| 单词 | heartrending |
| 例句 | When he discovered there was no film in his Speed Graphic, he uttered a heartrending groan. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The conductor lifts his baton, and I'm invigorated hearing the familiar passages: the drone of the double bass as the heartrending introduction begins, the strings peeling away layers like birch bark. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What do you mean,” Hazel asked, “heartrending days?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty and ugliness.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She felt herself beginning to believe it; but all the same, it was heartrending to see the poor little cold thing, so close and yet so out of reach. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, after one last doctor’s appointment full of heartrending phrases—low-motility sperm; inhospitable womb; conception likely impossible—they’d decided to adopt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then there's the new music that fans would soon come to know as "The River," including the heartrending title track and "Sherry Darling." Springsteen's "Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts" has the best live version of "The Promised Land" 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z I’m talking about others, men and women who today exist only in images: in television or newspaper images, sometimes heartrending, sometimes offensive in their opulence. “Writing Is an Act of Pride”: A Conversation with Elena Ferrante 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z As a mimic, Enfield is not as effortless and self-effacing as his partner, but his portrayal of a nervous Dragons' Den contestant is both spot-on and a little heartrending. Whites, Harry and Paul and The Born Free Legacy 2010-09-29T07:00:00Z When Roman blurts out that Logan's gone, handing Shiv the phone, her tearful squawk is heartrending. In the latest "Succession," a wedding cruise is wrecked by a reckoning 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Like his memoirs, Clegg's emotionally direct, polished novel is at once heartrending and heartening. Bill Clegg's 'Did You Ever Have a Family' finds solace amid tragedy 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The documentary’s finale is as heartrending as the show’s. Revisiting a Legendary Sondheim Flop 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Hanks’s vocal work in these movies is a total joy, and it is one of the most heartwarming, heartrending pieces of casting in Hanks’s career. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the heartrending thing about Inside Llewyn Davis is its meditation on career success and career failure, and the unknowable moment when the one turns into the other. Cannes 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis - first look review 2013-05-18T22:10:24Z Still, “Scream’”s final chapters, dealing with her beloved mother’s death, are harrowing and heartrending, as are nearly all of the sections about their often fraught but enduring and loving relationship. Tama Janowitz memoir 'Scream' is strangely lacking; Elizabeth Hand reviews 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z But the documentary short films, which are being screened theatrically in select cities around the country Jan.31, provide some of the year's best and most dramatic, emotional, amusing, and heartrending stories. Oscar documentary shorts: A guide to "St. Louis Superman" and "Walk Run Cha-Cha" 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z And then there’s Tommy, the Sikh family’s beloved and regrettably barky dog, a heartrending emblem of innocence. From India, a Tale Shaped by a Director's Memories of an Assassination 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z A pity, because Niffenegger's epiphanies regarding love in the novel are both pragmatic and heartrending. The naked truth about "The Time Traveler's Wife" is that it would be a mess in any era 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Take the title track, for example, which benefits from greater instrumental separation, rendering Harrison's timeless musings about life's transitory nature even more heartrending. "All Things Must Pass" is peak George Harrison: 50th anniversary edition serves a feast for the ears 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z As a parable of how individuality is squashed and warped – not only by the heartless teachers, but by Billy Casper’s uncaring family – it is as heartrending as ever. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z There are some really gripping and heartrending scenes, particularly in the first episode. Anna Gunn moves on from 'Breaking Bad' by heading to 'Gracepoint' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z In just the fourth season alone, Halt and Catch Fire handled a teen coming-out story, the fallout from a divorce, a marriage, several mid-life crises, and a sudden, heartrending death. Farewell to Halt and Catch Fire, the best show that nobody watched 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z It revolves around a poignant, heartrending story that's also par for the course in tales like these. A less sexy "Sanditon" doesn't evolve the plot, but so what? That's not why people watch 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z We feel sad with and for Rosen, and by extension with and for Quentin Blake, who has given the book such heartrending illustrations. What makes funny man Michael Rosen overwhelmingly melancholy 2012-12-12T12:35:02Z They face the same heartrending choices – should I leave him or not? – as the rest of us. Hilary Boyd and the rise of 'gran-lit' 2012-11-11T00:06:16Z Cliff's storyline constantly offers Fraser heartrending interludes to break up the silliness of "Doom Patrol." Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z It's a heartrending book that is pitched at adult and child readers alike – the accompanying texts are designed to be understood by nine-year-olds. Photography books of the year 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z This particular body of work began with her heartrending breakthrough in 1999 as a transgender teen in "Boys Don't Cry." Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test 'The Homesman' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Mark Rylance however is more of a standout for his heartrending and deftly comic work as a spy in Steven Spielberg’s period thriller, Bridge of Spies. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z A mother watching her only child die before her eyes, and the love that wordlessly transpires between them before the end, and MacLaine’s final scenes are heartrending. 'Absolutely kills me': you pick your saddest movie scenes 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z A lamentation of the ravages of war, the work is centered on a heartrending text that was found scratched on the wall of a Gestapo torture chamber in the Tatra Mountains. Cult Fame and Its Discontents 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Her final scene with Charlie is heartrendingly poignant, but without sentimentality. Smashed – review 2012-12-13T21:50:01Z More to the point, buying into Sheeran’s narrative occasions one of the most heartrending passages in the Scorsese oeuvre. The Irishman: the murder, the women, the ending – discuss with spoilers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z La La Land is a joyous testament to that – a colourful and heartrending ode to Tinseltown, and the bygone era of musicals it gave birth to. Damien Chazelle on La La Land: 'Los Angeles is full of people chasing dreams' 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Coogan's heartrending performance has provided emotional catharsis to millions of viewers over the last century — the price was his own distress and fear. Child stars: The power and the price of cuteness 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Taken by a photographer from Jet Magazine which made history by publishing the heartrending pictures, that one has been reprinted scores of times. "Women of the Movement," though imperfect, gives life to Emmett Till's story 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When David wanders in—he has suffered a stroke and now longs for reconnection—Feiffer throws two startling dramatic punches in a row: one heartrending, one harrowing. The Burden of a Famous Artist Parent 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Halfway through Barry Jenkins’s heartrending film “Moonlight,” the young protagonist, Chiron, is asked by his mother, an addict, for money to fuel her drug habit. Life in the Black Miami of “Moonlight” 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Without giving away the plot, the stories of past and present end up colliding in spectacular, heartrending fashion. Video Game Review: A 1947 Mystery That Matters Now 2011-05-16T20:25:34Z Watching others deliberately endanger their hearing is heartrending to me. Miss Manners: Don’t bother with nicknames at work 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z And this was not an “issue” story — it was a heartrending human tale in which no political arguments needed to be explicitly advanced and so did not require balancing with comment from the other side. Fired from The New York Times over Trump 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z But it is a heartrending story Linda tells about her son late in the film that truly resonates. The heartrending "Mass" is a somber and intimate look at the survivors of a horrific crime 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s a drab, anonymous-looking room, with bare walls and a few toys scattered perfunctorily about, but Leaf and her cinematographer, Jody Lee Lipes, use the space to tell a story in intimate, heartrending miniature. Review: 'Earth Mama,' Savanah Leaf's portrait of Black motherhood, is a quietly extraordinary debut 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The tiny shoes and slippers are especially heartrending. Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z “The groans of the suffering and dying were heartrending,” she recalled in a quote displayed in the museum. At new Gettysburg museum, Ken Burns gets a taste of battle he chronicled 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The Telegraph's Dzifa Benson wrote: "This devastating play is emotionally gruelling. But that doesn't detract from how transfixing and heartrending it is." Happy Valley's James Norton on 'disturbing' new role in A Little Life 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z If You Only Knew, one of Gabriels' most heartrending songs, is written from the point of view of the deceased, offering comfort to the people they've left behind. Sound Of 2023: Earthquaking soul band Gabriels tipped for success 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The Telegraph awarded it five stars, saying in its review: "This devastating play is emotionally gruelling. But that doesn't detract from how transfixing and heartrending it is." A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara novel heads to London stage 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z But Purcell does give a heartrending lead performance, playing a woman whose iron will may not be able to withstand the mob’s prejudices. Review: 'Orphan: First Kill' and 'The Princess' highlight this week's streaming movies 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The latter strategy would be rare and risky because it would give the prosecution the only say before jurors examine grisly evidence and hear heartrending testimony from shooting survivors and the victims’ parents and spouses. Florida high school shooter’s penalty trial set to begin 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z In a heartrending display Thursday of grace, generosity and friendship, Ons Jabeur looked to share the cheers and adulation after her historic victory in a Wimbledon women’s semifinal. How Ons Jabeur brought cheers to Wimbledon; historic final with Elena Rybakina next 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Coolidge: Class differences are highlighted throughout the first season, and Mike White makes them funny, cringe-worthy and sometimes heartrending. 