| 单词 | despond |
| 例句 | I knew right then I was in the sloop of despond. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you write? That always used to make you happy,” said her mother once, when the desponding fit over-shadowed Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice sank into a dreary drone of despond. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “This is what it is to live,” he cried; “now I enjoy existence! But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z I schooled myself to face forward with greater looks of despond, that we might not be detected in our imposture. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jane’s temper was not desponding, and she was gradually led to hope, though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope, that Bingley would return to Netherfield and answer every wish of her heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Shaking off a season’s worth of sloth and despond, he complained to Roger Sterling about the firm’s lack of vision and second-tier clients. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Don Gets His Groove Back 2012-06-04T05:10:24Z There is much eavesdropping: Nanny, characterised with a hint of menace by the incomparable June Watson, has her ear to the door; ditto daughter Susan, played with convincing despond by Emily Lane. Smack Family Robinson; Before the Party; A Doll's House – review 2013-04-06T23:05:36Z There are superlative performances – especially Henry Goodman's nuanced Arthur Winslow, a father torn between benevolence and despond and unable altogether to disguise his touching vulnerability. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-03-24T00:06:01Z "Seeing people as statistics I think leads into the swamp of mediocrity and despond." Garrison Keillor goes from 'Prairie' to L.A. with a new book in tow 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z She sinks back in her chair, her expression fixed in an almost theatrical despond. Carla Bruni: Sarkozy and me 2013-06-01T08:00:00Z I love good comeback stories, even if the comeback, as was the case with the two Giant pitchers, is pulled off from something shallower than the slough of despond that someone like Blass fell into. Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z Far from being happy, I am wallowing in the slough of despond. I thought I had hit the age of peak happiness. How wrong I was 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Ambition led me down many dark roads and into sloughs of despond. The Great American Dream Value Menu: The hard truths nobody tells young people about their dreams 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z As Wayne hauls himself up from his slough of despond, he seems all-but primed to be sent tumbling right back down again. The Dark Knight Rises – first review 2012-07-16T15:10:08Z Lawrence started building “Phantasma Gloria” around the turn of the millennium, when he was “languishing in the sea of despond for the unmet yearning to create something new and beautiful in the world.” How to see the kaleidoscopic Echo Park home that's drawing visitors from around the world 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z By the time Max shows up at Sondheim’s Manhattan townhouse in Turtle Bay for a New Yorker profile, Sondheim, a reluctant interviewee, is fighting a “slough of creative despond.” Stephen Sondheim and Mary Rodgers, late Broadway greats, have brilliant last words 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “The Unfolding” suggests no solutions to this plight, but it offers irresistible reflection on how the audacity of hope got pushed off the rails and fell into the slough of despond. Review | A.M. Homes traces the frightening (and hilarious) roots of GOP decay 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Anything less, and it’s a descent into the slough of despond. Leeds v Tottenham: Premier League – live! 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z OK, it’s only four matches but it’s been enough to sow optimism in an Arsenal swamp of despond. Arsenal v Leicester City: Premier League – live! 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It radically forwarded the Romantic politics of non-participation in mainstream ideologies and orthodoxies, especially that slough of despond we call patriotism. Critic Curtis White: Capitalism needs workers who are "stupid-smart" 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Good, good, just as well, because the bottom two face off at St Mary’s this evening, and whoever loses this will find themselves careering hysterically towards the slough of despond. Southampton v Watford: Premier League – live! 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The Salt Lake City Games in 2002 nearly drowned in a despond of corruption; the Pyeongchang Games in February chewed up forests and pushed out villagers. Does Calgary Really Want the Winter Olympics? Does Anyone? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Stephens showed so much promise early in her career that it was odd to see her pitched into such a despond, poor form preceding her injury. Sloane Stephens surges past Madison Keys to win US Open title 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z As 2017 begins, the general mood in the so-called mainstream media is a bewildered despond, captured well in the opening of a year-end New York Times editorial: Finale 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Maybe it was a one-off, hewn from the despond of the week, but they were outrageously good. Anthony Foley: Glasgow Warriors swept away in sea of Munster emotion 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Authorities desponded to McGill’s home April 27 on a dispute call. Deputies: Man tried to run over pregnant wife 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Among staff working for EU institutions, long used to being unloved scapegoats for national politicians, the mood oscillates between despond and defiance. Gallows humor in Brussels as EU gloomily awaits British vote 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z It may seem odd to come across such bottled fury and despond among the oldsters of the Sunshine State: they are enjoying the retirement, almost an after-life, millions of Americans have aspired to for decades. The greatest show on earth 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps that was the source of her lingering despond: self-doubt, at 33, after 15 years climbing then conquering the mountain to greatness. Serena Williams’s grand slam dream ended by Roberta Vinci’s shock win 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Devi sometimes fears she herself will sink into a slough of despond. Verge Fiction: An excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z It elicits no emotion so much as sadness and despond. Death on the beach 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Rather than slump into despond, they have been enlivened by the very process of intense political engagement with its emphasis upon Scotland's interests. SNP 'could take safest Labour seat' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Then, trying to escape the despond into which the news had plunged me, and browsing Facebook one evening, as you do, I came across a post by Aric Press, an old friend and colleague. The Age of Miracles 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Without sinking into the despond that some times enveloped him in similar slumps in the past, Murray nevertheless looked seriously disappointed. Andy Murray left to ponder after straight-sets defeat to Roger Federer 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z She was not alone in her despond, though. Serena Williams says ‘nothing worked’ in French Open second-round defeat 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z More important, the Tories need to attack the general feeling of despond which is the big force propelling UKIP’s rise. Taking down Nigel Farage 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The father of fracking Aug 3rd 2013 | THE United States has of late been in a slough of despond. Schumpeter: The father of fracking 2013-08-01T15:03:34Z Cutting staff is a standard way out of despond. Building a paywall? You'll need to be something special 2013-03-17T00:04:08Z So let's get overly excited anyway, even if we know a slough of despond deeper than the bunkers at Lytham await us. Ryder Cup 2012: day three – live! 2012-09-30T12:46:28Z In a slump, but not the slough of despond. The Open 2012: David Duval in love with life and Lytham 2012-07-18T21:52:26Z Wearied and desponding he lay down to rest, when a figure appeared to him in his dream and commanded him to sing the Creation of the World. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Mr. Marsden was begged to employ these additional drafts in defraying the expenses of illness, to take care of himself, and to fight against desponding thoughts. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Fear not, dear Albert," the writing went; "I have heard all and grieve, but do not despond. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z When even the sterile Sahara is gradually disappearing before the irrigation works of French engineers, there is no need to despond regarding the future of the very driest parts of Queensland. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Can you despond," said the Captain still smiling, "with such an example as the loves of your parents before you? The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Don’t despond when you seem to fail in your first and most direct endeavour. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z And when he became the prey to disease, he became sullen, unsocial, and desponding; evidently the victim of his own self-condemning reflections, and of that retributive justice which never suffers the wicked to go unpunished. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z If, for instance, his animal spirits are depressed, he desponds, and considers that the Lord has withdrawn from him the light of his countenance. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z But there is a point at which the tide turns, and as gradually operates in a reverse manner, when the heart sickens, desponds, and grows gloomy. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z On the subject of a future world his mind floated in a desponding doubt. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The sanguine always hope, the gloomy always despond, from temperament and not from forethought. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z But the Whigs, instead of desponding at these events, began to take heart, and straightway set about getting up a Convention in Baltimore. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Sometimes he was gloomy and desponding; and on these days he never came near the cottage. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z He listened attentively and in silence to the Countess as she made her report, which concluded in rather desponding terms. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Yes, I will rouse myself; I will no longer despond. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z And for the present we have no reason to despond. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z But, somehow, he overworked himself, and got into a very irritable, and at the same time desponding, tone. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Anne said not a word, but with desponding heart prepared to go. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z “Who shall find the earth?” exclaimed all those left on the raft, “now that the beaver and the otter are dead?” and they desponded more than before, repeating, “Who shall find the earth?” Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Dangers, if not death, were everywhere, yet none desponded. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The assistant-surgeon's became the worst case of scurvy on board; and our people, finding that the preparations for quitting the place were not going on, began to despond again. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Says Swift:— “Triumphing Tories and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z Tennyson ambles through it on a palfrey which has a tendency to flounder into every slough of despond it comes to. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z There is a mournfulness in the sentence relative to the evanescence of those sun-pictures in the Memoir by Wedgwood and Davy that is peculiarly impressive and desponding contrasted with our present notions of instability. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z They felt the necessity of immediate systematic action to drive away desponding thoughts, as well as to make the best possible preparation for the coming struggle with darkness, cold, poverty, and disease. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He was more than ever determined to draw Gauguin out of the slough of despond into which he was falling, and to work together with him for the better establishment of both their reputations. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z It had to end some time, and end it did; and when the end came all the Isthmus lapsed into a slough of despond and lethargy of inertia. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z His light hair clustered in thick curls round his uncovered throat, and fell over his shoulders, his features wore an expression of gravity, but not of austerity, and he seemed sad, though not desponding. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z “I don't like the looks of this slough of despond,” said Mary. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Only something new, something difficult and extraordinary would lift her from the hopeless slough of despond into which she had found herself precipitated. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Henry, who had been inattentive to his affairs, did not despond at the prospects of a rival, but, much to his credit, exerted himself and did better than before. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z A tinge of superstition would have soon converted this into one of those prophecies by which Cromwell and Cortes both consoled their desponding troopers. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Disgusted and desponding, he yet refrained from aggravating by complaint the sorrows of his mother and his sister. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He felt himself plucked out of the slough of despond.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Had you, my desponding friend, been there, you would have said, 'Go on at all hazards and consequences indoors and out of doors, home or no home, life or death, fortune or starvation'. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z No youth shall then be wan or weak, For dimpling health shall light the cheek; No heart shall then desponding sigh, For wine shall bid despondence fly! The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z Those who despond are unfit for the charge, and are not likely to enter into any consultation about it. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Souls are such slaves to bodies it is hard to keep up out of the slough of despond when nerves jangle and flesh aches. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z He looked at it with a desperate, desponding, forlorn look for a little time, and then broke out as if in sequence of some train of thought: 'No; it's no use thinking of it. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z I, however, was fond of him, because I did not view his faults in that desponding light which his other relations did. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z He was met by his desponding wife, and informed of the distressing predicament which his delay had occasioned. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Adeline wrapped her cloak round her, and sunk terrified and desponding to the ground. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z He said he had been reminded that evening of how, more than a year ago, he had spoken at a meeting of the Society in a very desponding manner on heredity. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z "Tell me," I cried, once more desponding, "tell me the full extent of my sentence." Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Despair, energy, love, desponding and excessive affliction are like clouds driven across my mind, one by one, until tears blot the scene, and weariness of spirit consigns me to temporary repose. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z “It is as I feared,” replied Sir William, in a desponding tone. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Never since the outbreak of the Revolution had the public temper been so gloomy and desponding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z His wife was so affected by the change and hard usage, that she sunk into a desponding state, and eventually died, leaving him with a son and daughter. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z He looked worn and sorrowful, but neither desponding nor abashed. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z Upon this, I remarked that I was surprised to hear him speak in such desponding language of the fortune of mankind, and that I thought much might yet be done for the Republic. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Such a buoyant and elastic spirit I never saw in man, as is apparent to-day, at the very moment when men usually most despond. 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 The idea of desponding or giving up, for any cause whatever, simply never entered his head. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z How he ever pulled through this slough of despond, he himself could not possibly tell. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The floods in vain lift up their voice, No slough makes him despond; His rider smiles at ocean's voice, And cries, "Beyond! beyond!" A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z The "slough of despond" was so very literal in this case. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z He never saw him in a low or desponding way. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Now I foresee all will be right; he is roused from his lethargy of desponding misery, and laments his own ignorance in language, that shew him truly sensible of it. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Is it not just, Ellis, that it should be you who should drag me out of the slough of despond, since it was you who flung me into it?—However, now for your commission. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Bearing all the above facts in mind, can we believe the Indian capable of drawing mongrel-ruled America from its slough of despond? The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z I have distressing news to communicate, but we do not despond. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z It was, however, but labour lost to endeavour henceforward to inspire Barton with one ray of hope; he became desponding. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z But in deep and prayerful meditation, thinking long on the great mercy of God and of the propitiation Christ had given, he felt his soul slowly emerge from the slough of despond. Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z As the despond deepens, some News Corp shareholders would like a more ordinary, conventional company to invest in. Plc? No thanks. Papers are best as family businesses 2011-08-20T23:05:49Z Moreover, as the years went by my father influenced me by his own desponding views, so that I, unlike most youths, felt no ardour for any cause, and believed but little in any man. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z She began this last week before the Field Day in a very despondent mood, for her—for Clara Hargrew was not wont to despond over anything. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Here, then, thou poor desponding shepherd! sip up a little of that miraculous cordial which I always carry about with me. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z It is a world-old tale, this of the trembling heart, the failing eyes, the desponding mind of the natural man. Man's Redemption of Man A Lay Sermon 2011-08-02T02:00:20.160Z But the remainder of the city, which is to say most of the population, sits on an isle of despond. City Room: Old Lesson for New, Tough-Talking Governors: 'It's the Economy ...' 2011-07-29T20:55:56Z When one is inclined to despond the other feels forced to take a hopeful tone and this does good to both. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Balls is not wrong about the need to drag the economy from its slough of despond. George Osborne does not have a plan B, but there is a plan A+ 2011-07-24T20:00:06Z ‘Yes, I little thought as I should have come to this,’ said the man, in a desponding tone. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Some who were desponding at the gloomy prospect of half-pay, revived in a moment, and again set honour, glory, and promotion, once more before the eyes of their imagination. