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The parley continued; the Arickaras released one horse and then another, in earnest of their proposition; finding, however, that nothing short of the relinquishment of all their spoils would purchase the lives of the captives, they abandoned them to their fate, moving off with many parting words and lamentable howlings.
"We heard, from one who knew him well (what should be stated in all mention of his lamentable irregularities), that with a single glass of wine his whole nature was reversed, the demon became uppermost, and, though none of the usual signs of intoxication were visible, his will was palpably insane.
But for the profanity of the woman's language, and the really lamentable credulity of the poor old lady, the whole thing would make a fit subject for a burlesque.
If I have committed an additional crime, punish me, but if you will allow that ever since the day of my birth my fate has been sad, bitter, and lamentable, then pity me."
An aged widow was crying out in a querulous, lamentable tone for her son, whose affectionate toil had supported her for many a.
It is lamentable to think that such a mind should be buried in metaphysics, and, like the Nyctanthes, waste its perfume upon the night alone.
But it shortly became a most lamentable "slouch of a journal." One night in Paris, after a hard day's toil in sightseeing, I said:
It was lamentable that one was more amused by the ridiculous figure cut by the Dutchman than outraged by Strickland's brutal treatment of him.
He added: "The lamentable thing is not that shops sell it, the lamentable thing is that people are being misinformed."
ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information Technology Khalid Maqbool Siddique Tuesday said the main aim of organising the All Parties Conference (APC) by the opposition was to save their own skins which was lamentable.
However, the CBCP official said it is lamentable that the church and the Christian religion were often blamed for the ills in the country.
So far the Government's response has been lamentable and it is likely we will all be landed with a hefty carbon tax in the next Budget.
WALES goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey has been heavily criticised by football chiefs for showing what they dub "a lamentable degree of ignorance" about Adolf Hitler, fascism and the Nazi regime.
The House noted that despite Prime Minister Imran Khan's offer to India to act against those involved provided New Delhi gives actionable intelligence, the response from Indian government is lamentable.