Feeble
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It is M. Pirard that I have the honour to address,' said Julien in a
feeble
voice.
Since Madame de La Mole's attitude towards the world was never anything more than a
feeble
copy of the opinions of that husband who might make her a Duchess, for some days she had been lauding Julien's merits to the skies.
The intensity of my despair and of my repentance would have appeared in the eyes of the Valenods, and of all the patricians of the neighbourhood, a craven fear of death; they are so proud, those
feeble
hearts, whom their financial position places out of reach of temptation!"You see what it is," M. de Moirod and M. de Cholin, who have just sentenced me to death, would have said, "to be born the son of a carpenter!
'Her voice is feeble,' he thought, 'but all her imperious nature is still in its accents.
'Let me alone,' she went on, 'I wish to argue with you, before I forget ...As soon as I set eyes on you, all sense of duty vanishes, there is nothing left of me but love for you, or rather love is too
feeble
a word.
I see a gothic cathedral, storied windows; my
feeble
heart imagines the priest from those windows ...My soul would understand him, my soul has need of him.
A pleasant odour of onions and hot ham, mingled with fried fish and greens, greeted him at the bottom of the ladder; and then the steward came up with an oily smile, and said:"What can I get you, sir?""Get me out of this," was the
feeble
reply.
We asked this heavenly messenger (as we discovered him afterwards to be) if he knew of any lonely house, whose occupants were few and
feeble
(old ladies or paralysed gentlemen preferred), who could be easily frightened into giving up their beds for the night to three desperate men; or, if not this, could he recommend us to an empty pigstye, or a disused limekiln, or anything of that sort.
He did make one or two
feeble
efforts to take up the work again when the six months had elapsed, but there was always the same coldness - the same want of sympathy on the part of the world to fight against; and, after awhile, he despaired altogether, and advertised the instrument for sale at a great sacrifice - "owner having no further use for same" - and took to learning card tricks instead.
One of us - I forget which one now, but I rather think it was myself - made a few
feeble
attempts during the course of the morning to work up the old gipsy foolishness about being children of Nature and enjoying the wet; but it did not go down well at all.
The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair of
feeble
women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that she would strain herself.
The shock was too much for the
feeble
condition of the mother, who saw her child called to the field to combat against the members of her own family in the South, and she sank under the blow.
The surface of the water which had so lately been lashing the shores with boisterous fury, was already losing its ruffled darkness in the long and regular undulations that succeeded a tempest, while the light air from the southwest was gently touching their summits, lending its
feeble
aid in stilling the waters.
"Berry well, now look him t'rough," said the black, peeping over the housekeeper's shoulder, as he held a long lank candle of yellow tallow, in such a manner as to throw its
feeble
light on the volume.
"If you can pardon the rudeness," said the wounded officer, making a
feeble
effort to raise his body, "I would request to have Captain Lawton's company for a moment."
Next followed another trooper, whose duty it was to attend on Captain Singleton; and, as if apportioning his appetite to the
feeble
state of his master, he had contented himself with conveying a pair of ducks, roasted, until their tempting fragrance began to make him repent his having so lately demolished a breakfast that had been provided for his master's sister, with another prepared for himself.
It is not a feeble, timid girl, like me, that could make you happy.
"The Southern temper is quick and fiery," continued Miss Peyton; "and your brother,
feeble
and weak as he is, has looked the whole afternoon flushed and angry."
The father made an effort at composure, and, advancing with a
feeble
step, he complied with the necessary forms of the court.
Unused to contention, and really much attached to her kinsman, the
feeble
objections of Miss Peyton gave way to the firmness of her niece.
A good part of the whispering had been occasioned by an event which was more or less rare--the entrance of visitors: lawyer Thatcher, accompanied by a very
feeble
and aged man; a fine, portly, middle-aged gentleman with iron-gray hair; and a dignified lady who was doubtless the latter's wife.
But they soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away.
And at last Joe, representing a whole tribe of weeping outlaws, dragged him sadly forth, gave his bow into his
feeble
hands, and Tom said, "Where this arrow falls, there bury poor Robin Hood under the greenwood tree."
He cried, he pleaded for forgiveness, promised to reform over and over again, and then received his dismissal, feeling that he had won but an imperfect forgiveness and established but a
feeble
confidence.
The tavern-keeper's young son said it was kept locked all the time, and he never saw anybody go into it or come out of it except at night; he did not know any particular reason for this state of things; had had some little curiosity, but it was rather feeble; had made the most of the mystery by entertaining himself with the idea that that room was "ha'nted"; had noticed that there was a light in there the night before.
The children fastened their eyes upon their bit of candle and watched it melt slowly and pitilessly away; saw the half inch of wick stand alone at last; saw the
feeble
flame rise and fall, climb the thin column of smoke, linger at its top a moment, and then--the horror of utter darkness reigned!
This
feeble
man was dreaming, in a childish manner, of this studio life which his friend had been alluding to, and he questioned Laurent on the subject.
Later on, I tasted profound joy in the little house beside the river; but I was already half feeble, I could barely walk, and when I tried to run I fell down.
Since her niece no longer spoke, and remained there pale and feeble, her own life became intolerable, while the shop seemed to her like a tomb.
Madame Raquin watched the couple with faint smiles, and a look of feeble, but grateful goodwill.
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