The prospect at the window could hardly be called enlivening; by-and-by, however, the dulness of the outlook was lessened a little.
At Palermo, mothers dazzled their little girls with the prospect of entering the convent of Santa Zita or Santa Chiara.
Miss Wallace's father is president of the local First National Bank and lives at 1814 Prospect Drive.
The prospect was not one to call up cheerful fancies.
No nation ever embarked upon so fair a prospect of conquest and dominion as the victorious Germans when, after 1871, they decided to continue to give themselves to the development of overwhelming military power.
The American people, we are told, are determined to attain their ends, but they welcome every prospect of attaining them by peaceful means.
Mr. Wallace lives in a beautiful house on Prospect street, which is surrounded with beautiful lawns and green-houses which, gratify his taste.
Priscilla, a little forward, and you will tremble at the prospect before you!
Pleased with finding the world so much better than report had made it, he now saw the conclusion of his difficulties in the prospect of a place at court.
The absence of Mr Delvile contributed to her happiness, and she much rejoiced in having now the prospect of a speedy opportunity to explain to his son, whatever had appeared mysterious in her conduct respecting Mr Belfield.
All I can say is, that the prospectwas such when I went into that long sleep that I should not have been surprised had I looked down from your house-top to-day on a heap of charred and moss-grown ruins instead of this glorious city.
Val was so happy at the prospect of getting away from the town that she actually threw a kiss in the direction of Arline, standing with her frowsy head, her dough-spotted apron, and her tired face in the parlor door.
Men rode uneasily here and there, and when they met they talked of prairie fires and of fire guards and the direction of the wind, and of the faint prospect of rain.
I had not thought of his attempting it," said Rendel, truthfully enough, with a sinking dread at his heart that perhaps after all the fair prospect he had been gazing upon was going to prove nothing but a mirage.
If that is all," Pateley said quite definitely, "I am afraid that prospect is not enough to build upon.
Was this the prospect flooded with sunshine that he had looked upon that very morning?
He made up his mind that some of it should be given to his sisters, and that the rest should join their own savings invested in the "Equator," which seemed to present every prospect of succeeding when once the moment should come to work it.
I'll take some shares in it if you can show me a reasonable prospect of its coming to anything.
Even Ted Turner, poor as he was, and having only the prospect of the factories ahead of him, never thought of wishing to exchange his lot in life for that of Mr. Laurie.
The long, busy day was over; he was tired and the prospect of his comfortable bed was very alluring.
Had Ted known it, she had been none too well pleased at the prospect of adopting into her home a ravenous young lad who might, nay, probably would be untidy and troublesome; but she did not dare oppose Mr. Wharton when the plan was suggested.
He looked up and down, stretching his neck in his desire to see everything; he critically examined the tuft of leaves near him; he peered over and under a neighboring branch, and then gazed gravely around on the prospect before him.
It must not however be supposed that Hindus like the prospect of transmigration.
Their energies are stimulated by the prospect of making a fortune or a name, or the more soaring imagination dreams of a seat on the woolsack or on one of the Front Benches.
Moreover, the prospect of making molten images for the Baals is an insidious temptation.
At the threshing-floor Ornan and his four sons were threshing wheat, apparently unmoved by the prospect of the threatened pestilence.
Few generations are greatly disturbed by the prospect of the ruin of their country in the distant future: "After us the Deluge.
Wilfred also returned, father and uncle having decided that he did not merit a game licence, nor to attack the partridges of Beechcroft, and the prospect of the gaieties of Cliffe House consoled him.
After Angela's period of raging against law and lawyers and all the Stokesley family, and being on the verge of impertinence to Captain Merrifield, she submitted to the prospect more quietly than her friends had dared to hope.
As I wandered round the Cape I caught sight of le pere Jean leaning against the parapet of la batterie du Clerge, gloomily surveying the dismal prospect of a river full of drifting ice and a desolate and half-frozen country beyond.
One might descant on the promise of spring and the renewal of hope, but in reality I gather as little from the prospect as you do," I returned.
The young lady who had fallen from her horse remained close to the shrine; but Mary of Burgundy, with her arm through that of Alice of Imbercourt, still stood by the door, looking out upon the prospect below them.
The year 1530, therefore, saw him again on the move, and he landed in England for the second time with the prospect of bettering his fortunes.
Hobbes, then verging upon eighty, was terrified at the prospect of being treated as a heretic, and proceeded to burn such of his papers as he thought might compromise him.
Things cannot be so very bad when there is a fire and lights, and a prospect of dinner.
Mrs. Forrester paused and turned round to point out to her visitor the prospect that now lay before them.
The prospect or the picture gives no pleasure till it has suggested the appropriate expression of enthusiasm, which, once safely deposited in the note-book, the enthusiasm itself can be quietly indulged in, or permitted to evaporate.
With a burdened spirit I returned to the house, as my thoughts shifted to the less pleasingprospect afforded by my new position.
Mr. Bayard thought that to erect the Monument on the place proposed would be to destroy the whole plan of the mall, and that as far as the prospect was concerned, nothing could be more unfortunate.
Fine weather, two days of idleness, and the prospect that the regiment would remain there some time watching the crossing of the Cumberland were enough and more than enough to set the Colonel going.
One morning three or four days after leaving Louisville, word was passed around that the regiment would not move that day, and the boys were so glad at the prospect of a day of rest that they wanted to get right up and yell.
The rebels were very saucy, and there seemed to be a fair prospect that the curiosity of the members of the 200th Ind.
There was no prospect that the aching void would be filled, at least, in the regular way, until they reached a certain place, which would not be until the following day.
Si's spirits rose during the gradual development of this scheme, as it seemed to offer a good prospect for his morning meal.
