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She was slumped over and her face was dolorous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Each side continually explores the limits of the other’s tolerance, as in flights of nuclear bombers over the Arctic wastes; the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars—a few entries from a long and dolorous list. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He pursued this dolorous inquiry, asking how one might again find someone shipped off down there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
At the 2015 V.M.A.s, Bieber broke down in tears delivering “What Do You Mean?,” making a ditty about failed communication dolorously communicative. The Scandalous Dullness of MTV’s First Post-Millennial V.M.A.s 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z
In exclusive clips seen by the Guardian, Doherty appears to be doing what he does best; mooching around appearing doleful and wrecked – emotionally on this particular occasion – and peppering his dolorous sighing with poetic interludes. Pete Doherty goes from druggie to luvvie as he makes his film debut 2011-04-08T13:38:51Z
In the first set, Abrahams's delicate opening piano motif became a long reverie entwined with bassist Lloyd Swanton's dolorously descending figure and Tony Buck's soft tickings and cymbal whispers. The Necks 2010-06-29T22:00:00Z
Elsewhere the allusions feel more rooted in the realm of music, as when “House of Metal” coalesces around a dolorous, slow-to-unfold arpeggio, evoking Portishead. New Music: Albums From Neko Case, Ariana Grande, Gorguts and Chelsea Wolfe 2013-09-02T21:24:22Z
But this high-grade pulp entertainment is too delectably amusing and self-amused, and far too aware of its own outrageous conceits to sustain such a dolorous verdict. Movie Review | 'The Ghost Writer': Writer for Hire Is a Wanted Man 2010-02-19T05:58:00Z
A Red Army theme started off dolorously stamping, before being playfully twisted by Cohen's funky polyphonic parts for strings, woodwind and his own incisive bassline. Avishai Cohen with Strings – review 2013-05-08T16:48:00Z
But Tonra's dolorously dramatic way with words – deserving hushed reverence – is undoubtedly Daughter's unique selling point. Daughter – review 2013-01-23T13:43:11Z
Sclavunos's voice is a low, dolorous rumble that emerges from within a beard you would describe as vast if it wasn't next to that of Warren Ellis, a man whose tonsorial arrangements beggar belief. 'It's OK to embarrass yourself' ? Nick Cave and the return of Grinderman 2010-09-02T22:00:00Z
Mr. Hoffman is excellent, but you’re always aware that you’re watching an aesthetic creation built on technique, executed with craft and aided by realistic accouterments like a leather jacket, bushy sideburns and dolorous mustache. Harry Dean Stanton: Fully Inhabiting Scenes, Not Stealing Them 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z
This, it is gradually transpiring, is a very characteristic Nighy interview quote, in that it is dolorous, painfully self-deprecating and makes rather heavy weather of the business of acting. Bill Nighy: ‘I’m not in any trouble, everybody can relax’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z
Strauss’s elegy to German culture, composed in 1945, brought the concert to a sober conclusion, with Mr. Rattle drawing a warm, dolorous sound and a beautifully shaped reading from the orchestra’s 23 strings. Music Review: Having Fun Across Generations 2010-12-20T22:45:45Z
To wit: Sam Smith performed his new ballad “Pray” on Sunday night, but it was dolorous until the backing choir arrived to uplift him at the first chorus. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z
Wartime is dolorous house that finds Gravenhurst recalling the scent of a woman. New band of the day: Heterotic (No 1,443) 2013-01-31T16:58:09Z
Their music, at its velvety smoothest, features a bit of flute and a lot of sax, that quintessential '80s instrument and signifier of dolorous sophistication. New band of the day (The Hics 1,554) 2013-07-16T14:55:34Z
And yet “Last Dance” is by no means a dolorous album, resounding as it does with empathy and melodic accord. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z
We live in a multimedia, multiplatform age, but still it's quite a thrill to see the Greenwood boys standing in a dimlit room, against flocked wallpaper no less, singing and strumming their dolorous requiems. New band of the day ? No 986: Low Duo 2011-03-15T17:00:27Z
Crowley's rolling, faintly dolorous tenor sax delivers the winding title track and encourages the first of a series of thoughtfully shaped and thrilling improvisations from Downes. George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe – review 2012-05-24T22:29:01Z
But in “Roberte ce Soir” and in the subsequent drawings on view here, sex is not especially dramatic, nor does submission look especially dolorous. Pierre Klossowski Drawings Explore Eroticism and More 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z
But the vividly colored stage performances only heighten the dolorous feel of the black-and-white behind-the-scenes footage. The Rolling Stones' forbidden documentary 2010-05-22T18:01:00Z
"Hmm, very nice," he says in his West Midlands tones, at once dolorous, friendly and a little puzzled – the wonderful Zen-bemusement of the Brummie accent. How Judas Priest invented heavy metal 2010-05-20T20:59:00Z
Filled with desolate vistas, a feathered and furred menagerie, and multiple aperture-like windows, these fragments quickly establish a moody tone and over time become dolorous refrains. Review: The Persistence of Abbas Kiarostami’s Vision in ‘24 Frames’ 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
Racism, revenge and a cross-cultural romance compete for screen time in Paul Ireland’s “Measure for Measure,” a dolorous reimagining of Shakespeare’s play set in and around a tower block in Melbourne, Australia. ‘Measure for Measure’ Review: Rising by Sin in Melbourne 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z
Still, few poems are more famous than “The Raven” with its dolorous tocsin, “Nevermore.” Review | Is Poe the most influential American writer? A new book offers evidence. 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z
“Is it inflating the symphony of the lovable Belgian,” Gilman wondered in the New York Herald Tribune, “to rank it above the dolorous swan song of Tchaikovsky?” What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z
On Penny Drops the promise of a dolorous brostep, with powerful clear and crisp production, over a full-length album, becomes quite compelling. New band of the day – No 1,315: Stubborn Heart 2012-07-24T15:59:00Z
Anna insists that she’s no such thing, even if most of her dolorous actions and words suggest that he might be correct. | 'After.Life': The Mortician (Liam Neeson) Is In 2010-04-08T22:51:00Z
It’s a wintry, melancholic scene made somewhat sadder by the tinkling of some dolorous piano music. Review: ‘12 Days’ and the Rights of the Mentally Ill 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z
Romantics can moon over dolorous lovers and the flowers of yesteryear. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z
It’s in Beria’s every move and there when Malenkov puts on a dolorous face and a corset, setting the timer for his own end. Review: The Slapstick Horror of ‘The Death of Stalin’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z
“It takes me a while to make a cup of tea,” he went on, dolorously, to sniggers from the assembled. Bradley Cooper Gets Ready for ‘The Elephant Man’ on Broadway 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z
His Mexican fans, known as Manoletistas, wore lapel pins of his face — his “elongated, dolorous profile,” as one reporter described it. The Matador and Me: Coming to Terms with My Famously Ugly Lookalike 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z
The rooms, though now mostly empty, remain redolent of family gatherings across the decades; most still contain their original wallpaper, dolorously faded and peeling, and tile or terrazzo floors. On Italy’s Adriatic Coast, an Ancestral Home on the Verge of a Second Act 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z
Preliminary data suggests that that dolorous trend continued at least into the first months of 2021. Opinion | Why you shouldn’t expect much from Biden’s plan to counter crime 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z
I recall how perfectly New York City played itself those dolorous dollar days after Bowie’s death. Opinion | What Would David Bowie Do? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z
There, two technicians and a pathologist in aprons, hair covers and face masks began moving about him with dolorous expertise and talking to one another in sentence fragments. How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z
Right now that forecast is paralytically depressed about May, hardly more cheerful about June, deeply dolorous about the prospects for the rest of the year and morose about 2021. Opinion | Oil prices went negative. Here’s what that means long-term. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z
My Quichotte is not dolorous of countenance, but cheerful; an optimist, hopeful, believing in love. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z
His sex is frequently tinged with the dolorous. Tainted love: how Drake started pop’s erotic comedown 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z
The mosaics portray Jesus and his human forebears, including Joseph and a dolorous Mother Mary. In Bethlehem's Ancient Church, a Long Unseen Presence Appears
Hunt and Underwood, for example, sat down for most of their number, while James Bay and Tori Kelly slowed down their medley of songs to a dolorous shuffle. Taylor Swift wins best album at 2016 Grammys while Adele struggles 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z
“After he choked me for so long, I gave up,” Dent, a quiet 58-year old with a round jaw and dolorous eyes, said. Detroit-area officer in 'RoboCop' case confirms racially charged text messages 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z
But 1492 was also a dolorous year in the history of European Jewry. Welcome home, 500 years later: Spain offers citizenship to Sephardic Jews 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z
Those in the Democratic party dolorous over Hillary Clinton's stale air of inevitability should not chafe inwardly over Vice President Joe Biden being the best alternative to holding the White House next year. Biden Wouldn't Win 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z
A capitalist version of liberationist theology, at one time the eccentric faith of outlying circles of revanchist businessmen and marginalized conservative intellectuals, gathered momentum all through the dolorous 1970s. The 1 percent’s sickest scheme: Wall Street slicksters market themselves as cool — and the media lets them 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z
