| 单词 | direful |
| 例句 | But at this direful moment she who had awakened no compassion in mortals or immortals was pitied by the tiniest creatures of the field, the little ants, the swift-runners. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a direful thing to have in your hands, a desiccated version of Lady Gaga’s skirt-steak dress. Books of The Times: A Grotesque Artifact Starts a Journey From Garage Sale to Buchenwald 2010-09-30T22:21:00Z Pliny the Elder not only considered lightning direful, but noticed it often accompanied volcanic eruptions. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z Pliny the Elder, writing in the first century AD, called them prophetic, direful and accursed. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z But less than 400 years after Columbus’ direful voyage, white settlers pushed their way west into Native American territory in so-called manifest destiny. How Native American tribes are bringing back the bison from brink of extinction 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z I always say there is something direful in that sound.' Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic? 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z This eventuality, however, does not detract from the real value of the safety-stirrup, for neglect and ignorance will entail direful consequences in all ways. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z It was fortunate that Saskia did not live to see such a direful change. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Then there were the fishermen, brawny, bare-legged Goliahs, setting forth on their day's toil, and launching their boats with such shouts and cries as, to the uninitiated, might indicate some direful calamity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In one, the overwhelming responsibility and direful results of adopting a measure leading to it, shut out all other considerations. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z It was a terrible journey, fraught by direful dangers on every side. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z This is truly bad horsemanship, and leads to many direful results. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z It was apparent, therefore, from an inspection of the map, that Fredericksburg would necessarily witness a bloody act in that direful drama; for she was situated half-way on the direct route between Washington and Richmond. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z The faults of both breeds are generally too much leg, long heads and noses, instead of the big round skulls desired; small eyes, and curliness—the latter a direful mistake. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z You who behold this direful tragedy, I wonder if there's one of you who would Refuse love unto one who'd given herself Entirely and unceasingly to him? The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z He was unnerved and in a direful condition of suspense. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z They pictured forth the lamentable results that would follow its passage, and the direful consequences that would ensue from an increase of the circulating medium of the country. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Persons passing as sinners were made to feel that they were wretches in the sight of God and that direful punishments awaited them as the lot of the wicked. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z The raven banner reappeared in the western seas, and soon the annals of the West began to recount their direful tales. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Sore corns on the feet, and rheumatism in the joints, are direful precursors. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z She was lovelier at this moment than he had ever seen her--and in her direful plight she shrank from his touch as though he were hideously diseased. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Sure, he would sympathise, for his kind heart would tell him of the direful condition of his sister. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z But still more direful he, The small close-lurking minister of fate, Whose high concocted venom through the veins A rapid lightning darts, arresting swift The vital current. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z In 1769, an accident of this nature occurred, which was most direful in its consequence. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z My service, villain, with a fatal curse, That direful plagues and mischief fall on thee. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Besides this, Beltani held the patronage of two of the great gods; and by their help, together with frequent incantations, had kept the devils of the under-world from inflicting upon her any particularly direful misfortune. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z With staggering steps the Daimio roamed like a caged animal about the chamber, revolving direful designs. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Increasing still the terrors of these storms, His jaws horrific arm'd with threefold fate, Here dwells the direful shark. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z This direful tragedy, in whose third dreary act we are, hangs all upon a great thought. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Be it fortunate, or be it direful, to this supernatural influence he owes it all. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Afterwards fell the great silence—a silence in which no man could sleep, something more terrible than sound, something that foreboded direful things—carnage, murder, merciless death. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Two parties were contending in the state, and their obstinacy could not fail to produce a most direful collision. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Don Roque and his companion also stood motionless, and the moon appearing from under a cloud shed its light upon the direful scene. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The weather was "direful: bitter cold and furious wind." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z And once in pursuit of this dark shadow, how intense and direful grew the interest of the chase, and—— Here we are at the hall-door. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z She was somewhere, far away, in the midst of those direful scenes beyond him. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z But in every attempt to depict, in their true colors and direful effects, the evils generated by that canker, there must ever be a want of words to convey adequate force of execration. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Such would be the case were it not that our faculties have been impaired and vitiated in their very source by pride, that direful and ineffaceable consequence of original sin. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z Miss Keohane flung her off, only the better to gather force for the prolonged and direful howl of which she delivered herself. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z That African slavery was the most direful curse that ever afflicted any civilized country may now be safely affirmed. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Bad and direful news I have for thee, O king. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z And now instead of the happy settlement they had been sure the master would effect, the country was face to face with a war that portended direful disaster to each section. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The night was dark and the circle "illumined only by candles caused a ghastly, melancholy, direful gloom through the woods". Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z “The common folk hereabouts affirm that these Jack-o'-lanterns, as they term them, always appear in greater numbers when some direful catastrophe is about to take place,” rejoined the young merchant. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Formerly he talked of pauperizing the whole people, of socializing them, of a number of other direful evils to be dreaded as consequences of all free schools. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z Immediately thereupon we read of new Philistine incursions more direful than ever in their consequences.* Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z He lost his breath while gasping out the awful word, and there was terror in his looks as if the direful ghost had risen again. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The heron cries, And, fearful of the falcon's direful claw, Awaits him on his beak, thus to impale His enemy's soft breast from there beneath, When swoops the falcon with unerring wings Upon his prey. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z "I could not have foreseen that a good action would have had such direful consequences," said Jacob sadly. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z This only proved the forerunner of more direful onslaughts. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Here was a realization of his most direful dread. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z The third of September was a day auspicious and full of expectation from one party, but at this time ominous and direful to the nation. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z The density of the cloud that hung over all portended some direful tragedy. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The rest of this direful day passed, and no commissary appeared: but the anguish of unremitting expectation kept aloof all joy at his absence, for, in idea, he appeared every moment! The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z No evasion—no delay!' continued she, with augmenting impetuosity; 'you have promised to grant my boon,—speak, Harleigh, speak!—was it my direful fate, or your insuperable antipathy?' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Ah well, she had nothing to say to the direful necklace. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Four little girls, all out of breath, all dressed alike, all looking alike, dashed into the drawing-room, and in one breath poured out the direful intelligence that Augusta had mutinied. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z For as I view it now, religious bondage is the most direful of all. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z And why are your apprehensions for your husband so direful?' The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z He bore a letter from his lordship to my father; and filled it was with direful news. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z What Taras had dared seemed well-nigh incredible, and greater than the horror of what was past was the direful apprehension of what the future might bring. