Bismarck sent me a telegram regretting the absence of the godmother from the ceremony.

I should have noticed its absence.

It might be possible to explain the absence of shell-secreting animals living on the bottom, on the supposition that the nature of the deposit was injurious to them; but then the idea of a current sufficiently strong to sweep them away is negatived by the extreme fineness of the sediment which is being laid down; the absence of surface shells appears to be intelligible only on the supposition that they are in some way removed.

Owing to his poverty he has been unable to visit Constance, and when he appears before her in his gay clothes he excuses his fortnight's absence by saying, I have been 'out of Town to see a little thing that's fallen to me upon the Death of a Grandmother.'

It was quite possible that the Pymeuts, discovering her absence, would think he had lured her away, and there might be complications.

O God, Creator of us all, give her The strength to bear my absence!

If he noted the absence of the keys he did not remark upon the fact, but with hurried yet thorough examination began anew to turn over the bundles of papers.

Then he retired sadly to his wigwam, to lament his brother's continued absence, and to hope for better success the following evening.

Now it was that Helen felt the absence of all the comforts, and even luxuries, to which she had been accustomed from childhood, but of whose loss she had hitherto never complained.

Simplicity of Style will therefore be understood as meaning absence of needless superfluity: "Without o'erflowing full.

The magnet being left in the helix, the galvanometer needle came to rest, thus showing the absence of current.

It is all beautiful, calm and harmonious; and if one is tempted to mourn the absence of life and local colour, one has only to visit an abandoned Medersa to see that, but for French intervention, the charming colonnades and cedar chambers of the college of the Oudayas would by this time be a heap of undistinguished rubbishfor plaster and rubble do not "die in beauty" like the firm stones of Rome.

Then, observing his friend's marked absence of hilarity, "You're very gay in your fine fringes.

One of the earliest symptoms of this new attitude was the publication, in 1903, of Federigo Garlanda's La terza Italia; the book professed to be written by a friendly American observer and critic of Italian affairs, and the author regards the absence of militant patriotism as the chief cause of Italy's weakness in comparison with other nations.

I find Diana knows me not; and this Year's absence, since I first made my Addresses to her, has alter'd me much, or she has lost the remembrance of a Man, whom she ever disesteem'd till in this lucky Dress: the price of her Favour is Bellmour's Life.

Poor Arthur Pendennis felt perfectly convinced that all England would remark the absence of his name from the examination lists and talk about his misfortune.

For some time her parents did not perceive her absence, for they were occupied with their own feelings of pious gratitude; but presently Rodolph remarked that she had left the room, and remembered where he had deposited the body of her favorite.

"Make arrow-headvery hungryno blood;" and he indicated the absence of the red tint.

The cases there cited to show the absence of monopoly also prove the absence of jealousy.

But Ignacio learned from another Indian in Lang's service that Pete and seven of his best shots had started for Agua Fria about the same time as Jack, while the rest of the gang that had been left behind were making it their business to cover the leader's absence.

Her versification appeared to be excellent, nor could I detect the absence or superabundance, of a single syllable.

It will be a great relief to my mind if you will just step around and look in upon them, as it is but a step, and I know Mr. Delwood will excuse you for a few moments, and I will promise to do my best to supply your absence.

He had urgent business in Philadelphia, which would require his absence.

Amicable is negative, denoting absence of open discord: it is used of those persons between whom some connection already exists.

~A Wife Deplores the Absence of Her Husband~ Away the startled pheasant flies, With lazy movement of his wings.