411 examples of bewail in sentences

In watching her son's proceedings, she had frequent occasion to bewail a coarseness and impetuosity of manner, which had doubtless been imbibed from his recent adventures.

Better it is indeed to marry than burn, for their soul's health, but for their present fortunes, by some other means to pacify themselves, and divert the stream of this fiery torrent, to continue as they are, [5904]rest satisfied, lugentes virginitatis florem sic aruisse, deploring their misery with that eunuch in Libanius, since there is no help or remedy, and with Jephtha's daughter to bewail their virginities.

In the case of suffering which springs from this source, we bewail the common lot of humanity rather than our own misfortune.

No sweet affection to thy bosom cling, And bid thee oft thy absent nest bewail?

But perchance it is needful to bewail the lot of those who are undeservedly unfortunate, a lot which is now mine.

" All this was thrown away upon Maso, who crossed himself habitually at the allusion to the drowned, but who did not the less bewail the loss of his dog, whom he seemed to love, like the affection that David bore for Jonathan, with a love surpassing that of women.

" How characteristic of all boys of all times the "etc., etc., etc.," tacked on to the "cakes" item, and how many boys of the present day would bewail the extravagance of fifteen dollars spent in one term on extras?

"Doctor Hodges thinks he has discovered her retreat, and I will not rest till I find her." "Nono, you will never find her," replied the piper, bitterly; "or if you do, it will be only to bewail her ruin.

Exhortations are frequent ever to remember the fact of death and to repent and bewail past sins.

While a man should weep for his own sins, he is not to bewail any misfortune or misery which may befall him.

After this Charlie had the pleasure of hearing aunt Rachel frequently bewail the condition of her favourite, whose deplorable state she was inclined to ascribe to his influence, though she was unable to bring it home to him in such a manner as to insure his conviction.

Hereupon they began to bewail themselves, saying, that they could not live any longer, and that they felt such misery as they had never felt before.

We cannot join in the lamentations of those who bewail it.

"I do believe," (as Byron cries,) "There is a haunted spot, And I can point out where it lies, But cannotwhere 'tis not. Turn gentle people, lend an ear, Unto my simple tale, It will not draw a single tear Nor make the heart bewail, 'Tis of a ghost!

At length his perturbation gave way to reason, and he resolved no longer to be harassed by visionary miseries; but, before this resolution could be completed, half the day had elapsed: he felt a new conviction of the uncertainty of human schemes, and could not forbear to bewail the weakness of that being whose quiet was to be interrupted by vapours of the fancy.

Of course his friend "takes the fort," and the fool is left to bewail his own folly.

They afford stimuli that oppress and worry the weakly, who complain and bewail, and it may be succumb to them, but which the energetic man welcomes with a good-humoured shrug, and is the better for in the end.

Can kind and loyal bosoms bleed, And Marie not bewail the deed?

So the unfortunate man took his way homeward very unhappily; on the way he sat down by the bank of a stream and began to bewail his loss.

Thus did Paul; for he says to the Corinthians"Lest when I come to you God shall humble me among you and that I shall bewail many."

These, then, let us bewail; for such bewailing may be useful.

For often while lamenting these, we amend our own faults; but to bewail the departed is senseless and hurtful.

Let us not, then, reverse the order, but bewail only sin; and all other things, whether poverty, or sickness, or untimely death, or calumny, or false accusation, or whatever human evil befalls us, let us resolutely bear them all.

For if in the case of those who die after three or five days of sickness, the women and all the relatives bewail this most of all, that the deceased was taken away from their sight speedily and suddenly, much more might he have been distrest, when thus deprived of all, not in three days, or two, or one, but in one hour!

3. Sing for a little while concerning these, O children, the sovereign Huitzilihuitl, the judge Quauhxilotl, of our bold leader Tlalnahuacatl, of the proud bird Ixtlilxochitl, those who went forth, and conquered and ruled before God, and bewail Tezozomoctli.

411 examples of  bewail  in sentences