| 单词 | listlessness |
| 例句 | A strange listlessness had settled over Castle Black since Stannis had marched south, as if the free folk and the black brothers alike were holding their breath, waiting to see what would come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Joe’s daytime listlessness and both their worrying nights must have wore her down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His rage cooled quickly, and the transports of ire gave way to the listlessness of despair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modem life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The listlessness of the past month was gone and he was tense and uneasy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In a flash she understood the color of Blanca’s aura, the bags under her eyes, her listlessness, her silence, her morning sleepiness, and her afternoon watercolors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t difficult to convince Mother that I was ill, what with my listlessness and lingering hives. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was a tall, narrow, disconsolate man who moved with a crabby listlessness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The nationalist on the stepladder, his quick hands slashing through the air, was whipping his growing audience out of its morning listlessness. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A year earlier, Sibel’s father died unexpectedly, and the loss manifests itself through listlessness and guilt. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z But the trio's third album, "3," ditches the listlessness of 2008's "Let It Ride," picking up on the swampy pop promise of the band's eponymous 2006 debut and taking it to the next level. Buffalo Killers score a bull's eye with '3' 2011-08-01T19:46:05Z The contrast between this extreme intensity and the dance’s listlessness is likely intentional, the music screaming emotions that the dance mumbles. Review: A Mumbling Tribute to Dancers’ Misalignment 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Plath wrote “L'Ennui” — a French word that describes a feeling of listlessness and boredom — next to a description of the character Daisy’s world-weary view of life: “I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” What we can learn from reading Sylvia Plath’s copy of "The Great Gatsby" 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z And why wouldn't she? Apparently there are a host of pistol-packin' Palin fans out there -- inspired by lower taxes, lack of government interference and wholesome listlessness. "Dancing with the Stars": Kurt Warner lumbers on 2010-10-26T12:30:00Z She explores the listlessness that sets in when someone who has subsisted on seven-day-a-week manual labor without sick leave or medical care is suddenly rendered unemployable. This Is the Face of an Undocumented Immigrant. Don’t Look Away. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The snappy script pokes fun at the friends’ delusions, connecting them to a listlessness born of extreme privilege. ‘Amanda’ Review: My Loneliness Is Killing Me 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Was my listlessness part of a common malaise? Paging Dr. Samantha Boardman, for My Mental Health 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z After a while, Wilczynski seems to tire of his violent approach, and though the film maintains its dark dreaminess, his images soften, but a sense of listlessness persists that rejects resolution. ‘Kill It and Leave This Town’ Review: Grotesque, Bleak and Endless 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z My listlessness ended after I pulled Vladimir Nabokov’s autobiography Speak, Memory from my bookshelf, more or less at random. How I found solace in Nabokov’s Speak, Memory during the pandemic 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z I think, faced by this sort of nameless listlessness, many of us fill the void by shopping. Yes, you recycle. But until you start reducing, you're still killing the planet 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It's stranded between self-awareness and naivete, between playful invention and going-through-the-motions listlessness. Close encounters of a tired kind 2011-06-19T21:20:00Z Getting there relies on viewer grading on a curve dragged down by the 51-minute series premiere's listlessness. HBO Max's "The Sex Lives of College Girls" is less erotic and more awkward than its alluring title 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z All this R&D must have felt like dynamic research, compared to the earlier listlessness of the industry. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z And though that’s not strictly true — things, even strange things, happen there — the sentiment conveys the overwhelming listlessness that weighs Onetti’s characters down. South American Literature’s Master of Malaise 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, released data Monday showing most shows roared back from a post-Superstorm Sandy listlessness. Broadway box offices rejoice this Thanksgiving 2012-11-26T20:33:08Z In contrast, failure naturally elicits bitterness, resentment, dolour, enervation, listlessness, pessimism and low self‑esteem – a pretty ugly package. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z But the fractured nature of Mr. Cole’s album was echoed during the show, which followed flashes of impressive bombast and lyrical technique with moments of severe listlessness. Music Review: J. Cole at Roseland Ballroom - Review 2011-09-26T22:51:03Z This listlessness and unhappiness made her feel guilty, since she had nothing to complain about. 'I was fresh meat': how AA meetings push some women into harmful dating 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Even so, the main struggle to overcome in the leadenly paced “She Who Carries the Sky” is its listlessness. Dance Review: Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2014-05-02T22:22:24Z Her listlessness reinforced my conclusion that Didion will be best remembered for her autobiographical nonfiction where she crisply parses and delineates her feelings and observations. Review | A new collection of Joan Didion’s work reminds us that she is her most memorable character 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Great swaths of white America now suffer from maladies that are all too familiar to black America: broken homes, drug addiction, listlessness, early death. A Conservative’s Case Against Donald Trump 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z They will avoid the mistakes of their sinner predecessors—the gig economy and the Internet’s irony-poisoning, climate-change ambivalence, and millennial listlessness. “Euphoria” and the Flawed Art of Gen Z Prophesying 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z In an interview with CBS “Sunday Morning” set to air this weekend, Mr. Fetterman spoke for the first time about the listlessness and hopelessness he experienced before checking in to the hospital. Fetterman Checks Out of Hospital After Treatment for Depression 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “It has led to listlessness in the L.G.B.T. movement,” he wrote. Charles Silverstein, 87, Dies; Helped Destigmatize Homosexuality 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The listlessness extends to Black, Latino and younger voters, as well as suburban swing voters. Midterms’ Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z It captures the banality and listlessness that can fill a room even when it heaves with muffled danger. Opinion | In Russia, I Learned, Threats Were Always Real 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z One of the book’s through-lines is the concept of “neurasthenia,” an old-fashioned term describing a collection of symptoms including headaches, listlessness and low-grade depression. Review | Privilege, duty and despair among America’s WASPs 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In the fourth century, theologian Evagrius Ponticus warned his fellow monks about the “noonday demon,” a passing feeling of exhaustion and listlessness brought on by the monotony of life. Boredom’s link to mental illnesses, brain injuries and dysfunctional behaviors 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z People suffering from it commonly report headaches, muscle aches and listlessness. What burnout really is, and ways to prevent it 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z It's not just that the newsroom desperately needs clarity and integrity regarding its political coverage and has suffered terribly from Baron's listlessness on diversity issues and arrogant disregard for dissent. Flailing Washington Post gets a new leader at last — with no time to lose 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Scientists, philosophers and writers have long feared that a surfeit of time would exhaust all meaningful experience, culminating in debilitating levels of melancholy and listlessness. How Long Can We Live? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z But in general, the meltdowns, listlessness and inevitable friction between those isolating together are as universal as it’s going to get with celebrities involved. Most quarantine TV was forgettable. 'Staged' should go in a time capsule 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But she was still struggling emotionally, and dealing with insomnia and listlessness. Volleyball star Hayley Hodson had it all, until blows to her head changed everything 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z First discovered among wild deer in 1981, it leads to deterioration of brain tissue in cervids, mostly deer but also elk, moose and caribou, with symptoms such as listlessness, drooling, staggering, emaciation and death. Using Wolves as First Responders Against a Deadly Brain Disease 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Her boyfriend, in the midst of pursuing his PhD, had just broken up with her because he found her listlessness unattractive. How a panic attack led to Kelly Oxford's directorial debut 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z As Dory and her friends confront the consequences of their inadvertently criminal high jinks, “Search Party” continues to deliver smart, exacting commentary on the listlessness of young adulthood. Analysis | 10 underrated shows you may have missed in the too-much-TV era 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s no listlessness on show as he spends an hour setting the record straight about My Beauty. Kevin Rowland on the My Beauty furore: 'I wasn't cracking up. I just wanted to wear a dress' 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z We are all in this together, remember, and nothing says team player like a colourful tracksuit, which elevates domestic listlessness to something snappier. Nostril etiquette and quarantinis: how to survive the second act of lockdown 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z This current listlessness will pass, and turn into something else. Goodbye panic, hello listlessness: welcome to the next stage of coronavirus isolation | Brigid Delaney 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The biggest problem, Mr. Huang said, is the town’s deep combination of listlessness and loneliness. An American in a Locked Down Chinese Town: ‘Everyone Here Is So Bored’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z When I first started visiting the U.A.E., in 2007, I heard a lot of fretting about the social consequences of the country’s sudden vault from poverty to vast wealth: listlessness, depression, isolation and dislocation. