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If that is true, there is no room for hopelessness; despair's out of the question. '
"The Pomp of Yesterday" Joseph Hocking 1898
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Soon with despair's whole weight his spirits sink;
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES TAKEN DURING A PEDESTRIAN TOUR AMONG THE ALPS 1888
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As the confidence failed, despair's black cloud grew heavy.
Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870
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Lycidas felt the keen blade strike him once and again, he felt his blood gushing warm from the wounds, he caught the arm uplifted to smite, with despair's fierce energy he endeavoured to wrench the murderous weapon away.
Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. 1857
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And that very hour she heard him speak her name, he cried aloud in death's jaws and despair's.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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But from despair's deep breast he plucks a star benign,
Polyeucte Pierre Corneille 1645
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"And if it's worse to be in New York, you see what your despair's done, mamma.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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"And if it's worse to be in New York, you see what your despair's done, mamma.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878
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"And if it's worse to be in New York, you see what your despair's done, mamma.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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Farewell! "she cried, in despair's own voice, and made swiftly for the house.
White Lies Charles Reade 1849
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