That the condition of the laboring poor in most countries,that of the fishermen, particularly, of the Northern States,is as abject as that of slaves.

All through he has been the most abject of tools, and received nothing except the four pounds and various small sums spent in drinks.

" "He really did tremble," asserted Patsy, "and he was abject in his apologies.

Here, in the first place, as we have observed in the notes on that book, the road above between the fire and the fettered men, indicates that there is a certain ascent in the cave itself from a more abject to a more elevated life.

And when we speak of brutality and cruelty, we do not limit the application of the words to those who scourge, but extend it to some of those who preach,who hold up heaven as the reward of those slaves who are sufficiently abject on earth, and threaten damnation in the next world to all who dare to assert their manhood in this.

"His face grew red enough to set his surplice on fire, and Mr. Bindon glared at him, and he missed his verse in the Psalm; for there was the bull terrier, crouching and looking abject at the vestry-door, just restrained by his eye from coming further.

A glance at a slack strap was enough to betray the idler; and an admonishing nip on the culprit's ear or flank was the cause of a reformation that was sudden and abject for a while at least.

From all sides kings and ambassadors flocked to Rome to congratulate her; and they showed that fawning is never more abject than when kings are in the antechamber.

At the thought of the education she must have had, and the accomplishments she must possess, the soul of Hill became abject within him.

Argument and logic were out of place; appeals to honor could not be comprehended by men shameless by nature, abject by instinct, and infamous by habit, and who cared nothing for the fame of their common State.