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Of greater concern: Beckham’s listlessness, which becomes more problematic with every setback. Perspective | Does Odell Beckham Jr. want out of Cleveland? He didn't look like he was there Sunday. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It may incubate for more than a year and infected animals may slowly develop symptoms, which include stumbling, listlessness, drooling and excessive thirst, among other issues. 148 deer in Tennessee test positive for deadly disease 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z There was a general listlessness on Saturday and a naivety in pushing high up against Newcastle’s explosive counterattack. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Changing habits and altering some aspects of the working day might help to deal with fleeting feelings of listlessness among employees. Most of us feel sleepy in the afternoon. Why can’t work fit round that? | Andre Spicer 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z But it’s not only its generic elements and sporadic listlessness that hampers “Red Joan,” it’s that the film’s attempts to convince us of the rightness of her actions don’t succeed either. Review: ‘Red Joan’ presents Judi Dench in a morally complex role 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z In the United States, I encountered a kind of pessimism and listlessness that I didn’t expect. Letter of Recommendation: Revolving Restaurants 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Some scientists even suggest it is premature to consider expensive, multidecadal projects like the FCC at all, given the current listlessness of particle physics. Would New Physics Colliders Make Big Discoveries or Wander a Particle Desert? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Symptoms of the disease include drooling, stumbling, lack of coordination, lack of fear in of people, aggression, and listlessness — which explains the “zombie” deer disease nickname. Deadly ‘zombie’ deer disease could possibly spread to humans, experts warn 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z This odd mix of frenzy and listlessness is fed further by a sort of sensory overload. Opinion | Brexit: The Most Boring Important Story in the World 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Initial symptoms include fever, headaches, swellings, back pain, aching muscles and a general listlessness. What is monkeypox? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z United’s listlessness is not confined to their backline either, with various players from Paul Pogba to Anthony Martial nursing personal grievances. Manchester United must wish they had gone for Mauricio Pochettino 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Though that’s not always a bad thing, it does deepen the listlessness of online life. The feeling of online is ennui 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z But four changes to the lineup and the death rattle of an early exit erased any hint of listlessness on Germany’s part in this game. Germany’s World Cup Is Saved in the Blink of an Eye (and Flick of a Foot) 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z First came the listlessness and the crying jags. ‘Why I told my mother not to read my book’ – memoirs of a former wild girl 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z There’s no telling with this team, but maybe — just maybe — this loss-avenging triumph will come to symbolize their emergence from listlessness. Perspective | Finally, the Wizards do what they’re supposed to do against a lesser team 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z These dog days of summer are marked not so much by a general listlessness, for I deal with that always, but by dogs themselves. My lunch with screen legend Angie Dickinson reminds me that millennials are overrated 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z When infected with the virus, these mice become seriously ill, with symptoms ranging from weight loss and listlessness to fever, paralysis, and death. Dengue may bring out the worst in Zika 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Their men’s team collapsed in a heap in the World Cup two years ago and continues to play with a listlessness and diffidence in these Olympics. In Brazil, Where Men’s Soccer Once Was King, the Women’s Game Rules 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z If that weren't obvious enough, the dog is then "fixed" into apparently permanent listlessness, prompting Axe to react with a little territory marking of his own. In 'Billions,' Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti are alpha males doing battle 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z His listlessness was an invitation for other candidates to horn in on his message, and Ted Cruz did exactly that. Rand Paul seems bored: Does this guy even want to be president anymore? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z First, we experience the irritating feeling of listlessness. How to Recognize the Good in Every Situation 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The listlessness of Emerson’s poetry is surprising, given the veneration he expressed for the art. How Ralph Waldo Emerson Changed American Poetry 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Over the game his countenance changes as he evolves from a state of listlessness to engagement with the world around him. Broken Age: The Kickstarter success-story is finally complete and the worth the wait 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Because of endless squabbling and inexplicable listlessness, the mega-fight is years in the making. Manny Pacquiao has won so much, some wonder what he might have lost 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Hartsworm was dealing with mental and emotional fallout, including depression and listlessness. St. Cloud man struggles with work-related injuries 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z But that feeling of listlessness is usually followed by aggravation. How to Recognize the Good in Every Situation 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The audience, mostly in their 20s, were so cool they verged on listlessness. The music that reveals a rift in Tunisia 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z According to the American Heritage Dictionary, ennui is defined as "listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom." Chicago Bears fans have a French disease called ennui 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Motherwell began with a confident bravado that contrasted with the listlessness that so frustrated the former Scotland midfielder that he tendered his resignation at the weekend. Motherwell 1-0 Dundee United 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It was ever thus in super-corrupt Italy of course, but friends in Sicily speak of a worsening of the country's perennial mood of apathy, of nervous listlessness and iniquitous social collusion. The Sicilians who can't escape the Mafia 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z It advises using it before competitions to correct listlessness and sleep disruption, and afterwards to improve physical recovery. Athletic enhancement: Breathe it in 2014-02-06T16:01:13Z Hundreds of thousands of Australians were spared the unemployment queues, and families and communities escaped the listlessness and hopelessness of mass unemployment and social breakdown. Australia's economic success should not be obscured by leadership politics 2013-07-03T02:29:00Z She lost 15 pounds and went through bouts of listlessness, then days full of energy, then more dips in vigor, a relentless cycle as the medication and the infection worked their course. Gulbis Is Back on Tour After a Bout With Malaria 2013-06-29T01:33:50Z Not just addiction but powerful psychological dependency, depression of hormone production, lethargy and listlessness and sleep apnea, among others. Well: The Problem With Pain Pills 2013-06-26T17:43:34Z Be mindful of worrisome signs like unusual listlessness, apathy, unresponsiveness, agitation or confusion. The New Old Age Blog: The Emotional Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy 2012-11-10T11:38:06Z The week earlier, they were posting about Mr. Obama’s listlessness, even before the debate ended. The Caucus: 5 Tips for the Presidential Campaigns After Tuesday’s Debate 2012-10-15T05:47:19Z A dull listlessness hung upon me, which was more terrible than physical pain. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z All this which I have told took but little time, for in battle when men's eyes shine there is no listlessness. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z Her limbs shook, a cold moisture crept over her forehead, and her quivering hands wandered with melancholy listlessness, through the mass of shining ringlets it was her duty to arrange. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z But, the moment that George was called on to take his part in the entertainment, this listlessness disappeared, and was succeeded by an expression of intense interest and deep anxiety. Tales for Fifteen 2012-03-21T02:00:38.090Z A passionate outburst of feeling would have pleased him better than this numb listlessness. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z In the listlessness of one arm and hand, while the other can perform various movements, we see reason to suspect hemiplegia. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It is little surprising that after the outburst of song and shouts which reveals so much of the negro’s nature that his attitude is one of listlessness and apathy when he has finished. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z Then her listlessness came back with double force. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z She straightened mechanically, the listlessness that was upon her making it far easier to obey than to summon the show of strength necessary to resist. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z It was not pride, it was not suspicion; it was the universal listlessness of the travelling American bereft of his business, Othello with his occupation gone. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z His dulness and listlessness had fallen from him, he stood upright and alert. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z There is a complete listlessness and apathy of the mind; she cannot concentrate her thoughts. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z It either kills him without loss of time, or allows him to escape for a season; but its effect is frequently mental as well as physical, and Austin's listlessness remained. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z As I grew to know her better, I learnt the secret of her listlessness and discontent with life. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z Tetzcatl, however, led the way with a vigor of movement that was in startling contrast to the listlessness of his dark companions. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z He remarked, that men’s humors were apt to be affected, sometimes, by adverse fortune, and at others, by the heavy listlessness of age. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z This listlessness is so great as to cause forgetfulness of what one is reading, or that one is reading at all: the book drops in vague and listless thought. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Upon the pier stood two stern-visaged men, Looking to where a little craft lay moored, Swayed by the lazy current of the Thames, Which weltered by in muddy listlessness. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Oppressed by the listlessness of disease, Juliet could scarcely make this experiment; or rather perhaps her early habits could not give way to a sense of duty, or even of necessity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Old Thomas Lincoln came—came as soon as embodied listlessness could moveloaded the lifeless boy in a wagon and drove home. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There were aches in him and a feeling of listlessness. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z How many teachers are so prodigal of the attention given at the beginning that toward the close, dismayed at the listlessness, they forget ungratefully their initial capital of bright eyes and eager ears! Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The Mexican looked around and wheeled sharply to face the danger, his listlessness gone in a flash. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The mere effort to become resigned, forbade the listlessness of despair; and even partial success gave some relief from uniformity of anguish. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z A sad listlessness hung over the melancholy group. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The mask of listlessness dropped in a twinkling from Culligore’s face. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z When I returned to the Chamber, I found a seeming listlessness reigning there, beneath which one could perceive the inner seething of a thousand restrained passions. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z She felt this magnetism attracting her so violently that every power in her melted into listlessness and weakness. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z With an apathy and listlessness born of bracing air and sunshine, I have troubled myself not at all about foreign wars or the fall of governments, but to-day I have invested in a Yorkshire Post. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z There is really too much to be looked after, thought of, and cared for in his passage to the landing to allow much listlessness or burdensome leisure. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The result shall be a disciplined, sagacious intellect without masculine hardness, delicate sensibility without imbecile listlessness, active energy without moping drudgery, a combination of powers and graces that wins homage from every heart. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Besides, I had little faith in the performance of murders proclaimed beforehand; and also I was under the influence of the sort of listlessness that follows upon any prolonged excitement. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Yet there remained always in the look that quality, not of listlessness, but of abstraction. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Largely cut off from the outside world, the Abkhaz at first turned to domino — in most countries the game is referred to in the singular — as a remedy for endemic listlessness. Sukhumi Journal: For Abkhazia, Recognition Is Coming Piece by Piece 2011-09-09T02:00:49Z First, as the parallel passage in Ephesians has it; “wrath”—bursts of temper, for which probably the child is punished and the parent is guilty—and then spiritless listlessness and apathy. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z 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 To the stranger newly arrived in the country the people seem lazy and listless, but after a year’s residence there this same listlessness gradually begins to steal over the newcomer. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z You affected to know me, and you don't; through caprice or listlessness or curiosity you wished to converse, not with a lady, but with a costume. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z Here, then, we have an example of a great and highly perfected civilization, dominating over untold millions, but founding its reign not in their desires or convictions, but in their exhaustion, their weakness, their listlessness. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z In her listlessness, and in a sweet effort in her smile, the Judge found, in the further course of the talk, the signs of conquest. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z For a while, at least, she was aroused from the listlessness which is so very significant in consumption, and her whole heart went out to the confiding little waif. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z He asked and answered questions clearly, but soon relapsed into his incoherent talk and listlessness. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z So in place of the charming sweetness Morford had learned to expect from Judith, he received a cold douche of listlessness and indifference. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z He could not make a second self to be His mate, but made in envy, listlessness or sport all the things which filled the island as playthings. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Her listlessness stirred; everybody was preparing for the ball, and getting ready to go to it. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z And it was the gaudy poster that startled Susan out of the unhappy listlessness that had fallen on her. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z He suggested many little things, which, in the agitation of his hasty summons, had escaped his friends, and his whole being seemed transformed from despondency and listlessness to energy and hope. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z She displayed a strange listlessness in her movements, and lack of vivacity in her eye. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Mr. Jones had taken leave of melodrama in order to write Judah; he returned to it in The Masqueraders, not from listlessness or unwittingly, but deliberately and systematically. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z But there was no listlessness among the men. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z One afternoon, Mrs. Mason gave the children leave to amuse themselves; but a kind of listlessness hung over them, and at a loss what to do, they seemed fatigued with doing nothing. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Half an hour later the listlessness had finished. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The most salient characteristic of both men and women is the listlessness of attitude as well as of expression. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z She wondered, even grieved with motherly anxiety, over Jantie's pale face and strange freaks of listlessness. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Day by day, as strength came back, her listlessness gave place to painful thought. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z All at once a tear gathered in her eye and went slowly down her cheek—a tear of profound fatigue, of listlessness, rather than the touch of an aching thought. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The theatre was not yet raised, but the listlessness of vacuity gave birth to all the variegated artists of revelry. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Her movements were distinguished by an energy which was in striking contrast to the listlessness of the other girls. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z "I wonder," she said, with sudden listlessness "why I say all this to you?" The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z His sharp eyes perceived a lessening tension in the woman's form, a growing listlessness in the expression of her face. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z The listlessness of her tone, he interpreted as a sign of her being weary and over-wrought. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z He watched with affected listlessness as the officer undid the straps and raised the lids. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z It was, so Hester who sat opposite her fancied, curiously weary, and there was a suggestive listlessness in her attitude. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Adrian frowned with some other emotion than anger, darting a swift regard at Stanief, who leaned back in his chair with a listlessness rare indeed in him. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z I find out the general mood of the ward at the time; sometimes see that there is a heavy weight of listlessness prevailing, and the whole ward wants cheering up. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z But when, in the midst of his sorting, Napier glanced at her, he discovered no listlessness in the eyes that kept tally of the letters he was dealing out. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z The England-Algeria match, in which Capello's team displayed staggering listlessness and mediocrity, remains a mystery to coaches who have watched it through four or five times in search of an answer. Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons 2011-03-20T00:07:04Z Lady Cissie and I shook hands with the over-acted listlessness of two daughters of the Anglo-Saxon race trying to carry off an emotional crisis as if they didn't know what it meant. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Once in the early morning, and once again about five o’clock in the evening, were they momentarily galvanised out of their listlessness by the arriving and departing diligences. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The numb listlessness which had shielded her at the beginning of the afternoon had disappeared during her short conversation with Diamond. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Have not laziness and listlessness always been the followers of slavery? The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z There was an increased pallor, a listlessness of gait, which seemed to bespeak an absent or a preoccupied mind. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The listlessness of a camp life is too often complained of to need comment. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z They seemed not to talk or play; we never heard them sing, but passed them sitting in curious vague listlessness, with no wonder, no curiosity, in their deep solemn eyes. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Roger, I am a blunderer, a clumsy creature with not one of my elemental passions bound down yet into the decent listlessness of chains. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z There is really too much to be looked after, thought of, and cared for, in his passage to the landing, to allow much listlessness or burdensome leisure. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The laugh, silly and meaningless, that followed his utterance of this speech, showed that it was spoken in all the listlessness of one who had not really character enough to be even a "good hater." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Ulric started up, as though electrified; all his dreamy listlessness and lack of interest had vanished. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Proponents say the measure would save energy and reduce traffic accidents, while making afternoons less oppressive for commuters, schoolchildren and people in whom early darkness provokes anomie and existential listlessness. Inverness Journal: Scots Tell London, Hands Off Our Clocks 2011-01-21T01:21:29Z I am perpetually hungry; and it is the unpleasant hunger that expresses itself in a dislike for food, in listlessness, inability to work, flabbiness, even faintness. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z They made the last two miles by the light of their lantern, dragging their snow-shoes, one over the other, with the listlessness of exhaustion. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z 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 It was such as death itself had no power over, and it was perfectly free from pain, listlessness, passion, grief, and old age, now the common attendants and warnings of man's mortality. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Major Beasley sent out scouting parties; but as they discovered no Indians in the neighborhood he appears immediately to have relapsed into his former state of listlessness. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z There, in the listlessness of exhaustion, I used to sit for hours, without reading, without speaking, without even thinking. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z If he is fully fit – and he says he is – what possible excuse could there be for his listlessness, his poor first touch, his lack of dynamism and thrust? Why Wayne Rooney may be close to the point of no return 2010-10-16T23:10:00Z Signs of the viruses include fever, listlessness, stumbling, circling and coma. Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease 2010-07-30T17:57:00Z A persistent rumour around the camp is that one or two senior players have been disappointed by Rooney's attitude at this tournament: by his grumpiness, his listlessness on the pitch. World Cup 2010: Frank Lampard plays England's damage limitation man 2010-06-21T22:01:00Z At this point in the calendar there are two types of listlessness. World Cup 2010: What we've learned today 2010-06-10T17:14:00Z Mr. Carmel moved like a shadow through this solitude, and in his melancholy listlessness, stood for a time at the window. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z By this journey he had increased his knowledge, established useful connexions, collected many valuable specimens, and emancipated himself from the state of listlessness into which he had previously fallen. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Too often is Sunday given up to the display of toilet vanities out of doors and listlessness at home. Household Organization It was Sonya who first had noticed the young girl's listlessness, her occasional hours of exhaustion and sometimes of depression. The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory The morning was extremely hot, and one would have thought that fact responsible for the listlessness which pervaded the group. The Man from Jericho Michael in the sun-colored Summer room felt smothered by a complete listlessness; and talking very little, he sat wondering at the swiftness with which a strong fabric of the imagination had tumbled down. Sinister Street, vol. 2 For days this condition remained unchanged: a total listlessness, a total loss of appetite, a visible exhaustion.... Majesty A Novel He slept away his listlessness of the past few weeks. The Guarded Heights She leaned her head against the back of the chair, and closed her eyes with weary listlessness. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir I know I walked along towards Lavenza in listlessness, and when a gendarme stopped to question me, and asked for my passport, I had not even energy to tell him how I came there. The Fortunes Of Glencore It was impossible to hear the gurgle of the high spring-tide without exulting in the movement of the stream that was washing out with its flood all the listlessness of the hot August afternoon. Sinister Street, vol. 2 His listlessness was now such that he hardly spoke. A Bed of Roses While Adelaide and Rosalind were assiduous in showing and explaining to her every thing, she heard them with listlessness and apathy, and made not the slightest remark. Stories for Helen She consoled the literary mourners with the reflection that they could read up about things in the magazines or the books of the new library; and masked her secret listlessness with perfunctory regret. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play She sighed; it was not a deep sigh, nor a sad one; nor was it the wearisome expression of listlessness; nor was it the tribute paid to some half-called up memory. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) A kind of fixed hopelessness marked the faces of some, listlessness that of others, and others seemed anxious or disappointed, but whether because taken or rejected, it was hard to say. To Cuba and Back In horrible listlessness she dragged her weary feet over the tiled floor, responding to commands like the old cab horse which can hardly feel the whip. A Bed of Roses Is it alienation, or is it sullen listlessness? On the Heights A Novel She answered with a sad listlessness, but with an under note of determination which made him feel angry and discouraged. Shadows of Flames A Novel As well as utter listlessness would permit me to think, I surmised that I had been arrested. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience From the time of this last hunt, a coldness and ill-humor, reluctance and listlessness, appeared in Roland; he was not exactly rebellious, but did everything without interest, and often looked strangely at Eric. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The sisters embraced, in silence, and with a listlessness as pronounced on one side as the other. Lady Cassandra There was no shuffling, no listlessness, no whispering. The Story of Chautauqua Now he was glad to see that she was becoming diverted and roused from her listlessness by the talk of Oswald Tyne and his friend. Shadows of Flames A Novel It was the utter listlessness, the nothingness of my life, that was weighing me down; and already I saw an escape from this in the pursuit of a good object. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune I may say without exaggeration that the days on which the instalment of fiction was "crowded out," there was a general air of listlessness about Paris. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections With the exception of one solitary individual, it was easy to perceive that they who followed the coffin were either the hired mourners, or some stray passers-by indulging a sad curiosity in listlessness. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day All the listlessness of the day before was past. An American Girl Abroad A fastidious taste might have found something to be pleased with in either, but assuredly her handsome features evinced no agreeable emotion, and her expression was that of utter ennui and listlessness. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life My listlessness, in part at least, deceived him, and after the anxiety of yesterday, when his enemies were so close on his trail, he found himself in a state of reaction and buoyant over-confidence. The Portal of Dreams Strange that where nature most lavishes her wealth of charms and favors, the listlessness of perverse man responds in ungrateful contrasts rather than in harmonies. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 A health resort guaranteed to banish care, to stab apathy, to enlarge littleness, to slay listlessness, would pretty nearly put the thought-ologists out of commission. Through Our Unknown Southwest And that was the end of listlessness on Friendly Terrace for that hot wave, at least. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He waited patiently for some time; but at length the pangs of hunger roused him from his listlessness, and he began to call out loudly for something to eat. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Allowance must be made for their listlessness of mind; for the absolute need of some change in their way of life; of some dream or diversion to relieve their lifelong monotony. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages He was leaning his head on one hand in an attitude of listlessness, which showed that he was out of spirits. Under False Pretences A Novel His black eyes had the old fire, but his skin was sallower, and I thought that his manner had a touch of listlessness mingled with irritability and defiance. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Each swarthy face had dropped the mask of listlessness; each figure was rooted. The Plow-Woman It was only when Gaga became expostulatory that she abandoned this pleasure and yielded to his tumultuous affection, with a listlessness and a sense of criticism which was new to her. Coquette Her remaining days at Kingdon Hall were spent in a state of such listlessness and inertia that Nora began to fear that she was going to be ill. A Manifest Destiny But there was something else: a singular preoccupation which was nearly akin to listlessness. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel She found him there in all his elegant listlessness. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart A kind of listlessness had come over her, which I attributed to exhaustion of spirit after all she had experienced. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire But finding nothing, she relapsed into the old listlessness. Kildares of Storm I calculated that listlessness and despair would produce success. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Rather, it was an unspeakably appealing regret, a monotonous listlessness, a suggestion of hopeless surrender to something tragic and inevitable. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Mrs. Harrington was a stylish, dashing widow, with a suspicion of rouge on her somewhat faded cheeks, and an affectation of fashionable listlessness which a look of real amiability somewhat belied. A Noble Woman The Countess endured the journey fairly well; but her strange, dreamy listlessness had not left her. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Improvement in her listlessness and inactivity was more gradual. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Musing melancholy and listlessness as to her fate disputed alternately the possession of that heart, once so fruitful in every tender feeling, in all the genuine virtues of female loveliness and merit. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. There was an instant of utter listlessness; then quietly she rose and stood facing him, drawn to her full height. The Dominant Strain The dealer in the meantime is paying 94 winners and collecting chips from losers, all with the utmost listlessness. When the West Was Young Yawning in imitation, I passed with feigned listlessness to the terrace, went noiselessly along by the house-wall, and followed the wing to the end of the balustrade. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire And yet there are, unhappily, cogent grounds for believing that the malady of listlessness is as malignant to-day as before the war. England and Germany It ought to shame the listlessness with which so many of us see the great phantasmagoria of life pass before us. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 1: On Popular Culture These are the: “Truths which wake To perish never; Which neither listlessness nor mad endeavor, Nor man nor boy, Nor aught that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy.” Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors His clean-cut, youthful features were morose and heavy with depression and listlessness, and his eyes were somewhat red and glassy. Louisiana Lou A Western Story All the preliminaries of a great gathering were to be attended to, and both the excitement and the listlessness attendant on a closing year were to be met and combated. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story The listlessness of a few days back gave place to animation, and before half an hour had passed the coach was delighted at the way his plan was working. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron For many weeks, indeed months, her want of strength and weary listlessness caused Mrs. Duncan great anxiety. Wee Wifie With those who show chronic listlessness, Locke advises that we should use every sort of stimulus; praise, amusement, fine clothes, eating; any thing that will make them bestir themselves. Practical Education, Volume I No longer need we dread oppression, disability, power; but on the other hand, license, luxury, listlessness, forgetfulness of God and the wholesome truth. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III He is uncommunicative and moody and goes about his work with a listlessness which is more and more disturbing to me. The Prairie Child Her apathy and listlessness, her strangely vacant look, combined with the wonderful beauty of her countenance, held me fascinated. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The Spanish people seem to be imbued with all the listlessness of those of the tropics, though not by the same enervating influence. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months A vague expectancy sat in her eyes, some nameless content sweetened her smile, a beautiful repose replaced the varying enthusiasm, listlessness, and melancholy that used to haunt her countenance and make it such a study. Moods That day he grew more indisposed; he experienced an unusual languor, listlessness and debility; chills, followed by hot flashes, heavy pains in the head and back, with incessant and intolerable thirst. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Philosophy itself offers no guarantee against the common infirmities of listlessness. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 All their nervousness or listlessness was gone, and in its place a bustling, consequential air that was almost ludicrous. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation They therefore feel continual languor and listlessness, unless when under the influence of the stimulus which brought on the exhaustion. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease This listlessness was perhaps originally caused by oppression and misery, a hard life and cruel masters. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak She made no effort whatever to excite his love, lost in that listlessness which is characteristic of intense happiness. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Then it is, that life is abandoned to persecuting fiends, and the springs of joy are poisoned by the demons of listlessness. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 My habits were too active to remain long in this state of listlessness. A Sailor of King George Then he looked at Carey with eyes in which listlessness had given place to determination. Winning the Wilderness He turned the page of his aunt's epistle and then his face changed from listlessness to keen interest. The Girls of St. Olave's But, having aroused from her listlessness to speak of the ghosts of fancy haunting her, she seemed quickened to anxiety by the picture her own words conjured up. That Girl Montana Here there was no room for listlessness, and quite as little for happiness. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The old enthusiasm that had burned in Duke Godfrey's followers had been dulled by forty years of Syrian listlessness. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times There is a listlessness, born of harsh treatment, suckled on dying hopes, reared on the bitter memory of happier days, which is more eloquent than tears. Jonah and Co. The king often sat for hours, with his head leaning upon his hand, in a state of profound listlessness and melancholy. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series We fancy we see him resume the pen with listlessness, when nothing remains for the historian but to tell his story. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 I pulled out my watch, and told him that it was twenty minutes past one, he understood me, as I thought; and pronouncing indistinctly "mother," he again sank into apparent listlessness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 He sauntered leisurely to the hotel, but as soon as he could get into a telephone booth his listlessness vanished. Crooked Trails and Straight Here we have a symbol of life under the utmost degree of listlessness, and of the greatest insensibility in a state of languid repose. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests It is better by a noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils which we anticipate, than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen.—Herodotus. Pearls of Thought A certain listlessness had fallen from her like a shadow. Children of the Desert Self confidence breeds listlessness; and listlessness spells defeat. Over the Line She threw off her air of listlessness and arose, crossing over and standing before him, leaning upon a high-backed chair, and speaking rapidly. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Indolent man!" said she to her husband, "lay aside your listlessness. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers He notices her listlessness, for she starts as she speaks. When the Birds Begin to Sing He was well dressed, and carried himself with ease and some dignity, albeit with an air of listlessness—a weary and dragging gait, due in part to a slight infirmity of one foot. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time There was courage in that, I saw, for all the listlessness of the tone in which it had been uttered. The Prairie Mother There was nothing of listlessness or despair in the face of the shiftless one. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" All who have performed a voyage, know the feeling of listlessness to which a landsman abandons himself during a calm. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. With all her listlessness vanished Kara was leaning forward, her eyes on the speaker, while the other Girl Scouts appeared almost equally interested. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest Then, alternating with fretful listlessness, were tremulous high spirits and feverish fits of gayety. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Clifford Heath threw off his listlessness and looked up with his usual cheery smile. The Diamond Coterie Our listlessness was broken on January 6th, when the thunder of the guns around Ladysmith was so distinct that it seemed as if Chieveley must be attacked. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland A motion made by this angelic youth, in the listlessness of goingoff sleep, replaced his shirt and the bed clothes in a posture that shut up that treasury from longer view. Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) A holy calm pervaded my whole being—springing not from the dull listlessness which falls over the stupid or inert, but from the fullness of content. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 He took Brussels and Frankfurt on his way to Berlin, and his diary shows the listlessness or discontent which had infected the officers of the British army. William Pitt and the Great War The young men went off to dine somewhere in the vicinity, not unfrequently taking with them some of Mr. Monson's dancing-girls; the wearied men, and the women generally, were in a sad state of listlessness. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 After a little he moistened his lips with his tongue, took a studied attitude of listlessness, and showed signs of weariness and boredom. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate The seamen even exhibited the same listlessness as the rest of those on board. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. My mind is interested all the day; I no longer feel listlessness; the time never hangs heavy upon my hands. The Last Penny and Other Stories She was startled at the change in the boy, at his pallor and at the listlessness which pervaded his whole being. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen He began a life in earnest; for him there was no more listlessness, or moody fits of sorrow, or bursts of wayward self-indulgence. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Here the overlords have gone and the poor whites, unsupported by an explicit kinship, have withdrawn into complete listlessness. Greener Than You Think She passed on to her Latin class, a little droop in her usually straight shoulders showing listlessness. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's The eavesdropper gasped, but watched with narrowed eyes as his tapering fingers lingered, gathering up and sorting the discards with studied listlessness. The Fifth Ace “Unpleasant news for me?” she inquired, startled from her indifference and listlessness. At Fault But along with this increase of stature had come a listlessness and languor which troubled Lady Calmady. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The nervous tension of anxiety was replaced by a listlessness of resignation and the suicide rate, high before, now doubled. Greener Than You Think Lydia proffered this suggestion with an air of fatigued listlessness, which, her sister thought, showed that she made it “simply to be contrary.” The Squirrel-Cage Good health, with too much plumpness, is preferable to beautiful proportions and the listlessness and pain of ill health. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture In a letter to his father, he apologises for listlessness and stupidity by illness, and says, "that he does not come up to the definition of man as a risible animal." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 His listlessness had vanished, while his cheeks showed a wholesome warmth of colour. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance He saw a woman of thirty-six years of age, tall and somewhat stately, only moderately good-looking, and with an expression of intense weariness and listlessness in her dark eyes. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The shrinking figure, the concentrated misery, the hopeless expression on his face, the tears in his eyes, the pathetic woebegone listlessness in his walk were too much for her; she could resist no longer. The Music Master Novelized from the Play They sought the hammock and their listlessness was gradually replaced by an intentness of gaze which became a stare. The Lady Doc The crew began to feel the effects of the heat, and moved languidly about the decks, exhibiting a listlessness very different to their usual activity. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea This narrows down the investigation of your symptoms—listlessness, general dejection, and all—to three causes: Dyspepsia, religious conflicts, love. A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" A look of intense interest had driven out the usual weary listlessness in the black eyes. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The poignant pain of the past hours had changed to an overwhelming listlessness. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale He stood before them with a look of utter vacancy and listlessness, the result partly of physical weariness, partly of complete indifference. Julian Home And the spring came, and Hobert crept out into the sunshine; but his cheek was pale, and his chest hollow, and there was more than the old listlessness upon him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 You might call her interesting-looking, but for a certain listlessness and want of sympathy with others. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 All the listlessness of the morning had gone. Glory of Youth As the two young people came into view, Annabel's air of indifferent listlessness changed to rigid attention. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Neither could he help seeing that in place of the old spirit of listlessness in the various departments, everyone seemed busy and interested. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day If present at the devotional exercises, she finds it difficult to command her attention, even when desirous of so doing, and her deportment at this hour, is accordingly marked with an unbecoming listlessness and abstraction. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young I tried to remember my old self, my dejection, my listlessness, my bad luck, and my petty disappointments. The Upper Berth No little faintest tinge of color adorns her pale cheeks; upon her lap her hands lie idle, their very listlessness betokening the want of energy they feel. Molly Bawn She was still looking out toward her "green and friendly" hill and the listlessness of her outline told him that she, too, was musing. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles "Open!" said the inspector, all his listlessness gone. The Lure of the Mask Jaded, disenchanted, wearied, indifferent, the tired passion expires of sheer listlessness and contemptuous disillusion. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida His manner dropped into listlessness, and by slow stages he now reached the door. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Anson and Bert, blackened with dust and perspiration and weary to the point of listlessness, sat with elbows on knees, talking in low, slow tones on the never-failing topic, crops and profits. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Brenton queried, with the utter listlessness of a man whose sole absorption is in himself. The Brentons "What is he going to do?" asked the girl, all the listlessness instantly going out of her manner. A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude The girl's manner, so bright, filled with such a glittering geniality—so unlike the usual listlessness that has characterized it for so long—both confuses and alarms her. April's Lady A Novel If this shows itself in a child during or after school, together with listlessness and excitability, all idea of lessons should at once be laid aside for a time. Papers on Health Her features were regular, and when raised from their usual listlessness, full of expression. Newton Forster The Merchant Service Paolo stood by himself, leaning over the quarter-rail, and gazing, with a vacant listlessness, at the sea; no one speaking to him, and he noticing no one. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea But the only change that came over Chloe was increasing listlessness of mind and fatigue of body. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 In fact, it is "the backwoods," the listlessness of the backwoods, which, like the opposite extreme, the fatuity and blasé life of a great metropolis, causes men to rush into insane extremes to avoid reflection. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 The wise and loving elder sister was not long in discovering that the peevishness and listlessness of her young sister sprang from a cause beyond her control. Christie Redfern's Troubles He had grown melancholy, and the buoyant spirits of youth had given place to a listlessness and heaviness strangely out of keeping with his tender years. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life There was a listlessness in her expression which was strangely different from the vivacious, self-confident Margot of a few weeks ago. Big Game A Story for Girls “I’m very sorry, I’m sure, Molly,” said Cissy apologetically; and seeing that her room was preferred to her company, she went out into the kitchen-garden to seek solace for her listlessness there. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle A deadly listlessness would come over most men's imagination of the future if they could seriously be brought to believe that never again in soecula soeculorum would a war trouble human history. Memories and Studies But the walk freshened her and dispelled the listlessness. A Little Girl in Old Detroit But the habit of listlessness and idleness may already have become confirmed, and they are unable to break the bonds with which they have permitted themselves to become bound. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success He dropped his pen in sudden listlessness, crossed aimlessly to the window. Terry A Tale of the Hill People The man who has a habit of dawdling or listlessness will show it in everything he does. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Later, when he came to Nice, it was with a listlessness foreign to him. The Triflers Its fleeting pleasures, its enchantment of business or listlessness, its social enjoyments, the vexations and health-giving bliss of domestic life, and all wandering tastes, must be forsaken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 "I am going now, Eldred," she said, a touch of listlessness in her tone. The Great Amulet She was reading at intervals from a small gilt volume, but with a wandering listlessness of manner, as though it were a weary effort to fix her attention upon its contents. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems As he turned the corner the listlessness went from his face, and a change came in his languid yet ever-restless and covert eyes. Phantom Wires A Novel Outside in the streets it was full day, and the color and life of Charin had subsided into listlessness again, a dim morning dullness and silence. The Door Through Space My mate rejoiced greatly after his saturnine fashion, and I—the fullness of listlessness being not yet—felt a brief glow of satisfaction. Border and Bastille There was an apparent listlessness, too, in their playing that would have provoked a storm of cat-calls and other cries of derision from the occupants of the bleaching boards at home. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson We all noticed a change in her—her manner different from what it used to be—a languor, an apathy to all things—a general listlessness that nothing could arouse her from. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel "I'll never complain, or whine, again!" she answered with dreary listlessness. Phantom Wires A Novel But the teams of ranchers stood in the street, and a few saddled cow ponies whose listlessness was mostly assumed. North of Fifty-Three But, as the dreary time dragged on, and as the leaden listlessness settled down heavier hour by hour, I began to look back regretfully, if not remorsefully. Border and Bastille His hat was now pushed back, and his countenance had lost its listlessness. Can You Forgive Her? She watched him striding away, with that look of weary listlessness that had grown habitual to her, and rose from her grassy couch with a sigh, to obey his directions. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel A feverish listlessness seized on the unhappy Evellin, which yielded only to the visitation of a more dreadful calamity. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel They all lift up their heads from their listlessness. Plays of Near & Far Hence is explained the listlessness of which every one is conscious in 7the continuous perusal of the Seasons. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Yawning and listlessness came on, and the eldest vomited a little, but neither of them complained of any pain. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure As the pupils are unable to study, the teacher must lead in all their exercises, and find profitable employment for the children, or they will give themselves up to play or to stupid listlessness. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions I designed to attempt something which would create a change in my wife's nature,—her acquired nature, to substitute some healthful exuberance for the weary listlessness which had become habitual to her. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She was a slender girl, almost too delicate for housework, one would have said, and her face bore an expression of utter listlessness—the listlessness that comes from long fatigue and lost hope. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There Mrs. Langworthy shook off for a little her listlessness and recounted how she had watched "that girl" riding like a wild Indian toward the Upper End. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch But as he topped the ridge and came within full view of the fire that had started among the tops, his listlessness fell from him. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters "By the first week of August the bills had received the Royal assent, and the political excitement which had kept the country agitated for nearly two years was suddenly changed into complete listlessness and apathy." Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men To these he has been long accustomed; and he beholds them with listlessness and unconcern. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) Yet one hour after he had landed at Brindisi his listlessness seemed a thing of the past. Never-Fail Blake Now, as a bit of reaction, the rebellious spirit had grown tender; opposition had been followed by listlessness; and into the mood of tender listlessness there had come a man. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch It would have been useless to attempt it, for Nature was at work recuperating in her own way by an enforced listlessness and dreariness. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother At times they seem on terms of as perfect good fellowship as ever was, with a touch of post-matrimonial indifference; but Isopel had fits of weeping and Borrow of listlessness. George Borrow The Man and His Books It was getting toward the end of our sojourn; we had experienced several quiet balmy days—no wind, low water, general listlessness. Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches Each wore an air of careless listlessness, yet each watched the other, every move, every moment. Never-Fail Blake He must be able to detect unerringly the symptoms of inattention, listlessness, and misbehaviour, and by a well-directed question to bring back the wandering attention to the subject in hand. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education During sultry and thundery weather, as it is called, many of the delicate suffer from languor, listlessness, and headache. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Whenever he arose to speak, it was a signal for a general abandonment of listlessness and inattention. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States She thought there was the same curious hint of indifference, something of listlessness, almost fatigue in the expression of his eyes. The Danger Mark Her memory was not retentive; she had also a certain listlessness of manner during lessons which was at times very annoying. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories He looked around him with a listlessness that showed the stupor had not yet worn off. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley As he saw her, his listlessness fell from him and he ran forward anxiously. Roads from Rome He is shaking off the listlessness which has clung to him ever since he was born. Under Handicap A Novel The hæmorrhages, which are so characteristic of the disease, are usually preceded for some weeks by a cachectic condition, with listlessness and debility and disinclination for movement. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. A listlessness was upon him that the ozone of the prairies had never let him feel. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman That look passed away in the next moment, and left her with her usual air of languid indifference; a placid kind of listlessness which harmonised very well with her pale complexion and delicate features. Milly Darrell and Other Tales Every feverish morning, with its blank listlessness and despair, seemed more hateful than the last; every coming night more impossible to brave without arming herself in leaden stupor. Scenes of Clerical Life While the hunter was speaking, the Catawba had lapsed into statue-like listlessness, his gaze fixed upon the eddying flood which held the secret of the vanished cavalcade. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady One week followed another without any improvement in his condition; and indeed as time went on he fell into a condition of irritable listlessness which filled his partner with concern. David Harum A Story of American Life A physical listlessness, very unusual to her, lay upon her like a weight. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Fever shows its touch in the "gooseberry" eye, dull and clouded; in the moist pallor of the skin, and in a general listlessness. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa There is, therefore, no drag or listlessness in her class in reading, because, during this exercise, life is as buoyant and spontaneous as it is upon the playground. The Vitalized School You hear the wild song of the Spanish fruit-man as he sculls his boat along the broken wharves, and are soothed into utter listlessness by the thousand perfumes that come off with the land-breeze. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays With a tired listlessness, Elise returned and sank into a chair, from the back of which an underskirt was hanging disconsolately. The Parts Men Play The childish expression left the girl's eyes, the listlessness left her attitude. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman These days of peace and restful, luxurious living had robbed Gladys of her wearied listlessness, had given to her delicate cheek a bloom long absent from it. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow There was a return of listlessness and an indifference to his coming which constantly increased. The Black Pearl She seemed to take a malicious pleasure in checkmating him by her personal remarks, her disenchanting answers, and her apparent listlessness. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 It is to sweep away listlessness and pessimism and weariness and all the complicated miseries of those whose circumstances allow idleness and whose energies are not sufficient to force activity. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Pure, idle, unproductive listlessness is the necessary cause of such enjoyment. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two Her listlessness vanished, her pensive moods became things of the past. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow His listlessness vanished quickly enough, however, at sight of the Knight and his following; and bowing to the ground he asked how he might serve them. Beatrix of Clare There was a certain hardness in her young face, a certain pallor and listlessness in her movements which Borrowdean did not fail to note. A Lost Leader That boy with the long dark hair drooping on his forehead, contrasting so vividly against his sallow skin—you might imagine from the listlessness of his actions that the day's work was just beginning. Sally Bishop A Romance She also complained bitterly of her head aching, and moved about with a listlessness very different to her usual activity. Fern's Hollow But this listlessness in most branches of practical religion must partly be attributed to a cause which gives the history of religious thought in the eighteenth century its principal importance. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Taking advantage of the listlessness of the army, the Bolshevist propaganda developed and at the same time increased the desire of the soldiers to fight no more. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy His great frame, his bearing, the air of him, had quietude, but not listlessness; there seemed at once calm and intensity as of a still center that had flung off the storm. Foes Moreover, to the intellectual listlessness which a pupil's lack of interest in any study involves, must be added the paralysing fear of consequences. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library He did not get up till very late, and complained to me more than once of a terrible listlessness and dejection to which he was liable during the earlier part of the day. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College She at present appeared perfectly satisfied with her unaccustomed listlessness, from which however she was soon aroused. The Home in the Valley "Yes," she said, and her listlessness began to disappear. The Summons Emotion, when it must rest, provided for it a dull place of listlessness and discontent. Foes Let listlessness prevail, and when an apostle of evil does arise, perhaps in the not distant future, he will appeal to the past for his justification. The Young Priest's Keepsake Her listlessness fell from, her like a mantle, and she watched, motionless! Idolatry A Romance But it is worthy to be observed, that she did not, like ordinary persons under extreme anguish of mind, suffer her understanding, in the mean time, to sink into listlessness and debility. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman But at one word from me there was no more listlessness; and Rani called them to quarters. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut Another equally powerful exists, which must remain inexplicable to him who knows not to escape from the listlessness of life—it is the passion for literary occupation. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions When he started up the three flights of stairs to that little flat where he was to look upon his dead, he was calm to the point of listlessness. The Vehement Flame The moments lost in listlessness, or squandered in dissipation, are perhaps hours, days, weeks, months, years. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader Her listlessness, however, was only bodily, for into her eyes some eager spirit had leapt and her hands went out involuntarily. Married Life The True Romance They were, poor fellows, surrendering themselves to the benumbing influences of a listlessness and fatal indifference to life! History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Awakening at noon the listlessness was gone, and she felt stronger. The Poor Little Rich Girl Slaves are remarkable for their listlessness and indolence, and the little interest they manifest in anything. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery What was this strange mingling of energy and listlessness? A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. His idea was to get behind this sustained listlessness. The Ragged Edge Their mission almost completed, they began to sink into that listlessness which is often the precursor of death. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens But it was not long before the listlessness and low spirits returned; Menzel showed a sad tendency to shirk his duty; and before noon there came a crash. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature The weather had turned suddenly warm, and Hilary's listlessness had increased proportionately, which probably accounted for the dying out of what little interest she had felt at first in Patience's "mysterious letter." The S. W. F. Club The prospects of Irish Agriculture under Home Rule include the return, after a brief chapter of "hope, and energy the child of hope," to the old cycle of bitterness and listlessness and despair. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union It brought pallor to his face and listlessness in the daily duties that bore upon him. The Ramrodders A Novel He tramped on along the hot white road, till he found himself in the sleepy little town, where the grass grew between the granite sets in the roadways and a dreamy listlessness pervaded all things. Pearl of Pearl Island This narrows down the investigation of your symptoms—listlessness, general dejection, and all—to three causes,—dyspepsia, religious conflicts, love. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature He was rather afraid, in the beginning, that her quiet ways arose from a listlessness and laziness of character, which would have been exceedingly discordant to his active, energetic nature. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages When trade is declining a general listlessness comes over the industrial world, and the output falls still further. Outspoken Essays Received a severe reproof from Deborah this evening on account of the listlessness which prevailed in the school, also the immorality of some of the pupils' minds. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years By this I was most thoroughly a mill-girl in appearance, at least; my clothes were white with cotton, my hair far from tidy; fatigue and listlessness unassumed were in my attitude. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls She had the listlessness of an enlightened person who has to explain, over and over again, to stupid children some rudimentary point of the multiplication table. The Inheritors "But," he added, with a shade more listlessness than before, "Society has become accustomed to do without them, and does ill without them, but we must conform to her." Red Pottage The girl eyed me with a sulky listlessness, a little inquisitively, I thought. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Mark felt no gratitude; in fact at this period he felt nothing except a kind of surly listlessness. The Altar Steps As she sat down at the bench and fitted her glass in her eye the chatter of the others, pitched in the high key of unusual excitement, penetrated even her listlessness. Half Portions It’s the awful drag of listlessness, mental and physical, that is the worst after-effect of these marsh fevers; they drain the energy out of you in bucketfuls, and it trickles back again in teaspoonfuls. When William Came Despite Chris and her ceaseless efforts to keep joy at the flood, a listlessness stole over the little party as the day wore on. Children of the Mist We recognise also the rheumatic type of child with a tendency to chorea, and in contrast to this a type with listlessness, immobility, and katatonia. The Nervous Child Haward heard the words, but even in the act of quickening his pace to lay a heavy hand upon the speaker's shoulder a listlessness came upon him, and he forbore. Audrey The more urgent the need of resourcefulness and guidance, the greater were the listlessness and confusion. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Apathy and listlessness no longer held her in bondage; the full horror of the irrevocable gripped her. Stories of the Border Marches Fatigue of purpose brings a listlessness of effort, a shirking of the strenuous, the more distressing because the victim is often enough an idealist with over-lofty purposes. The Nervous Housewife She now exhibited an extreme listlessness and profound melancholy. The Red Redmaynes In the prevailing listlessness, the mere fact of increased mental activity was of importance. The Liberation of Italy Coryndon nodded silently; his eyes lit up with interest and all his listlessness vanished as he watched the door. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Cally had stood listening with a kind of numbed listlessness, ready to go at the first opportunity, now that the real purpose of the interview was discharged. V. V.'s Eyes A great listlessness was all he could read there. Wide Courses The home life of the people gives an impression of listlessness that is in marked contrast to that of the West. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The message of redeeming mercy is often received with utter listlessness—often with an evident disgust—and sometimes with an openly avowed hostility. The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. Now and then he made notes in his guide-book, but with a good-humored listlessness which would have disarmed the most suspicious of military detectives. The Son of Clemenceau It was a game well calculated to interest the little girl even in the listlessness and apathy of fever. V. V.'s Eyes Manguino turned to being ill and he spent the major part of the next several years in a state of listlessness. Scorched Earth Her form was of a delicate slenderness and her movement easy and graceful with just a little of that languid listlessness considered as a mark of well-bred femininity. In the Clutch of the War-God This home life of the very poor Chinese, if indeed it may be called home life, has a listlessness about it in marked contrast to that of the West. Across China on Foot The listlessness left his own that minute and a new light shone on his countenance. Vanguards of the Plains But the stranger did not show any further curiosity and Hamilton was puzzled to account for his general listlessness. The Boy With the U.S. Census Nevertheless his habitual listlessness was not disturbed, and he pursued his peculiar train of reflections. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Field's talent as a farceur and a mimic enabled him to assume and carry out the expression of bored listlessness which was the popular idea of the leader of aesthetes. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Her features were regular, and when raised from her usual listlessness, full of expression. Newton Forster Hearing his bidding and his heart complying, losing all listlessness of body or spirit, his soul embraced the terms of this most excellent salvation. Sacred Books of the East But he turned away with an appearance of listlessness, for, if he were observed, he did not care to have a watcher note his interest in the servant's coming. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers A scirrhus, or a hard unnatural swelling of the matrix is generally produced by neglected, or imperfectly cured phlegm, which, insensibly, hinders the functions of the womb, and predisposes the whole body to listlessness. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy She felt the powers of her understanding enlarge in proportion; and, with this mental activity, she sought to solace the languor of her heart and save it from the listlessness of despair. Marriage He thought her listlessness indifference, and any bluntness in moral tone in a woman, scandalized him. The Purple Heights Keep your heart carefully—give not place to listlessness! earnestly practise every good work. Sacred Books of the East Arrival at Nazareth—Franciscan convent—Tabarith—Mount Tabor—Lake of Gennesareth—Baths—Mount Carmel—Grotto of the prophet Elijah—Acre—The pacha’s harem—Oriental women—Their listlessness and ignorance—Sur or Tyre. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy He testified with the listlessness of many repetitions to the sordid facts of San Francisco's betrayal by venal public servants. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts This in no sour or irritable humour; but with a listlessness and apartness hopeless to overcome. Deadham Hard Muriel tossed aside her listlessness as resolutely as the ball-dress that had been laid out for the evening's festivity, and plunged at once into preparations for her journey. The Way of an Eagle His listlessness vanished as his eye fell upon his own name. The Moon Rock The expression of fear vanished, and listlessness gave place to a springing elasticity of motion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 If present at the devotional exercises, she finds it difficult to command her attention even when desirous of so doing, and her deportment at this hour is, accordingly, marked with an unbecoming listlessness and abstraction. The Teacher "Isn't that just the most awful problem of all, the listlessness which falls on many of us, as the limitations draw round and the net encloses us?" Father Payne Very pretty it looked, with the flames blowing about in the twilight; but what took my attention was the listlessness of the boys and their lack of interest in the proceeding. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul When the gas is present in the air in sufficient proportion, it causes death, and a very small quantity will cause headache, listlessness, and other unpleasant effects. Science in the Kitchen. To the expression of listlessness and desolation which he had previously noticed, there was now added a look of bewilderment and fear. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 They were obliged to ply their oars with unusual vigor to keep themselves warm and comfortable, and thus probably felt less than we, the dulness and listlessness of the cold, rainy, October day. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest On the first evening, after an hour of listlessness, Max hesitatingly asked:-- "Where is Yo--that is, the princess has not been here this evening." Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy The inadequate supervision which overlooks or condones this listlessness is, of course, itself also the result of a similar failure to realise responsibility. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics What is to become of us, thus placed between the devil of mob ignorance and corruption, and the deep sea of genteel listlessness and superficiality? Studies in Literature "The way did not open" for them to be so active; and why should his zeal rebuke their listlessness? Isaac T. Hopper She guessed at once the cause of his furrowed brow, the listlessness with which he responded to her caresses, the gloomy fire that was smouldering in his eyes. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Yes," answered a voice politely, a voice with a shade of listlessness in its depths, "fine indeed. Where the Trail Divides His deed lives in memory, it lives in weakness or strength of impulse, it lives in disease or in health, it lives in mental listlessness or in mental vigor. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy It is certainly not wholly due to misery, but rather to listlessness, due to discouragement, and acting adversely in many ways. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Mr. P. is bearing up bravely, but feels the listlessness of which I spoke, and finds sermonising hard work. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The same listlessness with regard to affairs in Utah pervaded the Cabinet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 With dull listlessness, the girl propped herself up in bed and sat looking about her. Where the Trail Divides Let them not plead, in excuse for listlessness and indifference, that it is God alone who 'maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth.' A Visit to the United States in 1841 There was an absence of spirit that quickly gave rise to listlessness and fatigue, and that left the physical energies weak and languid, in the latter case, it was far otherwise. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII One of the hard things about bereavement is the physical prostration and listlessness which make it next to impossible to pray, and quite impossible to feel the least interest in anything. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss These words, however, made but little impression upon them, on account of the listlessness of their minds, arising from the long elevation of their thoughts above their ordinary labors and employments. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love He complained of the listlessness and want of attention of the Indians to the truths by Mr. G., his spiritual guide. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers A cold listlessness, unfamiliar to her nature, came over her when the two men were gone. Taquisara The indescribable listlessness of seasickness, the varied state of feeling which changes with the wind and weather, have often been described. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. What will scarcely be credited, now that the industry of Scotland has become educated by a century's discipline of work, was the inconceivable listlessness and idleness of the people. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain But the habit of listlessness and idleness may already have become confirmed, and they are unable to break the bonds with which they have permitted themselves to become bound. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body. Sunday under Three Heads They had not made many steps,—in truth, they were lingering in the entry, with the listlessness of an accomplished purpose, uncertain what to do next,—when Phoebe ran to meet them. House of the Seven Gables Next to madness occur the different stages of spleen, dejection and listlessness. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Some of these had ladies with them, to whom they were showing the premises; others were lounging on the chairs and sofas; others, in a perfect state of exhaustion from listlessness, were yawning drearily. American Notes And now they are back in the courtyard wherefrom, at their appearance, listlessness vanishes, and all the faces become alert and interested once more. An Outcast of the Islands The well-strung muscles loosening, the heart beating a slower measure, the busy mind drowsing off to listlessness. Gulliver of Mars I really believe that we had abandoned hope, and that the basis of our listlessness was despair; and surely not without reason. Under the Andes She began to lean forward and look on at things with an interest so unlike her Stornham listlessness that Betty's heart was moved. The Shuttle Gale's listlessness vanished in a flash of thought. Desert Gold As she sat down at the bench and fitted her glass in her eye, the chatter of the others, pitched in the high key of unusual excitement, penetrated even her listlessness. One Basket |
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