The journey I have travelled to see my lord's face has been long, but it did not make me faint; thy servant is crushed with the sorrow that has preyed on his heart.
And the liberal aid was given only too readily; for the plea was discovered to be one to which he most promptly responded, and was resorted to frequently by impostors who preyed on his kindly sympathy.
The feeling associated with his death, which had long secretlypreyed on his master’s mind, found utterance when, in subsequent years, old age once more rendered life a burden to another household pet.
The expanse of empty quays and innumerable parallels of iron rails preyed on his spirits.
But on my spirits preyed the same disgust as had fallen on her own.
The multiplied vexations which Washington had latterly experienced from this man, had preyed upon his spirits, and contributed, with his incessant toils and anxieties, to undermine his health.
While vague terrors preyed upon England, the appearance of a comet daunted all hearts, and was regarded, as it seemed to come, as a herald of woe.
Mountebanks, parasites, and women of equivocal reputation perpetually preyed upon him.
It had been her fortune, whether well or ill may be a question, to inherit from her father a collection, not well chosen, upon which her mind had preyed with an appetite as insatiate as it was undiscriminating.
Debility was succeeded by disease--fever preyed upon its little frame, which was now reduced to a skeleton.
The gentleman took it greatly to heart; it preyed much upon his mind, and in the midst of his grief he burst a blood-vessel.
He attended the late Princess Charlotte in her confinement, and her much lamented death, although not owing to any want of skill on his part, preyed much on his mind, and drove him to the rash act.
The next season my chickens were preyed upon again; they were killed upon the roost, and their half-eaten bodies were found under the floor.
Cytherea's new view seemed incredible, yet it had such a hold upon her that it would be necessary to clear it away by positive proof before contemplation of her fear should have preyed too deeply upon her.
Disease preyed upon The Child, disease from ignorance and disease from poverty and disease from pride; and the Doctors strove with the diseases--and they strove also with the Mothers, but in vain.
Poverty preyed upon The Child: he suffered for lack of life's necessities, for decency and comfort, for peace and beauty and cleanliness.
He was fondly indulging a tender passion which preyed upon his peace, and deeply disturbed his repose.
No tear moistened his eye--his grief was too despairing for tears; it preyed upon his heart, drank the vital streams of life, and burst in convulsive sighs from his burning bosom.
But the grief that preyed at his heart had wasted him to a mere skeleton; a slow but deleterious fever had consequently implanted itself in his constitution.
It was easy to be foreseen that the grief whichpreyed upon her heart would soon destroy her, unless speedily allayed.
Alonzo feared that the delicacy of her constitution would fall a sacrifice to the sorrow which preyed upon her heart, if not speedily alleviated;--but alas!
It can hardly be for the defensive, as the toucan is preyed upon by no bird in South America and, were it obliged to be at war, the texture of the bill is ill-adapted to give or receive blows, as you will see in dissecting it.
It is preyed upon by a large species of owl which I was fortunate enough to procure.
In like manner, Evelina's obsession had preyed upon Anthony Dexter for twenty-five years.
It preyed upon me until it became an obsession--it possessed me absolutely, and from it there was no escape but death.
These causes preyed upon his mind--he would have said they preyed upon the age.
It was the North that had made Italy, whereas the South, eager for the quarry, simply rushed upon the country, preyed upon it.
But no repairs were ever made, no care was taken of anything, the hangings were frayed and ragged, and dust preyed on the furniture, amidst an unconcern which seemed to betoken some proud resolve to stay the course of time.
He had a niece, a poor and lovely girl, for whom, unhappily, in his declining years he conceived an insensate passion, with the result that to avoid a scandal he was compelled to marry her to a rascal who now preyed upon her and even beat her.
The curses which Mac Fane continually coupled with my name, and the rancour, the thirst of blood which preyed upon him, were incredible.
Her mind waspreyed upon by doubt, fear, terrible anxiety.
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