“It’s all Obama’s fault!” is an almost inevitable trope, given the president’s dolorous approval numbers and the spectacle of Democratic candidates everywhere scrambling to elude his embrace. GOP’s paranoia and cruelty: The real lessons of the Obama presidency 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z
Plumb Beach, Brooklyn: Brawny and brutish, with teeth like stilettos, a bluefish on the line is bound to wake you from the lassitude brought on by even the most dolorous winter. In Pursuit of Bluefish on Venerable Party Boat 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z
But the show comes at a dolorous time for Burberry, which has seen investors flee like models from a chip butty. High-tech fashion: Burberry goes digital 2012-09-20T15:00:32Z
On a dolorous day, at the beginning of baseball's summer, he was a rare sign of hope. Hector Noesi is a rare sign of hope in this Mariners season 2012-05-28T02:13:05Z
And succeeding, to judge by your dolorous mouth. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z
But when she thought of Enid all her pride smarted, and anger changed to dolorous regret. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
You could not hear my voice yesterday, at least in Westminster--unless, indeed, it were late at night; and then it must have been in sad, dolorous tones, for I was very tired. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
"We surrender do, kamerad!" shouted the Huns in dolorous chorus, seeing their companions repelled from the waiting boat. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z
"Enough to hang anybody, isn't it?" she cried, with dolorous effort to speak in lighter vein. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z
Mr. Logan laughed dolorously at the obvious question: Giuseppi, what happened to you? Giuseppi Logan, Jazz Artist, Tries for a Comeback 2012-04-07T14:23:57Z
The decade of the nineties was dolorous along the River and in the mines and forests and farms and town-lots and additions and suburbs adjoining. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z
Some of those passengers, if you could come across them now, would give you a dolorous history of the pauvre monsieur Anglais who went raving mad one summer's morning in the diligence. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z
"It's only a quarter past eleven," he announced dolorously, as he consulted his watch by the feeble light of the binnacle. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z
After walking on a step or two by her side in silence, she ventured to say, in a dolorous and sympathizing tone, "Poor Bill! only to think!" The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
"Oh dear," Aunt Cuckoo murmured with a dolorous little giggle. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z
"If they only knew how meek and mild I am really!" the poor child would remark, dolorously. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z
There is the ill-tempered, sulky person, and the grumbling, whining, dolorous soul never without an ache or a grievance. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z
She must be as dolorous as possible, violent fits of weeping being especially beneficial. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z
"That we have, too truly, Mr. Subdean!" echoed Mr. Nicholas, and sighed very dolorously. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z
He soon after began to sing in a dolorous strain, then to talk and cry, and then to sing again. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z
“The chance which has led me here is a very sad one, monsieur,” and madame says it in very dolorous tones. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z
Almost under the sailor's feet there was an old woman huddled in a dirty heap over a tiny hand-organ, from which she was slowly grinding a doubtful and dolorous tune. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z
Once again in the dolorous history of humanity, the grotesque farce was enacted of chasing forth the scapegoat into the wilderness to bear away the sins of the people. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z
The latter is now familiarly haunted by our Comic song writers, those most dolorous of all funny men. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z
Here was a dismal and unsatisfactory conclusion to the debate, and it seemed that there was no other, for each with dolorous visage eyed his neighbour, with nothing more to say. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Our coachman, reverting to his dolorous chant, appealed to all the saints. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z
Mr. Kelly stood apart and listened to the dolorous sound of her weeping. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z
Meantime, the captain had to listen, with undisguised vexation, to his steward's dolorous account of the damage done to the delicacies in the storeroom. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z
Men of lesser financial ratings were edging toward leaders of finance and engaging them in dolorous conversations. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
He hearkened to the dolorous tale, with a choler that might not be suppressed. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Page 105: world, I'm thinking',” she answered dolorously. world, I'm thinking,” she answered dolorously. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z
In his dolorous and solitary condition he was one evening surprised by a visit from Quin. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z
He spoke in a low tone surcharged with an anxiety whose exaggeration was too dolorous to catch. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
The jury sat dolorously inattentive in the box. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
We knew it by the dolorous cry of the driver. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
I'm an old wife now, Master David, and not much for this world, I'm thinking,” she answered dolorously. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z
Whilst the vagabond son of the coalman was growing up gay and frolicsome, in lean melancholy vegetated the dolorous scion of the sublime Emperor. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
The music has assumed a dolorous strain that vividly portrays the pathos of her last words. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z
It was here that we came upon Michael, a dolorous spectacle, leading his mare towards us. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z
The long-wailed dolorous cry filled the streets, empty of their frequenters: "Bring out—bring out your dead!" My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
It is a very odd taste, that for being dolorous and miserable. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z
“And that dolorous trumpet and all these folk running?” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
But Avenues A, B, C, and D are all quite homogeneous as regards dolorous discomfort. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
Then a native drum began beating in the village, and the ceaseless monotony of its deep, dolorous boom fretted their ears, and set their hearts jumping, and jangled their nerves to the point of agony. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z
The bell itself was uninjured, and still swung from its hangings, and there it remained, clanging dolorously in every wind. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
Its dolorous creakings seemed to threaten collapse and burial at any moment. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z
Beloved wife and son, I am about to go sadly and dolorously out of this world. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
She now regretted not having gone thither at first, instead of taking her dolorous inland walk. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
On a certain day, when the young author was walking along the street in gloomy mood, thinking such thoughts as these, he suddenly found himself face to face with Lucien, who, also, was sighing dolorously. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
With these dolorous complaints he arrived at the Armorican coast, and went with his whole company to king Alan, the nephew of Salomon by whom he was honourably received. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z
Indeed their mirth is frankly repellent to the dolorous writers of to-day. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z
"What shall I do now?" continued the old man dolorously. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z
The wind had a raw edge, and it produced a dolorous melody as it went moaning over the landscape. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z
Truly, Captain," replied Weasel, in a dolorous tone, "I would have thee to go with me; I beseech you heartily, allow me to bear you company to his Lordship. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z
When the wild owl crouched and frowsy In the rotten tree Wails dolorous, cold, and drowsy, His shuddering melody. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z
His rattling, dolorous breath, above the humming undertone of carrion-flies, was the only break in the heated silence. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z
“I only weigh a hundred and seventy-eight and three quarters, too,” he said dolorously. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z
Evelyn administered a gentle prod; the burnt fragment of wood fell apart, the flame flared hopefully once and then passed into a wraith of itself that curled dolorously into the chimney. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z
Her neuralgia, her asthma, her rheumatism, her thousand and one ailments, were henceforth to wreak their dolorous inflictions among the most comfortable and sumptuous surroundings. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
Where torrents cast down from rock-masses, From caverns of red-granite steeps, With thunders sonorous clove passes And maddened dark gulfs with rash leaps, With the dolorous foam of their leaps. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z
I cannot without confusion of spirit touch these obvious and dolorous reflections, and yet in candour cannot forbear them. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z
Intoxicated by the joy of seeing the King in His beauty, and doubtless by the revulsion of new hope in the stead of his dolorous forebodings, he proposes to linger there. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z
He was in the camp of Braddock at Frederick, Maryland, just before that rash and ill-starred general set out upon his long, dolorous march through the wilderness where disaster and death awaited him. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z
He makes skillful use of the Indian legendry associated with the river; he listens to Niagara's "dolorous fugue," and resolves it into many contributory cries. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z
The woman had a long dolorous face, empty of expression and weak of mouth. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z
