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“I would fain ask the reader,” Carey demanded, “is this the language of an enemy? Does this deserve railing or reproach? Is it honorable for Jones and Allen to repay evil for good?” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
I would fain exercise some better faculty than that of fierce speaking; fain find nourishment for some less fiendish feeling than that of sombre indignation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
I would fain at the moment have become bee or lizard, that I might have found fitting nutriment, permanent shelter here. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
But there are many Smatterers and ignorant Fellows, that would fain reconcile the ancient Writers, and excuse these lyes; not seeing what damage they bring to the Common-wealth of Learning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
My Spring is gone, however, but it has left me that French floweret on my hands, which, in some moods, I would fain be rid of. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Ah, good my lords, what a nose is his! When one sees it, one is fain to cry aloud, ‘Nay! ’tis too much!’” Review: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ Now Noseless and Drunk on Words 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z
‘I will,’ said he, ‘finish my business in Sogn and Hordaland, for I would fain in the summer take my ship out to Iceland.’ The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers. If you’ve loved and lost a pet, you’ll get these tales of readers’ grief 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Now, a century later, Nicaragua is about to get one too, paid for and controlled by the power that would fain step into America’s imperial boots – China. How a US president and JP Morgan made Panama: and turned it into a tax haven 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z
In connection with this subject I give here a series of grotesques, with the view of illustrating my meaning, and I would fain give more, but space will not permit me to do so. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z
Caleb Lloyd, a 20-year-old Reds fain in left field, caught two of the three homers in the fourth inning, one off a carom. Leake homers, Reds hit 4 in 4-1 win over Braves 2012-05-22T03:59:09Z
Visits from their peaceful friends they welcomed; the sojourn of great folk they bore; but they would fain have passed their days undisturbed by war’s alarms and by the assault and battery of private feuds. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
The song required her attention; and though she would fain have played the symphony over again, she was afraid her father would remark it, and went on to sing the last two stanzas. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z
Humph!" said the stranger, in a tone not quite satisfied; "it must be so, if better cannot be found; and yet, my friend, I would fain find some other lodging. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
You would fain give me your son, so that I feed and clothe him; and I should have to let you take mine to be killed by you! The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z
I would fain hear what a young and unpractised tongue would say. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
I would fain be free of them and let them get another confessor.” Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
I would fain have taken the paper, but he would not let me, saying, that he was bound to keep it; and then he went on, and read the contents. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z
I hear matters regarding you, Sir Simeon of Roydon, that please me not; and I would fain hear from your own lips, what explanation you can give. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
It would also fain know how nature looks through other windows. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z
I would fain speak a word or two with you on business. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
And if I must become a nun, Let me but find a page, And if he is fain to cure my pain His pain I will assuage. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
There was soul, there was thought, there was feeling, in the whole look; and Digby would fain have paused to see those features animated in conversation. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z
Yet I would fain not have you lose bright days with me in foreign lands. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
We halted for an hour at Delft, the pikemen refreshing themselves by taking enormous quantities of ale, while we were fain to be content with a loaf of bread, cheese, and a pitcher of water. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z
I have marked his gallant conduct as a soldier, and his upright and noble demeanour as a French gentleman, and I would fain save him from the destruction to which obstinacy may lead him. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
All unwillingly say I vespers and compline; more fain were I to lead a happy life of gaiety and love. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
While we be ashamed of gentleness to bow to a prince, we be fain to please people most base. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z
I have told it simply and without disguise; but yet I would fain plead for this man's life. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
See Christmas is upon us and the world around us living, Seeks us and asks the pretty gifts it soon would fain be giving. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z
There is, indeed, one that I would fain ask for; but as you have been with the Count de Morseiul, probably you do not know him. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
The youngest was a lord’s son, and fain would have wed me, young as he was. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
The Puritans would fain have used the incident to blacken the Prince's character; but Fiennes himself generously acquitted his conqueror of all blame. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
"I would fain know, for she must be in peril, if left behind." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
I would fain have your confidence, Charles, but I will not wring it from you. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z
These are the peaceable and obedient subjects, which the advocates of the Huguenots would fain persuade me that they are. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
The bell I am ringing, The psalter am singing, And from my bed creeping Who fain would be sleeping, Misery me! Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
"The paper, which was not an order, but would fain have disputed itself into authority, was so ill-received that I am afraid my work of reconciliation is at an end." Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
The minstrel girl coloured, but answered nothing; and Mary went on, saying, "But you must tell me his name, Ella; I would fain know who is this noble gentleman." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
I don't know that," answered Villequier; "I would fain detach that youth, also, from the Guises. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z
"I do promise you, from my heart, and I would fain persuade you even now to consider----" But the Count waved his hand and rode on. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
Your pardon, my Lord," replied Charles of Montsoreau--"but I would fain serve you at the head of my own people. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z
The young King was so indignant that he would fain have gone on board Rupert's vessel to fight with Blake in person. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
How, my fair Mary, you would fain go visit Henry, too! Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
I would fain have set you free two nights ago by any means in my power, if meddling fools on the one side, and cowardly fools on the other, had not frustrated my plan. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z
I would fain have it a day later: I would fain procrastinate even by a day. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
At length the clattering of horses' feet was heard below, and fain would she have looked forth from the window to ascertain which of the two brothers it was that had returned. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z
The peremptory commands of King Charles procured Rupert's submission to this condition, which he would fain have disputed. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
"I would fain see how all is stowed before we sail." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
Of the love of my brothers though still I was fain, Made mad by thy will, I but cursed them again. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
"But he has strangely altered his tone; for at Poitiers he would fain have proved me guilty all sorts of acts that I never committed." The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
Lot would fain have been as hospitable as Abraham. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z
He is very temperate, of a grave and settled disposition, but would very fain be in action, which, with God's blessing, and his own endeavours will render him a brave man... Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
"It must not be long," she replied, coldly; "for I have dipped my feet in the dew, and would fain dry them." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
The price of martyrdom fain would I pay. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
Your bare house, your homely furnishings, your poor dress, your simple fare distress you, and you would fain be in a higher worldly sphere, enjoying more consideration, and participating more freely in worldly enjoyments. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
His purposes we would fain believe to be the idle fancies of a dreamer which He Himself does not expect us to pay much heed to. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z
But if Rupert understood "the law of arms" as the peaceful English citizens did not, both he and his officers respected its limits, and fain would have checked the excesses of their men. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
I would fain find her--speak with her; but I am discomposed to-night. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
Your forgiveness now craving, I fain would atone. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
There are some good parents whose sons have made themselves vile, and they would fain have restrained them but their efforts to restrain have been in vain. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
