Longed
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In vain might Julien say to her:'At last we have reached the state for which you so
longed.
And yet at Hyeres she had
longed
for Paris.
He
longed
to do it...'I should be a mere fool,' he said to himself, 'I should be endangering my mission.'
For a long time she had sincerely
longed
for death.
And to think that I
longed
with such passion for this perfect intimacy which today leaves me so unmoved!
I said it was the sort of thing I had often
longed
for myself; and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four, to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods.
George said he had often
longed
to take to punting for a change.
He longed, with the ardor of youth, to join in the glorious fray, but was compelled to remain a dissatisfied spectator of a scene in which he would so cheerfully have been an actor.
It is possible that Tom's mental stomach had never really hungered for one of those prizes, but unquestionably his entire being had for many a day
longed
for the glory and the eclat that came with it.
Tom eyed it, and
longed
for it; but it was safe out of his reach.
However, I did come away, and lived almost a year more with my honest old woman, and began now to be very helpful to her; for I was almost fourteen years old, was tall of my age, and looked a little womanish; but I had such a taste of genteel living at the lady's house that I was not so easy in my old quarters as I used to be, and I thought it was fine to be a gentlewoman indeed, for I had quite other notions of a gentlewoman now than I had before; and as I thought, I say, that it was fine to be a gentlewoman, so I loved to be among gentlewomen, and therefore I
longed
to be there again.
I would have put it off if I could, but it was not to be concealed; so after suffering many importunities to draw that out of me which I
longed
as much as possible to disclose, I told him that it was true something did trouble me, and something of such a nature that I could not conceal from him, and yet that I could not tell how to tell him of it neither; that it was a thing that not only surprised me, but greatly perplexed me, and that I knew not what course to take, unless he would direct me.
He
longed
for heavy sleep to crush his thoughts.
When she had succumbed to the overwhelming stroke of paralysis, when she understood that she could not fly at the throats of Therese and Laurent, whom she
longed
to strangle, she resigned herself to silence and immobility, and great tears fell slowly from her eyes.
She had reached the end of her courage, she could no longer support the martyrdom that the presence of the two murderers imposed on her, she
longed
to find supreme relief in death.
"Well, that is the helmet of Mambrino," said Don Quixote; "stand to one side and leave me alone with him; thou shalt see how, without saying a word, to save time, I shall bring this adventure to an issue and possess myself of the helmet I have so
longed
for."
As soon as he recognised it he felt as if he were once more living through the air, and he could not bring himself to enter it though it was an hour when he might well have done so, for it was dinner-time, and he
longed
to taste something hot as it had been all cold fare with him for many days past.
"Your worship is mistaken, senor," said she; "for it is not two years since I set out from it, and though I never had good weather, nevertheless I am here to behold what I so
longed
for, and that is my lord Don Quixote of La Mancha, whose fame came to my ears as soon as I set foot in Spain and impelled me to go in search of him, to commend myself to his courtesy, and entrust the justice of my cause to the might of his invincible arm."
He wept, he entreated, he promised, he flattered, he importuned, he pretended with so much feeling and apparent sincerity, that he overthrew the virtuous resolves of Camilla and won the triumph he least expected and most
longed
for.
He
longed
for night and an opportunity of escaping from the house to go and see his good friend Lothario, and with him give vent to his joy over the precious pearl he had gained in having established his wife's purity.
The time passed at length, and the appointed day we so
longed
for arrived; and, all following out the arrangement and plan which, after careful consideration and many a long discussion, we had decided upon, we succeeded as fully as we could have wished; for on the Friday following the day upon which I spoke to Zoraida in the garden, the renegade anchored his vessel at nightfall almost opposite the spot where she was.
With this the governor was satisfied and looked forward to the approach of night and supper-time with great anxiety; and though time, to his mind, stood still and made no progress, nevertheless the hour he so
longed
for came, and they gave him a beef salad with onions and some boiled calves' feet rather far gone.
This seclusion and the restrictions laid upon my going out, were it only to church, have been keeping me unhappy for many a day and month past; I
longed
to see the world, or at least the town where I was born, and it did not seem to me that this wish was inconsistent with the respect maidens of good quality should have for themselves.
Night,
longed
for by Don Quixote with the greatest anxiety in the world, came at last, though it seemed to him that the wheels of Apollo's car had broken down, and that the day was drawing itself out longer than usual, just as is the case with lovers, who never make the reckoning of their desires agree with time.
Many and many a time had my fingers
longed
to tear him.
'If the gentleman's servant would wheel along the paths, he could keep nigh us, and we could lift it over the stiles, and that.''The wery thing,' said Mr. Weller, who was a party interested, inasmuch as he ardently
longed
to see the sport.
"Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have
longed
to meet," cried the little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers.
But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who
longed
to see him distinguished--as--they hardly knew what.
I wanted her to stay at home and rest this morning, but she would come with us; she
longed
so much to see you all!"
You can't think how much I
longed
to see you!
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