| 单词 | distressful |
| 例句 | “It is a very distressful thing,” he wrote, “to walk into a yard in May and not hear a bee buzz.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Teiresias, the prophet who had brought so many distressful prophecies to the royal family, came to bring still another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maternity, or additional offspring, may force upon the woman a distressful life and future. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Black ex-farmers had not left their distrust and fear of whites which history had taught them in distressful lessons. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke up on the floor with a bleeding nose and exactly the same distressful head symptoms he had been feigning all along. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Poland has been, even more so than Ireland, a "most distressful country", as the ballad "The Wearing of the Green" has it, subject to the buffetings of history. Author, author: Nick Laird 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Too many inexperienced people are heard above those who have watched incredibly distressful deaths of loved ones, or who see suffering on a daily basis. Author unswayed by 'suicide film' 2011-06-14T10:22:21Z When Roe was decided in 1973, she wrote, the justices maintained that an unwanted pregnancy would doom women to “a distressful life and future.” The woman who could bring down Roe v. Wade 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z In Roe, the Supreme Court said that an unwanted pregnancy could lead women to “a distressful life and future,” and in a 1992 case, Casey v. Mississippi Asks: If Women Can Have It All, Is Roe Necessary? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Wade, the court, almost paternalistically, worried about the “distressful life and future” of a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy. Opinion | Mississippi attorney general: Overturning ‘Roe’ will return abortion policy to the people 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z “It’s a little bit law enforcement, a little bit animal control, a little bit search-and-rescue, and a lot about animal behavior and understanding of how animals respond in distressful situations.” In a wildfire, animal rescue can be messy; untrained volunteers add to the chaos 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Needless to say this was a very distressful and infuriating experience. United customers recount their own bad experiences 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “Maternity, or additional offspring, may force upon the woman a distressful life and future,” Justice Blackmun wrote in Roe v. Editorials from around New England 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “It was extremely distressful to my mother, who was frugal her whole life,” said Cynthia Morgan of Chadds Ford, Pa., Ms. Cannon’s daughter. New Medicare Law to Notify Patients of Loophole in Nursing Home Coverage 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Her aunt Jawaahir Daahir, who lives in Leicester, described her niece's ordeal as "a terrible, distressful unimaginable experience for her and for our family". Muslim teenager 'judged by Heathrow Airport staff' - BBC News 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z “It’s not their choice but they start to remember things and it puts them in a very distressful state,” Tueller said. Builder working to recover from abuse 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z He’s also heard distressful stories from about two dozen patients. Judge to hear from defense witnesses in cancer fraud case 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called the bombing a "very distressful matter." Myanmar denies bombing inside China amid Beijing's protest 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Family members had appealed to the court to allow their loved one to die with dignity and bring an “extremely distressful” situation to an end. Irish court OKs lifting life support for pregnant brain-dead woman 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The group's newspapers carried front page adverts calling its coverage "excessive, distressful and emotional". Media apology to ISI over Mir claim 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z “I find it distressful the discussion of parks focuses only on their economic value.” Interior allows almost a dozen iconic national parks to reopen with state funding 2013-10-12T00:35:20Z It opens with a cry of distressful mourning, while from the distance the cort�ge approaches. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Ruth knew that “humph” was a sign that his jealous wrath was effervescing and that she might continue to pour out the feelings which had been shut away from him for three distressful years. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z During the winter of 1811-12 the two instalments of the Hunt party made their appearance, after their distressful journey from St. Louis as already narrated in Chapter IV. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Lord Kelvin came of a stock which has helped to give to the north of Ireland its commercial and industrial supremacy over the rest of that distressful country. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z There was silence after this, as the three walked on together, Prissy talking valiantly in order to cover the long and distressful silences. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z And then, as if fearful of bringing back distressful thoughts to the heart of one over whom she yearned so tenderly, the good old dame permitted the journey to end without further remark. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The passions of human nature were never more tenderly agitated than in this interesting and distressful scene. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Not one of them could speak anything but Gaelic--their mental ken saw nothing beyond the arrival of the salmon, or the number of distressful rents in a new fishing-net. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Besides, the very hard berth she occupied was at least still, and she was not kept awake by the distressful vibration that had disturbed her in the Colonist car. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Then they went into a lighted room together, and stood still, gasping, a moment, with a distressful dizziness creeping over both of them. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z She says that during her twenty years' residence in that distressful country she never knew the blessing of really good health. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Ah, see the day, distressful to the view, Wives, husbands, fathers, bid a long adieu. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Now, indeed, was I in a distressful state, and the agony of my mind so great, that I heeded not the pain of the cords, but paced up and down like any caged animal. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z They and their bountiful supply of meat were received with a chorus of welcome from the starved and ailing family, and in that lone and distressful wilderness they presently enjoyed together a right hearty meal. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z A distressful certainty that she was about to give pain to this man whom she loved better than any one in all the world gripped her tormentingly. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Government financial reliance on gambling is “distressful” because it takes advantage of residents, she said. First Woman Elected to Run Cook County Invades Paradise of Graft 2011-11-30T14:18:29Z It will, however, be my distressful duty to damage the first of ye who moves a foot nearer my prisoner. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z You wring my heart with your report of your collective Dental pilgrimage to Boston in Mrs Howells' distressful interest. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z She's the most distressful country that ever yet was seen, They are hanging men and women for the wearing of the green. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z Pardon me, if I have had to speak of myself; it is not often—and, indeed, it is distressful that so private a thing as this should become matter of public concern. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Then she became sensible of the distressful beating of her heart, and that the tension was growing unendurable. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The former, after rolling over, scrambled to its feet, but the uniformed figure smote the ground with a distressful thud and lay very still. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Under the distressful conditions, is there not something morally grand in this utterance? Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z A hawk would course round and round in great circles in the air, uttering every now and then a most distressful scream. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Apparently this was very distressful to the defendant, for he was instantly seized with violent stomachic pains. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z His head was aching, he felt unpleasantly limp, as well as wet and cold, and the distressful stiffness of his back suggested that he had by no means recovered from the effects of his fall. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z But a man with lands an' cattle shows a distressful want o' judgment by sleeping in a snow bank when he might be sitting snug in a club at Montreal. