| 单词 | abjectly |
| 例句 | He did not know whether to dart through the door to freedom or collapse on the bed to fall in love with her and place himself abjectly at her mercy again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He apologized abjectly for the violence, but immediately began to badger her about helping with his transfer. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This abjectly simple sentence seemed to disturb Franny rather more than a continued silence would have. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Every chair sank several inches at the lightest touch, foam and down surrendering abjectly to any pressure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But he bellowed slowly, abjectly, without tears; the grave hopeless sound of all voiceless misery under the sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please excuse me. Please excuse me,” she repeated abjectly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing in an abjectly apologetic tone, Griffith seemed genuinely sorry that he had shaken genetics by its roots. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director’s heels. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Stunned by the erotic Armageddon, Herbie teetered abjectly, miserably, totally befuddled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now grooving and swinging her hips, now weeping abjectly, Zaino finally cuts loose to a strobe light, which reduces her movements to flickering fragments, as if in an old film. Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:20Z Less clear is what Mr. West thought he was doing with this depressing, grim story, which here becomes a pointless, abjectly impersonal re-creation of mass death, one poisoned sip and fired bullet at a time. ‘The Sacrament’ Invokes Jonestown 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The stridently theatricalized violence is horrific only because it’s so abjectly manipulative. Review: ‘Where Hands Touch,’ Set in Nazi Germany, Is a Disturbing Misfire 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z But I remain abjectly sorry for abandoning Amelia when she was three. Richard O'Brien: My family values 2013-01-25T17:44:00Z The first time I listened to “Tilt,” which Walker released in 1995, after an eleven-year hiatus, I couldn’t tell if it was brilliant, or awful, or soothing, or abjectly terrifying. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The next day, Whitman abjectly asks forgiveness for crossing a sacred boundary. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Shockingly and abjectly sexist, codifying women as sexual slaves at worst and as conniving breeders at best. Everything that's wrong with humanity': readers on troubling TV shows, from GoT to Buffy 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z A white neighbor calls the police when she sees a black man hanging outside her friend's house, only to apologize abjectly to the friend when she learns he was an invited guest. 'Citizen: An American Lyric' meditates on the trauma of racism 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Fried, “I understand that you take the comedy to some abjectly disgusting places.” What’s on TV This Week: The Super Bowl and an Oscar Micheaux Documentary 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Today, strikingly enough, government is again providing subsidies and tax incentives as well as facilities, utilities and free space for corporations making use of this same category of abjectly dependent labor. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z My gripe is with the media, who have a duty to report the truth as best they can, but in this instance have failed abjectly to do so. The tangled tale behind The Devil's Double 2011-08-13T10:00:01Z Hours later, he apologized more abjectly, though he still cited his performer’s background. Franken and Trump, Hiding Behind Their ‘Jokes’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Its heroine – the fortysomething social worker Simran, who shocks her colleagues and family by smoking, drinking and abjectly failing to marry – investigates an apparently clear-cut murder case. Jo Shapcott takes Costa book of the year award for Of Mutability 2011-01-25T20:30:16Z Thus armed, "the designers of tomorrow will not look back; we give them the chance to fail abjectly and completely; they're all in the typographic gutter and some of them are looking at their scars." True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z Besides, irony’s opposite, absolute earnestness, can be morally cowardly too, when the true believer abjectly stays the course — often because he fears that not staying the course would be cowardly. Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z “I don’t know that that makes me abjectly more political than others,” Roth says. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z “To this day, I’m still creeped out by that one scene in ‘Alien,’ ” Tom said abjectly. Style Invitational Week 1081: It’s the stupidity, stupid — be a dumb-ask While that season wasn't abjectly awful, at no point did the comedy feel particularly sharp or absurdist enough to coax a person into investing in how things turned out for mankind. Sweet but unchallenging, "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages" dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And today he is poor, abjectly poor, a man who headed the country when the dollar price of our crude oil was at the highest level. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Why did the Wombles' 1970s mission to teach a nation not to litter fail so abjectly? The Wombles at 40 – why we need them more than ever 2013-02-05T18:08:18Z Of course, it was not their leaders’ intention to distinguish themselves as environmentalists or conservationists, but by so abjectly failing to develop viable economic engines, they nonetheless had this providential effect. In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z That, of course, is what a good novelist is supposed to do and what Boyd abjectly fails to pull off in this book. ‘Sweet Caress’ review: A portrait of a photographer’s tumultuous career 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Although his finger hangs in the air, it extends close to the man’s face, which is abjectly averted. Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z She spreads her beneficence and beauty around, which has the effect of both reinforcing her position as the ultimate cultural tastemaker and rendering her subjects abjectly grateful for her patronage. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z With fears of a constitutional crisis mounting, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said on Wednesday that parliament would not accept "abjectly being trampled" by the Supreme Court. Israel on edge ahead of Supreme Court session on judicial overhaul 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “But President Zelenskyy, without our help, he would abjectly lose the war. And with our help, he’s not winning. It’s a stalemate now.” Ukraine Caucus co-chairman calls war ‘stalemate’ 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z No Republican will vote for anything that harms the profits of the rich and the corporate sector, which they abjectly serve. Noam Chomsky on "savage capitalism": From climate change to bank failures to war 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z One offender this week did something most un-Trump like: He apologized, abjectly and unreservedly. Column: A day of atonement — California congressman apologizes to Jewish congregants for Nazi remark 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Based on my reporting, at least hundreds of thousands of Indians — most of them abjectly poor — have died overlooked, forgotten and eventually uncounted. Opinion | Forget the WHO. India owes its people the truth about covid-19. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The plaintiffs argue those claims were “abjectly false.” Trump’s doomed video phones loom in backdrop of his new media launch 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z What Jenny 69 abjectly lacks in musical finesse, she gains in aesthetic points; the camera closely follows her as she rolls joints with $100 bills, carefully wrapped with her pink bedazzled claws. Bad Bunny takes flight and Chente is laid to rest: The year in Latin music 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z This is why politicians such as Lindsey Graham and Mike Pence, at least until he refused to invalidate the election results, humiliated themselves abjectly and repeatedly at the feet of Trump. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The press was complicit as it reported on mob violence against Black people, such as graphically occurred in Tulsa, in abjectly biased, inflammatory ways. Opinion | Tom Hanks and the History We Need to Learn 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “And that we lay bare the record of just how responsible and how abjectly violating of his constitutional oath President Trump really was.” Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The two warring factions within the ruling elite, which fight primarily over the spoils of power while abjectly serving corporate interests, peddle alternative realities. The ruling elite's war on truth: America's leaders are increasingly disconnected from reality 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z He also "worked the ref" — in this case, the weak and overwhelmed moderator — to the point where Wallace abjectly offered Trump more opportunities to speak and promised him easy follow-up questions. Believe it or not, Joe Biden lost that debate. To save democracy, we need a champion 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Trump has abjectly failed to fulfil a key 2016 pledge – to extricate America from “endless” foreign wars. Trump’s battle with the American military is a fight he’s likely to lose 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Odum’s lawyer, Luke Moses, called Smith’s claim of voter irregularities “abjectly false.” Candidate seeks new election, claiming some voted twice 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The ISC's initial inquiries failed abjectly to get to the bottom of events. Intelligence committee faces credibility challenge 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But while a Barack Obama or a Marco Rubio might draw from such material an uplifting only-in-America parable, the narrative Sanders quickly shifts to is how America has abjectly failed those of his working-class pedigree. Did America Misjudge Bernie Sanders? Or Did He Misjudge America? