Then you have been happy," Helen said, letting out a light sigh of content.
The bed creaked, and a long sigh gave place to the halting speech in which the sibilants were thickened into lisping sounds.
She checked a little sighand stepped on to the gravel path, rounded the house and crossed the garden to find John locking up the hen-house for the night.
Turning from side to side and at last sitting up with a jerk, she decided to evade responsibility by evading George, and with that resolution she heaved a deep sigh at the prospect of her young life despoiled by duty.
All this I acknowledged, not with a sigh and a pang, but with a pure feeling of pride and delight.
Many a sigh was heaved, however, and many a tear was wiped away ere a letter could be composed that would carry pleasure to the dear group at Glenfern.
Many were the remedies that were tried and the experiments that were suggested; and at length the violence of passion exhausted itself, and a faint sob or deep sigh succeeded the hysteric scream.
A deep sigh followed; but its pathos was drowned in the obstreperous ha, ha, ha!
Mrs. Lennox involuntarily turned her mild but sightless eyes towards Mary, then heaved a sigh and shook her head, as she was reminded of her deprivation.
Yet a sigh arose as she looked on the filthy hut, sooty priest, and ragged witnesses; and thought of the special license, splendid saloon, and bridal pomp that would have attended her union with the Duke.
Come, give your last sigh to the Lennox, and your first smile to Lindore.
Only a sigh for what may not be, Only a yearning wish to see The light beyond the mystery That for weary souls is shining.
Sadly sigh while the clouds loom o'er thee, Dark and grey in yon stormy sky; Foaming billows, your angry wailing Fills my soul like a hopeless cry!
The cadence of the sighing waves That break in song along the shore, The winds that sigh thro', hidden caves Are echoes from the days of yore.
The murmur of a brook that flowing glides Between its violet banks, can call a sigh From that far time when we could roam at eve.
There's a sound of woe in the forest lands, A wailing sigh in the wild wind's breath; The woods are waving their naked hands As they mourn fair Summer's death.
From earth's sceptres lift our yearning sigh To fadeless flowers the heavenly hills adorning That shall be ours when we have gained the high.
The old church tower, amid the shadows looming, Stands grim and sombre in the dying light; The trees with leafless branches shiver, moaning, As the sad winds sigh softly through the night.
Not a tear escaped from his eyes, not a sigh was heard; but his pride or piety derived some secret consolation from the words of Solomon, which he repeatedly pronounced, Vanity!
I need not tell you how often I have evaded a flash of the eyes by an epigram or ignored a sigh by an apt quotation from the poets.
And Mrs. Challoner folded her hands, with a sigh at the remembrance of the house she had loved so dearly.
Mrs. Challoner heaved a gentle littlesigh when in the afternoon the fly carried off Nan and Dick to the station: it brought to her mind another day that would come far too soon.
Never mind; it can be got through somehow," finished the young philosopher, with a sigh that sent Nan into a fit of laughter.
Miss Summers gave a sighof relief, and then she laughed a little.
She gave a sigh at the memory, awoke, and marched up to a colossal policeman who was wagging a pair of gloves in his right hand--as if to keep the flies away, but in reality to encourage the traffic.
With a deepsigh that was almost a passionate exclamation, she once again gave way to her uncontrollable restlessness.
One evening when she had thus stolen five minutes, she found Gaga ruffling his hair over an account, and at his great sigh of bewilderment she turned from the book she was needlessly consulting.
Mrs. Lenox did not know that a sigh came from herself as her eyes turned away.
Mrs. Wishart breathed out a sigh of relief as she took her seat in the omnibus which was to carry them up town again.
The young officer turned to his boat with a sigh as he saw the red warriors slip their arms about each other and slowly sink to the ground to die alone and unattended.
Jefferson Davis breathed a sigh of relief for deliverance.
A sigh of relief for deliverance from a great danger that had threatened their life--that was all.
I'm glad of it," put in Larry, with a sigh of relief.
Ben watched them out of sight, and heaved a long sigh over the fact that he was not of their number.
The wound was an ugly one; yet even to Larry's inexperienced eye it did not look as if it could be fatal, and the boy breathed a long sigh of relief as he bound it up.
Homeward-bound in the auto at last, the boys drew a great sighof relief and weariness.
Inch by inch, slowly, carefully, they finally forced the great car upward, until with a sigh of relief they realized that the task was finished.
Finally he handed the wrench back to Tom with a sigh of relief.
So many things are done for them, so much pomp and ceremony surrounds them, that no doubt they often sigh for freedom and would exchange their places with almost any of their subjects.
Kent heaved a sigh of relief as he hitched his chair closer to the physician.
You mean it developed doubt," she corrected, and a sigh accompanied the words.
