despaire

• “I trained a long time ago In 1975 and have seen so many changes, read each new paper initially with hope and these days with despaire as the powers that be "talk a good job" but don't provide the resources to do one.”

  News Flash: Clara Barton was a Nurse.

• “Neverthelesse, Love would not let him utterly despaire, whereupon he sent away his Barque, and perceiving himselfe to be unknowne of any; he continued for some time in Palermo, walking many times by that goodly place of pleasure.”

  The Decameron

• “But forasmuche as this newecome power was to harde for them, the Saracenes within a while felle into such despaire of their state: that vppon condicion that the other would receiue Mahometes belief: thei ware content thei shold reigne felowlike together with them, in Persis.”

  The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie

• “Then Mustafa Bassha being in despaire that he could do nothing by mines, by gunshot, nor by assaults, he being ready to depart for to goe into Surey by the great Turkes commandement, before his departing hee thought once againe to assay his aduenture, and made three assaults three dayes together.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “In the meane time, the Christians inuading and entring into the munition444 incircumspectly, were pelted and pashed445 with stones by them which stood aboue, whereby a great number of our men were lost, and the armie sore maymed, and almost in despaire.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “All the same day after foure of the clocke, and all the night we tarried there, being without all good hope, but rather in despaire.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “Turkes Ambassador the last yere, as diuers haue told me, did put the Shaugh in despaire, saying, that the, Turke would not permit any cloth to be brought into his countrey.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “_Enter D'Ambois and Frier_ and 1-19 _I am ... despaire_.”

  Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois

• “Towards whom (howbeit he was my singular friend and familiar acquaintance, yet half in despaire) I drew nigh and said, Alas my Socrates, what meaneth this? how faireth it with thee?”

  The Golden Asse

• “He was stout of stomach, and more constant in time of aduersitie than in time of prosperitie, except at the time of his death, when being destitute in maner of all his fréends, he shewed himselfe almost in despaire.”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second

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