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"Farewell, papa," she said, weeping all the time, for, in truth, she found it impossible to control herself; "farewell good night! and remember that you may have a great deal to forgive your own Cooleen Bawn some of these days." On leaving the bedroom, where she was hurried by her feelings into this indiscreet dialogue, she found herself nearly incapable of walking without support.
For the tutor's descriptions suggested all kinds of pictures to her mind, but left her still incapable of the alphabet.
He of the red hair travelled by the same train, though not in the same carriage. Rose caught sight of him at the seaside station. She was vexed with herself for having so scantily acknowledged his kindness; it seemed to her that she had not really thanked him at all; how absurd, at her age, to be incapable of common self-command!
'But how destroy without even knowing why? 'We shall destroy, because we are a force, observed Arkady. Pavel Petrovitch looked at his nephew and laughed. 'Yes, a force is not to be called to account, said Arkady, drawing himself up. 'Unhappy boy! wailed Pavel Petrovitch, he was positively incapable of maintaining his firm demeanour any longer.
But, as soon as prosperity returned, the hero sank again into a voluptuary; and the lapse was deep and hopeless. The nerves of his mind, which had been during a short time braced to a firm tone, were now so much relaxed by vice that he was utterly incapable of selfdenial or of strenuous exertion. The vulgar courage of a foremast man he still retained.
"It seemed to me as heroic as pitiful, aunt. I fear I should be incapable of making such a testimony." "But it was so unnecessary." "How do we know what is necessary to any poor soul? What impressed me most strongly was that there is in the world still this longing to suffer physically and endure public scorn for a belief." "It may have been a disappointment to the little band," said Mr.
One's emotions take on such perfection of form in a poem; they can, as it were, be taken up by the fingers. But prose is like a sackful of loose material, heavy and unwieldy, incapable of being lifted as you please.
I would believe that prince Ahmed, by his own good disposition, is incapable of undertaking anything against your majesty; but who can answer that the fairy, by her attractions and caresses, and the influence she has over him, may not inspire him with the unnatural design of dethroning your majesty, and seizing the crown of the Indies?
And it was incapable of being easily crossed over. The bones of brave warriors formed its pebbles, and drums and cymbals its tortoises. And shields and armour formed its boats, and the hair of warriors its floating moss and weeds. And arrows constituted its wavelets and bows its current. And the arms of the combatants formed its snakes.
Save for an occasional wastrel of civilisation, incapable of degradation and concerned only for sleep, the park is wont to be a desert at that hour; but the hum of the traffic, the flashing cab lamps, never quite out of sight, prevent fear. Far from being afraid I was highly interested, and hastening my steps was soon on the outskirts of a throng.
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