Sufferings

Examples

• The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The sufferings of this mortal state will leave me with the heavy flesh that now cumbers my soul. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You laughed--laughed in your daughter's face, where death had already set his hand--at our sufferings, then. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• One of his favourite amusements, we are told, was the expensive one of rolling elephants down precipitous places in order to watch their sufferings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I could not see how human beings could enjoy the sufferings of beasts, and often of men, as they seemed to do on these occasions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Brotherhood through sorrow, sorrow for common sufferings and for irreparable mutual injuries, is spreading and increasing throughout the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Pray that my sufferings may soon cease. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Never, if Saint Antoine knew his own sufferings, insults, and wrongs! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And what opiate for his severe sufferings--what object for his strong passions--had he sought there? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We are all more or less subject to bodily sufferings. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Regretting that all my efforts for alleviating the sufferings of wounded men left upon the battle-field have been rendered nugatory, I remain, &c. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I am content to suffer alone, while my sufferings shall endure: when I die, I am well satisfied that abhorrence and opprobrium should load my memory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I have thought of your sufferings that morning on which I parted from you; I know they were genuine, and they are as much as you ought to bear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The poor creature absolutely seemed to forget her own severe sufferings, while endeavouring to think of what would best relieve mine. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• His sufferings, up to the last six hours of his life, were terrible to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have no money, I replied, not a single shilling; but this is not the cause of my sufferings. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Two days passed in this manner before he was able to speak; and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Great as her sufferings would be at parting with him she would, by God's help, endure them for the boy's sake. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Peggotty calling his attention to my sufferings, Mr. Barkis gave me a little more room at once, and got away by degrees. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• That cruel man with the wooden leg aggravated my sufferings. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I have never ceased to think how great your sufferings must have been in this shocking place. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I had already been out many hours, and felt the torment of a burning thirst, a prelude to my other sufferings. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Oh, I pray thee, my God, that her sufferings may not be too acute, too dreadful. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It is the over-excitement of a too active mind which operates thus upon our nerves, said I, trying to identify myself with his mental sufferings. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My travels were long, and the sufferings I endured intense. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Poor Julia's sufferings were short, but dreadfully severe. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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