| 单词 | repine |
| 例句 | Yet I have no fears now: what is done is done, there can be no repining. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I will not pause either to accuse or repine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She whispered a poem: “The storm is past, no more repining Behold! the gentle sun is shining” “Yeah,” muttered Charles, “but the track is still too heavy for Seabiscuit.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not much time for repining, however, for the three young girls were busily employed in ‘having a good time’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources of happiness necessarily attached to her situation, that she could, upon the whole, have no cause to repine.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Far from repining in the sheltered world of the rectory, she was surrounded by sensational, exotic, dramatic life. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne – review 2013-02-08T07:00:02Z Freeman called Lee “the Southern Arthur” who “accepted fame without vanity and defeat without repining.” Opinion | This scrupulous biography of Robert E. Lee is exactly what the country needs 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Arthur was inclined to think that Sylvia had much less cause to repine than he; the more tales she told him of her life, the more tributes of envy he paid to her good fortune. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Would she never even, by one repining thought in the depth of her heart, reproach him for having won her away, to share his exile and misery? The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Yet why repine where so much is left? Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Besides, they were ugly; they had decided as much when they were still children, and, now that they were twenty-one and nineteen, would be foolish to begin repining. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z No use repining; must get on; feeling peckish; walk in middle of road to make most of twilight shut out by hedges; can't see time by watch; doing something more than four miles an hour. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z Spare no pains, and repine at no difficulty. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z This arrangement the authoress approves, because it prepares the girl to accept without repining the humiliations of her lot. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z He did not sit down idly to repine at misfortunes which his manly exertions might remedy, or waste in fruitless lamentations a moment of that time in which the accident might be repaired. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z I am too well acquainted with your industry and patriotism to think that you will repine at any trouble that this may give you. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Nevertheless they repined not, but took everything in the spirit of calm philosophy. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z When the crisis and the crash came that wrecked his fortune he went stoutly to work, and if he ever repined it was not known outside of the family and small circle of chosen friends. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Here he passed his days, repining, but resigned, in the study of the Bible, and the perusal of the Commentators—huge folios, not easily got through, one of which would outlast a winter! Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Are they going to be unhappy, to repine and complain, longing for consolation and all the sweet things with which God fed them when they hardly knew Him? Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z "We should not repine," replied his friend; "He that sends mouths, sends food." Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z It is a maxim, that it is no use repining for the past, O youth. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z He never croaked or canted—never whined or repined—was proud, self-willed, self-reliant—knew his strength, and asked no favors and showed no quarter. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He never halts, never repines, never is puzzled, like other men; that tranquillity, full of life, that ceaseless but graceful motion, "without haste, without rest," for which we all are striving, he has attained. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z But I repine not, since 'tis Heaven's will. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Wretched man, whose years are spent In repining discontent, Lives not, aged though he be, Half a span, compared with thee. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z But now there is cause to repine, a Dread portent of what to expect: A bull has got loose in the china And nothing, no, nothing's been wrecked. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z Yet, who could repine? for how signal was the mercy of God, who, amid all the dire convulsions, spared the lives of so many of his trembling creatures! Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z But they came with high-raised hopes, only repining at their ill luck in not having been in the first expedition, by which they supposed the first spoils of Eldorado had already been shared. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z She lived in pain, but smiled through it, with her marble face and violet eyes and long silky lashes: and fretful or repining word never came from her lips. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z It has been whiles a weary waiting-time, but it's sinful to repine. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z He must neither murmur nor repine at his lot, but rather give thanks to God for his loving-kindness and tender mercy in removing from his path so many temptations to sin! Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z If jest I pass, do not repine To learn it reeks not of the wine; For my Apollo is celestial, And from Bacchus shrinks as bestial. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z No murmuring, no repining ever escaped her lips. The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z Rejected, now, your humble, ardent prayer For cash, to speed your way To Baffin's frozen bay, 'Tis your own fault if you repine! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Work, and, instead of repining at Providence, you may, perhaps, find yourself offering up thanks for all the numerous blessings you enjoy. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Heaven is my witness, I never repined at my lowly station, till by that I was deprived of the means of rescuing my beloved family from their distress. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z For the first time I felt utterly forsaken, and repined at my lot as one of unmitigated evil. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Thus time passed, and they became neither richer nor poorer, as is the common lot of men who labor for their bread; but neither Gadallah nor his father repined. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Sometimes, however, I repine a little and wish that I were, say, a porpoise, splashing gayly along at the surface, and making a noise in the world. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z But for such, the Good Father has another happiness waiting, if they will take it and trust Him, and not repine because they might not choose. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z She did not repine, for she had had a long, hard life and she was tired. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z We have no right to murmur at sickness, and repine at its presence in the world. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Some of them have believed: "Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply— 'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.'" English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z He is about thirty, I think, tall and handsome, mortally wounded, and dying royally without reproach, repining, or remorse. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z But if I see you here I shall repine at nothing. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z He is a blessing; my heart acknowledges that perhaps he is as great an one as any human being possesses; and indeed, my dear friend, while I suffer, I do not repine while he remains. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Over all these beauties, her death cast a pall; and although he repined not, it was easy to see how deep a sorrow overshadowed his remaining years. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z The simple, ingenuous and acquiescent sweetness with which she said this, was a new pang to her lover:—had she repined, had she looked ill-humoured, his task would not have been so difficult. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z Well, if she is destined to be an old maid I don't think she will be a repining one. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z From the Irish How hard is my fortune, And vain my repining! A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z It is impossible for me to tell you how much I repine at my imprisonment here, but I dare not anticipate a change to take me there for a long time. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Him then I think fondly to kiss, to hold him Frankly then to my bosom; I that all day Have look�d forvhim suffering, repining, yea many long days. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Pressed down by these intolerable grievances, is it to be wondered at that the Papists should repine,—or that some among their number, when all other means failed, should seek redress by darker measures? Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z He had his disappointments and sorrows like other men, but he did not repine. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Yet they become stronger and more vehement every day, so that I am powerless to overcome them, and in weariness repine. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z But cease, rash Muse—oh, tremble to repine! Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z But it is useless to repine at a misfortune which is inevitable. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z It was God's pleasure that this scheme, which was for the benefit of his holy religion, should not prosper, and therefore I do not repine at the result.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The forest-trees combine To talk of peace when mortals would repine; And he is false to God who flouts the rose. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z No, I'll be sworn that he shall not; therefore never repine, sir, for marriages, you know, are made in heaven; in fine, sir, we are joined together in spite of fortune. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z But he had passed through too many periods of hardship and vicissitude to repine over these altered circumstances—he rather rejoiced to suffer for conscience' sake. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The queen was truly an example of patience and resignation, for she never repined, not even in her most agonizing moments. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z However, it was gone, and there was no use repining. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources of happiness that she could have no cause to repine. Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z That we are, indeed, Sir Martin, and these are witnesses; therefore, in fine, never repine, sir, for marriages, you know, are made in heaven. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Juliet languished, therefore, though she would not repine; and though she was not afflicted at heart, she sickened with disgust. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Ellis could by no means repine at a separation, that saved her from the pride and malevolence of Mrs Maple and of Ireton, and from the distressing incongruities of Elinor. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Her spirits, from the fulness of her occupations, revived; and she soon grew a stranger to the depression of that ruminating leisure, which is wasted in regret, in repining, or in wavering meditation. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z We are doomed never to regain our shapes; but, now that Félisette has gone, we are comfortable here and don't repine. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z "Only with you," said the young man, "could I traverse that vast desert without allowing myself to repine." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Nothing at heart but jealous suspicion of others, or secret repining for himself! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Nay, repine not, father," said she: "He who tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb, will not permit adversity to press on us more hardly than he gives us strength to endure it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z If fate, if God, demanded this last thing of him—if only so could he balance the account—he would not repine. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Let none at a tester repent or repine: Come bring me your money, and I’ll make you fine; Young Billy shall look as spruce as the day, And pretty sweet Betty more finer than May. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Katura, however, took kindly to civilization, and soon settled herself in her new position with no undue repining. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z She had not much time for repining, however, for the three young girls were busily employed in "having a good time." Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z All the same, Let us not repine: Christmas comes but once a year, And it will come again, I fear. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z Let us, instead of repining at what we have lost, be thankful for what we have enjoyed. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The war had taken her only son, and she was a widow; but from that day to this, no human being has ever heard a word of repining from her lips. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Notwithstanding all these privations and hardships, there was no repining; the rich glow of health was upon his cheek, and a light and happy heart, in spite of iron fortune, throbbed in his young breast. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z It would be weak to repine at what is inevitable; I will not give way to it. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Whose sons at hunger ne'er repine, but feed On air and sweetest hopes. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z She is always repining and talking of the days when she had her conservatory and carriage, and, worst of all, she blames poor Hallett so for his want of ambition. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z All around her breathed more freely; it was as though a spell had been taken off them since Wally's dark repining spirit, that had weighed like a storm-cloud upon everything, had melted away. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Hence, there is no repining at their narrow sphere, no longing for more strenuous activity or more varied life. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z There 's many a gladsomer meadow than mine, Where greener trees shelter and softer suns shine For others than me; but how can I repine, For who is so happy as I? St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Mr. Cartwright, I fear that I have not been hitherto sufficiently mindful of this, and that I have repined where I ought to have blessed. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Oh, no, I do not repine,--I only share the fate of thousands of my sisters. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z I have never yet heard her complain of home being dull, or repine at her lot.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The last throb of your heart was given to repining for them. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Even when he laid a charge upon her, which almost seemed to take away the true value of all she had suffered for his sake, she did not attempt to repine. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z And shall I repine because I am called insane for the same reason? Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z It will break my heart, but I will not repine! Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z My love I cannot; that is too divine: And against fate what mortal dares repine? Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The gard'ner does at me repine, I spoil his works as he does mine. The Book of Riddles 2011-07-02T02:00:10.667Z The long day drew to a close but Elsie, with the sweet steadfastness of a nature that had hardly ever known what it was to repine, did not feel impatient. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Never let us repine, howsomever, but consider that all is ordered for the best. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Soon, fatigue, exposure, privations, bad water, unwholesome diet, repining and discontent brought on the inevitable "ager." The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Then why should I repine? since there are others, Who, in the early spring, and May of life, Behold the promised blossoms of their hope Nipt in the very bud. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z If she had planned a party of pleasure, and the weather proved unfavourable, the whole day was spent in fruitless repining, or venting her ill-humour on those who depended on her. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z According to every rule of romance and reason, he should have suffered from at least brief seasons of repining; at least have been twinged by memories of things foregone, yet desired. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z But there, nothing is to be gained by repining! The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z That my uncle keeps them from me, I endure without repining: when staying in the neighborhood, or even in town, they seldom see me. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z He had that look; there was deference without abasement in his bearing, if regret now and then tinged his tone it conveyed no hint of repining. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z I could not forget the blind man in the next room; did he ever recall this scene—which he must often have gazed upon—and repine? By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The holy churchmen, themselves, Don Christopher, are obliged to submit to this evil," answered the careless Luis; "and it does not become us laymen to repine at what they endure. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Such unction accompanied these simple and characteristic words that the good lady felt deeply consoled, and she repined no more. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z Yes, my friend; and I am still repeating it, and still repining at myself that I am not so busy here as I was there. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z "So be it, my son," said the khan, "let us bow to Providence; and since these evils which encompass us are written in the book of fate, let us endure them without repining." The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z I loved my friend too well to endure any needless separation without repining. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z She regarded her own disposition to repine as a species of injustice. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Yet think I cou'd descend from Friendship's Rules: For so I must shou'd I repine at Death, Or fear to suffer with so brave a Man. The Stolen Heiress or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted 2011-05-31T02:00:34.090Z Are there many repining at their miseries, the preacher, with gracious intonation, answers rebukingly that God, in his wisdom, has sent these troubles upon them as chastisement for their sins. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Daughter, it's sinful to repine at the ways of Providence. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z But, in his “Essays,” speaking as “moral philosopher,” he says, carelessly, that he had lost “two or three” “without repining.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She struggled, rebelled, repined, and ended with yielding. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She bore her lot—not without sorrow; but, at least, without repining. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z With your dear love to warm my heart, Wretch were I to repine— I was but jesting at the start— I'm glad I'm thirty-nine! Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z I saw with some disappointment that Cornelius was not included in the invitation; but I tried to look to the morrow without ungrateful repining; it came, and brought Kate alone, but not the less welcome. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z To be within reach of you, and yet to be separated, as I must be by circumstances, would probably make me repine even more than I fear I am inclined to do at present. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Still there was no repining, no spoken regrets. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Meek and patient she bore suffering and disease without repining or complaint, and granted herself but one indulgence: the sight and presence of Mary. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Having done what is right, my next effort shall be to crush every thing like regret or repining. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z I bore it bravely enough in appearance, but in my heart I repined bitterly. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z After a little idle repining, and some tacit abuse of the public mind, I laid my poor child by. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z The flowers evaporate like an incense urn, The viol vibrates like the wailing of souls that repine. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z Mrs. Gray was a good and an upright woman; she reared her husband's child like her own, and worked for both, without ever repining at the double burden. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z A miner in California mine, For his distant home he did repine, In a far off Eastern state, Where did live his own dear mate. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z The tumultuous cry of the cascade, wont to rant in the ragged throat of Hellsfork, was now hushed to a repining monotone. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z If so, this letter is to tell you that I do not repine, nor blame you. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The viol vibrates like the wailing of souls that repine; Sweet souls that shrink from chaos vast and etern, The skies like a mosque are beautiful and stern, The sunset drowns within its blood-red brine. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z For that child's sake, had she, without repining, borne the burden of Rachel. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Alas, is it possible that I have at last found out a place which will afford a private grave to this miserable body, whose load I so repine to bear? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Tears might have alleviated the misery within him, but Buddy's grievous repining and loneliness was of a tearless brand. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Such a retreat may be dedicated to sentimental repining. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z The mother, with a baby in her arms,—her oldest child, Ezra, a boy of twelve,—must have been worn with this toilsome journey; but patient and cheerful, no word of repining escaped her lips. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Never—never would she dare to repine again, or murmur at the lot Providence had appointed her; so much had the dark lesson of Coop Kernan Hole taught her. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Those likewise, who murmur against his providence, and repine under the restraint of his commands, cannot firmly believe him infinitely wise and good. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z In the valley of shadows he walked, and entered the gate without repining. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z After having presided over the civil affairs of the republic, or commanded its armies, the most distinguished citizens returned, without repining, to till the lands of their forefathers. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z During the long, weary days that followed not one word of repining escaped her lips. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z She says, 'We do not repine, but render back with thankfulness the gift lent us for a season.' Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z He never came back, and Susie, after a year or two of repining, found consolation in the affections of a better man. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z "And mine has lost my fortune," answered his companion, bitterly, "by useless extravagance, and repining when I was doing well." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Far from futile, waste repining, On this my beauty's throne, Frail, calm, gentle Queens reclining, My royal hands dream of their own. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z He had come to think of his fate with bitter repining, and to look upon himself as, somehow or other, cruelly ill-used by Providence. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z They lived in Spring Gardens, and having stayed in all day, towards four o'clock Mr. Thomas began to repine, and to wish to go out and walk in the Park. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z With naturally happening difficulties they were accustomed to combat without fear or repining. The Dusantes A Sequel to "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" 2011-03-06T03:00:18.327Z All repining under the Supreme decree is leavened with unrighteousness. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z However, what is done is done, and no regret or vain repining may undo it. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z Depend upon it, a condition of hopeless repining for the past is a more terrible torture than all that the most glowing imagination of coming evil could ever compass or conceive. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The toil was humble, and the pay for it was proportionately small; but duty commanded me, and I worked on, cheered by hope, and without repining at my fate. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z He talked as a petted boy might talk to an idolising sister—with a mixture of boastfulness and repining, which he would have been ashamed to display to a man. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Yet you repined and rather chose to pay. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z I knew it was a blessing in disguise—one hearty boy well provided for—but I was too full of repining to see it then. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z Do not fancy that I repine at being here because I turn with fond affection to the scene of my earliest days. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Now the lightning has taken all; but who can repine?—for it was the will of God.” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This is the distinctive trait of envy which sets it apart from other forms of repining at another's good fortune. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Yet you repine and rather choose to pay. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z No one seemed to trouble himself whether the sick-leave or the sell-out meant hopeless calamity,—all were dashed with a species of well-bred fatalism that was astonished with nothing, rejoiced at nothing, repined at nothing. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Polly and I agreed that it was settled that we were not to be heiresses, and that it was no use our repining. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z Whoever was to blame we were fairly in for it now; and to repine was vain. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z I have not often in my life met with contented and cheerful-minded women, but I never met with so many repining and discontented women as in Canada. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z What an out-of-the-way place for fame to seek and find a man—a man repining that he cannot go in search of her! The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z Never before had any dared to curb its will or restrain its tongues, and it greatly repined at its bondage, inwardly chafing under a restraint which nevertheless it did not dare to withstand. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z She quickly put aside this useless repining, to face the grim, painful fact once more. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Sir, the Churches in this country have long repined at the position of the Churches in England on the subject of Slavery. Abolition Fanaticism in New York Speech of a Runaway Slave from Baltimore, at an Abolition Meeting in New York, Held May 11, 1847 2011-01-13T03:01:15.970Z Indeed, as he pointed out, nothing could be done by repining. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z They who fret, repine, or complain, discover plainly that they are unwilling to die to the world, and that they have but little of the divine light in their souls. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z And the poor man began to repine at his fate, he began to lose heart, and his dishevelled head began to sink deeper between his shoulders. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z This was the only drawback to his earthly happiness; but he never repined, or let a word escape his lips, to betray the wish of his heart. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Satan, who had eyed me from the first as if he repined at the delay I had obtained, came forward. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Let me draw satisfaction from this source, and, instead of murmuring and repining at my lot, consider it in a more pleasing view. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Hence no man ought to murmur against God when He corrects him, or repine at His chastisements, or quarrel with His judgments. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Not that she repined for herself—oh no!—but the idea of her husband's wan face was like a dagger in her heart. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Instead of repining, he was devoting his whole soul to God’s work. The Little Minister But what we have, we'll taste and not repine; From us will come no grumbling word. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches The old age of Mrs. Adams was not one of grief and repining, of clouds and darkness. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams And if this be allowed, why dost thou not submit to the divine chastisements without murmuring or repining? True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Under the plane-trees Michael was stabbed with one pang for Lily, and he repined at the waste of this warm June. Sinister Street, vol. 2 For if I have grieved of late yet have I known joys undreamed and have looked and seen what Happiness is like unto, wherefore I do not repine that Happiness hath not stayed. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Yet she did not repine, for she remembered too well the black days of the old year when the wolf slunk round the house, coming every day nearer to her door. A Bed of Roses Though earthly comforts are taken away, I will not repine. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams My dear," she said, "you have no reason to repine. The Gambler A Novel Every movement, every laugh, every shadow made him repine at its uselessness to him. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He was, the world said, a jovial fellow, Who ne'er was known at Fortune to repine; Increasing years had rendered him more mellow, And age improved him—as it did his wine. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) She did not realise that this negative condition was almost happiness, and yet did not precisely repine. A Bed of Roses I am repining at my hard lot in being torn from you much oftener than I ought. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams I shall never repine again, while I have health; but who talks of repining after such a march as our last? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 He is pleased with nothing, perpetually repining at the decrees of Providence, and refusing to enjoy what he has, from a ridiculous and never-ceasing desire for what he has not. Rambles in Womanland It was not without many a severe struggle, and many a heartfelt repining, Cashel felt himself surrender the free action of his natural independence to the petty and formal restrictions of a code like this. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Think what Spirit dwells within thee; Think what Father’s smiles are thine; Think that Jesus died to win thee: Child of heaven, canst thou repine? Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work He spent his days not in laziness nor in vice, not in repining and dejection. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day The Pastor earnestly entreated her, whether her parents were innocent or guilty, not to repine against the will of God, nor to withdraw herself from the world, in anger and vexation. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Who breaks her awful mandate, shocks himself, His better self: and is it greater pain, Our soul should murmur, or our dust repine? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Well, well, it is only cowardice to repine. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Whether they were rich or poor, happy or miserable, contented or repining, was immaterial to him after he had ceased to reside in his castle, and to be protected by his armed vassals. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Unlike the works of man, they speak directly to our souls while they appeal to our reason; and the truth comes forced upon us, that we alone must not repine. Jack Hinton The Guardsman It is not for us to repine, my son. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 By that unawed, in life’s most smiling hour, The good man would repine; would suffer joys, And burn impatient for his promised skies. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes No repining, no peevish expression ever escaped him during a confinement of two years, in which, I believe, if every moment of ease could be added together, would not amount to two whole months. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The marquis saw with repining the campaign drawing to a close, and nothing done that would rouse the people in America, and be spoken of at the Court of Versailles. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The compositions with which he won these medals were—the catch “O beauteous fair,” the canon “Blessed is he,” and the glee “Dull repining sons of care.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The world, indeed, “went so well” with me in all other respects, that I felt it would have been the blackest ingratitude against Fortune to have given way to any thing like discontent or repining. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Mrs Thorne had never seemed settled at Plumton, and had always been full of repining, but had never been so excited and importunate before. The New Mistress A Tale She had suffered, and he had ministered; she had despaired, and he had consoled; she had repined, and he had gallantly borne her burden as well as his own. A Question of Marriage We will return now to Washington in his sick encampment on the banks of the Youghiogeny, where he was left repining at the departure of the troops without him. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I don’t think I am one ready to repine, or one who would seek to live for selfish considerations—love of pleasure or the like—but I have so much to do. Blind Policy Yet there was never a word of repining or reproach upon his lips when I showed myself. The Minute Boys of York Town To make matters worse, Mrs Thorne would keep up a doleful dirge of repining. The New Mistress A Tale In New York, at least, the poor children are not the stunted repining lot we have heard of as being hatched in cities abroad. The Children of the Poor The minister, Hunt, lost all his library, and all that he had but the clothes on his back; yet none ever heard him repine at his loss. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia And, as you well know I always repudiated the curate and cottage theory, I accept the alternative without repining. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Let skies on fire, Let frozen seas, let horrid war conspire, I dare them all," I cried, "and, but repine That one poor life is all I can resign. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem But there, I will not murmur and repine. The New Mistress A Tale As for repining, there is no such word in his vocabulary. The Children of the Poor At times also, without repining, she would predict that next winter she would meet all her ancestors again. Black Forest Village Stories I say this without complaint; I repine at nothing. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly If this were for his Majesty's service or the good of his subjects we should not repine, whatever our sufferings are for it. The Planters of Colonial Virginia That was Mrs Thorne’s view of the case, and she kept up her protests with tears and repining, winning Percy to her side till he was always ready to reproach his sister. The New Mistress A Tale There are enough of them, but as a whole they are anything but a repining lot. The Children of the Poor The world, indeed, 'went so well' with me in all other respects, that I felt it would have been the blackest ingratitude against Fortune to have given way to anything like discontent or repining. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness: Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to My breast. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Will not our pride of good blood teach us other lessons than repining? Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "Oh, be quiet, child, and cease repining," cried the good Fairy. Maid Sally And you can yet exhort us to forgive these our enemies, and not murmur and repine under all this, as not only you yourself but others have said, we should do. The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania These ears, alas! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History But covet not the abode; forbear to sigh As many do, repining while they look; Intruders—who would tear from Nature's book This precious leaf with harsh impiety. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes She had no hours to spare for foolish repining, or morbid sorrow. Jan Vedder's Wife But it was useless to repine; he could only swallow his disappointment and hope that during his father's absence something might happen to give him an opportunity for active work. Barclay of the Guides Papa, dearest, kindest papa!" cried Nelly, as the tears burst from her eyes, "be not angry with me, nor suppose that any ungenerous repining against our altered lot finds a place in my heart. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She started me poor and in rags: I was above repining, and called myself rich and well-nurtured. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Other men have fared worse than you have in it,—and without repining too. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I COME, my Lesbia, no repining; Let us love while yet we may! Second Book of Verse He freely emptied his pockets at my bidding, and restored to me the gold, for the loss of which I never should have repined. The Lamplighter Should the soldier repine because he is allotted to lead a forlorn hope? Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion It was there I taught myself to endure reverses without disappointment, and bear hardships without repining. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas This poor "one thing I do,"—instead of repining at its lowness or its hardness, I will make it glorious by my supreme loyalty to its demand. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Some ways she’s a real child about things and mighty helpless when it comes to managing, but she never thinks about repining, and it’s funny how she’ll do whatever King tells her.” The House of Fulfilment Her own great misfortunes and trials were borne without repining; but the misfortunes and trials of others became her care, the alleviation of them her greatest delight. The Lamplighter But he was the last man in the world to repine at fate. Francezka "I can do nothing," she said; and once again she turned and went slowly without a murmur, without repining, down the dark pathway to the grave and gate of death. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind "I am afraid," said Mr. Johnson, "that your difficulties may sometimes lead you to repine." The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Age is the season of Imagination, youth of Passion; and having been long young, shall we repine that we are now old? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Those poor fellows above, accustomed to the wild freshness and freedom of the sea, how they must mourn and repine! Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) I repeated over and over that if I had seen him alive for five minutes, I would not repine. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle You do not repine because of these things. The Kempton-Wace Letters She contested the will, and was always repining at the thought of the property passing away from her at death. Old and New London Volume I Yet at this distance of time—half a century and more—it is impious to repine. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) I repine, I find a reluctation of spirit against believing that this is the place. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers How fervently and sincerely I resolved that if I saw him alive for one hour I never would repine! A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle These ears, alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Without a word of reproach or repining, he took his friend over the ruins of the old station, which he had made the most beautiful of all the mission properties. A History of the English Church in New Zealand They had been taught fortitude by the past, and, without useless repining and unmanly fear, they faced the future. History of Morgan's Cavalry Here he passed his days, repining but resigned, in the study of the Bible, and the perusal of the Commentators,—huge folios, not easily got through, one of which would outlast a winter! Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature And we cannot repine at a decision which gave us, in the shape which it took at last, the allegory of the Fairy Queen. Spenser Here he passed his days, repining but resigned, in the study of the Bible, and the perusal of the Commentators—huge folios, not easily got through, one of which would outlast a winter! English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century He knows that 494 he is doing what will never benefit himself; and where he rejoices to see the stem rise, is disposed to repine that another shall cut it down.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 O my dear babys, were mortal eyes permitted to see them in heaven, we would not repine nor grieve for their loss.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) To do this, without repining, without looking back with anguish and remorse upon the sacrifices you had made, without a regret or a reproach? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. But do not repine; go to the King and ask him for money for your journey.” Legends & Romances of Brittany To you my poor sheep I resign, My colly, my crook, and my horn: To leave you, indeed, I repine, But I must away with the morn. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. There was an old lady of Turkey, Who wept when the weather was murky; When the day turned out fine, She ceased to repine, That capricious old lady of Turkey. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Juba stood and gazed till the sun rose opposite to him, envying, repining, hating, like Satan looking in upon Paradise. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century My dear friend, do not, do not repine, but rather rejoice for your brother's own sake, that wealth is cut off from him at such a source as slavery. Records of Later Life “Well, well,” commented Blount, gazing mildly about, for great men do not stop to repine, “and what do you use these big scales for?” Shadow Mountain She paid for her mistake, poor child, and no one has ever heard a word of complaint or repining from her. Mrs. Tree A good-humoured, care-defying man, he enjoyed life in an easy way, and was not disposed to repine when his road lay down the hill. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Learn never to repine at your own misfortunes, or to envy the happiness of others. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order It is doubtless best to take what we can get, and not to repine if we do not get something better, the possibility of which is suggested by the actual accomplishment. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) There was not a touch of repining or resignation about them. The Thread of Gold If this were for his Majesty's Service or the good of his Subjects wee should not repine what ever our Sufferings are for it. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Do not misunderstand me, Miss Effie," I replied; "I was not repining, but merely asking an explanation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 His confession betrays his weakness of character just as your repining and fault-finding betrays yours. The Heart of the New Thought "I did not hear of it," said Mabel, easily satisfied, and too happy for repining at anything. Mabel's Mistake I did not attempt to fly in the face of this state of things by argument or repining. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Why should my anxious heart repine That Wealth and Power can ne'er be mine, And Love has flown— That Friendship changes as the breeze? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 If I had ever been addicted to repining, or had had no lessons to teach me how wrong the habit was, here was a new one to induce contentment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 But at all this she had never repined––she had her son! At the Crossroads I would not repine nor be ungrateful, but, oh! were it not for the little ones Heaven has confided to my care, how gladly would I seek a quiet resting place in the grave! Mabel's Mistake I confess that I admired, but no repining thought ever came to disturb the perfect contentment with which I regarded my plainer costume. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The dean of all the cheer-up school Adjures sad hearts to cease repining, And intimates that, as a rule, The sun behind the cloud is shining. A line-o'-verse or two Shun everything like repining at what you call your position as a sewing-girl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 But she did not repine; upheld by her devotedness to her mother, she guarded her tenderly until her death, which occurred five years after the marriage of Mr. Morris. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Forgive me my God, that I have dared thus to repine and forget that Thy protecting care was over me! Mabel's Mistake Nature has no place for sadness and repining. In Times Like These As you love me, don't repine at the will of heaven, however hard our trials may seem now to bear on us. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 I have no patience with the man who wishes to catch the public ear with the sound of his repining. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy There comes, from yonder height, A soft repining sound, Where forest-leaves are bright, And fall, like flakes of light, To the ground. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition If I were given to dreaming or repining I should say Fate was dead against me. The Hound From The North With the victor’s crown appearing, Why should I repine and sigh. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark I had thought him disposed to be querulous and captious, and had heard his apparent discontent attributed to jealous repining at the success of his poetical contemporaries. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. If it does but lead to my Lord’s glory, I am sure it will lead to my dear sufferer’s; then why should I repine? Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 The old sad and repining spirit had once more come over Richard Crawford, perhaps invoked by something in the young girl's words; and she saw the shadow almost as soon as he felt it. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 There was no trait in her nature to lead her to repine; it was entirely controlled by a dominant desire to punish the traitor. Australia Revenged If a monk repined at such a lot, he was to castigate himself by eating only dry bread for a week and performing 500 acts of penance. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture At many children parents don't repine, If they are handsome; in their judgment shine; Polite in carriage are, in body strong, Graceful in mien, and elegant in tongue. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault If it had only been, "May be it will amuse him a little while," then the obtrusive hump wouldn't be so heavy, and the murmuring, repining spirit would become joyous and grateful. The Elm Tree Tales Bear is the most general of these words; it is metaphorically to hold up or keep up a burden of care, pain, grief, annoyance, or the like, without sinking, lamenting, or repining. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions It was not peace, indeed! there was the obstinate spirit, repining, questioning, reviewing all things, striving to pierce the veil. Beside Still Waters The scales had many hours ago dropped from my eyes, and I saw Arizona clear, and felt no repining for roses and jasmine. Red Men and White But however much she might regret a thing, she was too faithful to repine. The Grey Woman and other Tales Even when he had been repining at the decrees of His Providence, that Providence was working out his best and truest good. The Elm Tree Tales One complains of a real or assumed grievance; he may murmur through mere peevishness or ill temper; he repines, with vain distress, at the irrevocable or the inevitable. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions To murmur, fret, repine, lament, bemoan— How sinful, stupid, wrong! Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul That soul," said Mary, calmly crossing herself, "is unworthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the axe. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He lived to wear the weak and melting snow Of luckless age, where garlands seldom grow, But by repining Fate torn from the head Which wore them once, are on another shed. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II If this should prove so, it would be our duty not to repine. Somehow Good Complaining is by speech or writing; murmuring is commonly said of half-repressed utterance; repining of the mental act alone. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions And must I, when I walk, repine Because I see thee not? Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul So wo to the souls that repine and refuse to be fetched within the sweet and loving arms of the Son of God, even those bloody arms which were stretched out upon a tree. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. That was the only thing she repined about, poor woman, her want of physical strength. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius For there you would not endure it and would repine, and perhaps at last would say: ‘I am quits.’ The Brothers Karamazov No matter what befall thou hast deemed me worthy to share thy danger, and I will not repine. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls When the days are gloomy, sing some happy song, Meet the world's repining with a courage strong; Go, with faith undaunted, through the ills of life, Scatter smiles and sunshine o'er its toil and strife. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul To know it is no sin: to repine and murmur thereat, these are forbidden. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers There was one particularly strong and happy point in Beth's character: she wasted little or no time in repining for the thing that was done. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius She knows how it heartens folk to play a great part in a great business: keeps them from feeling the fingers of famine in their inwards, keeps them from whining, repining, declining, what you will. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel “How foolish to repine when I should have known that there would be some sign.” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls My God, thou hast my heart and hand; I all to thee resign; I'll ever to this covenant stand, Though flesh hereat repine. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul But no! still harsher this decree: In dungeon chained shalt thou repine, Where neither sun nor moon can shine. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,— "'T is man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die." Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature I can well understand the words of a loving soul: "With heaven so near, and daily communion with our God, how can we ever repine!" Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life I want neither your usefulness in life nor mine impaired by continual weak repining. Macaria Think what Spirit dwells within thee; What a Father's smile is thine; What a Saviour died to win thee: Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine? Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul My dear Elizabeth, in the day of prosperity we seldom rejoice with thankfulness; but in the time of adversity, when our path is darkened, then we can bitterly repine. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. Tasso: The golden age, ah! whither is it flown, For which in secret every heart repines? Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Alas, for those who repine and fret against it! Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life "Mother, it is not like you to repine in this way; you who have suffered and endured so much must not despond when, after a long, starless night, the day begins to dawn." Macaria While for his presence we sit repining, Never we see his countenance shining; They who toil where his reapers be The glow of his smile may always see, And their faith can never swerve. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul She could behold beauty in others without a repining sigh, nor coveted any other admiration than what her uniform good conduct and commendable desire to please and oblige, always procured for her. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale Whilst thus repining over my useless life, a poet passed by chance—stay, was it chance? nay, there is no chance! Parables from Flowers It seemed wisest for me not to show myself again before Captain Pendarves, but I am afraid I did not repine greatly at the banishment. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 To change men's misery to happiness is to remove their resentment and repining. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It's not meet for the son of a chief to sit repining. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Whatever privations I may be made to endure, I shall not repine; for he whom I love will share them with me. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle But the submission may be querulous and repining; it may be bitter and resentful; it may be stern and rigid. A Manual of Moral Philosophy "The spirit, when torn from earth's objects of love, Loses all its regrets in the chorus above: So in exile we cannot but cease to repine, When it hallows with ecstacy songs of Lang-syne." Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 But it was idle to repine over the thing now. The Slave of Silence For how should he at wicked chance repine, Who feels, from every change, amusement flow? The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Profit by these: they will be found sufficient, and if they prove to you, my children, what they have been to me these eighteen years, I shall not repine at my dissolution.” The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man He was always cheerful no matter what difficulties he was in, and neither regretted the follies of his past nor repined over the hardships which had followed them. The Explorer They peer and pry and repine, and all the while the real essence of the figure lies in its momentary expression�in its most superficial gesture. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions But the next instant Corrigan, the head inspector, broke in on this reverie, and his words banished further repining: "The scoundrel won't open his lips," declared he to Mr. Burton. Christopher and the Clockmakers Oftentimes self-will, unbelief, and repining at our hard lot, was mixed with our complaints and cries unto Him. Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity Mirror your fate, then, in mine, love; Sorrow and sighing resign: Life is too short to repine, love, Link your fair future in mine! Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature I didn’t run away; I was driven, pitchforked out of doors, and stuck into a miserable billet at Madras, where I nearly ate my heart out with loneliness and repining. Athelstane Ford With that end in view, it would not do to repine, to appear sad or afraid of the lot reserved for the children. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death Shall we repine at a little misplaced charity, we who could no way foresee the effect,—when an all-knowing, all-wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?—Atterbury. Pearls of Thought I'm stung to anguish, yet I'll not repine, My rival's torture is as sharp as mine. Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx But I am not such a simpleton as to repine at that. The Vicar of Bullhampton However, the girls were not repining at their lack of society. Madge Morton's Victory There is something nobly pathetic in this deserted avenue—even the trees themselves have a mournful look, as though they repined because of the loneliness of to-day. The Dukeries Days not stained by regrets and tears and idle repining for what could not be helped. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation My friend, Complaints that are unjust offend: Speak out your griefs, if you repine At any act or deed of mine. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) He would far rather have had this happen when demerit and "confinements" in due proportion had been his award, but there is no use repining. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier They may repine in secret, but they must clothe their features with cheerfulness when their lord appears. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World "Shall one who has been so favoured, beyond his hopes, far beyond his deserts, dare to repine at the decree of Him who orders all things in wisdom and goodness?" Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History While you are repining over what is beyond recall, events are moving on. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses She soon saw that to suffer was her duty, and though she might grieve, she must not repine. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue This was a shocking occurrence, but the fate of Rushton was that to which every one of his friends was liable, and they did not sit down and repine over what could not be helped. Camp-fire and Wigwam He repines not, knowing that "our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings The silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have passed away, I might have watched through long decay.' Studies in Literature and History The Daoine Shi' were believed to be a peevish, repining race of beings, who, possessing but a scant portion of happiness, envied mankind their more complete and substantial enjoyments. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America But they cheerfully accepted the situation, and lost no time in idleness or repining. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It was, however, no time for repining; still less for any yielding on my part to a feeling of despondency. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" But she was reasonable and just, and, feeling the attempt should be made, she packed up her scanty wardrobe, and, without repining, set out with Charlotte for Roe Head. Emily Brontë No one had known Filmer to complain or repine, though there must have been moments when he longed for touch with those of his own caliber. The Rapids Where we see thy footsteps we cannot repine. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. They indulged no repining because of the hardships of their lot; they were never lonely amid the mountain solitudes. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Say thou, whose thoughts at nothingness repine, Shall Byron’s fame with Byron’s fate be thine? The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I There was no word of repining, no lamentation over the failure that had attended their quest. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea No captive knight, whom chains confine, Can tell his fate and not repine; Yet with a song he cheers the gloom That hangs around his living tomb. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds There was some little repining at this, partly because the distance was long, and partly because Barford Woods were too large to be popular. Ralph the Heir The second of these pieces has been brought with great skill into regular form by transposition: but again one repines to find several touches gone that once were there. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti These cheerful souls were still wearing the clothes which had been drenched through in the morning; their boots were damp and cold; they were chill with the night-air, but they did not repine. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Favoured thus I ne'er repine, Nor weary Heaven for more, nor to the great For larger bounty pray, My Sabine farm my one sufficient boon. Horace In high renown with prince and peer Now liv'd sir Valentine: His high renown with prince and peer Made envious hearts repine. The Book of Brave Old Ballads What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve, mere engines of the ruling mind? The Right of American Slavery Lord, we expect to suffer here, Nor would we dare repine; But give us still to find Thee near, And own us still for Thine. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians When poverty had come, he had met it without repining; when death had seemed to come, he had borne up against it bravely. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "Wherefore so sad a sigh, my Julia?" asked Hortensia, gazing affectionately at the saddened brow of the fair girl—"methinks! there is nothing very melancholy here; nothing that should call forth repining." The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Ralegh doubtless was sincere in A Comedy in the Tower. repining for the radiance as in deprecating the scowls, though he overrated his ability to conjure that back, and these away. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography But that bitter, repining, spirit-haunted exile was far different from the joyous creature who shed light on Pitt. William Pitt and the Great War Where beats the heart that can resign An ancient kingdom, nor repine To lose a land renowned for breeds Of elephants and warrior steeds? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Indeed I try hard not to repine, Mr. Manning. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 It is certainly, as your Majesty says, wrong to be impatient and to repine at everything, but still it is difficult not to be so. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 Whatever sorrow we feel," replied Wauna, solemnly, "we deeply realize how useless it is to repine. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch I was very proud of not repining, not wishing for any thing in this world. Hortense Makers of History Series Feeling that it was useless to repine at her condition, or to weep over what she could not avoid, she resolved to make the best of it. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World He will not repine at his lot, because red blood flows in his veins, and he scorns to be a coward. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West As it respects myself personally, I shall not repine at having made the sacrifice, if the new system of government but succeeds, and the land of my birth and affections is made prosperous and happy. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada At this nature will sometimes repine, and it will be a great matter if thou bear it with silence. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I In all the months of his repining she had not seen him so, full of warm passion, of a steady purpose. Country Neighbors Ought she to repine at the fruit of her own indiscretion and folly? The Young Maiden "Do not repine, Edward," said Jane, gently "Those bleaching bones we passed indicate that others have fared worse than we have', for we still live." The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West But not a repining word escaped the lips of Father Marquette. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Then the knight returned again to them and shewed the King's words, the which, greatly encouraged them, and repined in that they had sent to the King as they did. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I This let the party in for a long stay at Tautira, at which none repined, for the scenery and climate were delightful, and their new friends hospitable and interesting. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson "I was wrong, dear heart," said Mr. Bird more cheerfully; "we will try not to repine, but to rejoice instead, that we have an 'angel of the house.'" The Birds' Christmas Carol Far from repining, I will, through God's grace, go cheerfully about what I do not like. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) When you repine at a little, shall it not be righteousness with God to exact more, and let you know your deserving better? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning I have been reconciled to the Divine will; let me not return to a state of anxiety and repining.” The Settlers in Canada The probability was that it was all true: and if so,—he could almost repine that he had not died when his death was expected. Deerbrook "Well, well," she said, "we must expect crosses in this life; though for my own daughter to lay this one upon me is—is——But I will not repine." The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance Oh, the bitterness of regret, the repining for wasted moments and lost opportunities! but here she was in her old groove of thought. The Right Knock A Story What business had such a one as she to talk of the sphere's tune and the silvery moon, of bright stars shining and hearts repining? Miss Mackenzie “In that wish there can be no harm, for it is only wishing that you may not be tempted to repine.” The Settlers in Canada On a downtown car of the Broadway line Often I see her for whom I repine, But when I'm on a uptown She's on a downtown, On a downtown car of the Broadway line. The Book of Humorous Verse "It's not much of a chance," I said, "but it will keep you busy for a while and anything is better than sitting still and repining." Lalage's Lovers She had fought her fight without repining or complaint all the long months through, and knew, alas! that she was only losing ground. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike It was characteristic of him that, having worked out his problem, he wasted no thought on futile regret or selfish repining at the fortune which had smiled on her. The Fifth Ace He acts as He thinks best for us; and it is for us to submit without repining. The Settlers in Canada He had never repined at his lot, had never wasted his breath in unavailing murmurs. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky And so far as I could discern, when they were dissolved, there was not so much as the barking of a dog, or any general or visible repining at it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Come Lottie, be sensible; we must not begin to repine for what we have not got, and cannot get. How It All Came Round This dame declines—a third repines, and fades, like the rest, away; Her lot she rues, whom a Rookwood woos—cursed is her Wedding Day! Rookwood Let us not then repine or feel dispirited, but with grateful hearts do our duty cheerfully in that state of life to which it has pleased Him to call us.” The Settlers in Canada But it was useless to repine, and fate had given us Ronda. The Car of Destiny I repine that such a scene should be possible in a Christian land, but I don't blame you for its existence.' The Bishop's Secret He repined because he had fallen from the proud pedestal where he delighted to view himself, being both the spectator and the show. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Thus rebuked, the honest carpenter did not allow another repining word to escape him. Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story There’s no use repining; and I don’t see how I could have expected it to be otherwise. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea But on the whole, it is believed that, in his heart, Deacon Fish will not repine while the grain grows and the markets prosper. Janet's Love and Service The General's daughter repined, perhaps, after her former fortunes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. But at this I did not repine, for to pass a winter in a beautiful climate and amid the fascinating society of a court seemed a welcome change to my enthusiastic, pleasure-loving young soul. The Gray Nun Colonel Armstrong’s eldest daughter is indeed sad—a prey to repining. The Death Shot A Story Retold Never, never let us forget to whom we owe them: never again let us repine at the present, or fear for the future. Principle and Practice The Orphan Family I was in France for years being educated, and not able to repine because it was a friend and she’d taken me cheaply. The Love Affairs of Pixie She lived long enough, however, to be a repining wife; and my neighbour, Sir Julius Altham, has more than once hinted to me, that, of the whole family, the portion of Selina most deserved compassion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. It occurred to me that it was time that Miss Harding exerted her vitality and stopped this flow of repining. The Lady of the Basement Flat She is further comforted by the reflection, that Helen has no need to repine, and the hope it may not be for long. The Death Shot A Story Retold If Mr Rathbone indeed—but it is wrong to repine at that one sad circumstance when we are so surrounded with blessings. Principle and Practice The Orphan Family Lost is my realm; yet I shall not repine, If, after all, I win but that of Thine.