She had guessed that the work of packing would be something of a dolorous labor, which Mary might prefer to perform alone. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z
Lenore is, however, one of the prettiest and most effective of the petites pi�ces I have seen here—very tragical and dolorous of course. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z
The young on entering life are often dismayed by dolorous speeches by persons who have never comprehended the nature of the world in which they find themselves. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z
Come, rend me from this dolorous world apart! The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z
She seemed to be telling him a long and dolorous tale of something which had happened a long time ago, to people he had once known. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z
The old house looked very peaceful and still from without, but as we entered the door we found that, as was its habit, a wind was imprisoned in its walls and was whistling dolorously. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z
All dolorous he entered; and the hermit, who had no thought of him, was alone within, and he looked at him in wonder for that he saw in him a man so weary and wasted. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z
I think that if I were a poet, I could add another "dolorous circle" to the wailing-place for lost souls. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z
Where shall I find, 'mid this deep dolorous sea, Seasons of solace that may comfort me? The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z
The dolorous note of the whippoorwill was heard, with a horn accompaniment from the throat of a screech-owl. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z
She has come just in time to lull our dolorous philosophy, to show incarnate in woman the victim and the instrument of destiny. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z
Here he fills up many hours with his dolorous lamentations, or at the window watches with envious impatience the passing of his brethren along the street, and challenges them with savage yells. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
"And are we never to see her for five years, sister Betsy?" said Mrs. Compton very dolorously. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z
The Huns were shouting dolorously for aid; the Myra's men were either stoically silent or else inclined to indulge in grim jests at the expense of the bellowing Teutons. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z
I suppose I must have appeared dolorous enough. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z
The two carried on a strange conversation; which, however, not to afflict our readers with repeating unconnected thoughts and dolorous emotions, we had rather pass in silence than detail at large. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z
The evening she would have preferred to spend with dolorous Mariana! Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z
For a considerable portion of the time spent on that dolorous journey I was on the verge of delirium. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z
Eros makes your lips cry aloud    With dolorous, sweet Desire. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z
She gave her head a consequential toss and darted away, singing some dolorous ditty about "Long Ago." Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z
In the first place, Milly suggested dolorously that the commissary had fallen into the hands of the enemy, while Cynthia Vaughn drew attention to the fact of the broken lock. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z
My nerves are too tense to give other than clamouring and dolorous vibrations. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z
Thirdly, the end of tragedy is always sad and dolorous. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
His companions stand round and sing a dirge in the most dolorous tones. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
And in that tower for many years A dolorous lady lay, Whom Queen Northgalis had bewitched, And also Queen le Fay. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z
As they were returning to the ship followed by two men carrying baskets of fruit and flowers bought by Newnham, he suddenly observed that her face had become dolorous. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z
I know the one thing noble is a grief Withstanding earth's and hell's destructive tooth, And I, through all my dolorous life and brief, To gain the mystic crown, must cry the truth. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z
The history of Jerusalem has been dark and dolorous ever since.  Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z
Come with sweet words—ah! come and doctor me, And lift from off my heart this dolorous weight. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
His shield went clattering on the wall To a dolorous wail of wind; His casque was rust, his mantle dust With spider webs entwined. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z
Bramham continued his dolorous tale, quoting all the prices in which he and Carson were interested. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z
Once again we were in the dolorous Tower, and this time there was no returning. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z
These are sufficient data to account for the Pass of Roncesvalles becoming a valley dolorous, the vale of the great woe. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
On the last day of November, hearing a dolorous sound of trumpeting, I climbed on the stone table, from which I could see through my window a little piece of the road. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
His wings flapped, he hissed fiercely, he dolorously squawked. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z
"Do you not know me?" said a dolorous voice issuing from the mass of mud. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z
As she saw her handsome knight on the floor, a sort of skeleton of himself, she gave a little tender dolorous cry. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z
You ask me why I left my mistress and my studies for so dolorous a cave of care. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
At that instant Franky returned to the parlor, with a very dolorous expression upon his countenance. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z
Suzanne, holding the sides of her head, stared like a mad woman, then gave a piercing cry, thin and high, a wild, dolorous sound. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z
The Hebrews shook their heads at the Christian, and chaunted a Jeremiad, in duet, together, and each appealed to the other for the confirmation of the dolorous and bitter truths he uttered. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z
There lived a singer in France of old By the tideless dolorous midland sea. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z
Always terse, and therefore all the more terrible, he nevertheless exhausts the vocabulary of torment in describing the doloroso ospizio, the dolorous home from which they will never return. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z
The words were hardly out of his mouth, before the purple bird flew away, crying "Peep, peep, pe—weep," more dolorously than ever. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z
We have few sonnets in a dolorous strain, few complaints of cruelty; and even these seem inspired, not by the habitual coldness of Alessandra, but by some occasional repulses which he confesses to have deserved. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z
Sir Guy, roused to activity by this dolorous sound, crosses the room and stands directly before her, a contrite expression upon his face. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z
Their empire was not confined even by these expansive limits; but, under Musa, entered Spain, and afterwards at Roncesvalles, in "dolorous rout," overthrew the embattled chivalry of the Christian world led by Charlemagne. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z
While the one told to us this dolorous tale, The other wept so bitterly, that I Out of sheer pity felt as like to die; And down I fell, even as a dead body falls. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z
Why or how it will lead to red ruin and the breaking up of laws in Ireland is not very clear, save to the “dryting prophets” of the dolorous breed. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z
Of all modifications of the "human face divine," that of the sick negro is the most dolorous. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z
A brown hen, wings outheld from her body and bill agape, strolled dazedly through the shimmering air, singing that dolorous, unmusical, droning song begotten by the temperature. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z
That prospect was my only joy for many dolorous days. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z
"But I did though, and she refused me—she did, by Jove!" said Mr. Curtis, dolorously. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z
Those who remained on land rushed wildly hither and thither, at intervals bounding up like springboks, all the while sawing the air with their arms to an accompaniment of dolorous cries. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z
Even in another dolorous season like this, it is a unique pleasure to watch him play. Maybe all Ichiro owes us is hits 2010-09-21T02:29:00Z
Its hinges creaked dolorously as she swung it wide. The Trail of Conflict
"Is this the truth, indeed?" said the cavalier, dolorously. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico
"But a night like this!" sighed Papa Fregeau dolorously, as he joined the group, his forefinger laid facetiously against the side of his stubby little nose. The Belovéd Traitor
A bird rustled in the vines, and a tree-frog, awaking down on the lawn, shrilled his dolorous cry. The Man from Jericho
Yet was I a fine performer on the bagpipe, whereon I could produce most dolorous strains. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim
Meantime all around on the ground were men groaning dolorously, for in that battle those ten unarmed knights of the Round Table had smitten down thirty of their enemies. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
"Will ye desert us that are afoot?" cried voices from behind, with dolorous cries. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico
And then King Arthur woke, and woke mid groans Of dolorous knights; and 'round him lay the bones Of many woful champions mouldering; And he could hear the open ocean ring Wild wasted waves above. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems
His vest he dumped beside another seat, as he dolorously declared: "He had neat habits ever since his mother had taught him to put his clothes carefully on the chair at night." Life on the Stage
Now, do not look up with a dolorous face, saying, “Alas! these gardens are to be taken from us!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I.