I have a great deal that lies heavy at my heart; and I would fain hear some words of comfort before I die. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
True, Rupert would fain have sailed in a separate ship, but, it being represented that this might cause confusion in orders, he yielded to the argument. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
My father would fain have you swell your company to fifty archers, taught and disciplined by your own men. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
I would fain sleep, even as other men sleep. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
Pray for thy poor father, who would fain give thee the blessing of the elder as of the younger son—Jacob's portion and Esau's also. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
I would fain have persuaded him that it was a wild scheme; but he was a soldier, gentlemen, and accustomed to contemn all dangers. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
Jermyn, who was still Rupert's friend, expected shortly to quit Oxford with the Queen, and would fain have reconciled the Prince to Digby before his departure. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
Give her time—on grass and sky Let her gaze, if she be fain: As they looked, ere he drew nigh They will never look again! The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z
I fear you will deny me, will laugh at me, for what I would fain say will sound like nonsense in your ears. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
As long as they lasted, they are indeed sufficient; but we would have fain followed her into the silence of those last years, and have seen the soul gradually passing to its rest. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
I would fain receive your forgiveness from your own lips. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
Thy kindred, dear, I wooed not them, Such wealth I'd fain resign; Since I have won the brightest gem I covet not the mine. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z
His excuse was that the terrible character of his men compelled him to act as he did; and the duke admitted the exculpation, being fain to overlook outrages which he could neither prevent nor punish.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z
The walls of Jerusalem stand up in my heart, and would fain still stand; the land of Israel blossoms in my soul, and my hope is to safeguard it. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
I would fain believe it were so," said the countess, thoughtfully; "but my Lord Arundel and my Lady Lumley hold not, I fear, the same opinion. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
Though I would fain have prevented an exertion which might injure him, I loved him for his obstinacy, Manners. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
But when I broke its silence, fain To call an echo back again Of some old-fashioned, tender strain, Played once by player long since dead— I found my dream of music fled! Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z
I would fain hope that I have said nothing by which your delicacy can be in the least hurt. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z
Where they ploughed with naked limbs, you would fain harvest pride. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
In the fourth edition of Cave's "Apostolici," there is a portrait that we would fain vouch to be genuine. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
De Vaux would fain have detained her, pleading that he had had no opportunity of conversing with her alone since his return, and urging all those little arguments which we leave to imagination. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
"The book will hereafter be a sine qua non for English and American visitors to Florence, whose numbers, we are fain to think, it will also tend very considerably to increase." Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z
And she looked up at me with her hands still clasped before her, as if she were fain to return to her prayers, and waited only for me to go. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z
One thing only do I ask, that I may enter his tabernacle, for I would fain set eyes on him who hath proved mightier than I.” Thus spake Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
But virtue and learning are properties which no man can steal from another; and I would fain see thee endowed with a goodly store of both. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
But are you going to tell me no more?" demanded Colonel Manners: "I would fain have you come a little more to particulars, my good friend. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z
Master Lindstrom would fain have stayed with me constantly to the end, but having the matter I have mentioned much in my mind, I begged him to go and get me writing materials. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
I caught Doury's eye--which would fain have escaped mine--and read it there. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z
Ahab That is what I would fain tell you. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
But one word I would fain say to thee before I die. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
In the one and the other she felt a restlessness and a disturbance which she was fain to set down to yesterday's alarm. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
You would fain, I expect, stay here and woo Mistress Petronilla? The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
Then I saw that they too were excited, though they would fain hide it. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z
Baruch I would fain go with you, would fain do what you are doing, for it is borne in on me that you are beginning a great work. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
I must be throwing a ball for hours, or learning a stage-part, when I would fain speak of the weighty matters which be on hand, such as I have told you of. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
But between the planning and the doing there were passages which she would fain have shunned, fain have omitted, had it been possible; and this was one of them. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
I hated this parade of doing honor to him, and would fain have hidden at home with Petronilla, my cousin, Sir Anthony's daughter, and awaited our guest there. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
We are fain to believe that M. Babinet himself has little doubt about his "impossibility." Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z
You would fain come to an end, but you cannot even see an opening; only here and there an uncertain glimmer, which vanishes when you approach it more nearly. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z
Death comes to me as a compassionate angel, and I fain would have thee welcome with me the kindly messenger who brings so great relief to the poor heart thou hast so long cherished. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
That which money cannot buy and the wisest would fain wear? The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
"If there had been blows, I would fain have been here to strike one." The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
She turned a troubled glance towards her unwonted visitant, but her voice was spell-bound; the questions she fain would have uttered died upon her lips. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
Within that little circle I would fain be an absolute monarch. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z
Ulysses, ever wily, replied that his name was No man, that he and his companions were shipwrecked mariners, and that they would fain receive his hospitality. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
It always gives one's soul a glow of pride to see the well-known seat, and one is fain tempted to ride up to the old comrade and grasp him by the hand. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z
"You would fain stand on your own feet?" he cried to me. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
I fain would gain the boon I ask. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
I would fain see the face of him who, having dipped his hand in the same dish with the Son of Man, could afterwards betray him. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z
With a gentle reproof to the queen for her untimely interference, Ceres explained what she fain would have done, and vanished, to continue her wanderings in other lands. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
It must fain be left to the wisest heads, and perhaps better to time, to bring daylight from this darkness. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z
For I too would fain follow on to find and worship him. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z
I fain would gain the boon I ask, Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
Those who mercifully give of their own, and those who would fain seize what belongs to others. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z
All the questions they fain would ask were fully answered, and no room remained for conjecture. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
He believed that the rector was enjoying what he had no right to enjoy, but still he would fain have had no distinct part in depriving him of it. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z
We would fain have lingered amid the oranges and palms of Sóller, but time was flying and we had much to see elsewhere. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z
I would fain have kept from you the dreams that have broken the peaceful charm of the forest, and set you wandering. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
Susan would fain have staid by her darling one; but she had many calls upon her time and thoughts, and her will had now, as ever, to be given up to that of others. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
These potentates some of the Asian Christians were fain to worship. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
He knew what loyalty was, and would fain have been loyal in big things at least. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z
The men fell silent, as men are fain to do when a slim goddess, arrayed in black velvet, appears to them, silhouetted against a richly glowing window. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z
In the midst of his new-found wealth he was fain to remember, with a feeling akin to pain, that this proud castle and all its appurtenances was the heritage of his wife and her father. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