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him But there was nothing to be gained by repining, he reminded himself. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Weak and gentle spirits have borne without repining, sufferings as great as threaten us. The Island Home There be that walk among the graves," At length, "repining heart," I said— "Who carry slain loves in their breasts, Yet smile like angels o'er their dead. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 The girls are happy, and so am I; and we do not repine because we cannot reach an unattainable pleasure.” Principle and Practice The Orphan Family This example and conversation had ultimately a great influence with the doctor, who had been inclined to repine and to become morose, looking with gloomy apprehension as to the future. A Voyage round the World A book for boys This was no time for repining, however; they were not yet by any means out of the wood, and there was a good deal of work to be done at once. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas But, speaking as "moral philosopher," in his "Essays," he says, carelessly, that he had lost "two or three" "without repining." Classic French Course in English Margaret was not the girl to indulge in repining on account of her lover's unhappiness. "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891 God has been very good to me, and given me so much that I will not repine at this sorrow. Orley Farm “Eh, but I could ne’er repine at a babe’s dying!” said Barbara, shaking her head. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada At first the settler repines, but his difficulties are inevitable: he is silent, because his trials have long lost the interest of novelty, and all around him are fellow-sufferers. The History of Tasmania , Volume II She felt herself alone, as it were, in the great mass of her species, and she repined when she reflected that the best years of her life were spent in this comfortless solitude. Mary Wollstonecraft He remained true to the healthy temper of his prime, and found himself across the threshold of old age without repining. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. She was much too good a mother to repine at her daughter's promised gaiety. Orley Farm My child shall be the bride of Heaven:— Be pardoned one repining tear! The Ontario High School Reader No more, then, on your life, of this weak and cowardly repining! Masters of Space Mr. Groaner sighed with much feeling, and said she must not repine, adding in a comforting way that the world was full of sorrow. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life It will not heal this wound of mine," he said, "to murmur and repine. Rippling Rhymes But Joyce was too cool a hand to waste time in repining so long as there was a chance to repair the damage. The Highgrader Then all the poets are agreed, No man can less repine.” Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson Our poor bard bore his misfortunes with patience, and, rich in his Muse, did not much repine at his poverty. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency He acts as he thinks best for us; and it is for us to submit without repining. The Settlers in Canada Well, well, your own appointed hour, just heavens!—if it be the infirmity of man to repine here, it is the Christian’s hope to rejoice hereafter. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 Yet, is it strange that I repine, And feel abased in lonely woe, To lose thy love—or e'en to know That half of it is mine? Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse In all this suffering the poor martyr repined not, but to the last called upon his Saviour. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs It is desire set on externals, and so disappointed, that brings discontent, repining, impiety. The Chief End of Man "In that wish there can be no harm, for it is only wishing that you may not be tempted to repine." The Settlers in Canada His philosophy prevented repining; but he could not entirely conceal his moods of loneliness, of defeat. A Daughter of the Middle Border Such things must be happening always, and it seems so unchristian to repine; and if any money has been left them, truly they must attend to it. George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore And I verily believe that we were quite content, and repined but little at our lost importance. Slain By The Doones But he was not a man to repine over the inevitable, and he promptly ordered his men to the right about, and made for the landing-place again. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Ordinarily, however, he seemed to be lost in vacancy of thought,—dreaming perhaps of other scenes, or inwardly repining at the eternal monotony and tedium of a teacher's life. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry! English Songs and Ballads Nor can I sit repining at my lot As bitter or unjust, or curse the shot Which tore away my sight. Five Lectures on Blindness If Hezekiah could bear the cruel visitation of his erring upon his sons, why should I, poor worm that I am, repine? A Book of Burlesques Most of their sailors will be drowned, no doubt, but at that one must not after all repine.” Good Old Anna Never despair! when the dark cloud is lowering, The sun, though obscured, never ceases to shine; Above the black tempest his radiance is pouring While faithless and faint-hearted mortals repine. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Seeking greater prizes, why should we repine if the baubles and tinsel are not had? Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn He could say, with Newton, "Christ's way was much rougher and darker than mine, Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine?" Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. But “Cobbler” Horn was a Christian, and did not repine. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn She turned from all repining thoughts, and tried to make for herself a peaceful nest in her little home. Olive A Novel Let fortune fling her favours free To whom she will, I'll ne'er repine: Oh, what is all the world to me, While thus I clasp and call thee mine! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Many of them died, but it was without sorrow or repining, and the face of each was touched with the golden rose ere he was laid to his rest. A Child's Book of Saints Only he who has lost his manhood need repine. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches PEARL, having taken her resolve to leave school, did not repine, and no one, not even her mother, knew how hard the struggle had been. The Second Chance "Ought I to have kept it back, or repined at restoring the loan?" she asked. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Oh! whatever my fate chance to be, to be, My spirit shall never repine, If a stroll on the hill, if a glimpse of the sea, If the hum of the forest be mine. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century So for a while Rheinfrid ceased to repine, and served faithfully in the Abbey. A Child's Book of Saints Squat to the water, belching black smoke, her engines wheezing and repining, unwieldy of management, her bottom scraping every hummock of sand in all the shoaly Roads—ah, she was ugly and courageous! The Long Roll Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) I felt no disposition to murmer and repine in my then condition. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Not then like now my life was wae, Not then this heart repined, Nor aught of coming ill I thought, Nor sigh'd to look behind. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century With astonishing patience he bore his malady, at no time repining, and speaking never a word of complaint. A Child's Book of Saints Aside from the confinement, and the earnest desire to be doing our part in the war, there could be no cause to repine at our lot. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner It would seem that here was cause for repining, had she been of a querulous disposition. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience They make obeisance, and retire in haste, Too soon to seek again the watery waste: 170 Yet they repine not—so that Conrad guides; And who dare question aught that he decides? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Not such the souls that can reflect; Too mild they may be to repine; But sometimes, winged with intellect, They strain to pass the bounding line. Ionica It was useless, however, to repine, so I contented myself with the hope that they would yet visit us in some other part of the straits. Hudson Bay But they did not cease to repine and to desire deliverance. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers If he be really lost she will not repine; but she feels she has a right to be told what became of him. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Though smile and sigh alike are vain, When severed hearts repine, My spirit flies o'er Mount and Main, And mourns in search of thine. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Now falls the apple, bleeds the vine, And moved by some autumnal sign, I, who in spring was glad, repine, And ache without my anodyne. Ionica The way in which the coxswain received this showed that he did not repine at his fate. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue But poor Fred, like the others, at last discovered that it was of no use to repine, and that it was best to face his sorrows and difficulties “like a man!” The World of Ice When the sun's shining, When the rain falls, Never repining,— "Fine fruit!" London Town Yet the monk knew full well what his duty was, and knew how sinful it was to repine or rebel against the will of God. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages I am resolved—so help me, God!—he shall have no further cause for his repining. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I am satisfied with what nature has done for me, nor do I repine at fortune. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 We have reason for thankfulness, rather than repining. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem |
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