The weather was wet and “dolorous;” and a serenade of bagpipes, with which the populace hailed her, seems to have greatly disconcerted her polished attendants. Lives of Celebrated Women
New and dolorous assault upon the sensibilities of Don Servando's adherents in conclave assembled. Maximina
He presses forwards guided by the dolorous cry which pealed down from above. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle
This dolorous exclamation ran through me like cold water and chilled all the warmth of my intellectual excitement. Bye-Ways
The ponies coughed dolorously from time to time, but they could not lift the weight of a dead silence that seemed to be crushing the earth. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
In so dark and dolorous a neighbourhood p. 19you are not prepared for anything so fine.  The Religious Life of London
You were the slim-waisted Lady of Doves, you were Ishtar and Ashtaroth, for whom the Canaanite girls gave up their earrings and anklets and their own slender bodies, you were the dolorous Isis, and Aphrodite. A Pushcart at the Curb
To the night so bright does there not come a dolorous morrow?  The Night Side of London
To what dark and dolorous shades had he been conveyed?  About London
You know then how men leap into the air, stretching out their arms above the crowd in the hope of being seen; while the women dolorously slap the stomachs of their children and whimper. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
On another occasion it chanced to me to visit a penny gaff in that dark and dolorous region, the New Cut.  Here and There in London
The troubadours, devoted to their duchess, sang dolorous songs upon her captivity, and voiced their hatred of her jailer, Henry, in burning sirventes. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
She gave vent to a dolorous sigh that the merriment sparkling in her blue eyes denied. The Time Mirror
Then his solemn face would grow still more solemn, his voice of office would take on a pleasing melancholy, and he would 49 shake his grey head with dolorous realizations. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday
Priam, however, addresses his beautiful daughter-in-law with gentle words, laying the blame, not on her, but on the gods, for the dolorous war of the Ach�ans. Greek Women
I do not mean the Eastern Counties Railway Station, but the regions dark and dolorous lying beyond.  Here and There in London
Nor can any man have forgotten the dolorous stroke which Balin dealt my grandfather King Pellam, of which he is not yet healed, nor shall be till I heal him. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Envoy Prince, with a dolorous, ceaseless knell, Above their wasted toil and crime The waters of oblivion swell: Where are the cities of old time? English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
With my face covered, I listened to the words of the bright apparition, and now she addressed me once more in a dolorous voice, which pierced my very heart, 'Ali Tepelenti, behold me!' The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries
The Bishop had long ceased to acknowledge these dolorous reports; doubtless they contained nothing new to him. The Woodlands Orchids
The bedizened dame was crooning a chant, very dolorous,—like this: 'My old man has gone, gone, gone,— My old man to Tacoma has gone. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making
Long have I waited your coming, in pain and anguish, since Balin, the good knight, struck me the dolorous stroke. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
It is noticeable that this is the third "passion sérieuse" that M. Paul de Musset alludes to since the dolorous weeks which followed the return from Venice. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6.
She looked dolorously round and round, and tears stood in her eyes. Leonore Stubbs
Punk sighed dolorously and rested his head on his bowed arms. The Song of the Wolf
Curt Dawson, who stood with his arms folded and his loose length draped against the door-jamb, grinned at my dolorous face. The Portal of Dreams
He slew my brother Carados at the dolorous tower, and I have vowed that, if I should meet him, one of us shall make an end of the other. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur
I wish they would quit Interrupting our feast with their dolorous airs, Suggestive of climbing the heavenly stairs. Second Book of Verse
I suppose I can wait,” she added, dolorously. Almost a Woman
They sang alternate measures, not louder than the twittering of the awakened wood-lark before it goes up the dewy air, but dolorous and full of the desolation of death. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
Perhaps, because the Jesuit relations record such a terrible tale of martyrdom, one somehow or other associates those early Indian missions with religions of a dolorous cast. Through Our Unknown Southwest
I left him asleep under an apple-tree and rode alone on this dolorous venture. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur
For blood is upon the air, and they come with the patter of thousands of feet, singing their dolorous chorus with all the deep meaning of the savage primordial beast. In the Brooding Wild
"I feel I am behaving very badly to her," says Monica, dolorously. Rossmoyne
"I cannot find the sketch," he cried, dolorously. Under False Pretences A Novel
They were not dolorous emotions that found vent as we drove back down Arroyo Hondo to the Bridge. Through Our Unknown Southwest
Indeed, Russell seems to have been accompanied on his dolorous journey by all the Peelites and not a few of the Whigs. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854
Everything was grey and white in a cold and dolorous sort of shepherd’s plaid. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers
But the hood was not a hen, though it was tucked around them almost to the point of suffocation; and they filled the house with dolorous cries,—"yapping" it is called in the rural districts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
From the control cabin came the sound of dolorous curses emitted in many languages. Before Egypt
Adieu to thee, world of suffering and dolorous burdens! Legends & Romances of Brittany
Well, yes; no doubt her marriage has given her a sort of dolorous experience. A Country Gentleman and his Family
If the paper and its patrons care particularly for humorous stories, certain dolorous facts are omitted or placed in unimportant positions, and the readers have a fair but amusing view of the occurrence. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories
When asked about the patient’s health, she would dolorously shake her head, and declare that the poor gentleman was in a pitiful condition. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25)
Your messenger found me in bed, after a sore trouble and most dolorous night, and 259 so dolour may complain to dolour when we two meet.... The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25)
"I should just guess, yes," complained poor Nick, in a dolorous tone. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida
For a time the Eastern Counties Railway had a somewhat dolorous career.  East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations
By an odd chance I recalled my first experiences upon arrival at this same mean and dolorous station, more than twenty years previously. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography
She could not put this and that together with the dolorous skill which some women possess. Sir Tom
It was a dolorous whistling that increased to a shrill screeching, then died away sobbingly. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story
He drew forth a hymn book, gave out a verse, set a tune, and they all struck up the most dolorous of canticles. Shirley
The Mormons followed this national road when they trekked to the valley of Salt Lake in 1847––a dolorous path to many. Trail Tales
Consternation and dolorous surprise were depicted on the countenance of the kind and simple priest. Pepita Ximenez
When once we grew accustomed to the heat, how thankful we should be at having escaped the dreary insipidity of heaven, with its perpetual psalms, its dolorous trumpets, its gruesome elders, and its elderly beasts! Arrows of Freethought
He puckered up his deprecatory and comical lips as he imagined that that medal would purchase him the right to sigh dolorously in front of whatever stomacher it finally adorned. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court
More squeals from outside, varied by dolorous snores. Jan and Her Job
Ah, you do not know, unhappy child, that certain sacrifices impose on one gratitude as dolorous as remorse. A Romance of the West Indies
The poet of Mantua never led mortal to those dolorous regions. Dreamers of the Ghetto
“Lapland! oh! there is nothing like Lapland,” said a very dolorous voice in reply. The Rambles of a Rat
This was the "dolorous castle" into which Richard II. was inveigled at the beginning of his imprisonment, which ended with abdication, and finally his death at Pomfret. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
I mused, as Vibert, after some graceful swallow-like flights on the keyboard, finally played that most dolorously delicious of Chopin's nocturnes, the one in C sharp minor. Melomaniacs
The drums ceased beating, the cornets interrupted their dolorous bleating, and the bands were hushed. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
"Aye, from golden Croy am I wandered, drawn over dolorous seas and empty wild lands by the fame of loveliness waiting here; and now that I have seen you, my life is full." The Valor of Cappen Varra
I could but pity to hear him berate, In dolorous tones the decrees of Fate, That laid on his back its iron switch, While he cried, "If things was only sich." The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems
She was more submissive and dolorous than ever. The Trimming of Goosie
I hardly dared to ask the skipper who still sat at the table, with a most dolorous face, arranging the vials and gallipots. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
So that was the reason of that dolorous voice? Lover or Friend
It was the dolorous hour when the landlord of The Lucky Digger, obliged by relentless law, reluctantly turned into the street the topers and diggers who filled his bar. The Tale of Timber Town
