Though in the depth of winter, it was resolved to undertake some enterprise that should retrieve the disasters of the late campaign, and raise the drooping spirits of the nation.
There was a depth in William's character not easy to be fathomed,--an habitual reserve, which made it difficult even for those who knew him best always to read him right.
The length of the harbor may be nearly two miles; and the water is of sufficient depth for ships of the greatest burden to ride there in security, sheltered within the encircling arms of the coast from the storms of the Mediterranean.
Rosamond, from the depth of a penitent and chastened spirit--"I am no more worthy to be called thy wife.
The verydepth of its slumbers was but a fatal symptom of approaching dissolution.
His vigil had been one long prayer, but he felt that he must find vent in language for the depth and strength of his emotions.
It was not till she saw him borne down by domestic sorrow, on the bed of sickness, thrown by the neglect of his wife on her tenderness and care, that she felt the danger and depth of her sympathy.
There was a power and sensibility in his accent, a depth of expression in his occasional upturned glance, that impressed and affected her as she had never been before.
He read to me the melodious strains of the sons of song, in a voice more eloquent, in its lowdepth of sweetness, than the minstrels whose harmony he breathed.
Here and there a gleam of silver wandered through those tresses which had always worn that purple depth of hue peculiar to the raven's plumage.
A strong government forces him to hide himself in the depth of the wilderness; when the countries that skirt the desert fall into decay he emerges from his retreat like a swarm of flies.
Drive along the edge of the precipice, on the slippery height, over a depth of 2000 cubits, full of rocks and boulders.
The entire depth of the snow in the middle of February, beyond which time the fresh falls were insignificant, was from fifteen to eighteen inches.
The depth of snow increased as I advanced, and was three feet in the plain round the fort.
All have notched leaves, but the notch varies much in depth and form.
From the great depth of the valleys, the wind in general follows their course, blowing at one time up them, at other times down.
The heavy snow-fall of the last three or four days seemed to have been something quite unusual; and it had accumulated, as I was told, on the pass to a depth which quite precluded all possibility of a passage for many days to come.
The greater permanence of snow in valleys and ravines than on mountain slopes seems to be due to its accumulation there during the winter to a great depth by avalanches from both sides.
The ground was still covered to thedepth of more than a foot with snow.
On the lower part of the ascent the forest was much more luxuriant than on the opposite side, and than it usually is on slopes facing the south: this was caused by the great depth and narrowness of the ravine through which the river flowed.
The charge was exploded at a pre-determined depth by a simple device, and any under-seas craft within 100 feet was likely to be destroyed or to have leaks started that would compel it to come to the surface and surrender.
But these they grasped with a precision and depth of feeling which gave charm to the most trifling--it was the life of the universe divined in its minutiæ.
Such a depth of sympathy and dreamy dolorous reverie was new to France, but Rousseau had broken the ice, and henceforward feeling flowed freely.
With Hadrian and Apuleius the Roman rococo literature began; Apuleius was astonishingly modern, and Ausonius was almost German in the depth and tenderness of his feeling for Nature.
Do you not then observe what a narrow risk I ran, fool that I was, to change such a spot for Tiberine, the depth of the habitable world?
He bent his head swiftly and caught it; and then he was delighted at the depth of his penitence.
Of the history of her inner life he guessed little, but believed that she had both depth of mind and intensity of feeling.
There is a channel of good depth right down the middle of both, and we splashed through this without getting into much besides flying foam.
On account of the considerable depth of water right up to the banks, the boat struck on the rocks rather less than usual; but the clamber over the jagged, fresh-fallen granite was the worst thing of the kind we encountered.
The Celilo Canal, which was completed by the Government about five years ago, is eight and a half miles long, has a bottom width of sixty-five feet, and a depth of eight feet.
By July the alert zone had increased in depth in both armies.
Vegetation was burnt up to a depth of 8 kilometres.
The Mackay-Bennett will not make any soundings, as they would not serve any useful purpose, because the depth where the Titanic sank is more than 2000 fathoms.
The depth of harbors seems to be the great drawback at present.
All this came from the depthof conviction in the soul of this one man.
