"Perhaps that fellow thinks he's going to vent his spite on me in a lot of petty ways," murmured Dave.

Sir, sir, this is a foul way," he cried, sternly, "to gratify a paltry spite.

He took a spite to the boy from the first, and he kept it on a steady strain to the last, right along, just about so.

And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.

" "Pray, what have you got such a spite against the Jayneses for?" asked Cornelia.

Stripped of their sheltering gloom, on me Sleepers and wakers rush to wreak their spite: Their wounds, their brutal joys disturbed by light, Their broken bestial sleep fill them with jealousy.

And then she had come to the higher table-land of life, and had borne all the spites of fortune,had been poor and rich, and happy and sorrowful; had lost and won a hundred times over; had sat at feasts, and kneeled by deathbeds, and followed her best-beloved to the grave, often, often crying out to God above to liberate her, to make an end of her anguish, for that her strength was exhausted and she could bear no more.

That's another reason for my fears; that ill-Luck owes us a spite, and will be sure to pay us with loving one another, a thought I dread.

The Senate showed its spite against the successful Tribune by petty annoyances, such as allowing him only about a shilling a day for his official expenditure, and, as rumour said, by the assassination of one of his friends.

And since you ne'er provoked their spite, Depend upon't their judgment's right.

30 'Tis all alike to them, who get the day; They love the spite and mischief of the fray.

But let each[21a] viper at his peril bite, While you defy the most ingenious spite.

I do not believeit is not of very great consequence what I believe, because the fulfilment of my vaticinations could not come off very soonin spite of the attempts in Oriental countries at this moment, interesting attempts to which we all wish well, to set up some sort of Parliamentary systemit is no ambition of mine, at all events, to have any share in beginning that operation in India.

She dared make no sign to show that she knew and resented, to do so would be merely to draw upon herself the spite of Mama Thérèse.

We did not breakfast till a little before eight, out of compliment to me I believe; but, as he always rose at six, he breakfasted at half-past seven when he was alone; and as soon as he returned from his usual walk in the garden; you remember how rapidly he walked, spite of his lameness, bearing on his stick on one side, and his umbrella on the other.

Regrettable though I must consider it, I should there find, spite of my disability, some field of active endeavor to engage my mind.

" As almost every one preferred braving the elements to remaining cooped up in the quarters we had occupied for the past week, we decided to trust ourselves to the little boat, spite of wind, and rain, and darkness, and in due time we reached the shore.

Beware of him, I say, for if he once gains your ear, he will delude you, spite of all your vigilance; he will make you his accomplice, and thenceforth, inevitably, there is nothing but mortal and implacable hatred between us!" Frightened at this wild language, Rhoda did not answer, but looked up in his face in silence.

Returning to Petersburg, she determinedin spite of the remonstrances of her friends, and the inducements offered her to remainto go to France.

He eagerly availed himself of so good an opportunity of discharging on him all his long-gathered spite against the Princess Kubensky, and overwhelmed him with insulting expressions.

In spite of quarrels, in spite of mutual injuriessome of them, inflicted by herself, enormousin spite of a married life of spited bickeringsa life in which there seemed no love or liking or forbearance, for yearsnow that Pyneweck stood in near danger of death, something like remorse came suddenly upon her.

" "Consideration received in full!" escaped me, spite of a determination to be cool; but, luckily, the appearance of another person on business prevented the words, or the manner, from being noted.

She exacts and preserves, spite of her birth and their nonsensical prejudices about nobility, great court and attention.

Yes, the full brown eye, large, and mild, and loving, expresses neither spite, nor suspicion, nor revenge.

Why, I can see this loveliest of maidens Sit by the brook-side making her grimaces; They are right pretty faces spite of coal-smut.