| 单词 | mournfulness |
| 例句 | “But that part must not have worked so well. They all still suffer from that pesky ‘chronic mournfulness effect.’” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't exactly about heartache, but there was often an aching and mournfulness in the way she sang. Americana cavalcade ? Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss 2011-06-29T23:36:04Z There’s a natural mournfulness about his singing, but when it’s stretched out taffy-like, as it is here, it begins to take on a wistful quality, a good match for this song about living well. The Playlist: Lost (and Found) John Coltrane, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Anderson, Mr. Reed and Mr. Zorn’s set focused on Mr. Zorn’s eloquent and expressive alto saxophone playing, which shifted from mournfulness to lurid rage. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z The simple, a cappella melody gently rises and falls — a slow-motion tug of war between contentment and mournfulness — as the repressed father yearns for the courage that his daughter exhibits in her youthful independent streak. 'Fun Home' composer Jeanine Tesori hears the music in everyday life 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Its mournfulness is cut with a celebration of the complexity of human life. Leonard Cohen’s farewell masterpiece: Whether this is goodbye or not, “You Want it Darker” is powerful and real 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Poised and warm, its sopranos silvery and its sibilants fresh, the group was an engaging and evocative presence, its sound suffused with mystery and mournfulness at the end of “All we like sheep.” Review: ‘Messiah’ at the Philharmonic, Then a Flood 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z As the story unfolds, though, you wonder if being parentless explains the seriousness of Gary’s gaze and his mournfulness. Review: In ‘ ’71,’ Young, Green and Behind Enemy Lines 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The second movement’s opening mania, exhilarating and sinister, was followed by a mournfulness somehow both winking and heartfelt. Music Review: She Can Be Tender, but She May Be a Killer, Too 2011-06-10T23:00:13Z “Morning Phase,” his latest release, is a song cycle about the wee hours that merges the bouncing surf-rock inclinations of 2008’s “Modern Guilt” with the seeping mournfulness of his breakup classic, “Sea Change.” Pop & Rock Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z But hear also how she shrinks her sound to a stark mournfulness in “Adieu, notre petite table,” pained yet chilly as she prepares to leave des Grieux for another man’s luxury. Review: In ‘Manon,’ a Soprano Charms Her Way to the Top 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z David Turner plays the gay florist David with a bit too much self-conscious mournfulness, which thankfully dissipates when he sings, especially in a rousing version of "What Did I Have That I Don't Have." Harry Connick Jr.'s musical battles anemia 2011-12-12T22:16:12Z Plunkett, one of the great treasures of New York theater, delivers this speech not angrily but with a kind of bewildered mournfulness. Review: A Family Gropes for Words in ‘Incidental Moments’ 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Her doleful dress belies her inability to express any of the mournfulness and anguish she supposedly possesses. Theater Review: ‘Le Cid’ at the Theater of the Church of Notre Dame 2013-01-21T23:51:21Z Its tone is even as well: sweet, nostalgic mournfulness. Review | After 100 years, a gentle Requiem has its premiere 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “If you thought a situation called for a kind of mournfulness, she was the one to laugh and turn music on and dance.” Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People 2012-06-07T04:23:10Z Pine grows fully into his hunkiness for the first time, revealing inner mournfulness that proves there’s professional life for him after he escapes the straitjacket of Captain Kirk. Hell and High Water: why film-makers should keep it slow and simple 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z To a transporting song of the same name by the Malian vocalist Oumou Sangaré, the petite, expansive Meagan King and her gentle partner, Christopher Taylor, let the music’s warmth and mournfulness guide them. Ailey II Review: A Light in the Darkness 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s a bit slick in its mournfulness, and it tactfully avoids subjects like the efficacy of the government’s response in the immediate aftermath of the quake. ‘Fallen City’ Examines the Consequences of an Earthquake 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z His is very much a voice of the 20th century, but as he chronicles the age with Eeyore-like mournfulness he can also feel like one of history’s comedic straight men. Review: In ‘Experimenter,’ Are They Following Orders or Instincts? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The title, common on gravestones and in obituaries, turns personal grief into representative mournfulness. Ten of the best 2011-07-15T21:54:01Z The Preservation Hall Jazz Band earlier this year wrapped up a 16-show residency, adding a jazzy mournfulness to the atmosphere. NYC's 'Sleep No More' shows off its musical side 2013-02-18T22:46:04Z Played live under the big screen on Saturday at the Philadelphia Film Center, this grinding score occasionally lightens for moments of mellower mournfulness. An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The evening was an exercise in that rotation of mournfulness and deceptive sturdiness. Jazz legend Carla Bley delivers a night of beauty and magic at the Atlas 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z In this universe, it seems the only antidote for mournfulness is sex. Review: Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich in a World of Angst 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Stemme, singing the opera’s conflicted temptress with easy richness and pale mournfulness, is the rare Kundry who is more elegant than intense. Review: A Conductor Sets Munich’s Ashen ‘Parsifal’ Aflame 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z In a plaintive tweet that scored high on the mournfulness scale, the team said “it once was a bright, bright sunshiny day . . . ” Saturday was our second wettest day in a wet month 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z My admiration for the excellence of the writing was tinged with mournfulness for a writer who deserved better in her lifetime. Review: The theater world is finally ready to experience Alice Childress’ 'Trouble in Mind' 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z There’s a surprising amount of death in Horizon Zero Dawn, not just NPCs but friends, allies and family, and a deeper mournfulness as you piece through the wreckage of human society. The entertainment that got us through 2020 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And here there is a kind of mournfulness but also a playfulness that I think you're reading really captured. Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Ben-Veniste’s suit jacket was especially inky, exuding not just sobriety but mournfulness. Perspective | The Comey hearing was Washington’s great fashion show of 2017 — and Comey dressed like its star 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z There’s plenty of humor, but many more moments of mournfulness and longing related to the strain of living under constant siege from the Germans’ relentless Blitz. ‘Born in China’ and other films and TV shows to watch with your kids 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z On Friday, however, even those planning to join the march expressed a feeling of mournfulness as Trump officially took office. Sundance Filmmakers, Local Businesses Steel For Anti-Trump March 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z This was non-electronic Björk, singing sweetly these sometimes sour scenes from a marriage, the alternately swelling and stabbing strings and weeping violins conjuring mournfulness and melodrama. Iceland Airwaves festival day four – Björk's the star in her home country 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z I didn’t understand the words, but the sound of them filled the air with mournfulness and humility. The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The mournfulness of the gaunt, weird scene which the fire has left is peculiarly striking and depressing. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z I can not describe the excessive mournfulness of the music. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z There is a mournfulness in the sentence relative to the evanescence of those sun-pictures in the Memoir by Wedgwood and Davy that is peculiarly impressive and desponding contrasted with our present notions of instability. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Immediately my lady assumed an air of gentle mournfulness, and the eye regarding her twinkled a little, threatening to close. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z No actual thoughts, only feelings: mournfulness, woe, and, finally, a spark of defiant anger. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z She seemed to acquiesce, but the acquiescence was followed by moods of mournfulness and even by tears. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The power, the mingled mournfulness and sweetness, the impassioned fulness, at one moment, and the lost, shrieking wildness of one solitary voice, at another, carry away the soul like a whirlwind. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z And, oh, the flatness and mournfulness of those chill wastes of snow outside the city! Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Myself saw there the radiant joy of God Itself o'ershadow with a gathering cloud Of mournfulness, until, at last. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Her clear voice, tinkling as though with little golden bells, at first soft and hushed, rose throbbing in passion and then broke like a crystal ray and melted in mournfulness and plaintive prayer. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z They are the gods of ennui, who travel through all lands at post haste in shining, lacquered coaches, and leave everywhere a grey, dark cloud of mournfulness behind them. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z There was the mournfulness of the funeral dirge and knell, in the crack of the driver's whip, and in the rattling of the coach-wheels. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Suddenly—and it was all through the loving mournfulness of Becky’s streaming eyes—her face looked more like a child’s not so much too old for her years. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z They stood looking at each other—two people scarred and marred by the passionate lawlessness of their own natures—in her eyes amazement, in his that devastating mournfulness. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z A black mournfulness was over her like a veil. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The grounds are nearly as crowded with elaborate tombs and stone monuments as P�re la Chaise, at Paris, the funereal cypress rising here and there in stately mournfulness above the marble slabs. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The pale-blue painted eyes gazed with the traditional mournfulness upon the ground. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Her delicate profile was towards him, but there was a mournfulness in the sweet, sad face, and the repose of the mouth was that of one who had well-nigh forgotten how to laugh. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The same air of unkempt mournfulness brooded over the place. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z She descried a new meaning in his watchfulness before long,—a sad yearning that would not let her out of his sight; mournfulness that might signify either compassion or regret. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "They pursue me—the white men of my race—they charge me with grave crimes—they have driven me into the woods," she answered, with touching mournfulness. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z But Jessie could not rid herself of the mournfulness and the partial lethargy that had so long clung to her. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z He threw them up in ecstasy or wrung them in mournfulness—just as the action of the moment demanded.... Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z The tender mournfulness of the language and few images is exquisite, and the sweet sad monotonous melody of the versification is indescribably affecting. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Una watched him with dreamy, questioning eyes, in which shone a tender mournfulness. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Tituba dropped down at Abby's feet, and gathering her limbs together, began a low chant, that mingled in the shiver of the pine leaves with inexpressible mournfulness. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z I cannot describe the mournfulness of the tone. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z The whole place, house and garden, looked ashamed and sad, with a shabby mournfulness acquired gradually from its inmates during many years. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Intense mournfulness that alternated with suddenly aroused eagerness overspread her countenance. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The night was dark and starless, as if Nature partook of the universal mournfulness. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z When she had heard it the young girl could not think, nor why it fell with such sweet mournfulness on her ear. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Oh, now methinks I a little see why of old the men of Truth went barefoot, girded with a rope, and ever moving under mournfulness as underneath a canopy. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z “I’ve never intended to break law in my dealings with men,” said Wade, with a cadence of mournfulness in his tones. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z She had a vague feeling of mournfulness, as if each day of this new pleasure-filled life were carrying her farther and farther from those laurel-lined stairs to which her longing had gone out. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z He didn't show sufficient mournfulness, at first, when the Fort Hood shootings took place, and he was namby-pamby about the possibility that the shootings were an act of jihad. 2010-01-07T20:25:00Z Ever since her eyes have made a part of my life, I have known what nostalgia for Brittany means, and the infinite mournfulness with which it permeates a human being. Woman Love may end in grief and age, and pain and need, and all other modes of human mournfulness; but love begins in joy. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z A luxurious mournfulness was in the view, and he leaned out over the sill scenting the reasty London air. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Lilly felt she had sunk into a black sea of mournfulness. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Another bit of masterly manipulation of the reins saved it from going down, and again the coyote yell rang out in all of its acute, quavering, hair-raising mournfulness. The Orphan During the solemnity and mournfulness of the burial service Jenny stood very rigid and pale, more conscious of the wind sighing through the yew trees than of finality and irremediable death. Carnival But soon the mood passed from her; her old, sweet mournfulness returned; again the clear unfathomableness was in her mystic eye. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z As Michael looked at the long retreating chin and down-drawn mouth he was inclined to agree that nothing could invigorate this fatal mournfulness with the prospect of good fortune. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Her husband walked proudly about, and looked radiant with joy—she was full of mournfulness, and the feeling of happiness seemed to have disappeared from her heart forever. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. In their mournfulness are they not almost like the wail of some bird distracted on the bush from which its nest has been harried, and then suddenly flying away for ever into the woods? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The speaker was silent for a moment, and an expression of disgust and scorn usurped the place of mournfulness. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Pierre, who had thus far been vainly seeking to occupy his hands with his cap and spoon; he now paused, and unconsciously fastened a speechless glance of mournfulness upon his mother. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z But the fixed gravity and mournfulness of her expression struck him even more than the sharpened contour of her features or the dark lines beneath her eyes. Under False Pretences A Novel The owl's call was to his mate, as was the roosters', but there was no bombast in its plaint, just a mournfulness of endearment, a touch of tears at the silence and delay. Old Plymouth Trails Scully, warming one foot and then the other at a rim of the stove, muttered to himself with Celtic mournfulness. The Monster and Other Stories These last words were spoken with indescribable tenderness and mournfulness. A Castle in Spain A Novel THE face, of which Pierre and Lucy so strangely and fearfully hinted, was not of enchanted air; but its mortal lineaments of mournfulness had been visibly beheld by Pierre. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Pavel Petrovitch showed himself, made a slight bow, and saying with a sort of malicious mournfulness, 'You are here,' he retreated. Fathers and Children After a little the other came and all the mournfulness went out of the tone. Old Plymouth Trails With the expression of courteous mournfulness proper in an outrivaled cavalier, he made the gesture silently of having been at the lady’s service. Aurora the Magnificent Mabel was too noble for envy, but these thoughts subdued her excitement into silent mournfulness. Mabel's Mistake Instantly the room was populous with sounds of melodiousness, and mournfulness, and wonderfulness; the room swarmed with the unintelligible but delicious sounds. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Already, if sub-consciously, she must have become aware that her guardian's unabated mournfulness did not affect her husband as it did herself. Tante But with the most sorrowful, time moves on, and even grief cannot retain one phase of mournfulness for ever. A Noble Woman Now swelling forth, as it were, in wild and uncontrollable grief, and now sinking exhaustedly into a low and touching mournfulness which seems almost human! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Well, at least, I am grateful to leave this tiresome routine of lessons, and yet there is something of mournfulness in this abrupt entrance into life. Mabel's Mistake He seemed placed between them, to choose one or the other; then both seemed his; but into Lucy's eyes there stole half of the mournfulness of Isabel's, without diminishing hers. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z "There sits upon her matron face A tender and a thoughtful grace, Though very still,—for great distress Hath left this patient mournfulness." Hidden Hand At these words the down prison-look that had fallen upon Hannah was lifted from her, and those large gray eyes were bent on the little patrician with a look of intense mournfulness. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals With a countenance of great mournfulness he grumbled: "No fascines have been prepared." The O'Ruddy A Romance But the flow of those waters, gliding by her ever and returning no more, filled her with mournfulness. Mabel's Mistake Not that I begrudge you your happiness, for no one deserves it more; and long may it continue, Miss Ross,' finished Mrs. Baxter, with her usual mournfulness. Lover or Friend Her face was very lovely, but its mournfulness remained. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. An expression of pain broke through their mournfulness. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals One of the things I wanted much to see when I first traveled South was the famed live-oak, the majesty and the mournfulness of which had been long sung into me. Getting Acquainted with the Trees One of the captains threatened to flog a woman, because the mournfulness of her song was too painful to him. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans And as for her mournfulness," declared the matter-of-fact young heiress, "well, that's genuinely funny. The Rhodesian “I couldn’t stay with you, anyway,” she added, in a tone of unintended mournfulness. A Woman's Will Unchanged was its appearance, in mournfulness and gloom unchanged, in arrangements and features precisely the same as when she last was there, on the night when she intercepted the banditti in their predatory visit. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf There is a deep mournfulness in the question which Jesus asked after expounding his parable, “Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition She looked again at Throckmorton, who, in the distance, was surveying the Archbishop's spy with a sardonic amusement, and a great mournfulness went through her. Privy Seal His Last Venture Suddenly the martial fire faded ashily, his eyes dulled into mournfulness. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It’ll take me a long time to read one book, though,” she added with an engaging mournfulness. The Branding Iron P�nshin assumed a melancholy mien, expressed himself with brevity, with great significance and mournfulness,—for all the world 169 like an artist who has not had his say,—but despite the entreaties of Mme. A Nobleman's Nest He paused a moment, and held her arms a little apart, looking at her with a sudden change to mournfulness. The Pretty Sister Of José 1889 Then, resuming her melancholy and mournfulness, she faltered: "There is not in all the world so unhappy a being as I am." The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country He usually deposited himself upon the door-sill—a favorite seat for him—and collecting the younger members of the family about him, thence poured forth his strains of concentrated mournfulness. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States The calm mournfulness of the girl's face checked him; he felt the irony of struggling against the inevitable progress of a dream. Pygmalion's Spectacles A native driver, with a tall “chimney pot” hat, full of salaried mournfulness, drove the white team. The Philippine Islands Sophia Ozanne searched the dark, high-boned face with horror-stricken eyes, but could see no sign of death on it, or any great change after seventeen years, except a more unearthly mournfulness in the mysterious eyes. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Mutilated telegraph-poles and broken straggly wires, evil-smelling pools of water, scattered bricks, torn roadways, and walls blackened and scarred by bomb and shell, completed a scene of mournfulness and desolation. Pushed and the Return Push Thus let it stand, and plead, In silent mournfulness, that further feud Between the Lands shall never be renewed. The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic The words were so ironical in all their mournfulness that Jenkins, who was present at the last, could not avoid turning pale. The Nabob, Volume 1 That deep shadow of inexpressible mournfulness had again crept into them. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And now your heart feels the utter mournfulness of these words, "By Babel's streams we sat and wept!" Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Yes," answered Felicita, fastening upon him her large; sad eyes, which had dark rings below them, intensifying the mournfulness of their expression, "I am looking for a grave. Cobwebs and Cables You must go through it," Lady Glencora had said, with jocose mournfulness; "and why should you not let her jump upon you a little? Can You Forgive Her? The sad tone of his speculations about the universe and human destiny gave an impression of mournfulness to his lines, but this rather deepened the pathos of his work. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi The thought of it is mournful to the enjoying soul, but not terrific; and even the mournfulness ceases in the realization. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "We'll no more meet, no more see one another" is a line to which McCullough gave its full eloquence of abject mournfulness and forlorn desolation. Shadows of the Stage There is no mystery of Providence so inscrutable as this; and yet, is not the very sense of its mournfulness a proof that the spirit of Christianity is living in the minds of men? Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Often one of the trio would eye it with furtive mournfulness, looking away again directly without a glance at the others. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The mournfulness with which this was uttered seemed genuine. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow It spoke through the eternal pout of his black lips; it looked at us through the impertinent mournfulness of his languid and enormous stare. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle No stagnance that death wins,—it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Always enduring at dull strife. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art He made a decrescendo tinkling, and his lofty features lapsed into their normal mournfulness. Romance The mood of sad, wistful, hopeless mournfulness of resignation which the poem expresses, is a somewhat rare one with Browning's vivid and vivacious genius. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Have I not thought of it all?' cried Gladys, with a great mournfulness. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow "But how can one help thinking of the future?" said she, with a mock mournfulness. Sunrise Mrs. Davenport smiled at the mournfulness of Beth's tones. A Little Florida Lady Don't preach woe, punishment, and all mournfulness to the people all the time. The Young Man and the World Mr. Wiley dwelt in unctuous italics on his regret, and waved his head slowly in token of his mournfulness. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax It is not, however, Perosi's dramatic genius that strikes me in his work; it is rather his peculiar mournfulness, which is indescribable, his gift of pure poetry, and the richness of his flowing melody. Musicians of To-Day Close to this stood the beech tree sacred to Jupiter, and often mentioned in connection with it.There is a mournfulness in the interview between the hero and his mother which is deeply interesting. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Then, affected to melancholy himself by the mournfulness of the twilight, and stirred by all the human suffering he beheld around him, he began to speak of his own torments. His Masterpiece There is a dreary mournfulness in the scene which fastens on the mind, and is in unison with the time-worn mouldering fragments that are seen all around us. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met "Oh, that I have to make my living in this way!" she exclaimed, voice deep with mournfulness. The Poor Little Rich Girl Her husband saw her as she spoke, and he was so struck by the mournfulness of her face that he came quietly over. Trumps Exquisite echoes of his own swan-song Forbid mere murmuring mournfulness; the glow Of its great hope illumes us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 Then, when he could stand it no longer, he would open his mouth and send his great voice rolling across to the woods with a tone of mournfulness which never had been there before. Bowser the Hound All the fearlessness, the mournfulness, the mysticism of the Indian face was there. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains No—no," answered the other, shaking his head with ludicrous mournfulness, "not retire; I have responsibilities—debts. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest There was an expression of quiet mournfulness in the face, which touched me to the core of my heart. The Doctor's Dilemma "You are not the first man blinded by a pair of dark eyes, Edgar," said Adelaide with becoming mournfulness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Where I came, there came heaviness of heart, mournfulness, and weeping. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 540, March 31, 1832 Beyond question summer and all its dear delights were departed and the chill mournfulness of autumn reigned in their stead. Deadham Hard His voice, as he spoke in acknowledgment of the introduction, was low and musical, but touched with a mournfulness that was apparent even in the few words of conventional courtesy that he pronounced. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession The leaf that rustles here Has more than autumn's mournfulness. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 The great clouds are gathering themselves together to battle; and the mighty wind, with nothing to check its progress, is sweeping over the great plain, and singing with eerie, loud mournfulness. Nancy When my eyes met his he gave not the slightest sign that he knew I was looking at him, simply continued his steady gaze, which had something of wistful mournfulness in it. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon With the surrounding mournfulness, Miss Verity's simple, yet devious, mind played not ungratefully. Deadham Hard Our caravan travelled with the mournfulness of a funeral procession. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy As she looked at him thus there was a mournfulness in her brave face that went to Tommy's heart and almost made a man of him. Tommy and Grizel He is looking at me with a fixed, pathetic mournfulness. Nancy The room was filled with shadow and mournfulness, and in a dusty grate the fire smouldered. A Mere Accident There seemed some dark, unearthly fate, Around my life to twine; That which brings joy to other hearts, Brings mournfulness to mine. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland He appears to have sometimes aimed at conveying more than painting can compass; and, since he had not Lionardo's genius, he gives sadness, mournfulness, or discontent, for some more subtle mood. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Something of wildness and restlessness there was in the dark eye, but there was the same patient look, the same expression of gentle mournfulness which he well remembered, and no trace of a single tear. Nicholas Nickleby "You may as well forgive me!" he says, taking my cold and passive hand, and speaking with an intense though composed mournfulness. Nancy The mournfulness of his spirits, and the gorgeousness of his appearance, might have made him ridiculous, but that his delicacy made him respectable. Little Dorrit He would howl in twenty different strains of mournfulness, at my bidding. Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist My soul fondly dwelt upon the images of my brother and his children, yet they only increased the mournfulness of my contemplations. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale From deep down in his throat came first a low, weird sobbing that mounted steadily into a keening whose mournfulness made my skin creep. The Moon Pool As his eyes, in the patient mournfulness of their reproachful appeal, answer again in memory the shrewish violence of my accusation on the night of the ball—the last embers of my jealousy die. Nancy Having completed the construction of this appendage, he surveyed his work with great complacency, and put his hat on again—very much over one eye, to increase the mournfulness of the effect. The Old Curiosity Shop Thea accepted the mournfulness of the prayer-meetings as a kind of spiritual discipline, like funerals. The Song of the Lark The odours of night arose, and bathed me in that luxurious mournfulness peculiar to them, as if the plants whence they floated had been watered with bygone tears. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Suddenly—and it was all through the loving mournfulness of Becky's streaming eyes—her face looked more like a child's not so much too old for her years. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time "I wish you could have stayed," said Dorothea, with a touch of mournfulness, as she rose and put out her hand. Middlemarch If you know Versailles you know that it combines all that civilisation has to offer of beauty, magnificence, and mournfulness. The Conquest of Fear "And do you not hate us?" said Caroline, with, an arch look of delight, then softened into something of mournfulness. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World An ominous mournfulness, far sadder than the pensiveness of twilight, drew over the sky. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 "Yes, sir; sick to my very heart," answered the Yorkshirewoman, with a strange mournfulness in her voice. Birds of Prey This letter also made my grief vent itself in tears; they were not tears of remorse, however, but of an unavoidable mournfulness. The Bride of Dreams "And then who on earth would care for me any more!" said Hester, with mock mournfulness, which brought a glimmer of the merry light back to the major's face. Weighed and Wanting Mourner, that dost deserve thy mournfulness, Call thyself punished, call the earth thy hell; Say, 'God is angry, and I earned it well; 'I would not have him smile and not redress.' Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 She would not have his thoughts drawn to the church of the earthquake; neither would she have the mournfulness of his sweet voice much in the ears of her baby. A Rough Shaking The annoyance gave way before a recollection of the sweet mournfulness of his mother's face, as she had said good-bye to him at the station, and of how lovely she looked in her mourning. The Magnificent Ambersons And mingled with this, thus making it all the more inexplicable, was a feeling of mournfulness, of pity. The Bride of Dreams Here is the sweet mournfulness of the Spenserian time, upon whose joys Death is the only intruder. Milton The intense mournfulness of Miss Verepoint's expression seemed to indicate that she anticipated the arrival of the desired day not less than sixty years hence. A Man of Means These rolling syllables touched him as no intelligible eloquence could have done, and the old man sobbed with a mournfulness not unmingled with satisfaction. Roughing It, Part 4. "Never to see you again till I came back," said Despard, with some mournfulness, looking at the floor. Cord and Creese There is no escaping the mournfulness of life. Two Summers in Guyenne Considering the urgency and mournfulness of the occasion, it was impossible for me to murmur, and the affectionate Clarice would suffer nothing to interfere with the duty which she owed to her dying friend. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker There is a sense of fatality in the singular mournfulness and majesty which belong to the ruins of Heidelberg, contrasting the vastness of the strength with the utterness of the ruin. The Pilgrims of the Rhine It was like sunlight on a sad white day of mist; it did not dispel mournfulness, it seemed only to irradiate it. A Fountain Sealed "I understand you," said Brandon, with a more profound mournfulness in his voice. Cord and Creese She was of an expansive and confiding nature, easily satisfied, and tried to fall in with the mournfulness of her home, and docilely used to repeat the pessimistic ideas which she heard. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The endless mournfulness that is in my heart surged up in me like a tide, and suddenly I began to cry like a child. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow "Blinds down here, miss!" he said, with appropriate mournfulness. Hilda Lessways Raise thou the buried dead of springs gone by In maidens' bosoms; raise the autumn fruits Of old men feebly mournful o'er the life Which scarce hath memory but the mournfulness. A Hidden Life and Other Poems "Vengeance!" she said, in a voice of inexpressible mournfulness. Cord and Creese The deep-set eyes turned to him slowly and again he fancied a twinkle in their mournfulness. Up the Hill and Over I am settled down into mournfulness, into despair; I can do nothing but gaze back—I have lived my life—I have spent my force—I am tired and sick. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow There is a charm about this last resting-place in spite of its mournfulness, and the many flowers load the air with a delicious perfume. Twixt France and Spain And it was she who, amid the mournfulness of that room, which but a little while ago had held all their happiness, spoke out the first to complain and express her astonishment. Fruitfulness She looked at me with indescribable mournfulness and shook her head. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder What had given that depth of mournfulness to her eyes? The Moccasin Maker The wind sighed and soughed about the old house as it had done a year before, but Webb and Amy were armed against its mournfulness. Nature's Serial Story Her still, upward gaze had a patient, mournfulness which troubled him like a suggestion of an inconceivable depth. Victory An Island Tale Cold and stately, it sits on its height with something of the austere mournfulness of a ruined capital. Without Prejudice Death," said she, in a voice of indescribable mournfulness, "is better here than with you. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder Her eyes lost their mournfulness and blazed a black-red at him. The Moccasin Maker It was the most capricious burden of mournfulness that had ever had its utterance from wo. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story No jewelry relieved the somberness of her dress; her dark hair, thick and long, fell like a veil over her shoulders, adding to the mournfulness of her garb by its dusky waves. Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express Two Kings there were, one Good, one Bad; The first was mournfulness itself, The second, happy as a lad,— And both are dust upon a shelf. The Five Books of Youth When, in other respects, silence had again fallen upon the town, the mournfulness of that ringing became intolerable. The Fortune of the Rougons "Thanks to God," said she, holding out her hand to Uncle Geoffrey, with a look of relief and congratulation, and yet of inexpressible mournfulness which went to his heart. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering Sometimes, the figure of Mrs. Sherwin appeared to me, wan and weary, and mournful with a ghostly mournfulness. Basil Nothing can exceed the mournfulness of this depopulated land: we might have been wandering over the wilds of Poland. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort He is trying to make out and take in the destruction of all this corner of the earth, and the mournfulness of it. Under Fire: the story of a squad Paul looked at her, then at Barney Bill, who nodded his white head, then at Mr. Finn, whose deep eyes met his with a curious tragical mournfulness. The Fortunate Youth The tremor which possessed her when she entered was subsiding; the unutterable mournfulness of this little room made everything external to it seem of small account. The Emancipated They had seen cataclysms too vast for our imagination, and a mournfulness and a satiety were upon them. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley The mournfulness of the whole place was depressing. The Garden of Survival As soon as one enters one is seized by the sense of a mournfulness beyond words, by an oppression as of something too heavy, too crushing, almost superhuman. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Amid the solemn mournfulness that reigns over declining Rome, this delightful elevation rises light, airy, and inviting, at once a refreshment to the body and a solace to the spirit. Antonina I've never believed in mournfulness, and I don't want to see any of it now. The Two Vanrevels "Forget the 'Mr. Sherwood,' or you'll make me feel not at home in my own house," he begged with humorous mournfulness. Children of the Whirlwind The tranquil mournfulness of her night of solitude terminated in a most unexpected manner. Two on a Tower Moody mournfulness seemed to hold silent awhile one not naturally taciturn. A Changed Man; and other tales Enduring, almost eternal, as the burden of her desolation seemed now to have become, it was yet to be removed, ere long, by feelings of a tenderer mournfulness and a more resigned woe. Antonina These words were uttered so slowly, with such intense mournfulness, that Swithin's jaw relaxed; he converted the movement to a yawn. Villa Rubein, and other stories He was leaning against his idle loom, which, like a dead thing, filled the place with the mournfulness of death. Robert Falconer Going the old way, after all!' exclaimed Markham, not in his usual gruff, grumbling note, but with real anxiety, and almost mournfulness. The Heir of Redclyffe She lifts her head—she sees the eager crowd, Her blood begins to leap, her eyes grow proud, Yet still within their liquid depths there lies A childlike mournfulness, a dread of truth. Love or Fame; and Other Poems Her voice had altered, as she pronounced these words, to an impressive lowness and mournfulness of tone. Antonina "Rather!" said Mr. Green, gazing at Mrs. Merillia with confused mournfulness. The Prophet of Berkeley Square The boy was oblivious of my emotion; he was staring with great mournfulness t the tent. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair Slant rays of sunshine alone pass through them, no flower blooms or bird sings, only silence and mournfulness surround the grave of the ablest and greatest man that Japan has produced. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Its fainter tones assumed a kind of mournfulness, and were finally lost in the hush and solemnity of the wood. The Blithedale Romance A mournfulness was over the place, like the terror of a contagion. The Nabob My soul fondly dwelt upon the images of my brother and his children; yet they only increased the mournfulness of my contemplations. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Their dim, vacant eyes had not even the feverish glitter of hunger, but were full of an indescribable, impressive mournfulness. Creatures That Once Were Men Have we such scenes of drapery's mournfulness On Beauty's revelations, witched we plant, Over the fair shape humbled to confess, An angel's buckler, with loud choiric chant. Poems — Volume 3 A sad and desolate place it was, a gloomy, sorrowful place that gave me a strange sensation of mournfulness and even dread. Bleak House |
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