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Apollo concedes that man desponds when debarred of illusion: “suppose he has in himself some compensative law?” and the God then produces a bowl of wine, man’s invention, of which he invites them to taste. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z His career in the majors, not much more than a decade long, is more bell curve than rollercoaster – sloughs of despond bookending one monumental high. The Joy of Six: Open nightmares 2011-07-15T09:44:42Z One day we have full view of the delectable mountains, on another day we are mired in the slough of despond. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Try, and under all feelings trust in and love God, and do not be too much elated, when you can think seriously and pray joyfully, nor too desponding when both fail you. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z She it was who suggested to the desponding father every shade of excuse for the stoppage of the letters which were as the life-blood to his failing constitution. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z “My dear boy, don’t—pray don’t talk in that awfully desponding tone,” said the rector, moved to the heart by the utter dejection set forth upon the other’s countenance. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z "Nothing! nothing! learned master!" answered the voice of the young Icelander, in a desponding tone. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Religious motives probably form the best possible source of suggestions that enable a patient to lift himself out of the slough of despond of chronic alcoholism. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z In his presence it is impossible to despond. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z But it was too late to despond—to falter. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z We sink deeper daily in the slough of dire despond. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z With an indignant and desponding heart, she complied with her father's directions, and the money being reluctantly delivered, M'Crea took an hasty leave. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z On the evening of the day on which the lute had been sent to the foreign lady, Constantia was alone in her chamber immersed in desponding thoughts. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z When he was in prison before at Mainz, I did not seem so desponding about his deliverance as I feel now. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z As these thoughts—sombre, hopeful, and desponding by turns—passed through her brain, the bright spring day wore on; the babbling brooklets, through which their horses plashed ever and anon, ran clear and sparkling. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I think it is a pity that Mrs. Palmer takes so very desponding a view of her daughter's prospects. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Courage, hope, energy, activity; forbidding to despond or to be idle; the words did her good. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I guessed that one of his old desponding fits was on him, and, at length, I spoke. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Martin Luther said so to me one day when he found me desponding. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z See, when that letter came, you asked, why have we desponded. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z “The men,” he adds, had “not a frown, nor a desponding eye—yet not a mouthful had they ate for four days.” Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z But these delegates represented only the revolutionary element of the battalions, and the Hôtel-de-Ville plunged more and more into a slough of despond. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I passed the time in the most gloomy and desponding reflections. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z Heribald was a pious monk, whose ways had many a time cheered up a desponding brother. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z It gave hope to the desponding, and inspired the settlers with new vigor. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z After the flood of inspiration comes its ebb; the valley of despond, after the heights of Alpine splendor. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z In the course of no war in which they had ever been engaged, not even the second Carthaginian, were the people more desponding, and in none were they more elated with ultimate success. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z I was cold; I was naked; but I did not on that account despond—my spirit was too indomitable for such weakness. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Mercedes, therefore, was conveyed to town by her loving father, who went away with a much lighter heart, thinking that she would be less desponding. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z “We’ll not be able to cross at all?” pursued the Prince, in desponding interrogative. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I remained I know not how long in a desponding, half-insensible state upon the grass. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z It did indeed make the "slough of despond" look like the rocky road to Dublin. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Roland's schemes were not successful; they were not successful because he had no patience to survive preliminary failure, and wade on to ultimate success through a slough of despond and discouragement. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The transport and the carriers struggled with equal courage through the slough of despond, trying to get up rations to their cold and hungry comrades and ammunition wanted by riflemen and machine-gunners. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Any opinion of that philosophic observer is entitled to grave consideration, and undoubtedly there is much in the history of the past that tends to justify the above desponding conclusion. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Without that philosophy, it is impossible for the world not to seem at times as it did to the desponding Danish prince, "a sterile promontory," and a "foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The Bonanza trail makes 'the slough of despond' look like the rocky road to Dublin! The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z It did not make me discontented or desponding, but filled me with a wild and feverish expectation which made the present appear nothing to me. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Just when Ruzsky was planning his retirement a complete thaw set in, and in a few days the whole countryside was one slough of despond. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z He sat down upon the bedstead in a desponding attitude. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Constance was now fairly immersed in that slough of despond, debt; for instead of paying away her money regularly, and in order, it was here a little and there a little. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The ex-miner, however, as well acquainted with the subterraneous regions as with upper earth, had no superstition to hinder him from action, and, instead of desponding he at once adopted the proper course. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Nearly a twelvemonth from the day the unfortunate adventure was made, George Prentice sat musing in his counting-room, his mind busy with unpleasant and desponding thoughts. Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z Mr. Devereux had scarcely enunciated this disheartening truism, with a mildly resigned, not to say desponding expression of countenance, when the bell of which he had been warned rang out a peal. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z These were the words uttered in my hearing, not by a complaining demagogue, but by a desponding statesman.” The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z Herewith the joyousness of life must depart, the old-time buoyancy of the race give place to a deepening despond. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Not desponding, but inspired with the hope of the future prosperity of their venerable city, they concurred with king and parliament in the zeal and diligence requisite for the emergency. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z For some days after this disheartening news reached him, he gave way to desponding thoughts. Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z Alfred moved his head in a desponding manner, but did not raise it. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z Oh," she whispered, "am I to escape from this 'slough of despond'—am I to have my chance in life? A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z He was gloomy and desponding, however, since he saw that his hour was at hand, and that Zehowah was no nearer to loving him than before. Khaled, A Tale of Arabia 2011-01-16T03:00:23.317Z It is out of this slough of despond in medical education that we have climbed in the last thirty-five years. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z She no longer felt dyspeptic and desponding, suffered no longer from nervous headaches, in fact, in her own words, she "felt quite a girl again." Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z For God's sake, Jonas!" cried Mrs. Ershebet, seizing her husband's hand; "my heart is ready to break when I see you thus desponding. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z So saying he donned a funereal coat, a pair of spectacles, and a hat with a desponding brim, and we spent the remainder of the evening roaming about and discussing mind and matter. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z His mind was oppressed and desponding, but it was a mind which no circumstances could entirely destroy the elasticity of, even for a moment. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z However, don't slump into a slough of despond – au contraire, simply learn to interpret facts; fashion them, if you like, to your advantage. My hungry wisdom 2010-12-31T22:00:00Z But it is not in human nature—least of all in American nature—to despond long. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Homeless was my blessed Saviour, Patient, too, mid all his grief; Why be downcast, sad, desponding, When he’ll freely give relief? Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z There he appears to comfort the disconsolate, and cheer, with the brightness of his presence, the desolate and desponding soul. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I began to grow frightened and desponding about her. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z ‘Holy Dwynwen, goddess of love, daughter of Brychan,’ had a church dedicated to her in Anglesea in 590; and for ages her shrine was resorted to by desponding swains and lovesick maidens. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z They came back, not desponding and discouraged, but buoyant with hope, and ready at once to renew the attempt. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Tempted, tried, desponding one, Why does darkness shade thy brow? Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z This week it's back to the slough of despond. Chess: How to continue the attack? 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z But the latest incremental improvement may help lift the field out of the slough of despond. Quantum computing: A quantum hop 2010-06-24T11:19:00Z He answered all the questions perfectly in the first two sets, slumped into a weird despond in the third and came out roaring in the fourth again. Murray braves brief lapse to beat Baghdatis in French Open 2010-05-28T18:28:00Z It’s the prospect that our economy, climbing weakly out of a severe recession, might tumble back into the financial slough of despond. 2010-01-09T19:58:00Z There may have been just enough of wavering on the part of some to give occasion for the desponding letters which had arrested him at Dieppe, yet there had been no great reaction. John Knox "We are all pilgrims; and there is for each of us some slough of despond, through which we must struggle to the happy valley." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 The famine was still very severe; but hope began to appear in the faces of the most reduced and desponding. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 He had been in one of his desponding fits for several days, and I had done all in my power to amuse him in vain. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 “Yes,” said the stout old fellow with animation; and the desponding feeling seemed to have gone. The Parson O' Dumford It requires better eyes and better nerves than mine; yet I will not despond. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Had it not been for your own good courage, mother," replied Idonia, with a run of laughter, "I had often enough desponded. Idonia: A Romance of Old London She would tell her not to despond about her mother: that though she was certainly very ill, and in a dangerous state, yet people had recovered who had been quite as ill as she was. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 A pious and consistent Christian—he often cheered the desponding heart where medicine failed to save the body from the grave. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution First, the poor German soul had been strongly affected; it easily became desponding, and found enjoyment in observing the tears it shed. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. About this period, being in danger of shipwreck, the Lord so mightily strengthened me, that I was joyful while others trembled and desponded. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. "He is still as desponding as ever, then?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Yes, dearest Cl�mence, to that overwhelming dread was owing the sombre taciturnity, the dislike to company, the desponding gloom, which excited so many different conjectures. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 During the darkest periods of the Revolution he was calm and cheerful and did much to reanimate the desponding. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Since then she avoided his chamber, for if she had tried to comfort him by telling him the reason of Geoffroy's absence, her own desponding heart would have contradicted her words. Barbarossa and Other Tales His spirit was the spirit of the immortals; it raised itself out of the slough of despond. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 It was in the midst of this slow settling into despond that a short note from Lady Rockham arrived like a bombshell. A Bed of Roses The country was full of reports of the hostile operations, and a thousand surmises were entertained, which varied according to the more sanguine or desponding tempers of the persons who made them. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He imparted confidence and vigor to the desponding and roused them to bold and noble action. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "But though life drags, we'll not despond, For longer far is the life beyond." On the Heights A Novel And are we right to hesitate, to doubt, to despond? The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II In despond I bethought myself of the young women who sold candy. A Top-Floor Idyl But alas, it very dark ahead, yet I do not despond, neither have I regretted my enlistment. An Artilleryman's Diary But who was that figure robed in deepest black that knelt beside it, so sadly, with so desponding a stillness, her forehead pressed against the marble? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Such messages were very frequent, and if Adriana thought Harry only too ready to answer them, there are many desponding women who will be able to pity her. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Here may desponding care look up; And sorrow lay its burden down, Or learn, of him, to drink the cup, To bear the cross, and win the crown. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion "And I will stay at home," said Annele, in a desponding voice, "I will stay with my children." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Nor of that pillow shall my soul despond; For—Love almighty! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Again did hope come into Isaac’s desponding breast. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga Sometimes he would despond and say that he could not; and then his betrothed would act it for him in his sick room, and give him heart to write again. The Cutting of an Agate The dove, recollect, did not return to Noah with the olive-branch till the second time of her going forth; why, then, should you despond at the failure of a first attempt? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 For shame, to write in that desponding tone because of this accident. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One By desponding men, Senseless to pains of death, from pangs of guilt! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes She was back again in the slough of despond which had followed the memorable visit to the doctor. A Question of Marriage "O mother, if I am ever again desponding and low-spirited, I will call to mind this hour, and be again happy!" Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Then smiling through the tears of affection that glistened on her eye, and assuming a tone of affected cheerfulness, 'Come now, dear mother, do drop this desponding tone. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative All this, when it came to Miss Tabby's ears, made that faithful but desponding soul whimper all the more. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" I wake, emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck’d desponding thought 10 From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove, her helm of reason lost. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It must be confessed, that if we look to some parts of our literature, there seems too good reason for supposing that this desponding opinion is well founded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Moreover, for myself, I never listen much to a desponding person. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses "What's the use of writing home?" said his Excellency, in a desponding voice. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance In this respect the United States is, as Mr Gladstone once wrote, a tribus praerogativa, but one who knows anything of the family and home life of America will not readily despond of the outcome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" When Carlyle was in the 'slough of despond,' he bethought him of Jeffrey, this time as editor of the Edinburgh Review. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series Yet he could comfort the sick, and cheer the desponding; not by making light of danger, but by encouraging them like brave men fearlessly to face it. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 I'd say good," replied he; "at least, when I compare it with your brother's desponding tone this morning. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Never despond,—never say, 'It is too late!' Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Once again 5 Methinks that we shall hail thee, Champion brave, Redeemed to baffle that imperial Slave, And through all Europe cheer desponding men With new-born hope. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) Blenke appeared at last in the dusk of evening and the depth of despond. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade He cheered the desponding, by assuring them of speedy relief from their countrymen. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Ember went darkly about his various businesses, taciturn—even a trace more than ever reserved in his communication with Whitaker—preoccupied, but constant in his endeavour to enhearten the desponding husband. The Destroying Angel Presently, as we enter a perfect slough of despond, we see a man before us scraping the mire with a hoe vigorously, as we come in sight. An American Girl Abroad They looked such hard-bitten, wiry, whiskered fellows, that their young adversaries felt rather desponding as to the result of the morrow's match. Tom Brown's School Day's His presence among them will encourage their desponding hopes, sorties will be made, the besiegers will be beaten in spite of Bavaria and Fronsberg. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. "Yes, Father," replied I, with a voice of well-feigned emotion, "my heart is indeed heavy; but"—here I assumed a more daring tone—"I must not despond, for all that!" Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Her friends did all in their power to cheer her desponding spirit; but the wound she had received was too deep to be speedily healed. Josephine Makers of History A ray of hope now darted through Ali's desponding mind. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors There is a morbid, scrupulous remorsefulness for wrong-doing, a desponding conviction that repentance and restoration are impossible, which may well be put away. Modern Substitutes for Christianity Though at that time their hopes, their prospects, were veiled in a dark uncertain futurity, she did not despond, but inspired her lover with courage when they took their parting embrace. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. Somehow I never had felt more sad and depressed; and the events of the day, so far from making me participate in the general joy, had left me gloomy and desponding. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II But he bore it bravely; kept all his worst struggles from his anxious mother and desponding grandfather, and resolved to hope against hope. The Lamplighter He seems lost in thought, sunk in a very slough of despond, out of which it seems impossible to him he can ever be extricated. Portia or By Passions Rocked Hadn't they been left in the slough of their own despond? The "Genius" Though scattered to the ends of the earth, never again has he fallen into this pit of iniquity and this slough of despond. Training the Teacher The tender inquirer went away in a desponding mood. The Witches of New York Farmer White, who had a mind to be a little jocular with his desponding neighbors, said, "Well, neighbor Jones, all the wheat was killed, I suppose! the barley is all dead at the root!" The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales The precise time when he began to despond is not defined, but we may suppose it to have been in the late autumn of 1818. Life of John Keats For their sake do not despond, but try to keep up your spirits, else your husband will be utterly ruined. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part His face was no longer bathed in desponding gloom; his eyes were shining, and his strong features had upon them an expression of triumph. In the Brooding Wild How completely that mournful and desponding, that entreating and appealing glance to her indignant lover, told her wretched history. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 You see, Sir Walter, into what "sloughs of despond" we German translators fall--with the sad necessity of dragging your honor after us. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. In like manner we call today for more faith in a way out of the slough of despond, more resolute endeavor to improve social and economic conditions. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency His faith, like strong wings, bears him high above all sloughs of despond, all morasses of moodiness. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He was in great distress, and even began to despond, until finally in the summer he contrived to get to Posen, and thence to Berlin, where he arrived some time in July. Weird Tales, Vol. II. To desponding Montreal merchants his reciprocity treaty yielded naturally all they had expected from a more drastic change. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 The contradictions and errors of the Protestant belief were formerly the subject of controversy with its Catholic opponents, but now the controversy is anticipated and prevented by the undisguised admissions of its desponding friends. The History of Freedom The slow tears stood in her eyes as she thought of the long long hours which she had passed in his company, while, almost desponding herself, she had received courage from his persistency. Lady Anna Then Zwingli spoke one more, begging all to hold firm to the Gospel, and never to despond as long as they leaned upon it. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Hence follows, with the utmost clearness, that the proud and the desponding are above all others subject to emotions. The Philosophy of Spinoza He held his mother's pardon in his hands, and the love which trembled in her words poured balm and healing on his heart, and raised his desponding spirits. Jena or Sedan? The illustrious founders were not proud of their accomplished work; and men like Clay and Adams persisted in desponding to the second and third generation. The History of Freedom But nothing of the kind should ever make us despond; much less despair. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford The victory of Bragg has lifted a mountain from the spirits of the people, and another victory would cast the North into the “slough of despond.” A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Harry was struck by the sad appearance of the girl, and the desponding words she uttered. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Some were from persons in distress whom he had assisted, and who implored a continuance of his aid; others were from ardent political friends—some sanguine, others desponding—concerning the prospects of the session. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. An hour ago I was wallowing in the slough of despond; now I am skittering on the heights once more. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars But our consolation was poured into deaf ears, and some two years afterwards we recognized our desponding Jehu under the mournful disfigurements of the driver of a hearse. Old Roads and New Roads Oh, the soul keeps its youth ······ “’Twixt the heavens and the earth can a poet despond? The Brownings Their Life and Art Spruce clerks and ill-mannered boys laughed at him; but he did not despond. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Upon this, seeing her in such a desponding condition, a friend of hers spent the next day in fasting and prayer for her. Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour A Token for Children The perverse and desponding heart of man must, by His preventing love, be allured to come to God. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 But he is a desponding man, and cannot look forward to better times. The Landleaguers Yesterday morning he came to me again, very desponding. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II Harry was haunted by the sad look and desponding tones of the poor lame girl. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks They found him in the man who had pulled the Wabash out of a similar slough of despond. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The boatswain slouched over the bar, deep descended into the slough of despond. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story She, however, cheered him womanfully, would not acknowledge her own dismay, and Opie, gloomy and desponding though he was, continued to paint as regularly as before. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen This news sent a thrill of joy through hearts which recent reverses had rendered somewhat desponding. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series That no measure might be put to the calamity, the Church of God, which rises a stately tower of refuge to desponding men, seemed now to have lost its power of protection. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty The miko," continued she with a desponding sigh, "sees the chief of the Salt Lake with the eye of a warrior, not of a maiden. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 If fortune favors you, do not be too elated; if she frowns, do not despond too much. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Long mornings of study, and nights feverish from ill-health, are spent in those chambers; he is often listless and in low spirits; yet his natural temper is not desponding, and he delights in employment. Select Poems of Thomas Gray From the slough of despond she was being drawn into the glory of hope. The Peace of Roaring River He never got fairly clear of that lamentable slough of despond into which his follies had plunged him. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) I have followed the opposite path all my life; and it led right into the slough of despond. Carmen Ariza I spent the greater part of the intervening one in bed, exhausted and utterly desponding, revolving in my mind my desperate position. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 "And in the mean time will you help me pull him out of his slough of despond?" she asked, smiling with the old, frank, intimate manner. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author I cannot conceal from myself any longer that I am beginning to despond. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I If it was impossible to live with her now, he might, at any rate, have stretched out his hand long ago, and rescued her from the slough of despond into which she had fallen. Name and Fame A Novel In this emergency he cast a desponding look on his troops below, who would in vain have attempted to assist him, on account of the distance which separated them. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Kind looks had cheered other desponding souls when words of compassion were forbidden to her lips. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals She kissed the tears from his face, cheered the desponding mother, and began to select whatever would most contribute to their comfort. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance "Courage," says he, "do not despond;" and seizing my arm, we moved with speed in the direction where lights streamed from the gay and pleasant mansion which we had so madly left. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Another desponding Galwegian found fault with the Liberal party of 1884. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule But alas! it brought no comfort to the desponding heart of Theodora. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. It is in order that no one might easily despond and give up his purpose. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained Every old pleasure is a slough of despond. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Yet, many times I desponded, and wished with all my heart that you would save the Border States, if you could, and let the rest go. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Sweet star of Hope! with ray to shine in every sad foreboding breast, save this desponding one of mine—who bids for man's last friend, and best? The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems What, then, can urge your mind to form such desponding anticipations? Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. We must therefore ever make resistance, and call on God for help, and despond of all human powers.—Now follows further: V. 12. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained When almost desponding, his words may put courage into the hearts of millions. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements An English Liberal is tempted to despond, when he compares the public life of England in the time of Pym and Hampden with our public life now. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The remembrance of it set him now to exulting, in an odd, restrained little way, where a moment ago he had been desponding. The Very Small Person Nor could the cheering rays of the morn impart consolation to her desponding bosom. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. He was very desponding, almost despairing at the condition of affairs. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Still she was often weary, and almost tempted to despond. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 I feel for him, And wish to comfort his desponding Heart; But your last Rites require my present Care. Ponteach The Savages of America After making minute and anxious inquiries for gold, and ascertaining that there was none to be found in that direction, De Soto turned his desponding steps backwards to Kaska. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots But still he desponded, and it was not till he read Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister" that the full force of poetic fervor awoke within him. 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 And when they finally see where the fault lies, they are still more desponding. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 For men floundering in the slough of sin and despond these words, "Ye may, ye must be born again," are sweeter than angel songs falling from the hills of Paradise. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character They studied their questions and wrote away, some fast and furiously, and others with the desponding leisure of those having very little to put down. The Madcap of the School We shall not pity the reader whom we have dragged through Garretson's Exercises, if we can save one trembling little pilgrim from that "slough of despond." Practical Education, Volume II "Something," added the desponding artist, "must positively be done, and that very soon, or our occupation 15 will be gone!" Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade Without exchanging a syllable upon the subject, Toby and myself simultaneously renounced the design which had lured us thus far—perceiving in each other’s countenances that desponding expression which speaks more eloquently than words. Typee Washington wrote to Governor Dinwiddie in a very desponding tone, complaining of the want of patriotism in the Colony. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Because I hold it sinful to despond, 15. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The Carthaginians, notwithstanding their present distress, did not despond, but made the most extraordinary efforts. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Conscience, and the memory of unnumbered sins, is uttering the desponding verdict, “I condemn thee.” The Words of Jesus And Dr. Harrison noticed anew, keenly, that the expression of the gazer's face, though sorrowful and grave, was in nowise dark or desponding. Say and Seal, Volume II The men were in a bad plight, many of them sick and exhausted, others ragged and desponding. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Just as he was beginning to rise, phœnixlike, from the ashes of his despond, the Patriot reprinted the full details of Nellie’s complaint as they appeared in a New York daily. What's-His-Name The high priest of Vulcan, being thus reduced to the greatest extremity, had recourse to his god, who bid him not despond, but march courageously against the enemy with the few soldiers he could raise. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Indeed, the prince was so feeble in body, and so dejected and desponding in mind, that he was well-nigh incapable of taking any part in public affairs. Richard II Makers of History “No,” said I, in rather a desponding tone, “I see I can’t.” The Land of Thor "If the lower counties give up, the back counties will do the same," Mercer answered in a desponding way. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services It is a good thing one is able to get off the marble pavements into the cars without having far to go, for the streets are at times mere sloughs of despond. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure In his heart, he was angry and desponding often. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened "Don't despond," I answered as cheerfully as I could, "and you will die neither way." A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition And no resistance to this impending calamity was made until Anna Dickinson went into the State, and galvanized the desponding loyalists to life. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Your letter, my noble cousin, must have been written in a most desponding mood, as all the great reforms of the day seem to you on the verge of failure. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I And the desponding look of Luisa Valverde showed she had none to give that would be satisfactory; for she quite understood what was the task spoken of, and equally comprehended the difficulty of its accomplishment. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley “Yes—an end of it,” unconsciously echoed Karl, in a desponding tone. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains He is a dyspeptic being, homesick and desponding, but he is a man. David Fleming's Forgiveness "I hope you will now proceed to rescue me from the slough of despond by telling me that you love me and will marry me?" Bandit Love "Mother, it is not like you to repine in this way; you who have suffered and endured so much must not despond when, after a long, starless night, the day begins to dawn." Macaria I own I have not any desponding thoughts; I rest alone upon the mercies and the merits of a suffering and a redeeming Saviour; he is my sole refuge. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. "You will meet with difficulties, but do not despond; to every cloud, there is a silver lining." The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story It would revive the drooping spirits of those who were inclined to despond as to the prosperity of the cause. David Fleming's Forgiveness As the spring advanced, the men, contrary to my expectation, became more desponding, and the Typhus fever, or rather the jail fever, appeared among them. 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. I had become desponding, but there is always a brightness behind the darkest cloud.' Parables from Flowers The strength and spirits of the desponding adventurer were very essentially revived by this encouragement. Romulus Makers of History "I do not believe it," said Montlouis, who had always been the most desponding, perhaps because he had the most at stake, having a young wife and two children who adored him. The Regent's Daughter You need a strong hand on the lever Of good common sense, and an earnest endeavor To pull yourself out of the slough of despond Back into the highway of peace just beyond. Three Women The other case is, where his body is debilitated, his spirit half extinguished, and his soul desponding, and his body paralized. 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. Thus he had proceeded for some time, perfectly disheartened and almost desponding, when he espied on a little knoll, a short distance from the creek, a small slab hut. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Yes," said Philip, in his old desponding tone, "I knew it would seem ridiculous to you. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Fatigued, and with a desponding heart, I retraced my steps towards the temple. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography And this great force was animated with savage hopes, while the Athenians were not without desponding anticipations, for there was little hope of resisting the Spartans and their allies on the field. Ancient States and Empires I found, to my surprize, that several of our countrymen were in this desponding state. 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. From one of unflinching energy and firm determination, he degenerated into a desponding, weak, and vacillating imbecile; and lingered on in a mental aberration for some two years, when he died. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter For upward of a week no answer came, and I was beginning to despond, when at length a servant put into my hands a double letter, with a coronet on the seal. Stories of Authors, British and American The Greeks, instead of desponding, were aroused to fiercer resistance than ever. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) They took a desponding view, and sent a herald to the Athenian generals to propose an armistice, in order to allow time for envoys to go to Athens and treat for peace. Ancient States and Empires It is a little singular, that it is the robust and hearty that are seized with this fever, before those who are weak in body, and, apparently, desponding in mind. 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. The forest of M’Bonga has great tracts of this boggy, pestiferous land, dreadful sloughs of despond caverned with foliage, and by some curse the rubber vines entrench themselves with these. The Pools of Silence Nay, thou poor desponding one, He does cherish, He does remember thee!—“Lord, he whom Thou lovest is sick.” Memories of Bethany Every one judged Captain Morgan to despond, and to be hopeless, considering the difficulty of passing safe with his little fleet amidst those great ships and the fort, or he must perish. The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main "It sounds pretty bad," admitted Heavy, coming out of her momentary slough of despond. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers He became gloomy, desponding, refused his food, and for a long time his life appeared in great danger. Anecdotes of Dogs Where cheerlessness, and hunger, and desponding toil, or hopeless apathy, brood continually. Humanity in the City A judicious course of this kind will produce the most beneficial and well-balanced mind in the child; while, if the contrary, a desponding and nervous temperament, with many other peculiarities, will be the consequence. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources "He has certainly found a shelter where he will remain till morning," continued he; "he will return here early to-morrow, and will laugh heartily at your unmanly spirit and desponding grief." Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers When a nature of this kind is wedded to a weak or a desponding man, the result will seldom be happiness to either party, but with a strong man such marriages are often very happy. The Map of Life Conduct and Character ‘If they will let you go,’ said he, too desponding for hope. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Love is ardent or deep, bold or timid, jealous or confiding, impatient or humble, hopeful or desponding—and yet there are not many loves, but one love. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Watt was never disposed to look on the bright side of things, and to add to Boulton's load, the third partner, Fothergill, was even more desponding than Watt. James Watt Confidence was restored to many who had been desponding. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia His companion was thin and sallow, and wore a very desponding air, despite a prolific red beard, which, when we landed, caused much excitement among the Icelanders. A Girl's Ride in Iceland He did not sink into a slough of despond. The Bertrams Having thus provided to the utmost of his power, for the safety of the desponding crew, he returned to the round-house, where, by this time, all the passengers, and most of the officers had assembled. 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. Let me cheer the mind, weary, no doubt, and ready to despond on this prospect, by presenting another which it is in our power to realize. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. They had asked him some questions; but he kept his own counsel, and endeavored to cheer their desponding spirits with the hope of being soon exchanged. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer If, as you say, you brought about this painful situation, then you must sit patiently by and watch me as I flounder about in the various sloughs of despond.” Patty's Success Dolby's sudden desponding under these circumstances is so acute, that it is actually swelling his head as I glance at him in the glass while writing. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 More than once their cranes and materials were swept away by the waves, and the workmen left, desponding and idle. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls "You must not look at the matter in that desponding way," said Gowan, quite unsteadily. Vagabondia 1884 In the hour of popularity it is not intoxicated, or insolent; in the hour of unpopularity, it is not desponding or morose; unshaken in constancy, unwearied in benevolence, firm without roughness, and assiduous without servility. 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 accounts of distress from the country grow worse and more desponding, and a return to one pound notes begins to be talked of. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I “And don’t you see you are cutting the last piece of ground from beneath your feet—letting yourself sink at once into a slough of despond?” Witness to the Deed When they had finished their account, Lucy added, in a desponding tone, “Only Rollo says he means to be cabinet keeper.” Rollo's Museum Was there none to soothe the troubled mind, to cheer the drooping spirit, nor to whisper hope in the ear of the desponding? The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Why did sickness, and sorrow, and madness—yes, furious, hopeless, desponding madness—darken those sunny days? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 “It is very doubtful, to say the least,” remarked Don Rafael, in a desponding tone. The Tiger Hunter She thought I inherited my desponding temperament from my father.” Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions But what a testimony to the fitness of the American idiom, "cold feet," as signifying a depressed and desponding mood! The House of Souls His mantle of gloom devolved upon Major-General David Dundas, a desponding officer, who had recently requested leave to return on furlough on the ground of ill health and inability to cope with the work. William Pitt and the Great War God seems to be giving her the opportunity and the power to do for the child what has long seemed beyond hope, even to the mother, who is not one inclined to despond. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not Even if we miss our millionaire, we need not despond over ways and means. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Up! with thine own brave heart advise: Not thus despond the firm and wise. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse All but the weakest or most desponding turned their anxious eyes in the direction Jack indicated. The Three Midshipmen It registered the wishes of the desponding chief. William Pitt and the Great War In the former you give me a promise, which I consider most valuable, and which I shall remind you of if you get desponding, viz. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 In one of his desponding moments Washington turned to his old comrade, Mercer, with the question, "What think you, if we should retreat to the back parts of Pennsylvania, would the Pennsylvanians support us?" The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 Not thus despond the great and pure And brave like thee, but still endure. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Even when reduced to this extremity the young officers themselves did not despond, nor did their men, who looked to them for example, do so either. The Three Midshipmen She labored hard to prove to her desponding companion that there was no danger, and at last she succeeded in restoring Kate to a tolerable degree of self-possession. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People Her occupants got down and tried with their united efforts to push her out of her "slough of despond", but with no effect. A harum-scarum schoolgirl His heroism shone brilliantly in defeat and disaster, and his courage and exertion never flagged when all Europe desponded, and when he himself labored under all the pains and lassitude of protracted disease. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges “Not I. I won’t go in, Flip,” said Walter, who was naturally in a desponding mood, as he looked round on those four hundred faces, and saw among them all scarcely one sympathising glance. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Hope fills the breast of the sanguine, despair that of the gloomy and desponding. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 Are we discontented with our lot, or are we over attached to it, and fretful and desponding when God recalls the good He has given? this is to be worldly-minded. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) "Cheer up, Sis!" he exclaimed again, knowing that if he could only start her to talking she would soon drag herself out of her slough of despond. Mary Ware's Promised Land Then it was, as he lay prone and passive, that he began to hear mysterious whisperings and tappings on the walls of his cavern of despond. The Tyranny of the Dark But, Dubbs, you are too desponding; we shall have you here yet for many pleasant days.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School Her friends advised her to become an actress, and she went diligently to work, not allowing herself to despond over that first great disappointment. American Men of Mind "Hyde and the rest of those babies have returned to their duty," continued Monroe, who was always the first to despond. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany His clothes, which were shabby, hung round him in desponding folds. General John Regan Instead of desponding, science bids the woman to look forward with cheerfulness and hope to the joys of maternity. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother He, distraught, Sits by her gloomily, desponds, Scarce to her questions he responds, Full of exasperating thought. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse A cemetery by the sea, a peak of glory, a slough of despond. The Short Life He took notice of the desponding, and there were many such. The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale Yes! some day; but that desired day seemed very far distant to the desponding young lawyer. Cruel As The Grave Hill's division was at White Oak Swamp Creek, a slough, and one of "despond" to us, draining to the Chickahominy. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War In allusion to the desponding tone of some public men, he said, "I have always fought under the standard of hope, and I never shall desert it." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 And with this desponding reflection, he moves off from the scaffold; and, making his way among the mausoleums, once more approaches the spot where the South American banyan casts its sombre shadow over them. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Her crew consisted of men pressed from long voyages, while her land forces were a wretched detachment of infirm and decrepit invalids from Chelsea Hospital, desponding under the prospect of a long voyage. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Here in the gloomy depths of the basin, and at the banks of the murmuring stream, all was still silence and despond. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Why did the tyrant stumble on the Tartars, And lower wheat to such desponding quarters? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry "Then," said Rollo, in rather a desponding tone, "I don't know what we shall do." Rollo in Rome Come, don’t take such a desponding view of the matter. The Eagle Cliff “It’s all over with me,” he said in a desponding tone as they went slowly down the ladders; “I knows it’ll be a case o’ ampitation.” The Battle and the Breeze It awoke in another true heart sympathy for the poor desponding Morely; it strengthened another kind hand to labour in his behalf. Stephen Grattan's Faith A Canadian Story It is a fearful prospect; but men like those who compose the band of Seguin do not despond while the shadow of a hope remains. The Scalp Hunters So that it was not at all in a desponding spirit that he turned to reply, when the minister addressed him. Janet's Love and Service With a slight, but by no means desponding, sigh, the old man changed his cast and tried again. The Eagle Cliff It is full of quickening for weary and desponding souls. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year “My father would fain hope as you do, Mynheer Van der Werf, but his friend, one of the magistrates of Utrecht, fully believes in the apparition, and has imbued him with his own desponding spirit.” The Lily of Leyden For they are all doubts and fears; that most felt finding expression in the desponding soliloquy. The Death Shot A Story Retold Because he had sunk into the slough of despond, he would be heedless of the mud that gathered on his garments. Julian Home They gathered around him—the poor, and lame, and sick, and blind; ragged children, weary men, desponding women, whose want and sorrow spoke from every look, and word, and dress. My First Cruise and Other stories I only wanted a helping hand to lift me out of the slough of despond. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient Besides, I try to look on the best side, and not to despond. Mary Wollstonecraft I cannot say what was the matter with me; my spirit was troubled; the comtesse looked so desponding, and Agathe so triste, that I knew not what to do with myself. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Yet, under all circumstances, trusting to our Maker and through His wisdom and beneficence to the great body of our people, we will not despair, nor despond. The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address This news overshadowed the transient gleam from Hampton Roads and Kernstown; plunging the public mind into a slough of despond, in which it was to be sunk deeper and deeper with each successive despatch. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death You may think, perhaps, this letter gloomy; but I assure you I write much less desponding than the general language and feeling would authorize me. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents The verses continue thus:— But come, fond fancy, thou indulgent power; Hope is desponding, chill, severe, to thee: Bless thou this little portion of an hour; Let me behold her as she used to be. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record And well may the Turtles droop fins and despond. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 From this slough of despond he is lifted—how? The Chief End of Man Then she added in a very sorrowful and desponding tone,— "O Rollo! you told me that uncle George would certainly come back; and now he is not coming back at all." Rollo on the Atlantic In the darkest days he was able to cheer and encourage the desponding. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman This is quite her own message, spoken in rather a desponding tone. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record For woe to the day when desponding I read in thine aspect the story Of those that were slain when defending Their homes and their mountains of glory. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century "Your argument contradicts itself," was the desponding answer. Olive A Novel Plants like animals become exalted, grow tired or despond. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Besides these war-songs, and at the same time, laments are heard, as in former days, sad and desponding accents. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance A supper celebrated the last evening; and even the doleful Lavinia, touched by such kindness, emerged from her slough of despond and electrified the ball by dancing a jig with great spirit and grace. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag A third separation, however, seemed to be too much for this faithful animal's temper; he became gloomy, desponding, refused his food, and for a long time his life appeared to be in danger. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals What he said was wonderfully adapted to infuse fresh courage into every heart, and especially to cheer and support the desponding and the timid. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century I attempted to cross the polar glaciers towards the west, and, with foolishly daring yet desponding steps, to pass upon the floating ice, braving the frost and the waves. Peter Schlemihl But never despond; many things—the choicest—yet remain. The Confidence-Man Still, no one expressed desponding feelings, but each spoke cheerfully and agreed at once to the proposed arrangement of continuing the search all night by torchlight. The Norsemen in the West “Nothing but failure,” said the middy, in a desponding tone. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story During these desponding remarks Captain Vane did not seem to be much depressed. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole This did not suit our hero’s sociable temperament, and he began to despond very much. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land The girl spoke in tones so sad and desponding, that her lover looked upon her for some time in silent surprise. Erling the Bold All were very busy, but all were not equally hopeful, for, while some had been successful in finding the precious metal, others had failed, and were very desponding. Digging for Gold Adventures in California “I think that everything seems to be going wrong,” answered Miles, in a desponding tone. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan “Does he?” asked Grim, who was also beginning to despond. The World of Ice Poor Grummidge had evidently been brought very low, for his once manly voice was weak and his tones were desponding. The Crew of the Water Wagtail It is I who have reason to despond, for Ada loves me not.” Erling the Bold There was a thin young man, with weak limbs and a tendency to fall into a desponding state of mind, who lived about three miles from Mr Stanley’s farm. Ungava I am quite sure you have no reason to despond. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn And full of sentiments, sublime as billows Heaving between this world and worlds beyond, Don Juan, when the midnight hour of pillows Arrived, retired to his; but to despond Rather than rest. Don Juan To do his desponding comrades justice, they were quite ready for vigorous action in any form, notwithstanding their despair. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood “Remaining means starving,” said the sailor in a desponding tone. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew “Well, don’t despond,” said the Bloater, laying his hand on Jim’s shoulder. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade I felt about until my hand encountered a stout branch, and to this I tied Modestine, a haggard, drenched, desponding donkey. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Italy, Thy late reviving Roman soul desponds Beneath the lie this state-thing breathed o'er thee. Don Juan I have carried the reader with me through my desponding and enthusiastic epochs. Rattlin the Reefer I felt no desponding, and lay down, and was soon fast asleep. Percival Keene Those who had thought that they should never again see the sun rise, now felt that they ought not to have desponded. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor After all, I thought to myself, the evil anticipated may pass away like the clouds; I was wrong to have desponded. My First Voyage to Southern Seas “I fear there is but little chance of that,” said Halliday in a desponding tone; “a vessel may pass close by and not see us, seated as we are scarcely above the surface.” Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures I stayed at Mr Root’s school for very nearly three years, and I shall divide that memorable period into three distinct epochs—the desponding, the devotional, and the mendacious. Rattlin the Reefer Monmouth in the present desponding mood was much disposed to adopt this measure. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Even Paul desponded; but True Blue was ever ready to offer some encouraging suggestion. True Blue His presence supported me much; and whenever I began to despond, he raised my spirits and encouraged me to persevere. Mark Seaworth We all felt wonderfully refreshed, and hope revived in the hearts of the most desponding. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific It was a black and a desponding hour, and fell upon me with the suddenness of a total eclipse on a noontide summer’s day. Rattlin the Reefer Ronald thought that his father was taking too desponding a view of matters. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Yes, it was nervous work watching a vessel like that; but there, we must hope for the best, and possibly there is no reason to despond. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise “I don’t know, Tom,” I replied in a desponding tone. Burr Junior For nearly an hour sat they thus, moody and desponding. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" She troubled herself with this during the days that remained before her visit to Easney, and grew more anxious and desponding as time went on. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children But he no longer spoke in a desponding tone; the moment of action was at hand, and such a prospect always roused him up. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War “Nobody but you and me to do anything; and what can we do?” continued the lad with a desponding gesture. Shenac's Work at Home “Except that you winna be at home,” said Christie, desponding a little again. Christie Redfern's Troubles I wish it were, Caspar,” rejoined Karl, in rather a desponding tone. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" His thoughts, too, took a less desponding turn. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Amos shook his head sadly, for he was naturally of a desponding turn; he could see at present little but clouds and thorns before him. Amos Huntingdon For if the mother tired herself with work, or if she saw anything forgotten or neglected in the house, she became fretful and desponding, and against this Shenac always strove to guard. Shenac's Work at Home No one ought to despond in adverse circumstances, for they may turn out to be the cause of good to us.* Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources It raised the country from a slough of despond to happiness, cheerfulness, confidence. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Graham, though habitually desponding, bade him be of good cheer. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 It soon turned out to be a deserved rebuke to any who desponded, along with myself, and finally prophetic. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 She was always gentle with the mother, who sometimes was desponding and irritable, and needed a great deal of patient attendance; but even with the mother she liked to have her own way. Shenac's Work at Home Live, and pray, and hope, and wait patiently, and do not despond; the promise stands invincible—that he will never leave us nor forsake us. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Among those who were declared secretly to have desponded of success, and yet to have gone on in the career from a sense of honour, was Lord George Murray. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Although I have always been with the Confederates in the time of their misfortunes, yet I never heard any person use a desponding word as to the result of the struggle. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 These bitter and desponding feelings deprived my nights of rest—my days, of hope. 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