We long for the absolute only in so far as in us the absolute also longs, and seeks through our very temporal striving, the peace that is nowhere in time, but only, and yet absolutely, in eternity.

The attic was the kind of attic every woman longs for who hasn't one and every woman loathes who has.

Stand close, here's Perigot, whose constant heart Longs to behold her in whose shape thou art.

Pope's enamoured swain longs to be made the captive bird that sings in his fair one's bower, that she might listen to his songs, and reward him with her kisses.

The ASTROLOGER was not unseen 180 By solitary Benjamin; But total darkness came anon, And he and every thing was gone: And suddenly a ruffling breeze, (That would have rocked the sounding trees 185 Had aught of sylvan growth been there) Swept through the Hollow long and bare:

It's a vile, evil world, this of ours; an honorable man longs to see the end of it.

They long for an opportunity of service as a hungry man longs for food, and they are always watching for it.

Ah! quand on est enfant, ce qui plaît, ce qui tente, C'est un hochet qui sonne un moment dans la main, Peu de chose le soir et rien le lendemain; Plus tard, on a le goût des soldats véritables, Des palefrois battant du pied dans les étables, Des drapeaux, des buccins jetant de longs éclats, Des camps, et c'est toujours la même chose, hélas!

Middle-age strips her of everythingthe admiration, the flattery, the shallow merrimentall the little things that her little mind longs forand other women take her place, in spite of her futile, pitiful efforts to remain young.

The father "was most anxious I should become his son-in-law, 'moyennant' several 'longs' of cloth.

And, now the careful charge is off their hands, Look out for husbands, and new nuptial bands: The youthful widow longs to be supplied; But first the lover is by lawyers tied To settle jointure-chimneys on the bride.