Little art thou aware what a gulf of misery anddespair thou art suspended over, and that by a single thread within reach of the flame, and liable every moment to snap, and hurl thee into inevitable ruin.
I was in despair until the femme de chambre reassured me.
In despair he hit upon an ingenious trick, which wanted nothing but success to have made him.
At last his despair nearly drove him to suicide, from which he was only saved by throwing himself on his knees in prayer.
Tortured by restlessness, despair and longing, and fearful lest my parents should get ear of the change in my heart, when they would certainly oppose my plans, I decided to follow his advice at once and to leave Russia.
He had grasped my arm, and his glittering eyes were fastened on me with the intensity of despair in their expression.
This appears to be quite too much for the young person, who throws up her arms in despair and rushes after the butler.
I could believe it, for his face expressed such abasement and despair as I had never dreamed of.
But Barbara lingered a little longer in that bedroom where ten nights ago she had lain tossing, till in despair she went and cooled herself in the dark sea.
The sight of those strange smiles affected Scorrier more than all the anguish or despairhe had seen scored on the faces of other dead men.
It is the despair of the painter--these moonlit nights.
A kind ofdespair seemed suddenly to seize on Mr. Nicholas Treffry.
So long as mankind worked through Societies, Stephen, who knew the power of rules and minute books, did not despair of too little progress being made.
Anger, and a sort of despair rose within him, and he said painfully: "I cannot explain.
Could it have been to-day she had lain on the ground with tears of despair running down on to her hands?
But despair had sunk too deep; she could only quiver and shake and try to drive sobbing out of her breath.
At last the girl raised herself; now that the pallid, masklike despair of the last month was broken, she seemed on fire, and her face had a wild look.
She opened her eyes, which against her will had in them the despair she was feeling.
To go there day after day with this despair eating at her heart--she simply could not.
The waves of terror and despair that lashed over the city, as blow after blow fell, had now receded.
Calavius had turned suddenly from the depths ofdespair and the height of resignation to a keen desire for life.
All the fury of battle, all the madness of revenge overwhelmed him in an instant; despair was gone, thoughts of past and future were swept away by the surge of one overmastering idea: he must reach that man and kill him.
He was worn out: there was in him none of that vivid feeling which had separated between his human soul in itsdespair and the keen sweetness of the morning.
But at last Walter summoned up all his courage with a desperate effort, an effort of despair which restored him to himself and made a clear spot amid all the mist and confusion of the day.
The minister knew that he should speak carefully, and make easy to her the revolution from despair to joy; but he could not.
Oona was a step or two in advance leading the way, while behind her came Walter, his head drooping, his courage gone, not even the despair in him which had given him a wild and fiery energy.
She may feel with despair that there is no other way.
In his despair he flew to the Grand Vizier, cast himself at his feet, and told him the whole story.
The Bolshevik philosophy is promoted very largely by despair of more gradual methods.
If, as I have argued, the method of violent revolution and Communist rule is not likely to have the results which idealists desire, we are reduced to despair unless we call see hope in other methods.
But this despair is a mark of impatience, and is not really warranted by the facts.
The war has left throughout Europe a mood of disillusionment and despair which calls aloud for a new religion, as the only force capable of giving men the energy to live vigorously.
I found, on my arrival, that--that your unhappy wife had been to my house, and exhibited great despair at hearing of my departure.
And now I have said this, I scarcely know how, or why, but from despair, and the sudden impulse which that despair took from the praise that follows your success, I have nothing more to add.
I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
Riccabocca has no reason to despair of success in his suit, nor any object in moving his mistress to compassion.
So in despair he emerged from the water, to find himself confronted by two men--a white man and a Zulu.
She shook her head, as if in despair at my pessimism.
Frances, but for the thinness of my locks I'd pull out my hair in despair at your obstinacy," I cried.
Halgrim bethought himself, and stepped back from the brink of the abyss; he embraced his dog; his tears flowed, and despair withdrew from his softened heart.
Upon this, he began to believe that he was alone in the world, and despair seized on his soul, and he determined also to die.
With a feeling of wild despair Susanna now awoke from sleep, and sprang up.
If any thing had been needed to complete Ethel's despair it was this second visit and the project of a ride.
The shriek of Minnie and the driver's cry of despair were both stopped abruptly by the rush of snow, and were smothered in the heap under which they were buried.
A scream from Minnie and a cry of despair from the driver burst upon the ears of the horrified listeners, and the sled that bore them, buried in the snow, went over the edge of the slope, and downward to the abyss.
Her mind was now filled with a thousand conflicting and most exciting fancies, in the midst of which she might again have sunk into despair had she not been sustained by the assurance of the priest.
In another moment his despair would have overmastered him, and under its impulse he would have burst through all restraint, and turned all his energies toward forcing himself from his awful prison house.
At this burst of despair from Alice, Jane's courage gave way, and the heavy tears rolled down her cheeks.
My Master Kasim is sick well nigh unto death: for many days he hath nor spoken nor tasted aught of food, so that almost we despair of his life.
This evening, indespair of my safety, I was rejecting his brutal advances when he attempted to take my life and in the attempt he was slain by thy valorous hand.
And again he faced the possibility of an opening door into the past, of crowding memories, of confusion and despair and even actual danger.
And the finality in his tone closed the discussion, that and something very close todespair in his face.
Only one hour ago so gay and light-hearted, and now so utterly unnerved, crouching in despairat his feet!
The resolution and determined will displayed in the young officer's bearing reassured him, and dispelled his inward despair and helplessness.
As she appeared before him, bowed in despair and grief, like some beautiful flower crushed by a ruthless hand, his eyes feasted themselves on the lovely girl, who was at last humbled and forced to give herself to him.
I despairof ever living under the reign of Sumner or Phillips.
For, though she be rich and fair, Yet she is both wise and kind, And, therefore, do thou not despair But thy faith may fancy find.
A month later, in the August of this sad summer, Henrietta wrote a letter to her sister Christine, which is the best description of the despair which was taking possession of her.
The bright hopes which had marked the days of Con's sojourn in England were becoming haunting fears, which, in their turn, were to give place to feelings as like despair as such natures as Henrietta's can know.
I am conscious of the insidious advance of despair towards me.
Europeans from despair and starvation; but the men received only two plantains each, equal to four ounces of solid stuff, to put into stomachs that would have required eight pounds to satisfy.
The two boats parted, and while the lieutenant and his friends made for the shore, the smugglers rowed towards Arbroath in a state of mingled amazement and despair at what they had heard and seen.
As the engineer pondered the prospect of deliverance, his thoughts led him rather to despair than to hope.