The Pope will be fain to permit more in Genoa or Turin than the eating of eggs during Lent—to permit a canvassing of Papal authority fatal to its existence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
When we are fain to pull down every building of God that does not square with our own ecclesiastical plans, we do not apprehend “what is the breadth!” The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
Hallo!" he said, calling so loudly that the doctor, who had turned away and would fain have retreated, could not decently escape, "you are the very man I wanted to see! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z
Let her know that she has won the heart that should be mine, and--which will be sweetest of all to her--that I would fain have won it myself and could not! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z
It faced the stream: its tail lashed its flanks, to the annoyance of countless flies which would fain have found a temporary lodgment in its sleek and glossy coat. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z
Will, thy mother is fain to go live in Manchester, and covets to let the farm. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
Is there to be, as we fain would hope, no single exception to the “all things”—no wanderer lost, no exile finally shut out from the Holy City and the tree of life? The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
Mr. Bishop would fain have answered fittingly, and to that end sought words. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
But in the end he gave way and went; and was scarcely out of hearing before she was sorry that she had sent him, and would fain, had it been possible, have recalled him. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z
"Behind my head, no single lock of hair Invites the hand, that fain would it grasp there; But he, who lets me pass, to seize me may despair." Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z
Oh, Samuel!" said she, her eyes swimming in tears, "I'm just fain to go and live in Manchester. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
It is the Christ of the Church and the ages—known and accepted for all this—that St Paul would fain have dwelling in the heart of each of his Gentile disciples. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
He would fain have avenged himself on Bess, but for reasons to be stated, he could not enjoy this satisfaction. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
The women shivering in the darkness about her would fain have struck a light and drawn her back into the room, for they felt safer there. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
A little hour indeed! and I would fain Its moments spend in what is worth its pain. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
We are fain to believe that the "rest of his story" is very well known in the wide world. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
They are like a quack, who would fain have us believe we are ill, in order to sell us his pills. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z
The chaplain would fain have done so; more out of a generous pity for the unfortunate girl than out of any lingering hope of ingratiating himself with her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
Love had been taken from her life; the pride which would fain answer generosity with generosity--that must go, too! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
Thy providence is so wholesomely good, I would fain be completely at home in it. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
Our men became so faint that they could not stand at the helm, but were fain to sit. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z
His enemies would fain persuade us that such exuberance of wit implies a want of information; but they only succeed in showing that a want of wit by no means implies an exuberance of information.” Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z
"And yet," he said, with a gleam of appeal in his eyes, "I would fain hope to make myself acceptable." Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
Tignonville would fain have questioned, but he shrank from the venture. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
There are those who want to get away from all their past; who if they could, would fain begin all over again. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
"I go to seek them now and would fain say good-by." Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z
It is Beethoven who made it vanish before me, and of whom I would fain speak to you. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z
And though she would fain have asked him his business and challenged his intrusion she could not find a word. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
I am no Judith, and no madwoman as you are fain to make me. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
We do not propose here to defend the Inquisition: neither shall we attempt to disprove the charge, which Mr. Justice Keogh would fain convey, that the Catholic Church is the enemy of scientific truth. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:19.393Z
Revere was brave; he fain would not die without a struggle for his life. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z
In patience I must fain abide In these vast vistas of vulgarity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z
He would fain have bidden the postboys hasten, but he was ashamed to give the order before her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
She would fain have left it ajar, that in case of need she might escape the more easily. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
"The free man will take his free laugh over those who are fain to be reckoned in the list with Lycurgus and Solon." The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z
And by degrees that which neither of the men wished, which both of them would fain have avoided, was brought about. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z
Does he think a poor fellow must fain be a rogue Because, born in Erin, he speaks with a brogue? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z
She would fain have kept it longer, but there were reasons against that. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
Only when Tavannes seemed to ponder on his message, and to be fain to delay, "Go on," he muttered with brutal frankness; "your time is up!" Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
He was so hungry at midday that he was reduced to collecting slugs from the trees, a fare he would fain have avoided. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z
When she stops, fain to be persuaded, Revere entreats her to continue, he begs for more. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z
I had my own things to see to a little, and would fain have finished the set of shirts I had begun for father. Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z
They borrow what they fain would own, since their doing so would increase, not lessen, the joy and prosperity of the present owner. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z
The Countess would fain have said something, but she forced herself to obey and no more. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
My hand still lingers on the latch, I fain would wider swing the door And enter with the guests once more. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z
A youthful beauty pours the wine,    And each will pledge a cup to her; And each of charms that seem divine,    Would fain become a worshiper. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z
But it's not much use, for at such times folk are fain to stay at home, so there's not much chance of any one ever meeting him.' Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z
The tide of progress rolls onward, swelling more and more with the lives of those who would fain see all men called to repentance. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z
"You have lighted the fire," he said, "and would fain I put it out." Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
He would fain have seen her face change and her colour rise. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z
I fain would kiss thy cheeks of red, But thou hast got a bickering brother, Who loves to quarrel with another, And I no quarrel seek, my love!” Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z
Who would fain leap the ditch throws his bag over it first. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z
And the Immortals, Them we reverence As if they were men, and Did, on a grand scale, What the best man in little Does, or fain would do. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z
"Because from to-day I would fain begin to be honourable," I answered, in a low voice. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
Even the sacrifice of his own tastes, his own wishes seemed in his present mood a small surrender, and one he owed and fain would pay. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z
From him that fain would have thee, shrink not.” Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z
Spancioc whom you would fain have beheaded when you murdered the forty-seven boyars, and who escaped from your clutches! Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z
And now that he would fain give himself up to the new oracle in his bosom, and to the inspirations of nature, all his old habits, all his previous connections, are unpropitious. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z
Tignonville would fain have avoided the ordeal of the register, but the clerk's eye was on him. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
I would fain have stayed in the camp a day to make farther search for the child, but I must go. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z
More, and more, and more, he fain would utter; But the king allow’d it not.  Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z
But she would not, and I was fain to dress me in my leather, lest the summons coming swift might find me all unready at the call. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
Iskar and I preserved our mutual distance, though I would fain have been more often with him, for I wanted to make him out. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z
Tignonville turned sick as he listened, and would fain have closed his ears. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
As she spoke she turned from me, and I knew that she was thinking of her father and would fain hide her face. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z
But let him not persuade thee to cut it loose and give it him, as thy young fingers will be fain to do. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z
The wind dying away off Duck Island, I was fain to take an oar in the whale-boat towing astern. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
