| 单词 | languor |
| 例句 | He had the same languor and the same clairvoyant look that he would have years later as he faced the firing squad. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As they began the long walk back to their mother, the heavy languor of the afternoon soaking into them, Ben studied his mother. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Not for me the languor and the subtlety I had read about in books. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For the first time we noted the clarity of her complexion, the length and languor of her eyelashes, the undeniably elegant armature of her hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her face—as beautiful as a blooming flower to him now—was distorted with a new kind of torture, the tissues serenely swollen, her half-closed eyes misty and unseeing with the stultifying languor of desire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For months, I have not writ, having no paper upon which to write and no matter to record; our days passing in the tedium of routine, the languor of inactivity, and the terrors of disease. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was the languor I felt when I heard green leaves rustling with a rainlike sound. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, however, a deadly languor took possession of her and she fell into a heavy sleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, he was beginning to like Blanca, now that she was more robust and had acquired that languor that was smoothing away her rough, peasanty edges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bailiff unlocked Richard’s shackles and he stood, moving with a defeated, dreamlike languor. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The sensation, as always, was pleasant and induced in him a warm languor, like the feeling he got after sitting too long in front of a hot stove. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And we marvel at the rows and rows of massive, white windmills, steely and elegant, churning slowly with languor yet still making power. An Intimate View of America, From Above 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z It’s a sweet little stream ideal for a picnic on the grass, or lying on your side in a pose of Keatsian languor while you draft a sonnet. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z At the Bowery Ballroom he shook off some of the album’s languor in an ardently performed show of new-wave soul that was pristine and committed to it. Music Review: The R&B Star Miguel at Bowery Ballroom 2012-10-03T22:19:09Z Dosunmu seems to have directed all his actors to pause before delivering lines, which gives a languor to the film that comes to feel studied. 'Restless City': Making a new life in seamy ? but dreamy ? N.Y. 2012-05-03T20:19:04Z But her intelligence, her air of languor, of discontent, all combined to make her beauty something more disquieting than could be properly served by movies like this, popular though they were. Jeanne Moreau: the intelligent, complex star who lit up the French New Wave 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Hateful Eight moves slowly—it’s ambitious in its languor. Review: Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight Revels in Snow, Not So Much in People 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The opening, with its studied languor prefacing a joltingly fast allegro, immediately pitched his interpretation into territory between dream and hallucination. LPO/Yannick N?zet-S?guin ? review 2011-02-18T19:14:46Z Spirityouall has a smartly tailored aesthetic, but Mr. McFerrin complicates and provokes it — sounding shots of vocal percussion, modulating the flow, coaxing kinetics out of languor. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But the overall tone was fuzzy, and the hints of languor and decadence in the manners of Mr. Collins and Ms. Kapteyn were too vague, too tentative. Dance Review: Baroque at the Seaport in Wally Cardona’s ‘Set Up’ 2013-07-10T20:06:27Z You can almost smell the sweat and sense the languor and claustrophobia out of which so many great pieces of writing were created. A Novel That Riffs on Sex Dolls, Mary Shelley and Brexit 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The movie is often characterised as a study in ennui and curdled dolce far niente, a sunbaked torpor and languor that incubates marital despair. Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy) – review 2013-05-09T21:29:01Z One rap against Wye Oak is its languor, which can feel oppressive and too guarded. The Week Ahead: Aug. 29 ? Sept. 4 2010-08-26T15:25:00Z Even, then, says Emmerson it was regarded by northern Europeans as a backward, ragamuffin city, whose dolce far niente – sweet languor – belied an obscure exuberance of life and Tangier-like decadence. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z The mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson often had trouble projecting above the orchestra and chorus, which both performed vividly here, the chorus singing with soulful languor in the gospel interludes. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale Sings Tippett and Bruckner at Carnegie 2012-02-05T22:40:45Z No one would expect samovars, lace and languor in a modern-dress production from Rupert Goold's Headlong, which has made its mark with disruptive interpretations of classic plays. The Seagull – review 2013-04-20T23:05:42Z “Mr. Dean plays this curious villain with a stylized spookiness — a sly sort of offbeat languor and slur of language — that concentrates spite. This is a haunting capstone to the brief career of Mr. Dean.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The History of Comedy’ and ShondaLand 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “Take me or leave me,” she seems to say, with a Dietrich-worthy languor, her voice dropping into a gutter of bitterness. ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Hedwig’ Get Tougher Onstage 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He is the first codifier of the passions in music, whether it's love or anger, whether it's suffering, pathos, languor, religious fervour or erotic desire. John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi and me 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z This is a lot to ask, and the film — through the languor of its scenes, the soft-spoken sentimentality of its dialogue — is a passive-aggressive exercise in emotional coercion. | ?Restless': ?Restless? With Mia Wasikowska - Review 2011-09-15T23:00:10Z A lucid, exacting account emphasized Messiaen’s debt to Ravel and especially Debussy: a cool languor, an ear for arresting harmonies, a knack for exploiting the piano’s full timbral capacity. Music Review: Strands Tied Into a French Knot 2010-12-10T22:54:00Z Nothing captures the sound, the mood or the languor of summer quite like the bossa nova. Blame it on ‘Jazz Samba’: Bossa nova craze started in D.C. Some tracks, like “Killing It,” begin to suggest the desolate languor of a band like the XX. Music Review: Mining Multiple Sources for Synthetic Character but an Organic Effect 2010-12-14T06:00:18Z It helps create a kind of moody languor that suits James and his situation. Struggling teen faces a rocky road in 'All the Wilderness' 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The town’s main thoroughfare, the Caracoles, is closed to cars, with the result that an inviting languor prevails. Explorer: Luxury in Chile?s Ancient Atacama Desert 2011-10-14T18:55:00Z This approach turned Rachmaninov's striking Lento into a sinewy display of languor and decadence. Review: One charismatic evening with Montero and Capu?on, performing Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z And at Danspace Project in the East Village this weekend, on a double bill with Anna Azrieli’s “third skirt scrum,” much of the 45 minutes of “Still Left” slipped from languor into longueurs. Dance Review: Rebecca Brooks and Anna Azrieli Share a Danspace Program 2014-04-14T20:57:58Z This should not be seen as languor, or dismissed as longueur. Mud – review 2013-05-11T23:07:24Z Between his already lucrative contract and his spectacular golden parachute, O'Brien can, if he so chooses, now buy himself an island and spend the remainder of his days in muumuued, Brandoesque languor. 2010-01-23T14:24:00Z Several other singers worked with a deliberative, aching languor, closer to Scott’s style. Jimmy Scott Honored at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z It turns out that American viewers not only didn’t mind the languor, but the old VCR also got a workout. 20 Years Ago: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Was Reborn on TV 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Inspired by the languor of Robert Wyatt's interpretation of Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit, Langer wrote a similarly disconsolate melody, but floundered when it came to the lyrics. Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll 2010-04-22T21:40:00Z Some of this is the fault of the director, Guy Joosten, whose 2005 production doesn’t emphasize enough what variety there is in an opera dominated by lyrical languor. Music Review: A Last-Minute Juliette Stands Tall in Verona 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z Something, perhaps, that matches the mood of Mediterranean languor? New band of the day ? No 1,082: Zooey 2011-08-11T16:15:30Z Instead of twiggy 1960s doll-like languor, our models more often portray a kind of wolfish, predatory and materialistic vision, with $2,000 handbags and platform heels that make Chinese foot-binding look enlightened. Pop-up book club: The Feminine Mystique – day one 2013-02-20T19:05:08Z His voice and trumpet expressed a cosmic languor shaded with romantic melancholy. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Coppola tells this story with a beautifully crafted languor that perfectly captures teenage years as a time of mystery and regret. Sofia Coppola on making The Virgin Suicides: 'When I saw the rough cut I thought: Oh no, what have I done?' 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The 14 tracks evoke the mystery of bats’ nocturnal escapades, the languor of their hibernation and the existential calamity of the collapse of their habitat. Vilified for Virus, Bats Are a New Album’s Seductive Stars 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z How to find a point of intersection between the gauzy, sun-dappled languor of her maiden hit Slow and the amiable fussbudget tendencies of the woman who wrote it? The persistence of Rumer 2011-03-17T21:29:00Z The emphasis is on refinement, scrupulously avoiding harsh textures and grating dissonances to conjure pleasurable languor. Music Review: Rossano Sportiello Pays Tribute to George Shearing 2013-06-16T21:32:51Z That languor underpins the quietly confident and self-assured characters he's often played, particularly Raylan Givens, the dandy cop in his excellent new FX series Justified, a role originally created by Elmore Leonard. Timothy Olyphant: a law unto himself 2010-04-29T19:00:00Z Ironically, its tone of languor and intimacy sets it apart from the other three shortlisted portraits, all of which are provocative in different ways. Panayiotis Lamprou: the casual power of an intimate portrait 2010-09-17T16:54:00Z But there's an atmosphere here that lingers, without doubt; a languor which wraps itself around the listener deliciously and dangerously. Skyfall, Adele's Bond theme, is a deliciously languid ballad 2012-10-02T18:30:50Z Elegantly dressed, Wheeldon’s choreography, mostly solos and duets, maintains a glamorous languor and achieves moments of exquisite beauty. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z But the crowd most likely went home humming “Sway,” the slinky, steamily seductive tune from the new album, which Krall lingered over with luxurious languor. Diana Krall delighted fans at Chateau Ste. Michelle 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Yet even as the narrative accelerates, the novel retains its sense of languor and style. Affluent Idlers Find a Just Cause in a Refugee Swept Ashore 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z That exaggerated atmosphere, an odd blend of mountain mysticism and tropical languor, is not to be found in nature but in cinema only. The Week Ahead: Jan. 6 — 12 2013-01-06T08:10:04Z It is a movie whose themes of violence and loyalty were clearly influences on Francis Ford Coppola, but also had a distinctively patrician languor, and sense of high tragedy and anguish. Bernardo Bertolucci: the brilliant last emperor of highbrow cinema 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z This is a scene from 1937, set in the unwanted languor of the Great Depression. A depression-era scene from ‘The Ave’ in Seattle, 1937 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Here, the languor and softness of Sen’s performance are very far from the stagy attitudes of Vaidyanathan. Review: The Charms and Pitfalls of Dancing the Gods on Camera 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The violence is presented with a deliberate languor that makes it feel insubstantial. ‘Superior’ Review: Double Fantasy 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The cast and its bustling energy, unlike those of previous productions, are all-American, and a certain sybaritic languor—the casual nihilism inherent to decadence—is lost in translation. Good, Clean, Fun: A Revival of “Gigi” 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But despite reminding those who mention the Jedi and its protocols that the Order no longer exists, this Ahsoka certainly behaves like one to the point of almost verging into languor. Why is "Ahsoka" so intent on maintaining the old "Star Wars" order instead of forging a new path? 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Not coincidentally pro football only took off as a national sport during the late ’50s and ’60s when it embraced television, which marketed football’s brutality as a counterweight to baseball’s languor. How Damar Hamlin’s Recovery Allowed Us to Breathe 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z For me, they will always taste of the conflicted languor of those long summer days and the occasional comfort of small things. The Virtues of Green Bell Peppers 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Howard exudes the languor of a jaded Tennessee Williams heroine on morphine, an approach that starts off compelling but ultimately turns monotonous. Review: David Mamet’s ‘Ghost Stories,’ Bedtime Tales With a Gunshot 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The Second, in D flat, slipped from its predecessor’s wake into a heady languor. Music Review: Maurizio Pollini Honors Chopin Landmark at Carnegie 2010-04-19T21:51:00Z People often sleep in these photos, in fact, or they just sit around in poses of refined languor. William Gedney’s Travels in India 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The green swath on display from inside the whitewashed grandstand induces a welcome sense of languor, one that is periodically interrupted when the horses approach the starting gate before a race. In Transit: Where the Horses Race and Mumbaikars Bet 2011-01-07T11:00:10Z But the sheer crassness is also there to showcase what is important elsewhere about the film: the languor and frustration of having nothing to do. The Paperboy – review 2013-03-14T15:00:01Z Don’t add to the languor with heavy, alcoholic wines. Even Bad Jokes Can Make Good Thanksgiving Wines 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z His body seemed to curl and ripple even when he was standing still, and he uttered his crisply pronounced words with a provocative languor. In Alan Rickman the Stage Actor, an Erotic Blend of Desire and Conscience 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Last October, a friend and I, not quite ready to let go of summer’s languor, set out from Austin to spend a long weekend on a quiet stretch of sand. On Padre in Texas, Soft Sand, Shells and Seclusion 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z This languor fits the tempo of Elio and Oliver’s relationship, which evolves over meals, drowsy idylls, a little work and a spontaneous piano recital that becomes an overture to seduction. Review: A Boy’s Own Desire in ‘Call Me by Your Name’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z He was born in Israel to parents of Moroccan and Yemeni descent, and his songwriting often balances desert languor with cosmopolitan urgency. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z I’m talking about the very brief glimpse we caught of him, enjoying the best of the Egyptian hospitality industry, all gold-rimmed coffee cup, languor and refinement — while Jed is being tortured in the bathroom. ‘The Night Manager’ Finale: Did These Characters Make Sense? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The album’s lead single, “Lazy Love” — which, like “Cracks in Mr. Perfect,” was produced by Shea Taylor — paints a vivid picture of bedroom languor. New Music: Aerosmith and Ne-Yo Don’t Hold Back 2012-11-05T22:41:32Z Trapped by a diamond of light on a far corner of the stage, the two flickered between a sharp angst and a drowsy languor. Review: Here there be monsters ? of vital interest to dance fans, thanks to Whim W'Him 2011-01-15T17:57:04Z Watching the Cullens pose and smile in their modernist digs, gathered around the piano with frozen aristocratic languor, grows tedious. Movie Review: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2’ Ends the Series 2012-11-15T23:24:23Z The bouncy second movement had a suitably playful gait; the melancholy third movement, an enticing languor. Music Review: Takacs Quartet Plays Britten and Janacek at Zankel Hall 2012-04-15T18:18:42Z Maybe Ms. Clarkson rushed it a bit back then, smiled too much, did not quite nail the languor of the song. Concert Review: Kelly Clarkson at Radio City Music Hall - Review 2012-01-22T18:02:05Z Mr. Harland, a Houston-born drummer, boils down the influences of gospel, hip-hop and jazz into a roux of languor and coolness, even when it’s spilling over with activity. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But the play is most fun when it moves at high speed, and a languor overcomes the slack first act. Review: In ‘The Saintliness of Margery Kempe,’ a Comically Restless Mystic 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It radiates the sensual languor of sun-drenched afternoons in the south of France and the disquieting, uncanny beauty only perceived by a true daytime insomniac. The Booker steps away from being its own genre 2012-07-28T08:00:02Z Melissa Rosenberg's screenplay even has a few flashes of comedy, and develops an emotional power that goes far beyond the depressive, lovesick languor of "New Moon." "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse": Edward, Jacob and Bella's hot three-way 2010-06-30T00:30:00Z The only thing vaguely French about it was the languor; never in my life have I spent so many consecutive hours lying down. Column: COVID brain fog is real, and with everything everywhere happening at once, it's a mercy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “But it was the sadness of an artist, a sadness tinged with languor and a sadness against which his artistry stood out in high relief in a manner that was quite extraordinary.” The Matador and Me: Coming to Terms with My Famously Ugly Lookalike 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “Alabama Sky” moves with the languor of a Tennessee Williams drama. Review: Phylicia Rashad beautifully directs 'Blues for an Alabama Sky' at Mark Taper Forum 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z But despite this relative languor, apes rarely develop the kinds of disorders tied to inactivity in humans, such as heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. What the ‘Active Grandparent Hypothesis’ can tell us about aging well 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z With Silver’s seductive languor and quick, calculating eye the play may also jog a few memories of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Review: Suspenseful noir and Detroit history converge in Dominique Morisseau's 'Paradise Blue' 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z And yet from certain angles, a city once driven by ambition now seems to run on a vaporous languor. New York City Can’t Just Gentrify Its Way Back to Normal 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z In my memory it is always summer there, because every day passed with that languor of summer, the thrill of limitless possibility softened by a sense of no particular hurry. Opinion | I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z That Pittsburgh overcame it’s own languor and the Cowboys’ most spirited performance all season is a tribute to the Steelers’ resourcefulness. On Football: Be prepared or be ready for an unexpected test 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The images disturbed and electrified me, in particular one of a dead woman who had been struck by a car, sprawled askew with an almost glamorous languor. Blood, death and toy cars: how the Mexican Weegee makes sense of a violent world 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z I grew used to observing the ebb and flow of my thoughts with a languor that today would probably be praised as meditative. What four years at sea taught me about our relationship to the ocean 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The languor of baseball, which runs perilously close to boredom, gives time for the team of fate to gather latecomers to the fun. Opinion | Thank you, Nationals. Washington needed this. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Its tumbling drums, droning guitars, self-examining lyrics and mood of stoned languor pointed to the way pop would change over the following 18 months. The Beatles' singles – ranked! 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The more we use our screens, it seems, the more power we assign to books as objects, and to turning their literal pages as a timeless icon of languor. Reader, I Googled It 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Many factors contribute to this physical languor, including crowded family schedules, lack of physical education programs in schools, childhood obesity and overly ample screen time. Exercise During Pregnancy May Have Lasting Benefits for Babies 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Davis conveys these insights with a wistful, dreamlike aesthetic languor. Review: ‘Mary Magdalene’ is a graceful portrait of a foundational figure in Christianity 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Many Victorian physicians, Professor Bowen wrote in The Times Literary Supplement, would have considered assertions about his wife’s “languor” and “excitability” sufficient basis to draw up a certificate of “moral insanity.” Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The Shakespearean allusions—Lear-like King with his three daughters; shipwrecked sailors delivered, “Tempest” style, into a tiny fiefdom—and the absence of any modern technology contribute to the novel’s timeless languor. A Twisted Fairy Tale About Toxic Masculinity 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Swinton calls him “a natural yes-sayer,” always “setting things in motion, then repairing to a supine position of almost adolescent languor.” Luca Guadagnino’s Cinema of Desire 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In computer-based studies, for example, they would direct their attention to images of physical activity and away from images related to sitting and similar languor. Are We Wired to Sit? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z I can’t claim there is a direct medical correlation between this incident and a general sense of idleness and languor that I often feel, but it gives me comfort. Survival of the slackest: now that’s what I call an evolved theory | Larry Ryan 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z When Lipa tried the track she infused it with something new, a battle-weary languor that made it a timely anthem of millennial ennui. Dua Lipa: ‘Pop has to be fun. You can’t get upset about every little thing’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Lynch’s 18-episode sequel to his 1990 series is a continuation that could better be described as a complexification, not only for its conceptual expansiveness but also for its stretches of intensive narrative languor. Letters of Recommendation: ‘Twin Peaks,’ Screaming Karaoke and More 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z This year, the languor was tinged with anxiety for lawmakers. How Hurricane Harvey Could Save Congress From Itself 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Every day we lose an average of 362 World War II veterans — the boys from the Bronx, the farmers from Nebraska, the kids yanked from late-adolescent languor to fight a monster. WWII vets: the real American heritage 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z A sense of languor pervades: a sluggish Seine, sculpted chestnut trees billowing in the breeze and noticeably fewer people. Summer in the city, when the city is Paris 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Neither the snarl of Bogart’s disappointed romantic nor Mitchum’s amused languor leave any trace on the boulevards or in the subway cars. Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinema of Resistance 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The global economy is finally recovering from a long period of economic languor that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde labeled “the New Mediocre.” Global finance leaders dodge conflict with Trump White House 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z But such languor isn’t the only failing of this latest offering from the Marvel factory, judging from critical pans and fan unrest since the 13-episode season was unveiled last week. Netflix/Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ epic fail, say viewers, critics 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z That, Cope argued, would account for all she complained of: gastric disturbance, fever, languor, and a dismaying discoloration of the skin. Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfinished Novel 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z As you probably know, there are five traditional Irish toxins: anger, ennui, liquor, lust and languor. A dad, a son, an eighth-grade science project. Stand back. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Luis Fernández, 24, completed a midfield quartet who moved the ball around with the same languor of slackers passing around a bong. France ‘84, Holland ’88, Spain ’08: who are the best ever Euros team? 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z But mostly when Rock was absent, languor prevailed. Review: Rock rocks with Oscars monologue; show’s a snooze 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Here you’ll find enigmatic essays on languor and love letters, on magic and monstrosity. Heartbroken? Here’s a reading list to wallow in this Valentine’s Day. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z "Honeymoon" is a matched set of songs, a primer in languor. Lana Del Rey and the Weeknd bring a welcome iciness to pop 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z This is an album that takes languor to its logical extent, which is saying something given Bejar recorded many of the vocals that made up Kaputt while lying on his couch. Beach House and Destroyer grapple with the past on two new records 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z He insisted, with as much emphasis as his languor would allow, that NGOs were free to do whatever work they chose, as long as they complied with the law. India’s war on Greenpeace | Samanth Subramanian 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The sticky months carry with them a natural languor that defies rapid activity. The sun is out – so pass me my book and let me dream | Hannah Giorgis 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The film has a deliberate yet canny pace that matches the methodical languor of its villain. ‘It Follows’ movie review: Spooky stick-to-itiveness 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The report said there was still time for firms to "learn the harsh lessons of past languor" by adopting fresh strategies. Oil firms 'need fresh strategies' 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “Tell your Daniel Radcliffe,” says the young rebel, leaning into the car with weary, murderous languor. The Kid With the Kalashnikov Isn't Happy: Ukraine's Revolution One Year On The previous spring, Betty Friedan had published The Feminine Mystique, giving voice to the languor of middle-class housewives and kick-starting second-wave feminism in the process. What Every Generation Gets Wrong About Sex 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z What is it that viewers of the BBC’s “Sherlock” have come to love about his Holmes if not a musing languor, touched with severe frost? “The Imitation Game” and “The Babadook” Reviews 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Oh, the languor of youth, with long days, high hopes and carefree imaginings. Brooklyn Beckham and Jean Campbell on the Shores of Montauk 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The long languor of GE's shares stands as one of shareholders' main complaints about Immelt's tenure. As GE profits rise, investors wonder about cash plans 2013-01-18T19:50:56Z Occasionally one roused himself from the heat-induced languor and a victory cry pierced the air. Usain's bolthole: life in the slow lane in Trelawny, Jamaica 2012-08-03T05:00:00Z The world has many such moral paralytics to-day who can not seize their “languor as it were a curling snake and cast it off.” Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z It induces a languor and indisposition to effort. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The native assistants and the patient’s friends, armed with sticks, carried out these instructions, and at the first signs of languor exhibited by the unfortunate man he would be beaten and kept effectually awake! 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 Dolores is almost in the same breath the queen of languors and raptures; she is pallid and rosy, and a hostile criticism might find in the stanzas a succession of contradictions. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z He was wide awake, yet he had almost the languor of slumber; it surprised him to find himself thus unenergetic and not wanting to be roused to battle, even if the enemy were in sight. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z It was a fire, a languor, a sparkling limpidity which might have made even the dog-headed Anubis giddy. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z He soon fell into a kind of languor that presaged the sure coming of death. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Passing clouds added to the languor of the day. In the Sun?s Glow, It?s Still Business, but Not as Usual 2012-03-21T03:14:53Z The sun was shining; the air was heavy with the perfume of the loquat blossoms; a delicious languor lay over all. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Then, as Sir Hervey, recovering from his astonishment, bowed politely, she sat down again with an assumption of fineness and languor. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z It was there that the family received company, and took their siesta during those burning hours when prevailed the mighty zephyr of Africa, laden with languors and storms. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z It then usually begins somewhat abruptly with a chill, but in a few instances this is preceded by feelings of languor and weariness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z She turned to me and leant forward so that her face was close to mine; her eyes acquired a look of deep, voluptuous languor. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z A knock at the door severed the thread, and drove the unwonted languor from her eyes. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z There is no pain or languor now, no advancing illness, or exhaustion from decaying strength. The Blessed Hope A Sermon on the death of Mrs. Francis Cunningham 2012-03-14T02:00:24.497Z Little children that had been round-limbed and bright-eyed when naked in a canoe were wasting rapidly away in "excessive languor," though dressed in woolens and living in a warm house. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Some persons are much more susceptible than others to the effects of impure air, and will suffer from headache, languor, loss of appetite, etc. where others would experience little inconvenience. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It also enjoys a great deal of languor, a great deal of vacancy, and a great deal of chagrin. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z With such a kind of life, languor and melancholy have nothing to do. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It is all freedom from restraint and the gratification of impulse and the experience of sustained languor. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z All these story-books show, even to the languor of the hottest day, the solemn signs of revolution. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Nephritis, in proportion to its extent and gravity, is accompanied by languor, febrile movement, thirst, loss of appetite and strength. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They wanted to determine whether this physical languor would affect the body’s ability to control blood sugar levels. Well Blog: Phys Ed: How Staying Active Keeps Us Healthy 2012-02-29T05:01:48Z She is on the point of merging into a state of languor; breathless, exhausted, the slightest motion, even of the hands, is unutterably difficult. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A sort of languor seized my every limb. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z He seemed to see nothing there though, and the very position of his hands, resting upon each other and entirely relaxed, bore witness to the languor of his abstraction. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The common custom of taking hot beef-tea is an extremely bad one; it often increases the headache and languor. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But double languor seem to seize him at the father's proposal. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z His constitutional energy, which throughout life was exceptionally intense and tenacious, wore from the first a mask of languor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z I felt a kind of drowsy, dreamy languor over me, which I sincerely believed represented a pious and well-regulated temperament. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z We stepped out into the linden grove, and then it came upon me, indeed, that the heavens were dulled, and a leaden languor had seized upon the fresh young foliage. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The symptoms are usually first languor, sleeplessness, restlessness, with some sense of chill, debility, and headache, and finally, after a few days, the formation of the specific oedema at one point or more. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Then a general languor and weakness followed, always worse in the afternoon. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The girls are remarkable for the willowy languor and lightness of their movements, the voluptuousness of their attitudes—beating the exactest time with tapping heels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z She existed only in company, which, from the languor of her nature, she hardly seemed to enjoy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z They smile: oh! never did such languor steal From lustre of two early-risen stars When all the silent heavens appear their own. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z In anthrax fever or acute internal anthrax there is loss of appetite, and, in ruminants, of rumination, suppression of milk, dulness, languor, staring coat, or even a rigor, and thirst. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z She had been saturated with quinine, and complained, at the time, of malaise, lassitude, languor, headache, loss of appetite, gastric intolerance, etc. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Austin sat still a little while, indignation struggling with his languor, for he was almost certain that Jacinta had seen him. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z It was excessively hot, and I experienced a languor and sense of exhaustion, which I do not recollect ever before to have felt. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z It is the languor and indifference of old age, without its wisdom, or its well-earned right to repose. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z There is a general feeling of languor and depression, with some chilliness, fever, pains in the limbs, back, and head, vertigo, and ringing in the ears. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z To covet the prize, yet to shrink from the winning; To thirst for glory, yet fear the fight— Why, what can it lead to at last but sinning, To mental languor and moral blight? Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z It produces a delightful languor, a stupor in which all realization of the passage of time ceases. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z Where could such grateful languor o'er Him creep, Or what more soothing murmur lull to sleep? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z Back on the hillsides the white elder blossoms and pink-hearted laurel cups nodded in the sleepy languor of a summer afternoon. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z During the interval the patient may appear to enjoy perfect health, or, on the other hand, suffer from an ill-defined malaise, with anorexia, languor, insomnia, and allied symptoms. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Fox replied with obvious languor and fatigue, and the410 division was taken between four and five. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The delay of the new excitement of will, languor, could have no other expression than the sustained keynote, the effect of which would soon be unbearable; very monotonous and unmeaning melodies approach this effect. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Her languor was so great that she could scarcely exert herself to articulate, so that the General was obliged to assist her every minute in the exhausting effort. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z I had drowned reason and conscience: day followed day in a golden languor and the longer I stopped, the harder it was to go. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z There is a period of an�mia, mental depression, marked languor, and unmistakable evidences of physical prostration out of all proportion to the precedent symptoms. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was late when we arrived, and we put up at the hotel, which, like every thing else in Worthing, has an air of languor and idleness about it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z For the absence of satisfaction is suffering, the empty longing for a new wish, languor, ennui. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z He did not know him, he was a new hand in the establishment; but this, instead of calming him, made him change his position several times, with a loss of his habitual ease and languor. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Yours is a sweltering heat, begetting languor and thirst—ours is a dry heat, permitting activity and action without thirst or perspiration. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z If any premonitory symptoms occur, they are slight, so as scarcely to attract attention, as languor or the appearance of fatigue. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was, however, only the security which follows the ravages of disease, the peace of convalescence, full of weariness, languor and exhaustion. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The eyes of all the women were full of sated languor. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Sabas, leaning his chin in his hand with a purely Oriental languor, fixed his gaze of serpent-like fascination upon the contralto. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z But languor, pain, and cold, all were forgotten while the vision lasted. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z It is marked by no symptoms, though sometimes a history of impaired appetite and digestion, irregular bowels, and languor during the last two or three days may be obtained. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Consequently there was less, far less, tired-headedness and languor in the evening. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The only feeling that remained from our exertions of yesterday was a kind of gentle and not unpleasant languor. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Cristina, affected by an unusual languor, did not rise from her chair until the moment of leaving. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z She fell upon the earth oppressed with mortal languor. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The opera is doubtless still, as it was in his day, ideally and exquisitely contrived "to amuse or stimulate the intellectual languor of those classes of society on whose support it immediately depends." Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z The pose of gangling Walter Barker, a student and assistant of the artist, is one of carefree languor and awkward youthful grace. Vampires, Ghosts Haunted Max Beckmann During U.S. Exile: Review 2011-12-09T00:23:06Z When I drink, and perfume stills Around me all in balmy rills, Then as some beauty, smiling roses, In languor on my breast reposes, Venus! The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z I could think of no better means to inspire her interest than to feign an absolute lack of appetite, naturally accompanied by languor and poetic melancholy. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z It suited the languor of some dispirited politicians like Fox, and the avarice of some lawyers in large practice like Erskine; but sensible politicians at once condemned it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The languor, depression of spirits, in some instances faintness and want of appetite, induced by intemperate gratification, call loudly for some stimulus, and give a relish to spirits. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z But the indolence of the growing season of life was upon them: and there was the languor of waiting for breakfast. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Smiling, swaying over the keys with alternate speed and languor, she addressed her audience with altogether the easy mastery of a music-hall artiste: 'It's a lovely thing—one of my favorites. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He lay in that delicious state of languor which is neither sleep nor waking. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The boatswain makes another tour of the deck and then renews his song; but there is this time more languor in his tones. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z It is this dangerous languor that I am so anxious to have you fight against and overcome if possible. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z The invalid was lying on a sofa, in a white dressing-gown, in an attitude of extreme languor, asleep. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z Did the black man, he wondered, walk in a clearer, cooler world, free of the clouds, the iridescences, the languors, the perfumes, the strange obsessions, that made others walk so often like madmen? Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He spoke these words with his usual robust sort of languor, in which there was never a single trace of affectation or frivolity. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The music of this scene is fraught with a tropical heat and midday languor—dreamy, drowsy violin tremolos that suggest the drone of bees. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z You must make some effort to overcome this languor. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Jimmy resolved to banish the fellow's languor, and when they went back to the card table demanded that they put up the stakes. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Her thin old hand drooped in momentary languor over the arm of her chair; and the woolly dog thrust his nose under it, with a beady eye fixed upon the hot cakes. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z She took a bus; and sank into languor and that curious, impersonal headache until the conductor, calling “All out,” at the south terminus, recalled to her that she was going somewhere. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Were even the guns and their machinery affected by this strange languor which had been afflicting both men and animals for the last day or two? The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z He arose with an air of languor, yawned, looked dubiously at one trembling hand, shook his head, and then surveyed himself in a triangular bit of looking-glass tacked against the wall. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z His nerves had been on the strain for a long time, and he began to feel the attack of a languor akin to faintness. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z When she came out on the street again, her headache had stopped and the languor was over. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Locomotives broke down or blew up, bridges collapsed under the weight of the trains, and now horses and men had become afflicted with a deadly languor which made severe exertion an impossibility. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Gradually as the languor of weakness passed he wandered further and further into the woods, and lay for hours under the trees among the ling and fern. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z An indefinable atmosphere of luxury and languor pervaded the room. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Ah, my dear boy, in this pencil you have at will roguishness and languor, tenderness and indifference, sprightliness, passion, malice, what you will. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z After a simple and very well-cooked luncheon, his languor broke into a sudden restlessness. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z In all ways, the natural languors and disabilities of the girl's adolescent phase are vigorously combated. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Mary is at present about three months advanced in pregnancy, and the irritability and languor which accompany this state are always distressing, and sometimes alarming. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z This, while it produced fits of languor and depression, and had something to do probably with his excessive anxiety on political subjects, never seemed to take from the cheerfulness of his manners. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z I rejoice at it, though I must confess I much fear that such violent exertions may be followed by languor and relaxation. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z A languor o'er their stately forms May lie, And a sorrow on their wide white brows, King-dwellers of the sky! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z New languors invest her in mind and in body. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Ah! my love! you cannot guess how wretched it was to see your languor and increasing illness. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z She seems recovering from illness; the rose in her cheek is faint and delicate; and an air of languor is in her whole face and form. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z "Go fetch the Jew," she said, the languor of her manner combatted by the fire in her eyes. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Now, on that evening an inexplicable languor made him dreamy; his eyes followed in vain the text; his rebellious thoughts were scattered. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z The curving bones, the expanding pelvis, the rounded contours, the inhibited muscles, the languors and recurring disabilities, are designed to restrict activity, physical and mental. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z His limbs were aching, and so were his eyes, and he sat still awhile with them half-closed in a state of dreamy languor. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z A foretaste of the languor of June is in the air. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Marsyas sprang up, the last of the languor gone from his face. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The style is admirable, and the skilful management of the action contrasts strongly with the languor, the awkward adjustment, and the lack of dramatic interest found in contemporary tragedians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The languors of body and mind reactionary upon the exciting strain of games are unwholesome languors; and breed unwholesome self-absorptions. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z A curious languor came over me as I watched them walking across the beach. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Snipe felt dizzy with the sense of instant elation, following as it did the languor and depression of the moment before. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Not for him the sweet felicities of the mincing phraser or the dreamy languors of the riming troubadour. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z This great effort was followed by a long period of languor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z School-boys and school-girls live, for the most part, in alternating states of high tension in sports and reactionary languors from the heart and nervous strain resulting therefrom. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z They have to watch me now, for I am like to do all manner of foolish things, with the old languor gone, and the new red blood singing through my veins. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z His friend's spirits were sinking, and he exerted himself in this way, in the hope of amusing the hours of languor at Bowhill. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z She was a pale brunette, with black eyes full of languor, and she bore on her face an expression so noble and so sad that one thought she was an angel of death. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z He was a tall and strongly-built man, with nothing peculiar in his appearance except a certain languor and heaviness of the eyes. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z The crowd looked dully apathetic, there was languor in the air they breathed; but, after all, they claimed descent from Spanish stock and Grahame thought they could be roused. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z I felt so rested, so very well, except for a languor and a weakness. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z And she sighed deeply, as though waking out of her languor of ecstasy, now that the night, after that rising wind, was no longer so sultry and oppressive. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The king was now fast exchanging the bloom of youth for the languor of age. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z It brought energy, hope, and prosperity, where before were languor, indifference, and stagnation. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z About two o'clock, I was attacked by an overpowering languor. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z But she was incited by this being out of sorts to something very different from the languor to which she testified. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Madeline, alarmed by the energy of this speech, was instantly roused from the languor into which she had sunk. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Suddenly, by some magic, doubt, fear, distress, were allayed—and it was like surcease from a steady pain, with all the blessed and heavenly languor relaxing her mind and body. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Until, the motion flinging out the motion To a keen whirl of passion and avidity, To a dim whirl of languor and delight, I wound in gyrant orbits smooth and white With that intense rapidity. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z I felt myself melting, melting in a delicious languor. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The languor of an incredible fatigue stole feverishly through Herrick's veins. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Her eye, eagerly cast around in search of an asylum, appeared to be courting attention; her languor seemed but loitering; and her slow unequal pace, wore the air of inviting a companion. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Her frame grew weaker; the roses faded from her cheeks; she was shaken by every sound, and menaced with becoming a victim to all the tremors, and all the languors of nervous disorders. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z Soft moods that end in languor; Soft words that end in sighs; Curved frownings as of anger; Cold silence of her eyes. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z The languor of the "Government stroke" and the slow mechanism of a State department are unfavourable to an abundant production. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Beneath her innumerable moods one seemed permanent, strangely compounded of languor and excitement. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Do we not all know that subtly approaching languor? and have we not often caught ourselves in the very act of falling asleep at our prayers? The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Kenelm had for some time past complained of languor and want of appetite, which he attributed to the heat of the summer. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Not only have they so much fire, but when their owners are in a sentimental mood, they can throw a languor and a sort of droop into them that is irresistible. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z In fact, a languor and general relaxation of the whole wonderful machinery of the human frame, seems to threaten death day by day, yet the sufferer still survives. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z "Look," said he; "none but a woman can have that grace and languor." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z One morning he awoke quite free from pain, the fever broken, and with that sense of restful languor that attends convalescence, pervading his being. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z About this time my younger son began to be ill; the predisposition to the typhus manifested itself in listlessness and languor. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z “Oh, very well,” said she, swathed in languor as usual. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Quelch was kept at bay by her frail air of languor. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z He hated the languor and heat in which he was condemned to spend so much of each day. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z And as he did so a strange, delicious languor descended upon him. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z On that day the tap-root of materialism was wounded, and materialism itself has been an invalid of increasing languor and desuetude ever since. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z All her languor and weariness of life had disappeared. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z "Dear old Brucey!" said Char, with more languor than enthusiasm in her voice. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z In the first place, Millarca complained of extreme languor—the weakness that remained after her late illness—and she never emerged from her room till the afternoon was pretty far advanced. In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z "Wouldn't be seen dead in your bloody Burberry," Michael responded with delicate languor. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z He had hours of languor when he would sit with folded hands, dreamily gazing out of the window, entirely careless of business. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Mrs Valetta continued to smile in her sleep, but Judy resumed her languor like a wrap as the door closed on the others. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z There is less of music and flowers and softness of life, less languor at Biarritz than at Cannes and Nice and other Riviera places. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z May it please ye, my magistrate, I am not drunk; it is languor. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z The hard workers are nearly all long lived, but the sons and daughters of rest pass away from the scene, not of their labors, but of their languors, rather early, as a rule. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z Gradually there seemed to settle on him a languor, which expressed itself in a kind of patience which Arthur found infinitely pathetic. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z But I received it heroically, for I observed that Judy and Mrs Valetta, who still remained seated, had discarded their languor and weariness for a moment and were sharing a malicious smile. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Breakfast on the terrace, the contenting cigar whose smoke rises wreathingly through a still atmosphere upwards to the blue, and then an effort to lift oneself from a summer languor. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z And the languor and boredom with which she said his name made the prince laugh shortly. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z There is none of the visible languor and spirit of delay which usually strikes one in tropical centres. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z And when, as will happen with most men, my wearied frame has imparted languor to my speech, I have sometimes been aroused by the sudden recollection of that stirring appeal—'Be in earnest.' Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z A peevish look hovered round her mouth and all her brightness and dash seemed to have been swallowed up in a great languor. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z For a town entangled in a national controversy, Waegwan's streets give off an eerie languor. Will Agent Orange Hurt the South Korea-U.S. Alliance? 2011-08-03T03:20:00Z And Amphis tells us— When one's been drunk, the best relief I know Is stern misfortune's unexpected blow; For that at once all languor will dispel, As sure as cabbage. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z A delicious languor was stealing over me, and little by little I felt my eyes closing. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z There has always been a subcontinental languor in the way India go about their cricket. Expect slow starters India to retaliate at Nottingham 2011-07-28T22:00:06Z Despite her languor, generosity prompted her to stop in passing a fruit store and purchase an attractive basket filled with various fruits likely to tempt the appetite of a sick person. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z In the languor into which the soul falls after great moral efforts, it is all the more defenseless against a fresh assault. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z It has been found that gastric indigestion produces oversensitiveness, fretfulness, and irritability, while chronic constipation results in erratic conduct, stupidity, languor, headache, and moodiness. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Unfortunately, without accented letters it is impossible to convey any idea of the melody, the liquid softness, the languor, of some of the couplets. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z If I had teeth of pearl and the breath of lilies, I should call it 218 languor, but as I am* I must call it laziness. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Sophie enjoyed the harmonious rhythm and languor of their movement together. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He stood drinking in for the last time the perfumed sweetness and languor of the Southern night. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Severe illness followed; and though it yielded, after a time, to skillful remedies and tender care, her excessive languor and severe headaches continued to give her family and friends great uneasiness. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z A languor and qualms had come over me, and my head was in a maze. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Then the equestrian figure out of sight and the beat of his horse's hoofs heard no longer; and the scene relapsing into that languor born of the June morning verging rapidly towards noon. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The queenly shade of antique Venus thrills Scentlike above thy level seas and fills Our souls with languor and all amorous things. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z Baird saw now why her eyes appeared so dark; her lashes were black and the eyelids blue-tinged, giving her eyes both brilliancy and languor. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z His pipe was nearly finished, and an insidious languor was stealing over him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Of a sudden his impetuosity had run out; remained the pleasant languor of a healthy body thoroughly exercised, the peace of a mind vexed by no insatiable desire. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Her features were regular, and her eyes, which were perfectly splendid, were dark, almond-shaped, and of almost Oriental languor. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Others moan and complain, bellowing at intervals in an unusual manner, very expressive of languor and pain. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Her presence at first greatly enlivened the court, where a kind of languor had begun to predominate. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z They mainly consisted, on the one hand, of loss of memory, dulness of apprehension, apathy, somnolence, depression of spirits, and mental debility; and on the other, of bodily languor, muscular fatigue, and general physical weakness. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z In my estimation, she is very far"—arms again divergent—"very far from well, even taking into consideration the provocatives to languor you alluded to, just now. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z As leaning back he indulged these soothing sentiments, without any sound of singing or preaching to disturb him, and tired nature's soft languors stealing over him too, he sunk insensibly into sleep. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z A sensation of languor and mounting joy stiffened her firm breasts. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z When daylight came, I arose and went down to the veranda, not weary from sleeplessness, but with a gentle languor upon me which was better than rest. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z One glance, and the expression of annoyance and languor is gone; the eyes brighten, and the whole man is alive with interest. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The "breaking down" predicted by Dr. Winters, took the form, not of hysterical emotion, as he had anticipated, but of physical languor and spiritual apathy, which were more alarming. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The languor vanished; she felt swiftly, aggressively alert. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z If I had teeth of pearl and the breath of lilies I should call it languor, but as I am I must call it laziness. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z This increased my languor and made me more helpless still. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z He was muffled as at first, in the black and scarlet domino, and he moved with the slow languor of one utterly exhausted or worn with pain. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Thoroughly aroused from her selfish languor by the startling intelligence, Jessie had opposed the scheme with might and main. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z This abrupt disorder which she could call forth with a tone of her voice, a quick lingering glance or a certain reclining languor, had excited her curiosity. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Only an extraordinary fee, and the cultured languor of the voice which requested the appointment over the telephone, had induced him to relax his rule. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z The languor that had marked her appearance at breakfast was gone. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z These gloomy meditations were derived from the languors of her frame: when these disappeared, her cheerfulness and fortitude revived. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Does not the opium-eater, in his lucid intervals, prefer thirst and languor and pain to the drug for which his diseased appetite cries out as the dying for breath, and the fever-scorched for water? Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Like pensive herds at rest upon the sands, These to the sea-horizons turn their eyes; Out of their folded feet and clinging hands Bitter sharp tremblings and soft languors rise. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Wanton wiles and indecent suggestion,—these are the essential features of that ridiculously lauded French school; kicks and winks and ogling glances, postures of affected languor, and convincing feats of vicious sophistication. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z The sight of this man aroused me from the dreamy languor which had been so delightful, and I watched his approach with interest. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The languor of a long fast, the numbness of the cold, were forgotten. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The inspiration of the poet, the passion of the lover, the enthusiasm of the martyr, have their languors and shortcomings that often depend on very pitiable material causes. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Again she closed her eyes, only to be conscious of a gentle languor; a heaviness like that of half-sleep; of bodily heat, and also a little bodily pain. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z In Plato the spirit of poetry gives life to the languors of dialectics. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z There was indeed on her face a strange expression of languor, weariness, and ennui. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Ardour had become scorn—tenderness was changed into sullen languor. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z With man, if the will slumbers, the other faculties degenerate into languor and inertion; or, carried away by the blind impulse of passion, they are precipitated and go astray. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z "Never!" said Miss Cornell fervently; then relapsed into languor. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z A general languor and oppression with complete weakness, the ordinary consequences of her unhappy attempt to commit suicide, had ensued. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z She passed her hand across her brow, as if to put by someheavy sense of fatigue, and looked round at us with an expression of dreary languor in her gaze which I have never forgotten. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Over his own senses he felt the languor stealing; how was it with the other? Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z There I will hasten, where the trees and humankind With languor lull beside the hot and silent sea; Strong tresses bear me, be to me the waves and wind! The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z He passes suddenly from violent irritability to languor, from self-confidence and vanity to extreme self abasement. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z A certain languor that had marked her at her aunt's vanished. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Though my health was much improved, I was still delicate and subject to attacks of languor. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z As he lay upon his bed he felt a languor steal upon him, saw in far dreams cool meadows and flowery slopes, felt the solace of perfect repose envelop him. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Alternately cruel, and tender, and shy, Reflect both the languor and calm of the sky. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z I might have escaped easily enough here, but the energy even to wish for freedom was gone; I sat all day long in a state of miserable, listless languor, heart-weary, heart-sick, worn out. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Mildred found herself owning to loss of appetite and want of sleep; to languor and depression, and a tendency to excessive irritation; noises jarred on her; a latent excitement took the place of strength. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z I have nothing but rebellious horror for the view that languor, if only it be subtle and serpentine, is in itself admirable. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z On the walls of church or oratory the sweetness and languor of emotion became as dignified in beauty as the melodies of Pergolese, and its fervor touched at times the sublimity of tragic passion. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z When I behold thee wander by, my languorous love, To songs of viols which throughout the dome resound, Harmonious and stately as thy footsteps move, Bestowing forth the languor of thy glance profound. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z This marvellously staunched the bleeding, but I became queerly drowsy, and sat on the ground, overcome with languor. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z The old self-depreciation waking up to life, the old enemy leaguing with languor and despondency to mar the sweet hopefulness of convalescence. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z We see genius struggling like Laocoon in the grasp of a power whose virulence he did not measure, and to whom sooner or later the increasing languor must yield. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Could my tears for ever flow, Could my zeal no languor know, This for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and thou alone. Our Katie 2011-04-04T02:00:10.637Z When at last the Regent took leave, Adrian rose at the same time and crossed to a window with his nonchalant languor of movement. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z They were interrupted by no wars; not because the nation desired or profited by peace, but in consequence of the general inertness, the universal languor, the unqualified anarchy. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z For a moment Dr. Heriot paused, and he and Mildred exchanged glances; the young figure in its forlornness came to them like a mournful revelation; the immobility was superb, the youthful languor pitiful. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It had been a quiet, orderly parlor, not often visited by any one; she gave it that air of ease and languor, so conducive to social intimacy. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z She faded away very gently, and, for a long time before her death, suffered more from extreme languor than from acute distress. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z Men felt a pleasant languor, while their hearts beat louder. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z She leaned back in her seat, barely pretending to listen to the young man’s conversation, her lips a little curled, her own face the very prototype of aristocratic languor! Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The death or removal of an active or philanthropic Magistrate produces a languor, which terminates often in the ruin or the abandonment of the design. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z She is not unlike your beautiful Polish princess, but she has none of the charming Anastasia's irresistible transitions from soft, silent languor, to brilliant, eloquent enthusiasm. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z The bandmaster, a Pole with an interesting, revolutionist face, swings the baton with graceful languor. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It seems to annoy her exceedingly to have me notice her languor or want of spirits. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z The sweet, sad cuckoo makes the air resound With his two notes with springtide languor filled; And the tall pines, by eddying breezes thrilled, Tremble, as ocean echoes in a shell. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z A languor stole over his rugged frame; he yawned and attempted to sleep, but a clang of a fire door and a quarter-point swing of the ship awakened him to dull consciousness. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Miss Hathaway’s large Spanish eyes were heavy with the languor of her race. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z "Begorra, there's a thing or two doing, yonder in the town," said MacAlister, with a slight revival from a tone of languor. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Onward, ay, onward still, Far past the weary town, Till languor doth seize on her feeble knees, And the heavy hands hang down. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Now cooler are noon's beams, O dreams reposed with languor and with ease, The waters creep, O calm dreams! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z There was a brightness upon his face, in spite of its death-like pallor—a spiritual brightness, unaffected by any loss of blood, or languor of that slow pulse which the London physicians felt so often. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The poppies were opening their deep yellow lips, breathing forth the languor of the land. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Essentially commonplace as she was, for the moment there was about her a mingling of languor and excitement, which betrays an accelerated movement of the heart. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Where did she get it?—whose little girl is it?" inquired Lizzie, slightly roused from her languor by the news. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Wedding the better sight, In the weeping, wan moonlight, Of my blue dreams with languor oppressed! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z It is stated of Dryden that, in his earlier life at least, he used, as a preparation for writing, to induce on himself an artificial state of languor by taking medicine or letting blood. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Her health remained delicate, and she was long confined to the house, but, aside from a pleasant languor, being physically at ease, she found in the care of the infant sufficient occupation. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z There is a languor in the aromatic summer air, somewhat that begets in every human being a desire for companionship, a longing to share the burden of existence with another. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Suppose we go to the opera to-night?" said Lizzie to the squire, as she sat—all her languor gone—looking out of the window at the stream of life flowing below. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Her gateways smoke with fume of flowers and fires, With loves burnt out and unassuaged desires; Between her lips the steam of them is sweet, The languor in her ears of many lyres. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Superb paintings, illuminated in transparency, shed a dreamy languor over the scene, and music lent her exhaustless charms to captivate the sense. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Her's was the freshness and the bloom of the Spring; she consumed him to languor as the Summer sun; she was kind as the bounteous Autumn, or she froze him with her wintry disdain. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z All nature manifests languor and thirst; the dry ground shows large cracks here and there, and vegetation is losing its last tinge of green. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z She thought so sometimes when his deep, dark eyes would rest on her, and fill with softest languor as they wandered side by side. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z No one could mistake the emotion behind the strained tone, the peculiar languor in the furtive eyes. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z She spoke with the languor of a sorrow which had been overwhelmed by greater sorrows still. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z On withdrawal, he experiences only an intense and horrible depression, together with a physical languor which results in a sleepiness that cannot be shaken off. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z The great life of nature, spellbound and withheld in this sultry languor, will awake with some convulsion, angrily demanding a victim. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The loftiest joys they paint are the thrillings of the sense, the raptures of a fine nervous organization; their pathos is the regret, and their wisdom the languor and the satiety of the jaded voluptuary. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z It was as if she were walking in her sleep, she came with such a strange heaviness and languor, her cane creeping through the pine needles of the trail in front. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Son of Mary, He cares tenderly for her in the languor of death, and in the agonies of redemption. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z "Fathead!" said the noble Master in a whisper of indulgent languor. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Her attitude expresses languor, and from time to time she shivers slightly. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The fact was, that under the influence of the sunshine and flowers—the lustre and languor of the most bewildering of capitals, I was fast subsiding into a state of collapse. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The languor died quickly in the latter's eyes, leaving only fear. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The heat is intense, delicious, as productive of happy languor as though it was still the very heart of summer. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z There was a fire in his eye and the suspicion of a hectic flush upon his countenance which seemed to contrast strangely with the habitual languor of his bearing. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Your blood does not tingle at his story of Boreas, nor a dreamy languor creep over you when he talks of sunny south-winds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z So I am abandoned to my own resources, in a miserable state of languor, lassitude, and weakness. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The feeble sound of the voices, the paleness and languor of the countenances, would have excited commiseration in the heart of a mere spectator. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The books which we once cried over are now thrown down with languor; the society we imagined perfection we now smile at for its very absurdities. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The air of languor which it had pleased him to assume in the crises of his fate was laid aside in favour of a wonderful ardour and conviction. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z I had no desire for activities of any kind; I had all the happy languor of the convalescent about me. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z "You have been very kind and very prompt, sir," said she, thankfully, but with a languor that showed she was not thinking of the subject. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Weariness, languor, satiation, were all written there only too plainly. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z Even Seven Spot was becoming drowsy as the winter languor began to steal over him. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z "Rather late," he said with that air of languor which afflicted him on great occasions. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "I have been, through a large portion of my later life," he wrote, in 1834, "a sufferer, sorely afflicted with bodily pains, languor, and manifold infirmities." Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z From the drowsy languor in which they reclined they were both aroused, as the pace of the carriage gradually diminished from a smooth brisk trot to an uneven jolting motion, the very reverse of agreeable. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The former enthusiastic fire in the dark eyes was extinguished, lost in that expression of weariness and languor, as plainly to be read in her features as in her husband's. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z Her elastic youth knew as yet neither languor nor lassitude. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The languor of their notes pervaded all the senses of the boy, and, with his body in the shade of the log fence and his bare feet in the sunshine, he fell into a doze. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z I never should have thought it possible that a man could so shake off his languor and rouse himself to such energy as I see in him. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z The scene was one of that mingled bustle and languor so characteristically Irish. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z With melancholy languor she held out her hand to the doctor. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Her illness and languor seemed suddenly to have disappeared. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z But the languor of sleep still held him and not a muscle moved as his eyelids began to droop. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Blamelessly correct in mien and toilette, his whole being seemed to denote the extremity of languor. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Even the tempest in her heart was quietened, and the warmth of the evening caused her to feel a languor that was temporarily almost serene. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z An immense languor escaped from the soil, into which the first rains of autumn had sunk. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Their tempers will be short, they will begin to mope about the room, and their general manner will betray languor and listlessness, instead of that brisk cheerfulness that one has a right to expect. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z She still suffered from backache and general languor, consequent upon over-rapid growth during the year she had spent on the flat of her back. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z As the day advanced, both the Chainbearer and the squatter became aroused from the languor that had succeeded the receiving of their respective hurts, and more or less alive to what was passing around them. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z A sense of loneliness and languor came over her. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He was ill and feverish; and it was only by a strong effort that he so far overcame his painful languor as to attempt the necessary but mournful task of giving them burial. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z The eyes are not very wide open, having something of a dreamy languor. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z It was difficult for men in robust health to breathe, and they picked out the coolest places and gave themselves up to the languor of the hour. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z There was, as it were, an expression of passionate languor in the ringlets of her hair, and her forehead, which was like agate, seemed to cover a great deal, and indicated a masterful intelligence. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The muscles become flaccid, the colour vanishes, the eye grows vacant, and an expression of languor and weariness takes the place of the bright healthy look that the sitter bore at the commencement. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z The touch of his dry and burning hand gave a sensation of pain to Philip, when it came in contact with his own, and his head dropped in powerless languor on his shoulder. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z Clouds of grayish smoke, fanned into fantastic shapes by electric punkas, floated on dead atmosphere, personifying the languor that had suddenly quartered in Trent. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Inatulla speaks proverbially of “woodmen in the meridian hour, scarce able to raise the arms of languor.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Frederick, who sat alone in his compartment, gazed at these objects through sheer weariness, lost in that languor which is produced by the very excess of impatience. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z In its stead he felt a terrible heaviness, a dull languor in all his limbs, and there was a sort of stupor about his brain. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Held in a soft suspense of summer light, The generous fields with all their bloom of wealth Bask in a dream of Plenty for the years, And breathe the languor of untroubled Health. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z The earth steamed and sweltered, and the perfumes of tropical blossoms stole out of the jungle and exhaled a heavy languor. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z He often, but in vain, attempted to go: a soft languor enervated the powers of his mind. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The race is the aboriginal Iberian, and has none of the languor of the south in it—a stubborn, not a supple race. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The clique, however, the group, remained faithful to her, for she awakened them, in the soft languor of Indian life, to the existence of music, ideas, and the joie de vivre. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z In spite of my languor I found myself interested in these analyses of motion. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z She had been thus for some time, her brain immersed in a languor, her thoughts propelled with as little mental volition as possible. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z From the languor of the analyst’s couch to the chatty inquisitiveness of a self-help questionnaire, the dominant forms of self-exploration assume that the road to knowledge lies through words. Magazine Preview: The Data-Driven Life 2010-04-28T15:16:00Z And yet there would be benefits tied up in this languor. Clear skies 2010-04-17T10:20:00Z The horse should recover from the languor and debility occasioned by the first dose, before he is harassed by a second. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Another, irritated, perhaps, by my languor, threatened me with his sabre, which only added to my terror, and left me more helpless than ever. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas A languor of the eye, an unusual paleness of the face, and the bursting forth of large drops of perspiration on the least exertion, were the only indications of declining health. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 And, indulging in such thoughts as these, and repeating and re-repeating similar resolutions—only, however, to find them unavailing—winter, with its long, dreary nights, and its days of languor and inactivity, passed heavily away. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 He sees its fell effects on the masters, in producing sensuality, languor, and helpless dependence on others for the slightest services. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is a powerful excitant in fainting, languor, and headache. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli A feverish feeling and great languor came over me, and I was hardly able to walk. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician That deeper hour when Night with Dawn is blent, And Silence stirs, its languors well-nigh spent, I hear her gently sigh with sweet content. The Coast of Bohemia It came tonight with its eyes of languor and its scented hair and its smile of temptation—to drag him back! The Man from Jericho Our silence has been routed, and the languor, and the warmth also.... Woman The principal symptoms are paleness and general want of colour in the skin, languor, emaciation, want of appetite, fainting, palpitation, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The thick lids of his heavy dark eyes closed over them with languor, as if he no longer possessed the force to open them; whilst his pale thin lips were distorted as if with pain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 A dreamy languor seemed to pervade her whole being. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers There is always something to look at in London, something to interest, even though it be but the policeman directing the traffic; and Tony soon found his languor past and good-humor returning. The Gay Adventure A Romance The more the furniture goads, the heavier the languor that settles upon me, the less I know, the less I advance. Woman Last evening, agitated by my thoughts, I recollected the paleness and languor of my poor child, and that she was obliged to pass almost all the night in the church in prayer. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 A feeling of moral health, of tranquillity, of undefined languor, creeps over him by degrees. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 After breakfast it would still be only about seven o'clock with a hot-eyed languor to anticipate during the rest of the morning. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He would turn down unfrequented corners and sail by unfamiliar terraces, aware of nothing but the languors of effortless motion. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He appeared at the dinner, but made excuses to the officers for his evident languor. Majesty A Novel At seven-and-twenty Donna Ester looked like a girl of twenty, save in her movements there was a certain languor, and in her eyes a certain delicious hidden knowledge. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Then while the woods stand freckled and the ironweed waves its sprays of dusty purple, a touch of languor steals into the sky, and the horizon veils itself with a mist that is sweetly melancholy. The Tempering Nor with her companions was she much more alert, though when she danced with Michael her indifference became a passionate languor. Sinister Street, vol. 2 At the same time I noticed while he was with us, especially after the admirable Chator departed, an overwhelming languor which I very much deplored. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He gave this fatigue no thought, regarded it perhaps as an organic languor, a transitory symptom, which was bound to pass. Majesty A Novel A luxurious sense of warmth and languor stole over him. The Wreckers of Sable Island But it stills neither hunger nor thirst, and he who bathes too often feels his nervous strength relaxed, his blood over-excited, and his organs toned down to a voluptuous languor. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Silent as sleep, who is lulled by a delicate tune, O'er-stroke thou the air with a languor of moonlight brightly! Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Tashkend She was tired to tears, and yet there were no tears, Only the dead seas of indifference Meeting the languors of a nerveless sense, For she had played the rôles for twenty years. Sonnets from the Patagonian I might have escaped easily enough here, but the energy even to wish for freedom was gone; I sat all day long in a state of miserable, listless languor, heart-weary, heart-sick, worn-out. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir But he was rich—thank God! rich—and rejoiced that he was to gratify his new-born languor. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Their eyes wander with languor and indifference, over those scenes in which nature has been most lavish of its beauties. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact She appeared from that time more calm, and I imagined had gained a new degree of resolution; but appearances deceived me, for her tranquillity was the languor of overwrought resentment. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Every course thereafter had a suggestion of coolness about it, gently hinting at our languor and its needs, so tenderly known and intelligently relieved. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Once more the same gentle languor I had felt at the dinner-table began to steal over me and again my senses became abnormally acute. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Then, as the sun grew warm, and the scent of the grass filled the soft air, and the haymakers were more and more subdued and quiet, heavenly languors stole over them. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story Mr. Dalroyd's modish languor changed to a sudden cold ferocity before which ostlers, post-boys and stablemen quailed; within five minutes he had roused the whole place and set everyone searching, from host to pot-boy. Our Admirable Betty A Romance His movements, even if by chance he were aroused, were kept under restraint likewise by a languor and by a laziness that was not devoid of its own peculiar grace. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 So that, as leaning on the little dwarf's arm he moved along, his very air of fashionable languor seemed to heighten the absurdity of the contrast. The Fortunes Of Glencore Wilhelmina was leaning back amongst the cushions of her carriage, watching the game through half closed eyes, and with some apparent return of her usual graceful languor. The Missioner She felt that she had said it perfectly—without obvious pleasure, and without that air of intense languor that is always accepted on the stage as indicative of aristocracy, and never seen elsewhere. The New Gulliver and Other Stories O dear sir, the vain hours I have spent trying to instil into her a little ladylike languor, a soft and feminine meekness! Our Admirable Betty A Romance If so, any languor would be taken as symptomatic of dissolution and not of indifference, and he might relax his hold. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Empty rotundity, and linked languor long drawn out. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 She had more colour than usual, a temporary restlessness seemed to have taken the place of her customary easy languor. The Missioner She was looking badly, too, all gleamless shadow, and fighting off a physical and mental languor by a stubborn effort which she might have concealed from another, but not from me. The Book of Susan A Novel Ha, Zeb," he sighed, drooping in modish languor, "split me, but I'm glad to see that square phiz o' thine, 'tis positive tanic after London, I vow! Our Admirable Betty A Romance But, with all the disillusion and irony of his new experience, with all the unwholesome languor that had unstrung his will, some deeper wisdom, also, had been given him. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Antique dogs with weak eyes, asthma, and an air of languor will be used a great deal this season to decorate lawns and railroad crossings. Cordwood She might have been twenty, but we estimated her age at twenty-five, deducing our theory from a certain fatigued languor of voice and expression that accorded ill with the girlish satin of her skin. Love's Usuries |
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