| 单词 | feebleness |
| 例句 | She stopped eating, and only when her feebleness became too much for her did she take a sip of water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She protested, arguing that “feebleness unfitted her,” but she reluctantly agreed to serve with support from her vice president, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He presents him as a vulnerable old fool but does not overplay his feebleness, doddering gait and sudden seizures of the heart. Don Pasquale; BBC Proms 6 & 8 – review 2013-07-20T23:05:54Z As Mr Ellis explains, the feebleness of the national government created by the Articles of Confederation was regarded by most Americans as a positive virtue. Moral of the story 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z William Robertson, a Scottish historian, said hairlessness provided evidence of a “feebleness of constitution”. Hair-erasing 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Its medical potential could liberate us from our bodily feebleness, and its political potential could ultimately subjugate the entire species to dull, dutiful conformity. Review | Not every Leonardo is in the huge Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. What’s at the Louvre, though, is brilliant. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z I've read a few reports that seem to indicate that Allen is pleading feebleness and perhaps playing up his mental health issues in a play for leniency. Giving a voice to the Delphi murders victims and families: "It never goes away, that pain" 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z A certain feebleness creeps into his voice when he demands declarations of love from his three daughters. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The general feebleness, you sense, bleeds into something that is actually menacing. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z If not for the feebleness of the rest of the NFC South, the Bucs would be on the outside looking in of the current playoff picture, holding the eighth-best record in the conference. Seahawks, Buccaneers find themselves in reversed roles entering Germany game 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The sheer feebleness of it rendered it unanswerable. Some of us still have some growing up to do 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “The United States Senate would have set its foot on the same road to decline, subservience, impotence and feebleness that the Roman Senate followed in its own descent into ignominy, cowardice and oblivion,” warned Byrd. George Washington's Farewell Address to be read on Senate floor in annual tradition 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Fischer embodies its foil: the faithful woman whose heart skips and breath stops when she thinks of her devoted man, playing up her feminine feebleness to inspire his protective instincts. Helene Fischer, schlager superstar: the richest singer you’ve never heard of 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z It was the Southern strategy, it was the Dixiecrat conversion to the Republicans, it was the feebleness and division of the left. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “Our observations about the feebleness of Tracy’s blows and the lack of impact they had on Alcee’s death are not intended to minimize the wrongfulness of Tracy’s behavior,” Justice Gary Traynor wrote for the court. Court overturns conviction in fatal school bathroom attack 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The last theme is the feebleness of enforcement. Opinion | When Wall Street Writes Its Own Rules 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But the feebleness of the evidence did not stop a whisper campaign about this supposed defect in Obama’s character. Donald Trump, poster boy for white privilege 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Why telegraph feebleness to Trump, his lawyers and a skeptical public if he’s secure in his rectitude? Opinion | Boy Scout James Comey is no match for Donald Trump 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z This display of feebleness was humiliating and dangerous. Editorials from around New England 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The whole profession of theology is just proof that the feebleness of man’s ability to reason is outmatched only by his towering self-regard, which is undeserved. Nicholas Kristoff’s Christmas: Disbelief in Christianity 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The feebleness of traditionally governed public schools explains the burgeoning alternatives. Charter Schools Are Reinventing Local Control in Education 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The price of extreme portability plus competent battery life remains a certain measure of ingrained feebleness. Review: This Is the Best Ultra-Thin Windows Laptop You Can Buy 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Incompetent U.S. diplomacy at the Paris peace conference, followed by failure to gain Senate ratification of peace treaty, is widely faulted for the feebleness of the postwar international order. Woodrow Wilson* 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Poor policy choices contributed to the feebleness of German domestic demand. Lean on me 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But whilst their summertime resurgence suggests they are the same team as ever, their defensive feebleness undermines that upturn. Andrea Pirlo arrives to familiar chaos for New York City FC 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z But it was the utter feebleness and fundamental inability to execute basic shots that made Woods’s performance so mind-numbing, even alarming. A Startling Sight: Tiger Woods Botching Shot After Shot, and Laughing 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In their older age, the dogs could only wallow in a ridiculous, mutually degenerative cycle of feebleness and fat. European Advertising Mogul Ivan Stankovic On Leadership Through Unusual Times 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The source of the federal government’s feebleness is structural, and until its run-down foundations are addressed, Washington’s influence around the country will continue to wane. How Washington made itself irrelevant What concerns him is a long age characterized by feebleness. The Return of Death Panels? Government-Funded End-of-Life Planning is Morally Questionable 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z For all the feebleness and folly of EU leadership since then, for all Blair's own greedy excess, it remains the correct answer: Faced with Nigel Farage, what would Tony Blair do? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The feebleness of Libya’s transitional government since the fall of Col. Lone Suspect Held in Benghazi Attack Is Freed in Tunisia 2013-01-08T15:26:09Z The vote of no confidence came after allegations of corruption and the perceived feebleness of Wardak and Mohammadi’s response to weeks of rocket and artillery barrages over Afghanistan’s mountainous border with Pakistan. Afghanistan Sacks Its Security Chiefs: How Will That Affect U.S. Forces? 2012-08-07T19:35:32Z Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region contracted for the third consecutive month in July, a sign of further feebleness in the economy. Across Industries and Indicators, Signs of a Slowing U.S. Economy 2012-07-19T21:56:42Z So it is with ornaments: power or feebleness of character is manifest by the forms produced. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z One harsh command, one unkind word, with justice and truth on her side, and feebleness and wrong on his, might have armed her to resist; but the old man's heart was melted. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z The mind can be shaped about as much as the body; it may be starved into feebleness, or fed and exercised into vigour and fulness; but we start always with inherent hereditary powers of growth. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z I soon lost all recollection, however, and when first I woke as from sleep, in great feebleness and agony, I found myself in a litter, borne on towards the abbey. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z She was leaning on her maid's arm, and stooped a little, apparently from feebleness. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z Power.—We now come to consider an art-element or principle of great importance, for if absent from any composition, feebleness or weakness is the result, the manifestation of which is not pleasant. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Its history is not unlike that of Christianity itself, in the feebleness of its beginning and the greatness of its results. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Thus day after day and week after week stole on, and still he lay in his feebleness, gaining strength, if at all, by a very slow and almost imperceptible progress. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z To lead a thirteenth card merely because, as some persons assert, they "did not know what else to do," is an exhibition of feebleness of intelligence. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z At such times the sense of our guilt, feebleness, dependence, usually comes on us, full and strong. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z He can understand what is courage, what ambition, what strength or feebleness of mind. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There has indeed been in this city the appearance of feebleness and irresolution, but it has stood its ground. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Nothing but the grossest and most revolting brutality could make a man reproach his parents with the feebleness of age or illness, or the incapacity to exert their talents for support. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The same feebleness of imagination makes him clothe all intellectual tendencies, all conflicting emotions, all forces, passions, or fancies, in material forms. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Everything is matter of calculation, and measured beforehand, in order to assist their fluttering and their feebleness. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The face of the mighty mother does not soften into a smile for the feebleness of her youngest-born offspring, but is fixed in its awful sublimity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Where feebleness in expelling the fœtus exists, only the slightest aid should be rendered, and that to help the throes of the dam. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z When that is spent, we are left to our intrinsic poverty of soul, to our faithlessness and feebleness. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Oedema of the lower extremities from feebleness of the circulation is occasionally observed in the convalescence from protracted attacks. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Must we gain a height first or can we reach up our feebleness together to the Hands that do offer us a mighty help from on high? The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The intensity of the colour of flowers and the richness of flavour of fruit are, however, deficient where there is feebleness of light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z But alas! instead, her feebleness increased till at last she was forced to take to her bed. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z This I say to you, for I have come to trust you and to lean on you, Michael; but you must never hint to others that I complain of age or feebleness. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Less common are the following: mental hebetude, lasting some days or even weeks after the close of the last paroxysm, or, as in a case of Carter's, gradually increasing mental feebleness, terminating in imbecility. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He himself was, in much feebleness, awaiting his summons, and asked for Fletcher's prayers, saying, "Help me to depart in peace." Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z He was the victim of destiny because of his feebleness, blindness, and vanity. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z No sooner does he open his mouth than every one recognizes his intellectual feebleness. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Should she parley, even surrender now, at once--unveil her feebleness and implore pity? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z In estimating its severity, it is therefore proper to take into consideration the gravity of the other symptoms which attend it, such as the fall of temperature, feebleness of the pulse. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Nothing further appears to have been said on the subject, and before long the increasing feebleness of Fletcher's health put the matter beyond discussion. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Even the abb� had not expected that she would show such feebleness of purpose. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The sewing-class was started, and Miss Ellis became one of its most devoted teachers, though working often in great feebleness and pain. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z He was glad that Miss Hamilton was not here; he felt that she might have been rather contemptuous of what he tried to believe was "good-nature," but recognized in his heart as "meekness," even "feebleness." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Among the most distressing sensations which attend this condition of excessive feebleness is a feeling as if he were sinking into the earth with nothing to support him. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Seeing the old man's feebleness, Eckart held out his hand to him, and helped him to descend in safety. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The magnanimous Moor did not molest him, nor the ashes his feebleness guarded better than strength, but took abundant booty. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z In May, 1885, she again attended the Western Conference at St. Louis, though in great feebleness of body. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z Smallness of horizon, triviality of design, feebleness of mind or body are absent. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The most marked feature of the third variety is the excessive prostration, which is shown in the feebleness of the heart's action and the loss of muscular strength and of control over the sphincters. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The little place was empty, and Amraphel seated himself in it with an affectation of feebleness. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z If you saw this old man in the Artat, a fashionable street, you would be struck with his air of decrepitude, feebleness, and poverty. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z I suppose it was very good to her to be summoned from a state of feebleness; but it will not be easy, I believe, to fill the vacant place. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z All this seemed to emphasise their feebleness, and the fact that there was no money behind them, at least. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Intemperance in parents has, in many instances, been known to promote convulsions, infantile or epileptic, and other cerebral or nervous disorders in children, besides a general feebleness of constitution. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Throughout my whole body, I feel a mingled restlessness and feebleness, as if the nerves were irritated, and the muscles powerless. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Head Quarters, Morristown, February 15th, 1780,406 Declines granting a detachment requested of him, on account of the feebleness of his forces.—A covering party, if necessary, may be furnished by the militia. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z Have we any reason for thus imposing upon the Deity the limitation of our own feebleness? Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z Probably the feebleness, or state of collapse, from which the criminal must often have suffered, had much to do in deciding this. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z If the cerebral sinuses are affected, mental disturbances arise; if a cardiac thrombosis is present, it is frequently accompanied by irregularity and feebleness of the heart. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z His mental feebleness had produced their contempt—the burdensomeness of himself and his family had begotten their hatred. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I looked away from him, for in his feebleness he was already beginning to feel ludicrous. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Indecision and feebleness of character result, when the Will uniformly acts under the influence of the principle of fear and caution. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z Faint′ness, want of strength: feebleness of colour, light, &c.: dejection.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Hence the dyspnoea, which may occur perhaps suddenly, and the change of pulse to one of marked feebleness and frequency. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z And so forth, though every variety of male feebleness and feminine futility, in answer to all which Harry turned off his hasty rejoinder with the dexterous ease acquired of long practice and familiar experience. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Simplicity and beautiful dignity, tempered by evident feebleness of health, made him a memorable figure. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z We adore the vigorous brutalities of Kipling and Masefield, we are interested in the formless feebleness of certain new poets; we scorn Gray and Landor, and overlook the poetry of Arnold. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The most imprudent being upon earth makes many a judicious resolution; and may trace his errors less to the weakness of his judgment, than to the feebleness of his self-command. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z It is therefore more suitable than the latter for nervous and excitable patients, for persons of advanced age or of general feebleness of constitution, or for very young children. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z In spite of his efforts, Muzio was unable, as Siccio's feebleness increased, to provide for all their wants, and he became gloomy and morose. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Yet I had been, everything considered, remarkably successful; there was no need for sentimental regret, a trait of mental feebleness. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z God and man were found to be more profoundly separated by this moral antithesis of righteousness and sin than they had before been by the antithesis of strength and feebleness. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The women are beguiled to the trysting-place, and yield rather from feebleness of will than from appetite for vice. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Nothing but old age, with its increasing feebleness, and helplessness, and friendlessness. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z His absolute rights placed him in the condition of uncontrolled feebleness; if he had become social, he would have put on the regulated strength of rights balanced by duties. 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 The report of abundance ahead so excited the men that they forgot their feebleness and clamored to be led on that very afternoon. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Notwithstanding her feebleness she regularly attended the church on Sabbath mornings, and met the Sunday-school teachers once a week, going over the lessons and giving much valuable instruction. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z He may speak with conscious feebleness, but his infirmity has nothing to do with the matter. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z She was no more aware of her feebleness than one strung up in battle notices a wound not immediately crippling. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z For these had never once interfered to help the cause of right; their feebleness was now laid bare before his eyes. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Forgetting feebleness and fatigue, she was constantly in the saddle; setting aside all etiquette, she dined in the open air with her followers, each of whom she treated as a brother. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z This shows that his mental feebleness results not so much from natural causes as the artificial ones of his long confinement, and a withering isolation from the outer world. The Herriges Horror in Philadelphia A Full History of the Whole Affair. A Man Kept in a Dark Cage Like a Wild Beast for Twenty Years, As Alleged, in His Own Mother's and Brother's House 2011-12-14T03:00:19.043Z She hid her face in her hands, staggered at the growing feebleness of her own resistance. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z I am only speaking, directly, about the Germans of the present day, who have had to suffer more than other people from the feebleness of personality and the opposition of substance and form. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Despite his age and feebleness, Gregory displayed remarkable energy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The feebleness of childhood seemed to leave him. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Strength and feebleness were, in this instance, mere secondary matters. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z It is really due to the feebleness of a child to give it the aid and support of habit in what it has to do and avoid. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z I believe that the weakness and feebleness of such a religion never comes out so much as it does upon a sick bed. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z For I was indeed bruised all over, and covered with gory wounds; and a sudden dizziness of brain and feebleness of body seized me. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z "When an old man cries 'Ugh!' he is not tired Of life, but only tired of feebleness." A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z He looked, as he lay back in his low couch, a strange mixture of feebleness and power. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The poor girl attributed her misfortune not to the feebleness of her stomach, but to her lack of virtue, and she applied herself with increased anxiety to better her life. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Look at the kind of mediocrity and feebleness they set on pedestals, and be thankful you don't fit into their mutual admiration societies. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z These broaden and strengthen the curves, and preserve them from lapsing to narrowness and feebleness; lending touches of straightness and firmness which nobly enhance the graces. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z But with this softness there was neither irresolution nor feebleness.... The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z But here is where the excessive feebleness of our hearts is constantly disclosed. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z This was, of course, mainly the mistress's care; while the master's was, as far as his bodily feebleness permitted, directed towards his agricultural operations. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Laurence Cockcroft, a British economist who specialises in anti-bribery campaigns, says the dozen recent prosecutions by the Serious Fraud Office belie its reputation for feebleness: “it’s a huge improvement on five years ago.” Bribery: Supply side 2011-11-02T22:33:03Z He complained of the impaired tone of the digestive organs, great torpor of the liver, weakness of muscular activity, and feebleness in walking. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z I thought that the severe stretch of my faculties would cause them to yield, and subside into feebleness and torpor. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z He seemed to be sorry for everything that was weak, and to seek to console and comfort it, under the curse of feebleness. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The feebleness of unwieldy and disunited multitudes cumbered the Carin�, along which he passed. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Only that loneliness is now accentuate And, as the dusk unveils the heaven's deep cave, This small world's feebleness fills me with awe again, And all man's energies seem very brave. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z The author deplores the altered conditions of the Royal Plates and the feebleness of the horses bred only for speed, on the ground that the change was producing ill effects upon all saddle-horses. Small Horses in Warfare 2011-10-26T02:00:30.897Z The prevailing diarrhœa and scorbutic condition were the results of the want of food and the combined influences of the bad air and water, and not the primary causes of the feebleness and death. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z A feebleness of melancholy slowly rose within her, like a burden, like a burden that climbed up her breast and stifled her breathing. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z In his association with hardy pagans, athlet� and the exquisite Herod, he had in a measure forgotten the feebleness of Saul. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z For the future we shall not treat lightly the armies of the early Caliphs, nor scoff with Gibbon at the feebleness of the troops who were routed by them. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Salisbury pursued his interrogations, but it was evident, from the increasing feebleness of the prisoner, that he would sink under it if the examination was further protracted. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z But his feebleness, crudeness, imperfection, his dearth and deficiency, his sensuality, hardness, love of material things, is insisted on, and cannot be exaggerated. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The extreme feebleness of their opponents alone saved the French from disaster. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The rabbi was not well-formed, and his frame had a note of feebleness in its make-up in spite of its youth and flesh. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Indeed, such was the feebleness of shareholder democracy at most firms that “no” votes were not even counted; only “yes” votes were. Schumpeter: Mickey Mouse governance 2011-10-13T07:48:14Z The chief priests and preachers answered it with personal abuse and slander, revealing by such fruits the nature of their tree, and confessing the feebleness of its root, either in reason or human affection. 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 Never too suddenly, for their feebleness, which they feel, makes them stubborn; one must act on them in such a way as to make them believe that they act by themselves.' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z No remedies did this man any permanent good, and he passed out of my sight, being at that time in a condition of wretched feebleness, and with symptoms of threatened dementia. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z He found in Paganism a feebleness, an irresolution, an indifference, an utter absence of self-sacrifice, which contrasted strangely with his own devoted enthusiasm. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z This feebleness is about to leave Yahoo to the wolves. Deal Professor: A Weak Board at Yahoo Stumbles in a Series of Missteps 2011-09-20T23:56:05Z There are indications of physical feebleness as well as haste in this letter. 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 Only three men in Wheeler’s squad were maintaining a steady fire; the other squads displayed a corresponding feebleness of resistance. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z She complained of giddiness, musc� volitantes, and great feebleness of vision, and dreaded attempting to read, as the mere effort of fixing her eyes on anything intently caused flashes of fire before them. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z "Hello, Joshua!" said Forrester, and was surprised at the feebleness of his voice when he tried to speak. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z But the chances of success were poor having in view his feebleness and the boy's agility. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z And, on the other hand, the reaction of the organism on the environment may vary from extreme feebleness to an almost overpowering determination. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z He uses me as a daughter; offers to adopt me; trusts his age and feebleness to me; looks to me for every need, every ministration.... The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Denonville's last act was one which strikingly illustrated the condition of feebleness and dejection into which he had fallen. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z Everything around her seemed to remind her of her feebleness. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z I cannot close this paper without expressing my deep sense of the feebleness and shallowness of all that I have advanced, on a subject of really commanding interest. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z This kindness actually degenerated into weakness, or, as some people might term it, feebleness or indifference. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z As has happened so often, however, that which could not be accomplished by reason of the feebleness of the common interest was brought about by the presence of impending danger. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z This Jesus, whom we had thought our brother, is after all, removed from us by the immeasurable distance which separates the feebleness of man from the omnipotence of God. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Exasperated at its feebleness, the people finally rose in their wrath and drove their impotent rulers from the land. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Hence the feebleness of our prayers and the coldness of our prayer-meetings. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z At the moment that the poor boy died, George's grandfather, unable any longer to restrain himself, decided, despite his feebleness, to join the fray. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z He walks with the deliberation and dignity of age, but without a suggestion of physical feebleness, and while he remains standing his head is as finely poised as a soldier's. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z There was, indeed, no method at all; there was nothing except an inherent moral feebleness. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z There is an indulgence for the wrongdoer which is mere feebleness and half compliance, and which shares in the guilt of Eli. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Why the dullness and feebleness in the celebration of that precious feast which ought to stir the very deepest depths of our renewed being? The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z He was of a very weakly constitution; and the energies of his mind seem to have been repressed by the feebleness of his body. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z I therefore watched him closely, for although he was an old man, he shewed no sign of feebleness. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Yet crude as are these early attempts at strengthening the feebleness of the actual they are remotely akin to the idealising efforts of true art. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Alas, they have feebleness enough for it, for he who joins in the dance of the graces may give his hand to the furies unawares. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z This state of feebleness requires, then, indispensable assistance, and an assistance of long duration. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z We make the woman weak where she is weak; We school her feeble; feebleness we seek. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Others there were who either from feebleness or lack of discipline openly refused their daily duty and went unpunished. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z He is conscious of the feebleness of his work and much indulgence is asked for. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z It was very natural that he should then contrast the state and condition of the cause with its feebleness when he first came to Boston. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The true reason for paternal or maternal authority lies in the feebleness of the child, in its physical, intellectual, and moral incapacity. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z If we mistake not, vigor rather than feebleness will be seen in her remarks upon that vast and inexhaustible subject, which now engaged her most,—education. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Hence the unattractive character of their church life, the bitterness of their profession, the unloveliness of their spirit, the feebleness and failure of their efforts. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z His speech is hesitating, his motion difficult, but in spite of his feebleness he spares no pains to interest his guest. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Necessary as it is in shaping our purposes, if allowed too direct and exclusive control consciousness breeds hesitation and feebleness. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z But in candid minds most recitals of our modern advantages are followed by a melancholy sense of our feebleness in using them. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The dewy wail of infancy, the piercing zest of female innocence, and the tremulous pleading of piping feebleness, all mocked at the radiance of the crimson steel, have poured their bootless incense o’er my breast.... John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z That they were not more extensive was due to Indian troubles and the feebleness of the frontier settlements. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The following scenario, though its feebleness can hardly be traced solely to lack of climax, illustrates what is meant. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Under such circumstances it is doubly necessary that any one who is conscious of feebleness in his command of English should promptly and earnestly begin the cultivation of it. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z This is due either to a feebleness in the currents of the sponge which makes it difficult to get rid of waste substances or to the fact that the canals get blocked. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z A child may not have very much intelligence, but if he has a good memory, application, and will, he is regular in his studies, and this compensates for the mental feebleness. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z There are traces of suffering on the expressive face, and there is a touch of feebleness in the form and step. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z You have all of you only one dream, one idea in your heads; to break men's strength with your feebleness and govern his intelligence with your futility. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z This invective was singular, and uttered in a voice which united the utmost degree of earnestness with a feebleness that rendered it almost inarticulate. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The conquest of Canaan, therefore, was a demonstration to the Canaanites of the feebleness, and even nothingness, of their own gods, and of the superior power of the God of Israel. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z But helpless as Philippa was, her feebleness always leant in the direction in which she wished to go, and, in some mysterious fashion, she seemed to get on as well as other stronger people. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Under the stimulus of it, he forgot pain and feebleness. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z I have been obliged to set all aside from extreme feebleness. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z It is an extreme feebleness for a rational being thus to doubt reason, and it is an incredible rashness, in this despair of intelligence, to dream of direct communication with God. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Such instruments often injure the solo performer exceedingly, and the critic is right in charging the fault to feebleness of tone. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z His first book was disgusting for its feebleness and servility, and this is scarcely better, notwithstanding the richness of its materials and the curious interest of its subject. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Its government had, on the contrary, displayed throughout the crisis an anarchic feebleness and incoherency which would have speeded its end had the leader of the plebiscitary movement possessed sagacity or even common courage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Ruthless destruction, even of her own choicest works, is the badge of her inexhaustible omnipotence: add but a touch of pity, and you fall back to the littleness and feebleness of man. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z Such is the force and at the same time the feebleness of music, that it expresses every thing and expresses nothing in particular. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z "It seems very busy," I said with conscious feebleness. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Yet in spite of the feebleness which exposes him to the treasonable arts of Gano, he is not deficient in a certain nobility. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Before long Charles the Bald’s followers were dictating to him; and in the disaffection caused by his feebleness and cowardice prelates and nobles allied themselves against him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z He knows the feebleness of His creatures, and has pity. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Who has taught him that charming delivery, those graceful troubles, that purity even in feebleness, that melancholy, sometimes even that depth, with that marvellous language which seems the natural accent of woman's heart? Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z I watched him for a moment more, cursing words for their feebleness, and went. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He might be about sixty years of age; his figure was very tall, but he stooped considerably, evidently from feebleness, and the pallid hue of ill-health overspread his emaciated features. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He united once more the dominions of Charlemagne; but he disgraced the imperial throne by his feebleness, and was incapable of using his immense army to defend Paris when it was besieged by the Normans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z From his early youth he was a prey to great feebleness of constitution, which prevented him from making any conspicuous figure at school. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z When it is morally accused, it is much less as being wrong than as attesting vices of the soul, lightness, presumption, feebleness. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Beverly was in the enjoyment of ruddy health, and buoyant animal impulses, but his antagonist was pale, thin, and evidently labouring under depression of spirits, as well as feebleness of body. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Presently she rose and resumed the occupations of the day, but she was stooped forward for very feebleness like an old woman. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z He's aging,' he said critically; not without sympathy, but with a stalwart conviction that his own feebleness was as strength to the other's weakness. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z I felt then, as I feel a thousand times now, how extraordinary people were who spoke of the trial my darling's mental feebleness would be to me. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Yet not despairing in my feebleness, But hoping that the Master still will bless The will to do good that my efforts show. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z And he looked as if he had been picked up in the arms of Time, and flung across the unseen gulf into the greyness and feebleness of age. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z On the drive up, Mrs. Janney held her in the hollow of her arm, pressed close, yearning over her in her shame and sorrow and feebleness. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Repose and physical weakness are favourable to the recognition of a derived existence: hence the beauty of the feebleness of old age preceding the approach of death. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z "What can I do, Ancram?" he asked, in a tone so contrasted in its feebleness with his usual self-assured, rather strident voice, that it might have touched some persons with compassion. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z The relative feebleness of any organ or system of organs, similarly forms modifications not less important. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z After Goldsmith, the eighteenth-century essay declined into tamer hands, and passed into final feebleness with the pedantic Richard Cumberland and the sentimental Henry Mackenzie. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The folly, the feebleness, and the fury of kings is to be matched only by the feebleness, the folly, and the fury of crowds. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The feebleness of the body weakens the self-sufficient feeling, and disposes to piety. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z He felt they could not understand it or forgive, as he could forgive, its unjustifiable feebleness.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z A certain feebleness is the necessary consequence of these two circumstances. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Unless he was simply appalled at the feebleness of his side's first half attacking efforts and concerned that Crawley might come back into the tie. Manchester United 1-0 Crawley Town 2011-02-19T19:34:16Z No, he could not go to Colonel Fielding, not even now, in his age and feebleness, not even for Miss Judy's sake. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z We may stay in this tree till we starve, and from feebleness drop, one by one, from the branches.” Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Even as the young man said it he was aware of the remarkable feebleness of it. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Conformably with this view, the appearance and the manners of eunuchs approach to those of women, by the softness and feebleness of their organization, as well as by their timidity, and by their acute voice. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The king heard the shout, and rose in joyful haste, although for his feebleness he could not make much speed, and looked forth to see if the tidings were indeed true. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z This the people attributed to the feebleness of the remedies, and loudly called for some of a more decided character; unhappily they found a man that was willing to grant them all they should ask. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Every grown man had left the assembly long before twelve o'clock struck, the feebleness of the excuses for departing thus early being only equalled by the gravity with which they were made. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z In speaking on this subject, he felt the utter feebleness of human language. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z He was fully aware of Gabrielle's unlimited power over her mother, and of that lady's feebleness of character. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z "Often the ineptness, the feebleness, the insatiable cupidity and the excesses of the papacy." The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z In spite of his state of feebleness the poor old man would accompany me to the gate of his grounds. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z A sense of horrible forlornness, feebleness, impotence, and infinite, eternal desolation possessed him. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z His face was pale, and the feebleness of his condition was manifest in his tottering walk; but his eye was clear and steady and not a muscle of his face betrayed his emotion. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z I would myself have gone with them if I had not feared that my feebleness would impede rather than assist their flight. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z In February, 1821, he began to fail rapidly, and the symptoms of his disease, cancer in the stomach, multiplied; but, in spite of feebleness, he faced death with courage. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z He tottered across the Square, showing very much of extreme feebleness, looking neither to the right nor to the left, his cheek white, his eyes rolling. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z But, Isabel, by still keeping present the first wonder of our meeting, we shall make our hearts all feebleness. