Lamentations

Examples

• Their remoteness and unpunctuality, or their exorbitant charges and frauds, will be drawing forth bitter lamentations. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Gentlemen, I have heard my uncle say, that Tom Smart said the widow's lamentations when she heard the disclosure would have pierced a heart of stone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was a tearful boy, and broke into such deplorable lamentations, when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If you fail, my poor Maurice— _V? victis_, retorted Roylands, with a laugh; keep your lamentations till after the contest, Mr Aristophanes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The young lady's lamentations were checked at this point by a knuckle, knocking at the half-open door of the room. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His tears and lamentations made Becky more peevish than ever. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Fresh lamentations from Louisa, and deeper affliction on Mr. Gradgrind's part, followed this desertion of them by their last friend. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Such were the kind of lamentations resounding perpetually through Longbourn House. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Mr Venus listened to these lamentations in silence, while Mr Boffin jogged to and fro, holding his pockets as if he had a pain in them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She mingled her lamentations with his. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Shall we tell the lamentations that ensued when Miss Wardle found herself deserted by the faithless Jingle? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It must have took her away, and the Negress commenced to sob, and wail her lamentations. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The howlings and lamentations of a dog produce a sensible concern in his fellows. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She broke into a passion of tears and lamentations: Stephen Blackpool was written in his own hand on the inside. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The vessel when again tried cut her way bravely through the water, to the astonishment of all, and the doubts, and fears, and lamentations were quickly changed into congratulations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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