"With all my heart I would fain be reconciled to my stomach, which no longer performs its usual functions," said to an ecclesiastic who asked him if he would be reconciled. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z
Let us look then for the routes open to our hypothetical slave of London in the day who hates trains and would fain breathe country air at night. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
It required no conjuror to perceive that he admired her, and would fain shine in her presence. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z
I fain would use them as Huberta does, but I have come to ask thee first, if all be well.' The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z
So I was fain to rest with a fisherman turned store-keeper. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
Because their hearts are glad, and mænad-like, They fain would share the frenzied cup they drink With me, the man-child glorious. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z
In the meanwhile the path is not altogether clear before him who would fain play the part of guide to his fellow-men. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
The love of Christ fired him, and love to his children urged him forward; he would so fain take them with him to heaven. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z
Ay, and so do I. But I would fain return home with full hands—money enough to buy a little fishing craft, and a cottage by the sea. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
Then he would fain descend into this unknown world, seek through the dark deeps, dive for the treasures which slumber there perhaps.... Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z
He would fain have raised her veil before them all and kissed her, and proved beyond cavil her willingness. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
"None the worse for my gauntlet?" inquired the other with considerable anxiety; "I was fain to strike you withal, or both you and I should be at the bottom of Tiber." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay;— But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn, And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z
Ah! that is something, sir," said Turnpenny, "but I would fain knock those knaves yonder on the head and take their boat. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
Thus deeply spoke The Sage; and in men’s stunted hearts awoke A haunting fear, for fain are they to prove Their life, their God, with yeas and nays that move The mind’s uncertain flow. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
"That--pardon me--that is the point upon which--we would fain be silent." The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
And then he did so praise me as I blush to put on paper; yet, poor fool, would fain thou couldst hear his words, but from some other pen than mine. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
When she would fain have pouted out her lips to kiss, he stretched a surface of cheek that was aggressively passive. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z
"But I would fain see him and speak with him, for he may perchance spare a vessel to go and seek for our poor comrades penned up in Maiden Isle." With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
Is this so sweet that one were fain to follow? Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
On the ambitious man defeat sits more heavily than chains; into the nature that would fain be at work inaction gnaws deeper than a shackle-bolt. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
I would fain have it," said Gerard, sadly; "but my heart will not let me. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
At the thought Jack felt his eyes fill with tears, tears which he would fain have hidden; but he found Simon's harsh glance upon him, and whichever way he looked he could not escape it. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z
I am glad of it, Amos, for now that we have a bark fit to carry us over the sea, I would fain take with us certain things that belonged to my dear comrades. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
Cleon would fain believe in personal immortality but cannot, and, like Matthew Arnold, believes in facing death imperturbably. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
You speak softly because the time is full, and you would fain cast in your lot with us and escape. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
Alas, no, father: I am a poor foolish girl, that would fain do well, but have done ill, most ill, most unwisely: and now must bear the shame. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
Why compel me to war when I would fain bring peace? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z
"I would fain leave them in your hands, sir," replied Dennis. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
These croakers were fain to admit that the Volunteers had done wonders. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
He watched his comrades with jealous eyes, and from time to time he pressed nearer, as if he would fain surprise their talk. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
"That is what I would fain know," said Catherine, drily, then fell to weeping and rocking herself, with her apron over her head. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
She would fain have postponed the discussion of Mr. Flixton's proposal, which she foresaw. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z
Well, I would fain help Englishmen in so hard a case, but at this present I cannot spare a pinnace; nay, I cannot even spare a man. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
I would fain give a toast before I go, if Doreen will lend the flask she hugs so carefully.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
"Say if you please that a gentleman of Brittany seeks shelter for the night, and would fain pay his respects to M. le Vicomte at his convenience." The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
We poor innkeepers are sinners," said he, "we give short measure and baptize the wine; we are fain to do these things; the laws are so unjust to us; but we are not assassins. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
Her he would fain possess as his own--his very own. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z
The sun had risen high in the heavens, and Dennis was fain to rest. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
I see their aim, though they would fain hide it till the fruit is ripe. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
I would fain shield a bevy of women from massacre. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z
"And I would fain consult her on this good news: but I have not strength to walk so far." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
Yet, for your mother's sake, I fain would be your friend. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z
"Well, Amos, we must accept the wonted course, though I would fain go first, with you at my elbow." With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
The more she thought it out, the more incomprehensible grew the whole affair, and at last she was fain to put it from her as a mystery which time might some day decipher. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
We seem doomed to have misunderstandings," she sighed; "and I am fain to confess that the blame is equally divided. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z
But ever and anon, when respect and awe neared the oppressive, he rolled off his horse so ignobly and funnily that even the ambassador was fain to burst out laughing. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
As they enter this typical American city, we fain would follow them, but cannot just now. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z
"I would fain see these calling themselves Sons of the Phœnix." The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z
With helpless resignation Sampei was fain to allow that the fiat had gone forth, that the days of the Hojos were numbered. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
The next day, at dinner, there was something “in such a” very “questionable shape” upon the table, that I was fain to summon Mr. Cook from his tenement, to ask what it might be. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z
And he kissed them so often, that for very shame they were fain to withdraw, and, lo! the sacred book lay open at An apple of gold in a network of silver. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
Her forefoot was so lacerated and swollen that she was fain to hobble awkwardly on three legs for the next fortnight. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z
My dear Grace, I regret extremely having irritated you; but I would fain wrestle with you on this subject. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
But he was very miserable, and in his misery and despair he longed so much for sympathy that he was fain at last to wake Pepper. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z
As the “soldier” increases in bulk, it changes its habitation, and sometimes, for want of a better dwelling, is fain to content itself with the cast-off claw of a lobster or a defunct crab. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z
Our inclination to exclude these, though we imagine the very contrary, is the result of the consciousness of our own weakness, which we would fain attribute to God. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z
The consequences, however, proved so serious, that the next generation was fain to see it replaced. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
There was a note of disappointment in his tone, as though he would fain have hoodwinked me still into the belief that he stood my friend. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z
Then they fought four hours on a long summer day— Wind well thy horn, good hunter; Till the wild boar would fain have got him away From Sir Ryalas, the jovial hunter. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z
It is as though for thirst he fain Would quaff the volume of the Seine At one full draught, and yet should fail To find its waters of avail To quench his longing. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
"Still," I said, as I took her hand, "I would fain prove my words to you." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
We would fain know more concerning the two excellent secretaries of the Bible Society—Samuel Brandram and Joseph Jowett.  The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z