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The Duke of Argyll and Professor Max Müller, by the obvious feebleness of their half-hearted replies, had unconsciously aided in disseminating and enforcing the very views they attempted to combat. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Why should it be presumed that dependence and feebleness of mind were natural to women? A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The union’s leaders were frustrated by their own feebleness. Zambia Balances Aid From China and Resentment 2010-11-20T17:44:00Z But a sunny afternoon was most notable for the feebleness of the resistance they encountered for the first hour. Wasps 10-37 Northampton Saints 2010-10-24T19:24:00Z There was wistfulness in her smile, but through her feebleness her resolution stood fast and the movement of her head was meant for a shake of refusal. The Law of Hemlock Mountain The idea all through is clearly weakness, feebleness, physical or mental. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Pregnant ewes require the same food as at all other times; but caution is necessary to prevent injury or abortion, which is often the result of excessive fat, feebleness, or disease. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. His presence alone inspired us with courage and endurance; and whenever he opened his mouth to interpose between our feebleness and the ferocity of his countrymen, our dangers seemed to diminish. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas The feebleness of the father was not inherited by the son. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Poverty, however, entered her parents' dwelling, and her father seemed drooping for lack of nourishment which his increasing feebleness required. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 The justification lies in the vast gulf which separates the remote, ineffable, and inconceivable purity of God from the feebleness and grossness of man. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius They seldom need any assistance, nor should any be rendered, except in case of wrong presentation, or feebleness in expelling the fœtus. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. These words, from the lips of the neophyte, came yet through the din of yells; but it seemed to those who listened, that there was feebleness in the voice that uttered them. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico A leader of men must descend into the lake of tears and know feebleness and despair before his spirit can sway them to great ends. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race In truth, this was the source of her feebleness. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician It had never been robust, though his habits had been temperate; but feebleness of stomach, and an organic disease, predicted the approach of his dissolution. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Its causes were the mismanagement, corruption, and feebleness of the Government; the flaunting vulgarity and profiteering of the rich; the misery of the poor. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Moreover, it is so constituted that, if obeyed, it becomes clearer in its injunctions, and wider in their range, and corrects and completes the accidental feebleness of its initial teachings. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent It begins with the words, “In age and feebleness extreme.” The Story of Our Hymns Such a caution is always needful; but its necessity is increased in proportion to the feebleness of the lungs and their tendency to suppuration, bleeding, etc. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Notwithstanding his feebleness of body, his intellectual vigour remained—thus adding one to the many proofs of the distinct natures of mind and body. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Age and feebleness had at length worn out that busy passion for intrigue, which power had not been able to satiate, nor disgrace correct. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Haste is even an evidence of life—the brief word, the obscure hint, the unexplained, the unfinished, or even the unachieved, are the marks of human feebleness, but are also among those of human truth. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. "I have not tasted tea or wheaten bread for weeks," answered the man; his voice died off into a wail, as though feebleness and pain had drawn the cry from him in spite of himself. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The feebleness of their condition makes their courage colossal. William Bradford of Plymouth On the night when Larry Masters had sat until dawn by an unreplenished fire, the physical resistance of his body had ebbed to feebleness. The Tempering Instead of yielding to such girlish weakness, he strengthened and stilled his rebellious heart with that defiant spirit which is the man's form of this youthful feebleness. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II "Why, about what anybody's are, I think," he said, and was immediately conscious of the feebleness of this response. The Preliminaries And Other Stories Turkey feebly expressed his opinion of people who dropped paper beside a road, the feebleness being due to the sex of his unknown companion. The Land of Strong Men "Where is the Christian maiden?" said he in dreamy feebleness, his expression changing into a look of anxiety. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril Soon, one by one, they stood upon their feet, and seeming to lose their old age as the music every moment became more enchanting, they forgot their feebleness and danced gaily about the room. Bill the Minder It was encouraged by the natural feebleness of a disunited government. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Spell of feebleness, weakness brought on by some sort of enchantment. A Reading Book in Irish History His dependence on his Flemish counsellors provoked the rising in Castile, the feebleness of his government the social war in Aragon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Their power of reasoning is far inferior to that of man, but not more so than their power of thinking and expression; but a faculty does not lose its identity by reason of its feebleness. The Speech of Monkeys Faultiness and feebleness, folly and littleness, seemed restrained, corrected, transformed, when presented in solemn, noble, and pure melodies. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance The king, however, was completely successful, and, having proved the feebleness of the commons, fell next upon those he more dreaded. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 At Scotland Yard he was known as "Sage and Onions," the feebleness of the jeu d'esprit being to some extent mitigated by the venom with which it was uttered. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall It surely was not out of feebleness but tenderness that the abbess leaned upon the two nuns. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess The Mountain urged its acceptance, but the only charges against him were complaints of his feebleness, and of his being governed by his wife. Lives of Celebrated Women Yours, on the other hand, are simply due to congenital feebleness of some parts of your gray matter. A Top-Floor Idyl "Why am I taken now, just when she will need me most?" went on the mother's whisper, which contrasted so strangely in its feebleness with the power of her gaze. East Angels The principal ground on which wills are attacked is feebleness of mind, lack of mental capacity. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman No absurd talk about her age, her feebleness, the weather, but simply it was taken for granted that of course she would be there. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He retained the brightness of his mind, his death being due to the feebleness of old age. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He gives the reasons for the strange connection of power and feebleness, not indeed in reference to man as a creature, but in reference to the Man Christ Jesus. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Ebenezer forgot his lameness and the feebleness of his frame, and he hastened at his utmost speed to the rescue of a human being. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 With the passing of the plague, Gen�t and his staff had come back; but for Ren� to think of what he eagerly desired was only to be reminded of his own physical feebleness. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington “Where am I?” he exclaimed, astonished at the feebleness of his own voice. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising An ever-increasing feebleness warned her that her days were numbered, though so far she had been spared severe suffering. A Question of Marriage Most people plume themselves upon their virtue, and their virtue is nothing more than a feebleness of constitution; they make a virtue of necessity. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The narrative shows the feebleness of Egypt abroad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" “But—for you, in your feebleness——” He held up his thin white hand that trembled as an aspen leaf. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn So they keep it up, and it is considered a great shame and sign of feebleness p. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The old refrain of the herd that makes a god of its feebleness and bows down before him. Above the Battle Why do we men of intelligence and initiative give our best, the keenest of our brains, to these mere figureheads whom we flatter, but at heart despise for their feebleness? The Intriguers Behind man lay the long level of wasted national faculties, emasculating superstitions, the graceful feebleness of a sensual nobility, and the superb follies of a haughty and yet helpless throne. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 But nothing appeals so powerfully to a woman's heart as the sudden feebleness of a strong man—the man she loves. Anne Four weeks of incessant care and nursing brought, still in wan feebleness, his first returning smile. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) When he spoke he was startled by the feebleness of his voice. Warrior of the Dawn The prince was hesitating, and all his counsellors shared his feebleness. Women of Early Christianity When the pup is partly born, and its passage appears to be delayed, either through the feebleness of the throes or some mechanical impediment, assistance should be afforded. The Dog There was a feebleness in the effort which went to Anne's heart. Anne But I did not realise it, dearest, even when I heard the pitiful feebleness of my argument exposed in the cool and cutting words of the District Attorney. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients "If one could only deal with them as one does with other men!—but in their vileness and their feebleness they are covered by their frock like women." A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June As might be inferred from their feebleness, the lines from ver. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Yet this neglect of the means of culture is not due to any natural feebleness of the mind. The Intellectual Life He must hide his face and acknowledge his feebleness when he stands before this inscrutable, heavy-browed, silent Fate. Anne Goodness, gentleness, youth supporting age, beauty unabashed by feebleness and ugliness—these were the characteristics of the scene on which he looked. A Life Sentence A Novel The quiet majesty and silent eloquence of the one accentuates the feebleness of the other. Cathedrals of Spain He had greatly rallied since I saw him last, but still showed signs of debility and feebleness by the very attitude in which he lay. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II His step tottered with a feebleness never before observable in the sturdy frame of the old man, and the hand which he extended to Philip was marked by an unusual tremulousness. The Lamplighter I did not hear his answer; for with the same passionate feebleness I caught the sleeve of his dressing-gown in my fingers, and began smoothing it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 We believed in another world, but we admitted the feebleness of our senses. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Shorty had come across the haversack that the Deacon had brought, and it awakened all his old predatory instincts, sharpened, if anything, by his feebleness. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign He dwelt upon his increasing feebleness, his age, already beyond the common lot of man, the solitude to which he would be left, the comfort they would be to each other, if together. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 This guilt consisted in a foul robbery committed by Nan and her infamous son upon your innocent mother, now rendered, through her feebleness, an easy prey to their rapacity. The Lamplighter The wretched family devoured the meat in the dark; their hunger and feebleness did not allow them to ask what kind of meat it was. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium The writer--keenly impressed with the feebleness of his matter at some particular point--grasps at the crutch of verse. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. His best things are imitations of Cowper in his sacred mood, such as the familiar "Star of Bethlehem," and even these are generally spoilt by some feebleness or false note. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The wounds which he had received on the deck of the lugger were severe, and had reduced him to a state of extreme feebleness; but they were not dangerous. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 He had a book, and, enraged at his own feebleness, seemed as if he were going out of the world, with a contempt of this, and no hopes of a better. Life of John Keats The love of horror which is in this manner connected with feebleness of intellect, is not, however, to be confounded with that shown by the vulgar in general. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) Now, dearest mother, for mother you have been Unto my childhood and now budding youth, Would that my feebleness could e'er repay Your years of love. Olla Podrida The incompetent Chinese emperor had died, and the incapable minister to whose feebleness the fall of Sianyang was due had been dismissed by his master and murdered by his enemies. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Don't regard me as one always on the sunny heights, but as one often cast down, often in much feebleness, in much unworthiness, and falling so far short of my own ideal. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports Hate and anger, feebleness and want, had all fought in her mind and worn her out. Ditte: Girl Alive! "I cannot accuse myself of any feebleness of that sort," says Desmond, gloomily. Rossmoyne This ruffian type of the young man is rarely exhibited on the historical theatre in its full combination of animal fury with mental feebleness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 We have all seen just such old men, and their feebleness has aroused our sympathy and respect. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four The old man rose up instantly, forgetting his blindness, forgetting his own feebleness, and the danger into which he would have rushed, to go and plead Penn's cause. Cudjo's Cave They, too, begin in feebleness and gradually expand. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition You were saying——" "That there is a tremendous amount of feebleness in most natures. Rossmoyne But it must as an economic necessity raise this labor to the highest point of efficiency or suffer inevitable industrial feebleness and inferiority. Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12 These people appear to possess the natural feebleness and delicacy of man, without the power of shielding themselves from the accidents of nature. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew This feebleness of intellect is mainly shown in the nearly total unconsciousness of the writers that anybody else may want a presentation, besides themselves. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Contrasted with the psychical condition of India, we cannot but be struck with the feebleness of these first European efforts. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Dame Partington is clearly outdone by them, in regard to pertinacity of purpose and feebleness of execution. Thoughts on African Colonization Nothing surprised me more, as I walked from Siboney to the front, than the feebleness of the resistance offered by the Spaniards to our advance. Campaigning in Cuba No levity, no feebleness, no indifference; or if there were, it is a relaxation from the intense activity which gives a tone to its general character. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature In the Catholic theory the feebleness of Reason is met half-way, and made good by the authority of the Church. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford My dear chappie, you don't know the extent of my feebleness. The Recipe for Diamonds There was no indecision—no feebleness in his conduct; and that extraordinary event was not suffered to delay the expedition. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 This desire had hitherto been smothered beneath the mass of conventional ideas, which so frequently overwhelm our timidity and enslave our feebleness in endless routine. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 He was the eldest son of the Coleridge, and with a portion of his father's genius combined a large share of his infirmity of purpose and feebleness of will. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Sickness and feebleness are the only inexcusable faults of wild animal life, and offer sufficient reason for death if hunger is fierce. The Wilderness Trail You will never do good work by subsequent manipulation, if you have a groundwork of feebleness and indecision. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors But if the traveller has entered at all into the spirit of Tintoret, he will immediately feel the comparative feebleness and conventionality of the Titian. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) I passed my hand over my eyes, as if to blur the glitter that had alarmed Guy’s scrupulous feebleness, and sat down quietly again. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 It struck me like a great heresy against truth and purity; it seemed to lay bare before me the corruptibility and feebleness of poor human nature. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. But they cannot be strengthened, unless we are content to take them in their feebleness, and unless we prize and honor them in their imperfection above the best and most perfect manual skill. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Adelle, weary as she was, might not consider food as of the first importance in this crisis, but recognizing Archie's greater feebleness, she yielded to his desire for refreshment. Clark's Field The external feebleness of that country was then illustrated by the manners of overriding barbarians, and the visits of big barbarian warships: she was a country beleaguered. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) "Young man, thou oughtest to have respect for my old age and my feebleness; but thou shalt not, nevertheless, shorten my life." History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 “Where am I?” he asked, and was startled by the feebleness of the voice which seemed in no way related to him. Aces Up The Greek sculptor could neither bear to confess his own feebleness, nor to tell the faults of the forms that he portrayed. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), I do not believe this; and I believe the so-called necessity of Art to be the mere feebleness of the artist. The Brownings Their Life and Art Up to this point, Villon professes to have been a model of courtesy, even of feebleness: and the brawl, in his version, 152 reads like the fable of the wolf and the lamb. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) She could relate how the profane Pentheus and the self-glorious Hippolytus gave a lesson to the world of the feebleness of human virtue when it placed itself in opposition to divine power. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century To become a Catholic—that is quite another thing, and seems to us in Paraguay to denote either feebleness of intellect or a dishonest mind. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings The illusion conceals his feebleness, and deprives him of help, often of sympathy. Woman under socialism Many fluent pens are doubtless cramped into feebleness through want of space. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 These appear to grit as external defences, thrown up to protect elegant feebleness against any direct collision with positive character, and to keep men and women at a respectful distance from ladies and gentlemen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 But, on the other hand, an excess of sleep produces feebleness, by preventing the proper exercise of the mind as well as the body. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) There is nothing more dangerous than the foolish and reckless daring of feebleness, when, as happens at times, it is suddenly seized with a mania for heroics. Right Above Race One who has long been accustomed to animal food cannot at once abstain from it without experiencing some feebleness for the want of its stimulation, and perhaps even temporary emaciation. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery No one can charge Lockhart with dilettantism: no one certainly can charge him with feebleness of intellect, or insufficient equipment of culture, or lack of humour and wit. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 In addition to this, the extreme feebleness of the sense would be remarkable. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The feebleness in the refracting power of the eye may be caused by disease; but usually it is a consequence of old age, and is remedied by wearing spectacles with convex glasses. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) I was overwhelmed by a sense of human weakness, of the infinite feebleness of the individual man against wind and wave and the stress of tradition and the ancient usages of mankind. The Passionate Friends Sickeningly aware of his feebleness in contrast with this easy, honest vigor, Claude made an effort to be manly and matter-of-fact. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Several of them were downright Atheists, who would have regarded the "liberal theology" of Mr. Brooke as a sign of mental feebleness. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) I did not levitate, because the feebleness of her call indicated she might be hurt and on the ground. Lonesome Hearts The days and weeks of sickness and feebleness had been a good time for the little girl, and the kindness she received made her heart very tender. Trading There is a depression in the opening stages of fever and a feebleness in a convalescence on a starvation diet that leads men to broad and sober views. The Passionate Friends How to this end he had pretended feebleness of mind and had planned and plotted finally to expose Pecksniff and set all right. Tales from Dickens The poor old woman is very happy and will have a cottage more suited for her rheumatism and her general feebleness than the present one. Robinetta When the thought is expected to ascend but descends, feebleness, and sometimes confusion, is the result. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses But their foresight, and their patience, and their capacity, and their thoroughness, and the madness of his own people, and their feebleness, and their cowardice, and their helplessness, infuriated him. Graham of Claverhouse But he stole Only the racial melancholy, and The feebleness, and— The Duke. L'Aiglon Like the Christian Scientists of to-day he asserted, as Mrs. Shelley tells us, that "death and disease existed only through the feebleness of man's mind, that pain also had no reality." Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Added to these various evidences of weakness, will be the various vices assumed for the sake of concealment; morbid refinements disguising feebleness—or insolence and coarseness to cover desperation. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The feebleness and sterility of hybrids derived from widely separated races or nearly allied different species proves the deficiency in vital force of the offspring of fundamentally dissimilar procreators. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study These observations have commonly borne the character of feebleness and affectation; they have a sort of pedantic prettiness, which is somewhat repulsive, but they do not want ingenuity, or justness of criticism. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir It had been a hard cross for her feebleness to take up when she admitted that man and woman to her presence. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Dufrenne resisted him as best he could, but his age and feebleness rendered him helpless. The Ivory Snuff Box It presents a peculiar smallness and feebleness in all cases of severe oligæmia. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological She is not at all disposed to lay aside the feeblenesses of her sex and go into one of the learned professions. Is He Popenjoy? There were two bodies—the body of flesh that had come with fatigue and feebleness into the world, and the body of passion that was blooming into power. The Man Who Wins Art, in the time of her brief acquaintance with it, had baffled her, and given her a hint of her own feebleness; but Nature was the great Incomprehensible—and she was alone with it. Audrey Craven Mr. Gladstone's feebleness is an incitement to revolution. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Lastly, it does sometimes occur from muscular feebleness in weakly children, the bladder being unable to bear more than a limited degree of distension. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Not a twig stirred; the tall spires were black, and motionless, and solemn, and he felt that their stateliness emphasized his own feebleness and inconsequence. The Greater Power He felt his own inadequacy, his own feebleness to cope with the problem before him, and so he sat brooding impotently. The Twins of Suffering Creek "Well, after the way you've delivered yourself on my other books, which are feebleness itself compared with this one, I must say your present attitude astonishes me." Audrey Craven On this night Pitt, but lately recovered from a fit of his hereditary gout, spoke briefly, and with evident feebleness of frame. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Its comparative feebleness, under the reign of a bereaved woman weary of the world, invited to the enterprise. Henry IV, Makers of History Now He sings the song, and His co-heirs sing it too in feebleness, yet by His Grace and through His Spirit. The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ It seemed to me that Godfrey was making a rather pitiful exhibition of his physical feebleness. The Red Hand of Ulster Still these tribes have fortified their feebleness by such a cultivation of their ingenuity as surprises one seeing for the first time their well-adapted tools, comfortable lodges, and, in some cases, really beautiful canoes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 When Don Quixote beheld the squire's countenance, even he began to show signs of feebleness, but his bravery overcame his fears. The Story of Don Quixote Some artists call such feebleness conscientiousness, but to me it seems mere weakness. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Coming home one day from church, he walked behind an old man bent with age and feebleness, painfully making his way. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Feebleness and failure in prayer is a sign of feebleness in the spiritual life. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer If the fault lies not in the teaching itself but in the feebleness of the Church, then the Church 195 must clearly be counted a failure. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war But let the hand that doth delight to show Support to feebleness, the tendril twine Around some lattice-work, and 'twill bestow Its thanks in fragrance, and with blossoms shine. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Vigour of body is a good; feebleness is an evil. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Through my long absence from my people here, You have sustain'd their feebleness. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage And so desire is the soul of prayer, and the cause of insufficient or unsuccessful prayer is very much to be found in the lack or feebleness of desire. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer The sand grated into his battered face and seeped through onto his tongue; he coughed and spluttered, groaning from the effort and his feebleness. Raiders Invisible He speaks, he says, impelled by the 'shame and horror' which an Englishman must feel at our feebleness, and asks whether we are cowards to be kicked with impunity? The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice He has faculties which in me are rudimentary, but which I can appreciate by their contrast to my own feebleness. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies He found that he could work a little, though the smallest excess was still punished by days of feebleness. Beside Still Waters Failure in prayer comes from feebleness of the Spirit’s work in us. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer The sight of her ailing, weak, with those large glistening eyes, enlarged by feebleness, went to his very heart. The Marriage of Elinor Like an infant, if thou thinkest Thou canst stand, Childlike, proudly pushing back The offered hand, Courage soon is changed to fear, Strength doth feebleness appear; In his love if thou abide, He will guide. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul He dilated long on the feebleness and incapacity of the king, and his total inability to exercise any control in the management of public affairs. Richard III Makers of History But now he had to go through the experience of feebleness and peevish inactivity. Beside Still Waters Let no fear of feebleness or poverty make you afraid—ask in the Name of Christ. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer Madaléna, perceiving the feebleness of her lover, took his hand, and fixing on him an eager gaze, made him sit by her side. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Indeed, there was a certain feebleness or timidity in the stranger's hail, as if he was mistrustful that any good fortune could respond to him, and, hence, deprecated the necessity of the resort. The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories He refers to those who, young in the faith, have a tender and frail conscience, thereby betokening immaturity and feebleness of faith. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost The two girls were somewhat dismayed at their mother’s wan looks; her feebleness and uncertainty of speech, the very vagueness of her lamentations, filled them with sad forebodings for the future. Not Like Other Girls What a solemn responsibility!—How often we complain of darkness, of feebleness, of failure, as if there was no help for it. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer He was glad; but in his feebleness joy was as hard to bear as grief. Ulysses S. Grant The woman in Cleopatra now urged her to show more animation, beneath this young man's gaze, than was compatible with her avowed condition of extreme lassitude and feebleness. Too Old for Dolls A Novel The old woman rose stiffly, and with a feebleness that seemed utterly foreign to her usual energy, permitted Billy Louise to lead her from the kitchen. The Ranch at the Wolverine Then he discerns his own feebleness, recognising the platitude of this last remark. Somehow Good Making us conscious of our feebleness in prayer? The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer The feebleness which kept me confined to my bed during the day, had made my nights wakeful. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Then let him show the claims which age, combined with feebleness, has upon our respect and sympathy, and expose the cruelty and shame of that conduct which would increase its misfortunes. Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853 The common explanation of the death of nations is, that power begets wealth, wealth luxury, and luxury feebleness and ruin. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Formerly, agriculture was the one important foundational industry, and from the feebleness of the transport system the vital connections and the unity it supplied was local rather than national or international. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production In your ignorance and feebleness believe in the secret indwelling and intercession of the Holy Spirit within you. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer She was so at this time, though perhaps she was feigning now more feebleness than she really felt. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History In despair and feebleness and agony she crept back, feeling her way with doubt and difficulty and enforced persistence to her cell. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly The extreme actinic feebleness of the equatorial bands was strikingly apparent on his plates. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition There is no suggestion of feebleness, the characteristic of the pre-war cleric which most commonly struck the artist. A Padre in France Let us not be ashamed to confess our sin and feebleness, and cry to God for more conversions in Christian and heathen lands, of those too whom you know and love. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer Andrew, who had been troubled about his mother's increasing feebleness, was no longer afraid to see her go out of doors. A Vanished Hand I question whether he appreciated justly, and at its true value, one of the causes, a hidden but powerful one, of the feebleness that immediately succeeded his great success. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The feebleness of its tide-raising power obliged it to remain behind its companions; for there is no sign of its being more juvenile than the Galilean quartette. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Did we not love mankind, so meekly acknowledging their feebleness, lovingly lightening their burden, and permitting their weak nature even sin with our sanction? The Brothers Karamazov Let each thought of feebleness or shortcoming only make you the more urgent in prayer for others; as the blessing comes to them, you too will be helped. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer It was in the endeavour to answer these interrogatories that I felt my feebleness—the utter absence of strength. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness How imperfectly do they understand the feebleness and the strength of man's fortitude and will! The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The photographic feebleness of cometary rays was not the only obstacle in the way of success. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It was merely the result of his feebleness, though Cuchillo, ever ready to suspect evil, interpreted his silence as arising from a different cause. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora If it knew that, it would never apologise for its feebleness, but glory in its utter weakness, as the one condition of Christ’s power resting on it. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer It is better than the hypocrisy and feebleness of the condition of affairs at home; and I am very fond of the natives. The Rhodesian It is simply a panorama of human folly, frailty, feebleness, and failure—never permitted to rise to any great heights or to sink to any infernal depths, but always maintained at a probable human level. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Those who adopt this mode of viewing the subject, generally remind us of the feebleness of human reason, and of the necessary limits to all human speculation. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory She was two years his junior, and though evidently the victim of recent and severe illness, even in her feebleness she was singularly like him. Macaria Quietly tell your Lord Jesus of your feebleness; believe that the Holy Spirit is in you to teach you to pray, and be assured that if you begin, God will help you. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer The world is full of human abnormality, because it is not yet above the juvenile age of its growth, which is the age of feebleness and folly, disease and crime. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 Whatever faults are in the work of the master himself, he is never, up to the last, guilty of any feebleness or insipidity, such, for instance, as in the painting of this unsolid figure. Luca Signorelli I have wept over the feebleness and deformity of a child, lame, or born blind, or, worse still, mindless. The World I Live In After observing the feebleness of his position, I made up my mind that I had won the victory. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy Who is sufficient for these things?—The more we study and try to practise this grace of intercession, the more we become overwhelmed by its greatness and our feebleness. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer No, she did not want him to be ridiculous; and as he spoke she recalled the staggering, impotent figure of last night, in its unmanly feebleness and senseless idiocy. The End of a Coil But all these efforts tended only to expose their own feebleness, and on the 2nd of November, 1853, instructions were issued that if the Americans returned, they were to be dealt with peacefully. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era For several days the old philosopher, or fool—as you find him—prostrated by a rapidly increasing feebleness, had not left his bed. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere This argument is only equalled in feebleness by that of the materialist, who argues that "spiritus" means simply breath, therefore the breath is the soul. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The soldiers, he said, were full of strength and courage, all eager for the combat, and it was absurd to hold them back on account of the feebleness of one sick man. Hannibal Makers of History The lines of his whole face inexplicably were changed; an expression of feebleness and something like humiliation taking place of the alert, bold, self-sufficient readiness of look and tone which had been natural to him. The End of a Coil His rule was a period of struggle and disorder, owing partly to the feebleness of his own character, partly to the wish of his brother, Albert, to share his dignities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" She felt the feebleness of her plea even before he turned and looked at her. Love of Brothers He began life as every infant begins, in feebleness and ignorance; and there is no hint of any precocious development. Personal Friendships of Jesus There is also a certain remarkable feebleness of constitution, combined, it may be, with vigour, suppleness and strength of body. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington He had good intellect and a not unpleasant countenance; but a slight deformity and a certain feebleness of constitution rendering him unfit for the army, he was early destined for the church. Political Women, Vol. 1 I saw that my very metaphors symbolised my feebleness; I had no terms for my own mental condition; I was forced to resort to some inapplicable physical analogy. The Wonder Toward the end of life the coughing and spitting stops as a result of the extreme feebleness and weakness. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated In all things he showed the force of the old Roman character, in spite of bodily feebleness. Ancient States and Empires The pallor of his complexion had greatly increased; so had his feebleness. Old Familiar Faces Be content now to leave all your feebleness, and foolishness, and faithlessness to Him, in the quiet confidence that He will do for you more than you can think. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy They can have no patience with such feebleness, and it may well seem to them to be a high and important mission to help to put it down. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) To all the feebleness of infancy His majestic powers bow themselves, letting but little play forth on the tender forms they ensoul. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries He was then seventy-seven years old, and, although he spoke of age and feebleness, he showed few signs of either; he was, in fact, to live eight years more. Stories of Authors, British and American The thin cheek with its feverish hue; the unnaturally bright eyes; the attitude of feebleness. The Old Helmet, Volume I Only that loneliness is now accentuate And, as the dusk unveils the heaven's deep cave, This small world's feebleness fills me with awe again, And all man's energies seem very brave. Modern British Poetry “The first most common symptom seems to be heart exhaustion and feebleness, then from the catarrhal and bronchial irritation, pneumonia often follows.” Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say It was soon observed that the feebleness which had attached to him pertained more to the body than to the mind. Charles I Makers of History Some benevolent friend was so much distressed about the feebleness of “Old Sands of Life” as to send him one day a large parcel by express, marked “C. O. D.,” and costing quite a figure. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages They knew he was old for he was stooped and walked with the shuffling gait that comes from feebleness. Rainbow Hill He uses the promise of a prayer-hearing God as a staff to stay his conscious feebleness, that he may lean hard upon the strong Word which cannot fail. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Snow!" cried Cora, annoyed out of her usual assumption of feebleness; "don't mention it, if you don't want me to die. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter And all these rivalries and envies and aspirations, what a confession of personal feebleness they really are! Humanity in the City A soft and watery brain is always accompanied by feebleness of character and mind. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 All the symptoms gradually disappeared, and in the beginning of April the patient was, with the exception of some feebleness, consequent on his protracted illness, as well as ever. The Electric Bath More than one-half of the cases presented were dismissed; and, though bills were found against twenty-six persons, the trials showed the feebleness of the testimony on which others had been condemned. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad In her feebleness she could not imagine life without him. Vixen, Volume I. Must we not be struck by this feebleness of deduction as something very strange and even paradoxical? Creative Evolution Immediate duty was her refuge from anticipation, gentle tendance from the sense of misery, and, though her mother’s restless feebleness needed constant waiting on, her four notes were completed before post-time. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Is one here more struck with the unfairness of the Critic, or with the feebleness of his reasoning? The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark It was "the voice of age resistless in its feebleness." James Watt There was an immense strength of resistance in the girl's very feebleness. The Light of Scarthey Are you ready to obey in all feebleness and weakness and fear? 'Jesus Himself' The injury of the head had deprived the limbs of motion and sensation, and the medical men thought the case hopeless, though likely to linger through many stages of feebleness of mind and body. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster If we neglect them, we die in feebleness. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Most of the romances written in imitation of Scott had this tendency; and this same feebleness underlies the superfluous minuteness of detail that may be observed in the decadent realists of the present day. Studies in Literature and History The foreign commerce of the country, owing to the feebleness of the Confederation, was in a most unsatisfactory condition. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The sight of her feebleness would have roused pity in some: Gourlay it moved to a steady and seething rage. The House with the Green Shutters Yet it might be taken as another token of improvement that she had ceased from that instinctive caution of feebleness which had made her shrink from all exertion or agitation. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster I arranged to make the trip as easy as possible, on account of my feebleness, by stopping over at Indianapolis for the night, in both going and returning. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings I do not recollect ever to have heard or seen the charge of exaggeration made against a feeble performance, though, in its feebleness, it may have been most untrue. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 |
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