| 单词 | spiritless |
| 例句 | His eyes had the opaque, spiritless surface of stone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone, “Just as you like, Sir. It doesn’t matter where I go or what I do.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt cut away from him, each of them living and breathing in separate spheres, he bored and spiritless in Nsukka, she bored and spiritless in Lagos, and everything curdled in lethargy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I must have slept soundly, for I was not waked by Jonathan coming to bed; but the sleep has not refreshed me, for to-day I feel terribly weak and spiritless. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We spent the weekend spiritlessly sightseeing, assailed by unspoken anxieties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, mathematics is often seen as a spiritless affair. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As fun as it would be to see Maura Pfefferman glow with starlight before transforming into, say, Bob Newhart in a muumuu, such a move would play havoc with the show’s sense of spiritless depression. Loss leader: can a TV show continue without its main character? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Visit even briefly the rich costume collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, as the JordanLuca designers had, and you quickly conclude that we live in grim and sartorially spiritless times. In London, Cheetos Tans and a Codpiece Are in Fashion 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Another theme is a reenchantment of our spiritless world to arrest the political and ecological crises that empire and patriarchy have reportedly consigned to us. Looking Inward, and Back, at a Biennale for the History Books 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation.” Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z Poncho offered the only real disappointment, when virtuoso saxophonist Greg Osby delivered a spiritless concert with a trio of young musicians not in his league. Miguel Zenón among Earshot’s remaining don’t-miss acts 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z You don’t have to look further than the pedestrian title to guess that Matt Ruskin’s “Boston Strangler” is a spiritless affair. ‘Boston Strangler’ Review: Chasing a Killer (and a Byline) 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It’s a strategy as counterintuitive as the basic idea of the punk opera: exterior music for interior words, spirited sounds for spiritless feelings. Review: Titus Andronicus Releases a Punk Opera 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z At night, however, the girl obediently sleeps in a small cabin with her aged “grandfather,” where she speaks halting Spanish and appears altogether pallid and spiritless. Review | For Earth Day, a beloved but often overlooked love story 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z But the two words that strike spiritless resignation in the hearts of ag journalists everywhere are “farm bill.” Eight ideas for improving ag policy to benefit farmers and the planet 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z School was spiritless and bland, but talking to Tony was fun, and I often skipped class just to chat with him. My “Ghost World” years: Confessions of a teenage AOL catfisher 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Or was it a cruelly mechanical confection, a spiritless mess designed to feed the senses, but with little to offer at a deeper level? You review: Iron Man 2 2010-05-04T11:23:00Z The church-going Christian people I know wouldn't waste their precious Earthly moments on this spiritless mess. If "A Christmas …Present" shows what Candace Cameron Bure means by tradition, she can keep it 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z “Normally, a Wonder set is a buoyant experience that is littered with highlights. But his festival set was mostly flat and spiritless, as if performing there was an obligation rather than a pleasure,” wrote Hunt. From the Beatles to Adele, 20 unforgettable Hollywood Bowl concerts 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Unlike their spiritless performance Sunday against New Orleans, which was a new rock bottom in a season with an ever-sinking floor, the Lakers played with plenty of heart against the Mavericks. LeBron James and Lakers fight back from down 21, fall to Mavs in frustrating finish 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z And for 90 or so minutes in Kingston, the Americans never really came up with answers, looking mostly spiritless in a 1-1 draw. After Mexico Win, U.S. Falls Flat in Draw 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The welcoming environs and a sellout crowd of 20,165 seemed to invigorate the entire United States team, which was looking to bounce back from a spiritless 1-0 loss in Panama on Sunday. Rising Off the Mat, U.S. Rallies Past Costa Rica 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z As they continued to play in spiritless venues and speak collectively like never before, the dynamics of all of those relationships grew more complicated. Perspective | Fans and athletes are together again, but the honeymoon’s already over 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “The food was excellent if the conversation did turn out a bit spiritless, there being just so many topics labeled taboo by Rivera,” Annette observed. Opinion | Lessons From My Grandma on Art, Sex and Life 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z It led to the most expressive image of the Browns’ exasperating season: Landry and Beckham sitting together on the bench, spiritless, hunched over with elbows on tights. Perspective | Does Odell Beckham Jr. want out of Cleveland? He didn't look like he was there Sunday. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z But those were fleeting and spiritless visions, despite New England being held to a touchdown and two field goals at the break. SNYDER: Redskins give fans few reasons to keep showing up 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Earlier in the season, as the Warriors struggled and looked spiritless, Cousins might have felt pressure to help fix the machine. Perspective | With DeMarcus Cousins, the Warriors are playing to all their strengths and scarier than ever 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Okay, here’s some change, with a bewildering twist: In exchanging Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. for old friend Trevor Ariza, the Wizards managed to double down on their spiritless, quarreling, underachieving core. Perspective | Wizards’ trade for Trevor Ariza is a short-term fix. Long-term issues remain. 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z That side of Norman is far superior to the spiritless version we saw Monday. Perspective | Josh Norman needs a fight to be his best. The Redskins need to give him one. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Lowe said he has seen an increase in requests for custom spiritless drinks, while Brown has worked with both custom mocktails and low alcohol by volume cocktails. Couples raise the bar on signature wedding cocktails | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “All this occurs quietly and demurely. Even the children are spiritless and look obtuse.” Chinese defend Einstein's portrait of their people as 'filthy' and 'obtuse' 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z According to a piece in the Guardian about the diaries, he describes Chinese children as "spiritless and obtuse", and calls it "a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races". Travel diaries reveal Einstein's racism 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z To be Appalachian, both then and now, was to be white, deprived and spiritless. Passive, poor and white? What people keep getting wrong about Appalachia 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The Oppos are very nearly my ideal headphones in the way they are constructed, but their sound is upsettingly tame and spiritless. Oppo PM3 vs. Audeze Sine: battle of the portable planar magnetic headphones 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z At the same time, he developed a conception of nature that provided an alternative to the mathematical and spiritless mechanism that the Enlightenment seemed to offer. Life Lessons from Goethe 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Years earlier, Patti’s mother, trapped in a spiritless marriage, killed herself. After tweeting his mother’s death, NPR’s Scott Simon has written the book of her life 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Now, with its spiritless sales and slipping profits, the $2 billion confectioner is facing what analysts call a hard truth for the modern sweets industries: Candymakers must evolve or die. How many licks can Tootsie Roll take before melting away? 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z In Europe, Greeks and Spaniards show us up, indeed, as a supine, spiritless people incapable of response or any resistance to the onslaught. Neoliberalism is our Frankenstein: Greece and Ukraine are the hot spots of a new war for supremacy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Only one dish, a special of seared sea scallops and spiritless soba noodles, failed to stir interest. A Review of One Twenty One, in North Salem 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z His forgettable performance in the first debate on June 9 was followed by a spiritless one six days later. Shambolic election campaign leaves Indonesia's president-elect much to prove 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Tumults and plunder, disobedience to authorities, and maltreatment of obnoxious persons, were the order of the day; public officials were spiritless, and dared not command the already murmuring troops to restore order. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z All this strained talk about Switzerland was heavy and spiritless. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The two dogs, which came out of the building as soon as they were aware of his approach, were mangy and spiritless. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z Numitor, the elder, being weak and spiritless, suffered Amulius to wrest the government from him, and reduce him to his father's private estates. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z His handling was often coarse, and his colouring crude, especially in female portraits; in fact, coarseness was the leading characteristic of works which were never tame or spiritless. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Finally, seeing her remain languid and spiritless, he blurted out what was in his mind. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Back and forth he walked, at a spiritless, even pace, as monotonous as his days of gloom and misery, as that dull pain which was ceaselessly choking his throat and gnawing at his heart. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The owner of the face got slowly to her feet "Is it me you want?" she said, her tone spiritless. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The sanguine, that imports a predominance of the blood, indicated a warm and ardent exuberance of spirits; whereas the phlegmatic, denoting a thin and cold watery fluid, referred to a frigid and spiritless indolence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As they pulled him out into daylight the manager cuffed and kicked him till the animal slunk along, spiritless and harmless as some antiquated horse. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z He seemed a sickly, spiritless creature, whom misfortune or a naturally crabbed temper had warped clear out of gear. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z They are mean, spiritless, and badly armed knaves. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z In this spiritless attitude they spend an hour or two warming their blood and drying the dew from their scanty dress. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z That is mighty well," she said, tartly; "but for the creature to take me back again so quietly, after all that passed, makes me long to pinch, and beat, and slap anything so deplorably spiritless. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Young Slavin, looking spiritless and cowed, craned his bull neck in silent wonder and uncertainty. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z And its practising was, on the whole, rather spiritless. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z Uncharacteristically clumsy and spiritless, the affable Noah wasn't, to steal one of his favorite phrases, affecting winning. $60 million deal hurt my game — Noah 2012-02-01T02:02:00Z The birds are usually seen standing motionless in groups or scattered about in spiritless attitudes, apparently dozing away the time. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Through the hours Ramûa sat spiritless, watching those that passed up the temple steps, selling her flowers unsmilingly, half unwillingly, to those that offered to buy. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z I was going on in a very spiritless manner. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Everywhere, along the lanes and in the streets, loitered gangs of men, unoccupied and spiritless. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Both army and navy, according to their own officers, are not in a condition to make war, but only serve to repress any national aspirations, and to support the spiritless policy of the Government. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The blight of over-production falls upon immature genius, masterpieces are followed by labored and spiritless repetitions, and men that have it in them to inform and move mankind grind out task-work for daily bread. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Alongside of it our best modern work is apt to look spiritless and dull. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z “Then, stay,” he said, giving in with the spiritless manner of a man unequal to further contention. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z On fine afternoons the boys were packed off with the ushers for a walk, but no more spiritless expeditions could be imagined than the walks at Mecklemburg House. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z What follows is done very quietly; every movement is lifeless and spiritless. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z As far as my observation extends, such things are seldom done by money-grasping or spiritless guides, and I have much pleasure in being able to mention their names. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z That dear creature, capable of becoming a noble wife and mother—she is the spiritless woman of no account that I saw here a few minutes ago. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z In one short, spiritless paragraph Mary, on the 4th of August, summed up such history as there was of the sad two months following on the blow which had left her childless. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The dry and spiritless mode of conveying instruction in those days had neither attractions for his taste, nor power over his mind. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The bar of iron obeyed your call, the spiritless metal is subservient to the demands of intelligence. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z That of the Autocrat of all the Russians is so far truly independent; while that of one of our executives, in relation to the Pope, is truly spiritless and sycophantic. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z To transform an active being into a spiritless automaton; a sensitive being into a senseless machine; a rational being into an irrational brute, was not the work of a moment, but of years and discipline. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z A spiritless recitation was begun, Snipe losing his head and memory and place after place. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z How spiritless, They who but now their heads so proudly held! Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z “Mamma’s not very patriotic,” Aurora was at any rate not too spiritless to mention. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z To this she replied, that she now perceived we had no tambourine with us, and that a dance without that enlivening instrument must always be a very spiritless affair. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z They instigated me to surprize, when ill-dressed, negligent, and spiritless, the charming face and form that, skilfully adorned, had appeared to me Venus attired by the Graces. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z He himself had been sufficiently strong to survive without trouble; but around him were spiritless children for ever whining and starving—breaking down and dying before the obstacles of life. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z "Oh, it's not so bad," she said spiritlessly. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z First, as the parallel passage in Ephesians has it; “wrath”—bursts of temper, for which probably the child is punished and the parent is guilty—and then spiritless listlessness and apathy. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z They looked pale and spiritless, and Mrs. Washington Potts had just sent her three boys to spend the day with them. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Mrs. Penryn, half raising her pale and spiritless form from the sofa on which she was reclining, was the first to break the silence which followed Samboe’s introduction. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z In any other place the appearance of the wretched, jaded, spiritless object would have occasioned a murmur of compassion and remonstrance. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z It was not only that she was shabby—she was as spiritless as a dead crow. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Is it not uncommonly like what most people would call “a poor spiritless creature.” The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Oh, mamma! how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading last night! Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Faint and spiritless as they were, the streets were insupportable; and the child, throughout the remainder of that hard day, compelled herself to press on, that they might reach the country. Charles Dickens' Children Stories 2011-08-20T02:00:15.847Z The gospel finds men plunged in monotony, in the routine of callings which machinery and the subdivision of labour make ever more colourless, spiritless, and dull. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone,— "Just as you like, sir; it doesn't matter where I go or what I do." Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Flat, tame, spiritless, meaningless,—a mere collection of decisions, interpretations, precedents—such they appeared at first. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z A leaden pain seemed to make them heavy and spiritless. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z They were lost in a landless, spiritless world, in which the sky, the weather, the sun and all was a mystery. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Every description, therefore, of the occasion, seems to the narrator himself most tame, spiritless, unjust. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Rising from the floor she began somewhat spiritless preparations toward making ready to receive the expected guests. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z In Chapter XII, a comma was removed from "the footsore, and spiritless carriers". The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z It helps to construct that every-day picture of the world, of sensible objects and events ‘in disconnection dead and spiritless,’ which we take for reality. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “I would not be so spiritless and craven for worlds.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z As I got a little warmth into my stiffened limbs, I won back some of the good opinion I had forfeited by my clumsy, spiritless movements of the previous day. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Yes, this you see was a respectable sort of ghost—one that you could see and listen to, not such a poor "dummy" as Dr. Dash's poor spiritless spirit, Mr. Nothing Nobody, Esq., Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z Tenderly, indeed, she takes on her all she can of our family cares; but to family joys she seems spiritless and dead. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z A less vain man than Mr. Wyllys would have been flattered by the effect produced upon the spiritless, faded creature, the mocking shadow of the old blithesome Jessie, by half an hour's talk with himself. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Did he, I say, catch a glimpse of these poor spiritless creatures with their children, shivering over small fires kindled by a little "charity wood?" The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z There's been a terrible blunder here," said he, spiritlessly; "we've both allowed ourselves to be made confounded fools of by a rascal. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Bob’s sister, Della, was sitting in the library, staring spiritlessly out at the Winter landscape. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z The girls thought they had never seen such a spiritless boy, and secretly they preferred the Edward who was their own first discovery. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z At first I was spiritless and full of dismay. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Tressa's pretty face was spiritless, now; she leaned back in her armchair and they heard an unconscious sigh escape her. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z The axes tremble in the lictors' hands, Who, pale and spiritless, want power to use them— And one wild scene of anarchy prevails. The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z My first disappointment had yielded to a spiritless catechism of how this and how that. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z She would not be such an article of traffic, such a beast of burden, such a tame, spiritless, long-suffering, sly little sycophant, as she too often is now. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "I don't know," said Rupert, in a spiritless tone. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z "Oh, fool that I am!" said he, with the three swearing-fingers placed upon his forehead; and, like all energetic men, he was so much the more spirited in proportion as he had been spiritless. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z With no backward word, only a look that embraced an untold, profound meaning, he hurried from her, spiritless and disconsolate and tumultuous. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z His conduct first and last had been spiritless, and I was out of patience with him. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z At first the bidding was spiritless, and the price rose slowly until Mr. Mitchel made an offer of five hundred dollars. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z I am over it now, but very low and spiritless and unfit for work.... Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Amongst other things there lay also the miniature of the Greek prince Constantine, smooth, pretty and spiritless, it had been painted by the Byzantine master on a background of gold. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Beneath this avenging stroke of Fate his big, sinister hulk lopped down, and he stood stupidly licking his cracked lips like a spiritless dog. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z His face was lined; his features heavy, his eyes dull and spiritless, and his air listless and almost preoccupied. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z In spite of all this fervor of praise Rose felt herself to be a very dejected and spiritless beauty. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Yet this spiritless tragedy, was very popular in Rome, and continued to be frequently represented, till Varius treated the same subject in a manner, as we are informed by Quintilian, equal to the Greeks178. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Why did he not write to me? or when he did write, why were his letters so cold, so spiritless? Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z But in the scenes with the friar and with Juliet, even in the balcony scene, he was comparatively spiritless. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z He paused as he recalled Helen’s wan face and spiritless step. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z I saw groups of them, afterwards, strolling about the streets in the twilight, and sad and poor and spiritless they looked. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Everybody," he continued, "was listless and languid, and the atmosphere seemed damp and spiritless. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z A grunted phrase from O'Malley sent it drifting away, spiritless and without response, like a lonely ghost come in timid expectation and repelled by a rebuff. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z In a month she was reduced from a hale, hearty and lively child to a mere spiritless skeleton, and hope of her recovery was almost abandoned. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Indeed, the business was a "godsend," but for it she might have sunk into a spiritless, listless life; instead of that, faculties were developed in her that her nearest and dearest never dreamed she possessed. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z “Good-night,” said Matt, cooling down suddenly, and shuffling off in a quiet spiritless way, the fire out, and his head bent as he thrust his hands in his pockets. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z But his step was spiritless and slow, and his face very sad. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Will thy cobbling, thou mean, spiritless wretch, ever enable me to go to the Hemmâm like the wife of the chief astrologer? Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z Germany had been offered emancipation at the hands of her enlightened and gracious Emperor Joseph, but so spiritless and benumbed had she become that she could not understand his message. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z It was rather formidable to arrive thus, at fall of night, a wayfaring lonely woman, spiritless, half-dead with fatigue, among entire strangers; but my reception set me at ease in a moment. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z After 26 minutes, Newcastle was a bewildered, spiritless, seemingly sunken home team. Global Soccer: Something Strange Is in the Air in England 2011-02-06T19:00:28Z He offered his hand to the merchant, who took it mechanically, and the words of farewell with which he released the people were just as spiritless. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Truth is not lost in the mists of remoteness or the barbarisms of spiritless codes. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z She felt dull and spiritless to-day; it was no wonder, for there was little to make her feel otherwise. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z Dull, spiritless, insignificant in Morny; immense, tremendous, and tragical beyond there in the North and the East. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Exhausted, wan, and spiritless; her eyes heavy with weeping; her heart agitated with a thousand contending reflections, Ellen long vainly sought repose. Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:39.810Z For a moment Joe felt weak and spiritless, as though he had conceived some master plan which should have worked well but which instead had gone completely astray. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The walls had not been decorated in many years, upholstered furniture had assumed a moth-eaten appearance, and the entire room seemed spiritless. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z Our t�te a t�te was an unusually silent one, and, after tea, we played a rather spiritless hit or two at backgammon. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z There he sat, sick with alarms, cowardly, spiritless, effete. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z His mendicant and spiritless descendant had to go away with a cold withering refusal from Tiberius, softened by a contemptuous dole to his sons. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Perhaps you had better, dear," she agreed spiritlessly. The Hillman They hang around on the bark here as spiritless as a toadstool. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Conversation was desultory and spiritless for a time. The Man from Jericho He paced up and down the porch under the great gray columns, his steps spiritless and lagging. The Valiants of Virginia This made me so spiritless that we conversed but little together that day. The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. But in the spiritless and powerless rule of the next generation the popular energies again decayed. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. At no period was the suffering portion of the people so harshly judged as in that, in which a spiritless orthodoxy embittered the souls of those who had to preach the gospel of love. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The minds of men languished under a spiritless dogmatism, and the hearts of believers were oppressed by gloomy forebodings. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Razor-backed hogs rooted everywhere, snapped at by a handful of lean and spiritless hounds. The Valiants of Virginia The apologetic cough with which he strove to mantle the sound was dry and spiritless. The Haunted Pajamas They knew little more than the spiritless routine of the army, and that they were a wheel in the great machine. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. It was the first great wrench of his life, the first gap which the angel Death had made in his circle, and he felt numbed, and beaten down and spiritless. Tom Brown at Rugby Gunhild wrote that she could not spare the money to come out, and to Milford the summer fell flat and lay spiritless on the ground. A Yankee from the West A Novel Her distant German home and its spiritless inhabitants were objects only of her good-natured shrugs. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen When we see the spiritless sons of Bruce in the hands of base intriguing nobles, trailing their great inheritance in the mire, we exclaim: Was it for this that there was such magnificent heroism? A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland The condemned man gave them back stare for stare, seeking the sorry refuge of a bravado which, when he forgot his pose and gazed out of the window, sagged into a spiritless and haunted misery. The Tempering HIS mount!” jollied Ace, though the pinto looked by no means spiritless. Unexplored! And pallid as a spirit, shivering in the damp air, silent and spiritless, the younger Miss Waddle found her when she came to call her in to supper. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Nay, but man Jack, look'ee now—'tis not that I would ram my own happiness down thy throat, but to see thee so glum and spiritless, damps my own joy doocedly. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Her statesmanship has been languid and irresolute, and her armies slow and spiritless in the field. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Some, unsatiated with the whole round of pleasures, drag on a miserable life, dead to all energy, and spiritless. The Progressionists, and Angela. Over-civilisation had broken up their nerves and rendered them flaccid and spiritless. The New Gulliver and Other Stories She reached the little grassy hillock and sat down, too weak and spiritless, even to walk on. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir They played domino awhile in a very spiritless manner, and then they tried draughts and loto, which they also soon gave up; Josephine saying that all these games required too much attention. Stories for Helen It is better to die here in the hills than to live the slave of the white man, ragged and spiritless, slinking about like a dog without a friend. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop It is a graphic sentence: it implies rather than affirms their indignant remonstrances, and the sullen, dull, spiritless obstinacy with which he held his base and unkingly purpose. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus It was a little disappointing, because he had figured fully on rousing David—who must be a white-livered, spiritless little whelp, by the way—and having David rush to the defense of his mysterious lady. In And Out Yes, she would go, but Miss Bourdon said it spiritlessly enough. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Her eyes are full of tears, but she feels benumbed, spiritless, without power to shed them. Faith and Unfaith But I am not spiritless and just where he dropped the affair, I took it up. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life They are the elements that distinguish the living, acting forces of achievement from the spiritless forces of failure. Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought Being the Third in a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency The artillery reply of the Spaniards was feeble and spiritless, though our attack on the city was chiefly with artillery. The Greater Republic A History of the United States She sank down in a chair, in a tired, spiritless sort of way, and let Aunt Hetty remove her wraps. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir There were no prisoners, and from the spiritless condition of the soldiers it looked as though they had been on a fruitless enterprise. A Daughter of the Union And the spiritless creature subsided, sir, and said no more to that rich, honored, and successful man who was so sensitive to even the imputation of guilt. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The bidding was spiritless at first, and the cart went for two dollars. A Modern Wizard He often seemed languid and spiritless; and being aware of this, he was stimulated to exertion. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Many also seemed to hear with intelligent p. 113attention, but as a rule the audience listened to the preacher with that resigned and spiritless expression with which most church-goers are but too familiar. The Religious Life of London Slowly, spiritlessly, Mark forced himself to concentrate on the happenings of the evening. The Time Mirror Would he not look upon them as cowards and spiritless beings? The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. A weary, spiritless young man he was, and the home as poverty-stricken as was that of Decatur Irwin, and with almost as many children. The Mountain Girl Several nights of sleeplessness, the worries of planning for a refuge, and the scene with Leah had left him limp and spiritless. Category Phoenix Behind me, someone was chanting in a weird spiritless voice, like footsteps in hard snow. The Big Time The text of the libretto is weak and spiritless as compared with that of the poetical versions. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Faint and spiritless as they were, its streets were terrible to them. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read "Go away," he said spiritlessly, "I've just told two people that you don't exist." Chain of Command Go, about four o'clock, to the Champs-Elys�es, and there you will see again the same women, sad and spiritless, on their way to the Bois de Boulogne, each in her own carriage, and alone. Priests, Women, and Families How old and spiritless he had become; he could scarcely stand against the wind! The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Her playing—her singing has the unpleasantly correct and spiritless measure of a singing machine, and the same may be said of her dancing. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors They have been steeped in spiritless poverty from first to last, so used to the oppressor’s yoke that ambition seems to have been crushed. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 They seemed like the scattered fragments of a routed army hurrying onward in search of some place of refuge,-sad and spiritless. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II I am aware that were I to repeat my conversations with Lucilla, I should subject myself to ridicule by recording such cold and spiritless discourse on my own part. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Then you will pardon my frankness, since you know my character, when I inform you that I think you remarkably tame and spiritless: you have no enterprise in you. The Bird and Insects' Post Office And on the gray dawn of the morning after you may find that hat lying wilted in a corner, as crumpled, spiritless and forlorn as—its owner, upon whom we charitably drop the curtain. Our Southern Highlanders Be just, and remember these things when you are tempted to despise me as a pitiable, spiritless parasite.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Their thoughts occupied them with strange apprehension while the dogs sprawled in the snow in the spiritless manner of their kind when the labour of the traces is not demanded of them. In the Brooding Wild A strain of music—desultory, however, and spiritless, like everything else about the place that night—greeted us as Mrs. Ashley opened the door leading directly into the large front hall. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories They made a four days' fight, but it was a spiritless one, and finally succumbed to the inevitable, and laid down their arms. The Battle of the Big Hole A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. They were too tame and spiritless for her ardent nature, and she inclined towards the bolder and more robust pastimes of her brothers. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century But Pepe lost to her arms, and won to the arms of such a poor, spiritless creature as this Pancha, was an insult that made greater the injury done her a thousand-fold. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 It was slow, draggy, spiritless to-night; and, though he had almost angrily and contemptuously checked her when she began the story of these later revelations, her heart yearned over him now. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. Very spiritless, and tame, and old fashioned, will the other Rosalind appear by the side of this impetuous, relentless deity. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare If her old friends—Sister Rose of the convent, for instance—had seen her, they could hardly have recognized this spiritless, brooding maiden for the joyous "Lisa" of their thoughts. Brooke's Daughter A Novel With drooping head the gelding stood there limp and spiritless. Jena or Sedan? The declaration is spiritless, and evidently composed under suppressed feelings, which, perhaps, knew not how to shape themselves. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Every judicious parent will say: Let not my child be consigned to the care of an ill-informed, dull, spiritless teacher. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Under the shining loving cups, wreaths, bows and flags their colorless gray or brown clothes reflected the want and stress of their existence like a spiritless sea. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Rushing in the direction of the sound, the men returned, accompanying a bedraggled old man with a gray beard, after whom limped a train of spiritless, wolfish dogs attached to a battered sledge. The Wilderness Trail The grand and massive scenery which, on the upward journey, had aroused every enthusiastic impulse of my nature, was now tame and spiritless. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 And when Irene appeared without him, her "Oh dear!—your brother wasn't up to coming down, then?" was spiritless and perfunctory. When Ghost Meets Ghost Now we’ve got Anthony where we understand him; but Antha is still the spiritless cry baby she was when she came. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars Herein was his stimulant after the routine of farm-work—spiritless work that was little better than slavery, incessant and achieving nothing. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Sociability may well come to the relief of people who cannot amuse themselves at home, for the weather, mild, and too mild, is gray, sunless and spiritless, altogether. The Brownings Their Life and Art There is nothing sorrier, more spiritless or superficial than the large majority of our newspaper literature. Woman under socialism And, indeed, the supposition was a forlorn hope, and a very spiritless one. When Ghost Meets Ghost From want of money or of enterprise, or from greater distrust and a paucity of spectators, there is very little betting, and what there is, spiritless and dull. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III Ollie concluded her recital in the same low, dragging and spiritless voice in which she had begun it. The Bondboy "You are to bring in coffee," said the young lady in a spiritless tone; and then she leaned her arm and head against the kitchen mantelpiece, and hung listlessly over the fire. Shirley The first paragraph of the first chapter is: "She was a woman of nearly thirty when I first saw her; a woman spiritless and worn beyond her years," etc. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 She must have known that he was growing dull and spiritless with the lingering winter days,––she had such a wonderful way of divining things. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains It was all of a color––a gloomy, dismal scene, the continuance of which left me homesick and spiritless. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West She sat again in her place at the table, spiritless and afraid, her hands limp in her lap. The Bondboy He awakens the sense of fear which should lie dormant, while the other faculties of his pupils slumber in spiritless inactivity. The Philosophy of Teaching The Teacher, The Pupil, The School His pleading was spiritless and wandering while his mind stood aside to grapple with that one astounding thing. The Shepherd of the North Slowing to a walk so as not to scare them, though as he discovered on examination most of them looked too bony and spiritless for that, he approached and carefully inspected the bunch. In the Shadow of the Hills Not thus came the maidens of Israel to wedlock, demure, spotless, spiritless, with shorn hair, priestesses of the ritual of the home. Dreamers of the Ghetto Attendance at religious services was compulsory; but the services were cold and spiritless, offering little attraction to an adolescent youth. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark He threw down the pencil, and sat back spiritless. Rope So the ether of your own earnest, fervent, patriotic character may impregnate the spiritless and help to sustain the brave. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Deeper than the need for men—ay, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless life—is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide prayer.” The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer Such is your knowledge of this and of all other public affairs, O respectable soul and spiritless body of honest Conservatives! Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Orthodoxy had instilled a formal, but often spiritless faith. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark I scarcely knew why I stood with the others now; it was more a mechanical pause before I took my spiritless way home, than because I felt any interest in what was going on. The First Violin A Novel So dull and spiritless did public matters seem, that Gage's informant thought it safe to go home on private business. The Siege of Boston Deeper than the need for men—ay, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless life, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide prayer.” The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer There was no sidesaddle at the ranch, but there was a surefooted old cow pony too wise and spiritless for tricks, and therefore safe even for a less experienced horsewoman than was Mrs. Blake. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation When Audrey kissed her, she sat down and copied her exercise in a humble and contrite spirit; it was Audrey who felt sad and spiritless the rest of the day. Lover or Friend We went on spiritless, and at a dreary pace. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 He read a very short psalm, in a spiritless voice, and they all knelt for a moment while he led in prayer. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro "Oh, not very well," was the spiritless answer. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer And so at length, without having either made any confession, or being convicted of anything, he was condemned to death with the spiritless partner of his sufferings. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Another time Audrey would have cared for his comforts, he thought, as he dragged himself up the stairs in a spiritless manner. Lover or Friend Any unbelieving, spiritless, wicked knave can exercise human effort and practice physical cleansing. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost If I have been mistaken for once," said Edna, in a spiritless tone, "you needn't rub it in, Mother. In Brief Authority The words were spiritless; they brought no conviction. Heart of the Blue Ridge The king was spiritless, undecided, and ever vacillating in his plans. Madame Roland, Makers of History By this time they are in a lobby full of fog, in which electric light spots are showing their spiritless nature. Somehow Good Her style also possesses the needful lightness and grace, and she accordingly succeeds admirably in her sketches of high life, with all its elegant nullities and spiritless pomp. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 He could hardly credit a victory that left him so bruised and spiritless. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Alas! sunshine and storm pass across the scene, clothing the waters and the hills with alternate beauty and grandeur; but all changes come alike to the poor, tradeless, bookless, spiritless town. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge She had gone about her work, pale and spiritless all morning, her mother's kindly eyes watching her with anxiety. In Orchard Glen Such graceless, spiritless, Christless institutions are dark enough to obscure the beautiful light of the gospel. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity She no longer cared even to seem cheerful, owned that she was spiritless, hoped she should be ill, and did not care if she died to-morrow. Moods He spoke of such things as these, and yet he never dreamed that his words were but the precursors of deeds that would make mere words seem spiritless and tame. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier It had been like a spiritless Arctic day. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home She was by no means the meek, gentle, spiritless being whom novelists, and even historians, have usually depicted under her name. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Many a bishop and lord is bewailing his sad spiritless, powerless state, and crying, “Whither are we drifting?” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Phil was pretty enough, though in repose she seemed rather spiritless. Otherwise Phyllis Letters spoke my father's health not restored: he was languid and spiritless and lacked vigour; he would try the air of Switzerland; he would spend the winter in the Pyrenees! Daisy Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature What could ail the lad to be so changed, so spiritless? Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 The Heathflower thing came straight off the course, and stood spiritlessly, drooping her head and blinking her eyes. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 She seemed preoccupied and her contributions to their banter were perfunctory and spiritless. Otherwise Phyllis He has shown himself to be utterly spiritless, abominable, and vile. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite His features showed traces of the evening before, in red eyes and pale cheeks; and yet worse, in the spiritless, abased expression, which was more than Dolly could bear. The End of a Coil I saw last night that you were quite spiritless and lacking in heart! Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Hence it was a cause for much rejoicing to his mind to reflect that one male Howe at least survived to bolster up a spineless, spiritless, and decadent generation. The Wall Between Like Colonel Tolman, he had come to think that it was not the Indians who were killing; and the nesters, though a spiritless, shiftless lot, had always been honest enough. 'Me--Smith' Against that "spear-head" German reinforcements drawn from the eastern army flung themselves, but their attacks seemed spiritless. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia His air was haggard, spiritless, hopeless; so unlike the alert, self-sufficient, confident manner of old, that Dolly's heart got a great wrench. The End of a Coil Ah, why should the brief bliss of life's little day Grow cold in this spot as the spiritless clay, And thought be at work with the long-buried hours, And tears be bedewing these fresh-smiling flowers! Poems He, Martin Howe, to be false to his traditions, forfeit his pride, and become a spiritless weakling, forgetting his manhood in the smile of a woman! The Wall Between It stumbled under him as he drove the spiritless band toward the hopeless waste ahead of him. 'Me--Smith' His bearing was proud, but there was no sparkle in his eye; he seemed spiritless and ailing; he showed no confidence in his magnificent army. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) I could see now what she had been to me; how she had made my great loneliness endurable; how, with her innocent, fearless nature, she had tried to rouse me from spiritless and unmanly dejection. The Talking Horse And Other Tales “We will not argue it,” she had said in the same spiritless tone in which she always spoke those days, and had been so quietly determined that she got her way. The Wind Before the Dawn She was disappointed and spiritless when she reached the ranchhouse, and very tired, physically. 'Firebrand' Trevison Miss Frere's embroidery went languidly; possibly there might have been more reasons than one for the slow and spiritless movement of her fingers, which was quite contrary to their normal habit. A Red Wallflower Napoleon was no longer seen on horseback; sometimes he drove, but generally he trudged among the men, to all outward appearance as spiritless as any one. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) In these respects they are infinitely superior to the timid, spiritless men. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests You speak true," answered the mariner, feeling anger fire his heart at the memory of these outrages, "I was a spiritless fellow——" But his companion went on with redoubled bitterness: "No, I see it now. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death The firing had now lasted uninterruptedly for more than an hour, when William seized the opportunity of turning the tide of battle against his spiritless adversary. The Huguenots in France Her old dull spiritless condition was creeping upon her again. A Red Wallflower Essentially he was peace-loving even to the point of being spiritless. The Fighting Edge It failed to accomplish the object which alone justified its being sent, and, it must be allowed, that it accepted its failure in a very tame and spiritless manner. The Life of Gordon, Volume II The dead level of intelligence, being a dead level in a literal sense, is a spiritless level—a mere grading down and grading up of appearances. The Lost Art of Reading Sorely did the companions need this rest and recuperation after their many sufferings on land and sea; "weak and spiritless they were, always thinking of the bitter wandering." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Nevertheless, every cloud of dust was to him diversion, and he appeared to dream, like a captive eagle, bedraggled, spiritless, but with an inner spark of memory burning deep in his dim blue eyes. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West It's them towns as makes you pale and spiritless. When the Birds Begin to Sing She was touched at his being so spiritless as not even to say that she ought to have been thrown in after it. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The expression of anxiety and of spiritless longing left the man's face as he watched the melting glory. A Tar-Heel Baron Something is keeping him back; he is spiritless and depressed. Paul the Courageous Mr. Leland never becomes formal or spiritless in the treatment of his favorite topics, and often rises to a high degree of enthusiastic eloquence. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Linda did not at all like being told that she was spiritless. Linda Tressel His tail that he had always carried so proudly began to droop, the gallop that used to carry him swiftly over fields and hills and woodland gave way to a spiritless trot. Frank of Freedom Hill But we were afflicted on the following day with the most violent complaint of the stomach and bowels, which reduced us exceedingly, and left us languid and spiritless, insomuch that we now despaired of safety. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The sergeants tried to imitate his counting, but compared to him they were hoarse and spiritless. At Plattsburg Hayden threw up his head, a flash of anger on his spiritless face. The Silver Butterfly I used to think them spiritless, they were so different to any children I had ever seen. Emily Brontë A game without any spirit is a poor affair; and association in which there is no spirit falls to pieces; and a spiritless undertaking is sure to be a failure. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science The Squire had called the heir a spiritless spendthrift, and a malicious evil-doer, intent upon ruining the estate, and a grasping Jew, all in the same breath. Ralph the Heir It reminded me of an old picture of the field of Antietam, spiritless in itself, but here made alive by the movement, the noise, the drifting smoke, and the gray monotone. At Plattsburg Their spiritless contests differ as much from those of the game-birds as do the fist fights of untrained men from the contests of skilled pugilists. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization The climate is enervating, and when the east wind blows from the African coast it is impossible to move save in the most spiritless and languid way. A Tramp's Notebook The whole transaction of religious conversion has been made mechanical and spiritless. The Pursuit of God When the heart is tormented by some great pain, the spirit seems too utterly spiritless to do anything but despair. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends You will find that, strive against it as they may, the tune drags slower and slower; the poem has become a spiritless jingle, at once dismal and trivial. From a Cornish Window A New Edition I felt myself naked and ashamed, stripped of my virtue, spiritless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 The triple world is wild with care, Or spiritless in dull despair. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The singing was spiritless, and as the people filed out of church and gathered in knots about the door, the old-time head-shaking was resumed, and the comments were many and unfavourable. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories With an inward groan Loman gave the hand a spiritless grasp, and then hurried back miserable and conscience-stricken to Saint Dominic’s. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Although Ivy learned her part she went through it at rehearsal in such a spiritless way that Laura could not have failed to remark it if she were not occupied with so many other things. Peggy-Alone "And you are a poor, spiritless fool, who can never see anything beyond the page of a novel!" is the stinging retort. Floyd Grandon's Honor It sometimes seems as if Christians thought that to be poor in spirit one must be poor-spirited—a limp and spiritless creature, without dash, or vigor, or force. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion But I was too spiritless, then, to dare a refusal. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine His work was quite spiritless, and he grew so absent that he forgot the commonest occupations of every day—living as in a waking sleep. St. Winifred's, or The World of School And since thyself shalt neither base be found Nor spiritless, nor altogether void Of talents, such as grace thy royal Sire, I therefore hope success of thy attempt. The Odyssey of Homer No wonder she is so sad and spiritless. Floyd Grandon's Honor This is just the point denied by the assimilation Jews, and the spiritless, unctuous, prating rabbis in their pay. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil A spiritless challenge or two halted him for a few moments, but he gave the word and passed on. Lorraine A romance To this Isabel made no reply; but she, too, had remarked how wan, how pallid, and how spiritless he had become. Cousin Henry Advancing, he made profound obeisance to the reclining potentate, who acknowledged his presence with a spiritless motion of his hand not unsuggestive of the humiliating degree of his condescension. The Flaw in the Sapphire I tried it a few evenings ago at my sister's, with Mrs. Grandon, and it was a wretched, spiritless failure. Floyd Grandon's Honor I once joined Johnnie on a tramp with one of these regiments, and it was the most spiritless march I have ever been in. Nights in London And I have worked so hard,” said the lad in a weary, spiritless way. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The Lords were cowed and spiritless; the House of Commons was filled with the creatures of the Court and degraded into an engine of tyranny. History of the English People, Volume IV Upon this spiritless blank Robert depicted, with a morbid genius and the stimulation of his unnatural surroundings, all that was reminiscent of his uncle’s littleness. The Flaw in the Sapphire The dancing was spiritless, and there was little more of it. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Her beauty was much faded; she had grown pale and thin; and though she was scarcely yet in the prime of womanhood, her step was heavy and spiritless. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States For a moment both remain silent; the father drooping, spiritless, as if struck by a galvanic shock; the daughter looking sorrowful, as though she had given it. The Death Shot A Story Retold Now the night was to be passed beside the bed of pain, and the sunrise would find him, probably, exhausted and spiritless, and still far from those he loved. Principle and Practice The Orphan Family Mrs Darvell got up quickly, and dropped her usual brisk courtesy, but her face looked dull and spiritless. Our Frank and other stories "Yes, I shall be glad to see him," answered his wife, in a dull, spiritless tone. Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune And certainly it was difficult to recognize the pale, drooping, spiritless traveler of the previous night, in the bright, beaming, blushing, shy, wildly-sweet looking fairy of the morning hour. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Notwithstanding the assistance of Russian volunteers the Persian attack was but feebly delivered; still, but for the presence of Pottinger and the courage given by his example, the Afghan defence would have been equally spiritless. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign As a work of art it is singularly spiritless, and devoid of merit of any kind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 "And it is all your work: it is useless for you to defend yourself," said she, tossing away her husband's hat from the arm-chair, and then throwing herself in a spiritless manner into it. Debts of Honor "Yes," answered the poor mother, in a spiritless tone. Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune With the exception of the head of Butler by Vertue, the rest are very spiritless and indifferent productions. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "If things are as you say, I cannot complain of this," Kit said in a dull, spiritless tone, "but it comes upon me like a thunderbolt." The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus He recalled the boy who had left Omaha with the wagon train six or eight months before, a thin, spiritless fellow with a slender, weak neck, hollow, white cheeks, pale lips, and listless eyes. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War It would have given his most spiritless followers the pith to run till morning across a strand of rock and pebble. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn "See if this will do," she said spiritlessly, and Charmian caught it from her hand. The Coast of Bohemia And Chatto48 remarks: They are very unequal in point of merit; some of them appearing harsh and crude, and others flat and spiritless, when compared with similar products by the old Italian wood engravers. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Because it is a spiritless proposition altogether, without grace or meaning. Molly Bawn Once the message was on its way, he sought Merrihew, whom he found knocking the balls about in a spiritless manner. The Lure of the Mask The sermon was short and lifeless and the entire service—though read from the Book of Common Prayer, as fine a model of impressive English as exists—was spiritless. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. What he wished in marriage was "an intimate and speaking help": he encountered "a mute and spiritless mate." Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American The December day was damp and cheerless, and the coal fire in the ugly old-fashioned grate beneath the elaborate marble mantel burned in a grudging, spiritless way. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story Mrs. Cox gave her a subdued caress in return, not from any lack of feeling, but because she did everything in a quiet and spiritless fashion. Light Freights And I hate it because it is brainless, spiritless. Mitch Miller The moon was with us now again, and we trekked at night, seldom riding, but plodding doggedly through the endless succession of dunes, with the spiritless horses strung out behind us. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa He was idle and spiritless, and nothing could arouse him to make any exertion. Peter the Great The contest on the part of the Republicans was spiritless. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens A pretty young woman with a fretful little face expressive of extreme dissatisfaction with the world—looking at Smythe spiritlessly. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Is not that air of yours, so spiritlessly enduring and yielding, the very air of a slave? The Confidence-Man I don’t know how it is—one day one feels made of iron, as if nothing could tire one; and the next, one feels quite weak and spiritless.” The Gorilla Hunters Albert spent some of his daylight hours in bed; some in moving about the room spiritlessly. On the Stairs Religion is the moan of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions. Selected Essays I could not believe that her fine spirit had fled: no, she moved her hand; but the dull spiritless gaze seemed to warn me that her dissolution was fast approaching. The Little Savage Ere long he goes laggingly into the ladies' saloon, as in spiritless quest of somebody; but, after some disappointed glances about him, seats himself upon a sofa with an air of melancholy exhaustion and depression. The Confidence-Man France does not fear Germany in her present spiritless, unarmed state. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 The men returned to their quarters, but it was in a dull, spiritless way, which Steve could not help noticing, but he said nothing then. Steve Young But the enmity of the British shipowners and naval leaders and the traditional British commercial policy joined with contempt for the spiritless nation to prevent any such action until the fitting time had gone by. The Wars Between England and America All her youthful vivacity was gone; she was pale and spiritless with deep rings beneath her eyes and the lids red with crying. The Four Pools Mystery The result is that the recitations are dull, spiritless, uninteresting. New Ideals in Rural Schools These things sent us home sad and spiritless, notwithstanding the agreeable scenes we had been riding among. 29th. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 What a cowardly and spiritless fellow for a soldier! The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order It was horribly formal, and even Norah felt cowed and spiritless. Sisters Three He excused himself from walking across the quadrangle with them, and said good-night in a spiritless way, very different from the cheery manner in which he had welcomed them an hour ago. The Willoughby Captains He found him half hidden, half choked by the dust of his own raising, as he drew his broom in a spiritless way across the black dry floor. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life The horse, too, seemed to share his master’s trouble, for he stumbled forward spiritlessly, hanging his head and trembling at each approaching howl. Boycotted And Other Stories The whole of the remainder of that day was spent in spiritless wandering about the streets. A Dog with a Bad Name A year passed, and found us at the end of it the same wretched, spiritless boys as ever. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Never before had he known him so silent, so spiritless, so mysterious. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Gedge had been there, spiritless and forlorn, and had left as soon as he could excuse himself. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life He's a social outcast, and a broken, spiritless wretch besides. Shorty McCabe on the Job Pledge was looking that way, and, as the boy’s eyes and his enemy’s met, the cheers of the Den sounded feeble, and the shouts of the Firm were spiritless. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton You never saw such an abject spectacle as we nine spiritless youths appeared bending over our books, hardly daring to turn over a leaf or dip a pen, for fear of hearing that hateful voice. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life We none of us spoke to one another, nor inquired whither we were going; we were a sad, spiritless assembly, and to some of us it mattered little what became of us. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch The great vessel had lost all its pride and dignity, and seemed a poor, reeling, spiritless thing. Tom Slade with the Colors Over mountain, and through forest, goes the happy Indian, free as the air, while the white man is chained to his dull and spiritless pursuits, and fettered by his endless cares. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 I listened with transport like St. Cecilia; if I had had my harp in my hands I should certainly have dropped it; at that moment all terrestrial music appeared totally spiritless and insipid. The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" What was of moment was that there, in dreary, cheerless Stonebridge House, we had found some interest in common, and some object for our spiritless lives. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Rosanna was not a spiritless child, but every day and all day her life slipped on in its dull groove and she did not know how to get out. The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day There's the Miller forever standing on that one same spot of ground, Watching his spouting wheel, when there's water, and when there is none, Grumbling, I suppose, at home, to his spiritless wife and daughters. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Self-denial was not to be practised in a spiritless and timid way, but rather as a man accepts the fatigues and dangers of an expedition, in a vigorous and adventurous mood. Joyous Gard On the poorer section of the beat, there was a spiritless hope that Nolan might come in with his reform program. Police Your Planet When she came out into the open air, she found the servant seeking his comfort in the brandy-bottle, and the horses sunk in a spiritless stupor. Strife and Peace Guarded by a detachment of veteran infantry, the recruits so turbulent at noon were spiritless now in every sense of the word. Under Fire Again, the popularity of these tame, spiritless books is no conclusive evidence of their merit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 And she permitted none to bear her company thither but women and boys, and spiritless men, who were both unaccustomed and unequal to war and fighting. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 Moreover, now that the flame of his indignation had died down, he had begun to feel wretchedly ill and spiritless with the reaction that comes after any great excitement. The Hippodrome "Ah! who loves me?" said Susanna, faint and spiritless. Strife and Peace Emaciated, spiritless, haggard, she was scarcely a shadow of her former self. Plain Facts for Old and Young Its present application seems to be almost solely to diplomas and testimonials, and in point of quality, usually as poor and spiritless as the incapacity of most of its professors can make it. Illuminated Manuscripts His head he held in spiritless fashion on a level with his knees. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle It would have seemed to a stranger that, for a woman who had freely chosen a companion for life, she was amazingly spiritless and sombre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 "I be enough of a dead shot ter stop all that dad-burned talk of yourn!" he drawled in a languid, falsetto, spiritless voice, but with an odd intimation of a deadly intention. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee The other was pale and spiritless, and it seemed with difficulty that she dragged herself along to keep upon the track until the last. Plain Facts for Old and Young I was going on in a very spiritless manner. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Even the spiritless little Indian ponies, accustomed to many ingenious kinds of abuse, rebel at this. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle She was a dull, spiritless, reticent woman, who had lived through much trouble. Young Lucretia and Other Stories Anton stood near the distinguished Pole, carrying on a spiritless conversation, and coldly listened to the praises the former liberally bestowed on the German dancer. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Johnnie standing in the dock appeared to the spectators to be in a half-dazed condition—as dull and spiritless a clodhopper as they had ever beheld. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn What empty and spiritless annals would the life of Frederic the Great and Patrick Henry furnish! The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart Others are of the sort of sweet, spiritless silken tune generally characteristic of the Russian salon school. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers She stood drooping, utterly, utterly broken and spiritless before the man's swift, brief indictment and action. The Forfeit The people, who had been accustomed to hear them rail against their superiors, and preach to the times, as they termed it, deemed their sermons languid and spiritless when deprived of these ornaments. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The doctor knew his fate, and like his daughter offered a spiritless and intimidated resistance. The Emigrant Trail At length, he himself reappeared among his guests; but it was no longer the same pale, spiritless countenance they had beheld when he left them; from pale he had become livid; and from spiritless, annihilated. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Such art as was produced showed the religious and decorative motives, and in its spiritless materialistic make-up, the commercial motive. A Text-Book of the History of Painting To that particular question he nodded his head, spiritlessly. Then I'll Come Back to You I heard a cry from above—almost inaudible it was so spiritless and faint—yet, gaze as I might toward the top, I could see nothing. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 I had just finished supper to-night, as blue as indigo and as spiritless as a wet hen, when I heard the sound of voices. The Prairie Wife Surely this woman with her pallid skin and her faded spiritless eyes could not have been the one they meant! The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Letters spoke my father's health not restored; he was languid and spiritless and lacked vigour; he would try the air of Switzerland; lie would spend the winter in the Pyrenées! Daisy The Act itself was narrow, spiritless, confused, tame, and unsatisfactory. Lectures on Modern history The poet-innkeeper is an excellent sketch of a mild but by no means spiritless type. George Borrow The Man and His Books No longer did he expand his chest and wave his numerous extremities about when being exhibited before the indifferent eyes of possible investors, but remained inert, logy, gloomy, spiritless—a melancholy spectacle indeed. Eating in Two or Three Languages I was spiritless and gloomy when I left ——; but reflections on my future lot, and just views of the situation of my friend, insensibly restored my cheerfulness. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 She sank down again pale and spiritless upon her chair as the doctor left the room. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance The reins hung on the neck of his spiritless mount and the roads he went were the roads it took of its own unguided selection. The Lighted Match That heart-sinking feeling was painted in her sunk eyes and spiritless attitude; a cloud was on her beauty, and frequent sighs were tokens of her distress. The Last Man Something in the spiritless droop of her shoulders and the soft dishevelment of her fair hair suggested weariness—sleep, perhaps. An Alabaster Box Life apart from each other was a tame, spiritless thing, simply to be endured, not enjoyed; then, too, Uncle Joshua's home was not a Paradise, although he and Aunt Patty were kind and pleasant. Divers Women Unable to slip back in triumph to my studies I elected to stroll spiritlessly into the billiard room where certainly I had no business. Tales Of Hearsay Hence 'tis, whene'er my lips would silence break, Scarce can I hear the accents which I vent, By passion render'd spiritless and weak. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch She looks so spiritless; but perhaps it is her health, though I think her looking a little better than when she came.' The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow The people, therefore, that gathered hopelessly at the call of Van Deventer's watchmen were dazed and spiritless. The Runaway Skyscraper Harlequins and clowns—shabby, spiritless, and unmasked—grin inanely in your face, and seem to be hunting after a joke they can never find. Rome in 1860 Even the merry-hearted Florence seemed sad and spiritless as she hurried from room to room, urging Ashton to accelerate their departure. Tempest and Sunshine With a spiritless expression for a child, he was playing a rather monotonous game of cards with an imaginary partner. Atlantis He answered her without hesitation, but his tone was dull and spiritless. A Lost Leader Everything depended on a new theory, which I was about to test, a mere Chinese theory concerning eunuchs—that their mutilation makes them bestial, but also downtrodden and quite spiritless and peculiarly weak. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation She seemed to have no mind of her own; a good thing, perhaps, in some cases, but a more spiritless person to talk to never vexed the heart of man or woman either. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces The days were days of constant, unintermitted labour; the nights were jaded and spiritless. Hills of the Shatemuc A French king would indeed have been dull and spiritless not to realize the magnitude of the danger, and Francis was neither. A Short History of France He had long before summed me up as a spiritless drudge. Jacqueline of Golden River Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless. Familiar Quotations The pupil even felt this: his interest in the piano and in music generally grew feeble, his playing suddenly became careless, powerless, spiritless; he played with evident indifference. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Antique models have been glorified, with a sequence of puny, spiritless imitations. The Complete Home So hopeless was the situation that the spiritless Charles was only in doubt whether to take refuge in Scotland or in Spain. A Short History of France Such sermons, though clad in soft raiment, are spiritless waifs, literary driftwood on the ocean of thought; while Truth walks triumphantly over the waves of sin, sickness, and death. No and Yes He would imbibe of beauty more in a breath, a glance, than I can pour into his soul in pages of spiritless delineation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 I felt such poverty as mine to be unendurable, and that I was a slave, a spiritless fool, to put up with it. Poison Island She seemed spiritless, and the charming face held a gravity that was quite foreign to it. The Moon out of Reach There, however, General Joubert decided that the neutral camp must be pitched, and those who were too weak or spiritless to help themselves, must needs be thankful for such gracious concessions. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith She went on and gave a spiritless performance. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes The spiritless animal took such driving passively, as it jogged down the quiet road by the enclosure of the New College. What Necessity Knows In exile, his compositions were nothing more than spiritless repetitions of what he had formerly written. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 You are too spiritless a wife—A mournful tale, mixt with a few kind words, will steal away your soul. The Gamester (1753) After a long time he got up, went out into the wash-kitchen in a spiritless way, and did not return again that night. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 "I will not venture to decide whether you are right or not, my dear madame," he said, in a spiritless voice, after a second's pause. The Northern Light But he said, in that tone of spiritless humility these poor souls learn so soon,— "I a'n't a white man, Ma'am, I'm a contraband." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 The king is accused of the most spiritless uxoriousness; and the chaste fondness of a husband is placed among his political errors. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 No, Charlotte; but I am faint with watching; quite sunk and spiritless. The Gamester (1753) She was now spiritless, hopeless, without an aim or object, or anything to sustain her, or to give interest to existence. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Seated by the window, in a drooping, spiritless way, as if never caring to stir again, sat bright Mollie, the ghost of her former self. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week He was a South American, a Brazilian, a member of the School of Mines: a poor, undersized, pale, spiritless, apologetic creature, with rather a Teutonic-looking name, Ernest Mayer. Grey Roses The former lay usually at Pilgrim's Rest; the latter haunted the hilly country west and S.W. of Lydenburg; neither leader being able to get much work out of passive and spiritless followers. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans When her uncle asked if her head was better, she said, "Yes, thank you," in a spiritless tone. 'Doc.' Gordon But tears could not bring Katy back, and knowing this, Helen dried her eyes ere long and joined the family below, who like herself were spiritless and sad. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering "It doesn't seem far away when you are used to it," remarked Patty in a spiritless tone. One Man in His Time The women are meek eyed, spiritless creatures, crushed under the heavy domination of the stronger sex. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Blome alone seemed sullen and spiritless, unresponsive to his comrades and their admirers. The Rustlers of Pecos County Behind Sanchia lagged spiritlessly, seeming of a mind to stop and turn back. The Desert Valley "With golden bait," she admitted, her voice oddly spiritless. The Bells of San Juan He felt suddenly spiritless, flaccid, too inert even for the little tasks before him. Success A Novel Was not this angry beating rain, this dull spiritless drizzle, this wild war of air and earth, but foretaste and prophecy of ruin and discouragement, of the utter futility of striving? The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel The Quakers reject every thing that appears to them to be superstitious, or formal, or ceremonious, or ostentatious, or spiritless, from their worship. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 Her voice had lost its ring; the sound of it was leaden, spiritless. Lady Good-for-Nothing You would not have supposed that this could be the same boy whose sobbing aroused Florella's compassion—the poor, trembling little creature, spiritless and unhappy, who had hardly dared to say his name was Florio. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays And the morning finds them tired in body and more tired in the spiritless uncertainty that hangs over them like a clinging damp fog. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel This performance with an empty six-shooter is but a pale and spiritless form of the sport of high altitudes. Heart's Desire They proved lukewarm friends, and all the rest was spiritless. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "My life thou hast taken from me, Lazarus,"—said he in a spiritless, feeble voice. Famous Modern Ghost Stories He had experienced a mean, spiritless happiness in noting the honors which the widow was heaping on his memory. David Lockwin—The People's Idol The other consented; and calling at the door, they were shown up stairs, but found the faded beauty dull and spiritless, unable or unwilling to converse on any subject. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings The truth is, their cold and spiritless manner has no attraction. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements It was one of those gray, heavy days of the early winter—one of the vacant, spiritless days of portent that wait hushed and numb before a coming storm. Roof and Meadow Soulless matter, which only exists as a logical abstraction, is arrived at by looking at things "in disconnexion, dull and spiritless." Christian Mysticism The oppressive languor of the day had exhausted her strength, and when she left Dinard's she felt too indifferent, too spiritless even for the drive in the Park. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage It may be that the great ones of old have wearied of our spiritless race, and abandoned us. The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century It seems to me, I repeat, a spiritless explanation of his words—that the temple was the place where naturally he was at home. Hope of the Gospel We are too spiritless to live upon our own earnings; but must meanwhile live upon others'. Thrift Kitty and I are the best of friends," he answered in a dull, spiritless tone, "the best of companions. When A Man's A Man Before the open door basked children and pigs and a few spiritless chickens. Ma Pettengill Hence my tailor would doubtless have wept at the sight; shoulders drooping spiritlessly, and sleeves turned up, and trousers likewise. The Range Dwellers Notwithstanding Bridget's precautions, he saw, too, that she was pale and spiritless, but he attributed it to her anxiety for her sister, and this raised her in his estimation. Homestead on the Hillside Spiritless men have no debts, neither have spiritless nations; nobody will trust them. Thrift Nevertheless, it took a small shock or so to arouse these two women at the mill from their spiritless prostration. V. V.'s Eyes They cheered in a spiritless and cheerless manner. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Oppressive military feudalism, keeping the vast majority of the people in practical bondage, physical, intellectual, and spiritual, would necessarily render their lives and thoughts narrow in range and spiritless in nature. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Life grew slow in the little drowsy seaport; the old tales of the Symplegades were stale and tedious; the Argonauts had become spiritless and corpulent and lazy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 And Elizabeth held the baby, while the woman fed languidly--too tired and spiritless indeed to eat. Lady Merton, Colonist |
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