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"Thrown back upon my own strength, it must have gathered force, dear Mary, or have perished altogether. But thou speakest, methinks, but too despondingly of our sovereign's prospects are they indeed so desperate?" "Desperate, indeed, Isabella. Even his own family, with the sole exception of that rash madman, Edward, must look upon it thus.

"Now, Grandfer," said Timothy Fairway, "we are ashamed of ye. A reverent old patriarch man as you be seventy if a day to go hornpiping like that by yourself!" "A harrowing old man, Mis'ess Yeobright," said Christian despondingly. "I wouldn't live with him a week, so playward as he is, if I could get away."

"Fate, dearest Julia," said the officer despondingly, "has decreed our interview earlier than I had expected. However, under all circumstances, I may esteem myself happy, to have seen you at all. I am indebted for this favor to the officer commanding yonder vessel, in which our regiment is embarked, for the satisfaction, melancholy as it is, of being enabled to bid you a temporary farewell."

Chapman went about Nyack shaking his head despondingly, and saying that he had been deceived by Hanz Toodleburg, who had deceived them all with his story about Kidd's treasure, and would be the cause of their losing a large amount of money. "I never would have been caught in such a trap, but I believed Hanz Toodleburg to be an honest man, a very honest man, and I put faith in his word.

Nan laughed merrily, as she looked at the burns on her hand; but Di elevated the most prominent feature of her brown countenance, and sighed despondingly, "Dear, dear, what a disappointing world this is!

Both sides are marshaling their forces, and the fight on this bill is evidently going to be the hottest of the session. All Washington is boiling." "It's easy enough for another fellow to talk," said Harry, despondingly, after he had put Philip in possession of his view of the case. "It's easy enough to say 'give her up, if you don't care for her. What am I going to do to give her up?"

Lee, in a low feeble voice, and her appearance told too plainly the effects of the sickness upon her. "I'm sorry to hear it. But I am very glad you are out again, for my sewing is all behindhand." "I'm afraid that I shall not be able to do any more sewing for a good while," said Mrs. Lee, despondingly. "Indeed! And why not?" "Because my eyes have become so weak that I can scarcely see."

"Well, sir," said Maxley despondingly, "I have been to all the other magistrates in the borough; for what with losing my money, and what with losing my missus, I think I bain't quite right in my head; I do see such curious things, enough to make a body's skin creep at times." And down went his head on his chest "Well?" said Mr.

‘No; none of them can benefit me if she can’t,’ was the answer. And the tears gushed from his eyes as he earnestly exclaimed, ‘Oh, Helen, if I had listened to you, it never would have come to this! and if I had heard you long agooh, God! how different it would have been!’ ‘Hear me now, then, Arthur,’ said I, gently pressing his hand. ‘It’s too late now,’ said he despondingly.

'But, Dora, my love, if you will sometimes think, not despondingly, you know; far from that! but if you will sometimes think just to encourage yourself that you are engaged to a poor man 'Don't, don't! Pray don't! cried Dora. 'It's so very dreadful! 'My soul, not at all! said I, cheerfully.