Emma was quite
relieved, and could presently say, with a little more composure,
He professed himself more
relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point.
We got to Hampton Court without misadventure, our minds full of strange and unfamiliar appearances, and at Hampton Court our eyes were
relieved to find a patch of green that had escaped the suf- focating drift.
The carpet - of Saxony material - is quite half an inch thick, and is of the same crimson ground,
relieved simply by the appearance of a gold cord (like that festooning the curtains) slightly
relieved above the surface of the ground, and thrown upon it in such a manner as to form a succession of short irregular curves - one occasionally overlaying the other.
Stroeve went twice a day to the hospital to enquire after his wife, who still declined to see him; and came away at first
relieved and hopeful because he was told that she seemed to be growing better, and then in despair because, the complication which the doctor had feared having ensued, recovery was impossible.
Her face
relieved him of his misgivings, before she could speak.
Suppose it was consistent with your duty," pleaded Sir Patrick, "to be
relieved at your post?
On your right hand, as you stand fronting the conservatory, the monotony of the paneled wall is
relieved by a quaintly patterned door of old inlaid wood, leading into the library, and thence, across the great hall, to the other reception-rooms of the house.
No,' said he; 'you have already done much towards it; you have done more for me than the most skilful physician could do: for you have
relieved my mind of two great burdens - anxiety on my sister's account, and deep regret upon your own: for I do believe these two sources of torment have had more effect in working me up into a fever than anything else; and I am persuaded I shall soon recover now.
I was confined to some which constantly tormented me; and the more, as I saw no prospect of being
relieved from them.
An excellent man, who only wanted somebody to manage him; and, between ourselves, he found somebody to do it; and what is more, he throve on it and grew fat on it, and lived happy and died easy on it, dating from the day when my lady took him to church to be married, to the day when she
relieved him of his last breath, and closed his eyes for ever.
The only person among us who did not appear to be
relieved by these words was the Countess.