4 not too deep questions for the 'White Lotus' cast 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s a heartrending vision, the kind that Faustian bargains are made of, and it floods the script’s sometimes inelegant, herky-jerky plotting with unexpected rivers of human feeling. Review: An enjoyable ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel delivers the flyin’, the witch and the red robe 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s harrowing, heartrending refugee story may well have to content itself with that badge of distinction, as it’s up against popular titles in each of its nominated categories. Oscars 2022: Final predictions in all 23 categories 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “It was the most heartrending thing I ever want to witness.” A century later, the pain of D.C.’s deadliest disaster still resonates 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z A heartrending animated escape drama, two enveloping 1960s concert films and two movies that skillfully fragment and interrogate the very medium they’re in. Oscar voting has begun. Here's what our critic would put on his fantasy ballot 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Caught between confrontation and compassion, the familiar but still heartrending “Donkeyhead” acknowledges that the hurt others inflict on us, though never excused, may indeed derive from their own unexpressed and unresolved trauma. Review: Secrets and unresolved trauma fuel heartrending 'Donkeyhead' 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Some of the heartrending testimony moved him publicly to tears. South Africa's Tutu - anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for "Rainbow Nation" 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Peterson’s memoir is full of heartrending stories that shaped her journey as a self-made star. Cassandra Peterson finally drags Elvira, L.A.'s spookiest icon, out of the dark 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair. Review: Matt Damon is a man on a Marseille mission in the uneven but surprising 'Stillwater' 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z But that heartrending image also brought something alive – a powerful desire to cure what caused the execution. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Every massacre in the U.S. — in Indianapolis on Thursday, and last month, horrific episodes in Boulder, Colo., and the Atlanta area — is a heartrending reminder of America’s lax gun control laws. Column: Want more gun control? Don't make it about AR-15s 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The first minister said he received "heartrending" pleas from people not to reverse the decision. Covid: Christmas rules change will not be taken 'lightly' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Though at its core the series is a comedy, it’s been praised for the way it uniquely captures the social and emotional tragedy of the middle-school years with heartrending and hormone-fueled honesty. 'PEN15's' stars know slut-shaming is 'diabolical.' So they're facing it head-on 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z She convincingly sells love as the difference between life and death on this heartrending ballad, pleading with her partner: “Every time you hold me / Hold me like this is the last time.” Alicia Keys: 'I was supposed to end up a prostitute or addicted to drugs' 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The sound of wind is rarely as sinister as it is at the beginning of “Rebuilding Paradise,” Ron Howard’s harrowing and heartrending new documentary. Review: Ron Howard's 'Rebuilding Paradise' is a stirring portrait of a town devastated by the Camp fire 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “One of the most heartrending aspects of these deaths is that the virus has stolen from us our rituals, our funerals, our wakes, our house meetings with family after the burial,” he said. Bruce Springsteen jabs Donald Trump for handling of the coronavirus, not wearing a face mask 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The 5th Circuit judges who first heard the case called it heartrending. US Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Louisiana boy’s death 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Our knowledge about social determinants of health dictate that we cannot simply wait on the back end to fold heartrending disease into our hospital wards like washcloths. Doctors, Will You Be Watching the Super Bowl? 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “This three and a half hour Turkish film about the struggle between a boy and his father is a heartrending exploration of generational divides among a swiftly changing world...” Is politics getting in the way of assessing which films are actually good? | Jessa Crispin 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z That work yielded two of the most heartrending performances of the year. Alfre Woodard needed just one take to nail the toughest scene in ‘Clemency’ 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The prosecutor described the scene as “awful” and especially heartrending because it happened on Christmas. Deaths of Boston mother and children likely murder-suicide, official says 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Finally, could the two animated princesses’ heartrending emotions find expression in human eyes, lacking as they do the dimensions of salad plates? Review: 'Frozen' blows into the Pantages with gorgeous singing and a symphony of stagecraft 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The later years, in rehab, are not quite as effective or heartrending as the flashbacks, save for a rollicking opening montage showing Otis’ on and off-screen debauchery. Review: LaBeouf explores his own childhood in ‘Honey Boy’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Both the unrelenting “My Walk” and the hypnotic “Glory to the Veins” are heartrending, made even more so by mentions of Jimmy Lee and another of Saadiq’s deceased brothers. Review: Raphael Saadiq’s history imbues stirring ‘Jimmy Lee’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z After that, there is competition, with perverse incentives: whoever has the most heartrending story wins. The Perverse Logic of GoFundMe Health Care 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Where that brief story plays with the format of dry catalogue copy, “The Great Silence,” which is even briefer, is the most lyrical and the most heartrending story in the collection. Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The famously heartrending single, performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, was the centerpiece of the hit film “A Star Is Born.” 'A Star Is Born' bests 'Black Panther' in early Grammys 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z McBath’s account of going through the two trials of her son’s murderer is both compelling and heartrending. Florida editorial roundup 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s a heartrending story — of the monstrous cost in battlefield casualties and civilian deaths, and the murders of American soldiers by Afghan soldiers recruited by the Taliban. Favorite nonfiction from 2018, from Princess Margaret to a Silicon Valley scammer 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The whole production makes the film a transporting experience, heady and intoxicating, but perhaps the most important ingredient in bringing it all together is Nicholas Britell’s elegantly subtle and heartrending score. Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ is lyrical and lovely 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z To make the video, he asked fans to post memories of their own loved ones on social media, prompting a flood of heartrending tributes and stories. Lost loved ones star in Pro Green video 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In one heartrending moment, a father grieved the death of my "son," which prompted one female veteran at the post-concert talk to ask Little, who was in the audience, to amend that line to "child." Review: LA Opera Off Grand presents 'Soldier Songs' at the Ford Theatre - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z If instead you’re just caught in the undertow of your son’s mistake, then that is indeed heartrending, and unfair. Grandparents feel punished after son committed a felony 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z At the heartrending gathering for Hiaasen, friends and colleagues lauded him as a dedicated professional who was committed to the craft of journalism and loved mentoring the next generation of reporters. Hundreds celebrate the life of slain Maryland journalist 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Audio obtained by the investigative news outlet ProPublica captures the heartrending cries of 10 Central American children after they were taken from their parents by immigration authorities at the border last week. Recording captures cries of children separated from parents at US border 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The issue has been revisited repeatedly after heartrending “hard cases” that, abortion rights activists say, exposed vulnerable women to miserable choices - and even, at times, death. Landmark abortion vote in Ireland may change constitution 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The Daily Mail believes that "no-one could fail to have been moved by the heartrending stories of loved ones lost, and promising lives cut so tragically short". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The thick, grey shudder of anxiety is treated not as a mood-setter, but as a humiliating and grimly mundane reality on the heartrending opener Hang on Me. The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z That honesty finds a heartrending echo in Prince’s performance, which goes so far beyond the precocious mugging that often passes for child acting that it all but defies that classification. Sean Baker's 'The Florida Project' is a magnificent portrait of a joyous, troubled childhood 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z As I take in the heartrending sight of a grown, burly man reduced to the helplessness of a child, I try to imagine the affronts that have led him here. We’re more likely to get cancer than to get married. This is a wake-up call | Ranjana Srivastava 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The union is urging shareholders to force a public reckoning this week, a move prompted by one member’s heartrending account of the death of his son. How a father's tragedy moved the Teamsters to fight an opioid distributor 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Much like Baker’s previous film, “Tangerine,” it finds hilarity and raw, heartrending truth in a world few of us know, and there are few better things one can expect from a movie than that. Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang discuss the best films of 2017 (so far) 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z I saw thousands of soldiers; many were heartrendingly small and thin, a reminder of the malnutrition that remains widespread outside the capital. There's no such thing as a failed missile launch: Lessons from North Korea, the post-truth capital of the world 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Jurors heard four days of testimony from prosecution witnesses during the trial's penalty phase, including family members and friends who offered heartrending memories of the shooting victims. Final arguments set for South Carolina church shooter facing execution 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Along with the outtakes of other films is the heartrending footage of Ms. Johnson’s own mother, whose mind is being rapidly erased by Alzheimer’s. Best films of 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The Teamsters action follows a heartrending appeal by one of its members to the union’s annual convention last year. How a father's tragedy moved the Teamsters to fight an opioid distributor 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z That heartrending moment is just one of many Santas may face when they don the red suit and shoulder the accompanying responsibilities. The Heartbreaking Side of Being Santa Claus That No One Talks About 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z That question matters less than the movie’s treatment of Adams, who, as the movie’s ostensible protagonist, is no less subtly heartrending than she is in “Arrival,” her other big movie of the moment. Tom Ford's skillful meta-thriller 'Nocturnal Animals' revisits a broken marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I think your film will be seen in Saudi Arabia and the movement will continue to grow as you have given a heartrending view of the suffocation of women's freedom to be. Saudi Women Vote for the First Time. What Did That Look Like? 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z In particular Daddy's Little Girl, a heartrending ballad that Rhodes wrote about her own father. Can The Shires sell country back to America? - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Yet despite Faye’s unsettling revelations, Light skillfully keeps our sympathy to the haunting, heartrending end. Review: Judith Light is haunting in Neil LaBute play 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Brewer's case was so heartrendingly egregious, in fact, that his example became a rallying cry for reform of Nebraska's civil asset forfeiture laws. Presumed Guilty 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z After the attack, Khan offered his singular perspective in a heartrending stream of posts on social media. An entire generation of a city’s lawyers was killed in Pakistan 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Survivors of the purges — many are now in their 70s — told heartrending stories of how their lives were turned upside down and how they remain socially ostracized. No Apologies at Indonesia's First Hearing Into 1965 Massacre 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the site of the tragedy and met several victims, said it was “heartrending and shocking beyond words.” Indian Authorities Order Inquiry Into Kerala Temple Fire 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Many an eye welled as she sang her painful lament with heartrending candour. Adele: The full story - BBC News 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z When he dives into his own lack of faith on "If I Believe You" and "Nana," it’s heartrending. The 1975's new album is ambitious, absurd, and kind of awesome 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In each chapter, Ananthaswamy details the neuroscience of the disorder and uses personal stories to illustrate the ailment's often heartrending effects. Book Review: The Man Who Wasn't There 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Despite these heartrending relics, The National Museum of Civil Rights captures a feeling of comradery and perseverance in every room. A Trip to the National Civil Rights Museum Made Me Aware of My Survivor's Guilt 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Hussain's family made heartrending appeals to the government on Wednesday, complaining of a flawed justice system that allowed months of torture to extract a confession. Pakistan convict dressed in white for hanging before last-minute stay 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z "One of the great many heartrending stories from Auschwitz," wrote Donald Anderson. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z In fact, heartrending stories like Maynard may persuade more to accept physician assisted suicide as an option terminally ill patients deserve. Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate: Are We Using The Right Language? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Daily in the national media—on TV, radio, online and on the printed page—are heartrending tales of broken young veterans returning from the recent wars, and their heroic caregivers. Memo To Employers: Veterans Aren't PTSD Basketcases; They're Disciplined And Committed 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z It details the ways in which the Cambodian activist against sex trafficking fabricated at least some parts of her own story and the dramatic, heartrending stories of girls she said were sold into sex slavery. Nicholas Kristof Should Give Readers a Full Explanation About Somaly Mam 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z To see him now, with hardly a sliver of his personality left, encumbered with physical injustices you wouldn’t wish upon your worst enemy, was beyond heartrending. Well: The Silence of Doctors Around Alzheimer’s 2014-05-08T10:00:51Z He said he remembered the "heartrending" scenes of overwhelming grief in 1993. McGuinness speaks of painful journey 2013-09-18T22:19:03Z So for tonight, the politics are set aside, the toasts to international friendship carry on, and emotional songs are sung in the heartrending polyphonic style unique to Georgia - and all in Russian. On holiday with 'the enemy' 2012-06-03T00:54:44Z It’s heartrending to say it, but it’s much too late. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z It is heartrending to see pretty little children listening open-mouthed to some horrible tale of sin and wickedness told by a member of the hareem. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z As the doctor took his seat in the vehicle a shriek came from the room he had just left—a shuddering, heartrending wail—then another—and then there was silence. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z We turn from its heartrending story with a new sense of the God-like within us, and an exultant faith in the eternal uplift of the human race. From the Archive, 1912: Wreck of the White Star Liner Titanic 2012-04-11T16:45:03.663Z When the deck-house was swept away by a sea so heavy that it ran up to the top of the mainmast, a heartrending cry, mingled with shrieks and groans, rent the air. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z From every side came the heartrending appeals, while the din was so great that no single plaint rose above the volume of sounds. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z By then the little street was crowded with old men, women and children, wringing their hands in desperation, and uttering such moans and supplications as were heartrending to listen to. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Master Felton continued to pour forth heartrending prayers; but he might have saved his breath. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z For a moment her eye rested thoughtfully on Kipps, as she said: "Is there anything heartrending about Anagrams?" Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Men were seen taking leave of their wives; wives were clinging to their husbands; and persons were running about in all directions, uttering the most piteous and heartrending cries. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z On every side rose heartrending cries, mingled with brutal laughter, with savage jests, with cries of "To the river!" Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Used as she was to heartrending suspense, she was none the less terrified. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z His teeth closed with a snap and he groaned again, heartrendingly; but, in a little, he had so far benefited by that hurtful remedy as to recover the use of his voice. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Accounts of the conditions of the workers at that time are heartrending. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z He must sleep soundly who failed to hear that piercing cry and the heartrending shrieks which took it up. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z He did not look on her when with a spasm of self-reproach she discovered that the undoing of her second son would not be so heartrending as it ought to be. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Yet it is certain that among the beggars of Madrid is a heartrending amount of genuine misery. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The most heartrending of them all are injuries to children, and, sometimes, to women. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z But when the student of history takes his more intimate survey of the purely human aspects of the struggle, heartrending, indeed, become the tragedies resulting from the exercise of human bigotry and stupidity. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z This is not Shakespeare's view of life, but it is his view of the tragedy of life, and its effect upon us is gloomy, overpowering, heartrending. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z It is always interesting work, sometimes heartrending work, often humiliating. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Before seeing the triumph of virtue, often an impossible kind of virtue, one must assist at the heartrending dissection of a woman's soul. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z That’s not to say every homicide isn’t a tragedy, but rather to note that heartrending cases such as the one in Brownsville don’t represent a trend. 8th Grader Killed By Police: What Went Wrong 2012-01-05T17:02:49Z He let her kiss him many times, like an inert creature, and then his knees failed, and with a heartrending cry: "Oh Clementina, this is death!" he fell senseless on the ground. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The plot of the story was sad and heartrending, for Louis was only twenty-one. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z There followed heartrending screams and cries, enough to appall the soul of man. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It was impossible to calm her grief, it was heartrending. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z "Oh, my God! she, she, treated in this way!" said David, in a heartrending voice. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Terrific quacking followed, interspersed by distant and heartrending yells from the dogs, but the inexplicable feature of the case was that the ducks did not rise from the water. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z She gave it with a heartrending impulsiveness throwing back her head suddenly and leaning her bosom on mine. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z He can no more study its deplorable and heartrending conditions than the mother can endure to have the expectoration of her child threatened with tuberculosis examined under the microscope. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Staggering under the weight of her sorrow, she traversed the rugged paths through the wildwoods, seeking her dead offspring, and as she went her loud heartrending cries were heard throughout the country, arresting every ear. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z So Marie, holding Frederick in her arms to prevent his departure, cried, with a heartrending voice: "No, no, I cannot let him go!" The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z A cry, heartrending in its agony, broke from his lips. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z And no more heartrending strivings to be free of the circumstances into which the world malignantly thrust me back the moment I raised my head. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z I will prevent it, even though I have to tell her this heartrending story. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z From time to time, between the more furious gusts of wind, the gale bore heartrending cries of distress to the land. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The unfortunate sufferers presented a heartrending picture, worthy of the painter of the Deluge. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z But, for the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and the heartrending cruelties with which it was carried into execution, no such apology can be found. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z She propped him up with air-cushions; he replied by heartrending entreaties to be left in peace. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Tom tried to comfort me, telling such heartrending stories of the abuse of poor cats that my hair stood on end with horror. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z It was a heartrending picture to see these crowds, trudging along on foot in the cruel heat of the tropical sun, on roads almost impassable from recent rains. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z These words, uttered with a heartrending cry, reached his ear: "My mother! oh, my mother!" The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z It was a heartrending sight to see such a respectable councillor yawn because he had nothing to eat. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z The spectacle which met his eyes was heartrending. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z It is heartrending to see the poor cats stealing about, trembling and hiding at the sound of a footstep. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z For so slight a cause, the start that Amory gave was rather heartrending. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z How heartrending was the grief of the Psalmist over his recreant son—“Would to God, I had died for thee, my son, my son!” The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z There was something heartrending in this dull, naked landscape, but it was still sadder when a brilliant sun shone above the boundless white plain. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z By Our Lady," he said at last, with that same bitter, heartrending laugh, "the interruption was most opportune, and we must thank the Lady Ursula for her timely intervention. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Scarcely a person in that densely populated area had slept that night, and the streets were everywhere full, the most exciting and heartrending scenes being witnessed. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The scenes at the Morgue and the old market on Saturday morning were, if possible, more heartrending and horrible than anything that had occurred in those places since the burning of the theatre. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z These mind and heartrending thoughts are tearing Joan Darc to pieces when morning dawns and a rap is heard at the door of her chamber. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets," yet His solemn, heartrending reply will be, while He shuts the door against them, "Depart from Me! The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z He saw the little fellow fall; looked for him among the dead and the wounded; he called to him in heartrending accents. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z It was his furtiveness that was heartrending; it was as though he were an outcast, and we who loved him stout policemen. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z She says that your letters are too heartrending—about the misery of that wretched Hostel, I mean. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z With her face in her hands, she remains profoundly absorbed in her own thoughts—painful, heartrending thoughts. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z He is sublime, heartrending, excruciatingly funny, outrageously ridiculous, sometimes possibly an inch or two overdrawn. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z General Buller obtained leave from General Botha to bury his dead; and it was heartrending to see how many there were. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Kingsnorth’s charred structure, their own homes sprawling drunkenly, and the distant village in ruins, presented a picture, which, to minds less engrossed with even more heartrending possibilities, would have meant despair. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z But when Taras entered the lighted apartment a heartrending shriek broke from Anusia, and the friends also stood horrified. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The flight of the inhabitants of Domremy, in the darkness of the night, that was reddened only on the horizon by the reflection of the conflagrations, was heartrending. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z All these brave lads—all these fathers of families, who fell one after the other," he cried, in a heartrending voice, "do you think I did not feel it? The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z I was allowed to read these declarations, and must admit that I have never perused anything more heartrending. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Everything in that sad, impressive procession was painful and heartrending. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z Having mounted, he was about to spur his horse, when once again his name was called with a shriek so heartrending that he shuddered and paused. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z So heartrending were his tears and groans that they moved all on board, and Honble Mr Commissioner Copsey, who was returning on leave, kindly came to inquire the cause of such vociferous lachrymation. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Gitl closed her hands upon the paper as she had been instructed; but at the same moment she gave a violent tremble, and with a heartrending groan fell on the witness in a fainting swoon. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z At this moment Estelle, who had been gazing at this strange and sudden apparition with wide eyes of wonder and alarm, uttered one piercing, heartrending shriek and fell senseless into the arms of Mrs. Vernon. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z She heard the heartrending groans of the sufferers, and the appalling yells of some tortured wretch imploring the boon of death as a termination to his agony. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z There was something heartrending in the wild and, as it were, clinging tones of his entreaty, as he saw the prize slipping from his grasp just as he had thought to win it. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He saw that I noticed this, and to my horror and dismay he suddenly lifted up his head and gave one most vehemently long-drawn, heartrending howl! A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z To see the poor brutes try to swim after the steamer or the schooner was heartrending. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z A heartrending spectacle surely, had but the men who now busied themselves in stripping the corpse possessed the feelings of ordinary humanity. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z She clung to him so tenderly, and as the fatal hour approached her fear of the lion became so heartrending, that the old man could hardly tear himself from her embraces. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z “Look here, Harry, this is the dodge,” and, putting the instrument to his lips, he emitted a series of diabolical and heartrending blasts. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I said, and with the most heartrending groan I could produce, I sank—carefully—into the chair. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z The scene of grief, terror, and suspense was heartrending. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Sorrow at the heartrending scenes he had to witness, added to these incessant labours by night and by day, would have ruined a less robust constitution than his. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z Olive watched the heartrending spectacle till her heart grew pitiful. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The account of his conversation with Faringdon, an intimate friend, is absolutely heartrending. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The relief was temporary, for we find that it takes just as much time to read the heartrending accounts of the effect of one drop of nicotine placed on the tongue of a dog. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z His teeth clicked, shut, and he uttered a heartrending gurgling groan. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Sitting in the cave, one evening, I heard the most heartrending screams and moans. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z Almost nothing in the experience of mankind is quite so heartrending as the spectacle of one of these young critics, grown gray, coming face to face in his declining years with a masterpiece. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z O may never earthly parent be engaged in such a heartrending pursuit! Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z My personal attention was first called to the heartrending condition of servitude imposed on vast numbers of girls by reading, a score of years ago, of a fire in the dormitory of an Osaka factory. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z It is terribly sad to look back upon wasted opportunities; a heartrending thing indeed. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Mrs. Gilbert's face grew crimson as she bent over a sheet of paper on which the words "despair" and "prayer," "breath" and "death," were twisted into a heartrending rhyme. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The parting between the young couple was a bitter trial, rendered all the more heartrending by reason of the concealment they had practiced. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z In those November days heartrending scenes were witnessed on the Serbian hills, now white with the first snows of winter. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Many of the conditions of industrial workers even in the United States to-day are heartrending in the extreme. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z With a heartrending cry she sank into her mother's arms. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Nothing could have been more heartrending than the death wails. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Here took place that heartrending farewell, which poets and painters, as well as historians and novelists, have done so much to perpetuate. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Mercy!" stammered Cornelia, aroused from her stupor; and dropping upon her knees at the feet of the Duke of Anjou, she raised to him her hands in supplication, and implored in heartrending accents: "Martyrdom! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z A heartrending scene took place between the two brothers. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The annals of the Tudor wars are horrible and heartrending. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Fasting, laceration of the flesh, throwing dust on the head, and shaving the hair, were outward and visible signs of grief, accompanied by piercing cries of the most heartrending description. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z The scene was heartrending as horses, riders, and footmen rolled senseless in the dark flood, while others scrambled over their writhing forms in mad despair. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z The unfortunate girl, imagining herself despised and forsaken by us, decided, she wrote, to die, and bade us her heartrending adieus. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Heimerdinger's cancer has been the most heartrending aspect of the Titans' emotional season. Coordinator working, fighting rare form of cancer 2010-12-24T00:32:09Z The condition of the peasantry was still horrible and heartrending. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Yet these same relatives of hers sat still and scarcely looked her way, though she glanced repeatedly and with heartrending appeal in their direction. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z It was now quite dark, but the shadowy form of the man on shore could be seen struggling along, and calling out in tones that were really heartrending. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Then, without the slightest warning, he broke into a heartrending appeal. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Now came a long, low, dreary moan, hollow and heartrending, for it seemed like the cry of some one in distress; when I raised myself upon one elbow and listened. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z There ensued a heartrending scene, the climax of seven centuries of evil accident, maladministration, and Irish woe. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Those who addressed the press conference and recounted heartrending tales of relatives killed in prison were shouted down by security officers in the audience, according to news reports. Can Gaddafi's Son Reform Libya? 2010-03-27T16:25:00Z It was the most heartrending sigh he had ever heard, and it overcame his scruples. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile The silence of this embrace was broken by the heartrending howling and whining of the dogs, who yearned for their master with all their lungs. The Undying Past Cruelty was, indeed, as he had said, added to injustice; and the merciful death of the malefactor on the gallows was denied to the heartrending entreaties of a prince. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The scene was heartrending; for the devoted girl clung with such force to the dead body, that it was with difficulty I could get her detached. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 But I shall not attempt to describe the heartrending interview, nor to tell how the iron which fettered him entered her soul. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Tears choked her voice, and her self-reproach was heartrending, inasmuch as it was quite undeserved. The Great Mogul Lo! the first step was sure, because it entailed a heartrending renunciation. The Unknown Sea Many such partings in a lifetime as I have had to-day would be too heartrending.” The Little Minister He shook between the horns of the dilemma in which he was placed, and threw a look at me, which said plainly, "Is not my situation horrible and heartrending?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 "But at that time I begged her of you with prayers, entreaties," cried Rodolph, in a heartrending tone, "and my letters were unanswered; the only one you wrote to me announced her death!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 "It's heartrending, sir—if I may be permitted to say so—to think of a nice gentleman like Mr. Billings wandering over to the club with nothing on but red pajamas." The Haunted Pajamas Not a single remark came from their lips after reading the article; they only just smiled their two heartrending smiles; then they laid the paper down again. Majesty A Novel She never fell asleep so comfortably as when he was sending forth some really heartrending melody. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. As Dalroy burst open the door, which was locked, the heartrending screams of the three women mingled with the vile oaths of their assailants. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris. Marguerite de Valois "The indifference, not to say prejudice, of the public upon the matter of human vivisection is heartrending," went on the professor sadly. The Haunted Pajamas It is heartrending to see all this and to be able to do so little.... Majesty A Novel His howls became terrific, and so heartrending that, as a last resource, Chloe sent for her nephew Bill, who cleaned the boots. Bill the Minder For two days this almost led to a coldness between the man and his wife, during which the sufferings of poor Mrs. Dosett were heartrending. Ayala's Angel Mary would not believe it at first; but when she understood that it was true, she threw herself upon him with a heartrending scream. Mary How pitiful and heartrending to a keen-eyed man of the world, seemed her poor, little sham about her father's trust in her! The Haunted Pajamas It is heartrending to see all this and to be able to do so little. Majesty A Novel Paul!' in tones that were so heartrending that even the most wicked demons couldn't find it in their hearts to mock at her. On the Heights A Novel The letter was, or should have been, heartrending;— You cruel Man, You must have received my former letter, and though I told you that I was ill and almost dying you have not heeded it! Ayala's Angel Perhaps the news never reached my remote district; at any rate, by the time I returned it had been forgotten among the many heartrending incidents of that dreadful uprising. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story He was well, having a most wonderful and heartrending experience. A Top-Floor Idyl It was a beautiful night, and to lie there and listen to the appeals of those poor fellows and be unable to do anything for them was heartrending. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts "Pilgrim! my dearest of all friends!" cried Lenz, in a voice that was heartrending. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. But, in the meantime, Gertrude's second letter had gone up to Frank, and also a very heartrending epistle from Lady Tringle to her husband. Ayala's Angel “But he is a rebel,” sobbed Jeanne in such heartrending tones that both men smiled involuntarily. A Daughter of the Union He had once gone with Ben in Durango to see "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and both of them had wept at its heartrending crisis. Ewing\\'s Lady I don’t know which feeling was uppermost within my mind at that moment—horror at the discovery, or awe of the strange, unnatural calmness wherewith she accepted the frightful and heartrending situation. A Veldt Vendetta Layton meanwhile took charge of the little girl, whose cries and screams were heartrending. One Of Them He had seen so much misery, such heartrending scenes enacted before these pit mouths—these monsters which swallow up human life like the Juggernauts of old. Black Diamonds Throughout the stretch the twain waged a heartrending duel. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 It was heartrending woe; such as makes one ashamed of having so little to offer. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) "What a heartrending scene when the patrician mother wakes in the morning and finds the infant aristocrat isn't in bed with his mamma." The Wouldbegoods Unskilled and untrained though they were in aerial combat, it was heartrending not to be able to put up some kind of a battle for their lives. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Next comes the solemn funeral procession, with the noisy, heartrending hired mourners, the libations and offerings, the catafalque drawn by oxen, and at length the dead is laid away in the tombs. Oriental Women "Great Heaven! there is not surely worse than this in store for us," cried Kate, in a voice of heartrending affliction. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago How heartrending that time was to us I must leave my readers to imagine. Long Live the King But though the work was dreary and heartrending, though, by reason of the opposition he encountered, it called into action all his mental vigour, all his intelligence, all his determination, it was terribly exhausting. Rulers of India: Lord Clive He knew well the claims that family would make on you, the heartrending appeals from those you could not but listen to! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The next morning the populace gathered again at the same place, giving vent to its grief under Catherine's windows in heartrending cries. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun A solemn pause ensued, and then the silence was broken by the heartrending cry of Dame Sarah: "I appeal!" Pretty Michal "The moment she saw the body she threw away her crutches, lifted her arms to Heaven, and cried, in the most heartrending accents of the deepest lamentation: "'Oh! The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The cries of the unfortunate beings who were about to perish in the flames became heartrending. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres O, my friends, the suffering of our poor men for their country was great-it was heartrending to hear of it. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles It was the face of a child that was looking at me out of that stone, marked with the heartrending anguish of the agony of death. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Instantly the camel let out a heartrending groan. The Egyptian Cat Mystery The air was filled with the moans of the wounded; and the pleadings for water and for help of some of those who saw me were heartrending. The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864; A statement of the erroneous claims made by General Schofield, and an exposition of the blunder which opened the battle He had been profoundly moved by little Amy's sacrifice to the powers of life, and he was further touched by the heartrending spectacle of Jane. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur The shrieks and screams of the poor wounded men who could not escape the flames were heartrending. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles Those heartrending cries of sorrow, and the bitter tears, might well have been pressed from her by the deadly dread of her lover's bleeding--nay, of her own falling into the executioner's hands. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II She threw herself sobbing into his arms, and he, knowing the heartrending trial that was before her, did not press for a more explicit declaration. Weird Tales. Vol. I His friend's name—or was it his own?—three times repeated, in tones of heartrending pain and terror. Under False Pretences A Novel Robert stood looking down from his tremendous height at Barbara, tenderly as one who contemplates a thing at once heartrending and absurd. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur Caroline uttered a heartrending cry, and sunk to the floor insensible. Home Life of Great Authors He gave several heartrending sighs, but when the schoolmaster was imprudent enough to ply him with questions in an eager, inquisitive voice, he suddenly grew silent. Absolution Then I heard a wild heartrending scream; I rushed into my father's room; the door stood open, and clouds of suffocating smoke came rolling towards me. Weird Tales. Vol. I More than once, as he went home after a tender interview, Kirsanov felt within him that heartrending, bitter vexation which follows on a total failure. Fathers and Children In spite of her heartrending cries and supplications, her children were seized, and when the youngest boy clung to her, the mother was thrown senseless upon the pavement. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century What is the source of this heartrending discord? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) She uttered a heartrending scream and sprang forward. Absolution We took care of the wounded all day: it is the most heartrending spectacle to see those poor, black heads lying there on their pillows. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium He lay on the bed and thought of his situation, his past life, and his future chances, in bitter, heartrending, self-condemnatory sarcasm which made his condition even less tolerable than it would have been otherwise. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author It turned him hot and cold, and gave him a lump in his throat with the sheer heartrending pathos of it. Jan and Her Job Indeed, his noble and candid nature easily explained all as the ravings of some heartrending remembrance. Hidden Hand The child uttered a heartrending sigh, and pressing both hands to her breast reared herself up in bed. Absolution The next morning there came a heartrending letter from Aunt Ju. Is He Popenjoy? "I—I never saw anything so inexpressibly sad as this afternoon's work; it's heartrending." Audrey Craven He looked a heartrending interpretation of discomfort in his evening clothes, for he hadn't even loosened the collar. Jan and Her Job And with a rush the stricken man leapt at denial, which was heartrending in its impotence. The Twins of Suffering Creek The retreat of the Serbian armies through the mountains of Albania was almost as heartrending as the flight of the civilian population. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Never had that spacious office––the scene of so many heartrending appeals, dramatic climaxes, impassioned 288 confessions and violent altercations––witnessed so terrific a struggle, brief as it was. The Crevice The Pontiff, as he uttered these words, moved his hand towards his breast, and as his fingers ruffled his white robe, he exclaimed, in a tone that was truly heartrending: “They tear away my heart!” Pius IX. And His Time The bewildered look in his eyes deepened, and then a heartrending solution of her graciousness came to him. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West A few heartrending cries as each revolution of the wheels takes the lads a little further away from their homes. A Bride of the Plains He had sat beneath this tirade until she uttered the last sentence, when with a heartrending groan of anguish he sprang up and caught her by the wrists. Sunlight Patch It was quite painless—though there was very distressing, heartrending breathing to witness. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 What a solemn and heartrending farce is here enacted! History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The hardships the women have to undergo are most heartrending. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement "I don't want the newspapers filled with sensational articles about the heartrending farewell interview between Howard Jeffries, Jr., and his wife—with your picture on the front page." The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life And in spite of it he was heartrending, pathetic; so small he was, with all his baby roundness accentuated absurdly by the knickers. The Combined Maze Many precious lives have been lost, and much heartrending suffering has been endured, for which there can be no compensation. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 He had an attractive young daughter, who met with a most heartrending end. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century She still sobbed, and it was heartrending to Lord Henry to watch her. Too Old for Dolls A Novel More fugitives dropped in that day, and all had pitiful, heartrending stories to tell. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The desire of it made Baby's arms and his body writhe, with a heartrending agitation, in his little knitted coat. The Combined Maze The helplessness of a family under these circumstances is, to any one who is not a slave to the whole accursed system, most pitiful and heartrending. India, Its Life and Thought My wickedness!” she cried, in a heartrending voice, bathed in tears, stretching out her clasped hands towards them. The Brothers Karamazov To have left would have been to lose all, which to me was heartrending; therefore, risking all with Jesus, I held on while the hope of being spared longer had not absolutely and entirely vanished. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals Mrs. Forbes was again overwhelmed with apparently heartrending sorrow and remorse. Mugby Junction There was nothing for them to do but laugh—laugh with forced merriment from behind prison bars, and out of the depths of their heartrending resignation. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Besides, this was what she had always craved—to watch a race with a heartrending wager on its event. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Where have you taken him?” the lunatic cried in a heartrending voice. The Brothers Karamazov In the circumstances of our baby Lena's death, every form of heartrending tenderness seemed to meet. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals It was a heartrending picture of sorrow and despair, and Mr. Murray could not witness it unmoved. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Clinging to improvised rafts, constructed in the death battle from floating boards and timbers, were agonized men, women and children, their heartrending shrieks for help striking horror to the breasts of the onlookers. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Rosemary to the Rescue Rosemary ran up-stairs, inspired to unusual speed by the heartrending sounds that came from below. Master of the Vineyard Then, without pause for breath, came the voice of speech—hurried, expressionless, heartrending to hear. Captain Desmond, V.C. "Hic non pax," the hollow and heartrending tones of the ancient monk who sat at the right of the table were heard to answer. Folk-lore and Legends: German All night I could hear their heartrending cries, but in the pitch darkness could do nothing to help them. Doctor Jones' Picnic It is in this district that the loss of life has been heartrending. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin “What will I do now?” he added, asking the question with a simplicity at once boyish and heartrending. A Woman's Will Henrietta had a heartrending scene with her: at fifteen she liked heartrending scenes. The Third Miss Symons "It's perfectly heartrending trying to teach them even such a natural thing as making themselves comfortable." The Hero All the heartrending experiences that she had endured were imprinted upon her mind in minutest detail, and she related them in the exact order of their occurrence. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method Some of the scenes witnessed here were heartrending in the extreme. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin It was the heartrending, bloodcurdling cry of people doomed—for the ship had begun to settle! Where the Souls of Men are Calling It was most heartrending to see young children toiling along, and to hear them entreating their parents for a draught. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria Every mind seemed to become at once possessed with a sense of our desperate situation, and the groans and cries for mercy became heartrending. Athelstane Ford It seemed that no boat could live in such a sea; and the fishermen could only gaze mournfully on the heartrending scene, as the waves sprang up and rapaciously claimed their prey. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. All along the line events of thrilling interest mingled with those of heartrending sadness transpired, demonstrating more than ever the magnitude of the horrible tragedy of last Friday. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Out of the darkness, right into his face, this scream came, ending in a weak, despairing, but above all else heartrending, moan; then everything grew still. Where the Souls of Men are Calling It was a cruel and a heartrending postscript! The Vicar of Bullhampton It was a heartrending sight, all those things, made for the glitter of the footlights, now displayed in the street. The Bill-Toppers At this a heartrending cry burst from all present, and even the Druses themselves appear to have been touched. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 The accounts that come tell of hairbreadth escapes, heartrending tragedies and deeds of heroism almost without number. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Within twenty-four hours after his return he found himself the head of a wailing family, of whom it would be difficult to say whether their wants or their griefs were most heartrending. The Bertrams Hardly had he allowed himself this heartrending expression of grief, most touching for those who knew his repugnance to showing any sensibility of heart, when a new calamity overtook him. My Recollections of Lord Byron He sat down, overburdened with his crime, a heartrending spectacle to Laura. The Creators A Comedy He records that it was quite heartrending to see the affection that existed between them. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Samuel Bell, of Latrobe, was conductor on the train, and he describes the scene as the most appalling and heartrending he ever witnessed. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin To his subjects, to his allies, to the bondmen who looked to him for redress and deliverance, his loss was a heartrending sorrow. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 "I wanted to write something upon that subject," he told Shelley at Pisa, "as it is extremely tragical, but it was too heartrending for my nerves to cope with." My Recollections of Lord Byron She was heartrending, irritating, maddening to Prothero in her refusals to lie back on it and rest. The Creators A Comedy She was asked if she would see Guildford to say good-bye; but she said it was better not, for the parting might be too heartrending, and make them both break down. The Children's Book of London The appearance of some of the ladies is heartrending. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin A heartrending series of screams from the stow-aways rounded his sentence, screams which gave way to sustained sobbing, as the schooner, catching the wind, began to move through the water. More Cargoes 1897 The two cries crossed each other, awful, heartrending, echoing through the silence and solitude, then a frightful stillness, the stillness of death that nothing more could trouble in that waste of eternal snows. Tartarin On The Alps She spent days in worshipping the small divinity of his person, and in the contemplation of his heartrending human attributes. The Creators A Comedy The narrative of the death struggle, and the distracted attempts to find a place of concealment for the victim, are too heartrending to be repeated here. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets All that time the people stood helpless on the bank and heard those heartrending sounds. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin I myself saw a most heartrending instance of how a kindly man’s nature can be changed by the derangement of his intellect. A Chosen Few Short Stories Notwithstanding this heartrending recital, the graves of rebel soldiers in many places in this state and throughout the north, were decorated by Union soldiers. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 "I do not believe in making war any more heartrending than is necessary." An Undivided Union But there is something heartrending in his refusal to play with his grandfather. Eugenics and Other Evils His parting with his wife and children, before going a second time into a confinement to which they could now see no end, was heartrending. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History "Truly, that have I, and to my soul's cost, I fear," said the tailor, with a groan of heartrending despair. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The cries of the children, as they writhed in agony, were heartrending, but Chadkin and his followers never wavered. Modern Saints and Seers "A man would not be human to fool upon such a heartrending subject," answered Deck. An Undivided Union Then she utters a cry so bitter, mournful, and heartrending, that Antony replies to it by another cry, while he opens his arms to support her. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul My gaze was soon arrested by a heartrending spectacle. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War The latter part of the speech was uttered in a tone of such deep and heartrending misery that pity arose in place of terror in the bosom of his auditors. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 I had read in the past those heartrending books and articles and found it ever difficult to hold back the tears. Working With the Working Woman Most heartrending were the descriptions I received from persons who had actually looked on the fearful scenes enacted there. The Call Of The South 1908 Alas! the year ended and began in a most painful and heartrending way for us. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 The groans of the wounded were heartrending; the dead could no longer speak. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War What had brought the leader back was the look of heartrending yearning in the gray eyes of a tattered little boy. The Rich Little Poor Boy The poor children cry bitterly and bid a heartrending farewell to their little home. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas We therefore conclude that the bold Yankee meant by it to imply that he, at least, was not afraid of circumstances, no matter how disastrous or heartrending they might be. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Poor Sutton cried in a most heartrending way when she left; she said when leaving, 'I'll never get another mistress like you, ma'am, for you never interfere, even to the clearing of the jellies.' A Young Mutineer They elected to come with us, accompanied by their families and live stock, and they offered a most heartrending spectacle. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War It was only after months of devastating, heartrending, hopeless warfare, that their leader, utterly routed in the affair known as the battle of Ponte Nuovo, finally gave up the desperate cause. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) The love she wastes on him which might be better employed on me is a heartrending thing to witness. Once a Week There were the same proud and handsome features, but they were pale and worn, and there was a piteous and weary look in the eyes that told of the trouble and heartrending of sleepless nights. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 And the most heartrending thing about them was their despair. Mushrooms on the Moor Many burghers found their families amongst these exiles, and some heartrending scenes were witnessed. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War I saw none of those heartrending tragic scenes of parting, none of the wild grief that grows so much wilder for being indulged. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 They are recorded in many books; and I believe the most heartrending tales that have been told are not a whit exaggerated. Ran Away to Sea A great cry, a heartrending, desperate cry, clove the air, and Franz sank in the waves. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 When she came to fractions it was heartrending. A Little Girl in Old Boston Thousands of the people are without employment, which they seek in vain; and from our cities issue heartrending appeals in behalf of the suffering poor. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War But the sufferings of that poor child-wife are real, deep, heartrending; and there are thousands of others like her in this world. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Sleep was out of the question, even for the weary seamen; the groans and cries were most heartrending. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 His countenance bore the indications of heartrending sorrow. The Scalp Hunters But, to take the pigs back again; it was too heartrending to think of. Our Frank and other stories The influence on the women was dreadful, and in many cases their appeals were heartrending. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War It was heartrending to see the poor wretches struggling in the water, and holding out their hands imploringly to us, and yet not be able to help them. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Shrieks and cries most heartrending burst from them as the shot struck the walls of the barrack. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign But that evening of the 18th of June was a sad one, and the news that came in of those that had fallen were most heartrending. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands There was none of this nerve-racking, heartrending uncertainty, this difficulty of access, this sense of futility, in their relations. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It will involve in the aggregate consequences appalling and heartrending. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War "Oh, God!" she cried in heartrending accents, "give me strength that my heart may not break." King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth It was Sunday afternoon, and two days prior to my sailing for Bermuda, when the heartrending parting took place. From Lower Deck to Pulpit In her intervals of comparative freedom from pain, her cries to the Madonna and her husband were heartrending to hear. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Snyder Appleby had turned sick at the heartrending sights and sounds to be seen and heard on all sides, and had gone back to his car to escape them. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy It was heartrending that this exhibition of pride should take place just at this juncture. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. But despair still held her, and the roar of a mine exploding not far off, the stunning report of which was followed by heartrending wails, drove her again on her fate. In Kings' Byways A running to and fro; a heartrending, whimpering cry from one of the women; and groans and curses farther up the street. Pushed and the Return Push What would be as immediate experience altogether heartrending, for example the torturing remorse of a Macbeth, is made splendid and moving in the incisive majesty and penetration of his monologues. Human Traits and their Social Significance And at last, with bowed head and quavering voice I would have to make a beginning—but too keenly conscious that to none else in the room but me was this performance sufficiently heartrending. My Reminiscences A sound pleasant in the ears of Cameron the shepherd, who read no grief in it, but the comfortable tale of progress, growth, increasing flocks, but to Gilian almost heartrending. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Then, sire," said he in a heartrending voice, "am I ruined? In Kings' Byways Can you imagine a more heartrending scene than the one so graphically portrayed by this missionary woman? Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. He lifted his face, swept them with a heartrending glance, and finished. Tess of the Storm Country She looked at me woefully sad, and I had a queer, heartrending prevision I would never see her more. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The main part of their original literature, like that of their brothers and cousins on the Continent, consists of triumphal songs and heartrending laments. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Well might Mr. Traill add, "I was haunted for months by the remembrance of that heartrending sight." Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries She raised herself, and looked at the soldiery around her, among them the men whose carbines had killed her, whose anguish was like the heartrending anguish of women. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Her husband had been captured or killed and her tale of the treatment of the Armenians by the Turks was heartrending. Face to Face with Kaiserism A heartrending series of screams from the stowaways rounded his sentence, screams which gave way to sustained sobbing, as the schooner, catching the wind, began to move through the water. Sea Urchins These cries, and many like them—wild, heartrending, and full of fear—were heard on all sides. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines And when they heard these words, the swans craned their necks and gave utterance to such heartrending sighs that the princess sobbed with renewed vigor and even Wilhelm fell to weeping. Second Book of Tales The door, being clumsily made, fitted badly in all its parts, so that it shook and rattled in a perfectly heartrending manner. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land Known only to Him who is Omniscient are the multitudes of heartrending scenes of protracted agony and dreary death that are enacted year by year, all unknown to man, upon the lonely sea. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Winter wore on, and Jeanne gave way more and more to an insuperable hopelessness; it was no longer a keen, heartrending grief that she felt, but a dull, gloomy melancholy. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Back to the hard grind of the hospital with nobody to care, and the heartrending scenes and tragedies that were daily enacted? The Man of the Desert I looked upon him again, and the smile was gone; but a look of grief, solemn and heartrending, had supplied its place—and then the big and involuntary tear stood in his eye. Rattlin the Reefer The tragedy connected with little Muoffok, the younger boy, a bright, dear little fellow, very much darker than his brother, in fact nearly black, is far more heartrending. Southern Arabia The next instant the hurricane again burst forth, rushing amid the trees with the sound of a heartrending and piercing scream, so loud as entirely to drown the human voice. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Suddenly, she saw the corpse, stopped short, clasped her hands, and raised both her arms while she uttered a sharp, heartrending cry—the cry of a mutilated animal. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories It was heartrending to see the whole shore lined with fugitives: some rushing into boats which had already come up, some waving frantically to other boats which were approaching. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham With heartrending pathos, what she does is to clutch at his words to her, the music which had lifted her, and now perhaps will lift him too by its mere sound. Browning's Heroines They awakened in her that sense of responsibility for her nieces' future, which nothing but an exceptionally heartrending letter of appeal for financial assistance for them could put comfortably to sleep again. The Madigans We will not stop to describe the heartrending scenes connected with this war, but merely inform the reader that Warsaw was taken by assault; and in this is included a whole chapter of misery. Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories And now the day of departure had arrived, and the trains for the lake were duly filled with passengers; not, however, till many heartrending scenes had occurred in connection with the luggage. Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping Tolstoy was active in his attempts to relieve the sick and starving in the year 1891, when the condition of the people was heartrending. Heroes of Modern Europe Then Monica would groan—a heartrending groan, and they would start afresh. Big Game A Story for Girls The case of four important offices out of the cabinet was just as heartrending: three were to go to the thirty Peelites, and one to the two hundred and seventy just persons. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 On one of these we must turn our attention, briefly, as the author of one famous and heartrending book, "The Inhabitants of Podlípovo." A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections In the stores of the State Paper Office are to be found heartrending appeals for mercy, from prisoners sinking under dire diseases from too close contiguity, or from long confinement in one apartment. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. The scene was heartrending, and Grifone judged that he might give the finishing stroke. Little Novels of Italy This heartrending piece of intelligence touched the crowd, and Coaldust was instantly forward in proposing an informal vote of condolence, which was seconded by a bare-armed lady in a deerstalker cap. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton For you to become his wife cannot be right," declared Ben, endeavoring to speak with mature and legal poise; "but as you say, that heartrending doubt of your duty may attack you at times. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date There was a heartrending groan from the cushions and rugs. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly This was most heartrending, coming from a man I loved better than any one in the world excepting my wife. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen The most heartrending feature of the situation was the pitiable terror of the women and children. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado When he opened them again his face had softened; the words fell upon the silence with a heartrending inflection of misery. The Hill A Romance of Friendship Imagine, if you can, the feelings of her parents when the heartrending news reached them. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Vivisectors may laugh, but I confess I was unable to endure that heartrending spectacle.' An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Far and near the guns were popping a salute—which set the dogs a-howling: so that the noise was heartrending. Doctor Luke of the Labrador The cry to be saved from those who saw the first boat was heartrending. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado From the pit at their feet rose a gurgling and heartrending appeal for help. The Blue Pavilions There is to me a heartrending pathos in these confessions. Essays on Scandinavian Literature He said, 'Take care of him when I 'm in India;' and then, with a heartrending voice, he called out, 'Leonore, Leonore!' A Hero and Some Other Folks I groaned with the twins—and Skipper Tommy made a dismal quartette of it—and the wind, rising sharply at that moment, contributed a chorus of heartrending noises. Doctor Luke of the Labrador To return, they had to use the unhappy chief officer as a causeway, and the poor wretch's despairing cries were heartrending. The Stowaway Girl It took some time to rally from the oppressive, heartrending sensation caused by the knowledge that a peaceful maneuver voyage had suddenly been transformed into the bloody seriousness of war. Banzai! by Parabellum But the hero surprised is not surprised into uncomprehending wonder, but rather into smiles, or tears, or heartrending, out of which comes thankfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 And every day comes the heartrending hour of the roll call for the Revolutionary Tribunal which with so many means death. The French Revolution A Short History With the squeal of a fighting stallion, he rushed off to the servants' quarters, whence presently there came heartrending shrieks and cries for mercy. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Their appearance was heartrending, and revealed the unutterable horror of war as carried into the midst of a peaceful population. With The Immortal Seventh Division A heartrending scream from within followed this explosion of the cartridges lying in readiness beside the guns. Banzai! by Parabellum What particularly arrested my attention was a groan—preceded by a pack of heartrending sighs. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) As I drove homewards on what had suddenly become a hideously raw evening, my driver entertained me with many heartrending and more or less truthful stories of evictions. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. It was heartrending to hear the moaning of the wounded in the dark. Three Years' War He is quite pathetic over himself, and can describe with heartrending words the evils that befall him when others use against him successfully any of the arts which he practises himself. Thackeray It's enough to make one lose faith in the wisdom of the Lord to see this butchery—all the heartrending sorrow that's created in the world when men begin to murder one another like this. Banzai! by Parabellum That such interference must have been most heartrending every one will admit. Phineas Redux It was an awful, heartrending struggle, stretched out flat like a snake in the darkness, the loose earth showering me with each movement. My Lady of Doubt "But such a cognition is of hell," he cried, and he let his face fall into his hands and sobbed heartrendingly. A Pair of Patient Lovers It was indeed heartrending; but the skipper was a thoughtful man, and when he found that his mate was famine-struck, he risked swamping the boat, and sent some beef and biscuit. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Her shrieks were heartrending—or rather, they would have been had they not alternated with delighted giggles. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure In his delirium he had swum across the narrow inlet which separated them from their enemies; his heartrending cries told of the reception accorded him. The Shipwreck A Story for the Young She was a picturesque, graceful woman, with a pair of heartrending dark eyes, while a little touch of colour on her faded cheeks illuminated a face that still exhibited the remains of a remarkable beauty. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma With this contrast the so heartrending and dogmatic tradition follows in a theory, and consequently in the practice of classical philology derived from this theory. Homer and Classical Philology If this was not so, we should be spared the pain of reading the heartrending accounts that are so frequently brought under our notice of people being "starved to death." Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley One of the finest passages gives a heartrending and yet bracing picture of the times. Among Famous Books It was more heartrending even than his yells. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Those unfortunate persons who suffer the terrible calamity of blindness after years of dependence upon sight will testify in heartrending terms to the importance of light. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The ruthless destruction of property and of lives on the east side of the peninsula was heartrending. General Scott Here they met a heartrending obstacle in the refusal of the owners. The Adventures of Kathlyn His heartrending call shot across the great silence of the sky, and sped all around the horizon. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 He stammered and panted for breath, in his rage, and the woman exclaimed in a heartrending voice: "Paul, Paul, stop him; make him be quiet; do not let him say this before my son!" The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 There was something heartrending in this silent, wordless anguish; but there was nothing to be said, and Tom went on making the fire. The Quickening It was heartrending to hear Mr. Wilmot in his delirium, call for Julia to come to him—to let him look on her face once more before he died. Tempest and Sunshine The last appeal from my saddler was perfectly heartrending: he could not have written it himself, for he looks as tough as his own pig-skin. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' And suddenly she uttered a cry, a heartrending cry, and I rushed up to the bed, with a candle in my hand. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 Then suddenly a heartrending cry was heard in the crowd. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross The misery there is heartrending; hard ground; cold and wet as well. Woman's Endurance In other harbors that he had visited in his northern voyage similar heartrending cases had, to be sure, fallen under his attention. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell These farewells are in themselves heartrending, and just when I would have liked to be forgotten I received the tenderest expressions of affection, as if to increase the pain of parting. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse The Snimmy's, of course, was sad—even heartrending; and he was sniffing before he had finished saying, "How do you do, Toast?" and shedding gum-drops like hail-stones before he was half through. The Garden of the Plynck The saddest, most heartrending thing I have ever seen has been the patience of every Belgian, whatever his state, I have met. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Groans, heartrending and hoarse, punctuated the succeeding silence. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River But I am struggling with the associations of this lone, lone hearth—with no fire, no father, no mother, sister or brother left—the whole is heartrending. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton It is impossible to imagine the heartrending state of our Carmel throughout those days of sorrow. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse From these heartrending scenes they turned their faces, and anxiously awaited the first Boer commando. In the Shadow of Death Here men, women, and children were huddled together in a promiscuous communion of misery, made infinitely more pathetic and heartrending because none complained. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe The Boer proved that he could fight when there was a necessity for it, but to the great majority of them it was heartrending to slay their fellow human beings. With the Boer Forces One person whom Desmond had expected to take with him was absent: Scipio Africanus, on seeing the dead body of his master, had uttered one heartrending howl and fled. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India It is a heartrending sight to look down upon this helpless mass and to realize that many of them have been sentenced to painful death for mere lack of primitive medical attention. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 He impersonated the departed in their agonies in purgatory, he made the people hear the pitiful moaning of the victims in the purgatorial fires, and transmitted their heartrending appeals for speedy help to the living. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Her heartrending cries had so confused him, he was seized before he could raise his gun. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest |
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