| 单词 | luckless |
| 例句 | I decided one day in the middle of an algebraic equation to change my luckless life by changing my hands. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So in the end the luckless consumer pays his taxes but gets his poisons regardless. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Puzzled and luckless, she dragged herself home clutching stalks of anything that blossomed along the edges of lots and other people’s gardens. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s lost the pathetic, luckless expression on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Scheele was both an extraordinary and extraordinarily luckless fellow. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There were streamers of the red flesh of some luckless opponent still clinging to some of the points, though other soldiers were trying to clean them off. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a little luckless in romance at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Leper, luckless in his last year as all the others, had been moved to a room lost in an old building off somewhere in the trees toward the gym. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was obvious that he was going to have one of his rages—but Agravaine was one of those luckless intellectuals who are too proud to give in to brute force. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A man stepped menacingly from the corner brandishing a long pole, and Kit winced as two sharp raps descended on each luckless head. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In fact, we hadn’t hidden it at all but had simply left it where it fell in hopes that some luckless passer-by would stumble over it before anyone even noticed he was missing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She told him where he was and that the people of the country were kind to luckless wanderers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Readers of The Times in London were told that what was otherwise an “imposing ceremony” was “rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President Lincoln.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Standing by the gravesite is the police chief, Douglas Raymer, just a minor character in “Nobody’s Fool” but now the luckless, misanthropic hero of the new novel. ‘Everybody’s Fool’ by Richard Russo: A wry, bittersweet sequel to ‘Nobody’s Fool’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The first foe was a tremendous zombie bear who dispatched the first of who knows how many luckless, nameless Wildlings. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 6: Seeing Is Believing 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Brash and feisty, proud and luckless, Margaret toils in a dollar store, a job that barely keeps her and a disabled daughter afloat. Playwright’s working-class roots inspired Seattle Rep’s ‘Good People’ 2013-03-07T20:19:42Z And the file doesn’t paint him as the luckless and anonymous loner depicted in his novels. The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z In it, the secret behind the "space jockey," the petrified extraterrestrial pilot with the ruptured chest found by the luckless crew of "Alien's" space freighter Nostromo, is revealed. Michael Fassbender brightens alien world of 'Prometheus' 2012-06-06T17:15:04Z The other principal plotline follows the fortunes — or rather the misfortunes — of a lowly and luckless private called Sad Sack. Review: ‘Blueprint Specials’: What the Soldiers and Sailors May Have Seen in World War II Shows 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Cole’s father, a luckless small-time businessman, moved his family from place to place. Thomas Cole, American Moralist 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Latest exhibit is The Human Centipede, in which a mad surgeon splices together the gastric systems of three luckless victims, though the centipede element is more metaphorical than arthropod. Anne Billson 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z Teng’s songs play throughout “Comrades,” beacons of sorts which remind the luckless pair of one another as well as of the China they’ve left behind. The Melancholy Pop Idol Who Haunts China 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Why You Should Watch: This Is Us may have initially seemed like a tearjerker about a luckless family that's still full of love. 16 TV Shows That Deserve a Second Chance This Fall 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z It's just that even the Bard himself would have his work cut out as a dramatist in clearing the daunting obstacles that have been placed in the path of the luckless lovers, Carrie and Brody. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z Last week, Netflix released its live-action adaptation of “Cowboy Bebop,” a jazzy series about a bunch of luckless bounty hunters on a ship called the Bebop. The Good, the Bad and the Jazzy: What ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Gets Right and Wrong 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The largely luckless Pied Piper crew finally finds itself in charge, as well as a man down. Mike Judge on ‘Silicon Valley,’ T.J. Miller’s Exit and How ‘Idiocracy’ Endures 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z And if the spies hadn't had me at that age, some equally luckless institution would have done, and after a couple of years I'd have been digging my way out. John le Carré: 'I was a secret even to myself' 2013-04-12T20:01:01Z In the southern coastal town of Kep, where we spent the night after our luckless afternoon at Bokor, we camped near a family that lived in a shack on the coast. Journeys: Driving Through Cambodia: A Road Trip Through Ruins and Unexplored Highways 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z Bornheimer, unforgettable as the luckless newlywed in "Worst Week," plays Perry Gill, a workaholic financial planner and a romantic. "Romantically Challenged" not likely to win hearts 2010-04-17T00:30:00Z He has taken pity on the luckless 35-year-old Becky who works as a temp in his office: she feels a similar concern for the partner-free Max, a financial whiz-kid reared by her own family. Review 2011-01-21T00:42:01Z It matters that it is set in a minimum security prison, whose inmates are more luckless than evil, more preyed upon than predators. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 2 is a good cellmate 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z These cables were read at the New York court investigation, and Joseph Conrad, who attended some of the hearings, began referring to Ismay as “the luckless ‘Yamsi.’ They really have no shame: From the Koch brothers to Woody Allen, how bad actors justify themselves 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Blame for the pregnancy is placed on a luckless security man, Lamb, who, if not exactly led to the slaughter, is reduced to a state of catatonia. The Hothouse – review 2013-05-09T23:06:09Z The target was that man’s boss, a luckless councilman who had his own retina skewered in quick order. 'Gotham' Recap: Land Deals and Flutes of Death 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z A comic riff on the lives of the expendable and luckless, “Redshirts” plays off a phenomenon that science-fiction fans have long recognized. In ‘Redshirts,’ John Scalzi Gives Expendables a Life 2012-07-06T22:52:40Z Bell case, which concluded with the court allowing Virginia to sterilize a poor, luckless teenager. SCOTUS’ shameful eugenics history: “We don’t provide the kind of justice that we claim to in our society” 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z That was what the manhunt for years had been all about—luck—and, after so many luckless years, the karma this time was going to be different. Whitey Bulger: Secrets behind the capture of the FBI’s most wanted man 2013-02-24T17:00:00Z There's a chihuahua scowling in a cape, a golden retriever Fenton-ing after a luckless terrier and a lurcher that looks like a retired academic. Sarah Dempster's TV OD: Wonderland - Walking With Dogs 2012-10-12T15:00:00Z The luckless audience is invited on all of their dates. Theater Review: In ‘A Second Chance,’ Singing New York Lovers 2014-03-31T02:00:01Z A sweet, shambling poem to the tenacity of hope and the sustaining power of friendship, “Hunter Gatherer” joins two luckless strivers on a picaresque journey to nowhere. Review: ‘Hunter Gatherer’ Profiles Two Men Living on the Margins 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Yet for months afterward, he drifted about Los Angeles lucklessly, alternately sleeping in his car or on Mr. Cretton’s couch, as all of his auditions led to naught. Lakeith Stanfield Is Playing Us All 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Novak, best known for his performance as the ambitious but luckless Ryan Howard on the television show “The Office,” is writing a follow-up to his bestselling children’s book, “The Book With No Pictures.” B.J. Novak is writing another book with no pictures 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z With the death of Penny — an immigrant to Australia from Eastern Europe who is simultaneously lucky and luckless and one of the most beautifully drawn characters in the book — the puzzle has been shattered. The Season’s Standout Crossover Y.A. Novels 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The luckless chap, of course, is Oedipus, the mythical Greek king frequently associated in psychoanalysis with an unconscious drive to kill one's same-sex parent and possess the other. Review: Balagan experiments boldly with 'Oedipus' 2010-05-27T20:18:00Z On one occasion, De Niro and his father hauled some of his paintings around Paris, on an ill-advised and luckless sales mission, before the son planted his father on the return flight to New York. Robert De Niro's thawing continues with HBO doc about late artist father 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z But O’Toole’s most luckless misstep has been his premature exultation in the failure of Boris Johnson to become prime minister. The Real Meaning of the Brexit Debate 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z At times when I’ve felt like one of its sad-sack antiheroes — luckless, friendless, dumped, alone — that book has been high comic nourishment. Books of The Times: ?Lucky Bruce,? a Memoir by Bruce Jay Friedman - Review 2011-10-10T22:35:49Z Even the occasional rebrand, to aliases including New Jersey Reds and New York Nationals, failed to prevent them from becoming a pop culture synonym for luckless losers. One win, 17,000 defeats - life as a Washington General 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t a very popular kid at school,” Danny tells Rya; and Holland, though 27 and British, does impressively inhabit a luckless American high school student. Review: 'The Crowded Room' is a crime thriller starring Tom Holland (no spoilers) 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The rest of the cast is a motley lot: luckless tourists, lamebrain teen punks, unfortunate law-enforcement officers and bungling drug dealers. ‘Cocaine Bear’ review: A violently mediocre drug-fueled creature feature 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z As a kid growing up in 1950s Silver Spring, I often listened to Arch McDonald and Bob Wolf, then the radio voices of the luckless Washington Senators. Perspective | A loud super-fan: Remembering ‘the Howling Marine’ of Griffith Stadium 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Fighting began with a luckless, three-pronged invasion of Canada. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Every summer, the army forced thousands of luckless serfs to leave home and work in St. Petersburg. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Senegal goalkeeper conjured at least four saves, the best coming off Christian Norgaard’s overhead kick, either side of Bryan Mbeumo twice hitting the post for Thomas Frank’s luckless hosts. Mendy, Chilwell earn Chelsea 1-0 win at Brentford in EPL 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Only one division series this fall is truly a clash of the luckless. Mr. Joctober: Pederson’s Blast Was all the Offense Atlanta Needed 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Even the subway that ferries lawmakers, staff, media and visitors between the Capitol and the Senate office buildings broke down on Thursday, trapping a couple of luckless riders for a brief period. Lurching From Crisis to Crisis, Congress Is Addicted to Cliffs 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The researchers also modeled what the insects would see in their visual systems, and found that the luckless prey may not be able to spot the difference between a hungry spider and actual bird droppings. Looks Like Bird Dung. But It’s Really a Predatory Spider. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But Luton then wrapped up the three points early in the second half with an equally soft penalty of their own, converted by James Collins, for handball against a luckless Grant Hanley. Leaders Norwich well beaten at Luton 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Friendship grows between a rich family’s matriarch and a luckless pregnant woman mistaken for a dead heir’s dead wife. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z There are times, though, when Villa feel luckless. Premier League, Championship and Europe: weekend talking points 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Whether luckless or useless, Bravo’s presence can seem to gift the opposition a goal head-start and make it feel that City are playing with 10 men. FA Cup third round: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Ships plunged into the frozen unknown and vanished, inspiring other ships to launch daring but luckless missions to rescue them. Special Report: Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z They tend to be poor, luckless and lawyerless, advocates and researchers say. The Trump administration’s immigration jails are packed, but deportations are lower than in Obama era 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Jan Moir, discovering a sudden affinity with “luckless Africans”, argued in the Mail that it was wildly inappropriate for this wealthy couple to complain about their lot with Angola as a backdrop. I feel sorry for Meghan and Harry, but being a royal comes with a price | Emma Brockes 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But after three months of political pyrotechnics, Mr. Johnson is confronting many of the same problems as his luckless predecessor, Mrs. May. E.U. May Be on Verge of Brexit Deal, Though Approval in U.K. Is Not Assured 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Rizzo made the final putout of Game 7 in the 2016 World Series, a cathartic moment for a luckless organization and its legion of fans. Joe Maddon Will Not Return to Cubs Next Season 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The ball went in off the luckless Walker and, unfortunately for Stones, the centre-half was also partly at fault again when Promes added the third goal with 114 minutes on the clock. England extra-time misery after John Stones’ blunder lets in Netherlands 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z If that luckless franchise can win, then maybe, someday, the star-crossed Mariners will take their turn. Trying Something New to Finally Bring a Title to Seattle 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Although the aircraft was not at risk by Burns’s behaviour, the judge said “for the luckless and unfortunate passengers and crew there is no escape at 30,000ft”. Lawyer jailed for spitting at flight attendant during racist tirade 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Nearly four decades ago, Washington and the political world were rocked by the audacious challenge that the star-crossed Sen. Edward M. Kennedy mounted against the incumbent president of his own party, the luckless Jimmy Carter. Review | Carter and Kennedy’s bitter battle for the presidential nomination in 1980 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z A luckless figure with a quiet voice and an unassuming manner, Mr. Galvan was the first witness who could be described as a minor worker bee. El Chapo Trial: How a Divorce Pushed One Man to a Career in the Sinaloa Drug Cartel 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The situation was already dangerous and a rash challenge from the luckless Papastathopoulos did nothing to improve it. Roberto Firmino hits hat-trick as Liverpool rout shambolic Arsenal 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Later, there’s James Franco playing a luckless bank robber who winds up with a noose around his neck — on two separate occasions. ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’: Coen brothers’ Western hits the right notes 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Escovedo, who is sixty-seven, was about to release a new album, his fourteenth as a solo artist, on top of a few with a run of beloved but luckless punk-ish bands. Alejandro Escovedo’s Return to the Border 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Here are the people you don’t see in the malls – the blue-uniformed migrant workers in the Gulf, the homeless and luckless in America. An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z On the other coast, the Colts plan for their recently luckless quarterback to take some snaps against the Seahawks. Mayfield debuts, Luck returns as NFL preseason gets in gear 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But the citizens of Hinashi Town hate the merpeople, whom they believe raid their nets and devour luckless fishermen who fall overboard. Japanese animation 'Lu Over the Wall' gives mermaid tale new life 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Rampage, on the other hand, puts a heavy narrative burden on Davis’ fears for George, and his determination to save the luckless animal from both the science experiment and the military. Rampage is laughably dumb, but at least there’s plenty of rampaging 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z That is, he achieved it the next day, by winning a 36-hole playoff with the luckless Craig Wood, the silver medalist for the second year in a row. There have been four double eagles made in Masters history. Here's the story behind each one - Golf Digest 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The luckless 28-year-old is back from injury after his latest lengthy spell on the sidelines but remains the club’s top scorer this season with only six goals in 16 Premier League appearances. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Rather than put a brave face on a luckless situation, a small number of Koreans simply change theirs. In South Korea fortune-telling will soon be a $3.7bn business 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z On Friday afternoon, Brooks described Beal’s shot without regret, but as a luckless situation. Wizards’ John Wall still on crutches for the foreseeable future 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The Daily Telegraph calls it a "tragic farce", but acknowledges that Mrs May was "luckless". News Daily: May speech fallout and rail strikes 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The luckless scientist died in prison shortly after his capture; his belongings were auctioned off to the highest bidders. Pirates — yes, pirates — may be why the U.S. doesn’t use the metric system 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Yet if Palace are pointless, goalless and possibly luckless and he may soon be jobless, Burnley are buoyant. Chris Wood seals victory for Burnley to leave Crystal Palace pointless 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z But when they underestimated an approaching hurricane, at least 250 luckless World War I vets died, caught in the path of the most intense hurricane that has ever struck the United States. The True Story of the Most Intense Hurricane You've Never Heard Of 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The song’s protagonist seems to have ambled straight out of the dustbowl, an everyman doomed by luckless love to roam, rootless and alone, in constant search of redemptive purpose. Hank Williams – 10 of the best 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z As they become acquainted over elaborate scenarios involving the destruction of a luckless Bundt cake, it becomes clear that these two angelic teens are meant for each other. Review: The theory of ‘Everything, Everything’ is ‘don’t overthink’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps that’s what separates a lucky person from a luckless one. “A Small Flame” 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The Nationals looked dull all afternoon, lifeless and luckless after one of the ugliest losses in their history Saturday night. Nationals come to life, then lose to Phillies in the ninth 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The luckless Adams then went close three times in as many minutes, with a header cleared off line before diverting Tesche's shot just over, then being denied at close range by Green. Birmingham City 1-3 Leeds United 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s only because it’s the directionless, luckless Browns that Griffin will get a final opportunity. Robert Griffin III has a final shot as an NFL starter. But only because it’s the Browns. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Four of Pittsburgh’s next five games are on the road and even the luckless Browns hardly seem like a pushover for a team that hasn’t won away from Heinz Field since Week 1. Steelers closing ranks as losing streak hits 4 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The luckless, like Bella or the deaf-mute, had no choice but to follow the path assigned to them. “A Small Flame” 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Stevenson was to the Democratic Party what Thomas Dewey had been to the Republicans: a luckless two-time loser. Sixty years and nothing to show: The slow decay of American politics since Eisenhower, Stevenson 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The luckless pursuit, however, was not a total bust. Police in Las Vegas forge close ties to the city’s Muslim community 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z They’re the aimless, the shiftless, the thoughtless, and the luckless of the world, the kind of people who can’t seem to catch a break. Three types of onscreen losers at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z No more tales of Dusty and Lefty, the luckless cowboys. Goodbye, Lake Wobegon: ‘Prairie Home’ is getting a new host 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Last year's fifth The New One, the mount of jockey Sam Twiston-Davies, is being talked up for the race in which he was also a luckless third in 2014. Cheltenham Festival 2016: From Willie Mullins to Victoria Pendleton 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z In the “Peanuts” story, Charlie Brown and the gang prep for the annual Christmas pageant as luckless Chuck seeks to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Best Christmas films to watch this year 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z And boom – no more legs for your luckless foes. 12 more things in Fallout 4 they don't tell you, but advanced players need to know 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z It was clear on Sunday that the luckless victims in Le Café Bonne Bière had been those sitting in prime tables next to the window. Parisians reclaim their streets as survivors recall terror of massacre 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z The Cardinals barely held off luckless Baltimore on Monday night, 26-18, clinching the win with Tony Jefferson’s interception in the end zone with 6 seconds to play. Arians gets his close win, Ravens another tough loss 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The Cardinals barely held off luckless Baltimore on Monday night, 26-18, clinching the win with Tony Jefferson's interception in the end zone with 6 seconds to play. Arians gets his close victory, Ravens get another close defeat 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z And the Arizona Cardinals escaped with a 26-18 victory over the luckless Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. Johnson rolls over defender, Cardinals beat Ravens 26-18 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Messi had forced a fine save in the first half and hit the post in the second on a luckless night for the Argentina forward. Celta Vigo stuns Barcelona 4-1, Real Madrid wins 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And if, in the next 30 seconds, the luckless visitor touches another hair, wham, the trap snaps shut in a 10th of a second — three times faster than the blink of an eye. Plants That Are Predators 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He said he was "very much looking forward to hosting You're Fired" and hoped "that the luckless candidates will see me as the