Painful were his inquiries; for, while they kindled hope and assurance, they left all in cruel uncertainty.

Not the least painful of Yolanda's emotions was the knowledge that she could insure Max's return by telling him that she was the Princess of Burgundy.

Slow, painful is the way, And still, the bravest fight and conquer so.

Painful, indeed, was this unwonted silence of a child to the fond heart of Mrs. Hamilton, but she refused to notice it.

The perception of this prompted the exultant apostrophe of Buddha, "Looking for the maker of this tabernacle, I have run through a course of many births, not finding him; and painful is birth again and again.

Painful would be the sting when appealing to the Judge of the earth, in a moment when we no longer possessed the capability of serving him, should the declaration be, Thou hadst a desire to serve me when in health and strength, but thou wished first to serve thyself.

" Of all spells that could be cast on a nation, that of believing itself invincible was perhaps the one most profitably broken; but the process of recovering its senses was agreeable to no nation, and to England, at that moment of distress, it was as painful as Canning described.

It is more painful than death.'

Tell himtell him" Her voice broke, went into a gasping utterance more painful than speech, finally dropped into hysterical sobbing.

" "Not yet," she murmured, with a smile which seemed to me more painful than tears would have been.

Her very torper about it now is more painful than words can tell.