On the parallel of 60°, the earth on the 28th of June was found frozen, at a depth of three feet.
His power came not only from the depth and clearness of his convictions, but from the absolute honesty of his soul.
Renan, but it seems to us that he goes too far in supposing that such a movement as that of Islam could be started without a tremendous depth of conviction.
At the depth of 1,222 feet the water became saltish, then sulphury.
The story affected me more deeply than I wish to be affected; younger readers, however, will not object to the depth of the distress, and nothing was ever more ably treated.
Loud is the Vale;--this inland Depth 5 In peace is roaring like the Sea; Yon star upon the mountain-top Is listening quietly.
No doubt the full depthof the doctrines which he announced was not perceived.
John Huss did more; prophetic words came forth from the depth of his dungeon.
One night, the holy martyr thought he saw, in the depth of his dungeon, the features of Jesus Christ, which he had caused to be painted on the walls of his study, effaced by the pope and the bishops.
Gold is found only in small quantities, and the miners have to go to a considerable depth for it.
Why, from him you will find out in no time how long a gnat lives, to how many fathoms' depth the sunlight penetrates the sea, and what an oyster's soul is like.
Two whales were captured; but one of them dying at a great depth under water, had to be hauled up by the united crews of two or three boats, which proved a tedious and severe labour.
I would have made it short; for I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and meant indeed to occupy the argument no longer.
It pleases time and fortune to lie heavy Upon a friend of mine, who in hot blood Hath stepp'd into the law, which is past depth To those that without heed do plunge into't.
O, I were damn'd beneath alldepth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity.
At the second, she would probably have noticed a strange thing--the eyes were quite opaque; they seemed to stare rather than look at you, there was no depth whatever in them.
I believe there are instances on record of men of education, of men even of good birth, sinking to the lowest depth of degradation when once they had begun to tread the downward path.
Secondly, her draught of water must not be excessive, having due regard to the depth of {70} the channel.
If the Mole had been constructed solid throughout its entire length, the task of keeping the channel, leading to the canal entrance, or the roadstead, at a convenient depth would have been impossible owing to silt.
The depth of water, the construction of the Mole, {74} the rate of the tidal current, and many other matters required careful examination.
Its depth was exceedingly small; it could, therefore, only be used for shallow draught vessels such as fishing boats, motor boats, and the like.
The maximum depth in this position was believed to be about thirty-six feet at high tide level.
Thus, the position chosen for the blocking must necessarily have a low tide depth of such an amount as would make the totaldepth at high water correspond to the total height of the available hulls.
The depth was a doubtful matter; but, the operation being timed to take place near high tide so that the blockships could enter the canal, there was every likelihood of its being sufficient.
There was a fervor and depth in his voice beyond what the mere words required that struck his companion.
Johnson says men grow better as they grow older, and improve with experience; but this depends upon the width and depth and generousness of their nature.
A rippling wave a foot high came sweeping down the glassy surface of the reservoir lake, crowding and rioting until it doubled its depth in rushing into the foothill canyon.
It was a curious breach, abrupt and clean-cut; its shape and depth suggesting the effect of a mighty hammer blow scoring its groove from the path level to the river's edge.
For some instants his attentive ear appeared to be catching vague sounds; his eye sounded the depth of the woods; his nostrils dilated; and all the instincts of the wild beast were revealed.
The bed of the rivers and streams changed at each instant, and gulfs of unfathomable depth opened beneath the feet of the terrified men.
The young man bowed his head in despair at these words--a gloomy malediction, which enabled him to measure the depthof the abyss into which he had fallen.
Meanwhile he already felt in the depth of his soul all the cruelty, dastardliness and baseness not only of that act of his, but of his whole idle, dissolute, cruel and wayward life.
But the temptations of life entrapped him anew, after every awakening, and, without knowing it, he sank again, often to a lower depth than he was in before.
In the depth of his soul he knew that he had to depart; that his stay at his aunts was unnecessary, that nothing good could come of it, but it was so joyous and pleasant that he did not heed it, and remained.
The depthof the billows is awful, the depth of the sky Is silent as God.