"You give me, at all events, a proof of your devotion to your kinsman," said the King; "and I am fain to take that as a guarantee that you are no less devoted to myself." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z
The panting cattle gladly come, And sheltered fain would be, From burning heat of noonday sun, Camped under the gidya tree. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
They were popular, and would fain have had Julia, the only one of the three girls who was old enough, share in their pleasures; but this might not be. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
The beast is lame," said I, "and I would fain continue my way to-night. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
The whole notice is so apposite to my purpose, and would be so interesting to every Manxman, that I would fain insert the whole bodily, did the Author and the limits of an Introduction permit.  The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z
"Mr. Herbert," I said, "I have an ornament here, which I would fain have you add to the portrait;" and I held it out to him. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z
Yet when He calls I fain would hasten— Mine eyes are dim and their light is gone; And I am as weary as though I carried A burthen of beautiful work well done. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z
Lord, I fain would seek, But I am feeble, vain and weak; Oh, guide me in thy way! Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
"Yes, woman, let him up!" repeated Larke, and turning to me: "He hath many choice and wonderful oaths, and I fain would add them to my store." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
Hatch would fain have talked until now: if wine was her mistress's weakness, talking was hers; but she was interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Close, and had to attend him upstairs. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z
But I was fain that she should know me through and through for no better than I was; and so I wore her friendship as a stolen cloak. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z
I fain would have remained away, but I need the money, and I must do that which my heart revolts against.” Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z
He would fain be father and mother both to the children who were now his all. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
"I would fain hear you tell it me," I managed to stammer out. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
Yet—where beauty leads, love fain must follow. Martha or, The Fair at Richmond 2012-01-19T03:00:23.947Z
There is one point on which you would fain differ from the author. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z
They found poor men who would fain be rich, And rich who thought they were poor; And men who twisted their waists in stays, And women that short hose wore. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z
Before the majesty of his commission, and amid the inscrutable perplexities of each unparalleled day, he must always be fain, even though never forced, to walk humbly among his people, and before his God. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z
So, in this Album, fain would I, Beneath a name, that cannot die. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z
O'er my life from boyhood tender, You have watched with sheltering care, You your all would fain surrender, With the orphan child to share. Martha or, The Fair at Richmond 2012-01-19T03:00:23.947Z
Of endless Error, transitory guest; Sad human Error, which would fain find rest. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z
Near them is a figure bearing so strong a resemblance to Dante, that we would fain believe that Giotto meant to represent the type of a true Florentine in a portrait of the poet. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z
The air was cold but clear, and we had a fine passage, delighting greatly when the buildings of Toronto came clearly into view—soon we would enter the haven where we fain would be. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z
Surely thou didst so little contribute To this great kingdom, which thou now hast got, That he was fain, when thou wert destitute, To dig thee out of thy dark cave and grot. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z
How he laughed down that foolish conscience of his that would fain have dissuaded him from his master-stroke of genius. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z
War wins the looks which Love would fain engage. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z
The money shall be paid you on your arrival at York; but there is another service Sir Henry would fain hope you could indulge him in, and your reward shall be double. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z
Dora would fain have said to the French Government, much as good old La Fontaine's cobbler said to the financier, "Give me back my songs and take again your lucre." Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z
Mr Boswell looked as if he would fain have joined in my laugh; but he foresaw the coming storm, and prudently effected his retreat. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
They would fain usurp the Title of Highnesses, which is given them by their Domestics, and many poor Gentlemen, who interlard it with abundance of Monseigneurs. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z
Not as a foe, but suppliant, it would clasp; Not fear, but pity, it would fain command. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z
Every body admir'd the Elector's Clemency, and whether I did or not, I was fain to do as they did, and to return him Thanks. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z
We have the falsity which the disgusted automatist is sometimes fain to ascribe to a devil; though it is in reality not a devil, but a dream. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z
He took his place beside his mate, and forthwith began to toy and flatter; looking, however, as if he would fain have ventured to change the subject. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
He would fain have persuaded me, that otherwise he should have died: He complained of a great Pain in his Kidneys; yet he look’d very well, eat heartily, slept sound, and danced like one mad. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z
Buried with a band of brothers, Whom for him would fain have died; Buried with the gallant fellows Who fell fighting by his side. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z
That would I fain dissuade you," Sir Siegfried made reply, "Whoe'er would woo fair Brunhild, plays a stake too high; So cruel is her custom, and she so fierce a foe. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
Poetry's material, on the other hand, is the very language which she would fain transcend. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z
I would fain have asked who this friend was; but the lady did not explain herself, and I was obliged to depart without gratifying my curiosity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
And with this they were fain to be content. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z
And now I come to a certain chapter of my book of life which I would fain leave unwritten. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z
Of my good name and honor than life more dear would fain Thy cruel sister rob me; to thee I needs must plain. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
I'm fain to meet you there,— If as witching as you were, Grandmamma! A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z
In spite of the entreaties of old Donald MacIan and the family piper, who would fain have led forth the whole clan, Eredine set out attended only by his household servants. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
This is the exact truth, as the ill-fated chronicler who gropes about among the treaties and conventions is fain to confess. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z
Every serious soul feels itself to be inwardly divided; it would fain conciliate its most generous aspirations, the two last motives for living and acting that still remain to it. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z
Sister, I have been told, And I would fain believe it, that all thy griefs of old, Etzel will turn to joyance if thou with him wilt dwell. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
These flowers of June The gates of memory unbar; These flowers of June Such old-time harmonies retune, I fain would keep the gates ajar, So full of sweet enchantment are These flowers of June. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z
He looked at Miss Graham as if he would fain have thanked her; but though his lips moved, they uttered no sound. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
It was not many months before Dr. Corney, the Chief Medical Officer, who had trained them with so much care, was fain to confess that the native medical practitioner was a failure. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
But I know you have the same as I have, deep down in your breast, and it is by these I would fain know you. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z
X Thus said the Lord of Rhineland, "I fain would understand, Whence have the strangers journey'd who thus have sought our land." The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
I fain would weep to feel it near me, my eyes grow dim before these unseen wings. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z
When George the first came to the throne, Their rage began to burn, And now they fain would execute The same upon his son. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z
Raimundo's eyes dilated at the vision, resting on her with such a fixed look of admiration, that she was fain to turn away. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
Here in Geneva we are so saturate with sunshine that we would fain dive to the depths of the lake to learn coolness of the little fishes. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z
Her father bade her kiss him; a glance on him she cast, And thought he look'd so dreadful, that him she fain had pass'd. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
As butterflies are but winged flowers, Half sorry for their change, who fain, So still and long they live on leaves, Would be thought flowers again.— The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z
And thus staid the marriage was, The bride unmarried went home again; Then to her maids fast did she laugh,215 And in her heart she was full fain. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z
And the King's heart was fain of the gallant spirit of the Princes. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
