Despair
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The little girl, in despair, told how a man had threatened to hit her; then she promised to go back next day, even if she was beaten.
And the young man gazed at her, in
despair
at having been seen by her, his heart aching with an unreasonable remorse.
The crowd, which could not be seen, was silent in the night beneath these words which choked every heart, and a sigh of
despair
could be heard through the trees.
Then he turned pale, and
despair
filled his eyes with tears.
In
despair
at this arrest of work she had followed him all the same, for he never gave her any money; she often had to pay both for herself and him; and what was to become of her if she earned nothing?
For a moment the manager, in despair, tried to struggle alone, to reduce the crowd by violence; but it was useless madness, and he retired.
But
despair
came; it gave her no relief to be naked.
Her tears flowed more hotly; it made her
despair
now to think of the happy life she would have led if she had chanced to fall to another lad, whose arm she would always have felt thus round her waist.
It had been going on and on for nearly two months, to his great surprise, and he was in
despair
over it; he felt himself every day lowered and compromised, and was forced to imagine some brilliant achievement which would bring him back into favour with the directors.
They would even enlarge the unhappiness of the earth; they would one day make the very dogs howl with
despair
when they had taken them out of the tranquil satisfaction of instinct, to raise them to the unappeasable suffering of passion.
In Russia there was nothing going on well, and he was in
despair
over the news he had received.
He was entreating the one party, exhorting the other party, careless of danger, in such
despair
that large tears were flowing from his eyes.
He was about to reply, but then shrugged his shoulders in
despair.
And beneath his anger at seeing these brutes spoil their own cause, there was
despair
at his own fall and the tragic end of his ambition.
He made a gesture of despair, and gave orders that the mine should be evacuated at once.
Négrel, in despair, had resolved to abandon the attempt in the evening.
As long as they had light they did not despair, and they blew out one of the lamps to economize the oil, meaning to empty it into the other lamp.
In vain they laughed to deceive each other;
despair
was gradually seizing them.
For two days they lived on this worm-eaten wood, devouring it all, in
despair
when it was finished, grazing their hands in the effort to crush the other planks which were still solid with resisting fibres.
They loved each other in
despair
of everything, in death.
Lastly, I can vouch--as improbable as it seems--that even if I had wanted to destroy all my illusions, even if I had been willing to "give in to despair," I could not have done so!
"We can hold out a good while yet!""My friends," I said, "we mustn't
despair.
"Don't you see, these people have a language all to themselves, a language they've invented just to cause
despair
in decent people who ask for a little dinner!
Birds of paradise stole off at our approach, and I was in real
despair
of catching one when Conseil, walking in the lead, stooped suddenly, gave a triumphant shout, and came back to me, carrying a magnificent bird of paradise.
I gave a yell of
despair!
At first, I must say, events seemed to confirm my forecasts, much to the Canadian's
despair.
"Look here," I went on, "as yet there's no cause for
despair.
For an instant I was gripped by
despair.
In despair, poor Ned went into seclusion like Captain Nemo.
Leon did not know that when he left her in
despair
she rose after he had gone to see him in the street.
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