In this triangular space, in the lee of shed and straw-rick, the cattle passed a dolorous winter. A Son of the Middle Border
Dolly had tears in her eyes almost, and her voice was very dolorous. The Trimming of Goosie
While they stood there, outside the prison, the "Miserere" was dolorously chanted. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
A squadron of horsemen next paraded the town on horses, ponies, and donkeys, with the marrow-bones and cleavers, and rung most dolorous music. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago
Hearing of our dismal quarters she came and took us to her home, where her exquisitely cooked food and clean beds redeemed in a measure our dolorous impressions of Salina. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III
Gershom, all things considered, is the most dolorous member of our home circle. The Prairie Child
Again they had detected him brushing himself behind the bushes, and dolorously looking at the obstinate stains upon his cotton clothes. The Golden House
If this is repeated, my studies of reed-life will be made dolorously difficult. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy
He speaks no doubt of that long and dolorous time of their captivity, in which they continually laboured for deliverance, but obtained it not before the complete end of seventy years. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Amzi stopped and pushed it back, causing the chain to rattle dolorously. Otherwise Phyllis
Dead-Horse Lake is really a slough, dolorously named because a near-by rancher once lost eight horses therein, the foolish animals wandering out on ice that was too thin to hold them up. The Prairie Child
Hammy sniffed dolorously, and two large tears splashed down. The Dop Doctor
"One of the men you read about," said Grahame, as the three looked at one another dolorously. The Art of Disappearing
This, no doubt, is the beginning of the dolorous complaint, in which he complains of the unjust tyranny that the poor afflicted Israelites sustained during the time of their captivity. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
In spite of herself her last words ended a little dolorously. Otherwise Phyllis
The Phoenix shouted, "A stitch in time saves nine!" and the echo dolorously answered, "A switch is fine for crime." David and the Phoenix
That good woman shook her head dolorously, as the flush died from her face. Making People Happy
"There's just a chance of doing something for Ledwith," he said dolorously. The Art of Disappearing
Now”—the boy’s lips curled dolorously—“does not that sound to you as though Mistress Judith were contemplating some change in her estate, as though she had already given her heart to some town gallant?” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
"No bread!" groaned the Mole dolorously; "no butter, no—" "No p�t� de foie gras, no champagne!" continued the Rat, grinning. The Wind in the Willows
You will behold many of these scenes of domestic distress about the ruins of Johnstown in these dolorous days. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
Three deputies, sent by the Assembly, met the dolorous procession half way, and took charge of the royal family. Lectures on the French Revolution
Oh, those negro cries! the cry of the crab-seller, the orange vendor, the man who sells “monkey meat” dolorous, long drawn out, lazy, you do not know the South till you have heard them. The Ghost Girl
The second guest in this most dolorous place was a Woman, and that Woman was my Grandmother, Arabella Greenville. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
Already the steam capstan was clanking dolorously as fathom after fathom of chain crept with seeming reluctance through the hawse-pipe. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War
A huge P. & O. liner, heavily laden with passengers and mails, she had to proceed cautiously, like some blind giant, emitting every two minutes a dolorous wail from her foghorns. To Love
This sea, the depth of which has never been sounded, evokes by its origin and its mysterious aspect, the dolorous image of death. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror
In a few moments the dolorous voices were left behind, and the cheerful light of the plain reasserted itself. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range
"Awful sorry I can't get up to the hotel to see you," says the note, dolorously, but by no means unexpectedly. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
As the patrol vessel approached, they sat up and raised dolorous cries of "Mercy, Englishmen!" The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War
Having all things else, he must still cry for this one other gift, and really he felt very dolorous. Vagabondia 1884
It was night, I repeat; there was a row of cabs in a dolorous rain. Old Junk
I was happy before I saw her; but the poetry of the wide world was unknown to me, nor had I had experience of the dolorous joys of love. Marguerite
Here the Australians led a dolorous existence, without even the distraction of shell fire or an adjacent enemy. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula
When twenty months later the Scots Guards again found themselves in Pretoria they too began dolorously to enquire, "Shall we ever see our wives and mothers, or our sisters and our brothers?" With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
Beaumanoir gave an extra wrench, and his victim howled most dolorously. A Son of the Immortals
Frank, sitting by my pillow, talked dolorously of how much he would miss us, and threatened to be taken prisoner before long in order to see us again. A Confederate Girl's Diary
A dolorous whistle chimed harmonies, and with regular sibilation came to time, quavering out the chromatic moments of this nasal hour. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
"If Judith would only get married," Mrs. Theodora Whitney was wont to sigh dolorously. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
In duty I intelligence you of this dolorous event, praying you not to think me guilty of sin without pardon. Rita
Can it be possible that he, in his dolorous prison, has taken account of the passing days and remembers that night—a year ago? Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine
One hopped through with a most dolorous expression of intense absorption in the arduous task. A Confederate Girl's Diary
Jack threw back his head to laugh at the dolorous tone of her confession, and then grew suddenly sober, staring into the fire, as if her remarks had started a very serious train of thoughts. Mary Ware's Promised Land
Eva was astonished at her; did she really like to listen to such dolorous stuff as that? Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century
Often the wind howled dolorously round the house while rain slashed furiously at the windows, and there were stealthy nights when snow wound a white muffler against the noises of the world. Moor Fires
I will, without farther ensuing so dolorous a theme, begin with something blither and better, thereby perchance affording a good argument for that which is to be related on the ensuing day. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
I repaired once to Mount Vernon, and looked dolorously at the tomb of the Pater Patris, and once to Annapolis, on the Chesapeake, which the war has elevated into a fine naval station. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
“Some were born for the court and the city,    And some for the village and cot; For it would be a dolorous ditty,    If we were born ‘equal in lot’. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
Presently, when the chickens came clucking, she went to mix their meal as usual, very pale and dolorous. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873
“So would I, provided I hadn’t lost an arm or a leg or been killed outright,” said Dickenson, in a dolorous tone. The Two Shipmates
How grievous, how dolorous was this to the young lady, who loved him more than her life, each one of you may conceive for herself. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
He merely said, dolorously: "Well, how the deuce can it be done?" "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891
The purity of the family, so lovely and dear as it is, has still only been secured hitherto by retaining a vast and dolorous host of female outcasts. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
But he whipped up at that moment, and the noise of the cart drowned the dolorous complaints. Barbara in Brittany
But no swans were there, only the greedy gulls that sought after wreckage, and the terns that cried very dolorously. A Book of Myths
Ah, dolorous bridal day, Would God I had been dead Or e'er I proved thee in such ill estate! The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
He will also make disturbances in Louisiana, claiming it on the dolorous cry of France for her lost children. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
A laugh at the dolorous asininity of life. Erik Dorn
No snow had fallen since we left Tombreck, and from that dolorous ruin almost to our present retreat was the patent track of our march. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
The organ protests in a long and dolorous note, and startles the musician from his reverie. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
We hear nothing here but 'Such an one is dead' or 'Such an one is at the point of death'; and were there any to make them, we should hear dolorous lamentations on all sides. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
The antiquity of these lines has been questioned, and it must be admitted that the strain is somewhat too dolorous for the times. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
He grasped her hand as she passed and with a dolorous grimace of his heart felt it unresponsive in his fingers. Erik Dorn
In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,— Would that its tone could reach the Rich! English Songs and Ballads
"The bird, the bird!" said he, turning and looking at the dolorous piper of the marsh. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
