a porcupine. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z If some restaurants are cursed with bad locations, maybe others are cursed with bad labor relations. City Room: New Owners, and New Labor Complaints 2011-01-05T20:26:16Z "What, sir," says I eagerly, "are you also cursed with a grandfather?" The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z But there are the unfortunate ones, cursed with emotional scars that don’t fade. NYC: Together, a Holiday Spent Battling Double Demons From Combat 2010-12-24T02:50:11Z What the U.S. needs is alternatives — the only solution that would permanently protect the Arctic, and any other vulnerable place cursed with oil. Obama's Compromise on Offshore Drilling Pleases Exactly No One 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z The basic tenets of adolescent psychology teach that teens are narcissistic, moody, confused, and cursed with the inability to resist peer pressure. Kelley: Did Black Kids Ruin Flash Mobs? 2010-03-26T22:04:00Z No mention, thus far, had been made of her; and so Angie reflected upon this pitiful child’s ancestry and what manner of heritage she had been blessed or cursed with. The Girl From Tim's Place Oh that I could have been so weak as to marry as I did—to be cursed with two such children!” A Double Knot At the same meeting this vile emissary made this startling assertion in substance—You have not famine and pestilence but what is worse you are cursed with 30,000 recreant priests. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Indeed, she seemed so pleased he had come that a cynical observer, cursed with an acute, experienced mind, might almost have thought she showed something not far from positive relief. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath I am cursed with a single vice, trailing its way through a labyrinth of virtues. The Missioner No longer an outcast, no longer a loathsome thing, no longer cursed with that terrible leprous disease, but going back to his friends rejoicing. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses It has mines of copper, and probably of iron, and is not cursed with gold or silver ore. To Cuba and Back I cursed with the rest, instinctively, from the pit of my stomach, and turned raging away; my whole being ached, was congested with rage. The Book of Susan A Novel Yet, after all, to devour one's own legs for hunger is not the worst that can happen to a being cursed with the gift of song. Lafcadio Hearn He was cursed with an orator's voice, sensitive ears, and the love of words. H. R. May your children, if you are cursed with them, turn in your face, as you are turning now in mine! The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life He is an exceedingly bright lad, though cursed with a rather sharp tongue. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure It has ministered to thousands of young women cursed with that curse both of God and of man which gives them, however wronged, almost all the burden and almost all the shame of the event. The Women of Tomorrow The usual warning, however, must be given, that they are often cursed with the barbarous magentas hereinbefore mentioned, a colour which would ruin a rainbow. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. After all, they had been together so little— Breton was cursed with his imagination. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He was cursed with a large private income, which he spent royally, and blessed with a good heart. Bye-Ways That State is cursed with storms which come sweeping down so suddenly in the winter time that escape is difficult. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons "I suppose you think we are cursed with 'respectability' at home." One Of Them “Why have I been cursed with such a brother, my poor mother with such a son?” The Intriguers Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation. The Bible Story How can I do anything but recognize Cecilia for what she was—a mean, frustrated woman, cursed with an insane grudge against you and your family? Doom of the House of Duryea He still remembered the cities and the oceans and the forests he had known so briefly, and was cursed with the human nostalgia for a past that seemed more desirable than an unknown, fearful future. The Colonists His primary task, to pitch upon a theme, is almost wholly selective, unless he is cursed with a paucity of observation or barrenness of imagination, in which case he has mistaken his calling. The Technique of Fiction Writing In the first flush of independence he felt a certain content, but his was too intense a nature—he was cursed with too much knowledge and ambition—and the encysted leaven began to work. The Song of the Wolf However great may be my political sins, to be cursed with his approbation and applause, would be a punishment much beyond their demerit. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Some thought that maybe he was cursed with doubts, but reckoned that they would pass away. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Poor Eugene—if he only were not cursed with this weakness. The "Genius" No, for thousands of lives cursed with the disease of drink attest its truth. For John's Sake and Other Stories. My sister is a peasant woman who has been cursed with the same grinding poverty that cursed my mother's life. My Lady of the Chimney Corner It is admitted that the race is cursed with not only pretenders but with idlers. The Educated Negro and His Mission The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 8 For what particular sins of her own England has been cursed with a neighbour so bloodthirsty, so unreasonable, and so troublesome as Ireland, it would be difficult to say. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. From that Eugene argued to himself that a man who was cursed with this peculiar vice could not get anywhere; that he, if he kept it up, would not. The "Genius" Mentally, however, congratulating herself upon her good, robust nerves; such things, she well knew, being perilous to those cursed with delicacy of that sort. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Who does not wish to behold the free people of color,—cursed with ineffectual freedom here,—recalled from their banishment, and placed where no obstacles will impede their march to affluence, preferment and honor? Thoughts on African Colonization Then he was cursed with an exaggerated sensibility, which, while it gave him many rare delights in life, inflicted upon him also the keenest tortures. Home Life of Great Authors It's a strange thing," said she, "how nations like the Spanish which have beautiful languages are always cursed with harsh voices to speak them with. The Recipe for Diamonds His old age, like his youth, was to be cursed with hatred and the thought of revenge. Andrew Jackson It is “when we fall behind ourselves” that “we are cursed with duties and the neglect of duties.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Without work, without hobby, without healthy recreation, and cursed with inglorious leisure, they simply dissipated time until they should pass into eternity. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series By those words Kirby heard himself cursed with a vituperation which made him, even in his temporary triumph, feel grave. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 “He is merely cursed with a sense of humour, Mr. Honna,” I observe, and we avoid conversational rock and shoals until we are ensconced in his private berth. An Ocean Tramp For while there is slavery–while the profit system exists–the mind of the slave and the mind of the master will be cursed with it. In the Heart of a Fool We all of us, except those who are gifted or cursed with the proverbial duck's back, have these experiences and these remembrances of them. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 She, at any rate, is not cursed with the family pride. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In countries that have been cursed with a plague of grasshoppers witnesses of the spectacle describe them as moving in the same way. Under the Maples Bitten by serpents, visited by plagues, cursed with famine and drought, swallowed by earthquake, slain by war, and robbed by priests, they found Jehovah a harder despot than Pharaoh. Bible Romances First Series He was cursed––cursed with an ill-starred fortune. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country She had led a dissolute life, and was cursed with an ungovernable temper. Name and Fame A Novel From their earliest infancy they have known no language but the English, and no religion but Christianity; while the former are still barbarians, grovelling in fetishism, cursed with slavery, ignorant, debased, and wantonly cruel. The History of the First West India Regiment If I only had not been Liszt's son," Piloti muttered, "then I would not be so wretched, so cursed with ambitions. Melomaniacs The only things which seemed able to distract his concentrated thoughts were the fiercely buzzing mosquitoes, and these he cursed with whole-hearted enthusiasm which embraced a perfect vocabulary of lurid blasphemy. The Twins of Suffering Creek You are cursed with the luck that leads to disaster. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Similarly Barksted departs at length from Ovid in the beginning of his tale, where the Renaissance poet undertakes to explain why Mirrha is cursed with love for her father. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) A man whose tear-ducts have dried with adolescence is cursed with a shriveled soul for the rest of his life. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure It will not be long before society will see to it that such a life leaves behind it no strain cursed with its fatal weakness. The Meaning of Evolution The dog slipped into literature at a very early date after the Fall, but slunk about with his tail between his legs, as it were, and was kicked and cursed with entire unanimity. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 These shouted, sang and cursed with vivid impartiality. Louisiana Lou A Western Story People are squeamish, cursed with mock modesty, ashamed to speak with their lips what their Creator spoke through their own minds and bodies when he formed them. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Buck wondered what Jest Prebol had done to Sadie that she had driven him down there, and he cursed with his own lips, while he stifled in the depths of his own soul another name. The River Prophet Men are without those confounding emotions which women seem to be both cursed with and blessed with. The Prairie Child And, cursed with cousins, like all Irish, they were aware of plenty of Neelands in France who spoke no English. The Dark Star Our era is cursed with crises occurring far more frequently than plagues and causing as much misery. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals He is cursed with that form of moral disease which sometimes renders a man ridiculous, sometimes infamous, but which never renders him respectable,—namely, vanity of will. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 "If you were blind, a cripple, or cursed with some incurable infirmity of body, would not you hesitate to bind yourself and your affliction to another?" Moods On the other hand, a nettet�, a faculty of exposition, such as the English gentleman is rarely either blessed or cursed with. A Little Tour of France Many missionaries are very fine men, and they would do even better work if left a little more to their own initiative, and not cursed with this atmosphere of competition in figures. The Rhodesian Atossa, cursed with every granted prayer, Childless with all her children, wants an heir; To heirs unknown descends the unguarded store, Or wanders heaven-directed to the poor. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature I’m not cursed with nerves ordinarily, but there are times—” She arose slowly, stood there beside her chair, gracefully slender, gracefully imperious. The Dominant Dollar Having wooed the same proud, lovely, capricious, violent woman, the one was blessed with failure, and the other was cursed with success. A Book About Lawyers Among the evils imported from Britain, America has never been cursed with that part of their population called Gipsies, forming in England an imperium in imperio. 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. Poppins, I wouldn't be cursed with your ideas of human nature,—not for a free use of all the stations on the North Western. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm Like Eugene Sue's tedious Jew, I am cursed with a lack of repose. The Orchard of Tears Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Cautionary Tales for Children It's a good thing for you, and it's a good thing for Mary, who has been cursed with a brother like me. The Slave of Silence He had been cursed with too much of it. The Pagan Madonna For a long time it was the only one of its kind known in the state, and from its isolated position it has always been cursed with sterility. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The Syrian Church has hitherto been greatly cursed with the trinity of evils—ignorance, ceremonialism and superstition. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Even with these precautions, you cannot escape trouble in Singapore, which is cursed with the greediest carriage drivers in the world. The Critic in the Orient “O, cursed with keenest sense to feel “The sharpest sting of every ill! The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Is it a question whether the country is cursed with this plague to a most horrible and alarming extent? Select Temperance Tracts But Mr. Symons, on the contrary, continued to get richer, and throughout her fairly long, dull life, Henrietta was always cursed with her tidy little income. The Third Miss Symons Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. The Old Helmet, Volume I O God, what have I done to be cursed with such a child?—so young, yet so full of lies. An Anarchist Woman They never suffer from cold and probably not often from heat or hunger: and they are not cursed with the ambitions that make so many of us dissatisfied with our lives. Wanderings in the Orient How many are the parents whose lives are cursed with children who, were it not that “no drunkard hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God,” they would be relieved to hear were dead! Select Temperance Tracts Coxeter felt a pang of sincere pity for the poor fellow; a cad, no doubt—but an English cad, cursed with an emotional French wife! Studies in love and in terror Each man's scorn might well have been mitigated with thankfulness that he was not cursed with a daughter like Charley's Bela. The Huntress Like old Lear, Sophocles was cursed with ungrateful children. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 I’ve been cursed with enough money, of course, to move about as I wish, and loaf as I like. The Prairie Mother But I know myself; I am cursed with a peculiar, sinister sense of humor, and I am afraid I would not say the word. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience By this time the populace had invaded the palace and cursed with indignities unmentionable the marble halls, and the furnishings in general, and pillaged such portable property as pleased the individual fancies of the spoilsmen. Royal Palaces and Parks of France To be rich is within the compass of any man gifted or cursed with an acquisitive temperament. American Sketches 1908 Alas! the supposition was too true: Beethoven was cursed with the loss of his most precious faculty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 No. I think Cairo has been cursed with the vilest creatures God ever made. The Kangaroo Marines Suppose we had been cursed with the rule of British Tories since 1783, is it likely that our condition would have been better than that of these islands? Newfoundland and the Jingoes An Appeal to England's Honor It is a failing of the male species to be cursed with the inability to understand any type of nervousness in a wife. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I cried, "my father is gone, for ever gone, and I am cursed with the curse of my people." Roger Trewinion From your point of view it is not," said Frank, "but from my point of view it has certain humorous aspects, and unfortunately I am cursed with a sense of humor. The Man Who Knew It were but a poor advancement and the gain of a loss, if yearnings were made immortal, and the aching vacuity, which haunts every soul that is parted from God, were cursed with immortality. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Send us not to a race cursed with petty jealousies, the burden bearers of the world. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist It is cursed with mannerism, even as the Chinese are cursed, and every honest man of mind knows it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But this I know; the moment I realised that I hated Wilfred, I was cursed with a terrible curse. Roger Trewinion But could any father be cursed with such a terrible wish? The Justice of the King Furthermore, India was cursed with drought, the crops failed, and the spectre of famine stalked through the land. The New World of Islam Like most men of letters who happen to be blessed or cursed with a prudential conscience, Mr. Greg was haunted by the uncertainty of his vocation. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch The principal male character Siward is cursed with the inheritance of drink. Special Messenger How was it that a man graced with such a head, with such a mouth and chin and forehead, nay, with such a left eye, could be cursed with such a right eye! Miss Mackenzie The elder Howe was blessed with a large family, and cursed with a heavily mortgaged estate—a combination of circumstances not unusual among the warm-hearted, generous and extravagant people of the Old Dominion. Cruel As The Grave He was cursed with the possession of a power and authority which no man of narrow mind, bitter prejudices, and inordinate self-estimation can exercise without depraving himself as well as injuring the nation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 As long as children are the accidents of lust instead of the premeditated objects of love, so long will the offspring deteriorate and the world be cursed with deformities, monstrosities, unhumanities and cranks. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage Thousands of years ago, the Almighty cursed with plagues a proud people for refusing to break the bonds of the slave. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac His sins had indeed found him out when he was cursed with such an enemy and cursed with such a friend. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III In brief, this boy was cursed with a degraded and corrupting mind. Eric, or Little by Little I was at one time under the influence of a boy older than myself and cursed with too much money. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses However, though now blessed with mendacity, he was cursed with a lack of invention; and sorely puzzled how to live at Hernshaw, yet visit the "Packhorse." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 She felt that another woman, not cursed with her ineptitude in that crisis, would have held him back. Sacrifice He has a strong sense of value of time, and I'm cursed with the unenviable quality of being late to anything and for everything. The Ideal The world cursed with sterility, could but repeat itself; it had the poignant appreciation of its own decay and impotence. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism When he recalled to mind the pall of soft-coal smoke which hangs over the average American city, he knew that while Italy might be cursed with poverty she had her blessing in fine clear skies. The Lure of the Mask Poor Maryland! cursed with slavery, doubly cursed with traitors! Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis "Cinnamon and sugar"—he cursed with a great oath; and turning gave Nettie a violent push from him, that was half a blow. The Carpenter's Daughter From Cannes to Menton the Riviera is cursed with electric tram lines. Riviera Towns But Phrenology has been cursed with this class of quacks, perhaps even more than the profession of medicine. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Wanted, a man who is well balanced, who is not cursed with some little defect or weakness which cripples his usefulness and neutralizes his powers. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Yet it is hard to hold one's hand, although humanity would perhaps induce us to pity rather than to revile a man cursed with so unhappy a temperament. Benjamin Franklin Wanted, a man who is well balanced, who is not cursed with some little defect of weakness which cripples his usefulness and neutralizes his powers. Pushing to the Front The rains had drenched him, and the mosquitoes had plagued him with such persistency, that he loudly bemoaned his lot in being found in a country that was cursed with such abominable animals. By Canoe and Dog-Train He was cursed with a bad and sometimes ungovernable temper. A Dog with a Bad Name He was a coward, cursed with a guilty conscience, and would fain have passed himself off as a righteous judge and powerful patron. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Give thanks to God, Canadians, that ye Have not been cursed with nobility. The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic The Baltimore market seems especially cursed with this sort of thing, though it is now, I believe, forbidden by a code. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 The pedant, cursed with the ambition to be a ruler of men, is a curious study. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre It has been cursed with expensive and unstable governments and sanguinary wars. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) I should say that the boots supplied to the army are the very worst that soldiers were ever cursed with. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War This man, or boy as he was then, was true metal all through, but he was cursed with an open heart and wealth. Orrain A Romance Rather be thankful that you are not cursed with it. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Like all hybrids, he is cursed with sterility. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques "How can it be," he sighed, "that I should be cursed with such legs when I have so magnificent a crown." The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter Some meddling Netherlander, cursed with too much humanity, must have baulked the will of Heaven by dragging him out of the ditch and reviving him. The Blue Pavilions After condoling with the bereaved relations, he took his departure from an abode cursed with the presence of a witch's remains. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Then my patience went—I did what during these last days I have vowed not to do, lost my control, jumped from my bed, and cursed with rage.... The Dark Forest The qualities which he attributes to himself in his autobiography suggest that to live with a man cursed with such a nature would have been difficult even in prosperity, and intolerable in trouble and privation. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The land is cursed with alien gods who kill for pleasure; beware of them! The North American Indian Pietism commenced upon the principle that the Church was corrupt; that the ministry were generally guilty of gross neglect; and that the people were cursed with spiritual death. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Just below Kut we were held up for several days in a camp; not even Sheikh Saad in the old, bad days was more cursed with sandflies. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad And in his big heart, so rough, so warm, he cursed with every forceful epithet of his vocabulary the folly of the man he had marked out for a son. The Forfeit Pigot was rough in speech, vehement in temper, cursed with a semi-lunatic delight in cruelty, and he tormented his men to the verge of desperation. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes And German compared with French is an unattractive language; unmelodious, unwieldy, and cursed with a hideous and blinding lettering that the German is too patriotic to sacrifice. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought There is no escape from the fact that Ireland as a country is cursed with defective natural drainage. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Then give them back, my child, and save your soul and your purity, lest I live to be cursed with the sight of my noble daughter's shame? The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times He has made himself notorious by his private lootings of the châteaux cursed with his presence. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Not being a drinking man and being cursed with an active imagination, his plight was doubly hard. The Substitute Prisoner The modern King Midas, on whose dominions the sun never set, was cursed with a singular and to him inexplicable need of everything that money was supposed to buy. The Age of the Reformation The scene is Lord Asgarby's house; the patient is Lord Asgarby's daughter—an only child, cursed with constitutional debility, the foredoomed victim of premature decline. Shadows of the Stage Rivière, on the other hand, was cursed with scruples—as Olive had phrased it, "a pretty mixed set of scruples." Swirling Waters Like many witty, generous and kind-hearted persons in a much higher rank of existence, he was cursed with a total want of tact. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance But if ever I was cursed with the faculty of thought, in all its intensity, it was then. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers But other islands, the which had not believed at his preaching, still are cursed with the procreation of those poisonous creatures. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings The most genial fellow in the world, he was cursed with too much brains and imagination and a thirst which required quenching around pay-day. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Was she, like himself, cursed with swift fancies and swifter disillusionments? The Miller Of Old Church Well, Milton is, as you know, a noisy, dirty, manufacturing town, full of working men, cursed with saloons, and black with coal smoke and unwashed humanity. The Crucifixion of Philip Strong I've become cursed with the twin devils of analysis and introspection. The Hidden Places He must be cursed with one of those dark gloomy minds in which love always leads to jealousy. Phineas Finn The Irish Member In this as in everything through life I have been cursed with the foulest luck, but in this as in everything else my patience has won in the end. Dead Man's Rock This is the helpless little one, whose wails echoed in a hospital ward; who came into the world cursed with the likeness of her father. Infelice My loud vociferations summoned to my side a bull dog, cursed with a most unhappy disposition, and a hostler whose temper was hardly more amiable. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales I'm not cursed with curiosity so much as some people I could mention. Bert Wilson in the Rockies And the hedgehog, like most of the order Insectivora, is cursed with the temper of Eblis, too. The Way of the Wild Adam Liszt attributed it to the sad English climate, which Hein-rich Heine cursed with such unlimited bitterness, and took his boy back again to sunnier France. Great Violinists And Pianists Perhaps I do not quite know how I would have our friends treat us who are cursed with bad tempers. A Great Emergency and Other Tales It might be all foolish honesty, and to a man cursed with a sense of weakness the thought of such a pedestrian failure was trebly intolerable. The Half-Hearted "Yes, Aunt Mabel, if the true love of God is not in us, we are like fruit-trees cursed with barrenness—only fit to be cast into the fire," said May, sighing. May Brooke So far as the eagles could see, there was only a raven, cursed with a far-advertising blackness, who sat upon a splintered fang of rock and mocked them hollowly. The Way of the Wild It seemed a great pity that she should be cursed with a gambler for a husband. The Chink in the Armour And he cursed with great depth of feeling—in English. The Pride of Palomar When a girl's lost all love for her husband, And is cursed with a masculine friend To confide in, and he is a blackguard, She isn't far off from the end. Point Lace and Diamonds All the same my father was an obstinate man, not disposed to care much for the whole College of Cardinals, and indifferent if he were cursed with bell and book. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent This fellow may be one of the unfortunate order of virtuous people, cursed with an unbecoming visage. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Am I not cursed with the seeing of it all the time? The Turtles of Tasman Unfortunately, their foreman was cursed with a dreadful hesitation in his speech, and, as he entered, the Clerk of the Crown said: "Well, gentlemen, have you agreed in your verdict?" Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Lots of us are cursed with the same instinct. Read-Aloud Plays She also died, and the indefatigable cleric married as his third experiment a widow cursed with a very violent temper. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Well, you are to be 'cursed with a granted prayer,' you young Don Quixote. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Here is Lemuel—cursed with a lean run and yet trying to maintain at least an appearance of geniality. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Our poor human natures are cursed with fatigue, and with the loss of beauty and vision consequent upon daily intimacy. Children of the Market Place Those men of foolish understandings who cast wicked eyes upon the wedded spouses of other men, become cursed with congenital blindness in consequence of that sinfulness of theirs. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 "I seem to be cursed with fools for assistants!" The Green Eyes of Bâst The ship and all in authority were cursed with Hibernian fluency. Windjammers and Sea Tramps How had I deserved to be so blessed by such confessions?—how had I deserved to be so cursed with the removal of my beloved in the hour of my making them? Famous Modern Ghost Stories Thank God, Rachel, that you are not cursed with the artistic temperament! Red Pottage Women to shrink at me, Men to be cursed with me, Bloodstained, contemptuous, Laid on the table. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 It was and is due to the fact that these new Americans are not cursed with fixed ideas. The Story of The American Legion That woman don't seem to realize that I'm cursed with a German name and have to be miles above suspicion. Ma Pettengill These gifts and virtues are not common, but still rarer is it to see such gifts and virtues cursed with the doom of futility. Ireland In The New Century The child who is cursed with such a name has ever before him the memorandum of his parent’s folly, and as a recognized example, the character of him after whom he has been named. The Christian Home It was as if he had said, "May I be cursed with blindness if it is not true what I say." Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before Nurse, as she had often assured her friends, "was not cursed with imagination," but now fear held her so that she could not stir nor move save that her hand trembled against the wall paper. The Golden Scarecrow This every one who is not cursed with the pride of the closet philosopher will see, if he will only take the trouble to think about some of our commonest phenomena. African and European Addresses Into one of the most horrible that ever poor wretch was cursed with. Tales of a Traveller I have followed her to be cursed with her. Aylwin Case Three.—A man was cursed with such a fearful temper that he could keep no situation. Regeneration Young man, whoever you are, no matter how cursed with sin or polluted with iniquity you may be, put your trust in Jesus and all your sins will be blotted out. The Evolution of Dodd None who have ever even seen a victim cursed with delirium tremens will ever wish to look upon the like again. Fifteen Years in Hell In New Orleans every third or fourth house in many of the streets is a gaming place, and it may be truthfully averred that each and all of our cities are cursed with this evil. The Abominations of Modern Society But it is cursed with flies: in our inn, otherwise comfortable enough, the kitchen and the temple of Venus Cloacina were side by side. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon Thou didst say: 'Bury me in Westminster, never! where the mob surges, cursed with idle curiosity to see the graves of kings and nobodies? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Most unhappily for himself he was cursed with an irritable and perverse temper, and he lacked even the elementary arts of conduct. Burke Now, then, attend to what we are going to say: London is cursed with no predominating, no overwhelming, no characteristic aristocracy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Was ever man cursed with wife and mother-in-law like mine! The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance And your cautious Casey cursed with 'em, and fed 'em, and drank with 'em—and he would have had them stay until morning only they were anxious to hurry with their report to Strang. The Courage of Captain Plum Her husband was ten years older than herself, and, as she discovered after marriage, was cursed with a morose and churlish temper and disposition. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney The position was this: Rose was a woman of flesh and blood and all the human limitations, blessed and cursed with all the intricacies allotted by Providence to the sex. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914 Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation. The King's Cup-Bearer A strange fable might be written of a man who was blessed or cursed with the Copernican eye, and saw all men on the earth like tintacks clustering round a magnet. The Defendant "But, alas! he is cursed with a mad wife, and, after all said and done, he is not of the ancient stock," said the ancient man, shaking his head. Red Axe He has the same poverty of expression that cows are cursed with. Vandemark's Folly In brief, Bull was cursed with a degraded and corrupting mind. Eric He rushed at the door and shook it like a madman; he cursed with incredible fluency and addressed me in terms which it would be inadequate to describe as rude. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta Now this will strike the reader as being very warm advocacy on the part of Mr. Tombey, who, being called in to console and bless, cursed with such extraordinary vigour. Mr. Meeson's Will Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye rob me. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism A minute of it made one sick if one were cursed with imagination. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life What have I done to be cursed with such a child? My Brilliant Career Likely, if they had known about it, they would have commented on his badness, because he was notoriously bad, if indeed—as the villagers told each other—he was not actually cursed with evil spirits. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 As for America, she was cursed with the cant of economy--an evil that is apt to produce as many bad consequences as the opposite vice, extravagance. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" So longing, yet so slavish--so reckless, so debased, yet all the while cursed with a certain leavening of the true faith, that drove him to despair. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." You say I'm cursed with too much of the milk of human kindness. Midnight "Because I have been cursed with the power of seeing, thinking, and, worse than all, feeling, and branded with the stinging affliction of ugliness," I replied. My Brilliant Career The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul. The Devil's Dictionary Now, too, was he cursed with a state of mind more wearing and more wearisome than remorse. Our Mutual Friend Now, Faustus, what will you do now? for I can tell you you'll be cursed with bell, book, and candle. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Nay, I know not: we shall be cursed with bell, book, and candle. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 I am cursed with a fatal magnetism which women find it impossible to resist. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Each day's the same, yet the last is worst, And the summer is cursed with the silly outburst Of idiot red-breasts peeping and cheeping By day, when all honest birds ought to be sleeping. The Poems of Sidney Lanier To those of us who are cursed with an over-abundant measure of self-consciousness, nothing is harder than simple naturalness. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Those actors who were cursed with villainy parts were confronted at every turn by the gallery. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets It is "when we fall behind ourselves" that "we are cursed with duties and the neglect of duties." Familiar Studies of Men and Books But the chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime. The Souls of Black Folk All these baffling head-reaches after immortality are but the panics of souls frightened by the fear of death, and cursed with the thrice-cursed gift of imagination. John Barleycorn Big, stupid creatures that they are, cursed with highly-strung nerves, and blessed with little sense, they are pathetically anxious to do such work as they can understand. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories He told me, in a friendly way, that I was cursed with a conscience; that I judged things like a Methodist and talked about them like an old lady. The American He thought he recognized her as a girl cursed with more than the usual amount of beauty. Lo, Michael! Then, fairly faced by it, she came to the conclusion that, in a woman cursed with such a brute of a husband, such insensibility was not only natural, it was even proper. The Loudwater Mystery The Valley was rarely to be cursed with their presence again. In the Valley It happened," I continued, "that he was cursed with a good memory. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Add to this the pensive Drudgery in Building, and constant grasping Aerial Trowels, distracts and shatters the Mind, and the fond Builder of Babells is often cursed with an incoherent Diversity and Confusion of Thoughts. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Pits were dug and rapidly filled, until at length the well owners, cursed with too much good luck, were compelled to turn the oil into the river. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men She was so cursed with a holy ambition, that to her men were not men, they simply were or were not preachers. The Calling of Dan Matthews I am not cursed with an unbounded ambition. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian "My cousin, Cornelius O'Shane, he is as fond of you almost as I am, and he is not cursed with a wife, and is blessed with a daughter," said Sir Ulick, with a sly smile. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 But I do not think he was really so brave as those men, who, cursed with an imagination that fills their minds with terror, nevertheless advance toward danger. Robert Browning: How to Know Him His grace was a puzzle-headed, pompous fool, whom Heaven had cursed with the desire to be a statesman. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 The bar is cursed with "nobodies" as much as the pulpit. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays "It must be a terrible thing to be cursed with ambition and executive ability," observed Paston. With the Procession We two were cursed with this one sen and a half. Botchan (Master Darling) A pleasant thing for the wives and daughters of those who are blessed or cursed with such connections, to hear the Billiard-Balls rattling in one room, and the dice in another! Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 But I am an old fellow cursed with a tender heart and tolerably keen eyes. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice O cursed with keenest sense to feel The sharpest sting of every ill! The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes O cursed with murder's guilt, how else wert thou The burden of her womb? The House of Atreus That may be my doom in age, but, in youth, the high spring-time of existence, I will not be cursed with such a premature ossification of the heart. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Every race all nations, with all grades of intellect and culture, civilized or uncivilized, are cursed with sin. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments As all these towns are dreadfully cursed with saloons, we are trying to create a temperance sentiment. Home Missions in Action If we are cursed with such barbarian religions today—for our religions are really barbarous—what will they be an hundred or a thousand years hence? Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest This unhappy lady was cursed with a wicked and unnatural brother. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Besides the defects with which I have endowed my hero in this book, I was cursed with an instinctive slothfulness and sluggishness which were not to be denied. Youth and Egolatry Russia is cursed with a doctrine offensive alike to the Christian, the Jew, the Mohammedan and even the deist. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments She was a good woman, but she was cursed with two sad burdens—a desperate shyness and a series, unrelenting, unmitigating, mysterious, desperate, of nervous headaches. The Cathedral And, having been a backslider, he is cursed with a half-frenzied humor. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 They are 'all in a string,' and where a community is cursed with one, the others will not be far away. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Better to have it so than be cursed with impunity! Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Rosa also was not distinguished by any especial gift, although she was not without intelligence: and she was cursed with a chattering tongue which drove Christophe from her. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Nature, not being mortal and cursed with a conscience, had risen that morning in a mood for carousal; at this hour of noon she had reached the point of ecstatic stupor. In and out of Three Normady Inns My work,—oh, I know it well enough!—has all been cursed with futility; my labors are miserable failures or contemptible successes. A Foregone Conclusion He remained in New York until November, 1783, when he embarked on board a British man-of-war and America was no longer cursed with his presence. American Prisoners of the Revolution He is cursed with a melancholy disposition most pleasing. First Plays But Christophe was cursed with an awkward need for sincerity, which filled him with scruples at every turn. Jean-Christophe, Volume I An excellent juvenile, but, like so many good fellows, cursed with a tendency to lift the elbow—I recollect saying to him 'Arthur, dear boy, I give it two weeks.' The Adventures of Sally When at Louisville, he was told if he was going to spend the Summer in Cincinnati he'd be sure to lose his servant-girl, "as that city is cursed with free negroes and abolitionists." A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences The writer seems from childhood to have been cursed with an excessive sensibility, and an unusual constitutional craving for excitement, coupled with an infirm and unreliable will. The Opium Habit But in America he finds the land not cursed with feudalism; it is free to every man to buy and sell, and possess and transmit. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 I have long been certain that this wretched Bartolo is my son, though never before have I been cursed with his presence. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons No doubt the world is cursed with grafters and parasites—men who live off the body economic and give nothing substantial in return. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration I have wondered if any man was ever cursed with a more terrible epitaph! Adventures in Friendship May my country be never cursed with such another conquest! The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons But she infused a true Russian soul into it—the soul that is cursed with a fatal power of dumb and patient endurance. The Sowers "Brother," quoth he, selecting an arrow with portentous care, "'tis an ill thing to be cursed with eyes such as mine, I tell thee!" Beltane the Smith She has the sensitive, artistic temperament, poor girl; and only we who are cursed with it can tell you what its possession implies. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Why was I cursed with the susceptibilities of a warm and loving heart! Marguerite Verne The men who are cursed with the gift of the literal mind are the unfortunate ones who are always busy with their nets and neglect the fishing. Sadhana : the realisation of life Boston is peculiarly cursed with the rear tenement. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor Thus there are among the Kosekin the unfortunate many who are cursed with wealth, and the fortunate few who are blessed with poverty. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder I'm cursed with susceptibility in every direction, and effective faculty in none. The Mill on the Floss This brother had married, but had not been blessed or cursed with children, for the German baron, with his limited finances, could never decide in what light to regard them. Barriers Burned Away She was cursed with what was called in her set "a temperament," and she did not know how to conquer it, did not dare, even, to try to conquer it. December Love This is close upon the English and Belgian standard; but some parts of India are cursed with more than double this number; indeed one district has nearly eight hundred to the square mile. Round the World As the world goes, Haldane was a well-meaning youth, although cursed with evil habits and tendencies, when he entered the isolated, half-finished house. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century Men toiled and swore and were cursed with the regularity of a single well-balanced mind. The Rose in the Ring One must have been cursed with a sluggish, half-dead body and a torpid soul, had he not responded to the influences under which our gay party spent the next few hours. From Jest to Earnest The Lords Proprietors, as the last evidence of their lack of wisdom and interest in the province they had so long cursed with their misrule, sent over George Burrington. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time King Saloman looked from his donjon bars, Where the Danube clamours through sedge and sand, And he cursed with a curse his revolting land, -With a king’s deep curse of treason and wars. Pike County Ballads and Other Poems Was a father ever cursed with such daughters as his? Spring Days But it is cursed with the laziest of God's creatures, and the men who rule them are the most corrupt and the most vicious. Captain Macklin I have been very unlucky; I was cursed with a husband who was a fool, and who lost all his money—no one can say he's in his right mind. Celibates Corydon, alas, had no talents for figuring, and was cursed with a weakness for such superfluities as clean laundry and coffee with cream. Love's Pilgrimage I am cursed with a lot of it, and any fool can strike ile. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 It is just you people who are cursed with a restless brain who are in the most dangerous position, nowadays. The Evil Shepherd Truly we are sometimes tempted to think that we are the only ones cursed with this corroding canker. Pagan Papers Rustum Khan cursed with keen attention to detail at sight of him. The Eye of Zeitoon Whereon he burst into tears, at the thought that such an one had departed from the earth, while it was still cursed with so many who are wicked, old and ugly. Pearl-Maiden It seems I'm cursed with a fatal beauty. Rainbow's End He swung his heavy shoe, and Bill cursed with stirring eloquence. The Spoilers The town," said he, "is cursed with intemperance. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. I am cursed with nerves, and, as a consequence, am ever and anon distressed with nervous fears of some direful calamity or painful affliction. Off-Hand Sketches A Little Dashed with Humor Still, I should not wonder if some one of my ancestors had disgraced himself, for there are but few families that are not cursed with a spotted sheep. Home Lights and Shadows Ah! if I had never come here, if I had never been cursed with the sight of his face! St. Elmo Fortunately, I wasn't faced with a completely dry well or one that had shrunk to below 1 gallon per minute, as I soon discovered many of my neighbors were cursed with. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway He also cursed with a horrible anathema all those who might dare to harm the wives, sons, and possessions of those who took up God's journey for all of the next three years. The Deeds of God Through the Franks Some people thought that he was a man of genius, morbidly sensitive shrinking from public life and the Press, cursed with insufficient ambition, sudden, baffling, complex and charming. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Unfortunately, Burton was cursed with a very foolish habit, and one that later did him considerable harm. The Life of Sir Richard Burton |
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