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She sang 'Love is a Plaintive Song, to Ethel's inert accompaniment, and she gave it exactly as though she had been on the stage, with all the dramatic action, all the freedom, all the allurements, which she had lavished on the audience in the Town Hall. 'Very good, said her father. 'I like that. It's very pretty. I didn't hear it the other night. Twemlow merely thanked the artist.
But, perhaps, you'll never have an opportunity: perhaps, he's gone. Here she burst into uncontrollable grief, and the remainder of her words were inarticulate. Hindley lavished on her a torrent of scornful abuse, and bade her get to her room immediately, or she shouldn't cry for nothing!
All the passion he might have given to his alien wife and alien son was lavished on this land which was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. And now his son had ridden up to him over those low hills at the foot of the mountain and had said: "Father, I have sinned." O-liver had not put it scripturally. He had said: "I'm sorry, dad.
So after kissing his hand and thanking him I answered, "O my lord, I have brought thee a present from my master, the Caliph Harun Al-Rashid;" and offered him the present and the letter which he read and at which he rejoiced with passing joy. But after. Then the King lavished upon me much wealth and entreated me with all honour; so I prayed for him and thanked him for his munificence.
I am afraid that Sharley's letter scarcely had justice done to it the second time I read it through between every line would come up the thought of what grandmamma had said, and the wondering what she could mean. And besides that, the uncomfortable feeling that I was not as good as she thought me that I did not deserve all the love and anxiety she lavished on me.
Bridges of this kind were intended sometimes for temporary, sometimes for permanent constructions. In the latter case, great care and much engineering skill was lavished on their erection.
It pleased him to see the letter of the Archbishop lying upon a volume of Strauss, and to read the glowing and extravagant praise lavished on him in the pages of the "Univers" after having enjoyed a sparkling draught of Voltaire. Such was the Abbé Gérard the type of a class.
Achilles is savage and remorseless; he is cruel, and cares nothing for the love his comrades lavished upon him more than on all the others.
But she declared that she herself should never be willing to wear it, for she could not expose herself to those censures for extravagance which she knew would be lavished upon her. The jeweler complained loudly and bitterly of his misfortune. The necklace having been exhibited all over Europe, his troubles were a matter of general conversation.
He opened his eyes the crucifix became more distinct. He knelt before a prince, and arose a knight a broidered kerchief streamed from his polished casque the herald, in trumpet tones, proclaimed his prowess the troubador embalmed his deeds in immortal verse the smiles of high-born damsels were lavished upon him the page clasped his sword at the mention of his name.
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