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I gave the minstrel a considerable present of beads, and he went away rejoicing, singing and twanging his instrument to the discomfiture of all our enemies. It was fortunate that I had been able to carry so much as 300 lbs. of beads. The soldiers could now purchase fish and potatoes.
The Marechale de Villeroy, who was full of wit, began to say that, whilst doing her a great honour, Madame was the cause of great disorder; and showed her the Princesse d'Harcourt in her state of discomfiture. Madame de Maintenon smiled with majestic kindness, and addressing the Princesse d'Harcourt, "Is this the way," said she; "that you go to prayers?"
At his discomfiture and these words, his rage knew no bounds; he was beside himself with anger, and but for the weapon which she held, would have wreaked his vengeance upon her at once in the most beastly manner. As it was, his cowardice did not permit him to make the attempt, and he contented himself with pouring out his wrath in words: "You incarnate child of h l!
If this were so, the fact must be known to Gride; and to Gride's house he directed his steps; now thoroughly alarmed, and fearful that there were indeed plots afoot, tending to his discomfiture and ruin. Arrived at the usurer's house, he found the windows close shut, the dingy blinds drawn down; all was silent, melancholy, and deserted. But this was its usual aspect.
If the allies came out of the conflict with no great glory, they had such satisfaction as could be derived from the severer losses and the discomfiture at all points of the foe. The disasters of the war had been fatal to the Czar Nicholas, who died on March 2nd, 1855, from pulmonary apoplexy an attack to which he had laid himself open, it was said, in melancholy recklessness of his health.
I had now no familiar demonstration to dread or endure, save from one quarter; and as that was English I could bear it. Ginevra Fanshawe made no scruple of at times catching me as I was crossing the carre, whirling me round in a compulsory waltz, and heartily enjoying the mental and physical discomfiture her proceeding induced. Ginevra Fanshawe it was who now broke in upon "my learned leisure."
But far outweighing such considerations as pecuniary ruin, and personal discomfort, was the shock which the moral nature felt from the irretrievable discomfiture of all the hopes, aims, and aspirations which had hitherto sustained and nourished his soul. In a few months the labour of twenty years was swept away without a trace of it being left.
Lennox thanked her, and without seeming to notice her discomfiture he wrapped himself up more closely, drew his chair forward, and, smacking his lips, took the cover off the dish. 'Oh, very nice indeed, he said, 'but I'm afraid I've given you a great deal of trouble; the old lady said you were very, very busy. 'I've to finish a dress to-day, sir, and my assistant
Kingu's associates the monsters are terrified at their leader's discomfiture. Tiâmat alone does not lose her courage. Marduk, brandishing his great weapon, addresses Tiâmat: Why hast thou set thy mind upon stirring up destructive contest? He reproaches her for the hatred she has shown towards the gods, and boldly calls her out to the contest: Stand up! I and thou, come let us fight.
"You had him there, Tommy," cried one of the auditory, considerably delighted at Foster's evident discomfiture. But the latter returned to the charge, saying, "All very fine, Tommy Tracks; but you haven't fully answered my objection." "I know it," was Bradly's reply. "Just so." "Well, what does it profess to do?" "Doesn't it profess to convert all the world?" "How soon?"
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