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The King of Exeter was at that time plunged into a most distressful war with a neighboring province, to whose prince he had refused to marry his only daughter and heiress. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z This phase waned all too speedily, and left only discontent and distressful self-reproach, and a first doubt as to the selflessness of Arnott’s devotion. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z In the excitement of getting afloat they had forgotten the whistle, but now Nelson made up for lost time, and the launch poked her way gingerly along to an accompaniment of distressful shrieks. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Sleep so soundly as the wretched slave Who with a body filled and vacant mind Gets him to rest, cramm'd with distressful bread. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Quite noiseless now, himself, his whereabouts are only indicated by the distressful outcry of the persecuted and sympathizing birds and the fluttering swoops of their futile attacks upon the marauder. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z When he realized his face was gone, "it was kind of a shock at first, but it never really was distressful." Face transplant recipient embraces life after surgery 2011-06-29T21:53:58Z The girl, since leaving “them Perkinses,” near Briarwood, had had a most distressful time in many ways, and she was reticent about her adventures. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z The gentle face of the priest passed from distressful entreaty, through all the varying expressions of surprise, doubt, conviction, relief, and rapture, as Colonel Clark's speech, phrase by phrase, was interpreted to him. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z The "body filled" and the "vacant mind" make up for the "distressful bread". Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z This reverse did not only affect her obliquely, and through the medium of her family, but directly, and in one way usually very distressful to female feelings. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z It was then that, thwarted and debarred from the outlet a man prefers, he sought his other outlet, and laid all these distressful matters in prayer at the feet of heaven. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Frequently, when confused by distressful recollections, she would detect herself going to her father's chamber. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z But, ah! more than one tempest thunders into the life's-dream of the rest of us, and makes it distressful. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z “If this distressful news were true Appleby would be the gainer.” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z And I do not know that I can pay any greater compliment to the people of that distressful province than by setting down this fact. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z I do not propose here to give a detailed account of this distressful and disgusting "business." Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z If she was wakeful it was a good sign, indicated the condition of distressful unease her mother had hoped to create. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z He broke off with a distressful, choking sound in the throat, and a twisting of the head, as if he couldn't get his breath. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z His limbs ached with weariness, and there was a distressful stiffness in his hip-joint which those who have slept on damp ground are acquainted with, while his foot throbbed painfully. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z And when they were alone, he would storm at her for it, furiously mimicking her distressful uncertainty, her tremulous solicitude lest she openly convict him of lying continually. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z No, sir, could my woes Give way unto my most distressful words, Then should I not in paper, as you see, With ink bewray what blood began in me. The Spanish Tragedy 2011-02-21T03:00:10.373Z The distressful island of Ireland was at this moment enjoying the anarchy which had reigned therein since the dawn of history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z One day during her confinement she narrated the incidents of her incarceration in a letter destined for Bridget, but which never reached the ill-starred mother, due to a series of distressful circumstances. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The man's heart contracted with a pang of pity for their distressful situation. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The latter, utterly overwhelmed with the distressful report of Tina's last hours, listened to it in mournful silence. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z All these and a host of other distressful and resentful fancies now ran through the breast of Pierre. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z While and his fired coaches no doubt spent a distressful night wondering where the heck it all went wrong, life went on at Safeco Field. A crazy day ends in victory and beer 2010-08-10T06:11:00Z But, alas, in these distressful times the exigencies of the public weal have precedence over the holiest of sorrows. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z As he spoke, McNutt caught sight of his “boss” at the door, and by looking up a pair of thick gray 67eyebrows, he made a distressful signal of warning. Where the Path Breaks It was then we really took hold of social and political ideas, when we became alive to literature and art, when we began the delightful and distressful enterprise of finding ourselves. The Salvaging Of Civilisation But do not let me write to you so poetically in these distressful days, in which we should be practical. Majesty A Novel She could feel its impact, feel the distressful shudder along all her nerves, the explosion in her palms. The Preliminaries And Other Stories He faithfully watched over him the whole evening and a part of the night, and about twelve o’clock his family had the sorrow and misfortune to witness the distressful and trying scene. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact In those distressful days wars in North Britain were as common as strikes are now, and women went forth to battle along with the men. Victory out of Ruin He said that the Boycotted were the happiest inmates of the distressful country, possibly feeling that they had plenty of time for drinking and fighting. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 All the other circumstances accompanying Butler's condition, at this moment, were subjects of distressful uncertainty. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He had the teapot in his hand, the stump of an unlighted cigar in his mouth, was plastered with mud from his head to his heels, and altogether a most distressful object. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 “Who knows,” said she, “but that the sun of peace may yet dispel the glooms of these distressful hours, and restore this throbbing bosom to its former serenity?” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact In one of the most threadbare lines in the classics, the queen of Carthage boasts that “I, not ignorant of woe, To pity the distressful know.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus She swayed as she walked, as though her limbs refused to support her and as though her poor distressful eyes could not see plainly. The Tremendous Event It ended in one hurried and distressful interview after the return of Napoleon from his disastrous Russian campaign. Lives of Celebrated Women The other began to pant and blow in most distressful fashion almost before he was half way. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt He faithfully watched over him the whole evening and a part of the night, and about twelve o’clock his family had the sorrow and misfortune to witness the distressful and trying scene. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact This was the gloomiest and most distressful time in the nation's history, and afterward in other dark days these stories were told to cheer the people and give them courage. The Bible Story So, since that time, he wanders shore and shire, An old, poor, wandering man, with glittering eyes Helping distressful folk to their desire By power of spirit that within him lies. King Cole It availed them little, however; for they gained only a few years of most distressful life at the cost of the martyr's crown. Women of Early Christianity It was nearly an hour before the distressful travellers were able to find Ernst, but no man ventured past the young sentinel. Seeds of Pine Great was the grief and pity aroused throughout England, and through all lands where knighthood was held in honor, by this distressful event, for never before had two such faithful lovers breathed mortal air. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I cannot tell how long this panegyric upon frugality and matches might have continued, had not his attention been called off by another object more distressful than either of the former. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time One night they longer stayed the tale to hear, And Ruth that night "beguiled him of a tear,490 Whene'er he told of the distressful stroke Which his youth suffered." The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 As he sat there, a damsel passed by, who on seeing his distressful state sought to comfort him, but in vain. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur However, we have had more than enough of that distressful architect, diplomate, and fiddle maker. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Dear sir, it grieves me to find my daughter Elaine in such a distressful state. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Oh, I saw but too much!" cried Louis, and again hiding his face in his hands he added in a distressful voice: "I know not why these thoughts should plague me to-day. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium Then she paddled on and quacked to her children with her anxious old voice and wore a distressful look in her eyes. The Pond As if recognizing the distressful howl of their kind, the cry came back to her from the deep-toned throats of prowling timber-wolves. In the Brooding Wild Most distressful to him the approach of the landlord, who had selected that particular moment to come in with more wine. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The end of this distressful passage, where we 60 were to land our passengers, was in a similar vein of roughness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) An otherwise kind-hearted and cheerful man, the serf often, before these distressful times, and when Yvon carried his tithe of game to the castle, had accommodatedly offered him a pot of hydromel. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium Solemn faces of children bent beneath Destiny, whose youthful brows touched by the wing of care bore within them such distressful ponderings!... Pierre and Luce Medical science has prolonged life, hospitals and visiting nurses have made sickness less distressful, but have also in many cases prolonged the time and increased the cost. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Against the steely mirror in the twilight a long line was visible, like a distressful note of exclamation or a pause in life. Timar's Two Worlds The Baron, in his boots, lay upon the bed, his body bent almost double by the unrelenting gripe of a distressful pain. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 “Othello,” i, 3, 157: “some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.” the recollection of one of his mistresses. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature It was a strange and distressful wooing; but she could not deny that, in a way unknown to herself till now, she had loved Vibbard from the beginning, more than his friend. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 It was his part, by one striking act of martyrdom, to direct all men’s eyes on that distressful country. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Sir Isaac had been very fond and insistent and inseparable, and she was doing her best to conceal a strange distressful jangling of her nerves which she now feared might presently dispose her to scream. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman I will preserve one anecdote of that felicity of temper—that undisturbed good-humour which never abandoned Cibber in his most distressful moments. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors What a world of doubt, of distressful anxiety and misgiving in the heart of the woman, left to patient expectation, to prayerful, tearful hopes and fears! Records of Later Life I wanted her, I felt, to come to me and help me out of this distressful pit into which my spirit had fallen. The Passionate Friends "Nothing," sang Hartigan cheerfully; "I don't bet"; and he went on singing, "'Tis the most distressful country this that ever yet was seen." The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country There is a natural resistance in every healthy human being to such distressful heart-searchings. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Thus our work on that distressful field closed, after nearly two years of such effort as one would never desire to repeat. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work Thy numbers, Jealousy, to nought were fix’d; Sad proof of thy distressful state; Of differing themes the veering song was mix’d; 55 And now it courted Love, now raving call’d on Hate. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Never, in fact, was a more distressful lady on the eve of a party of pleasure. Love and Lucy The distressful science absorbs the faculties of the people, who care for little else. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule This strange word seemed first to hold him in distressful suspense and then to infuriate him. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman My poor uncle came to me the other evening in a most distressful state, broken down to common blasphemy. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences In the same way the doctor, listening to the symptoms of a patient, does not allow these distressful ideas to dwell in his conscious mind. The Practice of Autosuggestion She stood, the picture of distressful uncertainty, hot and wavering; her head hung, her hand moving a book about on the table. Love and Lucy I'll write a humble letter—but, confound it, I don't know where she's going to, and now here is one of those distressful tracings missing. Thurston of Orchard Valley Behind her the patient was making distressful sounds. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The old man could not speak, but his wife rushed forward with a distressful shriek. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Yet, to tell the truth, however strange and distressful, is the business of a good historian; and so it must be written that in the end of it sad days came again for Robin Hood. Robin Hood His youth, however, was spent in the distressful later years of the Peloponnesian War, which ended in fearful gloom and disaster for his native city. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Famished, disease-ridden, demoralized, with many mentally unbalanced, the settlement at Jamestown languished in a distressful condition after the winter of 1609-10. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 What happens is that they drop back into a distressful, crippled, insecure imitation of the old family life as one had it in what I might call the multiplying periods of history. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman In the midst of these distressful sensations the far-off crow of some vigilant chanticleer assured her that the short summer night was wearing away and relief was at hand. Moods “Who knows, he said, but that this may finally be the case; but that the sun of peace may yet dispel the glooms of these distressful hours!” Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Two of his precious cows he left unmilked till their distressful lowing caused the farmer's wife to go down and see. Tatterdemalion And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Your time being precious, I have but made use of the silence which poor Mr. Plowman found so distressful. Anthony Lyveden Is it I alone," said the duke, who strove the while by his caresses to soothe and pacify her—"Is it I alone who have brought down upon us this distressful alternative? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. It was his first visit to the distressful country for many years, and he wished Moore to accompany him as guide, philosopher, and friend. Lord John Russell To change the distressful drift of the conversation, the boy inquired concerning the Mexican Sword Swallower. The Mother Among the secreted sheepmen a grin spread from face to face at the sight of this distressful figure, evidently in real wo from hours in the hard saddle. The Free Range After a vast, distressful void her shoulders heaved and she began to weep silently. Tales of Space and Time The distressful condition of Austria and the Austrians now suffering for the sins of the Hapsburgs, is next shown forth. When Winter Comes to Main Street The weather had got still worse, the fishwomen were being blown about in a distressful manner on the pier head, and some more fishing boats were running in with all speed. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing "Good Lawd!" exclaimed the negro, and his wife turned from the fire with a look of sorrow and reproach, for the distressful sound had told her accustomed ear that a calamity had befallen the instrument. The Jucklins A Novel Otherwise he had mastered his voice, and spoke without the gasping pauses which had made distressful his words to Farrow. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Had the distressful country got the benefit of the firm and civilising Roman rule, a happier history might have been hers. Chronicles of Strathearn That Stephen should misunderstand her motives was preposterous; yet there was no other inference to be drawn from the tone of his conversation during the few distressful minutes of his last visit. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution For these are dark, distressful days for China. Peking Dust The distressful business is for the bad plays that I and other managers sometimes produce. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man On that bleak morning, however, none of them foresaw a bright future, or indeed anything but a distressful present. James B. Eads At the sound of her voice, again the distressful nightmare-like feeling seized Sir Adrian's soul. The Light of Scarthey The weather had got still worse, the fishwomen were being blown about in a distressful manner on the pier head, and some more fishing-boats were running in with all speed. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The voice of her weeping was like the distressful cry of the slaughtered lamb. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Wad Hamid was a camp of magnificent distances, restful to the eyes but distressful to the feet. