listlessness

Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 12 November 1794 ⁠ * There was a time Horace when my life was heavy in listlessness — when I lookd forward & all was darkness without one ray to which I might guide my steps. strange alteration! now my soul never rests. in the tumult of emotion I have neglected to thank you for Piers Plowman [1] — or if I did thank you, have forgotten it.

Letter 114 1794

Do not believe that these observations, which are as true as they are wittily stated, contradict in any way the system which we have previously prescribed; by the latter, as by the former, we succeed in producing in a woman that needed listlessness, which is the pledge of repose and tranquility.

The Physiology of Marriage, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Do not believe that these observations, which are as true as they are wittily stated, contradict in any way the system which we have previously prescribed; by the latter, as by the former, we succeed in producing in a woman that needed listlessness, which is the pledge of repose and tranquility.

The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Do not believe that these observations, which are as true as they are wittily stated, contradict in any way the system which we have previously prescribed; by the latter, as by the former, we succeed in producing in a woman that needed listlessness, which is the pledge of repose and tranquility.

Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824

The techs were going through the motions, but there was a kind of listlessness in their movements and a general air of defeat.

Excerpt: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos 2006

'Defects of mind' are such as listlessness, haste, etc.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

It came on gradually, in a kind of listlessness and want of appetite.

Calvin (A Study of Character) 1914

He is uncommunicative and moody and goes about his work with a listlessness which is more and more disturbing to me.

The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912

I feel as if I had arisen from a most severe illness, and find it specially difficult to struggle against a certain listlessness which is the worst trouble in my case.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892

Their mission almost completed, they began to sink into that listlessness which is often the precursor of death.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870