She found him one night, shortly before Christmas, sitting dolorously before his table covered with papers, while an unusual cloud overshadowed his face. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories
Oh, no," he asserted, emphasizing the ponderous sarcasm of his words with a dolorous shaking of the head, "he ain't no horse-thief. Prairie Flowers
The dormouse looked up, and gave a dolorous squeal of disappointment. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character
He did so dolorously enough, but Olive scarcely felt any pain. Olive A Novel
He stood stupefied, and so dolorous a spectacle that she could not but laugh. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
The two old peasants could speak no English, but went about their tasks day after day mute and dolorous. The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army
In a small settlement, some negroes were working in a frenzy around a mass of ruined cottages, from beneath which sounded dolorous cries. Plotting in Pirate Seas
He solaced himself somewhat by replying to her dolorously, hoping that she might perceive his heart was broken and be sorry. Hubert's Wife A Story for You
He coughed frequently and his smile, which resembled that of a bronze child, was really a dolorous grimace. Luna Benamor
Now for a long time Wilhelm paused in doubt, and the king and his retinue began to tremble and the poor swans dolorously flapped their wings and sighed more piteously. Second Book of Tales
It was all on account of the little shoe that had been placed on the mantel-piece that day, and had done nothing but sigh dolorously all the afternoon and evening. The Holy Cross and Other Tales
Her feet One highday of Saint Paraclete Were led along the dolorous street By stepping stones towards love and heaven And pauses of the soul twice seven. Ionica
The wedding-day was a day of great rejoicing, considerable solemnity, and not a little fun; for the religion of the Pitcairners, being drawn direct from the inspired Word, was the reverse of dolorous. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers
Maggot and his friend were alone in the house at the time, and their conversation had taken a dolorous turn, for many things had occurred of late to disturb the equanimity of the friends. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
Having flint and steel, they made a fire, and while thus engaged were serenaded by the distant and dolorous howls of a hyena and the inharmonious jabberings of a jackal. The Settler and the Savage
With the heavy and dolorous insistence of a muffled drum two thoughts were hammering at his brain: her helplessness: his honor. The Tyranny of Weakness
What more heartbreaking effect of weariness and eternity of effort could be produced in a single line than this, descriptive of the dolorous march of the fallen angels?-- Milton
"Can't we get ashore and off of this horrid floe, if we strike on the other shore?" asked Waring, a little dolorously. Adrift in the Ice-Fields
The "dolorous death and departing out of this world" in Lyonnesse and elsewhere corresponds to and completes the triumph of Sarras. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
I shall now draw the dolorous recital of what I have termed my epoch of despondency to a close. Rattlin the Reefer
"My faith! 'tis an odd and dolorous world at six o'clock in the morning," thought Count Victor; "I wish I were asleep in Cammercy and all well." Doom Castle
Miles would admire her more than ever; and oh, what a blouse, and I thought mine was quite nice!” sighed Betty dolorously. Betty Trevor
These dolorous spectres haunted him incessantly, as they haunted so many who had not the sovereign excuse of youth, and his rhetoric was perfectly sincere. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
The parent-birds were cooing dolorously upon the thatched roof, flying hither and thither. Brazilian Tales
The vast and ancient room echoed dolorously with the heart-broken supplication. Rattlin the Reefer
Then," continued the dolorous Cash, "you are too squeamish. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
Only four shillings to last out till the end of the quarter!” sighed Betty, dolorous again. Betty Trevor
There were sighs of comprehension, gasps of dolorous interest. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
They entered their cabin and, before the pallet of the dead child, the tears gushed from their eyes, while, on the roof above, the pigeons, who had returned, were cooing dolorously. Brazilian Tales
So he retraced his steps across the street with a dolorously cheerful whistle on his lips. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life
The day began and ended with family prayers of a particularly long-drawn-out and dolorous character. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble
She would have liked to feel that it was she who had carried her friend through them; who had nobly sustained her in the dolorous past. Marriage à la mode
For Susan, overwrought, Lost footing, and with one clear dolorous wail Fell headlong, only more so. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses
What the danger was I could not see, but it must have been dolorous from the headlong terror of their flight. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
When the doors of these restaurants are locked on a deserted room the exiles do not go decorously and dolorously home. Europe After 8:15
The jester, the black company and the penitents, together with the roysterers, form now the foreground, now the background, of action, which in itself is never without the dolorous sound of the death bell. Freedom, Truth and Beauty
At last, he placed it in his pocket and faced the dolorous high-jacker. The Cross-Cut
He felt that he would put himself at variance with the companions of the last glorious hour if he attended to the dictates of this dolorous duty. The Mermaid A Love Tale
He had a vague sensation as of some empty space, in which heavy blows perpetually resounded followed by dolorous echoes. The Child of Pleasure
All merrymaking is shot through with youth, no matter how dolorous the joy or how expensive the indulgence. Europe After 8:15
The boat was soon under way, and gradually our cargo of mental apprehensions settled into the usual dolorous physical suffering of landsmen in rough water. Recollections of Europe
We shall easily obtain them spite of yonder dolorous knight, and the maiden also will fall into our power.”  The Mabinogion Vol. 2
Now and then he straightened up, flapped his wings and squalled dolorously. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
History presents to us no more dolorous figure of physical and social failure, nor a more radiant example of moral success. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
Now she had set out on this dreary and dolorous path there could be no rest for her until she reached the end. Cobwebs and Cables
We to the place have come, where I have told thee Thou shalt behold the people dolorous Who have foregone the good of intellect.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
Jubal Clenk, so readily cast down, meditated dolorously, as he sat still in the boat, on this signal omission in the chain of evidence. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
They began to moan and low to the rising wind, and cluster under the trees, that sent forth with their wailing branches sounds scarcely less dolorous and wild. Henrietta Temple A Love Story
There was a sound of voices in the distance chanting dolorously. The Eternal City
Nothing is more dolorous than a people forced "to rejoice" by an army of occupation. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle
He howled most dolorously during his transit through mid-air, but was happily quieted by another sharp rap on the head resulting from his inability to climb over the obstructing rock. The Stowaway Girl
The burial was accomplished as best might be, and the dolorous incident seemed at an end. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
The unanimity of this dolorous admission would seem to be a sad commentary on the fraternity of voice teachers; but here enters the element of humor. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing
Thus it happened that when the prince went as usual to visit his beloved, he found the cottage empty, and no living thing in sight but a raven, which croaked dolorously from a neighboring tree. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3
As Johnson said to Boswell, "This is a dolorous place." The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
The Undine of olden days, I read, By the love of a soul from her trammels was freed: Knows there another such dolorous need? Primavera Poems by Four Authors
Shelby pocketed the sum which he thought would meet his travelling expenses and listened to his friend's rather dolorous words of encouragement. The Henchman
In opposition to its dolorous gloom and repulsive inanity are vividly pictured the glad light of day, the glory and happiness of life. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Nowhere here are we conscious of the dolorous reverie of the medieval north; it is the fête of a young nation which is awakening, and, in the gladness of its recent prosperity, honoring its gods. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two
In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"
Hence, though accented, they may, on occasion, be considered and used as short; as, on the same principle, dolorous stratagem echoeth family, usually dactyls, may, on occasion, become tribrachs. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus
We come now to the dolorous moment of the fall in July, 1902. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One)
Every object should seem an altar drenched with sacrificial blood, every sound a knell laden with dolorous omen, every look a propitiatory confession, every breath a pleading prayer. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Rupert Brooke was a pawn in the dark and dolorous flight from Antwerp. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
In poverty, hunger and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch— Would that its tone could reach the rich!— Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"
Right into the stillness there broke again a distinct, prolonged, dolorous— "Mi-aow-aow!" Gypsy's Cousin Joy
