But the stork, despite his misery, could not refrain from teasing the cat.

She saw also that Sigismund, in despite of his general confidence in the principles of his father, had fearful glimmerings of some such event, and that he fearfully anticipated the worst, even while he most professed confidence in the innocence of the accused.

To avoid any very serious risks, however, she fortified herself as strongly as possible with the other unconsidered triflessoup, sweets, curds and cream, strawberries, &c., but despite all her precautions, by tea-time the aching void became so alarming that the banished joint was recalled from exile, and being "so famished" she ate more than she would have done at dinner.

He 'tried' to take two tumblers of milk, but despite his best endeavours could manage to compass only one!

In the same way, despite our natural and reasonable desires for a death like Mr. Tomkinson's, we still continue to speak, not only of sleeping in our beds, but of dying in them, as one of the chief objects of a virtuous and happy existence.

He tore off the smothering coat and rose with them, despite all they could do.

He succeeded fairly well, but despite his utmost efforts the coloring refused to come off entirely.

Little Tad Horner was right in the hottest scrimmage, and he proved formidable for the freshmen, despite his size.

Despite his name, Little was not a "sissy," and he was no mean antagonist, as Punch found out.

Despite the two yelling and dancing lads in the road, the old farmer made for the shed, and it was seen that he had a gun in his hands.

The speed of the freshman boat was something wonderful, and it was overhauling the sophs, despite the fact that they were pulling for dear life to hold the lead.

The "great and only" Bob Collingwood, of the 'Varsity crew, had accompanied Pierson, and both were much disappointed, not to say disgusted, when Old Put put in Gordon and kept him in the box, despite the fact that he was being freely batted.

Derry had a bat that was as long and as large as the regulations would permit, and as heavy as lead; yet, despite the weight of the stick, the strapping Vermonter handled it as if it were a feather.

Without its aid as such, indeed, in despite of all the embarrassment it was in its power to create, the revenue has been paid with punctuality by our citizens, the business of exchange, both foreign and domestic, has been conducted with convenience, and the circulating medium has been greatly improved.

Bang went the springs together; and, despite of all the laws of gravitation, madame and I kept bobbing up and down, and into one another's laps.

The town(!) is called Waterloo, and the couple of dozen inhabitants, despite the rich fruits of industry on which they may gaze daily, seem to regard industry as a frightful scourge to be studiously avoided.

However much Kingston may be recovering itself, and I was told it is, I must confess that, despite its cathedral, colleges, university, and other fine buildings, which it undoubtedly possesses, the grass in the streets and lanes, the pigs and the cows feeding about in all directions, made me feel ashamed, especially when I thought of young Ogdensburg, which I had so lately left.

The rails appeared very solidly laid down, and the road fenced off; but, despite the fences, an inquisitive cow managed to get on the line, and was very near being made beef of in consequence.

Had he paused long enough to note the position of the full moon in the heavens, or the towering Big Horn Mountains, he would have gained an approximate idea of where he was; but, despite his experience in the West, he galloped forward at an easy canter, with never a suspicion of the blunder he was making.

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It was a terrible blow, made all the harder by the fact that she was proving herself such a different girl from the one I lovedso different, in fact, that, despite what I had heard, I couldn't quite believe it of her, and found myself seeking to extenuate and even justify her conduct.

He's eighteen, isn't he?" Mrs. Adams smiled despite herself.

They would have to go, even in spite of their loyal determination not to.

Yet in spite of all this, Switzerland is as thoroughly united in feeling as any nation in Europe.

Admiral von Spee, refusing to surrender, in spite of the odds against him, went down with his ship.

" As she spoke the girl's eyes filled and fell in spite of herself, and turning a little with sudden shamefacedness she saw, lying on the table beside her among other scraps in manuscript and print, the well-known lines, "I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty.

Lord Bryce still believes in democracy in spite of his keen realizations of its grievous defects, because, as he says, hope is an inextinguishable quality of the human soul.

We set out down a foul porter-coloured creek, which soon opened out into a river, reminding us, in spite of all differences, of certain alder and willow-fringed reaches of the Thames.

Already in 567 the Carthaginian government offered to pay up at once the whole instalments stipulated in the peace of 553an offer which the Romans, who attached far more importance to the having Carthage tributary than to the sums of money themselves, naturally declined, and only deduced from it the conviction that, in spite of all the trouble they had taken, the city was not ruined and was not capable of ruin.

In spite of the eloquent appeal of his counsel, he was condemned to death.

In spite of his mightiest effort a tightening fist seemed choking him.

In this he too often succeeds in spite of the vigilance, of the revenue officers.

Her anecdotes of Johnson, published soon after his death, had a success which, in spite of much ridicule, encouraged her to some further literary efforts of a sprightly but ephemeral kind.

But the essential point about Michelangelo is that he never burned out, and never lost his manly independence, in spite of numerous nervous disadvantages.

It is cheerful in spite of slavery, and in spite of cruel prejudice.

If we must go out at unusual hours to get it, we shall go, in spite of after-dinner nap or evening somnolence.

Hermione caught sight of the comical coaxing glance, and, in spite of her misfortune, burst into a fit of laughter.

For all that he was an interesting man, and, in spite of his eccentricities of dress and so forth, a gentleman.

This morning we were away over the floe about 9 A.M. I was anxious to see how the motors started up and agreeably surprised to find that neither driver took more than 20 to 30 minutes to get his machine going, in spite of the difficulties of working a blow lamp in a keen cold wind.

By millions of letters, which in spite of an almost hopeless muddle of the postal service did at last reach the soldier, they knew that France, the very heart of France, was full of pity and hero-worship and yearning for them.

By the African slave-trade, creatures that are hardly deserving the name of men, on account of organic, intellectual, and moral incapacity, are forcibly carried into the regions of Christian religion and civilization, there to become civilized in spite of their unfitness for civilization.

"When, cher Etooelle, when?" he asked, his whisper being tremulous, in spite of every effort to command himself.

Payson, in spite of the slight beading of his forehead and the blurr about the gas jets, began to feel very much the man of the world,not a "six bottle man" perhaps, butand he laughed complacentlya "two bottle man."

Spinrobin's imagination, in spite of the efforts that he made, fluttered with broken wings behind the swift words.

Sally, in spite of her eagerness, was adapting her pace to the limitations of Uncle Timothy, who at sixty could hardly be expected to walk in competition with nineteen.

Mr. Wildman, writing from Hongkong, July 18th, said: "I believe I know the sentiments of the political leaders and of the moneyed men among the insurgents, and, in spite of all statements to the contrary, I know that they are fighting for annexation to the United States first, and for independence secondly, if the United States decides to decline the sovereignty of the islands.

They met the Swedish king, but in spite of their valor they soon succumbed to an attack made by an enchanted cow.