But I confess one thing damped my spirits exceedingly, and that was, having no hint from Moll the night before of this project, which then must have been fully matured in her mind, nor any written word of explanation and encouragement.

What put this into your head?" "You almost suspected Bart"with decidedly damp eyes"and others did quite, and while in Ravenna I wrote a note to Mr. Greer, who called, and I asked the direct question, and he answered.

Young Varley's enthusiasm was considerably damped when he learned the errand on which the trappers were bent.

A scuttle which had been insecurely fastened was burst open by the sea, and a considerable quantity of water was taken on board, but beyond necessitating some work at the pumps and rendering things unpleasantly damp for a time, no damage was done.

Major Cardew, R.F.A., and I arranged to do the climb together, and duly started one excessively damp and foggy morning towards the middle of July.

" "Lanton Abbey?" "Too low; grievously damp.

And the unanimous feeling of the Roman people which at present pours itself into our cause, if we cool upon it, must inevitably be damped.

It led to the cellar, and though the afternoon was getting on, I thought I would finish my exploration, and therefore went down, though repelled by the close and peculiarly damp air.

"Can't a man take it into his head that he'd like a change from this beastly damp hole of a country without being at death's door, I should like to know?" "You generally have a reason for what you do, sir," observed Piers.

We lived perpetually damp, if not thoroughly wet.

Here we are at the station, i.e., two hundred yards off it, which we are allowed to walk, so as to damp ourselves pleasantly before we start.

There are a few old names still left in Massachusetts, Jingleberry Hill and Chillyshally** Brook sound as if they once meant something; Spot Pond, named by Governor Winthrop, has not lost its birthright; Powder-Horn Hill records its purchase from the Indians for a hornful of powderprobably damp; Drinkwater River is a good name,Strong Water Brook by many is considered better.

" This villanous salutation damped sadly the illusion of the scene; and it was some time before we rallied sufficiently from this horrible desecration to descend to the poet's walk in the shrubbery, where, pacing up and down the live-long morning, he composed his Lalla Rookh.

In both cases, both sides of the fabric are "damped," as it is termed, simultaneously.

All at once Jimsy noticed that the air had become strangely damp and moist.

The nights were terribly damp; And he never was free from the rheumatiz Except when he had the cramp!"

It was Bridget; and her red hair was dishevelled, her face flushed to the parboiled tint, and her dress uncommonly damp and frowsy.

At last, about five o'clock in the evening, the marsh being cleared, the soil regained sufficient firmness, thanks to its clayey nature; but they felt it damp underneath.

The morning was lowery, with driving showers running through it from time to time, and an atmosphere penetratingly damp and cheerless.

It happen'd Palamon, the prisoner knight, Restless for woe, arose before the light, And with his jailer's leave desired to breathe An air more wholesome than the damps beneath.

He was dressed in his best suit of clothes, and his hair was conspicuously damp.

"It's dreadfully damp in the woods," he explained.