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z You vote for a politician who during his time in the Senate abjectly served the interests of MBNA, the largest independent credit card company headquartered in Delaware, which also employed Biden's son Hunter. The one-choice election 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Peart’s earnestness, then and now, almost seems revolutionary: He did something abjectly preposterous in a manner so serious that it’s very uncoolness made it cool. Perspective | Rush was an easy band to mock. Neil Peart didn’t care, and that’s why we loved him. 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “All of those steps are starters because these ride-hailing companies have been abjectly failing in their duty to protect against predators or criminals,” he said. Uber Says 3,045 Sex Assaults Were Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Rather than fleeing abjectly from the will, as in Schopenhauer, one should seek to harness it, master it, ride it out. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The election the nation needs in 400 days would remove the nation’s most recent mistake and inflict instructive carnage — the incumbent mistake likes this noun — on his abjectly obedient party. Opinion | The best antidote for a bad election is a better election 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The movie wasn’t just abjectly terrible, but it was a bizarre follow-up. Analysis | The supercharged evolution of the Fast and Furious films from racing movies to global action flicks 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z When the track started, I plucked abjectly at an imaginary sitar and wondered whether all the wrong turns I’d made in life would be enough to fill a quarry, and how big a quarry was. 'Rejection didn’t hurt my pride - I had none left': confessions of a failed actor | Rhik Samadder 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z It began to autoplay, and what I saw was abjectly horrifying. Neon Genesis Evangelion is the perfect story for this moment in history 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z I spent the rest of the film staring at the back of the seat in front of me, abjectly muttering, “How can the federal government allow a movie this scary to be shown in public?” Perspective | ‘Alien’ scared me silly 40 years ago. Today, my chest bursts with affection for it. 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z But so, too, Veblen said, do the minds of the “abjectly poor, and all those persons whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance.” The man who saw Trump coming a century ago 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Would I even get angry, or would I just keep abjectly nodding, observing the insult from my old, practiced remove? The Challenge of Preserving the Historical Record of #MeToo 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The images function like a fragmented map of humanity: the artful bits of human accretion, the abjectly beautiful, the ways in which invisible forces come together and fall apart. In quiet yet visceral works, Zoe Leonard captures the frailty, pain and eccentricities of human life 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z He wasn't sure how to explain the Dorito mix-up though, but did say, "I'm not sure what there is to do but apologise abjectly, especially if you've called someone a Dorito." Called the wrong name at work? Awkward... 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z So the day before he went on television to abjectly offer repentance for Iran-Contra, he announced that he would accept Gorbachev’s INF proposal. Trump ending nuclear treaty paves way for “usable” weapons 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z In total that meant half-a-dozen changes from the side that lost so abjectly at Brighton, with no orthodox wingers in the team and Anthony Martial not even warranting a place on the bench. Lucas Moura double for Spurs helps deepen gloom at Manchester United 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z "No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant." Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingered, even as Arizona Republican neared the end of his life 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” McCain, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said in a statement. McCain to halt medical treatment for brain cancer, family says 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” Mr. McCain said in the wake of the summit meeting. As Trump Struggles With Helsinki’s Fallout, Congress Faces a New Charge: Complicity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z How dare McCain say I am a naïve egotist with a sympathy for autocrats who abjectly abased myself before a tyrant and failed to defend American values? Opinion | Trump and His Very Special Guest 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The ailing GOP senator added, “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” After Trump sides with Putin, Republicans respond with hollow backlash 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” U.S. lawmakers condemn Trump over Helsinki summit with Putin 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Nakedly, even abjectly, he recorded his failures and shortcomings and disappointments, whether his infidelities or his struggles with alcoholism. Former U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall dies in New Hampshire 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein noted in January that Ryan is in a unique position to “uphold standards of governance” in D.C., but he’s abjectly “capitulated” to Trump. Missing an opportunity to lead, Ryan enables the GOP's worst instincts 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z As I look at the puppet’s head lying abjectly on the floor, his sinister blue eyes fix sidelong on mine. Jordan Wolfson: 'This is real abuse – not a simulation' 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The company quickly and abjectly apologized to the Chinese government. China Humiliates Another Western Company 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein noted the other day that Ryan is in a unique position to “uphold standards of governance” in D.C., but he’s abjectly “capitulated” to Trump. Siding with the GOP, Ryan sees possible 'malfeasance' at the FBI 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z That period of dominance ended abjectly at the start of the 21st century, as a number of poorly-run sides declared bankruptcy and several more were found guilty of match-fixing. Italy’s World Cup exit is far from an apocalypse 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z More than half a million Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in September, topping the worst month of the Syrian refugee outflow, and the recent arrivals are living in abjectly desperate conditions. Puerto Rico, Tom Price, Catalonia: Your Weekend Briefing 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z She should start the book by apologizing abjectly for everything that went wrong, not with this nonsense quote. Opinion | Some reviews of the first line of the first chapter of Hillary Clinton’s ‘What Happened’ 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Mike Ellicock, chief executive of National Numeracy, said the current system "abjectly fails to equip far too many young people adequately for their future lives and the world of work". Post-16 maths to get government cash boost - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “It was a brutal, senseless, wasteful, harsh and cruel campaign for which the government should abjectly apologise,” he said. Canada to apologise to LGBT people forced out of military and public service 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Chinese lawyers abjectly confessing to subversion in show trials. Chinese Propaganda Video Warns of West’s ‘Devilish Claws’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Christie called the plot “one of the most abjectly stupid things I’ve ever seen”. Bridgegate: Chris Christie maintains aides didn't tell him about lane closures 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z “It was one of the most abjectly stupid things I’ve ever seen,” he said. Chris Christie: Jury confirmed that Wildstein, Baroni, Kelly responsible for Bridgegate 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z I’m not abjectly against The Times dipping into product recommendation. Reviewing Toaster Ovens, and Selling Them, Too 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Working at a summer camp and facing the throw-the-fully-clothed-counselor-into-the-lake custom the final week, I had to beg abjectly to be heaved into the shallow part. Learning to Swim at 75 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He has hinted that he would rather retire than abjectly struggle, but at points this year he has seemed to enjoy himself. Angels mailbag: What's next since the trade deadline has passed? 