friendly face at the end of a difficult time in their lives". Jack Dee to host The Apprentice show You're Fired - BBC News 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Hillenbrand, who wrote the best-selling books “Seabiscuit” and “Unbroken,” followed the filly’s career closely — second-place finishes at the Preakness and the Belmont in 1980 and then a difficult, luckless life trying to produce offspring. ‘Seabiscuit’ author Laura Hillenbrand helps save famous racehorse’s offspring 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z For decades, this cast of characters provided a diffuse, luckless counternarrative to the salt-and-sun-kissed Florida that tourists spy from their beach towels. Both Hapless and Harebrained, ‘Florida Man’ Enlivens Internet 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z He learned hard-time lessons from luckless convicts who later made that long walk to the death chamber, hands shackled to their belts, a phalanx of guards in tow. Nevada barber lives by lessons from former clients on Georgia's death row 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Gerrard, the leader of Liverpool for more than a decade and England’s national team captain at the last World Cup, might seem to be luckless — or a liability to the causes he strives for. An Ugly Final Chapter to Gerrard's Long Career at Liverpool 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for the luckless teen, her tweet was spotted by store owner Robert Waple. Teen Gets Fired For a Tweet Before Before Starting Pizza Store Job 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Nothing could ruin Ernie Bank's positive vibes, not even the luckless team he made you love. Hall of Famer Ernie Banks larger than life on and off the field 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z We’ve already seen that Iran and North Korea will hold backpackers and students on laughable pretexts just to use those luckless Americans as bargaining chips. Obama, Cuba and the Next Alan Gross 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z As President Obama has become a Jimmy Carter-like figure — hapless, luckless and increasingly friendless — most prospective GOP presidential candidates are positioning themselves as Ronald Reagan’s rightful heir. Republicans are stuck in a Reagan time warp But nobody’s search for belonging is met by leaving some luckless foreigner destitute; all he’s demonstrating is that he’s not listening. Foreigners taking all the best housing? Sounds familiar 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The Giants are pretty much the West Coast version of the Cardinals, but with fewer overall World Series appearances recently and more luckless decades before this one. Which Baseball Team Deserves a Title? Consult the Suffering Index 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z And it was left to those who took the pounding during the four-week war, particularly residents of this luckless sliver of seaside territory, to question whether anything of worth could be found. As Israel and Hamas claim victory, Gaza residents ask what was gained 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z National statutes, UN protocols and who knows how many luckless souls bolted up in cells round the world affirm that the old prohibitionist order has not collapsed. The Guardian view on overdue overhauling of US and global drug laws 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z That’s when financial giant Lehman Brothers collapsed, taking with it in house-of-cards fashion other Wall Street firms and a good chunk of the auto industry, along with a lot of other luckless companies. Tennessee editorial roundup 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z On a flat pitch, however, England's luckless bowlers could not drive home their advantage as Sri Lanka closed on 140-1. Sri Lanka rally after Root double ton 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In power, Lula lost his image of the luckless leftie, and Brazil also lost its image as the eternal country of the future. Brazil’s politicians banking on World Cup victory to help soothe unrest 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z The Belmont Stakes of 1977 turned out to be an exercise in futility for Seattle Slew’s luckless foes. California Chrome targets Triple Crown glory in the Belmont Stakes 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The story follows a luckless young Londoner, played by Cynthia Erivo, who becomes a contestant on the ITV talent show only to find herself beset by the vicissitudes of overnight fame. X Factor musical to close early 2014-04-27T08:27:28Z Is it the rage of the luckless survivor that propels him to the rim? On Pro Basketball: A Knick With Unmatched Pride, Scars and All 2014-03-28T02:45:55Z These luckless people, most in their 50s and 60s, have emerged this month as early winners under the nation's new health insurance system. Older Americans are early winners under health law 2014-02-17T21:21:03Z The luckless fools flick the switches I disconnected earlier, while Conway calmly travels overhead like a ghost. Gunpoint – review 2013-06-03T13:30:09Z Wood was 8-9 that season and missed two months with a strained triceps, just another trip to the disabled list for the luckless flamethrower. Washington Nationals 2013: the curse of high expectations 2013-03-29T15:40:00Z Sky Lantern was last seen in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf, when a luckless and running-on eighth. Richard Hannon Jr says Toronado runs in Craven Stakes at Newmarket 2013-03-21T19:47:55Z Suddenly, the often luckless Blue Jackets are one of the hottest teams in hockey. Chan wins gold medal 2013-03-16T03:46:04Z The press quickly focused on luckless fellow driver Hazel Loveday, who dropped out of the syndicate six months earlier. Corby's lottery-winning bus drivers: what happened next? 2013-01-21T07:00:00Z The luckless Charlotte Bobcats extended their losing streak to 18 games after a 98-95 loss to the New Orleans Hornets in Charlotte. Oklahoma City Thunder trounce Rockets as Houston offence goes cold 2012-12-30T14:59:59Z The luckless hostages are shown fleetingly, as in a moment when their captors line them up for mock executions by a firing squad. City Room: The Day: After 'Argo,' a New Spotlight on a Hostage Crisis 2012-11-27T14:18:10Z Not only has the playing squad been almost entirely overhauled but Ritchie benefited from a new broom in the boardroom with a strong new executive team largely recruited by his luckless predecessor, Steele. Is the England revolution heading in right direction on and off pitch? 2012-11-09T15:07:59Z Like luckless cartoon characters, we finally got to the box office window just as they hung the “Sold Out” sign. Waiting in Lines, Some That Stretch and Wind, and Too Many That Disappoint 2012-10-15T05:20:01Z A frank admission from a fighter with much to prove, even if certain luckless car-jackers may not concur. Amir Khan to fight the undefeated Carlos Molina on 15 December 2012-10-09T17:39:45Z Kelly powered down the right, and though his cross was missed by Borini, the luckless Webster could not avoid the ball rebounding off him and into the back of the net. Hearts 0-1 Liverpool 2012-08-23T20:34:31Z There was drama in the 1,500 meters where luckless American Morgan Uceny fell again in a championship final, having tumbled in last year's world championships in Daegu, South Korea. Athletics: Defar denies Dibaba, U.S. relay record 2012-08-10T22:50:41Z On a few occasions you're a hulking beast, capable of swinging wildly in the general direction of luckless enemies. Brave: The Video Game – review 2012-07-23T12:43:46Z Meantime Bridget was quietly raising geysers of suds in her endeavors to conceal the luckless cap. The Misfit Christmas Puddings 2012-05-22T15:16:50.590Z The Norfolk peasants tie up a common house spider in a piece of muslin, and when the luckless long-legged spinner dies, the cough will soon disappear. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z He gave orders to respect luckless valour and to treat the captives with the greatest humanity. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Apparently in August, when Hegel qualified, the news of the discovery had not yet reached him, but critics have made this luckless suggestion the ground of attack on a priori philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z And we stumble over it in field and forest, like luckless treasure-hunters; when a ringing blow upon the dull rock would reveal filaments of gold, or the glancing light of crystals. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z A man and maid are plighting their troth in the tomb of an old knight, the girl's father, when the man lucklessly drops the ring through a crack in the floor of the tomb. Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z The luckless Unter-Leutnant, Hans Leutter, came in for a very bad time because he hadn't got rid of the second bomb. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z With remarkable celerity an officer and half a dozen seamen appeared from below, while at the same time a quick-firer was raised from its "housing", for'ard of the conning-tower, and trained upon the luckless Fidelity. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Far away do we live at the end of the watery plain, Nor before now have we ever had dealings with other mortals; But now there comes some luckless wanderer hither. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The authorities, recovering from their stupor, pursued the luckless wretches everywhere, who were slain like mad dogs. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z They are certainly a luckless bunch, all those would-be mayors not named Quinn. City Room: On the Campaign Trail, Reciting Family History 2012-04-16T13:10:48Z The luckless individual at the end of the wire was now dangling thirty feet below the bows of the fuselage. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Instantly a furious cannonade was opened upon the luckless light cruiser from half a dozen of her consorts. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There was absolutely nothing to be gained, either in India or England, by immediately forcing an English Envoy on the luckless Yakoub; while it enormously enhanced the difficulties with which he had to cope. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z This at once dissolved the spell by a mightier magic, and the luckless heretic was speedily reduced to ashes. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Every one of them lacked arms and ammunition, and all their wants were poured out to the luckless young Prince, who was expected to attend to every detail, and whose own supplies were wretchedly insufficient. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z However, with all due respect for Mr. Wakefield's "happy pictures," I do not see anything left, but his eyebrows, for the luckless bard to hang by! Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z Round and round hopped redhead, at each hop striking the luckless Diarmid right in the face, till at length, with one finishing blow, he brought him to the ground, stunned and senseless. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "Nay," contradicted the luckless Sir Charles, "I know you saw him only yesterday." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Three men were at his house and five here; but where was the other? for nine men were on board the luckless vessel, and here were but eight. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The luckless teacher was young and bashful, and the rolling marbles seemed to him to fill the universe with reverberating echoes. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Miserable is the fate of the luckless wretch who wanders into such tracts as these. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z But no—ten minutes of earnest reflection are enough to settle the luckless Harry's little hash. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z War must have seemed almost a relief to some of those luckless husbands after they had finished listening to their wives' remarks on the subject. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The luckless apprentices were herded together in overcrowded and insanitary dwellings; they were overworked and underfed; they learned no trade, and were regarded as a cheap form of unskilled labour. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z Enraged at this insult, Latona called her children to her side, and bade them go forth and slay all her luckless rival’s offspring. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Nature herself has taken part in the general transformation; and the Mississippi has made a fearful inroad, robbing from the luckless Creoles a mile of rich meadow and woodland. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z It was up these rocky slopes that the headless body of the third Jaime was borne, after his luckless attempt, at the battle of Lluchmayor, to wrest his kingdom from a usurper. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z She used her power over Richelieu freely, but never for herself; always to soften the punishment of some luckless man or woman who had fallen under the rod of his eminence's displeasure. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z In Stephens's "Central America," may be found an amusing account of a hunt after a government, by a luckless American diplomatist, who had been sent to seek for one in central America. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Now, apparently conscious that the cub no longer needed her protection, she turned upon her tormentors with redoubled fury, and flung another dog to join the luckless mongrel. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He seized Manfred's luckless queen, Helena, and kept her prisoner with her children until death released them. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Then woe betide the luckless being whose task it was to carry the agitator home. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z In the first grief—she was at an age when every tragedy is absolutely permanent and irrevocable—the luckless girl tried to kill herself. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "Make this go now," would be the cry, and to a luckless wight who had been upset by barbed wire and sent sprawling: "What do you mean by lying there, anyhow?" The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z But under the rash and untrained directions of Henry Greene, William Wilson, and Robert Juet, the wretched, luckless seamen were in turn harried by hostile savages and distressed by deadly famine. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But the peasants, intent as ever on localising their folklore, repeat upon this spot all the legends of the luckless Queen, her lovers and the fate which she reserved for them. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z "Well, well! lucky at cards, luckless in love!" The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z In the midst of this wretched misunderstanding came a crumb of comfort to the luckless woman—albeit the incident that caused it led also, indirectly, to her death. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z That brought to luckless back his strap, To hanging head his Dunce's cap— Old Daddy Hight. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Truly the den was a place to inspire terror in the heart of a luckless captive. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z It was a turnpike placed across the track of shipping, and heavy tolls were taken there from the luckless sailors. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The fight was desperate and silent, save for the whipping swish of ramrods whistling, the dull shocks of blows, or the ringing crack of a cudgel on some luckless pate. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The frown was but transient, and soon passed off into an expression of sympathy for the condition of the luckless gentleman at her feet. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Over the house-door was a gilded eagle, of wood, that had decorated some luckless craft. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Gracious heavens! here was another lion coming down upon myself and my luckless partner! Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z A moment later each of the luckless candidates felt a cold stream of water strike him full in the face. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z Deputations of furious physicians rushed to the Tuileries, charging the luckless Swabian with egregious misdemeanours, and the king, as was his wont, gave way on the wrong occasion. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A luckless youth with gold braid upon his vesture, who was bending down to extricate the lady, received the sword-point in his back, and, screaming, swooned away. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Some of these luckless craft were crushed and sunk to the bottom; others were abandoned by their crews, who had eaten their last crust and burned the bulwarks of their vessels for fuel. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The cries of the luckless waiting maid died away in a gurgle. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Having forgotten even the name of the luckless Min�, it was not likely that he would quickly recognise her father, clad now in dusty pilgrim garb of white, and wide mushroom hat of rice straw. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The luckless master of the house has been hunted from the dining-hall. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A deep breath was drawn by hundreds of lungs, every eye in the house turned to the box where the luckless children cringed, and most people hissed, or said "Shish!" or "Turn them out!" The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Another luckless craft struck on the rocks within half a mile of the first, and became a wreck, the crew owing their lives to a smooth sea. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z His breeding was as pure as was any champion's, but he was one of those luckless types to be found in nearly every litter—a throwback to some forgotten ancestor whose points were all defective. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z There is one luckless girl I wot of, who has flung her foolish heart at you--who weeps and languishes for love of you--swears she will have no other lord. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He laughed as he hung up the receiver, then ordered his horse brought round and in a few minutes was on his way to the luckless maiden. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Suddenly she nodded her head decisively, and throwing away her luckless basket, hurried across the lawn and entered the house through a long window. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z She was about to turn away when her eye fell upon his extended arm and upon her luckless parasol. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z That is one of the risks a dog-exhibitor must take—or rather that his luckless dogs must take—in spite of the fees paid to yawning veterinaries to bar out sick entrants. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Never was luckless warrior so hedged about with difficulties, which might not be vanquished with the sword. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Those lazy printers have not finished my luckless Essay: which, beside your book, will look like a ragged handkerchief beside a Royal Standard.... Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z The poor, semi-demented creature happened, in a luckless hour, to boast, most absurdly, no doubt, of his great importance and usefulness, as a member of this interesting family. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The comic part was largely supplied by the cook’s boy, who represented a European clad in a remarkably battered suit and ordered about a luckless native workman. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Among these luckless friends chanced to be the Mistress and the Master of The Place. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The parley ended in our being directed to a small farm-house a quarter of a mile inland, where luckless travelers, belated on the dreary bottoms, were occasionally kept. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z But Western Michigan is still luckless in five tries. The highs and lows of a 23-day college football bowl bender 2012-01-10T02:55:04Z In a luckless hour, she married a very gentlemanly sot, and left her native home, for a land of strangers. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Still more luckless is it that so much in the way of Spanish translation was left to Longfellow, who shockingly mangled and Bowdlerized many fine ballads. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z And now this luckless gift may deprive me of respectable protection and subsistence. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Better, oh better, cancel from the Scroll Of Universe one luckless Human Soul, Than drop by drop enlarge the Flood that rolls Hoarser with Anguish as the Ages Roll. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The luckless boatman set to work however, and by dint of great patience and labor succeeded in recovering the tools and the bulk of the whiskey. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z LV So thinking luckless Gunther his love repented sore; Forthwith to him only his weapons pages bore, And now stood clad the monarch in arms of mighty cost. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Over his luckless heir the Governor had kept constantly suspended the terrors of his testamentary dispositions. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Our acquaintance, however, continued to make some progress; and if at any luckless hour I happened to be deserted by more animating companions, I could pass the time very tolerably with Mr Maitland. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Better, oh better, cancel from the Scroll Of Universe one luckless Human Soul, Than drop by drop enlarge the Flood that rolls Hoarser with Anguish as the Ages roll. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z “You can’t call me a firebrand,” answered Herb, and while fat Jimmy sat on the luckless Carl, Herb rammed some snow into his ear and down his neck. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z VII Straight at luckless Blœdel he struck a blow so fleet, That his head in an instant lay before his feet. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z But the luckless Cumberland again sustained a bloody defeat at Lauffeld. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The sheriff’s officer just described was not the only one who befriended the luckless manager. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z What pangs these costumes must have cost her luckless husband! Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z While driving on at a furious rate, he stumbled and came to the ground, throwing his luckless rider over his head twenty feet or more, upon the hard, frozen ground. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Whatever luckless insect the tongue touches is done with all bothering of our humanity. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z And luckless the teacher whose class, fixed on straight, fastened pews, sees past him the distracting background of a crowded, bustling school! Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The episode in Goldberg's saloon, when Slade evaded wrath that fell upon the luckless head of O'Byrn, had not ended their acquaintance. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z By the time the luckless Marquis had a little recovered, Pepe had achieved the adornment of his person, which he proceeded to take out walking, very correctly and exquisitely dressed in a frock-coat. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z They swarmed the China Sea, and luckless indeed was the ship carried too far eastward on its course. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Therefore his anger so impelled the luckless man to fury, and his indignation so drove him to desperation, that he preferred to die rather than to live ignominiously among honourable men. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z He had seen the darkening glances cast on the luckless architect, and interposed to spare him the reproaches of coarse tongues. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Not content with ascribing to the luckless reporter a stint of forty-eight hours' work in every twenty-four, he calmly outlined an imaginary daily programme for himself that staggered even the credulous old gentleman. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z I have been luckless in my woman's lot: My refuge is in death, I was too proud! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z They were yet a considerable distance off, but they were approaching so swiftly that one's first thought was that a luckless driver was being run away with. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z This luckless girl could therefore do so without any mark of dishonour, for the purpose of escaping deadly peril. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Chords sweep like a deluge over the luckless theme. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Bab hurried along the beach toward the hotel full of sympathy for the luckless Marian, and vowing within herself to be a true friend to the girl who had been cheated of her girlhood. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z The servants cursed her for an evil and a luckless jade, whilst the cook maid swooned like any dame, for well she believed that her master was dead. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z "Oh na, that girdle she ne'er shall fa'; That I can never bear; The luckless morn I gave you a',95 Ye gae me that girdle to wear." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z The following consideration is especially urgent in leading to the belief that the luckless girl thought the Canon would conduct himself modestly during the journey. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The luckless sinner battering vainly upon the gates of Heaven has a better fighting chance, all told, than has the ambitious outsider who aspires to social recognition by the Viennese aristocracy. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z This saved the luckless youth from being pulled over the rail, but it did not release him from his predicament. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z Between eight and nine o'clock Se�or Trigueros called at the citadel with his coach, and bore away the luckless military President to the sacred town of Guadalupe Hidalgo, three miles north of the capital. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In the olden time this wild and rugged road was famous as the haunt of the robber Sciron, who plundered the luckless travellers, and then threw them from this precipice. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z This change drove to desperation her luckless husband, who was at least an honourable man. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z He had fixed himself within reach of Vitellius and the Sanhedrim: unless the ill fortune of the luckless prince improved, he had bound himself to servitude for a lifetime. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Quit-erurgle-gurgle!” called the luckless one, as he sank out of sight. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z Just then another party of bears came for'ard dragging the luckless Plover, whom they had captured in an empty bunker. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z To this right there is no limitation, nor is the luckless witness or defendant permitted to have a surgeon, a counsel, a friend, or even a bystander to be present during the operation. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Nor can the just fear of the luckless wife as to her deadly peril be denied. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The luckless Tashi realised that discretion was the better part of valour. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z There was born that most glorious and most luckless hero, Baldwin, first emperor of Constantinople. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z After explaining matters to the angry Old Man, who was, figuratively, hunting for the scalp of the luckless Partridge, Mostyn set to work to rectify the share of the damage that came within his province. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z "Then these luckless negotiations are over at last?" asked Count Ingelheim, watching with secret relief Colonel von D�ring's carriage as it rolled away. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z A confessor was quickly called and also a surgeon who gave his attention to the luckless girl. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Thither they had borne the remains of poor Lawrence, and there with all military honors had they buried all that was mortal of the loved yet luckless comrade. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Ten yards more, then some luckless skirmisher trips on some unseen root, stumbles forward, and swears under his breath. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z The luckless fellow, lifted completely off his feet, crashed heavily against the bulkhead and slithered limply upon the deck. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I failed to kill; Such is the lot of luckless men, Despite their energy and skill. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z The inquiry into the death of the luckless Sixpence resulted in the magistrate coming to the conclusion that it was a case of justifiable homicide. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Le Duc bade farewell to the luxurious nest which the luckless judge had furnished for her, and transferred herself and her belongings to Berny. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z She clasped her large volume to her neat little bosom and looked at our luckless friend more in pity than p. 412in anger, though more in edification than in either. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The luckless men were either dead or else rendered insensible by the hot, suffocating air. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z His earliest known essay in political caricature is an adaptation of one of these Dutch prints, representing the wheel of Fortune, bearing the luckless and infatuated speculators high aloft. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z The Germans had brought down their luckless fellow-countrymen, who, ignorant of what had happened, had been taken to be the escaped prisoners in their disguise as Teutonic officers in the Ottoman service. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z It was not so with Doherty, however, and this time Denis had quite decided to respect the prejudices of the lad who had stood by him so loyally through so many luckless weeks. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z As it happened, that was her first piece of luck in a luckless afternoon. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z We had guardedly discussed the prospects of the Consolidation; and then, as a preliminary to his coming down presently with a run, Pepper made a perfectly innocent but altogether luckless remark. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The manner in which the luckless wight acquits himself of his invidious task forms the theme of many a conversation in the "highest detective circles" of the French capital for the next week or so. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Two coils of rope were hurled at the luckless German, but although both fell almost within arm's length of him he made no effort to grasp them. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Poor fellow," continued Mr. Merridew, with his facile sympathy for the luckless, "he is terribly upset! Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z At a later period, when I had ripened into manhood, I became to a certain degree reconciled to Dulcinea's luckless champion, and I began to laugh at him. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Two minutes later a fast-summoned corporal and two men were using all their strength to pry Wyble loose from the luckless sentry. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z There was nothing for the luckless composer to do but wait for another opportunity, which happily occurred some years later. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Even as he spoke a furious cannonade from skilfully-hidden shore batteries was opened upon the luckless Hammerer, which, having struck a shoal, presented a fixed target to a hundred Turkish guns. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z He fancied that he had succeeded, and, in great delight, spread out before some knowing persons, the gems which his cruelty had extorted from the luckless queen, asking them which was the Koh-i-nûr. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Zip—the liana was cut with a big jackknife, and the widow, gurgling and choking, was bending over the luckless Mr. Rued. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z BOABDIL'S "last sigh" was but the beginning of a long period of mourning and lamentation for the luckless Moors he had ushered to destruction. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Last, in graceless pose, Half prone, A luckless lout, caught by the blast, one knows His tone Means oaths; his hat, straight as fly crows, Has flown. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z Presently she came upon a luckless rabbit which had been killed by a stoat an hour before. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z This luckless prince was married to Marguerite Louise d'Orleans, niece of Louis XIV., a young lady of flighty fancies and obstinate willfulness. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z And suddenly he was nose to nose with the widow, who had slowly risen and now confronted him majestically, her foot upon the luckless Papa Gato. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The luckless residue, consisting of sixty Englishmen, and twenty Frenchmen, with Edward Davis at their head, remained with the Batchelor's Delight to begin their work afresh. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Two huge stones, hurled by Alan, the armorer, from the battlements above, came down on the heads of the luckless churls in the moat and helped to scatter the scanty footing. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Just then another shot was fired, and a luckless rabbit close by crawled screaming through the fern. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "Ja wohl!" he roared, and with a mighty kick sent the luckless seaman hurtling over the rail and into the abyss below. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 2011-08-07T02:00:07.573Z It sometimes befell that a luckless pail of cream or butter fell to the bottom. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z But all these hopes had vanished now; the successful mandatar might have proffered his suit in such quarters, but never the luckless culprit whose misdeeds had found him out. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Thus the army of the Constable poured down upon the luckless Welshmen in two thunderous, onrushing waves. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z But it was Jones, the luckless Jones, who seemed set aside for the cruel buffeting of the telephoning public. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Nyoda worked quickly and deftly and the luckless sun dancer was wrapped from head to foot in soft linen bandages until she looked like a mummy. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z At that luckless moment, while maddened by his loss and heated with liquor, he fell into the company of a recruiting serjeant. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z "Oh! luckless day!" was echoed by the brethren, who from the upper hall had seen a rider spring from a horse which fell down dead at the door. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z At an earlier day such language had handed the luckless Professor over to Torquemada. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The unhappy wanderer's step passed by unheard, and now Freyer turned into the side street, where his friend's house stood--the luckless house where his doom began. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The vessel in which I was to sail was a splendid barque, reminding me strongly of the luckless Discoverer, and about the same size. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z “Now you are on your oath,” said Mr Windgate impressively, fixing the witness with a stern look that nearly drove the luckless young woman wild with terror and apprehension. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z "Oh! luckless day!" cried the Abbot, when the brethren who had gone to seek Eusebius brought down his dead body from the western tower. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Did you hear that?” suddenly exclaimed Philip, with a start that nearly sent him to share the fate of the luckless Wentworth. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z When his father dies, the luckless country will be ruled by loud-voiced professors. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z All the swagger and bounce had evaporated from the luckless Bob. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Cold, sarcastic and incisive was the lecture he poured forth on the head of the luckless Hubert. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Not so for the tenants, however, for the honest Brackenshire craftsmen “did” their employer most thoroughly, and the luckless householders found themselves let in for all sorts of horrors they had never bargained for. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The attention of the crowd was diverted to this new quarter, which circumstance enabled the luckless Oriental to gain his feet, and he stood staggering, glaring about him in a frenzy of wrath and bewilderment. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z But the remark does not pass unheeded, and a laugh, varying in tone from open guffaw to suppressed titter, further exasperates and discomfits the luckless stumbler, who vows vengeance on his tormentor. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Then must another measure his luckless throat o'erflow, Or stood he in great danger the damsel to forego. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z A boor was in charge of the vehicle, the luckless owners of which had, according to his intelligence, been compelled to walk to a small roadside public-house at the distance of a league. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z In the background, a luckless German who had strayed into Danish territory was being gunned down. Denmark Leads Nationalist Challenge to Europe?s Open Borders 2011-06-25T02:37:02Z I thought at first the luckless wight was dead, But mark'd a quivering of the slender limbs, And laid him on a paper in the sun, To renovate himself. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Is that better?” and she banged the tall hat down over the luckless man’s eyes, head and face, thereby performing the operation known to the uncivilised Briton as “bonneting.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Then the fat and well-groomed owner of the business picked up a china cup and hurled it at his luckless representative, while he cursed loud and deep. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z Before the luckless man could realize his position there was a vivid flash and a sharp report, quickly followed by another and another. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z For ten minutes he bullied and browbeat the luckless sergeant, whose men had not been responsible for opening fire. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The luckless pair, in the mean time, had been set down behind, at the garden, which communicated by a little door with the Amthaus, and thus brought in unobserved. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z In connection with this luckless cruise, there is one incident of considerable interest, which should not be overlooked. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z "You know you fancy yourself no end in the r�le of the luckless lover, you'd be scared silly if I gave you any reason to fear you'd ever have another part to play." Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Directly the chain took the strain the Myra began to tow, with the result that the luckless raider scraped heavily across the bar into deep water. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z They were resolved to hold and bleed the luckless citizens to the last gold piece—an indemnity for non-resistance. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z For although, on the evening of that luckless day, he had produced a pretty fair defence of his conduct when accused by the company, yet he could not hide from himself that he was guilty. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z The luckless shot proved to be the signal for a hideous battle. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z In another instant, Grip has pounced upon the luckless organ-grinder, and dragged him into the centre of the room, where he crouches at Alan’s feet, the very image of terrified misery, limp and unresisting. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "I can, sir," replied the unter-leutnant grimly; and he did, for by dint of threats he compelled the luckless men to undertake to carry on under his orders. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Fortunately Kenneth and his companion were spared the horrors of having to witness the indiscriminate shooting of luckless civilians, but, from their coign of vantage, they were spectators of the scene of destruction that followed. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z What luckless error," cried she, "leaves you still a moment's hope? Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z I have buried the god of luckless youth, poor Cupid, and set upon his grave the god of the Thirties—yellow-faced Pluto. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Leaving the pair in full chase after the luckless, petticoat-encumbered Stanhope, we follow Van Vernet, who, having set this trap for the feet of his unconscious comrade, is about to play his next card. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Before the luckless passengers and crew rushed for the boats—and these were for the most part shattered—the French craft sunk like a stone. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The luckless Belgians were literally blown to atoms. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z His eye fell on the three luckless urchins standing in the centre aisle, and his brow contracted into a frown. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z Various feats were assigned to the luckless ones, not all of them mild, either. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z A single moment of scrutiny would have detected the whole fabricated narrative; but there is a charm in romance which bewitched our luckless Anthony. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Many a luckless merchant had been knocked on the head from behind, or dragged out of his boat and drowned, by these thieves, with no one to tell the tale. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Only his concern for his luckless fellow-countrymen had prevented the Belgian from sending a bullet through the Prussian officer's heart. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Conscience! be still; preach not remorse to me; Remorse is for the luckless, failing villain. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z I loved—my love was paid by fraud and scorn; No luck for me, no, luckless and forlorn. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Behold this luckless philosopher on the throne closing the last accompts of his royalty with nothing but zeros in his own favour. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He has the plates of my two luckless Putnam books, and is figuring on my "complete works," to be published by subscription. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Farther away were more pillars of black vapour, the handiwork of the vengeful invaders, whose principle was to terrorize the luckless Belgians into a spirit of non-resistance. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The French, on the other hand, had in this luckless enterprise left 500 dead and wounded, and 120 prisoners. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Maybe it is the era or the smaller news media market, but Reyes’s luckless streak has been little more than a footnote. On Baseball: Hapless but Not Hopeless, Blue Jays? Reyes Carries On 2011-05-25T00:54:05Z A pretty, thin, very fashionable-looking elderly young lady sat near Margaret;—perhaps the luckless Mabel Tufts; but she seemed to know plenty of people, and was perpetually being taken out for turns. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z The luckless squire was seized by Richard's officers, brought to trial, and eventually hanged, drawn, and quartered. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z His Majesty was deeply incensed at being questioned, and let the full torrent of his displeasure fall upon the head of his luckless servitor. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z The marching to and fro, to no visible purpose, had undermined their confidence in their leaders, and a series of luckless fights had shaken their self-reliance. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Of all the luckless women ever born, Or ever to be born here on our earth, Most pitied be Cassandra, from her birth Condemned to woes unearned by her. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z "You gentlemen," turning to the others, who were all officers of his luckless ship, "shall share with me the honor." Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The account of the meeting was soon circulated round the green of Trevethlan, and gave new force to the ill looks which were cast upon the luckless maiden. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z In a few moments the luckless man-at-arms was within the castle, surrounded by a crowd of rough sympathisers. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z It usually takes the luckless plebe a week to get that idea hammered out of his head, and another week besides to learn the correct method. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z Those rooms are used as examination rooms; luckless and frightened candidates were sent there to show what they do not know. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z I just meant that that form of revenge might be handed out to any luckless lady who met with my approval. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z The Industrial Revolution began in reality before the accession of George III, and the French monarchy was stricken with mortal disease before Louis XV bequeathed his kingdom to his luckless successor. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z He started to call out something, and then stopped short, for it was useless to try and tell the luckless scout what to do. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z And during this hour it was that one of "the five," the always luckless and unhappy one, got into trouble. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z Hardly; since a few days only had intervened between the hour of their meeting, and the still more luckless hour of their union. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z With them it is a perpetual cleaning day, and woe betide the luckless offender who has the misfortune to mar, if ever so slightly, the immaculate cleanliness of that abode! Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z The Virginius was formally handed back to the Americans, but the luckless vessel, which had been severely damaged, began to leak, and sank on her way home from Bahia de Honda to New York. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z But what if the lap refuse to receive the luckless engineer?” Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z With this purpose in view, Cadet Murray stole away from his companions and set out for barracks, around which the luckless plebes were clustered. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z For the next eight or nine years, Gourmont, abandoning politics, in which he had made so luckless an adventure, devoted himself exclusively to art and letters. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Horatio—the luckless Horatio—gathered them up as quickly as the wind, and the carts, and the coaches would permit; but, whilst he was busied in getting them together, the injunction dropped from his pocket. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z Choice fell upon Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen—a most luckless selection, since, by offending the susceptibilities of France, it led to the Franco-Prussian war. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The injury rules the luckless Waldouck out of England World Cup squad contention and is merely the latest low medical blow to strike his club. London Irish 25-12 Wasps 2011-04-03T19:58:29Z A few Wisconsinites, probably, and other luckless public employees, directly impacted by the budget cuts. The jobs report and 2012 2011-04-01T14:23:00Z He instinctively understood that the only thing that would prevent the Wireless from plunging into the luckless sailboat would be a prompt reversal on the part of the skipper at the wheel. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z Out of the thirty, according to the computation of M. de Beauchesne, claimants to the name of this luckless scion of royalty, it will be only requisite to furnish accounts of the most notorious. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z At a sign from the man with the rifle he took his stand beside Flint; three paces in front of the luckless pair shone the short barrel of the Winchester repeater. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z No one else thinks of San Diego County, but as a most arid luckless region, where it never rains.” The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Though Tommy was forever full of other news, all that he was able to produce relating to the luckless Ernst was that he'd disappeared. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Thus he let the hours slip by, till, on the Friday morning, the luckless copy of 'High Life' was brought into him addressed in a feigned hand. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Thus perished this luckless pretender to the throne of the Franks, whether a son or not of Clotaire the First, equally unfortunate. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Cæsar brought the barrow, and Hannibal lifted Love up and deposited him in the bottom of the vehicle, and, followed by a procession of people, carried the luckless beau back to the hotel. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I pity thy luckless Lot, I commiserate thy Misfortunes, thy Griefs fill me with Compassion, and because of thee are Tears made frequently to burst from my Eyes. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Every new arrival brought the luckless Livingstone a fresh cursing, and so it was kept up for several weeks. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z All the bitter feelings of the last six weeks seethed in his blood, and the luckless travelling-bag caught his eye. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Reluctantly his hosts were compelled to request their luckless guest to seek another asylum, but on his departure they made him handsome presents, and had him safely and honourably escorted to the seaport of Riga. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Woe to the luckless wight that hadn't got a card for our "Evening"! the obligation Milo would place him under was a bond debt for life. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z A spider devouring some luckless insect was but an example of what might happen to him. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z The lady alluded to in the last verse of the Chronicle, as Eleonora, first of the name, Whom God grant long to reign, was the object of this luckless attachment. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z In fact, it increased the burden of the luckless provincials, whose only appeal lay to a body of men whose interests were identical with those of the publicani. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z But hardly has he gone half-way down the first page when his face changes; involuntarily his fingers tighten over the luckless letter, crimping it out of all shape. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Witchcraft has a firm hold upon every mind; and many a luckless worker in iron is with his whole family condemned to be burnt alive in his house, as an atonement for evil deeds. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z A monster wasp appeared above—as long as Burl himself—poised an instant, dropped, and seized the luckless feaster. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z One of those luckless trifles, perhaps, —that move Dissension between hearts that love. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Some tried, rather dismally, to be funny, hoping to cheer their luckless comrade; others were so sympathetic that they depressed Billy almost to a state of desperation. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Here the luckless Emperor stayed for a time in the midst of ruin, material, political, and moral. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In advance of the time, however, these luckless individuals had ventured to speculate to their envious countrymen upon the advantage to be derived from foreign traffic and the presence of the white man. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Woe betide the luckless wight, who, even in childhood's days, imposed upon a "Kimball boy." Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z However, the luckless Owen Hargreaves appears to be no closer to a return 3½ months after damaging his hamstring in his comeback match. United will rest players against Crawley 2011-02-18T22:30:00Z Reprisals would automatically follow upon the luckless peasants, who were bound to be regarded as accomplices in the attack upon the three soldiers. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z She spoke as though the luckless Reggie was personally responsible for the weather and also for the insulting manner in which that much-criticised British institution had deranged her plans. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Shouting with the full force of his great voice, he strode along the walk, inciting the already too-willing small boys towards the persecution of the luckless prisoner. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Then promptly proceeded to call a cop; And the cop swooped down on the luckless boys, Stopping their frivolous Sunday joys. Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads 2011-02-13T03:00:19.390Z And to Cyril hateful certainty appears if possible more certain by reason of this luckless blush. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Yet the luckless man maintained silence; not a cry for assistance came from his lips. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Here, said the dwarf, lay his luckless lord, and here the Prince must try his prowess. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z I wanted to see that little she-cat whose low vindictiveness was at the bottom of my present luckless plight. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z But why had Enid Barr joined in the cruel pursuit of a luckless orphan whose worst sin had been running away from charity? Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Then with might and main she dashed ahead, running with full force against the luckless Jane, who fell with extended hand upon young Las Cases. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Woe betide the luckless Belgian, male or female, who showed the faintest resentment, or lagged behind. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "I must entreat your forgiveness," stammered the luckless clerk; while Fr�ulein M�lanie, conscious that, after all there was nothing so very wicked in allowing one's hand to be kissed, stood by unabashed. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z I was almost alarmed at the storm my luckless speech had loosened; it seemed for a short time as if Gran'fer would really go into a spasm. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z She gave a version of Ophelia that proved beyond question that luckless heroine's fitness for a padded cell. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Who was it that was wiping out all the inhabitants of the luckless island? The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z While his men hastened to render aid—a useless task—the luckless non com., tearing away his mask and liberating the poisonous vapour, held his face close to the hissing nozzle. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z As soon as public worship began, the elder started on his quest, and the luckless delinquents were hunted in home and alehouse. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z They would never admit their mental inferiority to man, and woe betide the luckless wight who even insinuated such inferiority. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Assuming Chris Ashton returns sooner rather than later from his thigh injury, club familiarity would be another plus mark in his favour if the luckless Dominic Waldouck does not retain his place. Loss of Courtney Lawes a major blow for Martin Johnson and England 2011-01-11T13:10:43Z The ships at anchor were all fortunate enough to hold on; but a luckless Bremen brig, outside, which had ventured too near the land, was wrecked, during the night, on Green Point. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The latter, cursing and reviling the luckless Belgians, danced like a madman on the sodden deck, till, losing his balance, he subsided heavily against the massive tiller. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The collections made at the church door largely supplied the amounts necessary for effecting the ransom of those luckless sailors who fell into the clutches of the pirates. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z His luckless victim was the mother of a tiny little monkey, which, being on her back when the dog flew at her, had hindered her flight. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Pressing the trigger, he blew out the luckless man's brains. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Besides, the press, the press! a rabid, and infuriate press was thundering in the ears of the luckless Federal Captain. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Before the luckless German had lowered himself fifty feet his grip relaxed. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Who should draw the line between those men, when all was dark for the white and a luckless wight was the black? The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z It turns out, WTOL-TV reported, that the luckless fan not only went to the same high school as the umpire but also was named Jim Joyce. Some dishes on sports menu in 2010 were half-baked 2010-12-25T20:00:10Z I'd far rather have it there than balanced on my luckless head. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The mustang, not to be outraced, was soon abreast of him; and one more arrow from the persevering Indian brought the luckless beast on to his knees. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Oh, what a luckless wretch he thought himself. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z But she returned to her luckless plaint a moment later. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z After Mr. Anderson's luckless display at the Gabba, it felt just that the wheel of fortune should turn so quickly here. England Dominate Australia on Day One 2010-12-03T11:34:00Z Yet Blackpool were far from their fluent best and next-to-bottom Wolves rallied luckless. Blackpool get more than they bargained for with Luke Varney 2010-11-22T07:00:00Z Pakistan, for all they strived, were hapless, luckless and even a little woebegone. Pakistan combine bad luck with brilliance against England at The Oval 2010-09-17T18:28:00Z Idiotic impulse, which had unlocked his miserable lips to pronounce that luckless name; and oh, the injustice of fate, of life, of everything! Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Having achieved feel-good nirvana — a victory by the formerly downtrodden Saints from luckless New Orleans — the league is now lurching toward economic reality, with its labor contract ending after this season. Sports of The Times: The Most Crucial Battles Will Be Off the Field 2010-09-04T23:40:00Z He finished only four lengths behind Premio Loco two runs ago, despite not being suited by the slow pace, and endured a luckless run at Salisbury last time. Talking Horses 2010-09-04T12:40:00Z Joining him in town was Stephen Curry, a symbol of the past Knicks decade, which was not only witless but also quite luckless. Analysis: N.B.A. Draft: Questions for the Knicks 2010-06-23T23:53:00Z You may have been born a fancy-spectacled Italian martinet, but in the end you will make a series of amusingly poor, luckless decisions that give your supporters a powerful sense of deja vu. World Cup 2010: Saturday was the night Fabio Capello became an England manager 2010-06-13T16:24:00Z The Mercury News finds Wayne living off of social security checks and passing the time in casinos, declaring him "one of the most luckless men in the history of ." The Third Apple Founder 2010-06-03T16:46:00Z But disasters like hurricanes tend to confine their devastation to one or two luckless cities. Catastrophe in the Gulf: How Bad Could It Get? 2010-06-03T09:05:00Z Indeed, the luckless Kim's side have not had many opportunities to play any teams in their preparations for South Africa. North Korea's lack of match practice imperfect preparation for Brazil 2010-04-03T23:14:00Z The punishment was inflicted with full vigour by Will o' Gunmerlie's ministers of justice; and the luckless Charlie was thrust out of the castle, to find comfort and shelter where he might. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 But, if anything, the day was a little worse upon the next occasion, when Thursday had been selected, the same fate attending the luckless managers upon a Monday, a Tuesday, and a Wednesday. By Birth a Lady On the contrary, quite aghast at the havoc that her brief absence had created, she at once took her luckless daughter in hand. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The sympathy of the poet is obviously with the luckless pair, Ingeld and Freawaru, involved as they are in ancient hatreds which are not of their making. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn And his son Elphin, a needy and luckless lad, one day fished out the leathern bag as it stuck on the weir. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race A few days later luckless Ginepro appeared in the vicinity of the castle. Brother Francis Less than the least "Why, really, my dear Colonel, it is for—for myself," faltered the luckless brewer. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The luckless man tried to make a sharp turn, to get out of danger. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds For a moment there was silence, but when the luckless girl had disappeared she turned again to Lionel. The Gay Adventure A Romance And as it was that luckless essay fared badly enough. Barbarossa and Other Tales He broke trail along a narrow ledge, just such a one as the luckless burro had gone hurtling over when his pack scraped the rising wall. Unexplored! Thrice did the luckless baronet essay the ice, and thrice did he come to grief with heels in the air, and his dainty apparel disordered. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "But it's not my fault," the luckless young man protested. The Land of Strong Men "The whole moral of which is: what a luckless fate is that of a foreign wife United to an English husband!" The Fortunes Of Glencore An occasional witticism from Rennsler's lips would heighten the grotesqueness of a luckless passer's struggles. With Edge Tools He gave that luckless warrior a jeering look, as one who has forgiven but not forgotten. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Shouts of laughter usually escaped the comrades of the luckless wight who became thus involved, and on one occasion a tragedy had nearly resulted from their ill-timed merriment. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan The tragi-comedy of my luckless marriage I shall not stop here to explain, but its rather mysterious ending had at first largely cut me off from my old family friends and my socially correct acquaintances. The Book of Susan A Novel In a word, each contributed what he might of attention to the luckless individual, whose resistance—if he were so impolitic as to make any—only increased the zest of the persecution. The Fortunes Of Glencore Our luckless Gabriel, sinned against and sinning, has been in the Isle of Rhé, and heard the Atlantic from his tower; in the Castle of If, and heard the Mediterranean at Marseilles. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Then followed the ascent into high altitudes, where a more insidious evil awaited the luckless corps. The Unveiling of Lhasa The interest of the ninth Earl of Argyll in exploring the galleon was diverted by Monmouth's Rebellion in which luckless adventure he became an active leader. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day At least, something should be done for his wife,—this girl who has grown tired and saddened and out of all heart since her luckless marriage. Faith and Unfaith Oh, to what contempt I exposed myself in a luckless hour, by asking what a tandem was! Maria Edgeworth If I were to narrate all the whimsical absurdities and all the untoward accidents to which my luckless star exposed me, I should have a lengthy business on my hands. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Small.—Is rash, reckless, luckless; and with large Hope, always in trouble; with large Combativeness, plunges headlong into difficulties in full sight, and should assiduously cultivate this faculty: p. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology After vainly groping for several months, the luckless "Upper Strand finder" confessed himself beaten, and there was nothing to show for an expenditure of five thousand pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Gazing at the luckless glove, her whole expression changes. Faith and Unfaith Their daily interviews improved to evening rambles, the interchange of notes, supplies of books and flowers upon one side, an avowal of love and tale of lofty but luckless patriotism on the other. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 "Lynch' em!" bore down on the luckless manager and his sole defender. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 He always had imagined that the thing took half an hour, and even then was managed by some luckless friend you roped in as best man. Helena Brett's Career Throwing themselves flat upon their faces, the luckless fellows sought to escape the storm. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 As for my luckless throat, it was so swathed about with its bandages of cambric that my chin had a most supercilious elevation, and to look about I must first turn my body. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois This skit the luckless satirist dedicated to Bolingbroke, whose brilliant star was just passing into eclipse. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 I am left to guard thee yet Last of the daughters of a luckless race! An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem It was the most luckless thing she could have said, for it convinced Jean more than ever that the new girl was bent on making game of her most serious feelings. The Youngest Girl in the School Take up—you can easily find them—the accounts of ten consecutive railway catastrophes—not little accidents, but first-class fatalities, when the long cars turn over, take fire, and roast the luckless occupants alive. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Acids and alkalis, arsenic, bromides and iodides, chlorine, mercurial preparations, &c., &c., have been poured into the luckless animals as if they were so many test tubes. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote On the other hand, they were held mercilessly responsible even for unconscious failures of duty, and on this ground alone the luckless Haviland had ample cause for his misgivings. Haviland's Chum He thought of the luckless trooper who had been with them in their peril, probably conjured up by the sight of Shackleton, and envied him. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Of this luckless trio, one is a female. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Equally, with those they followed, they did not discover the remains of the luckless Skrine and his unknown companions, lying murdered in the bush. In the Whirl of the Rising A few snakes were caught, a few luckless dogs or other animals procured, and the slaughter of the innocents began. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote The crime charged against the luckless pair was that of trespass. Haviland's Chum Even with its luckless anticlimax, there are few stories so romantic as that of the beautiful scrubbing-girl of Marblehead, and she may well be remembered as one of the most prominent figures of colonial womanhood. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) The speech was uttered as she led her daughter away, leaving the luckless O'Shea alone to ruminate over the politeness. One Of Them One luckless chap forgot himself far enough to yank it one night, and immediately an angry cry went up from the gang, “Who pulled dat bell?” The Children of the Poor Like ants besetting the unwary beetle or cricket which has strayed into the disturbed nest, the savages threw themselves upon the luckless animals, and drawing off, revealed these securely bound. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland "Don't know," faltered the luckless youngster, speaking the truth for once in his life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Sometimes it was a luckless leaf-grub, or a caddis-worm torn from his moorings, that came tumbling and bumping down along the smooth pebbles of the bottom, to be gathered into the young salmon's eager maw. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life In the future the Viking would be classed with the Stardust—simply another luckless space-ship that sailed away into the void and vanished. The Golden Amazons of Venus Then another thought came to the luckless lad. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? "Bring some water, somebody!" said Mabel, who was kneeling on the floor, holding the luckless Fatima in her arms. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Wachis, once before thou hast borne the shield of a luckless master. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 "A luckless land, indeed!" said Mark, who, coming up at the moment, had overheard the last words. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The Quaker, while considering the meaning of this spot, began to sing again: "Not very long before he died, The luckless man was still alive." Toilers of the Sea You are the most luckless of living men: you must be hated by the Gods.' Tales of Troy and Greece Nor meanly thus complain of fortune's power, When the blind gamester throws a luckless die. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The Principal of the school every now and again paid surprise visits to the boarding-house about that time, and woe betide the luckless boy who was found still asleep in bed! Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches "It is a luckless land," said Herbert, sighing. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The precious time has been almost spent by that luckless fight. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers Therefore old Nestor arose and said: 'This is a luckless day, when the best of the Greeks are rivals for such a prize. Tales of Troy and Greece Emigration en masse continued, and an attempt to remedy this by introducing a colony of Greeks in 1688 only added one more element of discord to the luckless island. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Woe to the luckless one who in the jam, was crowded from his position. The Vision of Elijah Berl Accordingly, two days after the return of the luckless expedition, Assad set off disguised as a mendicant, to escape all danger of being snapped up by a hostile tribe if he went otherwise. Barclay of the Guides But, alas! those things were for fortunate girls who had friends who could afford to send them abroad, not for luckless people like herself, who were fated to toil away at humdrum occupations. Loyal to the School Encouraged by the rest of the burghers, excepting the thin man, who squinted at him with scorn, he began: Mourn, W�rtemberg! thy fallen state, Thy drooping pride, thy luckless fate! The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. The republic, busied with other affairs, hit upon the luckless expedient of investing with the governorship of the island a sort of chartered company, consisting of five persons, known as the Maona. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" In a storm like that, the mainsail, jib and mast of this luckless smack went over the side. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North For a few moments the others howled with glee as they watched the frantically kicking legs and listened to the smothered appeals for help from the luckless victim. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp While the withdrawal was still in progress, Lee fell upon the luckless Pope, and in the second Battle of Bull Run all but crushed his newly-constituted Army of Virginia. Stone's River The Turning-Point of the Civil War Eight years had passed away since the tragedy that brought the little village of Beechfield into luckless notoriety. A Life Sentence A Novel The additions, due to necessity or to the ruinous state of some of the parts, were luckless, as are generally all those undertaken at a posterior date. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain |
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