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This despair is finally an adult despair, the sort that's almost crooned.— Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
She gave a gesture which might have meant anything--despair, authority, pride, grief Edwin stood by the bedside and gazed.— Clayhanger
They are dull in comparison with that delirious joy, the lot of the despairing lover on finding that his despair has been all a fancy, and that his passion is reciprocated Such a joy thrills through Hamersley's breast as he hears the name pronounced.— The Lone Ranche
I feel that our hope lies in despair--despair of self.— Letters to His Friends

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