She had in her brief passage the enthusiasm of humanity—more, assuredly, than any charming girl who ever circled, and would fain have continued to circle, round a ballroom. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z
To those who fain would see you," said Kriemhild, "welcome be; Look not for friendly greeting for your own sake from me. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
The chief said it was the limerer, with which lucid definition I was fain to be content; and, as no specimens were visible, the inquisitive naturalist must trust to his imagination for the rest. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z
The first line o' the letter he read,25 He was baith glad and fain; But or he read the letter o'er, He was baith pale and wan. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z
Now these are surely but fantastical, foolish, and childish toys, devised by men who would fain live always; the like foolery is there in preserving the bodies. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z
At length my oil failed me, and I was fain to substitute a digestive, made of the yolk of eggs, rose-oil, and turpentine. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z
I'd fain have been your comrade; your foe I now must be. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
In truth, my first survey was rather hurried; the first cheerful gleam had scarcely set my eyes on the look-out when I was fain to shut them against an intolerable smoke. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z
The packet service was a part of the Post Office which the Commissioners would fain have avoided if they could; but the public voice was too strong for them. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z
The sketches given in the following pages are framed on them; they are what I have left, and what I would fain pass on to the reader. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z
The subsequent attempts of the dominant Caps still further to limit the prerogative, and reduce Gustavus to the condition of a roi fain�ant, induced him at last to consider the possibility of a revolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z
Sore it irk'd the warrior; full fain had he renounced such aid. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
The Archbishop would thus fain make barbarians of his own people, and then he would have the pagans at home without hunting among Freethinkers for them. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z
There is some strange mystery about the matter, which we would fain have solved. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z
They had many more rides before the day was over; and when they re-assembled in farmer Findlayson’s hospitable parlour, Archie was fain for once to own himself not only tired, but “dead beat.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z
He would fain beg off from the acquisition, and shake the touch of the tangible from his imperious wings. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z
I too am a warrior, and shall a sceptre sway, And I would fain bring all men perforce of me to say, That I both land and liegemen have nobly merited. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
I would fain send you home, but how can I do so?” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z
He would fain have come oftener, but dared not offend so kindly a superior officer as Colonel McReady. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
Tartaglia recognises his lost son and daughter, and is fain to be contented with the resuscitated wife whom he had so wantonly condemned to a lingering death. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
This would have entailed expenses which, not being a rich man himself, he would fain avoid. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z
Welcome to my brother and to his comrade dear," Said the graceful maiden, "your news I fain would hear. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
When Ralph had changed his dripping clothes for dry ones, and reappeared looking somewhat blue, Rory had his laugh out, and all hands were fain to join. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z
There were also many strange cries and sounds which we could not account for, so we were fain to put them all down to the birds. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
And their courage fails, they are afraid; many among them would fain turn back. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z
“I would fain know,” said one of the citizens, “what will come of my ship that is on the sea.” 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
Both Gunther's men and Siegfried's were fain to look on this. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
“Good-by, Eileen,” he answered, and hesitated a moment as if he would fain say something else. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z
But though Mattie would fain come, I must go all alone. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
Pavel Pavlovitch had a circle of private friends outside the house, with whom he was fain, at times, to taste the flowing bowl; but this vicious tendency was radically stamped out as soon as possible. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z
The Philistines would fain abase us lower than the earth; they spit in our faces, for God hath cut our bowstrings and shaken the bridle before us. 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
To church she oft betook her, and there would linger fain. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
They would fain seek the shelter of indoors, even curl up on the hearthrug. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z
The savages must have seen that signal too, for now came a shower of arrows, which we fain would have replied to had we seen an object to fire at. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
By the time he was back in the camp Joe had a number of pieces of pork cooked, and was fain to admit himself that the smell of cooking them was most appetizing. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z
They await it, but still it hath not enough, fain would it become a fish. 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
If you, Sir King, are fain To grant me gracious audience, nothing will I withhold. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
My flute, that I was fain to fall back upon, failed to support me, for the English, Archie, have not so much music and romance in their souls as the Scotch have. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z
On rising, the bull finds this man between him and his companions in the rod�o, to whom he would now fain return. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
Jean would fain have been friendly and tried to show it, and not knowing then of her father’s anger, because of his son’s love, she could not but wonder at her ill success. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z
Then having spoken long, he says that he is broken and weary, and fain to deliver the crown of Spain, the counties, duchies, marquisates of these lands into his son’s hands. 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
Each knight would fain have known them of all who there look'd on. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
I would even now fain believe this was but a dream. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z
With these and similar assurances poor Concha was fain to console herself. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
And Mr Dawson was fain to acknowledge to himself that he had a share in the pleasure which he meant to give “the blithe and bonny lassie” at such times. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z
And all pensive, she would fain have kept him his share of the feast. 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
LIV Then said the Knight of Trony, "Such oft have reach'd my ear And, had I not come hither to serve my lieges dear, I fain, to do you honor, had ridd'n into this land." The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
The camp fire is drowned out, and our trio are fain to seek the shelter of a cave on the wooded hillside. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z
The grave spectacled eyes of the historian flashed to such purpose that Miss Dobbs was fain to admit "that she never would have thought the old fool had it in him." The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z
And whiles I have thought it was for Tam’s sake, more even than for the sake of the Yankee ship and its crew, that George was so fain to go. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z
A hoer-wyfel, their sergeant, would fain have made them keep silence; but by their captivating grimaces and speeches they forced him to laugh and never obeyed him at all. 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
Had Dietrich but permitted fain would they so have done. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
Though fain, oh! how fain I would be to return full-handed, rich!” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z
“I would fain bid farewell to the child, and prepare her for the journey,” he said. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z
And so the summer wore over, and May went home with all her children, though Jean would fain have kept one boy with her. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z
I would fain no more be in this low world, or give a thousand lives to the one who would love me....” 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
His courage is but small, Who, soon as one forbids him, would fain pass over all. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
The rope, already uncomfortably tight, cut into the flesh and caused such pain he was fain to desist. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z
He would fain have known it farther away. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z
I pity you from the bottom of my heart, and would fain persuade you to open your eyes and be wise. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
When the two women saw Lamme, they ran to him and both were fain to beat him, the mother because she had been anxious and the sister because it was her habit. 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
Then from the blood the wounded a clouded glance upcast; He saw that fain his uncle had help'd him at the last. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
As tho drawn by a magnet, Charlotte goes to the desk and reads again the letters she fain would forget. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z
The savage crew, tiring of exertion, and overcome by superstitious fears, would fain have abandoned the voyage; but the strong, energetic master bore down all opposition. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z