"So this is what I've come to!" he muttered as he buried the poor brute, while the tears fell from his eyes and the other dog whined dolorously beside him—"broken hearted over—a mongrel!" The Place Beyond the Winds
See, 'tis done; The discord perfect in the dolorous fray, And War with all its miseries begun. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
David cast himself down from the fence-post of deception and was off for the house, his arm before his eyes, and his new shoes creaking dolorously. A Melody in Silver
"I suppose I shall have a flood of French poured over me," she thought dolorously; but there was clearly no help. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel
That's very easily said," she answered dolorously "but I do think it's not right," she added with energy, the hot colour rushing into her cheeks, "to speak about one so. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel
"There's nothing pleasant to me, in this wicked world," said Miss Pryor, dolorously. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland
The foemen, flushed with conquest, far and near In hot pursuit, and sweeping on amain, And all the city now aghast with fear:— 1000 Such was the dolorous tale that filled the warrior's ear. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
Had Miss Willetts, or I should say, Mademoiselle Duclos, been the one to let out that dolorous cry, the man just behind the partition would have been there almost in time to see her fall. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
To his right, a group of white-clad officers chatted over a languid game of cards; at his left, a forlorn man sang dolorously to himself. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908
He had loved secretly, dolorously and indifferently, just as was characteristic of him in everything. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
The dismal announcement of 'no effects,' first breathed in dolorous confidence at the bedsides of the sick, soon takes wind. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852
"And, after all to lose it," said Lord Strathern, in a mocking, dolorous tone. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters
Of these affections, with the wonderful dolorous effects following upon them, not only old written stories, but beside that experience, I think, in every country, Christian and heathen both, giveth us proof enough. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
The same bell which tolls dolorously at a burial clangs in company with its fellows at a marriage on the next day. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars
P: And that My doom is the dolorous doom. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
The bushrangers cowered back into the shadow as a party of three young men riding tired horses ambled slowly by, singing dolorously and brandishing bottles. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy
The organ in deep-toned thunders, and notes of liquid music, wailed forth the dolorous harmony of Stabat Mater, while voices of surpassing sweetness sung the words. May Brooke
Joffre's vaunted plan that had inspired us through the dolorous startled days of retirement was, it appeared, a fact, and not one of those bright fancies that the Staff invents for our tactical delectation. Adventures of a Despatch Rider
We are singing this dolorous ditty    As we part at the foot of the stairs; We cannot but think it’s a pity,    But what matter? there’s nobody cares. The Scarlet Gown being verses by a St. Andrews Man
In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation
He dropped his eyes and his mouth drooped dolorously. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
May took off her bonnet and scarf, and knelt down to say the dolorous mysteries of the rosary. May Brooke
A dolorous, patriarchal procession of old men with white beards leading their asthmatic horses that drew huge country carts piled with clothes, furniture, food, and pets. Adventures of a Despatch Rider
"He won't let me drink in my own room," he wailed dolorously. The Plastic Age
Before us the Atlantic rolls to the verge of the "tideless, dolorous inland sea." Morocco
His gurgle wavered dolorously and rose into a howl. The Voice of the People
The last act opens with a dolorous phrase derived from the variant of the Mélisande theme noted on page 82 of the piano score. Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score
Some prefer the shriek of shrapnel to the dolorous wail and deep thunderous crash of high explosive. Adventures of a Despatch Rider
As my father was taking me to my dressing-room Laporte ran after us, to be introduced to me, to whom I wished success very dolorously from the midst of my tears. Records of a Girlhood
For a can of ale calms, A highwayman's qualms, And makes him sing blithely his dolorous psalms And nothing the transit to Tyburn beguiles So well as a draught from the Bowl of Saint Giles! Jack Sheppard A Romance
Aunt Agatha groaned and rocking dolorously back and forth upon the porch reviewed the calamitous possibilities of the journey. Diane of the Green Van
I asked him how many intrigues he has had, and he replied, with a dolorous face, only half a dozen yet. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
Claude had listened with his dolorous expression, and he now made a gesture of indifference tinged with bitterness. His Masterpiece
Starling, as though suddenly mindful of the conventions, assumed a grimly dolorous aspect. The Lighted Way
"You're going straight to perdition!" observed the dolorous one; and the light went out of that boy's life for a time. Side Lights
All comedy is tragedy, and at its merriest is but dolorous stuff. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
And there might have pealed out to a nation, and to God, the dolorous cry of a hundred thousand ruined girls! The Day of the Beast
He worked from force of habit, but finished nothing; he himself saying, with a dolorous laugh, that he had lost himself, and was trying to find himself again. His Masterpiece
In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt." The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
"Ah, Knight," said Merlin to Balin, "swift to strike and swift to repent, beware, or thou shalt strike the most dolorous blow dealt by man; for thou shalt slay thine own brother." Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion
She did not see Mrs. Vanderpool arriving from New Orleans; but Mrs. Vanderpool saw her, and looked curiously at the tall, tragic figure that leaned so dolorously beside the freight car. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel
And, once the heart is enmeshed in the golden filaments, it is a most dolorous work to disentangle it. Pearl of Pearl Island
"Lots of girls," Jenny reluctantly suggested, shaking a dolorous head at the ghost of a faded vanity. Nocturne
In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch— Would that its tone could reach the Rich!— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
There the weariness of their dolorous ascent is no more; there is the plenitude of tranquil joy, the peace of man made one with God. The Cathedral
The words were hardly out of his mouth, before the purple bird flew away, crying, “Peep, peep, pe—weep,” more dolorously than ever. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10)
Mr. Roy looked out of the window at it with a slightly dolorous air. The Laurel Bush
A brother of dolorous whine was engaged in prayer, when poodle evidently thought that the time for response had come, and gave a loud yawn that had no tendency to solemnize the occasion. Around The Tea-Table
Sad news of lamentation and of pain, Dear sisters, hath my voice to bear to you: I scarcely dare to raise the dolorous strain. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
"It was pitiful!" repeated Montgomery, shaking his great head dolorously. The Just and the Unjust
Alas! our most doughty seigneur, thus dolorous death shows what is to be expected by all mortals. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
He gives that Quest as plentifully because it leads up to the "dolorous death and departing out of this world of them all." The English Novel
A shudder crept through me as I recollected how she travelled that dolorous road, slowly, day by day, down to the grave. The Doctor's Dilemma
Then let me here give o'er my amorous song; The fountains of old inspiration fail, And nought but woe my dolorous chords prolong. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
It likes me not, a day of presage high With dolorous tongue to stain. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
The Farne Islands were purple-black in a chill grey sea, and the waves that beat on the rocks beneath the castle seemed to have a more dolorous moan than common when next evening came. Stories of the Border Marches
The boy, too much afraid to speak, fell on his knees imploring for mercy, "both by holding up his hands and making dolorous countenance, for his speech was gone from fear." From John O'Groats to Land's End
To dance and sing was all she lived for, and Lothair must needs bring in the skeleton, as you did, by reminding her of the dolorous time when she would neither dance nor sing. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873
These phrases, like a desolate refrain, recur again and again, at the end of every deposition: 'They were seen complaining dolorously,' 'Exceedingly they did lament.' Là-bas
Back in the dawn of this beautiful sphere, on it—    Land of the dolorous, desolate face— Beamed the blue day; and the beautiful year on it    Fostered the leaf and the blossom of grace. Reviews
And meanwhile what new and dolorous truths had Lady Kitty been learning as to her mother's history and her mother's position? The Marriage of William Ashe
Yet MacDowell was a Celt, and his music is deeply Celtic—mercurial, by turns dolorous and sportive, darkly tragical and exquisitely blithe, and overflowing with the unpredictable and inexplicable magic of the Celtic imagination. Edward MacDowell
The singing-girls, monotonously chanting the same dolorous and drowsy tunes, with imitation guitar accompaniment on the s��b were also wont to wound the drowsy ear of night for the diversion of the guests. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873