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The passengers were crowding around him in distressful agitation but he calmly assured them a stern chase was a long chase and he expected to slip away under cover of night. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Her face flushed, her breath came in distressful gasps, she struggled on and up. Peggy But let me not delay longer than is needful amid such distressful recollections. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 But he was not spared to see these distressful times himself, as he died in December, 1637, having lived at Gidding about twelve years. Little Gidding and its inmates in the Time of King Charles I. with an account of the Harmonies The account we have received this morning led to a great degree of hope that the distressful embarrassments which you have experienced may already in a great degree have subsided. William Pitt and the Great War You will make this war as little as possible distressful to the Canadian population. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Civil war in Mexico preceded and outlives them all as a matter of sensation, and the psychological moment in the career of that other "distressful country" is interminable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 "I'm sorry, Aunt," said Caroline, flushing with distressful impatience. The Privet Hedge In Bonaventure a look of distressful self-justification quickly changed to one of anxious compassion. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Herr Haase, black-coated and white-waistcoated as for a festival, his large blond face damp and distressful, came panting into the hotel with the manner of an exhausted swimmer climbing ashore. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories I cannot even think without emotion Of his distressful tail. The Book of Humorous Verse Thousands of people will be broken, the city will be ruined, and there will be hard and distressful times, both here and where our paper is held. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic As the father and son walked on they saw Pirate, and he saw them, and made at once for them, whining in the most distressful manner. Viking Boys One glance into Claude’s face, darkened with perplexity, anger, and a distressful effort to look amiable and comfortable, was one too many; Tarbox burst into a laugh. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Hazel turned off with a gesture of distressful impatiencethen faced her guardian again. The Gold of Chickaree Garstin was rather a distressful youth by the time the shanty was reached, for the pace had been hot, and he had been impeded by the fatal greatcoat and muffler. Adventures in Many Lands Before answering, Warren stepped into the room and sat down with a distressful sigh. Old Ebenezer Up the side they all toiled, the men lean and brown and whiskered, the two women fully as distressful looking, with their hair faded, and their skin tight over their cheek-bones. Gold Seekers of '49 Father Leroque perceived Lida’s distressful inability to pull herself together at that moment, and he employed his ready tact, giving her time for thought. Joan of Arc of the North Woods The next call upon her fortitude was more distressful. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts It reminds me of Bruges, whose infinite, patient calm is a clean page on which the visitor's life is printed, happy or distressful at will, since there is nothing to define its character. The Choice of Life It isn't the English nature to express much, but it was plain that the past was full of mournful and distressful remembrances. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 She was not depressed, for her father was subject to sudden attacks, which, although distressful, were not of a painful nature. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls Mother's letter was reproachful, in parts almost distressful. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The ladies, as well as Sandford, knew him well, and they all, almost at once, asked, "What was the matter?" for his looks told them something distressful had befallen him. A Simple Story Another of those distressful necessities of war occurred on withdrawing from the Wilderness. 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 O, a sick headache—sudden and distressful—he was subject to them; poor Philip! Hubert's Wife A Story for You The one, splendid, exquisite, varied, generous, rich beyond description; the other, poor, thin, dull, monotonous, niggard, distressful—is that necessary?” The Daughters of Danaus Cardinal Bentivoglio, the ornament of Italy and of literature, languished, in his old age, in the most distressful poverty; and having sold his palace to satisfy his creditors, left nothing behind him but his reputation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The distressful stitch also was coming back into his side, and once or twice his companion cast an expostulating glance at him. The Gold Trail It is all you, who advised me to continue living, that have forced me into this distressful position. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order The Crusades, or Wars of the Cross, had roused Europe from a state of most distressful bondage. Heroes of Modern Europe A very old woman of her intimacy advised her to look in the glass; she did, and blushed at her own distressful face. Little Novels of Italy If a dog enters a palace and crouches on the throne, that palace will suffer a distressful fate. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria He had a distressful stitch in his side, which, though he had been conscious of it for several hours, was growing almost insupportable. The Gold Trail "Oh, Polly—I never scarcely think of my fortune," Cynthia interrupted, her face full of distressful color. A Little Girl in Old Salem I scribbled "of course"—and in a moment she came—seductive and distressful. Man and Maid The battle of Maldon is a fair fight without any such distressful circumstances as in the case of Hildebrand or of Walter of Aquitaine. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Hardly had he uttered these distressful exclamations when a prolonged note of melody caught his ear. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series For the first half-hour he was troubled by a distressful faintness; and when that passed off, as the air grew clearer, his back and arms commenced to ache unpleasantly. The Gold Trail For similar reasons he was extending his patronage to the Holy League, formed by Clement VII. between the princes of Italy to liberate that distressful country from the grip of the Spanish forces. Henry VIII. These Russian novelists have too distressful a point of view. Journeys to Bagdad The interview, from which so much was anticipated, had turned out as strange and as distressful as any of the recent incidents to which it was to have brought balm and solace. Tancred Or, The New Crusade A day or two afterward, in the dusk of early morning, he heard the distressful cries of an owl. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 About half a mile from the knoll, Mr. Edwards came upon the beast, in a fir thicket, making distressful sounds, and quite helpless to defend itself. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Within a few years, enterprises well directed, has transformed the district from being a "most distressful country" into a thriving, self-respecting, self-advancing locality. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway During our imprisonment in Akká means of comfort were lacking, troubles and persecutions of all kinds surrounded us, yet notwithstanding such distressful conditions, we were able to endure these trials for forty years. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Bahá’u’lláh’s reaction to this most distressful episode in His ministry was, as already observed, characterized by acute anguish. God Passes By In the present he lives within the limits of a particularly distressful and ill-managed market. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought Meanwhile the Commons were engaged in rushing through with the aid of the "guillotine" a Bill for the restoration of order in the distressful country. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 Enshrined in song and saga, set in the beautiful valley of a romantic river, Cork is one of the pleasantest places within the four shores of "the most distressful country." The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway It was hard to keep up hopes in these distressful hours. The Emigrant Trail At the edge of a small field lying close to the road was a negro's cabin, and from that quarter came the dog's distressful outcry. An Arkansas Planter There are probably few married couples who have escaped distressful phases of bitterness and tears, within the constraint of their, in most cases, practically insoluble bond. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought To the Greeks, with their love of measure, their instinctive avoidance of the "too much," emphase in letters or other arts was irritating and distressful. Platform Monologues Britz recognized the futility of trying to obtain further admissions from a woman in her distressful state of mind. The Substitute Prisoner The march had been distressful, bitter in their mouths with the clinging clouds of powdered alkali, their heads bowed under the glaring ball of the sun. The Emigrant Trail The cough from the parlor was more distressful, and she looked at him, and in her eyes was a beseeching sadness. An Arkansas Planter Probably many papers will refuse to print nasty and distressful advertisements about people's insides at all. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought It was impossible to help laughing at the distressful position of the young lady's eyebrows, and, with at least some measure of outward grace, Mr. Thorn set about complying with her request. Queechy, Volume II All of the dead folk are drawn up here before the door now; among them I see thy husband, Thorstein, and I can see myself there, and it is distressful to look upon.” The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Good-bys between lovers, even if only to be separated by a night, were apt to contain more of that distressful talk. The Emigrant Trail They would have kept up with the other baggage animals and none of the distressful events would have happened. The Adventures of Akbar From the darkness of the yard beside the house there came a grievous howl, distressful to the spinal marrow, a sound of animal pain. Gentle Julia More deeply than in the hearts of others was this resentment implanted in the heart of Franz Ferdinand, and he never forgave the world what he suffered and went through in those distressful months. In the World War Carroll regarded her even in the midst of the distressful stress of affairs with a look of admiration. The Debtor A Novel In the South the distressful situation we had left behind us on that August Sunday following the disastrous battle of Camden was but little changed. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady You must leave this island of Jamaica—surely it's as distressful as my own dear land—and you can't go home, because the runners would be after you. Romance Looking first at one of the persons before me, and then at the other, and then at both together, as a father would look, indicating his distressful parental feelings under such afflicting circumstances. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Mrs. Gallito, all timorousness again, beat her hands lightly together, in a distressful flurry. The Black Pearl As he did so he heard a distressful mew, and the black kitten which Marie had essayed to carry with her that morning made a leap to the window-sill. The Debtor A Novel S: Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side And such was not Robert Gordon’s judgment, when he left the woods and fields of Knockbrex and gave himself wholly up to the politics of his entangled and distressful day. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Now, if you pronounce Hinges in the French fashion, you give forth an exclamation of distressful pain. Adventures of a Despatch Rider It met an opposition which was observed to cloud his face with an anxiety, that the most distressful scenes of the war had scarcely ever produced. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Men shot and lacerated in every conceivable manner; some are expressionless; some just as they appeared in life; while others are pinched and drawn and otherwise distorted, portraying agony in her most distressful state. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army That night the relieved British slept secure in Quebec, while the bedraggled American force was making its distressful way towards Montreal. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 Still hardly a wing unfolded ever so little, not a distressful chirp heralded the slaughter that threatened. Secret Bread This is a most distressful story to me, and how to supply his place I do not know. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Dealing with an unforeseen calamity of such stupendous magnitude at long range from Downing Street entailed delay; and public relief, waiting until official investigation had tardily reported the hardships, suffered in the truly distressful country. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent A distressful little procession faced him; they were gaunt, ragged, appallingly dirty, and terrified almost into a state of idiocy. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest His praise briskly they sing now:— "Bravo, our brave Tristan!"— he was that distressful man. Tristan and Isolda Opera in Three Acts At the present period of our narrative the neighborhood of Ballymacan was in an unsettled and distressful state. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two And all this was done amid complete silence, alone under the far expanse of sky, his face wearing a look of distressful pity as he knelt there in that splendid park. His Masterpiece In fact the impression prevailed that Ireland was then sacrificed to the nepotism of Lord Salisbury, who had inflicted the least capable of the House of Cecil on the distressful country. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent I knew that in your situation, a wife separated from her husband, dependent on heaven knew what for a maintenance, you must have many anxious, distressful hours. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. There is this, I think, to be noted of fervent patriots, that the object of their devotion will have had a distressful story. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Why, then, O king, hast thou come to such a distressful end? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Employed, in such a distressful situation, in drinking that honey, his thirst, however, could not be appeased. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 There is a story of an English tourist seeking for information about the distressful country, he being at Tallaght near Dublin. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent And defeating me a second time, they have sent me to distressful exile in this great forest, clad in deer skins. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 I much wished to have ascertained this point but in our distressful situation any increase of fatigue or loss of time might have been attended with the most fatal consequences. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Such a man has never to attain to a distressful end. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Seeing Sanjaya come back to the city, O king, in that distressful plight, all the people, O best of kings, filled with great anxiety, wept loudly, saying, 'Alas, O king! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The lately-reaped fields, stretching on either side of the lane down which the lady was walking, presented a stubbled expanse of brown and dim gold, uneven and distressful to the eye. Red Money She lay still for an instant, half stunned by the blow, but even in that distressful moment she could hear the other girl's derisive laughter. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics For hours would he hang over its distressful pages, and many were the leaves blotted by his tears. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Hence Bud, after that distressful Tuesday evening on which Miss Martha had given him "the sack," wished to see Ralph less than any one else. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana His meeting with some of his Countrymen, and their distressful Voyage. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time By mistake the “distressful” orator had put one ten-pound note into his parcel! Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Mean’st thou to Troy, and to the hateful sons Of Atreus, me, with this distressful limb? The Seven Plays in English Verse Such a letter in less distressful circumstances than those in which he writes, would, I am persuaded, reflect honour on the pen of a person much older than my poor brother. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences Between these breaks—welcome breaks to Matt—the silence became distressful, and the suspense a burden. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Then foreign countries which have entertained wild ambitions, availing themselves of the distressful situation in China will stir up ill-feelings among these parties and so increase the disturbances. The Fight For The Republic in China As the doctor still remained silent, buried in distressful thought, he began to turn its pages over. Abbe Mouret's Transgression And that preposterous sense of liability, because he had helped Teddy to get his commission, was more distressful than it had ever been. Mr. Britling Sees It Through After that distressful night Jean determined to carry into execution a plan that he had been reflecting over since the day previous. The Downfall When there was distressful news master would ring the bell. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 This decision appeared to be unpleasant or distressful in their estimation, and they tried to reverse it by all sorts of arguments. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 His head dropped forward, and he sank into heavy, distressful slumber. Youth and the Bright Medusa He had a distressful sense that things were far more serious with Teddy than he had tried to persuade Letty they were; that "wounded and missing" meant indeed a man abandoned to very sinister probabilities. Mr. Britling Sees It Through There was something odd about him—something distressful and indignant. The Dark House Irish night at last, Quite a long time since we talked of the distressful country. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Jefferson had done much and distressful thinking during the summer recess. The Conqueror And action which ended happily to the principal persons, however serious or distressful through its intermediate incidents, in their opinion, constituted a comedy. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations But if anything on earth is distressful to look at, it is an old woman ashamed of being old. The Abominations of Modern Society He pursed his lips and held tight to the lapels of his coat, his piercing yet distressful eyes blinking rapidly behind their glasses with a kind of nervous malice. The Dark House To this period belong the distressful Afghan and Zulu wars, the latter unhappily memorable by the tragic fate that befell the young son of Louis Napoleon, a volunteer serving with the English army. Great Britain and Her Queen A cold dampness settled upon his forehead, his limbs trembled violently, and distressful sighs issued from his heaving breast. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described It did not need a lover to see that she slept little of nights and passed distressful days. Running Water Thy words are not gentle, Yet rest where thou art, 'Twill be dreadful to meet, And distressful to part. Poems Acting on their advice I sent a distressful telegram roundabout through Switzerland to Paris. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The "ugly sixties" bred not only distressful village "villas," but unpleasant city houses of this type, which are to-day a real menace to wholesome living. The Cost of Shelter They sent me a note, informing me of their distressful condition, and requesting me to ascertain the locality of Mr. Nicholson's establishment, and, if possible, to find out the cause of his unnatural conduct. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described As usual we find that distressful country, here called Varavia, in the throes of dynastic upheaval, which centres, in a manner also not without precedent, in the figure of a young and beautiful Princess. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 Isabel Marlay, in her distressful sense of responsibility to Albert, could yet find no means of breaking up this renewed communication. The Mystery of Metropolisville It is rather distressful when one cannot recount all sorts of exciting things as nicely fitted together as if they had been carefully planned and rehearsed beforehand. The Long Shadow By what distressful circumstances could a person of such handsome limbs and auspicious signs become deprived of manhood! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva Thus plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often from that change of manners which opulence has produced. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler Some Jew or miserly citizen, I suppose, that may have presumed on the lady's distressful circumstances; and your lively wit points him out as it pleases. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 A distressful country, indeed, where the children do not own their own feet. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 An action which ended happily to the principal persons, however serious or distressful through its intermediate incidents, in their opinion, constituted a comedy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Plants, animals, a multitude of distressful growing children would conspire irresistibly to force the world to revert again to the Food, whatever happened in the present struggle. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth A most distressful accident occasion'd You from a stranger to become at once My confidant. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He looked up suddenly and caught Mrs. Chaffery's tearful eye directed to Ethel and full of distressful interrogation, and his perplexity was suddenly changed to pity. Love and Mr. Lewisham The piece thus supported was eminently successful; a fortunate circumstance for the King's Company, who were then in distressful circumstances. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author But that distressful possibility is the worst and perhaps the least probable of many. An Englishman Looks at the World When the lady knew this distressful adventure, straightway she fell to the ground. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France And the stream rushed onward with a low wail, and a distressful cry, as of a soul passing down the Dark Valley and not yet free from the panic of death. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine I sat, with my head throbbing, and holding my hands, utterly tearless; for tears were no expression of the distressful pain, and blank disappointment of a life, that I felt. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Oh, my Lord," said the old serving-man, with a distressful movement, "we have fallen on evil times, to be sure, and they say his Holiness has excommunicated us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 In the earlier forms of the poem the lines corresponding to 94-5 stood thus: "Nay, wherefore did I let it haunt my mind, This dark, distressful dream?" Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems So, because of her great love and nobleness, the lady caused these three distressful knights to be buried well and worshipfully in a rich abbey. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. A Tale of Two Cities For a woman, this dream implies distressful news and unfaithful friends. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Your presence here is offensive to me and distressful to my niece.' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. Our Mutual Friend May be better stillI’d not been born to this distressful world. The Duchess of Padua He can sometimes raise capital to help him in working out his crude conceptions, but even then it is frequently done at a distressful cost of personal surrender. Edison, His Life and Inventions To dream of an echo, portends that distressful times are upon you. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition For an instant, a distressful shadow crossed her face; but, even in the start it gave me, it was gone; and she was playing on, and looking at me with her own calm smile. David Copperfield These, the consecrated tabernacles of two holy souls, that sent forth full sweet savour, and showed naught distressful, were placed by King Barachias in costly tombs and conveyed by him into his own country. Barlaam and Ioasaph Yet at the back of it all Marion remained, stupid and tearful and infinitely distressful, so that I was almost intolerably unhappy for her—for her and the dead body of my married love. Tono Bungay His head dropped forward on the foot of the bed, and he sank into a heavy, distressful slumber. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories If they are served in soiled or impure dishes, distressful awakenings will disturb you. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But Knight, being in an exceptionally genial mood, merely saw this distressful exclamation as modesty. A Pair of Blue Eyes And her face became sad and distressful, and she turned and departed as she had come. The Well at the World's End: a tale Miss Hatchard's puzzled wrinkles deepened, and there was a distressful pause. Summer Sue's distressful confession recurred to Jude's mind all the night as being a sorrow indeed. Jude the Obscure "And—O, I know I shan't do!"—she cried with a distressful laugh. The Mayor of Casterbridge When the Baron spoke her eyes opened with a look, first eager and then distressful, but closed again. Strong Hearts But little by little I became conscious of a dull, low murmur of sound very distressful to hear and that set me vaguely a-wondering. Martin Conisby's Vengeance From this critical and distressful situation, it shall be my hourly prayers that you may be delivered without blemish to that fair fame which has hitherto, like your heart, been unspotted. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Carroll, limping and stumbling along, was soon troubled by a distressful stitch in his side. Vane of the Timberlands "Now, dear, don't be so distressful, dear, don't!" said Mrs. Simm, soothingly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 In the front gate stood the brother-in-law's widow, full of gestures and distressful smiles as she leaned out with nervously folded arms and looked up and down the street. Strong Hearts Gradually these distressful sounds grew weaker and weaker, and dying away at last, were lost in the fierce laughter and jubilant shouting of their murderers, where they fell to the work of pillage. Martin Conisby's Vengeance According to Puck's story, Wales was then a most distressful country, though the Welshery, to a man, wanted to be good and loyal subjects of the Tudors. Welsh Fairy Tales It may be distressful, it may be tremendous. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian And yet with how much tender passion, with how distressful an indignation, with what tumultuous sorrow did she witness his supposed crime? Imogen A Pastoral Romance The temptation, however, was overpowering, and again Shakespeare yields to it: "And often did beguile her of her tears When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffered." The Man Shakespeare This led him to contrast his present happy frame of mind with the distressful thoughts of the morning. Sanine It was impossible to help laughing at the distressful position of the young lady's eyebrows, and with at least some measure of outward grace Mr. Thorn set about complying with her request. Queechy When he saw the tear- stained, distressful, beautiful face it had a strange effect upon him. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett But sometimes Caesar managed to anticipate the leap, and Tim did not readily forget those distressful moments when the cockatoo had him by the fur with beak and claw. A Little Bush Maid This "distressful stroke that my youth suffered" is manifestly pure Shakespeare—tender-hearted Shakespeare, who pitied himself and the distressful strokes his youth suffered very profoundly. The Man Shakespeare Of the subsequent scene, distressful in its unbridled passion, she preferred not to think, instinctively aware that the memory of it would only bring disenchantment. Sanine He had an instinctive feeling that he was about to be called upon for a subscription to the cause of the distressful country's freedom. A Man of Means And Jean's distressful face warned him to ask no more. Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power I was so sorry when I heard that it had caused that bloody and distressful war over there in Italy. Roughing It, Part 7. We gave them up without an effort at recovering them, and cursed the lying books that said horses would stay by their masters for protection and companionship in a distressful time like ours. Roughing It, Part 4. So distressful was this sense of solitude, that as he crossed the melon-field where hundreds of melons were growing in the gloom, to him they seemed like human skulls that Jay strewn upon the ground. Sanine There was a distressful space to cross, of sand and slippery mud and drowned vegetation, including the remains of her garden; the look of everything was changed. In Exile and Other Stories It was a long night to me, and perhaps the most distressful one I ever spent. Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. I took myself sharply to task for having left my lodging and brought myself into the most distressful circumstances. Hunger This event freed the lady from many distressful and humiliating obligations. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker She stood on the threshold; her face white as a shroud, and her eyes, anxious and distressful. Sanine Be ye comforted in this, distressful rogues, the shorter our life the less we sin, the which is a fair, good thing. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn He paid not the slightest heed to boy or cow, but rolled and threshed, biting at the fragment of spear-handle, giving vent to his rage and pain in a hoarse, distressful roar. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Unconsciously to himself, too, he was greatly relieved by this burst of tenderness on her part, for the prospect of this interview had been most distressful to him. Endymion My deductions were not, on this occasion, peculiarly distressful. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Dr. Brown seemed to wake suddenly from the distressful dream in which he had been plunged. Melody : the Story of a Child Of draughts there were many, and he tried holding his hand against each crevice to endeavour to silence the wails; but these became more human and more distressful. Chantry House They had ventured to drag out one of the seines and unroll it on the floor of the loft, when the cow below them broke into distressful bawling. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Meanwhile madame developed to the Abate the distressful story of Julia. A Sicilian Romance This really is all very distressful to me. Three Comedies Indeed, it must have been a very distressful journey for all, and not least for the poor little infant missionary! Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman A distressful sense of dismay at her own impetuosity came over her. Light O' the Morning The meagre German holding in East Africa was further reduced; and even distressful Rumania put a stop to the German advance. A Short History of the Great War Americans were distressful to their consciousness, they did not know why; and then they tried to ignore us. Seven English Cities When Jim left Charity's house his heart ached to think of her distressful with loneliness. We Can't Have Everything But all at once I stopped, suddenly oblivious of self as, louder than the buzzing torment of my wounded head, rose a distressful cry and the more hateful sound of desperate struggling. Peregrine's Progress The spectacle of an undersized porter-fed mother, for example, nursing a spotted and distressful baby, is exalted at the expense of the clean and simple artificial feeding that is often advisable to-day. Mankind in the Making In this distressful situation, they had no other resource than to repair to the uncultivated parts round the Upas, and requested permission of the Emperor to settle there. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. And the calling was shrill, and very peculiar and distressful and horrible; as though a giant-woman, hungering strangely, shouted unknown words across the night. The Night Land Besides the fate of these two monarchs, there is likewise contained in it, the Episode of Moneses, and Arpasia, which is of itself sufficiently distressful to make the subject of a tragedy. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III On receiving these distressful tidings, the Frenchman believed, or affected to believe, that he had been swindled, and he threatened, unless he were repaid in full, he would publish Lady Mary's letters to him. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) He and his story of the coming strike in the North were a distressful inconvenience, an intolerable intrusion upon a quiet life. The Lost Naval Papers Look if you see not a distressful man, That to himself intendeth violence: One such even now was here, and is not far. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 "Also Beth, still more distressful," added Patsy; and then they told Louise and Arthur about the picture. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West To him solitude was so distressful, so full of the wife whom he mourned, and whom he accused himself of having killed. Fruitfulness She uttered a low, distressful cry, and, gliding swiftly into her room, for the first time in her young life turned the key between them. Old Creole Days If India were really governed by the ideas of the young novices who go out there fresh from their examinations, she would be a distressful country. England and the War And I will love thee, Robin, for this deed, And help thee, too, in thy distressful need. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 She was not interested in Cuba, at all events, and evidently knew nothing of that distressful island. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories These are all in my memory, blurred, commingled, indistinct, yet distressful as any nightmare. My Lady of the North At that time the condition of affairs in Missouri was distressful and extremely threatening. The Life of Abraham Lincoln But there are daily examples of sufferers who courageously lift themselves above bodily ills: of dying men who, amidst the distressful struggles of the frame, ask, "Where is thy sting, O death?" Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller Containing a fuller account of Mrs Waters, and by what means she came into that distressful situation from which she was rescued by Jones. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Lady Tinemouth wept over the distressful fate that marked the residue of his narrative with a tenderness which yet more endeared her to his soul. Thaddeus of Warsaw Then I knew what a distressful business was to be faced, and that it was vain to cry "Stop!" Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Through all this distressful time the Queen and the Prince-Consort manifested the deepest sympathy for, as well as pride in, the English soldiers. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood “That's better than a tumbled bed,” said I, “and some boy of a doctor jabbing you with injections, and distressful people hovering about you.” A Modern Utopia Compared with the comfort of the farmer today, the poverty of sixteenth-century peasants must have been inexpressibly distressful. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Their kind and sensible hearts passed the limits of safety for themselves, and gave us the most distressful emotions of soul. Thaddeus of Warsaw The mood of distressful self-accusation was on me. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker She was so popular in that "distressful country" when, by frequent visits, she testified an interest in it, and her gentle, motherly presence might have had a more placating influence than any "Coercion bill." Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood Oh!—let that distressful planet alone for a time! A Modern Utopia This were the true cosmopolitanism, destroying those distressful variations which make your clock vary with your climate, and which throw the shadow of pyrrhonism over truths which should be clear as daylight. Without Prejudice The warrior raised his voice, and wide around The field re-echoed the distressful sound. The Iliad It was a plaintive little song, in a sad key—a plaintive little song of his own—but not wholly distressful, Arthur thought; she could still sing, then, to her baby! Philistia I can scarcely believe that the distressful vocal wabble either came in with Verdi's music or was greatly promoted by it. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time It may be the reader has witnessed this most distressful of all human tragedies. A Modern Utopia Not theirs the distressful, wearying problems of sociology. Without Prejudice And now, into its quiet presence, a man and a boy from that distressful outer world had entered. The Extra Day The origin of this distressful thing was this—and I assert here that every fact in the following resume can be amply proved by the official records of the General Government. Sketches New and Old, Part 2. I believe her to be warmly and gratefully attached both to the king and queen and she has received from the queen very uncommon assistance, I am informed, in some very distressful Situations. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Its history in Russia will be an object of research in the future, when more material and more news are available from that "distressful country." Bergson and His Philosophy In constitutions predisposed to scrophula, how frequently we see the inoculated smallpox rouse into activity that distressful malady! The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) A beautiful black-horned white cow stood there, her head over the bars, looking up and down the road, and now and then uttering a low distressful "moo." The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Your orange soil, unless heavily treated with stable manure and given plenty of time for disintegration, would probably give you distressful cucumber plants, if it has come right out of wheat-growing. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered It is a distressful time for many of our people, but they have shown qualities as high in fortitude, courage, and resourcefulness as ever in our history. State of the Union Address Then she rushed to her sofa-bed, flung herself upon it face downward, and burst into queer, silent, distressful tears. A Sweet Girl Graduate They gazed at each other with distressful eyes. The Crown of Life Mary understood no cause for it, and often looked, as she did then, with a distressful wonder at her grandmother when she seemed to hold her sister so slightingly. The Heart's Highway Silence followed, and Sidwell seemed to lose herself in distressful thought. Born in Exile Then foreign countries which have entertained wild ambitions, availing themselves of the distressful situation in China, will stir up ill-feelings among these parties and so increase the disturbances. The Fight for the Republic in China "It's this," said Prissie, clasping her hands hard and speaking in her most emphatic and distressful way. A Sweet Girl Graduate Her distressful appearance was not feigned; she was truly upset, though not about the death of the Commissioner's lady. South Wind Sometimes the impulse was so harassing, the process so distressful, that she might have been compared to a murderer who haunts the burial-place of his victim, and cannot restrain himself from disturbing the earth. The Emancipated She stood holding Bertha's hands, and gazing into her face with eyes which grew large as if in a distressful appeal. Will Warburton Nancy left the room burdened with strange and distressful thoughts. In the Year of Jubilee Hour after hour crawled by, an eternity of distressful idleness. Veranilda She explained the articles of truce, Lilian listening with distressful hope. Denzil Quarrier Next came a sound of distressful voices, whining the discords of a mendicant psalm. Thyrza Few were the distressful lady's sources of comfort, but one sure way of soothing her mind and temper, was to suggest some method of saving money, no matter how little. Will Warburton It was written in a cheery humour, though touched by the shadow of distressful circumstance. The Whirlpool But after it was over to our joint satisfaction, she had to return to the distressful main theme of our talk. The Red Planet The twelve years old drummer boy was not singing now, but sobbing, with a manly effort all the while to stifle the distressful sounds that would break out. Hospital Sketches The new strange brightness of the world was all the brighter there, for the host of dark distressful memories, of darkened childhood, toilsome youth, embittered adolescence that wove about the place for me. In the Days of the Comet She had looked up; the expression of an agitation, not distressful, on her beautiful countenance could not be concealed. Sybil, or the Two Nations I was expecting too much of them when I accorded them that faint gleam of intelligence which the tribulations of a distressful stomach ought, one would think, to have aroused. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects She was the picture of delicate femininity appealingly distressful, and yet to all appearance commercially competent. The Titan The distressful state of the colony for provisions continued gradually to augment until the 9th of July, when the Mary Anne transport arrived from England. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson She paused; then she made her distressful proposition to me. In the Days of the Comet Now I hear only an account of the tricks of trade, or listen to the distressful tale of some victim of ambition. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark He let her cry, as he must, in the distressful silence which he could not be the first to break. Fennel and Rue She's the most distressful country that ever yet was seen; They're hanging men and women there for wearing of the green. Now It Can Be Told There was the same miles-off expression in hers that they had worn when he entered; but there was also a look of distressful inquiry, as if she were earnestly expecting him to say something more. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day When rosy morning glimmer'd o'er the dales, He drove to pasture all the lusty males: The ewes still folded, with distended thighs Unmilk'd lay bleating in distressful cries. The Odyssey And so she went from the place in the midst of an impressive stillness, which made the sharper and more distressful to me the clank of those pathetic chains. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 At this he seized my coat, grovelled upon my desk, and burst again into distressful weeping. Sixes and Sevens I had run down from Little Rock on account of a distressful scene I had witnessed on the street there. Cabbages and Kings —But he was stopped by a distressful knitting of her golden brows. Sally Dows He did not say that he had received a somewhat distressful letter from her asking him to come; a new instinct made him cautious. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Yet it is an innate satisfaction that I am conscious of never having acted with dishonour, even to the last act of this distressful tragedy. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 The separation of friends and families is, perhaps, one of the most distressful circumstances attendant on penury. The Vicar of Wakefield George Meredith's right—the cause of Comedy and the cause of Truth are really the same; and I, even I, have found tenants for the distressful Cissie Villa. A Room with a View “And who succeeded Romulus?” said I. A long pause, and apparently distressful hesitation, followed the difficult question. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Cold: wretched, distressful; see note 22 to the Nun's Priest's Tale. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems In comparison, the roaring of all the cannon of all the revolutions that that distressful country ever had known, were like fire-crackers under a barrel. The Lost Road "Hire Hessians," cry they; "hire Hanoverians; if France land on us, we are undone!"—and continue their Parliamentary Eloquences in a most distressful manner. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 For her cradle and her earliest home we turn to the distressful land of Bohemia, and the people called Bohemians, or Czechs. A History of the Moravian Church A week ago, Felicia's group was finished and sent to the exhibition, leaving her in a state of nervous prostration, moral sickness, and distressful exasperation. The Nabob Without women I am a wasting fever of distressful toil. Secret Places of the Heart And in that distressful state, in that doleful valley of his long pilgrimage, he still remains to-day. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Suddenly she uttered a distressful cry and rose to her feet. Adieu "Ah, do not trifle with me!" she exclaimed, clasping her hands and looking at her father in distressful anxiety; "don't you see that you are wringing my heart and destroying my beliefs with your jokes." Modeste Mignon He is uneasy about the surprises which may be held in store for them by the establishment, of the distressful condition of which he is better aware than any one. The Nabob To which he consented, and beguiled her of many a tear when he spoke of some distressful stroke which his youth had suffered. Tales from Shakespeare The distressful alternation between nights of lucid doubt and days of dull acquiescence was resumed with an intensification of its contrasts. Soul of a Bishop Ah me, those dark green curtains with the overcoat buttons on them hide many a distressful spectacle from the traveling public! Cobb's Anatomy Then he sighed, and with sudden resignation: "It would certainly be a dam' distressful sight," he said, meekly. Typhoon All were very intent, very earnest, very interested, each after his own manner, in the comradeship of the featherhood he imagined to be uttering distressful cries. The Riverman Our cell was open to the world, and a bleak, distressful daylight streaming in. The New Machiavelli It is the amazing and distressful discovery of every believer so soon as the first exaltation of belief is past, that one does not remain always in touch with God. God the Invisible King Then, as I probed them, one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands as if to bless. Poems Her bosom was heaving in a distressful manner that I greatly pitied, but I thought it better not to speak. Bleak House Man, acutely aware of himself as an individual adventure and unawakened to himself as a species, finds life jangling and distressful, finds death frustration. God the Invisible King I had that distressful feeling I have always had with Margaret, of not being altogether sure she heard, of being doubtful if she understood. The New Machiavelli |
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