I have no doubt that you feel such sweetness in Christ's peace that you would fain know more of it. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
Thinking he had a red-hot devil there, he would fain run away to escape him, began to bray and rear, and shook the tent pole with all his might. 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
Neither of us denies it," thus Hagan sternly spoke, "I'd fain straight make the trial with many a sturdy stroke, Unless this my good weapon, the sword of Nibelung, break. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
They clung to them, of course, and would have fain kept them, as it were, within sight. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z
Men say that Fortune is a rare and precious thing, And they would fain that Power should homage to her bring. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z
He knew the uncertainty of life and the shortness of time: He would fain have sinners make haste and delay not, lest they put off soul business too late. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
Make a hole, the soul would fain escape,” said she. 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
I myself would fain have written upon them, "Deadly poison." From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z
But no one came save menials, out of whose sight the poor bruised mother would fain have kept herself. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z
"Sire, I am more fain to pay ransom than to die, if by any means I may find the price you require of me." Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
I fear that thousands are on that broad way that leads to it, and I would fain arouse them to a sense of the peril before them. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
The ashes of Claes beat upon my breast; I would fain save the land of Flanders. 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
Their Christian prayers they always continued to recite in private, but were fain by every outward expedient to escape the ill treatment which Christians receive in a country in which Turkish authority is dominant. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z
His best friend could not deny that he "made a noise"; his worst enemy was fain to admit that he was glad to hear it in front of him at a nasty place. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z
Moreover, I am fain to give her to some young bachelor, who will gain her bread in all honour. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
He would fain stifle such feelings altogether.—Cheer up, and take courage. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
These hailstones would fain force themselves into my ears like ill words.” 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 settlement could hardly be a mild one, and he would fain have spared the women the sight of it; but there was nothing else for it—they could not possibly be left behind. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z
For they know that I would fain Help their need, were't not my chain! Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z
Now is sung: Aucassin the more was fain Of the kiss he sought to gain, Rather than his coffers hold A hundred thousand marks of gold. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
And as Macro declined to tackle the job single-handed he was fain to agree, though with none too good a grace. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z
Fain and fain would he have earned a florin, but had no idea how the florin could fall into his pouch. 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
We would fain see them done away with. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z
And another thought is pressing,    Like hot iron on his brain— Millions that would fain be blessing,    Ban, e'en now, King Cotton's name. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z
They came to a lovely valley, Agleam with asphodel, And the soul of the woman speaking, Said, "Here I fain would dwell!" The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z
And they looked so murderously intentioned that the men were fain to bow their heads and run, with flailing arms to keep them off. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z
Katheline went roaming about the town, nodding her head and saying: “Make a hole, the soul would fain come forth!” 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 fifty impostors who were fain to palm themselves off as convicts for the sake of a supper, must have been poor knaves indeed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z
Hands that I would fain employ, Hearts that I would fill with joy! Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z
But ere I raised my eyes, As one who fain would look and see the sun, The first glance dazed my brain. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z
But I cannot cut and carve out my works according to the fashion, as they would fain have me do. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z
All the sick, the lame, the rheumy, the coughing, the fever stricken, would fain come out together. 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
Then suddenly, in the centre of the field, appeared two phantom forms, at the sight of whom the panic-stricken by-standers would fain have fled. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z
Yet often in the quiet night My song returns to me; I seize the pen, and fain would write My long lost melody. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z
Silent awhile I stood, Rooted with awe, and fain had turned to fly, But feared by careless footstep to affright Those chaste cold eyes. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z
I fain would have her soon persuaded of thy worth. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z
Make a hole: the soul would fain escape!” 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
I would fain have a word with thee. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z
Yes, my own heart, I would fain know what to think of my desolate state; what you think I ought to do, what to think. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z
I would fain learn if generosity is united to impetuousness, probity of spirit to his assumption of singularity and independence. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
Leonora, relieved by the intimation, gladly consented, fain, for a while, to escape from this terrible chamber. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
She would fain have risen up on her murdered feet, but fell back to a sitting posture, and exclaiming: “Take away that fire!” she cried. 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
All Mrs. Harker's child characters are a pure joy to her readers, and we would fain hear more of them. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z
We imagine, or would fain persuade ourselves, that we are leaning upon God, when we are in reality leaning upon some scheme of our own devising. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z
So perilous with regard to them was his position that Mary herself was fain to caution him to stay away and out of sight for fear of arrest. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
Sense would fain follow, and, amid the shadowy forms of that world, catch a sight of one so dear: but the eye is strained in vain. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
Make a hole! the soul would fain escape!” 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
Mrs. Hazleton would fain have asked upon what charge; but she did not dare, and for a moment strength and courage failed her. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
Man would fain make God a receiver instead of a giver; but this cannot be; for, "it is more blessed to give than to receive;" and, assuredly, God must have the more blessed place. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z
It seemed, said Christy, as though he would fain have guarded against the possibility of her feeling that she, an orphan, was less to him than the others. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
"If, as thou sayest," said the centurion, "thou art so mightily weary of thy charge, leave him to my care; I would fain have some discourse with him privily, touching what thou hast spoken." The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
Then none heard aught else, save the poor witless woman nodding her head and saying: “The soul would fain escape!” 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
We would fain imagine him in his meditations pacing the old Mob Quadrangle of Merton. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z
Shades of departed heroes, fain would we stop and pay the tribute which we justly owe, but we are hurried past by an engine of a hundred horse power. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z
His calm temperament would fain have dissevered impulse and action altogether as cause and effect, and he had a shrinking, constitutional as well as philosophic, from any tendency to “strike while the iron is hot.” The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
Should he improve, however, I would fain come to you before autumn is quite gone. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z
It climbs upon his back, but he feels it not; it would fain go with him into the depths of the sea. 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
A Jacobite Proctor, having intruded into a convivial meeting of Whigs, they tendered him the health of King George, which, for fear of the treason law, he was fain to drink upon his knees. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z
As a traveller, I would fain be able to say that I have seen the ruins of this temple; but, unfortunately, I am obliged to limit myself by facts. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z
Mary, alone on that anniversary, was fain to look back over the past eventful seven years,—their joys, their sorrows, their many changes. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z
The veins of his forehead swelled, his eyes glared, his voice shook, and she was fain to submit lest her father's passion should prove fatal to him. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z
The girls would fain have gone to help him, but not being able to, they threw him all the castrelins they had left. 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
There, indeed, I would fain see you act the old Roman, whom you are so fond of studying, and be a Cato or a Brutus, if you will. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z
Sir, I fain would win her wages, Her approval I would seek; Yet distress my mind presages; Ah, for that I am too weak. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