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Yet nature, indifferent to all fates, has so fostered them since that direful season that the marshy shores are populous again with sedge-thatched houses. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Next day, Mrs. Sherrard came over, and the direful news was communicated to her by Mrs. Temple, with a very long face. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z And then added to this injurious power there is another which is more deleterious still, which weakens, debases, and falsifies the character from infancy: it is the direful influence of the Church. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z He concludes by hoping that God may compensate for this direful blow by sending future blessings on the family. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Your coming at this time is most propitious, for I was almost at my wit's end as to how to help her bear the direful calamity that has just come upon her. An American 2011-07-12T02:00:38.043Z AH the direful stories which she had heard of the cruelties practised by the savages towards their helpless prisoners crowded upon her mind. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The next day, as soon as the direful news of his coming was made known to Jacqueline, she rushed off, as she always did, to give Judith the startling information. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z But his misfortunes in battle have been accompanied by circumstances more memorable than his victories—the latter were but of slight or partial consequence; his defeat at Saratoga was of great and direful import. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z The direful news of Sir William's approach, and of the strength with which he came, "outstripping the canvas wings," reached Jamestown before any signs of his fleet were spied from the landing. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z Be sure that, on all sides, direful causes of affront have been given; but probably Abbas has been provoked by unbecoming pretensions. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Many a trifling incident, little thought of at the time, now seemed fraught with direful omen. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He paid no attention whatever to the furious shouts and direful threats of Talbot. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z The only thing direful occurred at the breaking up, about five o'clock in the morning. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z If he ever forgot the pit out of which he had been digged, success would be a failure in the most direful sense. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Again, his exclamation of ‘blood, blood, blood!’ is direful and slaughterous to the deepest degree; the very words appear stained and gory. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The world of spirits is crowded with evil ones, who prevent the good from ascending to heaven, and infuse the most direful evils and falsities into men on earth. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The course of search led attention beyond overt acts, to inspection of some natural germs and their legitimately resultant development into creeds, which impelled good men on to the enactment of direful tragedy. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Think, Khalaf, think of the direful effects it has caused; hast thou already forgotten what the tutor of the prince of Samarcand has just narrated to thee? The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Some of their festivals and direful sacrifices were considered as unfortunate and mournful days, and were celebrated by eating raw flesh, torn with men’s nails. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The real melancholy, he insists, is not that which belongs to things sad or direful in themselves. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z We govern men from our stand-point: but there are deeper and more direful hells that govern us. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Their struggle purchased for you and all Christendom exemption from their direful condition. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Carried out on a larger scale, before and since Waterloo, similar accidents have had even more direful results. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z Almost carrying his wounded leader, he staggered down the ladder to where the surgeon and his mates were busy at their direful work. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z We also apprehend with dismay the direful effects resultant upon our Texas climate when the timber is gone and the forest area has become a grassy, burned-over waste. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Unless some changes are made in the conduct of your government direful consequences are to be apprehended. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z The methods of Providence often educe choicest good from most direful evils. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Such events are the tragedies of the hills, which become traditions told in the village store, and investing with dignity, as the years pass, the villagers who recall the direful day. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z He tore from his shelves every volume, every pamphlet that he owned upon the direful subject which that June night opened to his consciousness; and he read until the birds sang. Loveliness A Story 2011-04-27T02:00:23.450Z They were then compelled to forswear the world, and, under threats of mysterious and direful punishments, they promised to guard their chastity, and devote their virgin lives to the gods. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Let us look at war, therefore, as it is—a direful necessity, even when justified by self-preservation, a flagrant crime when entered upon for the extension of territory or trade. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z A stormy petrel came up from the cliff and swirled above the men as they fought, and made its direful scream over them. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z There had been a direful prophecy in Psyche's family of which her sisters had continually reminded her. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z They had been taking tea in their own dining room when Elspeth burst in with the direful news. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The direful lamentation was in harmony with all she saw, and heard, and felt. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z The direful tragedy was, however, not yet terminated. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z But then a direful thought came upon him. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z On no account must the latter be touched with the hands, or direful consequences will ensue. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z At this direful announcement Phronsie gave one cry, then she sat right down on the floor and lifted up her voice, "I want Polly!" Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z At first the songs had been of a boisterous character, that foretold direful things that would happen to the Kaiser and his family "As we go marching through Germany." Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z But even as the fear of a direful crash flashed through his mind, the active little animal he bestrode had cleared the barrier, its hind hoofs just splintering the upper edge of the top rail. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Some time ago a direful rumour had spread about: "They have requisitioned a great number of mattresses in Vivaise." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Heaven, after all, hath been a little merciful to the miserable man; not entirely untempered to human nature are the most direful blasts of Fate. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Every one of the Peppers who heard those direful words tumbled back in dismay and gazed at her in amazement. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z He was an enthusiast and fanatic, a dangerous man in any crisis, and particularly so in the one now impending, which threatened a civil war and all its direful consequences. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Those indeed were direful evidences of his guilt!—Years, years, I have passed in thinking of them!—Yet he says, he swears, he is innocent—that it was De Sylva—that thou wert guilty! Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z Fortunately, in spite of direful predictions, bread did not run short at the beginning of the war. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z And he wrote off a letter to Doctor Portman, informing him of the direful events which had taken place, and begging the doctor to break them to Helen. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z This unexpected manœuvre on the part of the fair enemy produced direful perplexity and dismay in the opposing camp, whither the discomfited trio fled with tidings of their defeat. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Having thus spoken, the Indian turned his back on the caliph, who, incited by the suggestions of demons, resolved on the direful sacrifice. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Never, never shall I forget the glance of his dark eyes at that moment: I saw the direful suspicions he, at that instant, conceived, and which were still more fatally confirmed by what immediately followed. Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z Notions of a similar sort are connected with the direful host of omens that dog the savage's footsteps through the world. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z I am not sorry, as I sit here, with my vain recollections and my direful knowledge, that my life has been what it was. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z These stories, with Uncle Joe’s corroboration, resulted in a direful tale believed by all. The Girl From Tim's Place There huge Orion, of portentous size, Swift thro' the gloom, a giant hunter flies; A ponderous mace of brass with direful sway Aloft he whirls to crush the savage prey! Heathen Mythology To her I fully explained all that had passed, and she told me she had no hesitation in believing that De Sylva was the author of this direful tragedy. Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z He went into the house, and reported the direful issue of last night's adventure to his wife and daughter. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 I and Laura could not walk in that direction till all this direful seeking and finding were over. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Peggy Glamorgan, as she danced with her brother-in-law, was doing direful things to the heart of young Don Curtis, whose family estate adjoined the Manor. The Trail of Conflict If the bomb had done its direful work, one man, utterly without character or conscience, would have died, and five hundred thousand men, mostly honest, good and true, would have lived. The Ifs of History Standing on this lonely shore, there is a fascination in listening to the solemn moan of the restless sea, in whose bosom there is so much of sadness, of direful secrets, and of unspent power. The Story of Malta Its miasma has reached our ballot boxes, violated the peaceful fireside, traduced private character, invaded patriotism, induced perjury, countenanced forgery, corrupted our elective franchise and produced mobocracy in its most direful aspect. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It was the face of one before whom human nature, in moments of terrible sincerity, had laid bare its direful secrets, and submitted itself to a melancholy anatomisation. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The sound did direful things to Patches' nerves. The Trail of Conflict "Oh, that I could die, and so escape the direful agony I suffer!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Then he mounted upon his horse and rode away, not knowing whither to turn or what to do in the direful trouble that had fallen upon him. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions Irene, who lost no syllable of this direful investigation, had recovered her self-control. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Hank knew the lane well in its direful days. Last Words "It is quite enough! he called down Heaven's vengeance upon us, and we may expect the most direful calamities!" Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. In that direful vision at last the question was answered, “Who is Jehovah, that I should let His people go?” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus But the stern youth smiling sadly, started back from his embrace, While a flash like summer lightning, flickered direful on his face. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life I, however, neither heard nor remembered more; passages of well-remembered interest flashed upon my mind, but, like scenes lit up by some lurid light, glowed with meanings too direful to dwell on. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) "And what are your orders?" she said, in a tone of direful monotony. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance The tents were emptied of their inhabitants who had fallen victims to the direful contagion. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Their monarchy lasted nearly four centuries, during which they multiplied, extended their population, and built numerous and large cities; but direful calamities hung over them. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. It is made up of mental pictures of yourself in direful situations, and these mental pictures bring with them depressing emotions and muscular inhibitions. Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought Being the Third in a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency His ready mind harked forward to direful emergencies, and he submitted devices for meeting these. Ewing\\'s Lady It was the direful Indian yell, followed by the sharp reports of the deadly rifle. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Neither prayers nor entreaties induced him to explain past circumstances connected with the direful catastrophe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Old man California, whom I shall love and respect always, told me one or two anecdotes about American versatility and its consequences that came back to my mind with direful force as the train progressed. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It seemed to send a chill through my being—a foreboding of all that was direful and deathly. The Induna's Wife And this is the power of love: in the midst of the most direful pain and suffering, they were inwardly cheerful as if all misery had been removed far away from them. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I was giving myself away by dwelling too much on this direful change. A Veldt Vendetta With infinite self-control, he commanded his features, trusting they did not betray any inkling of the direful sinking of heart with which he grasped the import of her words. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland They likewise said, that these townships had assisted the Spaniards in the battle of Almeria, where the Mexican commander Quauhpopoca, on whom we had taken so direful a revenge, had put several teules to death. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. But, as soon as we had discovered our mistake, we deceived ourselves in another more direful way, for we now mistook arrows for locusts, and discontinued to shield ourselves against them. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Her companion in this direful anticipation was Felicitas, a married woman who was about to become a mother. Women of Early Christianity And there was no more direful or more frequent imprecation pronounced by an Egyptian lady upon her rival than that the hair of her whom she hated might fall out! Oriental Women Indeed, it would not be surprising to ultimately learn that the direful task assigned to Lucifer is not wholly without its compensations. Seeds of Pine After our direful retreat from Mexico, they were almost upon the point of declaring against us. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. The horse, also startled by Mr. Horton’s outcry, raised his head, turning it from side to side as he looked back in search of the creature that had made such a direful noise. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls From that time, she shared the secret of Brutus in his direful purpose; moreover, her heart and mind were oppressed with the added burden of anxiety for him. Roman Women The people are reduced to straits most direful and bitter. Oriental Women As soon as the direful discovery was made he had been quick to insist upon the others keeping the intelligence to themselves. Long Live the King There was war, direful war, imminent; and no one could imagine what might have resulted had the conflict of tongues culminated in a conflict of hands. The Spiritualists and the Detectives At the same instant the direful squawking of a frightened chicken broke on my ears. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls "Now tell me," he asked, "how came you in this direful state?" Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur It was thought that a direful curse fell upon those who joined another's hair to their own. Oriental Women From this sober vice," said I, "proceeded the blackest crime ever perpetrated by human wickedness; for it does not appear that Judas, in his direful treason, was instigated by malice. Coelebs In Search of a Wife What direful and premeditated deed of darkness had I been guilty of that He should thus desert me? The Lamplighter He must have known that he would yield to temptation and fall, and that all the direful consequences would follow it that orthodoxy has pictured for centuries. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography King Pellam had no sooner fallen beneath that fatal thrust than all the castle rocked and tottered as if a mighty earthquake had passed beneath its walls, and the air was filled with direful sounds. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Queen Tomyris, on hearing of the disaster, wrote a bitter message to Cyrus, and threatened revenge that would be most direful if her son were not returned alive. Oriental Women But this luxurious style was occasionally attended with direful effects. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries What direful purpose or shadow of doom lay behind the veil that separated her from the curiosity and perhaps the sympathy of the surrounding crowd? Hand and Ring It is only where there is a will, an indomitable will, that a way out of these direful difficulties is afforded. Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects But in addition to the spectres who had carried him off, all manner of direful apparitions had haunted Signor Splendiano on the night when he slept in his periwig near the Pyramid of Cestius. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Eighteen hundred one and sixty, Rolls its direful weight upon us; Now the horoscope of nations, Opens wide its omens to us. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. He affected to despise such threats; they, nevertheless, exercised a direful effect upon the millionaire. Old and New London Volume I Knowing that the patrol leader was perfectly at home in the woods, no one bothered about giving them advice; or predicting all manner of direful calamities ahead. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol All sorts of direful suppositions occurred to her while she waited for a maid to answer her ring. Betty Wales Freshman If race traits are playing such havoc with the Negroes in America, what direful agent of death, may we ask the author, is at work in the cities of his own fatherland? A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 It was that of a people who, for some time past, had been oppressed with apprehensions of some direful event, and who felt themselves suddenly relieved, by finding what it was. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 But a direful suspicion was growing within me. Upon The Tree-Tops His conduct earlier in the day, and the fight at the sutler's, gave place, that afternoon, to other and more direful news. The Plow-Woman Those were the days of conviviality, and Burns took his part in the hilarity of the table, soon with very direful consequences to himself and his family. Home Life of Great Authors The air was still, and the dismal barking of the ban-dogs conjured up the most direful portents. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Whether such direful results were ever produced, we had no means of knowing. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House They spent some time talking over the terrible events, and seeking means of thwarting that direful revenge. The Grandee To Dallas' ear, they were far more terrible, telling of awful suffering—hinting of direful intent. The Plow-Woman That accursed fellow he considered to be the sole cause of the direful disaster which had befallen him. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. It is hard to say whether despotic power exerts its worst and most direful influences on those who wield it, or on those who have it to bear; on its masters, or on its slaves. Cyrus the Great Makers of History Where is it, Comrades! in this direful day— That noble zeal for academic lore, That reverence due for discipline, in which He used to shine conspicuously o’er The Brainless Athlete and the Idle Rich? The Casual Ward academic and other oddments Well, it couldn't be a direful prophecy, anyhow, when your mother and your throne are waiting just around the corner, as it were. Wings of the Wind We do not speak of these unpleasant things, for why be singular in direful prophecy? The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Few foreigners are able to keep along with the work performed in this country, where there is such a direful supposed lack of workers! The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 I scarcely know what extracts to give of these direful reports, that may briefly convey the state of things to those who have not studied the subject. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed Since the foundation of the Red Cross in America, many direful calamities have afflicted the country. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work When the damsel went out with Miss Dinah, for an extra bench from the wash-house, Dolf accompanied them, and directly the company were startled by a direful commingling of laughter and doleful shrieks. A Noble Woman Loud Hermes laugh'd maliciously, but at the direful deed did fall The deepest grief upon the heart of Phœbus and the Muses all. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 That fatal crisis was approaching, which generally terminates in the immediate accomplishment of a mad suggestion, or with calmness treasures up in silence some direful resolve. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. I should bring upon you the most direful fate; I should draw upon your frigate all the tempests of the tropics. A Romance of the West Indies Not one of the direful consequences predicted has come to pass where suffrage is enjoyed. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV From the rear came the direful tidings that Shackelford was near. Raiding with Morgan Pope, in his translation of the exordium of Homer, we think more than equals Homer himself: 'Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing! Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy With pictures, that exist in life, Of thousands waging direful strife With gaunt Starvation, in the holds Where Mammon vauntingly unfolds His boasted banner of success? The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme The road ends in Oxford Street, the ancient Tyburn Road, a name associated with the direful history of the gallows. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London The direful prophecies of the early days were taken up, one by one, and their utter absurdity pointed out in the light of experience. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV So all the foliage there consists of the direful old bathing dresses, flapping in the wind and looking like so many scarecrows put up to frighten off the fishhawks. Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series These direful intelligences ran as easily off his tongue as water runs off the falling wheel. The O'Ruddy A Romance Poor girl! what direful power has he over her? Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife And though David's knowledge of the Italian language was but slight, yet it sufficed to show him that these names which she yelled after him had a very direful signification. Among the Brigands The malignant nature of Don Pedro was roused by these suspicions to intensity of action, and he resolved upon direful revenge. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots What the first became, was the reply—and Time waved the direful scythe which levels all things under its merciless strokes—these also will be. Pius IX. And His Time Spirituous liquors, taken too freely, or in a raw state, are attended with direful effects, and are the destruction of thousands. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families For a minute there is a scene of direful confusion, an indescribable struggle in which men, dogs, and pig are mingled in a twisting, shouting, panting, wrestling heap. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The laughter which greeted this detracted nothing from her indignation, and she turned again toward the rear premises, shaking her head and mumbling direful things. Sunlight Patch “We haven’t had any of the direful mishaps, though, that those old doghouse croakers predicted.” Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer “Much did she urge the direful flame to drive “Far from her soul, if that could be. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II "War is serious business, and under its direful necessities you may never see your loved Mount Vernon again." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Why, then, should he not toil severely—exert himself even desperately—to provide against the direful contingency to which his life was subject? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The girls were still laughing over the thought of Jimmy's direful future when a third child appeared. Sunlight Patch The newspapers of the day were filled with accounts of this direful disaster, but there were few survivors to tell the tale. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century In the deep abyss of his stomach huge, “Were all the riches which his sire's bequest “Had given: the direful torment still remain'd “In undiminish'd strength; his belly's fire “Implacable still rag'd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II It was a poor scrawl containing direful threats to anyone opposing the new union. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail And Anderson sat still, dazed and helpless in the direful presence of a woman who, to his utter horror, had gone violently insane. Anderson Crow, Detective Then I was seized with that awful anguish I had experienced on the other occasion and which has so direful an effect upon the spirit as to render one incapable of even thinking. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) We hear again the shock of arms, The cannon's direful thunder, And feel once more the wild suspense That then our hearts throbbed under. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier “A direful song I sing! be distant far “Ye daughters; distant far, O, parents be! The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II By the same process of reasoning women may claim that 'they made the peace,' that 'they broke the chains of the slave, and redeemed the land from its most direful curse.' History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing! Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Too soon we learned the direful cause, a malignant epidemic disorder was raging in the place, and daily sweeping off scores of its inhabitants. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale These thrilling scenes are depicted, and these wonderful facts are related, in The Johnstown Horror, by eye-witnesses who saw the fatal flood and its direful effects. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Soon the direful wailing from the Agora ceased. A Victor of Salamis All nations rejoiced to see the direful influence of England destroyed. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The cause to which Horace ascribes so many direful wars, both before and since the days of fairest Helen, seems to have been the principal cause on this occasion. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Fresh uproar at this critical juncture would be doubly direful. The Life of the Party Oh! all this wrought a direful sublimity, with those cries of agony and that riot of desperation. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf From a cleft he heard a flapping, a bat, an imprisoned bird, or Alecto’s direful wings. A Victor of Salamis Yet it would seem that the germ of the thought touching on the Boy Scouts lingered within that marvellous human organism, the brain, resulting finally in consequences of an actually direful character. Fibble, D.D. It is estimated that four-fifths of those who were swept away by the late direful visitation of cholera, were such as had been addicted to the use of intoxicating drink. Select Temperance Tracts As he spoke—a direful cloud of vapor rolled from the starboard quarter. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure All present were struck with the direful probability; for events of the kind are extremely common in Germany, as many well-authenticated histories bear witness. Humorous Ghost Stories Will you go back to your own people and share their lot, however direful?” A Victor of Salamis O Millard Fillmore! when a man refers To thee, what direful, awful thing occurs? Something Else Again Now, of course, we must all admit that the excesses to which the romantic and personal view of nature may lead, if wholly unchecked by impersonal rationalism, are direful. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Well; these are direful consequences of Miss Sandbrook’s fit of flightiness! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Their first venture with him, "Manon Lescaut," was a direful failure, but it was followed up with "My Lady Dainty," which was a success. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Thou springest forth valiant; The clangour swells far as thy direful arms ring. A Victor of Salamis But now, this lovely June morning the news from the far West is still more direful. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier To and fro, to and fro, the dying man continued his direful walk. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Moreover, his death, without a son, would enable his nephew to alienate the family estate; and Lucy looked on this as direful shame and humiliation. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Added to his other disappointments, a direful change had taken place at camp. The Search “We have enough of this direful comedy,” declared Democrates, pale himself. A Victor of Salamis There is still that direful matter of Will's report for "shouting from window of barracks," and "Miss Mischief's" equally direful report of Mr. Stanley's remarks thereon. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Instead he had drifted along, studying only enough to keep his head above water and putting all his zeal into tennis or baseball until the present climax with its direful calamity had been reached. The Story of Leather The newspapers told direful tales of such struggles ending in the conquered being stamped upon, maimed, beaten out of life. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 All the other direful assurances as to her own fate were as nothing beside that dreadful fact. The Secret Witness “Constables—fetters!” howled Lampaxo, as a direful interlude, to be silenced by an angry gesture from her helpmeet. A Victor of Salamis No sign of Indian has been seen except the hoof-prints of a score of ponies and the bloody relics of their direful visit. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier One of the women who had been suffered to remain on deck was close enough to overhear the direful news. Blackbeard: Buccaneer But there are very dark corners in his palace, dark and blood-stained, for, as I told you, his family history is full of direful deeds. Wood Magic A Fable Vesuvius had slumbered long before Pompeii's direful day. The Uncalled A Novel And he has another direful mark which stamps him at once; namely, that "profanation to ears polite," his brogue! Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England! As to the Wretchedness of the Irish Peasantry, and the Means for their Regeneration And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, Against our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads his death, and then we live. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This was almost the last of the direful speech I heard from L’Olonnois, as at last I turned myself to a night of deep and peaceful slumber. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Back to his pondering soul was brought The direful deed his hand had wrought, When, guiltless of the wrong intent, His arrow at a sound was sent. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The butterfly flew from flower to flower; The queen tried to catch it for many an hour; Till at last, oh, direful tale to tell, Into a spider’s web our hero fell! An Entertaining History of Tom Thumb William Raine's Edition Oh, black and direful was it in Asgard, the day that Loki ate the heart that the flames would not devour! The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths The coppice oft she sought, Much hoping direful evil might be wrought Upon the love that bloomed in Eden. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman Another of those pauses which seemed so terribly long to Johnnie, and so fraught with direful possibilities. The Rich Little Poor Boy In respect to the war spirit, which is one of the most direful traits of our fallen race, there is but little difference between the civilized and uncivilized man. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago These direful effects of slavery demand your most serious attention. Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 Thus making the best of circumstances, he always looked upon the brightest side of things, and was reasonably happy, even in this direful captivity. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods; of the Fimbul winter, and cheerless sun and hurrying, blood-red moon, and all the direful signs which must needs go before the last great battle between good and evil. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Gaslight brings direful havoc to good eyes, especially when the flame is in a mood to flicker and splutter, as gas sometimes does. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The frowning fort, with its threatening armament, proclaimed that sin had entered the world with its war and blood and misery, making man the direful foe of his brother man. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Since the dog had been left in his charge the only manly thing to do, he argued, was to go directly to Mr. Crowninshield and himself acquaint him with the direful tidings. Walter and the Wireless But no one was, in spite of the direful predictions, and soon the cowboys drew off, with final shots from their revolvers, discharging them in 54the air. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Though the opponents of hot fitting draw a lurid picture of the direful consequences of applying a hot shoe to the hoof, it is only the abuse of the practice that is to be condemned. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse On that day of direful events, I found a paper in my master's hand. Indirection The simple historical record shows that in what Bacon calls the 'insanity of states,' her influence has generally been direful. The Education of American Girls Though confident of the resolution of her father and the commandant, she was aware of the direful effect which starvation had already produced among the inhabitants. The Lily of Leyden The three men knew that she brought momentous, perchance direful, intelligence. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Let us hope the direful upheaving, which is now felt throughout the Union, is the earthquake that will bury it forever. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time His impassioned arraignment of the disunionists was loudly applauded by the galleries, and clearly indicated the part he would have played in the late Rebellion had his life been spared to witness that direful event. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 In the past, the most direful among the influences which have brought about the downfall of republics has ever been the growth of the class spirit.... Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles The depredations of these devouring insects was too soon felt, and a direful scarcity ensued. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa I hope he hung himself, or took the sur-name of Bone or underwent some direful penance or other. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record No, no, I find a language in your eye more certain than your lip—murder—midnight murder is its direful theme. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 The assembly consisted of persons standing up, nor did any one dare to sit; for fear possessed all, because Achilles had appeared, who had long abstained from the direful combat. The Iliad of Homer (1873) But though merit and valour were denied to them, they stood upon a vantage ground, which gave them a direful and incalculable preponderance in the state. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I With the spectacle and sensation, the rant and absurdity, there is also dramatic structure and tragic significance in the revelation of these protagonists, their volitional struggles, and their direful catastrophes. The Facts About Shakespeare To hang upon that which is dark, direful, and saddening tends to degeneracy. Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. Why is man to be made subject to consequences more direful to him than if he had never been born at all into this world of evil? The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Ye Ajaces, ye indeed, mindful of valour, not of direful flight, will preserve the people of the Greeks. The Iliad of Homer (1873) But we passed these direful scenes to meet with others of less shocking but still sad character. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 At times the noise and smoke of battle filled the atmosphere, as had the direful cholera thirty years before. Hubert's Wife A Story for You But you spoke of eating your shoes, Jacques; when were you reduced to that direful extremity?” The Young Fur Traders He felt himself supremely helpless in the presence of the direful calamity. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Again over Patroclus was the direful battle extended, grievous, lamentable; and Minerva excited the contention, descending from heaven; for far-sounding Jove sent her forth to encourage the Greeks, as his intention was now changed. The Iliad of Homer (1873) In the uproar that swelled louder as the angry crowd of tenants made for the attic, his name was heard coupled with direful threats. Children of the Tenements They seemed prophetic; and he almost expected, when he sent Grandison to his room on the following morning, to see that servant return with direful news. Hubert's Wife A Story for You I left him, with a strong foreboding that he would work me some direful mischief. Rattlin the Reefer In fact, it seemed to Paul that a black shadow of direful portent hung over them throughout the meal. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn No word the fierce knight spake But ope'd the door, And, scowling, said—"No Saxon churl shall make Rowena wife; and dare he woo her more, Upon him, would Sir Guy a direful vengeance wreak." Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst No artificial means appears sufficient to sustain life while a person is exposed to their chilling atmosphere; the strongest spirits have no effect—and, indeed, increase the direful consequences. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela And more cruel than flame, than direful fate, than death itself, the heart of Rusha Lisle, which Hubert would fain have trodden into indiscriminate dust, in his first moments of grief and wrath. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Two persons only of this nation fell victims to the fury of that direful night, but the property of many was plundered. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth The Government it is true is in direful need of money, and has always a difficult political path to tread, but both the French individual and the nation as a whole have gained enormously. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 And then his rage a direful vengeance wrought, For him whose steadfast love had made her thwart his will. Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst Then Paris was mentioned; one of us happened to speak of the Gobelins,—I cannot now recall which it was first uttered that fatal word to me, the direful spring of woes unnumbered! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 It was at once his official duty as well as his strong personal wish to find some other exit from the public embarrassments than by this direful conclusion. Benjamin Franklin The wing'd inhabitants of air Waged on a time a direful war. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress He declared this to be "a dangerous precedent which overthrows the Constitution and may be fraught with direful consequences." Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 "You want to keep away from him for awhile," said Harry with a direful shake of his head. Left End Edwards He treats it with a freedom and variety and a certain disregard of precedent—induced, perhaps, by his schooling in Blackletter—that often produces delightful, though sometimes, be it added, direful results. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples It seemed to thrill the ears and freeze the blood of the listeners, as old Farmer Allen, kneeling down by that lifeless form, pronounced the direful word. Bucholz and the Detectives It was long ere Annie slept, and when at last she did so, hideous shapes and direful omens floated through her dreams. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems In still more explicit terms he went on to picture the direful effects of that catastrophe. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It was Tom who supplied most of these direful contingencies and Steve who carelessly—or so it seemed—disposed of them. Left End Edwards It was too far for anything but chance, and all within a minute or two the direful tragedy was over, and the red warriors had darted back behind the ridge from which they came. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. To the crime of assassination on that direful day of St. Bartholomew must be added that of treachery of the darkest hue. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. The gate flew back in place with a loud report as if to give emphasis to the old man's direful interpretations and prophecies. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Then drawing his sword he offered it to the surrounding crowd and bade them plunge it in his bosom and devour his flesh if such an action could relieve them from their direful necessity. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 There are lots of worse things in life than starting off to school for the first time when you have someone with you to share your pleasant anticipations and direful forebodings. Left End Edwards What if in wild amazement and affright, Or, while we speak, within the direful grasp Of savage hunger, or of savage heat! Milton's Comus If it were indeed a direful instance of murder and abduction, as the sheriff now believed, he wished the miscreants to rest unwitting of the activity of the officers and the menace of discovery. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee And direful, in good truth, I do believe, were the jokes practical, and to him no jokes at all, which poor Jem had to undergo, in expiation of his fancied share in this our misdemeanor. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago She had almost earned among the Wallencampers the direful anathema of "not being neighborly." Cape Cod Folks He knew how hard his fight for recognition had been; he knew what direful penalties outraged orthodoxy could inflict; he had in him the somewhat pathetic discretion of a respectable family man. A Book of Prefaces "Now who is making direful suggestions, I'd like to know?" asked Grace. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South The corn was up long ago, but one direful image had still been left to flaunt in the sunlight and soak in the rain. Dotty Dimple's Flyaway At least keep your direful broodings to yourself if you are determined to retain them. Vitality Supreme Lucy came presently for the hot water with a bulletin of progress growing each moment more direful. The Emigrant Trail The evils would be legion—countless in number and direful in effect, not to us alone, but to the whole American race. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In these elaborate efforts many an opinion and metaphor, plausible or absurd, sweet or direful, is born and takes its place. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life One morning shortly after Wounded Knee with197 its direful results had been fought, I thought it would be a great joke to post a startling bulletin, just to start the men's tongues a-wagging. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers By such means the Cree warrior becomes godlike; but unless he kills an enemy before his return, his newly-acquired powers are estimated to be productive in future of some direful consequence to himself. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 We have learned since more than we knew then of the direful influence of that party cry, "The spoils to the victors." Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter He gazed at the chrysanthemums, and he wondered, with a direful pang, whether Althea were consciously lying to him. Franklin Kane Swift through the gloom a giant hunter flies: A ponderous brazen mace, with direful sway, Aloft he whirls to crush the savage prey; 5 Ovid, Met. lib. ix. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It was many a day before the effects of this direful calamity were entirely obliterated. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers He was born of slave parents, just in time to be spared the horrible experiences of that slave system which swept over this country with such direful results. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Ever since leaving England Charles and his followers had suffered from the most direful impecuniosity. Bruges and West Flanders “Do tell us what that is, father,” said Helen, who was anxious to draw the direful glances of the rest of the family from poor Polly. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl Unfortunately, the scaffolding broke beneath the crowd, and many spectators were burned or drowned, and that which began as an entertaining spectacle ended as a direful reality. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life I think, at any rate, the fumes of tea Must answer for that direful fantasy; But 'tis your least achievement, past dispute, To hear the spirit speaking, when 'tis mute. Love's Comedy The horrible system of slavery, with its direful effects, is still felt to a greater or less degree by the American Negro. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Full many a pang, and many a throe, Keen recollection’s direful train, Must wring my soul, ere Phœbus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham This direful threat did not seem to stir the sense of hearing in either of the two men. Parrot & Co. And then she put on her gloves and veil, and took up the sunshade that had been the cause of such a direful ending to her escapade, and went her way. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance It is true they escaped the more acute and direful effects, but it told on them in after years. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. He was her champion thro' direful years, And held her weal all other ends above. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar For nearly two years before his death, his haggard countenance evidenced the direful havoc which he was making of a constitution never of the strongest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 But a few years!—why, between the date in which flourished that direful noble and the date in which the miniature was evidently painted, there was an interval of more than two centuries. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural A revelation from him would have been direful in the extreme, as, in addition, he had in his possession the constitution and by-laws of the fraternity, which were always lodged with the ruling Grand Master. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Let us be thankful that we see no such direful scenes, and let us act worthy of our higher lot. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 The world would have been happy under it and wished its continuance, but my death broke the pillars of the public tranquillity and brought upon the whole empire a direful scene of calamity and confusion. Dialogues of the Dead From the dark dungeon of the human breast All direful secrets then shall rise confess'd, In honour multiplied—a dreadful show To hierarchies above, and saints below. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch These inflammable gases were first known for the direful effects which they so often produced rather than for their useful qualities. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization I pledge my kingly word to give up my crown and kingdom, and change places with any one of my subjects who will wither and instantly sweep away this direful vine. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 That loathsome epidemic, the direful scourge of the Eastern hemisphere, the cholera, invaded his camp. General Scott Argyle.—That history does, in truth, present to the mind a long series of the most direful objects, assassinations, rebellions, anarchy, tyranny, and religion itself, either cruel, or gloomy and unsocial. Dialogues of the Dead The direful sounds had reached her ear, and now at the head of the stairs she listened to the Babel which reigned in the parlor. Tempest and Sunshine The following list gives a few—and only a few—of the direful results to which this widespread superstition led. Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands Transcripts from the Official Records of the Guernsey Royal Court, with an English Translation and Historical Introduction The chaouch impudently swore he had been eating the flesh of the reptile—a direful accusation. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government What if night should overtake them, bringing to pass the policeman's direful prediction? Rosa's Quest The Way to the Beautiful Land What a direful calamity was the eruption of Vesuvius, which you have been describing? Dialogues of the Dead And if Reginald should approach his room, if in some way he felt the direful presence, he must speak out, threaten if need be, to save his friend from ruin. The House of the Vampire "Your Majesty has put a direful question and given us scant time for thought," he replied. Beatrix of Clare But whilst this direful tempest raves, And many barks are dashed to staves, I see you tower above the waves Like some tall rock, Whose base the harmless ocean laves Without a shock! Cottage Poems Her death is announced by a cry from her women so sudden and direful that it would thrill her husband with horror if he were any longer capable of fear. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth The hour appointed for the beginning of this direful programme was the day when the senators and the troops should assemble to take the oath of allegiance to Nicholas. A Short History of Russia Lucia wore the same kind of dress, but with less direful effects upon her appearance. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Is it not somewhat treasonable in you to have to do with a relative of the 'direful foe,' as the Morning Post calls his brother? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals What mind is there that does not shrink from its direful effects? Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Though the hosts were e'er so great, That came out of Cruachan wild, More than third and less than half, Slew I in my direful sport! The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge This is the direful fate meted out to people who are too poor to pay the shaman. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Oft and anon he goes to the joyous building, bent on direful mischief. Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem As he went on, and it became evident to her what a strong hold on his affections Barbara had gained, the fear arose lest he might be on the brink of a direful disappointment. Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters It is with the building raised after this direful calamity that our history has to deal. Jack Sheppard A Romance Immortal, then; now sickness, care, and age, And war, and luxury's more direful rage, Thy crimes have brought, to shorten mortal breath, With all the numerous family of death. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 The blear-eyed sorcerers of the north, Their vile enchantments sung and wove, And in the night they issued forth, A direful people-eating drove. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 A body-wound suffered The direful demon, damage incurable His body bursts. Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem A few words on the prevention of gaming, the consideration of which gave rise to this hasty sketch; I mean by dramatic exhibitions of its direful effects. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 They were thrown into dungeons; their property confiscated; they were exposed to the most direful tortures which human ingenuity could devise, to extort confession and to compel them to criminate friends. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power The thirteen were at once arrested, and a boat called upon the Victoria, with direful threats, to surrender; but she quickly stretched every inch of her canvas and got away. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 A direful cracking resounded under the bed-clothes as she did so, but in the excitement of the moment its possible evil portent went unnoticed. Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop As they toiled up many a steep ascent, Father José sometimes picked up fragments of scoria, which spake to his imagination of direful volcanoes and impending earthquakes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Furthermore, again she was turning over and over the direful statements made concerning her parents. The Poor Little Rich Girl In most of these countries the feudal system existed in all its direful oppression. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Come," said Drusus, "we are not at such a direful strait yet. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Wilford regarding Helen as an obstacle in his path, and Helen regarding him as a tyrant contemplating some direful harm against her sister. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering When the messenger came with the direful news, although somewhat late in the morning, Isaac had been found in his bed, closely folded in the arms of the god of sleep. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life As for the higher position in society which she would attain, as an inmate of Mr. Jasper's family, that might not be to her the greatest good; but prove the most direful evil. True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings This office at the time of their unexpected entry was fairly full of Suffragettes planning all sorts of direful things. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement First Jemmy Tweedle felt on his hinder head the direful bone. A History of English Prose Fiction But, lo! in the very height of the panic, appeared another and more direful intruder—an avenue of fire seemed to extend from the walls to their own trench. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 For a moment even the Russians, though all prepared for the explosion, were paralyzed by its direful effects. The Empire of Russia The state, also, of parishes under the direful influence of Moderatism, lay much upon his spirit. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne And he, King Margaris, sorely wounded, his spear broken, his shield pierced and battered, fled with the direful news to King Marsil. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) He paused in awed contemplation of the direful consequences if she should, but for the life of him he couldn't stop. The Honorable Percival It was a threat couched in direful words, warning her and her friends not to go to Hollyhill on their charity mission, as announced, and predicting serious injury if not death to some of them. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds The empress herself went to her brother in his concealment and informed him of the direful choice before him. The Empire of Russia I did not quite know what an execution meant; but from two harrowing novels, with whose distresses I was familiar, I knew that it indicated some direful process of legal torture and spoliation. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh In Nastrond there is a vast and direful structure with doors that face the north. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson He has seen poverty in its most direful forms. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin This information was communicated to the police, who increased the family's alarm by asking a string of questions over the telephone indicating the most direful suspicions. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds It is about five years since General Jerningham set hurriedly off, in considerable dismay, for the scene of a direful conflagration in a northern county, wherein several unfortunate individuals had perished. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 This is a fearful omen, and always portends some direful crisis or calamity. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Such horrid victims mightst thou see Huddled beneath yon canopy, Torn by red hands and dyed in blood, Dread offerings to his direful mood. The Seven Plays in English Verse They were equals in this direful, unlovely place; royal prejudice stood for nothing here. Truxton King A Story of Graustark To him, more than anyone else in the House, the newly filled space on the Bench opposite is of direful import. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891 The direful agony of Sim's soul seemed at length to conquer him, and he fell to the ground insensible. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance I saw, as I went, other tongues leap forth along the coast from tower and castle, all singing out in direful glee the same word "War." The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Before him stretched the vast plain, more direful still beneath the pallid light of the oblique moonbeams. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Now, though I was no participator in that direful thing that followed, I stood by, nor interfered, and so must share the blame. At a Winter's Fire Homer has instructed us in what measure the achievements of kings, and chiefs, and direful war might be written. The Works of Horace A direful memory seemed to haunt every feature. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance To remove our direful apprehensions that he will drain us of our gold and silver by his coinage, this little arbitrary mock-monarch most graciously offers to take our manufactures in exchange. Political Pamphlets And the direful drama was drawing to its end. The Downfall "Woe! woe to us all, then," cried Babbalanja; "for what direful events may be in store for us which we can not avoid." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The direful dropsy increases by self-indulgence, nor extinguishes its thirst, unless the cause of the disorder has departed from the veins, and the watery languor from the pallid body. The Works of Horace What clouds are gathering in the golden west with direful intent against the brightness and the warmth of this summer afternoon? Twice Told Tales Still the dreamer felt that there was something direful and most to be dreaded that threatened to invade and mar the heavenly peacefulness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The inflammable gases were known originally for their direful effects rather than their useful qualities. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 They were required to take the oath of loyalty, or suffer the direful consequence. Sketches of the Covenanters He drove Amy to despair by predicting all sorts of direful things. Left Tackle Thayer By such means the Cree warrior becomes god-like; but unless he kills an enemy before his return his newly-acquired powers are estimated to be productive in future of some direful consequence to himself. The Journey to the Polar Sea The gossiping knot dispersed, each charged with direful intelligence. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Hence, of all appetites, the inherited appetite for drunkenness is the most direful. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics The relapse threw them suddenly into direful conditions of misrule, oppression, and profuse bloodshed, which continued nearly half a century. Sketches of the Covenanters Little children have the seeds of all this within them; men and women are born with the inspiration which starts these mysterious and direful changes; the fatal decadence takes place in countless lives. Four Psalms XXIII. XXXVI. LII. CXXI. Interpreted for practical use Did you imagine that there was no danger in inflicting on me pains, however great; miseries, however direful? Fifteen Years in Hell They had prepared their minds to hear direful tales; and they were almost in a rage at being assured that he had nothing to relate. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Thus supplicated, Nala stayed his wrath, Acceding; and the direful Kali fled Into the wounded tree, possessing it. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala The party in power precipitated the direful conditions. Sketches of the Covenanters It seemed as if poverty became ever more direful, and dissatisfaction more importunate. Great Britain and Her Queen Some struck their tomahawks into the trunks of trees, while others brandished their knives, and uttered direful yells. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described But before we hurry into the direful scenes which must attend the meeting of two such potent chieftains, it is advisable to pause for a moment, and hold a kind of warlike council. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete By her, be sure, was wrought This direful sorcery. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala And when the story shall be told Of direful ruin, loss, and dearth, There shall be said with pride and joy: "But man survived, and proved his worth." A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment One invokes his muse, in imitation of a great poet, as follows:— "The Freshmen's wrath, to Sophs the direful spring Of shins unnumbered bruised, great goddess, sing!" A Collection of College Words and Customs I tried to ascertain the cause of their terror, but could only elicit the statement that to kill a pilot fish meant direful misfortune. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories All was silent awe or bustling preparation, war reared his horrid front, gnashed loud his iron fangs, and shook his direful crest of bristling bayonets. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete A direful vision of horrible struggles yet to come—of want, despair, disgrace in reservation—sickened my soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 To remove our "direful apprehensions that he will drain us of our gold and silver by his coinage:" This little arbitrary mock-monarch most graciously offers to "take our manufactures in exchange." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters Deprived of all constitutional methods of redress, they suddenly saw yawning before them the direful alternative—slavery or civil war. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty He had anticipated "direful" results and "unhappy consequences" from its enforcement, and he freely said that those who were instrumental in its repeal had his cordial thanks. George Washington, Volume I But as every disloyalty punished itself, so this also caused very direful consequences; for betrayal of the master was betrayal of oneself. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Then came a period, luckily short, of direful confusion. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War “Not complaining, but a direful little effort at content, showing the more piteously, because involuntarily, what a mistake I had made.” The Three Brides Increasing still the sorrows of those storms, His jaws horrific arm'd with three-fold fate, Here dwells the direful shark. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I In order to attach the two caciques more closely to his interest and to convert them into allies, he denounced the chieftain of the island, with direful threats. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Bring this home to your own breast, Sir Jocelyn, and think how direful would be your lot to be driven for ever from her you love. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance A messenger traced me out, bringing intelligence of the direful event that had happened, and informing me that my father was a prisoner at Theobalds. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Alcides, groping into haunted hell To bring forth King Admetus' bride, Braved naught more vaguely direful and untried. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War The young Korak's troubles begin when he first falls in love; this, like Achilles' wrath, is "the direful spring of woes unnumbered." Tent Life in Siberia Centuries of direful poverty combined with almost complete isolation from the life of the world has not been able to take from them their look of race, or corrupt their brave, loyal, proud hearts. Sight to the Blind We cannot hide from you, Sir, the direful consequences of expressions so opposed to the constant principles of our national code. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The political expediency of such a step appeared the more evident and the more urgent in proportion as the religious war had become more direful and the desire for peace more general. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 It is with unconscious sarcasm that Apollonius exclaims on the same page where all these details of "romantic love on the higher side" are being unfolded: "Accursed Eros, the world's most direful plague." Primitive Love and Love-Stories The direful practice of spirit-drinking seems to have arrived at its acme in the metropolis. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 The people of the South are now generally agreed that the institution of slavery was a direful curse to both races. Abraham Lincoln I told her all: my talents few, My direful lack of pelf. When hearts are trumps We might multiply indefinitely these anecdotical scenes of the massacre, most of them brutally ferocious, others painfully pathetic, some generous and calculated to preserve the credit of humanity amidst one of its most direful aberrations. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 He had met Governor Shannon fleeing from the Territory, who drew for him a direful picture of the official inheritance to which he had come. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 There was nothing to counteract Miss Nussey's direful influence on her spiritual youth. The Three Brontës At first the direful system which ruled everything from the time of the cat's entrance to the date when the furnace fire should be started, chafed on him. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 There on a craggy stone Celeno hung, and made his direful moan. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook When the other, and junior, capital was receiving its cleansing by fire in 1666, Winchester was being more than decimated by the plague, which was as direful here as anywhere else. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter It increases the dearth of provisions by making the demand greater than the supply, and produces direful consequences to a large class of persons who labor under the evils, physical and moral, of poverty. Autobiographical Sketches And in dark and direful language muttered threats of coming harm To the "idle, shif'less critter" from his father's good right arm. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse Yet nothing in my booth you'll find Without its counterpart on earth; there's naught, Which to the world, and to mankind, Hath not some direful mischief wrought. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Mrs. Burton looked at her in surprise, even meditated a word of excuse, because her attitude was so unfriendly towards these neighbours who had been in such direful peril. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods "Recollect, my lord, that the direful conflagration now prevailing without is owing to him," replied Leonard. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire That is a kindly deed," replied Ugly in a sad voice, "but I dread to go back to the world in this direful condition. Tik-Tok of Oz Almost before the echoes of Eradicate's direful warning cry had died away, Tom was on his way out of the house, pausing only long enough to slip on a pair of shoes and his trousers. Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record Stain'd with a mother's blood, to direful death; And pitying, dry the fountain, whence the blood, For ever spouting from a mother's wounds, Eternally defiles me! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Fancy Oily Dave as a rescuer of people in direful straits! A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods His heart almost ceased to beat as he quite naturally placed the most direful explanation upon the scene. Son of Tarzan Thus, direful war began again, and lasted for three years, when the Unready died. A Child's History of England Yield, then, this wealth, the seeds of direful war. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars As if all these direful outrages were not the natural results of slavery! Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Mad as I was, I could not bear his fate With silent grief, but loudly blam'd the state, And curs'd the direful author of my woes. The Aeneid English Therefore a sage has said, 'He who accepts his state's reproach, Is hailed therefore its altars' lord; To him who bears men's direful woes They all the name of King accord.' The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics How could that ill-omened man have divined her connection with the incidents—the unknown incidents—of that direful night? Wylder's Hand To her no home Beneath a sheltering roof her direful head Thus to lay down were crime: deserted tombs Her dwelling-place, from which, darling of hell, She dragged the dead. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Year after year when night fell the cliffs were shrouded in blackness, with the direful result that between 1770 and 1806 one hundred and seventy-four ships were wrecked or lost on or near the promontory. Yorkshire Despite her weariness she had retained some spirit until this direful revelation broke her courage. The Last Trail Is it not somewhat treasonable in you to have to do with a relative of the "direful foe," as the Morning Post calls his brother? The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 And though his evil star should again blaze in his meridian with tenfold more direful influence, he may reluctantly tax friendship with pity, but with no more. The Letters of Robert Burns The direful banquet why should I proclaim, And crimes that grieve the trembling gods to name? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 It would be tedious to recount his uprisings of anger, and the direful consequences that often followed. Stories Worth Rereading He also said: "'Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!'" Mary Olivier: a Life To-day the contemplation of that commonplace garden gave him direful pain. Charlotte's Inheritance What clouds are gathering in the golden west, with direful intent against the brightness and the warmth of this dimmer afternoon! Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") Th' Nebula is a direful bird 'S he skims the ether blue! The Second Deluge No direful visions appal their happy souls, nor terrific ghosts of quondam hours stand arrayed before them. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" Roderic and his train, full of pusillanimity and consternation, had fled from the direful scene, and vanished like shadows at the rising of the sun. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Strangest of all, some of the most direful of them have been made by the best of men, actuated by the purest motives, seeking the noblest results. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The North was not free, any more than the rest of the Protestant world, from this direful superstition, which ran over Europe like a pestilence in the sixteenth century. Popular Tales from the Norse What if,—mind, I only suggest it,—what if the direful creatures, whose report lingers in these tales, should have an origin far older still? The Portent & Other Stories Very direful—why, what the Devil art thou? The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II The baking time was for Evangeline a period of utmost anxiety—there were so many direful things that might happen to Stefana's cake. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings And as was worked this dispensation strange, A wondrous noise filled the world's startled range; Reached the dull hearing that deep, direful sound Of their sad tribe who live below the ground. Poems It was a calamity of direful presage, and thereupon all Siam went into a consternation of mourning. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Nothing was changed there; but the moment she entered she felt that there was a direful difference in herself. The Heavenly Twins Secondly overwhelmed as I am with a sense of my direful infirmity, I have never attempted to disguise or conceal the cause. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey The Iroquois lawgivers deemed it essential for the safety of their people that the men who were guilty of such murderous attacks should have reason to apprehend, if caught, a direful fate. The Iroquois Book of Rites I must shake off, or try to shake off, this excruciating, this direful melancholy. Jane Talbot By what words to bespeak his attention, or by what topics to mollify his direful passions, I knew not. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker |
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