And in the end he could bear it no more, but buried his face in his hands and burst into tears, to the alarm and amazement of his hosts.
Sometimes the agony of such things as this was almost more than Jurgis could bear; yet there was no way of escape from it, there was nothing to do but to dig away at the base of this mountain of ignorance and prejudice.
And Jurgis was with them, he was shouting to tear his throat; shouting because he could not help it, because the stress of his feeling was more than he could bear.
The shock, however, occasioned by the discharge of the gun, and the noise of the conflict, acting upon a frame so feeble were more than he could bear.
He could bear it no longer; he cried, and called upon God to smite him.
They spoke much during those days of the coming parting, and she always said that she could bear it if she saw him go away more of a man than he had come.
But with the revulsion she felt that this state of things could not long continue--she must either lose her senses, or turn into something hateful to herself: the strain was more than she could bear.
He could bear witness to no facts--but to the truth, to the loveliness and harmony and righteousness and safety that he saw in the idea of the Son of Man--as he read it in the story.
O that my heart might be thus cleansed, thought Christian, and then I verily believe I could bear my burden with great ease to the end of my pilgrimage; but I have had enough of that fierce sweeper, the Law.
He will give us even to meditate the one thought that slew him at last, when he could bear no more, and fled to the Father to know that he loved him, and was well-pleased with him.
Upon such despicable terms as these, think you that I could bear to live?
Lordship might give it to him, or not, as he should find he could bear it.
Owen had seen them in the park, and he was writing to Evelyn telling her that he could bear a great deal, but it was cruel and heartless for her to sit with Ulick under the same trees.
Even so, he must write his letter; one has oneself to consider, and he could bearit no longer.
Life was proving too much for her, and when he questioned her as to her meaning, she admitted in broken answers that his departure with the company was more than she could bear.
To see you, to say goodbye to you, would be an agitation which neither of us could bear, we should both burst into tears; and for you to come to see me in the convent would be another agitation which must be avoided.
I thought I could bearit if it pleased you, but--I didn't know it would be like this.
I was strong and healthy, but a walk of five hours was more than I could bear, because in my infancy I had never gone a league on foot.
I could bear no more; the forces of nature were exhausted, and I was obliged to lie down and take a little broth, and court that sleep which refused to come.
Pondering over my plan with the utmost coolness, I went and bought some balls of lead as large as my pockets would hold, and as heavy as I could bear, to carry to the Tower, where I intended to go on foot.
After she had fulfilled her desire, we spent a quarter of an hour in mutual embraces, and my excitement was more than I could bear.
I have had almost more than I could bear--the more horrible because the more unreasonable.
I kept the last letter--though I do not think I could bear to read it over.
And just then was a time when he was sick and worn--when it seemed to him that the burden of his life was more than he could bear.
I found out that I could bear, for it seems to me as I look back at that horrible nightmare, that it was almost by a superhuman effort I was able to read the letter at all.
He threw himself on the grass, stretching his limbs like a young animal freshly awaked from sleep; and the rippling water, the poplars gently tremulous in the faint breeze, the blue sky, were almost more than he could bear.
It was that which rankled with Philip: he could not bear the humiliation of apologies, which were wrung from him by pain greater than he could bear.
And when he felt he could bear no more, she flung the instrument aside, and leant over his chair again--caressing his curls with her dainty fingers, and purring unknown strange words in his ear.
He was still feeble, and dead tired from travelling, to begin with--and to have to listen and reply to the endless banalities of his mother's guests was almost more than he could bear.
Sometimes the agony of the thought was more than Paul could bear, and took him off with Pike alone into the leafless woods which crowned a hill at the top of the park.
The pain of hearing them was intolerable; he could bearno more that night.
I was just asking myself how I could bear to say farewell to all this.
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