Only Joey was persistently hostile, and he, when she begged him to suggest a better, was fain to acknowledge that no better occurred to him. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z
I certainly feel much better than I did, and would fain trust that the improvement may prove permanent…. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z
And to-day they would fain regard as naught the edicts and proclamations. 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
With which safe prediction the discontented one was fain to content himself. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z
He wishes it were himself that the messenger is about to deliver to her: Little book, I fain would be, When thou comest, changed to thee. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
From the Irish The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone—alone— Dig the grave both wide and deep, For I am sick, and fain would sleep! A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z
Yet the pleasure I now deny myself I would fain regard as only deferred. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z
And they would fain reduce them to nothing, though they are more necessary than bread and than cheese! 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
He did not choose to think that the lad had needed no urging forward; and yet he would fain have had him relax a little more, and strove at times to make him do so. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z
A Hint to Enthusiasts.—He who likes to be carried away, and would fain be carried on high, must beware lest he become too heavy. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z
Dig the grave both wide and deep, Sick I am, and fain would sleep! A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z
I asked; and I attacked him with questions and stuck to him like a burr, though I saw that he would fain have got rid of me. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z
Sometimes he shivered with all his skin the while, and lashed his ribs with his tail to drive off the greedy horse flies that would fain dine like himself, but on his flesh. 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
He bends over her as if he would fain, from the expression of her countenance, read her unspoken thoughts. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z
Thus, however, they are working towards turning their country, abandoned by the intellect, into a gaping Asiatic maw, which would fain swallow our little Europe. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z
But Psyche soon grown fain Of rest, betook her to her bed and slept.  The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z
She was the wife of a Flemish skipper whom Curt had enticed to come to him, and as he would not give her up, the skipper was fain to depart. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z
It is said that he denounces their doings to the King; they would fain bring him to death. 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 would fain return to her cottage, which stood by itself on the heath; but she dared not leave her mistress. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z
Impoliteness.—Impoliteness is often the sign of a clumsy modesty, which when taken by surprise loses its head and would fain hide the fact by means of rudeness. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z
But when the pale moon rises, She fain her face would hide; For the high Queen of sorrows Disdains her empty pride. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z
He was fain to give the same unity to the church which he had done to the army, navy, and civil strength of the monarchy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z
Make a hole; the soul would fain escape!” 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 your mother and sister would fain know what manner of man he was, and what you know of him, and how he came to be here." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
Finding it in vain to contend with his opponent, the Earl was fain to yield, and reluctantly produced a packet from his doublet, and delivered it to him. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
Other Policemen rushing to and fro, help the Soldiers keep the Ground, and the British Publique back, and beat back them that would fain press too forward with their staves. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z
B�ranger, moreover, was very far from being the mere improvisatore which those who cling to the inspirationist theory of poetry would fain see in him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
I would fain see dead and eaten by worms the oppressors of the Low Countries. 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
Nay, sir, I wish you well," said she, simply, "and would fain hear better tidings of your condition. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
But I have somewhat on my mind which I would fain discharge before my earthly pilgrimage is ended.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
My mother, like so many mothers in Israel, would fain have seen me devoting myself entirely to the Talmud. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z
"O they swell'd and they died; mother, make my bed soon,15 For I'm weary wi' hunting, and fain wald lie down." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z
Why are you, you noble lords, fain to be faithful to the king even to the wallet? 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
"He eats no King's bread?" said Judith.—and alas! her eyes had a look in them that pierced him to the heart: it was not the glance he would fain have met with there. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
One of them got across the moat; but the other, encumbered by his arms, was floundering about, when Catesby pointing a petronel at his head, he was fain to surrender, and was dragged out. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
E'en Lucifer, arch-foe to liberty, Is free, though fettered to his fallen sphere; Enticing, tempting all, compelling none, And aiding aye the Power he fain would foil. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
"I hae been to the wild wood; mother make my bed soon, For I'm weary wi' hunting, and fain wald lie down." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z
So Meg and Dickie went back to smoky London; and when Cherry saw her little brother, she was fain to burst into tears of joy, so altered and improved was he. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z
"I would I could let slip the mastiff at his unmannerly throat!" was the quick reply—and indeed for a second she looked as if she would fain have seen that wish fulfilled. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
“And as you appear to avoid me, I would fain have departed without taking leave of you, but found it impossible to do so.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
Still striving, finite for the infinite, Man groping for the mystery of God, A river that would fain engulf the sea! Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
"O Earl Brand, how fain wad I see5 A pack of hounds let loose on the lea." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z
They would, however, in spite of every persuasion to the contrary, persist in accompanying us, and we were fain to let them have their own way. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z
Ought she to so openly confess that she would fain have him to be her companion? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
“Heretofore, I will freely admit, I regarded you as an impostor; but now I am convinced you are deeply skilled in the occult sciences, and would fain consult you on the future.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
Jewels to swine, that, turning, rent the hand, And fain 'neath foot had torn and trampled all. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
How I tried to watch over her, and would fain have watched over her still more closely if I could, is known to myself alone. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z
He would fain have given it to Mr. Paine or me, but I a stranger refused and Mr. Paine had enough hobbys of his own. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z
Does not the mystery make you impatient, or restless, or sad—so that you would fain have the years go by quick, and get to the end? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
The spectacle was so dreadful that Guy Fawkes would fain have averted his eyes, but he was unable to do so. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
More would I tell that in my bosom burns,   But bigot fires would flame as ne'er before;   For truth, rejected, friend to traitor turns, 5000   And damns where fain 'twould save. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
The family is in question; 'That home where we would all fain repose, alter so many useless efforts, so many illusions destroyed. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z
All would fain have freedom and their rights, and, as they say, their warrant is in the Bible! John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z
Oh, Susan, you can tell me all that I would so fain know! Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
“Before I give my concurrence to the measure,” observed the latter, “I would fain be resolved by Father Garnet whether it is lawful to destroy some few of our own faith with so many heretics.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
Lucifer, who fain would have been the Redeemer, proposed to save by coercive methods, involving the destruction of human agency, and demanded as his reward the honor that belongs to God. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
It gets colder and colder, and I am fain to wrap myself in my Highland plaid. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z
I extended my hand to him—he fain would kiss it, the aged man! John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z
"He would fain see you, sweet mistress, and but for a moment," the girl answered, being evidently desirous of getting the burden of the message off her mind. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
Many people came up and would fain have parted us, but we would by no means let them.  Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z
He replied: "Aye, I do long for that; but, like Elijah, I would fain fly thither." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
Bluebottle, thee my numbers fain would raise, And thy complexion challenge all my praise, Thy countenance like summer skies is fair; But ah! how different thy vile manners are. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z
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