Clymer heaved a sigh of relief when the table was cleared and coffee and cigars placed before them.
Please wait with the other witnesses; we may call you again," and with a sigh the busy physician resigned himself to spending another hour in the room reserved for the witnesses.
Then he leaned back with a sigh and with the feeling of having "burned his bridges behind him.
He drew a sigh which came from such contentment as he had not known since he came to the State, for it seemed as if he were over the hard part of the road and on the way to see a few of his hopes realized.
He listened a moment, then with a sigh of resignation got up, dressed, and took the key of the calaboose from its nail by the kitchen sink.
Ah, it is a good wind that sent you here this day," said he, with a sigh of satisfaction when this ceremony had been duly gone through.
The interview was over, and breathing a sigh of relief at the thought that, at last, his master's friend would soon be setting on his way to safety, the servant emerged to seek her ladyship.
A light sigh escaped the elder man, and then he resolutely closed his lips.
Bending over her, for he was aware that for good or evil the crisis was at hand, the physician saw moisture bead upon the suddenly smoothed brow, heard a deep sigh escape the parted lips.
A sigh lifted the fair young bosom, but she showed no other sign of weakness.
René heaved a great sigh of sympathy, as he noticed the increasing concern on his master's face.
René opened his mouth to speak; caught the sound of a sigh coming from the hearthside, and, shaking his head, in silence obeyed the implied dismissal.
He could sigh for her with longing and perfect safety.
Natalie, gathering her refusal from Clayton's protest, had heaved a sigh of relief.
It was also characteristic that when the final course had been served without mishap, and she gave a sigh of relief before the gesture of withdrawal which was a signal to the other women, that she had realized no lack in it.
He sighed--but turned from the sigh to God, and found fresh gladness and welcome.
The coldsigh seemed to linger about him as he went--gruesome as from a closed depth, the secret bosom of the castle, into which the light never entered.
Weary with blessedness he leaned against the shadowing honeysuckle, gave a great sigh of content, smiled, wiped his eyes, and was ready for the day and what it should bring.
She gave a sigh as of one relieved; a smile came flickering over her face, and she lay still for some time.
She thought he was satirical, and gave a slight sigh as of pain.
Your absent charms my thoughts employ, I sigh to think how sweet you sung, And half adore the painted toy That near my careless heart you hung.
The flowers creep up to it, the wind and the rain sigh against it, but the old-time lovers long ago joined the silent company in God's immutable garden of rest.
I hope it will be otherwise,' said Maitland, with a sigh not quite so audible as mine, but a little more sincere.
She spoke of him frequently; and the passages which she read to me from his letters often made me remember with a sigh that I had no brother.
Mr Boswell, with a sigh of resignation, moved his chair towards the fire-place, and began to draw figures in the ashes.
I have heard,' said Miss Mortimer, 'that love-lorn damselssigh for solitude.
Taught by experience, I had at first yielded with caution to the attraction of her manners; and often (though in her absence only I must own) remembered with a sigh how many other qualities must conspire to fit the companion for the friend.
How often, as I passed along the street, did I start, as my eye caught some slight resemblance to a known face, and sigh over the futility of my momentary hope!
The apartment seemed cool and pleasant to the two friends, as they entered it, and Martine sank down in a little willow chair with a sigh of relief.
Not for a moment would she have admitted that she was tired, and yet there was a trace of weariness in the sigh with which she sank back in the comfortable easy chair.
I heard her draw a sigh of relief, and I knew that if I had not persuaded her I had accomplished much.
He heaved a deep sigh of relief, and, almost crying in his joy, began to thank me, with all the extravagance of phrase and gesture to which men of his mean spirit are prone.
How sweet is this solitude in your company,” he says, heaving a deep sigh of relief as he sinks back on the chair.
As he approaches Don Jaime, an audible sigh passes his lips.
Her countenance saddens with real or pretended distress; a deep sigh heaves her bosom, upon which rests a collar of jewels and strings of Orient pearls.
With a deep sigh he sank upon a chair; such violence unhinged him.
A Sigh of Sorrow for the Sinners of Zion, breathed out of a Hole in the Wall of an Earthly Vessel, known among Men by the Name of Samuel Fish (a Quaker who had been imprisoned).
Bob said, giving vent to a long-drawn sigh of relief.
The only sounds to be heard, save the roaring of the flames, were when a deep, quivering sighcame from Walter's lips, or Joe gave vent to a suppressed groan.
It's abandonin' a sound craft like this that makes me sore," and Bob gave vent to a deep sigh of sorrow or disappointment.
That's a good job well over," he said with a long-drawn sigh of relief.
And she caused a great wind to spring up, and it came soughing through the house from the north-west; and the King said, "This is the sigh of the winter night.