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Christie ran fiercely against Mr. Trump for president — and then abjectly and rather pathetically endorsed his former opponent. Gov. Hogan says no to Trump, and we say bravo 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Kasich yielded, albeit not very abjectly: “I’m more than happy to say ‘I’m sorry’ if I offended somebody out there, but it wasn’t intended to be offensive.” Kasich’s ‘Kitchen’ Kerfuffle 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Another showed a sailor abjectly apologizing to the Iranians. Editorials from around New England 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The old distillery, a local industry that failed abjectly within five years, was converted into a prison in 1914 to hold German prisoners of war, and then emptied again to hold the Irish. Welsh village summons ghosts of Ireland's revolutionary past 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Villa were relegated for the first time in 1936, abjectly so, conceding 110 goals along the way. Too good to go down? A brief guide to … big clubs being relegated 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Reports straddled the line between awestruck and abjectly terrified. Under the gun: how the perfect rifle missed its target 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Like many other ousted Chinese officials put on trial for graft, Mr. Jiang also declared that he was abjectly remorseful for his crimes. Chinese Official Who Ran Oil Giant Admits Bribetaking, Court Reports 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Nobody works harder than teens to seem independent — even while following the crowd more abjectly than at any other time in their lives. Recalling bravery — and ugliness — at an integrated 1960s high school 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z That tale has been embroidered, dramatized, and novelized over the centuries by writers from Ovid—who in one poem has Sappho abjectly renouncing her gay past—to Erica Jong, in her 2003 novel “Sappho’s Leap.” How Gay Was Sappho? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Roads are treacherous and the country is still abjectly poor. Passing the torch 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The country’s relatively new capital of Abuja – built in the 1980s and filled with modern hotels, restaurants and other luxuries – is surrounded by shantytowns populated by abjectly poor citizens. Nigeria Hit by Abuse Accusations as It Hunts Boko Haram 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z After early efforts to assert his authority in the face of the military abjectly failed, he largely receded from public view. Making History in Pakistan Simply by Serving a Full Term 2013-09-09T00:01:58Z Ever the original thinker, even when he’s plagiarizing from press releases, Lehrer apologized abjectly for his actions but pointedly avoided promising to become a better person. Some musings on Jonah Lehrer's $20,000 "meh culpa". 2013-02-13T20:45:00.587Z It is insideous, it is horrid and it is disgusting to repeat what failed so abjectly before, within living memory. EU Summit: The kiss of life, or of death? 2012-10-19T15:57:11Z But the notions espoused in this question are really abjectly ridiculous and, I felt, deserved a response in kind. Should Mark Zuckerberg Slowly Phase Advertising Out Of Facebook's Ecosystem? 2012-08-31T16:39:01Z Laurent Blanc later decried the midfielder's behaviour, possibly before offering an explanation as incoherent as his team selection and tactics and then abjectly waving a white flag. The Fiver 2012-06-25T15:01:59Z It really did seem as if he actually were fascinating the new dish; as if the curried prawns would presently rise of their own accord and abjectly, one after another, jump into his mouth. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z A wind that cut like a knife made it a feat beyond our strength, and some miles along that bleak way, when a cart passed, we abjectly begged a passage. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z "Awfully sorry, Mr Blunt!" gasped Stiffy abjectly, as another pat of butter sang past his ear. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z What has come over you?” the countess stammered out, colouring abjectly as she paused. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I answered that I was; and seeing him to be a man well on in years, clad in good broadcloth, and of a sober, substantial aspect, I saluted him abjectly. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z He was a shambling, shuffling, whining, servile negro, abjectly sure that some kind white gentleman would give him a pair of shoes, or at least a couple of francs. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z We take the subject of our sketch, then, somewhere between the abjectly poor and those in moderate circumstances. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z She flung herself at my lady's feet in an agony of fear, and clutching her skirts, cried abjectly for mercy; she would carry, she would help, she would do anything, if she might go! My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He had missed her so abjectly that he had finally decided to avow his love. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I don't wonder that he whined and grovelled and submitted, abjectly, to their demands. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z The more guileless and innocent a woman is--quite fit to soar aloft with newly-sprouted wings--the more abjectly pitiable a victim. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z There are two things—and perhaps only two things—of which the best type of thoroughbred collie is abjectly afraid and from which he will run for his life. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z At the same instant, before she could rise up, half in terror, half in joy, the man sank abjectly at her feet. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Of course, I apologised most abjectly—and we had some conversation. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z We have no kings and no dukes, but America is the sport of capital; it lies abjectly prostrate before a power-drunk bourgeoisie. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z It wasn't dangerous so much as it was abjectly wicked—the deliberate calling up of sooty shapes that had better be kept buried. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z The Cortes have abjectly sold to the government the safety of the individual, the civil rights and the well-being of the commonwealth. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Dearest Edith, Hideous and infamous, yes, my interminable, my abjectly graceless silence. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Everyone else on board was abjectly ill and I expect it was partly pride that kept me well. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z “Forgive me, Viviana,” he cried, abjectly prostrating himself at her feet, and clinging to the hem of her dress. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Custine now took command of the abjectly dispirited army, the fourth change of command within two months. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z On Saturday their best players performed with all the pride and passion so abjectly missing against Tonga. France upset the odds yet again 2011-10-08T12:07:10Z I am so abjectly, so ignobly fond of not "travelling." The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z I read that she had been abjectly deceived, that she had been made to sign all kind of papers, blindly. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z "No poltroon could have begged for life more abjectly than he did." Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z He would have to sing very abjectly small indeed, before I could forgive what he said—certainly no consideration of loss or gain would induce me to do so. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “An old friend of mine,” she answered, trying to do so lightly, but of course failing abjectly. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z But the tide, thank the Powers, has at last definitely turned and I am on the way to getting not only better, but, as I believe, creepily and abjectly well. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The surprise had failed abjectly; the enemy was on the alert; it was not in Indian nature to make a second attempt under all the circumstances. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Every one of the smaller German States had already joined the Rhine-Bund, and the Diet by which they were governed abjectly obeyed his will. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z For all of which the man should have been abjectly grateful. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z In his irritable state, to have her abjectly cheapening herself vexed him as much as everything else she had done that day had vexed him. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z He adopts towards Hebrew specialists an attitude neither defiant nor abjectly submissive. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z But, the reader will ask, what was the man made of to start by discounting the worst; to throw up the sponge so abjectly at the very first threat of battle? Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The officer turned and immediately had to beg the lady's pardon most abjectly, for he broke forth into an oath. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z For 15 long minutes, Cramer sat abjectly as Stewart pummeled him. Jim Cramer Hits an All-Time High 2011-05-12T03:30:00Z As anticipated, he’s abjectly miserable — but only for a few months. Economic View: Why Worry? It?s Good for You 2011-05-14T17:47:25Z Reader! would you understand how abjectly slaveholders themselves are enslaved to the products of Northern industry? The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Now the Abbot, though it will scarcely be believed, was, in spite of his turbulent wickedness, a most abjectly superstitious man, as indeed most ignorant and wicked people are. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The Flatbush curse seemed to be for utter failure in Los Angeles, followed by ignominious groveling to return abjectly to Brooklyn. Sports of The Times: A Cosmic Comeuppance for the Dodgers 2011-04-29T01:39:54Z But I had forged an effective weapon; and had only to show the slightest disposition to "go off" again, to make him abjectly apologetic. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z “I am exceedingly sorry, my lord,” the man said abjectly. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Africa and large parts of Asia and Latin America remain abjectly poor. Economic Scene: A Hopeful Message About the World?s Poorest 2011-03-22T16:28:15Z Are we not abjectly ground down—a subject race, and serfs of a braver people? The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Her mood had changed meanwhile; she was abjectly miserable and woebegone. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Now that we have left the way open for him, he'll humiliate himself as abjectly as he must, for a reconciliation. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Such sentiments as you have expressed, properly conveyed to them, would make yours abjectly half the bourgeois of France! Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "Because if it is, I intend to come back and lay it all at your feet, formally, abjectly, and with utmost speed." The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z Three or four of the little girls ran to cling to her hands, abjectly courting notice as Sally had known they would. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He was too abjectly scared to make more than the merest show of resistance. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z His head fell upon his breast, he extended his trembling old hands to her, and abjectly murmured: "Pardon me, my daughter! pardon me!" A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z They are, it seems, abjectly failing to convert this into manufacturing jobs. Employment: Unhappy new year 2010-12-16T00:05:10Z She seems too often to be competing for the gold in several categories unconnected to literary merit — number of countries visited, number of injustices violently dispensed, number of scenes of starvation abjectly depicted. Jama?s Travels 2010-08-27T15:04:00Z "Certainly, Colonel; no doubt, Colonel; I beg pardon, Colonel," Popkiss protested abjectly. A Poached Peerage But we know now that, though he was never dependent upon the will of his master, he, too, abjectly hung upon the man's involuntary movements and never for a moment lost him from view. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology Surely she had failed abjectly, for was there not a silence everywhere about her, chilling and cruel? The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Stooping deprecatingly his broad-spread shoulders, this Hercules kneels abjectly, and trembles at the feet of an old woman and a child! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 I had always longed to be a leader—as every boy does—and so far I had been a slave—slave, most abjectly of all, to my own fears and prejudices. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew "No," I return, abjectly, as if I were a poor stowaway, without a friend to speak up for me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. "So merciful, I sometimes abjectly think, that they desire to be deceived, for our peace of mind." The Way of the Gods The divinity dwells in the palace, and underneath, at the distance of a furlong or two, humanity is huddled abjectly in squalid smut-begrimed houses. The Unveiling of Lhasa Mrs. Gereth made one—it was her sole, faint flicker of passion—to the extent of declaring that he was too abjectly weak to deserve the name of a man. The Spoils of Poynton There is not a galley-slave more abjectly condemned to servitude than he. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second This, with certain pieces of Young's, is perhaps the most glaring example extant of how a writer of great talent and literary skill may combine the basest flattery with the most abjectly bad verse. A Short History of French Literature This was too much for Haviland, and, the peril of the situation notwithstanding, he laughed himself into a condition that was abjectly helpless. Haviland's Chum Roland gave the dwarf a piece of money, for which he was very abjectly grateful, and only wished that he might be thrown down in that way three times every day by the dog. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Now, wasn’t I helplessly, abjectly, the creature of circumstances—first in being molested at all—second in Ncandúku’s lucky arrival?” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War In the dress of all classes above the abjectly poor there was a tendency toward greater show, vainly repressed during part of the thirteenth century, but continuing to increase even under repression. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Gracefully but not too abjectly, considering the situation and his own position, Vyrtl thought. The Envoy, Her "So it is!" cried he, suddenly; "it is unmanly and ignoble both, and it is only a poor, selfish sick man could stoop to plead so abjectly." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day At last, when the army of the rebel prince had penetrated within Bih�r, and was approaching Patn�, he resigned himself to the inevitable, and besought abjectly the assistance of Clive. Rulers of India: Lord Clive He hung his head on seeing whom his captors were and looked like a man suffering abjectly. Frontier Boys in the South Seas They abjectly look to men of the world, to scholars, to statesmen, for testimonies to the everlasting and self-evidencing verities of heaven! Modern Substitutes for Christianity He would start when called to order for inattention, and thereafter be abjectly attentive. Leonore Stubbs Coulter grimly amused himself over his eating by making absurd statements for the sheer pleasure of seeing his next in command, fall abjectly into agreement. The Portal of Dreams But no word came, and there they remained abjectly despondent as the dreary days dragged by. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) He was now thirty-eight and all hope of graduation from perpetual irresponsible boyhood had been destroyed long since by a woman abjectly in love with him and too shrewd to antagonize him. Ancestors A Novel But the railroad car—every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) He bent abjectly before the House; and eventually, with a year's imprisonment and a fine of £10,000, obtained leave to retire to France. Old and New London Volume I They sat gazing at each other, she as self-willed as her words and he abjectly afraid of her finding out. Old Crow From the technical point of view, it is abjectly materialist and militarist, and has no ideals. The Forerunners What institution do we starve so abjectly as we starve the National Gallery? Pot-Boilers They delve in mines, and risk accident, disease and death, or suffer an abjectly lingering life of impoverishment. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times “Say, I ought to have a nurse!” said the young man 58 abjectly. Claim Number One Then he tried to rub one eye with one of his mushroom-like fore-feet, and, failing abjectly in that, fell plump on his nose. Finn The Wolfhound She was stark with terror, and held abjectly to the rail while the next swell lifted them upward. Wild Oranges These mountain Hindus appear to me a deceitful and treacherous people, cruel and arrogant towards those in their power, and abjectly mean towards those from whom they expect favour. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha He did not bow abjectly before the mandarins and pedagogues. Carmen Ariza But later when she came out to him, dressed and abjectly penitent, he spoke more gently. Kildares of Storm Ignorant, illiterate, abjectly poor, inured to hardship through generations, they asked no questions the answers to which they could not understand. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs It is too abjectly selfish and groveling to command the least respect from a noble character or a great, tender soul. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures The widower sank abjectly down in his saddle, and with his apprehensive eyes turned sideways on the spinster, surreptitiously thrust the stray glove into the depths of his pocket. A Noble Woman Don’t quit the field, Monsignor––unless you surrender abjectly. Carmen Ariza Margaret turned short round and faced the stout man, who was trembling, abjectly, from head to foot. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals So they're as abjectly subject to The Master as their slaves are to them. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The uniformed policemen drove all traffic abjectly out of the way of his carriage, and stood with lifted hat until he had passed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 He ended abjectly, gazing with pleading eyes at the stubborn face of his partner whose lips were drawn tight. Hidden Water “None could be more abjectly your slave than I.” The Mind Master She describes him as vain, cruel, often weak, and at times abjectly cowardly. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 But the whole power of The Master was based on his slaves' belief that as long as they obeyed him abjectly there would be no failure of the antidote's supply. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 He found half a dozen men in various attitudes of neglect, but all hanging abjectly by the loops which a considerate company had provided for its patrons. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 The man had insulted him grossly, and had apologised as abjectly; that was his view of the incident. The Wild Geese "So help me I do!" burst out the cowboy abjectly. Valley of Wild Horses Dear Alice," she said, "I apologize most abjectly; at least, the motor apologizes. Daisy's Aunt And again the captain stammered, but Bell stared at him haughtily, and he knelt abjectly before the ship's safe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Shrinking abjectly from this attack, he swerved off toward the left. In the Morning of Time Not he whose craven soul rejects the fight And flees abjectly from the booming strife Achieves the summits of his greatest might Upon the blood-red battle-fields of life. Oklahoma Sunshine He was going to apologize abjectly, when with a slight laugh she turned the subject aside. The Marriage of Elinor Amid roars of laughter he recited the entire alphabet standing on one leg, he crowed like a rooster, he hopped like a toad, and he crawled abjectly on his belly like a snake. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life She felt abjectly humble in the presence of this great sacrifice. Rose O'Paradise What he had said I know not, but, despite the heaviness of his appearance, he looked abjectly miserable. Hurricane Island As they passed down the steps, a slim young man, dressed immaculately in the height of fashion, came tripping up to them and addressed Miss Annabel in the most abjectly polite manner. The End of the Rainbow Lady Wolvercote's faint remonstrances were drowned in the adieus, and Mrs. Shaw sailed out with flying colors, while Milly sank back abjectly into the seat from which she had risen. The Invader A Novel He sees how the situation would awaken the wonder of the great lords who abjectly obey his lightest word, but he concludes that, after all, the small becomes great if it vexes you. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The Tannese had hosts of stone idols, charms, and sacred objects, which they abjectly feared, and in which they devoutly believed. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals He had us, so to speak, abjectly under his thumbs. It, and Other Stories There is something abjectly, almost brutally, pathetic in the ugly squalor of a man's tears. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk It is this habit of submission that explains the admired patience and long-suffering of the abjectly poor. The Wonder He crawled out abjectly, and held up his hands for the handcuffs which Haskin at once fitted on. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed The nearer they came to Crichton House the more abjectly miserable became Mr. Bultitude's state of mind. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers "Pardon, Herr Leutnant," said the petty officer, abjectly apologetic, and, backing down the ladder, he passed through another door entering into an alley-way between the officers' cabins. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War He had sought Abbott with the best intentions; to apologize abjectly, distasteful though it might be to his hot blood. The Place of Honeymoons And then as he arose and turned toward the door again she went to him abjectly, appealingly. Children of the Desert Then came a change,—a year or two with a crippled wing—life, though not abjectly wretched, on the whole a burden, and then the end. The Map of Life Conduct and Character Addicks had not turned a hair as he hung up the telephone receiver, and here he was cowering in a mortal funk, abjectly hopeless. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Timme in the following scene strikes a blow at the abjectly sensual involved in much of the then sentimental, unrecognized and unrealized. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century He therefore endeavored to propitiate them, just as a dog endeavors to get the good will of man by abjectly crawling toward him on his belly and licking his feet. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Jake, his ugly face in a transport, had fallen to his knees, was crawling forward to the statue abjectly, mouthing phrases of worship and self-abnegation. Valley of the Croen There, go, and don't look so abjectly hopeless. The Diamond Coterie Una followed abjectly, and the matron seemed well pleased with her reformation of this wayward young woman. The Job An American Novel He saw himself clinging abjectly to the swaying tree-trunk, only waiting for his strength or the tree to give away, before he should be plunged into the waters below. Mr. Opp Descending thus abjectly, as regarded the traitor, the Whigs were not unwilling to benefit by the treason. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 If you really can't do anything else, if things are so abjectly hopeless that there is no other way out, if your path is leading to nowhere, start a rebellion. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies The charity worker must rid himself, first of all, of the conventional picture of the poor as always either very abjectly needy, or else very abjectly grateful. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers “Eddie!” he said a third time, pleadingly, abjectly, humbly, craving for forgiveness. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Does that make Him a great tyrant, who only wants to be abjectly worshipped? Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John "Does who know what?" snapped the doctor, his glance straying wrathfully toward the rotund clergyman, who all at once assumed an abjectly apologetic air and interested himself in a picture on the farther wall. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play A grand tournament at Court preceded, and a bear-baiting followed, the humiliating spectacle of the Parliament of England kneeling at the feet of Cardinal Pole, and abjectly craving absolution from Rome. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary He gave her a look that began abjectly but strengthened as it continued to something like a strange sneer. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories "It's the cold!" gasped Mary, crying abjectly between her spasms of misery. The Governess Besides, he’s abjectly in love with her: would there be any danger if it were you and your Alice?” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic He did come, saw Desire Michell, and fell as abjectly prostrate before her as any youth who never had left the village. The Thing from the Lake The man was afflicted, and knew it; had suddenly discovered it, and was afraid of himself—for the moment, abjectly afraid. Shining Ferry Having had this instrument of torture applied to himself on two occasions, he was well prepared to put it on in a proper fashion, although the prisoner begged abjectly to be spared the indignity. Messenger No. 48 "Oh, Heaven, forgive and keep me from it," said he, bowing his head abjectly. The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia Presently, the manfucas and interpreters, crawling abjectly on their hands and knees to the royal feet, deposited Cha-cha’s tribute and the white men’s offering. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver They crawled out of the room abjectly and I came out into the open once more. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 Casting down his eyes, he stood before her abjectly leaning on his cane. Sacrifice And now that he was coming she was just plain frightened, suffocatingly, abjectly scared to death. I've Married Marjorie She was really rather sorry for him; he looked so abjectly miserable. Barbara in Brittany His tongue clung to the roof of his mouth, and he could only abjectly wonder what was coming next. A Love Story Reversed 1898 They were abjectly frightened, and at least partly forgetful that there was with them One whose voice even death had to obey. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Nor could she hear the words which the black figure on the wall flung down, nor what was answered, abjectly, with prayers and promises. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain He was abjectly in love and abjectly submissive, and Claudia had never been so kind. Despair's Last Journey He had begged abjectly from the pain of a cuff on the ear; now he merely glanced over his shoulder toward the safety that lay beyond. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The waiters were now abjectly admiring, and in the most mellifluous tones that signified their "great expectations," expressed to the heedless Mr Campbell their congratulations on the discovery of his son. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge The odd thing was that she was not appealing: she was abjectly, divinely conceited, absurdly, fantastically happy. Embarrassments Mr. Pennefather, looking abjectly miserable, crawled after her and remained on his hands and knees at her side. Priscilla's Spies It was all my fault, and I apologise abjectly to your temper for taking liberties with it. More about Pixie “Only a half-decked little cutter of about two or three tons,” answered the Captain abjectly, trying to minimise his offence. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel Her father is outside her door abjectly beseeching her to be as naughty as she pleases, if only she won't be unhappy. Brother Copas We need, and abjectly so I may say, an esthetic concept of our own. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets I had always remembered the obscurity of my early life, the cloud upon my birth, not abjectly, but proudly. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Let him but have a glimpse of Ray, and, ears back, lips drawn from hideous yellow teeth, and head thrust horribly forward, he would snort, charge,—and the boy would run abjectly. The Spinner's Book of Fiction His angry fit seemed to have passed, but he looked abjectly sad, and her heart ached at sight of him. The Story of a Play A Novel Say, I apologize again," he went on abjectly, "for that time—you know—when she came. Rimrock Jones But that was the limit of their boldness; and when our solitary "Archie" in the valley briskly opened fire on them they turned tail and scuttled abjectly out of range. With Our Army in Palestine The gambler, the profligate, the lost, abandoned being, who had thrown himself so abjectly on my compassion: in these characters, the high-minded Ernest would spurn him with withering indignation. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author And as little by little Rivers emerged from the drunken to the conscious, to the abjectly, cravenly conscious, so Liu mounted to the heights. Civilization Tales of the Orient The man trembled, and begged abjectly for mercy; but the Corporal only pulled out a knife, without relaxing his hold on his throat, turned him over on his face, and cut his waistband. The Drummer's Coat "Oh, I beg your pardon," he apologized abjectly; but she noticed that he kept on shouting. Rimrock Jones Sometimes she was abjectly indifferent; at others she thought that every one who looked at her wished to insult her. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) We knew exactly when to be authoritative, and when to sympathize almost abjectly. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls Finally, he could bear it no longer, and entreated me piteously, abjectly, to give him his freedom or blow out his brains. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems He remembered her eyes and abjectly apologized to the memory of her. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Why—why, yes, Mr. Jones," stammered Jepson abjectly, "as far as that goes, I'm sure no one will object. Rimrock Jones And Mollie, heartily ashamed of herself, succeeded in placating the Little Captain only after having apologized most abjectly. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run Instead of being proud of what he had done, whatever it was, he apologized abjectly for "being late," and I could see that Di was vain of her conquest. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley "I never yet had anybody to come and go abjectly at the word of command, and I think it will be a delightful novelty." The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story Harnessed, muzzled, chained, he crawls abjectly on hands and knees and drags painfully along the road, not only the cart, but his heavy master too. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers "Well, just let me explain," he stammered abjectly. Rimrock Jones He was about to begin one of his occasional letters to Josette, with his writing materials arranged abjectly round one tallow candle, on a washhand stand. The Golden Silence And the vast swarms of the common people in the East are the passive followers of this high caste of thinkers, abjectly accepting what they teach. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life I honestly confess that I was abjectly afraid. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Though ordinarily so brave, she was so beaten down by that look, that for a glance of not unkindly interest that the young lady gave her she was abjectly grateful. A Chance Acquaintance He would go to her at once and apologize abjectly. Parrot & Co. So, as Mitch came nearer and nearer, David felt guiltier and guiltier, and presently he was surprised to hear himself asking rather abjectly: "You isn't mad at me, is you, Mitch?" A Melody in Silver A tale that so abjectly terrified Captain Monk, when it was imparted to him on Tuesday morning, as to take every atom of fierceness out of his composition. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 With this sword of Damocles hanging over his head, and the object of his apprehension being daily brought nearer and yet nearer, Shafto was and looked abjectly miserable. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma I beg your pardon abjectly; I don’t blame you for taking it seriously. Little Fuzzy It is ten times worse than ever having had to conceal all my feelings and abjectly obey Mrs. Carruthers. Red Hair It was Mr. Irons, who came forward, without speaking, and lifted his hat respectfully, perhaps abjectly, and paused for recognition. The House by the Church-Yard He apologized abjectly to the Cuban for intruding me upon him. Romance The man remained stupidly, idiotically dumb, only grovelling lower and more abjectly each time. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood There, kneeling abjectly before the grave of his former chancellor and friend, the King submitted to be beaten with rods by the priests, in expiation of his sin. The Leading Facts of English History We are the poorest people, as a class, in the world of civilized mankind—abjectly, miserably poor, no one scarcely being able to assist the other. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States He would have begged for his life,—begged abjectly, cravenly,—but his teeth chattered and his parched tongue was palsied. The Sheriff's Son A man with a red head sat in it, his arms folded; another had his arms covering his head, which leant abjectly forward on the rail in front. Romance Whose word is it, I wonder, that you have taken so abjectly—with such an open mouth? The Betrayal Observe how they have closed their eyes to all this glory, and are abjectly pursuing those foul carcasses from whose bellies ascendeth the cry of the swallowed substance of the faithful. The Kitáb-i-Íqán Mr. Gunning reflected that by this time the grey mare had extended herself once for all in Brennan's back-yard: he had done nothing to be ashamed of, but he felt abjectly guilty. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches No cornered rat could have been more abjectly afraid. The Furnace of Gold I cannot tell you all the joy or agony love has awakened in my bosom; I can only say, that you have it now in your power to render me supremely happy, or abjectly miserable. Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims She moistened her lips and mumbled roughly and abjectly: "I didn't want to come." The Judge The star-fish, looking abjectly silly, lay with his white side up, without an effort to help himself. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Then he gazed long and exultingly into the eyes yielded so abjectly to his. The Seeker We have to treat with contempt the woman who abjectly accepts the act, and her own passivity therein, as the whole duty of love. Little Essays of Love and Virtue She did not gauge calmly, but she gauged well, the supreme power she had over the man who had so abjectly shown her such inflammable love. The Tragedy of St. Helena These earlier arrivals were not composed of the abjectly poor who comprised the majority of the great exodus, and especially among the political exiles there were to be found men of some means and education. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making "The man who refuses to apologize, and that abjectly, must take down his sword from the peg and settle with me!" The Sword Maker "He gazed long and exultingly into the eyes yielded so abjectly to his." The Seeker An exchange of cradle-babes, and the base-born slave may wear the purple imperially, and the royal infant begs an alms as wheedlingly or cringe to the lash as abjectly as his meanest subject. A Daughter of the Snows Unless his is an abjectly narrow and unthinking mind, he sees that their form of law and order is as good as his own. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold Those who are bad sailors should not go on yachting parties; they are always abjectly wretched, and are of no use to themselves or any one else. Etiquette "You put me to shame!" he cried abjectly. Truxton King A Story of Graustark She was a slave to the slaves, a dependent of the abjectly poor. The Nervous Housewife The Duke's warnings were powerless to stop his vindictive tongue; even a severe thrashing, which resulted in Killigrew begging abjectly for his life from his successful rival, failed to teach him prudence. Love Romances of the Aristocracy He had abjectly humbled himself before Cæsar, who treated him with kind respect. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Besides I doubt very much if you could have wrung the neck of anybody so abjectly penitent as Jevons was that evening. The Belfry How much more interesting life would be if only more people had the courage and skill to act themselves, instead of abjectly understudying some one else! Prose Fancies (Second Series) So abjectly does he everywhere flatter France, Paris, the theologians, the Sorbonne, the Colleges, no beggar could be more cringing. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Will bowed his head abjectly and left the other to guess that which sat upon his mind. The Mississippi Bubble Time and again, in the midst of political strife, the Mikado has been induced to intervene, and instantly the hottest combatants have submitted abjectly. The Problem of China I remember saying quite abjectly that I was sorry—that I was only trying to turn her mind to other things as a relief. The Belfry All this was circulated to soothe; but it failed abjectly in its purpose. The Siege of Kimberley Beelzebub, abjectly eager to return to favour, professed himself ready to start at once. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories It was abjectly spoken, yet she shuddered at the sound of his voice. The Lamp in the Desert It is difficult for us to comprehend How human beings can possibly become so abjectly servile and spiritless as the lower-class Russians. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The horses on the Pampas have their set battles until one has asserted his mastery over the herd, and then the defeated ones cower away abjectly, and submit themselves meekly to their lord. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Nothing House shrinks from just now more abjectly than from charge of indecency. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 9, 1891 He is timid and scared to the last degree, and abjectly anxious to please if it does not entail too much exertion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 The same force leads him to treat with respect and veneration a chief or chiefess even if abjectly poor, though before the law the highest chief is no better than the common people. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands In this abjectly thankful mood was Fritzing when he found his worst agonies were done. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Their friends turning as violently against them, as they formerly fawned abjectly upon them.—Swift. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings Heavens! to think that I must tamely, abjectly submit to be married in the presence of all my family, even in the very parish church! Marriage The French traders thought it merit to deceive a Jew; but the latter feigned to be abjectly helpless, in order to enjoy this refitting branch of the business. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 A person lived on canned stuff and kept goats and was abjectly pleased to see any kind of human being. Starr, of the Desert "I'm very sorry—very, very sorry," said Priscilla, so earnestly, so abjectly even, that her eyes filled with tears. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight He was thoroughly independent in spirit and rebelled against authority; they are abjectly submissive to it. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War He was not afraid of Phips and the fleet, of battle or night attack, but the terror which walked in the darkness of sorcerers' times abjectly bowed his old legs. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World He took the cup of hot water most abjectly and fled from the house. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East Lorry was so abjectly sorry about something or other. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Men by thousands, once counted friends of freedom, bowed abjectly to this infamous decision. Half a Century He is often worsted by demons and abjectly put to flight. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry Scarcely had the first instalment gone, when Caddles was back again at the great house in a state abjectly apologetic. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The student, perceiving from Bill's descent to the vernacular of common men that his ire was roused, abjectly and unqualifiedly apologized. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 She had broken off to thump his shoulder in reassurance, to cling more abjectly. The Wrong Twin She received him sternly, but he was so abjectly penitent that she soon forgave him, and he returned to Roy with a relieved mind. His Big Opportunity It can be said for Ben that he aroused no little conjecture and interest in the minds of the townspeople, striding through the street with the savage woods creature following abjectly at his heels. The Sky Line of Spruce "They told me to put in lots of flying talk," he murmured abjectly, "and tons of local colour to make it lifelike." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 He capitulated abjectly on being shown the cable, which was procured in the manner kindly indicated by the President. A Man of Mark Yet—and this it was that was making Winona old before her time—always in her secret heart of hearts she did long abjectly to wear silk stockings—all manner of sinful silken trifles. The Wrong Twin No class of society, not even the most abjectly poor, forgoes all customary conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class There never was a more absolute king than Viggo, nor one more abjectly courted and admired. Boyhood in Norway Not that it was Daylight's way abjectly to beg and entreat. Burning Daylight "I hope you will reconsider that, Mr. Pomeroy," he said, abjectly. Phil, the Fiddler But the railroad car - every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 There is no class and no country that has yielded so abjectly before the pressure of physical want as to deny themselves all gratification of this higher or spiritual need. Theory of the Leisure Class In the matter of dress also are they not slaves, abjectly following new-fangled fashions imported from Paris? America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat He had never really hoped to win her; paradise had opened, dazing him with glory: he was astounded, mad with joy, and abjectly his lady's servant. The Flirt I never saw a man so abjectly sorry for anything in my life. The Stark Munro Letters Pike, who had been trembling abjectly, took heart at this open mutiny, and sprang upon his overthrown leader. The Call of the Wild Mr. Bulstrode's sickly body, shattered by the agitations he had gone through since the last evening, made him feel abjectly in the power of this loud invulnerable man. Middlemarch Mr. Sandon shrieked, and he threw himself abjectly on his knees between the two captains, grasping the legs of both. Homeward Bound or, the Chase They stood knee-deep in the clutter and lumber, facing each other abjectly. The Gentleman from Indiana Miss Tulloch clung to the connection as her only chance of relief from the boarding-house routine she detested, and was always abjectly ready to do as she was told. Sir George Tressady — Volume I In fine, I was abjectly miserable the while that I disarmed all comment by being quite delightfully boyish for a whole two hours. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Let him behave himself insolently towards the Men, and abjectly towards the Fair One, and it is ten to one but he proves a Favourite of the Boxes. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays "Try our Boston Baked Beans," pleaded another, quite abjectly. Ruggles of Red Gap He could not despise the poor broken creature who confessed so abjectly, because all but in deed he also had sinned. Thoroughbreds He loved her so abjectly that he lost her; and it was undoubtedly his overpowering sensuality and snobbishness which brought him to his knees, and his love to ruin. The Man Shakespeare And I, on a sudden, was abjectly ashamed of myself. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Do we find substantive virtues adorn those who most abjectly submit themselves to all the follies of superstition? The System of Nature, Volume 2 The emperors assumed the high prerogative of personally deciding in doctrinal disputes, and of dictating opinions to the clergy, who gradually lost their independence, and became abjectly subservient to the imperial will. Outline of Universal History Nothing," advised the Knight of Ehrenburg, "except to apologise abjectly to the Archbishop, and that not too soon, for his Lordship may refuse to accept it. The Strong Arm She herself was abjectly modest towards the artists she looked up to. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth They drove this miserable being back to his lair in the shanties, but he crawled abjectly toward them, begging to join the carouse notwithstanding his great misfortune. The Old Homestead So abjectly did this magnate quail before the Word, with which Luther threatened to expose his doings. Life of Luther Three days after his abdication, he was recalled to the throne: the clergy submitted abjectly, and the Church was no longer a power in the state, or possessed of wealth. Outline of Universal History But Buck Looker was through, abjectly and entirely through. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize She brushed and combed the silver-haired terrier, who looked abjectly depressed whilst this was doing, and preposterously proud when it was done. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories They passed a neat whitewashed cottage, where an old couple stood bowing abjectly, and came on a series of long pale-brown buildings and walls. The Happy End "I beg you will not be so hasty," said Mrs. Edwards, taking her husband's cue, and Perez abjectly sat down again. The Duke of Stockbridge We must not abjectly bow down before rules and usages; but must refer to principles and purposes. Friends in Council — First Series In hypnotism, the subject abjectly believes and obeys the operator. Confessions and Criticisms He was abjectly devoted to Gail, but it did seem that devotion had its limits, when it came to following her to somebody else's house. The Wishing-Ring Man I am a madman," he admitted abjectly—"a little animal that ought to be shot. The Happy End The churches were the pensioners of the rich and well-to-do tenth of the people, and abjectly dependent on them for the means of carrying on and extending their work. Equality Caesar crept to him and grovelled abjectly in the mud. The Bars of Iron He was a strange mixture of pomposity, servility, and self-importance, a creature most abjectly, yet most amusingly, devoid of anything like tact, taste, or humour. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction And if there is a more abjectly awful feeling than that the Other Girl pities you, nobody has discovered it yet…. The Wishing-Ring Man Miss Caroline had surrendered abjectly to it, in the belief—unrecking the mirror—that she could not be detected. The Boss of Little Arcady A more abjectly miserable specimen of humanity Gloria had never looked upon. The Everlasting Whisper He dropped on his knees when he saw Paul—suddenly, abjectly, like an animal, in his dumb attitude of deprecation. The Sowers That to crave is to ask humbly and abjectly, as though unworthy of receiving. The Century Vocabulary Builder Nowadays, literature, having found the public to be its most profitable patron, works hard and even abjectly for its favor. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come As soon as he grew really tiresome his father became abjectly apologetic. Tenterhooks My entire body trembles with resentment, but I obey, abjectly like a slave. Venus in Furs Looking from the coach windows out upon the quiet, desolate grandeur of her surroundings, poor Beverly began to appreciate how abjectly helpless and alone she was. Beverly of Graustark No mob could be more abjectly servile than was that of Rome to the superstition of portents, prodigies, and omens. The Caesars The Southern imagination is passively and abjectly dependent on social interests; and these must conform to modern types. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 She was not a child herself, and she was an abjectly bitter and wretched creature who had no reason for hope. The Head of the House of Coombe He was furious, of course, but he apologized—abjectly. Flowing Gold I was competent only to have been abjectly interested. Italian Hours But I submit that Christianity does not make men lead better lives than others lead who are not Christians, and there are none so abjectly afraid of death as Christians are. God and my Neighbour True humility is not cowardly, cringing, or abjectly weak. The True Citizen, How to Become One But, when the door was closed and he stood alone in the room with her, she saw, with the blissful pangs of an abjectly adoring woman, that he automatically resumed his magnificence of bearing. The Head of the House of Coombe Dent began to scream abjectly, and at this juncture Hester Wright stepped to the front. A Girl of the People "Am I to expect my discharge, sir?" asked Droom, rubbing his hands abjectly, but looking squarely into Bansemer's eyes for the first time in their acquaintance. Jane Cable And Thyrsis, in great distress of soul, explained that he did not mean it that way—he apologized abjectly for his obstinacy. Love's Pilgrimage "Wha—what in the name of heaven am I accused of doing?" blurted out Mr. Bingle abjectly. Mr. Bingle "Pray do not presume to address me in—" "I crave your pardon, my lady," he murmured abjectly. Green Fancy She could talk more nobly and act more abjectly than any other woman I have ever known. Sylvia's Marriage Never in all his life had Jack Kennard felt so abjectly wretched as he did then, so miserably helpless. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel He is coming out, and behind Him they are abjectly crawling. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories The kings of Congoland, who "tread on the lion in the kingdom of their mothers" must abjectly address their spiritual lords. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 "I shall try to remember that,—always," he said abjectly. Green Fancy "This seems rather foolish," I said abjectly, for at that moment I resembled the Queen of Sheba in one particular, if in no other, namely, that there was no more spirit in me. She and Allan The institution is at once absurdly despotic and abjectly weak. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet It was the element of his nature which permeated all his acts and passions and emotions; he raged abjectly, smiled abjectly, was abjectly sad; his civilities and his indignations were alike abject. Lord Jim But he was abjectly miserable, and though he drank a little, would eat nothing. Dreams and Dream Stories Also it was impossible to be afraid of so abjectly meek and guilty an animal. Understood Betsy "Oh, I'm sick—I'm awful sick," said Dan abjectly, all the defiance and bravado gone out of him. The Story Girl "Down, my gentle one! thou art too fond, down! so!" this as the tigress instantly removed its embracing paws from her neck, and, trembling in every limb, crouched on the ground in abjectly submissive obedience. Ardath Honourable sir," he argued abjectly on the only occasion he managed to have me to himself—"honourable sir, how was I to know? Lord Jim Anne Mie had triumphed, and was profoundly, abjectly wretched in her triumph. I Will Repay Hazleton stared blankly at the two figures abjectly lying before him, as the truth burned itself indelibly into his soul. The War Terror Then Pat sneaked abjectly off, his tail drooping. The Story Girl It then occurring to me that I was he having in a discourteous and abjectly absurd manner, I made my way back to the box. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The verandah was empty by then, the noise and movement in court had ceased: a great silence fell upon the building, in which, somewhere far within, an oriental voice began to whine abjectly. Lord Jim It was an abjectly respectable room—the bedspread patched; no two pieces of furniture from the same family; half-tones from the magazines pinned on the wall. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man The idea of self-preservation is as strongly present as with the most abjectly timid or terrified, but fear they do not know. Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success The modern physician tells his patient that he is ill because every drop of his blood is swarming with a million microbes; and the patient believes him abjectly and instantly. Bernard Shaw's Preface to Androcles and the Lion At this fatal command, "Follow me," which brings before our eyes the yawning prison gates, the most hardened sinner feels his courage fail, and abjectly begs for mercy. File No. 113 Soon the movement became so threatening that the emperor issued a decree appealing to the mercy of the people, and abjectly acknowledging that the government had done wrong in many particulars. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict "I don't know," said Laura abjectly; and this was almost true. The Getting of Wisdom Before marriage they will not assume any insolent airs, nor afterward abjectly submit; but, endeavouring to act like reasonable creatures, in both situations, they will not be tumbled from a throne to a stool. Vindication of the Rights of Woman Most of all, she afflicted the man who had been so faithful to her misery, and maddened him to reprisals, of which he afterward abjectly repented. April Hopes Why did he fail so abjectly, so meanly, so despicably? Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail ROBERTS, abjectly: 'I know it, Willis; I know it. The Garotters And the baronet cried piteously, like a child, and, when the doctor left him for the breakfast-table, abjectly implored Janet to get him some curaçoa which he knew was in one of his portmanteaus. Doctor Thorne But really I am abjectly ignorant of all that kind of stuff. The Return She flung her arms around him, and with gasps of fear abjectly kissed him many times, at last bursting into tears. A Group of Noble Dames To his intense humiliation he found himself abjectly appealing to the senior member of the firm of Thomlinson & Shields. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail She slid to her knees, abjectly clasped his waist and laid her face against him. Life's Little Ironies For a time, Plummer begged abjectly, his eyes streaming with tears. The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West From the floor Sefton made unconditional surrender, more abjectly even than Campbell He would never touch any one again. Stalky & Co. His life for a time was abjectly pitiful. Main-Travelled Roads He is the most depraved, and abjectly vicious specimen of that class of men. Crime and Punishment Hobson crawled to his feet and stood cowering abjectly before Scott, rage written on every lineament of his face, but not daring to give it expression. That Mainwaring Affair Invitations to the place even for a couple of days,—for twenty-four hours,—had been begged for abjectly. The Prime Minister The individual hound flies howling, abjectly petitioning and promising; but the rest bark all with new comfort, and even he starts again straightway. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 He unslung his tools, and saluting me abjectly waited in silence. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France No, no, honey," he cooed abjectly, "I wouldn't hurt a fly. Lahoma Already my native land is convulsed by internal strife, and do I perish abjectly amid the tumult? Egmont A strong man so abjectly in the toils, and he to be chosen for his confidant! The Yellow Crayon Instead of trembling before the specters of the dead, we shudder abjectly under the shadow of the babe unborn. What's Wrong with the World They departed silently, almost abjectly, dismissed with a single wave of the hand. The Vanished Messenger Weak nations which abjectly sent tribute by commissioners who grovelled before the august Emperor of the Middle Kingdom, or barbarous tribes which the Chinese regarded about as Americans regard the aboriginal Indians. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening Oh, how humbly and abjectly must I reckon of myself, how must I weigh it as nothing, if I seem to have nothing good! The Imitation of Christ On his way to his prison he bemoaned himself, accused his followers, and abjectly implored the intercession of Dartmouth. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 But Porthos stands in his bath drooping abjectly like a shamed figure cut out of some limp material. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens "If I shan't be in the way," I rather abjectly added. Seven Men Why should she go on suffering so unbearably, so abjectly, so miserably? The Glimpses of the Moon The odd thing was that she was not appealing: she was abjectly, divinely conceited, absurdly fantastically pleased. Glasses I remember one man they dragged out of a heap, who pleaded abjectly until a revolver shot cut him short. The Iron Heel Beyond doubt, the boy had broken the taboos, and privily he told him so, until Lamai trembled and wept and squirmed abjectly at his feet, for the penalty was death. Jerry of the Islands He conceived himself to be calm—inexorably calm; but as a matter of fact he was daunted; not abjectly, but only so far as a decent man may, without becoming loathsome to himself. Typhoon Face to face with her once more he believed her; it was a claim to which he had so abjectly little to oppose. The Beast in the Jungle Once before he had tried Spencer, and choosing the “Principles of Psychology” to begin with, he had failed as abjectly as he had failed with Madam Blavatsky. Martin Eden The capitalists have stolen our country, debauched our politics, defiled our judiciary, and ridden over us rough-shod, and now they propose to murder those who will not abjectly surrender to their brutal dominion. The Iron Heel The Liberals are abjectly afraid of the universities. The New Machiavelli |
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