She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him. Là-bas
Carlisle looked surprised, but mamma's look under the veil was roguishly dolorous, in reference to the recent farewell. V. V.'s Eyes
And with a din they rushed in a body to the gates; and quickly the city was filled with loud cries at the turning of the dolorous fight. The Argonautica
Such a depth of sympathy and dreamy dolorous reverie was new to France, but Rousseau had broken the ice, and henceforward feeling flowed freely. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Another crouched by the fire and gazed dolorously upon it with dreary tear-filled eyes, and swollen, reddened eyelids. The Frontiersmen
The expression of supplication must have remained unchanged, for she responded to their imploration by a long kiss which closed them, then came down to his lips, drinking their dolorous emotion. Là-bas
The beach was strewn with scoria and cinders; in dolorous soughs, a chill wind blew; wails issued from the caves; and yellow, spooming surges, lashed the moaning strand. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II
The Yankee's dolorous countenance almost made me smile. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
For example, in the breath of wind, which 'with a thousand dark and dolorous notes seems to dissolve one's quiet grief into one deep melodious sigh of all Nature.' The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Seeing Helene's glance turn towards the stewpan, she coughed, and once more put on her dolorous expression. A Love Episode
He forgot his reasonings and his fears, and took acute pleasure in penetrating the mystery of these eyes and studying the vague smile of this dolorous mouth. Là-bas
The star made schedule trips between the altar and the loft, running over our heads with a dolorous rattle. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines
What is our conclusion then? plainly that the dolorous overthrow of the fairy divan is no better than an invention—the device of an esthetical artist. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
Take your sobbing, sniveling, trembling, dolorous, sanctimonious voice down into some dismal swamp and bury it. Supreme Personality
A melancholy group they were, sallow-faced, long-visaged and dolorous, partly from the effects of a long course of study and partly from their present trepidation. The Firm of Girdlestone
It is dolorous for young people to spend the three or four hours of a winter's evening with parents who sit talking over their own ailments and misfortunes, and the nothingness of this world. The Abominations of Modern Society
And in no long time, as the just and mighty God decrees, she rises even as if she had not died, and recommences her dolorous flight, I and the dogs pursuing her. The Decameron, Volume II
They never smiled and they wore austere bombazines that rustled and squeaked dolorously. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
The sacred calm and later passion have yielded to a dolorous plaint, like the dirge of the Magyar plains. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
On his left he could hear the distressing sounds of Dunshie's dolorous progress; but these were growing fainter. The First Hundred Thousand
Holding this purpose, he was impolitic in sending very dolorous dispatches on July 4 and 7, intimating doubts as to his power to maintain successfully even the defensive. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II
Madam," quoth he with a most dolorous mien, "so I value my life, I must needs do my lord's bidding. The Decameron, Volume II
For the dolorous stroke thou gavest King Pelles, three countries are destroyed, and doubt not but revenge will fall on thee at last!” The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
The piercing cries, that assailed the ears of Telemachus, at his entrance into the infernal regions, were not more dolorous or fearful. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa
A half-awakened subaltern, who breakfasted at the grisly hour of a quarter-to-six, takes command, and the dolorous procession disappears into the gloom. The First Hundred Thousand
Thinking that I was in full sympathy with his own feeling at the dolorous prospect before his eyes, I said, in accosting him, that it was bad weather for the farmers. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style
The coffin, indeed, was not less rude, but the dead man was covered with a handsome shawl, and four “mourning women” followed the body, raising a most dolorous howl from time to time.  A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
As you have travelled so far along this dolorous way, take courage and travel a little farther. Deadham Hard
All was quiet in the great cellar; only here and there an area window rattled dolorously. The House of a Thousand Candles
The Cockney private, with the air of a deeply-wronged man, sulkily led on, followed by the dolorous procession. The First Hundred Thousand
At last the slow dawn came and sent a faint, faint radiance through the door, enabling the benighted eyes within to discover one dolorous object after another. Overland
"I cannot read in a train," reply I, dolorously, "it makes me sick!" Nancy
"Miss Damaris went out before the rest," Mrs. Cooper broke forth in dolorous widowed accents. Deadham Hard
A period of dolorous bellowing was followed by an outburst of homicidal mania, during which "A" Company prudently barricaded itself into the barn, the sufferer having taken entire possession of the farmyard. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand
Presently they discovered, and descended into, another trench—all but the man with the tripod, who descended into it before he discovered it—and proceeded upon their dolorous way. The First Hundred Thousand
If Mr. Ormond and Captain Butler must tickle sword-points one day, that is no cause for dolorous looks or hot words--no! The Maid-At-Arms
"By the tideless dolorous inland sea, In a land of sand, of ruin, and gold." Confessions of a Young Man
To-day, however, her countenance wore an expression of tempered woe, and her voice was only moderately dolorous, for the trouble which she was about to lament was a vicarious one. North, South and over the Sea
Everything connected with death was then rendered inexpressibly dolorous. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
Once, twice; two dolorous notes that beat on the still house and died. The Three Sisters
The refrain of "Here lie the Remains" haunted me like a dolorous song. The Three Brontës
The fear that he might get away made her pull herself together with dolorous groans and this movement accelerated the flow of blood…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
He went out obediently, and presently his voice was heard dolorously "chuck-chucking" to the hens. North, South and over the Sea
Her sunken eyes, misty with tears, were fixed upon the Virgin with a dolorous expression of supplication. The Torrent Entre Naranjos
They kept us awake more than half the night, by singing and howling in the most dolorous manner, with the accompaniment of slapping their hands violently on their bare breasts. Views a-foot
His lips were very wide, and, being turned downward at the corners, they gave him a dolorous expression. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6
Ulysses admired himself as though he were an entirely new personality, happy and triumphant, completely separated from that other creature by dolorous periods of humiliations and failures that he did not wish to recall. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
My lady says what it pleases her to say," replied the dolorous knight, "and my denials are lighter than her word. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
An Epitaph, written by himself, in the agony and dolorous paines of the gout and dyed soon after. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains
Beggars were seated at regular distances along the road, uttering the most dolorous whinings. Views a-foot
For of a truth, what fortune does or does not do is of slight importance, seeing how scurvy and how dolorous she is. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
This right recalled with childish obstinacy made Freya smile dolorously. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
He broke into dolorous song and turned back into the cookhouse. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
These called out greetings to each other, and exchanged dolorous mutual condolences on their hard fate; all showing, with a helpless masculine naïveté, their consciousness of the lovely, observant figure in the carriage below them. The Bent Twig
His nickname was derived from the most dolorous face between Eldara and Twin Rivers. Trailin'!
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn, Who wished he had never been born; So he sat on a chair, Till he died of despair, That dolorous Man of Cape Horn. The Book of Nonsense
He thought sadly of lost love, but at the same time he thought with dolorous suspense of what might greet him when reentering his home. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
But there was dolorous fact behind it: Adams had succumbed. Alice Adams
From this prison here of horror, whence I every hour tend nearer and nearer to destruction, I send you, Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, the assurance of my dolorous and unhappy service. A Tale of Two Cities
You know then how the men leap into the air, stretching out their arms above the crowd in the hope of being seen, while the women dolorously slap the stomachs of their children and whimper. American Notes
The words were hardly out of his mouth, before the purple bird flew away, crying, "Peep, peep, pe—weep," more dolorously than ever. Tanglewood Tales
“Far from it,” confessed the other, with a reluctance which seemed to twist his mouth dolorously The Secret Agent a Simple Tale
Back in the dawn of this beautiful sphere, on it— Land of the dolorous, desolate face— Beamed the blue day; and the bountiful year on it Fostered the leaf and the blossom of grace. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens
The poor flighty gentleman looked quite dolorous, at the very recollection of the staking. The Voyage of the Beagle
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