But Fenelon found much at Cambrai to console him for what he had lost in Paris.
Where Jacques Collin had saved everything by his daring, Lucien, the man of brains, had lost all by his lack of intelligence and reflection.
Franz replied that he had left him at the moment they were about to extinguish the moccoli, and that he had lost sight of him in the Via Macello.
And Margaret's reply showed that he had lost ground.
The Friend said, "I discovered that I had lost my purse just after meeting you; it may have been dropped in Toe River, but I was told back here that if David Thomas had picked it up, it was as safe as if it were in the bank.
Of the choicest of my goods I prepared a present for King Mihrage, who was at first amazed, having known that I had lost my all.
He then assured me that, even when I had lost my eye, I should be unable to remain with them, as their number was complete, and could not be added to.
However, he tried to console himself by removing all the beautiful furniture, which more than made up for the five hundred gold pieces he had lost.
The purpose was, that I would go to Biddy, that I would show her how humbled and repentant I came back, that I would tell her how I had lost all I once hoped for, that I would remind her of our old confidences in my first unhappy time.
I had the wildest dreams concerning him, and woke unrefreshed; I woke, too, to recover the fear which I had lost in the night, of his being found out as a returned transport.
Everything had of late been going so badly, that he had lost a good deal of his confidence and self-satisfaction; but he had gained no humility instead.
When she was a child, his ungraciousness had power to darken the sunlight, but by repetition it had lost force.
It will be seen that he was an original, and it will be seen also how much Joam Dacosta had lost by the death of Judge Ribeiro, inasmuch as his case would come before this not very agreeable judge.
As for Torres he looked after them as they got further and further away, and when he had lost sight of them-- "Ah!
His conversation, as usual of late, had turned at once upon Irene, and hehad lost no time in giving Aunts Juley and Hester his opinion with regard to this rumour he heard was going about.
The answer did not reassure him; he had lost confidence.
He thought he had lost her, then almost ran into her standing quite still.
And suddenly George perceived that he had lost Bosinney.
Life had worn him down on one side, till, like that family of which he was the head, he had lost balance.
I went walking on through it, without knowing where; composing my mind with the belief that I had lost my way, and that I should find myself miles distant from home when morning dawned.
And there was but one hope--the hope that I had lost sight of my husband forever.
We had lost at least a third of our strength, and we had to man the same long line.
I thought of Scudder, of the thousand friends I had lost, of the great seas of blood and the mountains of sorrow this man and his like had made for the world.
But I had lost a lot of men, and those that were left were blind with fatigue.
And remember, he had lost it after some months of glittering happiness, for in the air he had found the element for which he had been born.
The luck turned; three deals were in my favour, and brought me back more than I had lost.
We parted, and after I had got tired of threading my way amidst the crowd I paid a visit to the gaming-room, hoping to regain the money I had lost.
The next deal the Venetian masquer had a run of luck, and going paroli, paix de paroli and the va, won back all the money he had lost.
It came from his cousin the abbe, who begged the count to apologize to me for him if he was unable to pay the twenty sequins he had lost to me in the proper time, but that he would discharge his debt in the course of the week.
Three years of repose, though they had not restored to Rose those youthful attractions which shehad lost forever in the days of the Terror, had not passed without leaving kindly outward traces of their healing progress.
He only asked, in his usual quiet, polite way, if I was looking for anything I had lost, and if he could help me.
When I accosted your father I had lost my way, had been walking for many hours, and was glad of any rest that I could get for the night.
His frame of mind was different indeed from that of his new shipmates; instead of making an unexpected fortune, he had lost a berth; and he was besides disgusted with the rations, and really appalled at the condition of the schooner.
He seemed to have no thought but to console me and restore (what he supposed I had lost) my courage.
He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
They made a calculation, and declared that I had lost nearly a hundred thousand francs.
My noble officers seemed vexed that I had lost, and would give me my revenge.
I wished to regain what I had lost, so I stayed to supper, and afterwards, with better luck, won back my money.
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