That long,
lugubrious howl rose on the night air again!
It was not physical pain which gave him that air of despondency, and that
lugubrious look; it was the expectation of the thanks that were about to issue from the king's mouth, and cut off all hope of restitution.
"The fact is, I have received an invitation for the fete at Vaux," said Porthos, with a
lugubrious expression.
He saw the two whale-boats land on the beach, and the sick, on stretchers or pick-a-back, groaning and wailing, go by in
lugubrious procession.
When Captain Van Horn first encountered her had been when she was the central figure in a
lugubrious procession on the banks of the Balebuli River.
I confess I looked with some interest myself towards the old family pew, appertaining to Wildfell Hall, where the faded crimson cushions and lining had been unpressed and unrenewed so many years, and the grim escutcheons, with their
lugubrious borders of rusty black cloth, frowned so sternly from the wall above.
There was something
lugubrious in the aspect of the cabin; the air in it seemed to become slowly charged with the cruel chill of helplessness, with the pitiless anger of egoism against the incomprehensible form of an intruding pain.
In a knot-hole of the garret, that had opened, she had inserted the neck of an old bottle, in such a manner that when there was the least wind, most doleful and
lugubrious wailing sounds proceeded from it, which, in a high wind, increased to a perfect shriek, such as to credulous and superstitious ears might easily seem to be that of horror and despair.
But it was the lyrical, profanity-laden GMF that the crowd wanted most, and a
lugubrious Grant happily obliged.
The
lugubrious pace in the first section of the novel picks up in the second half, set in the Seventies and detailing Abe's paranoid alcoholic descent as he tracks his hippy son, fearing his secret has been uncovered.
And so the fun goes on: woebegone animals enveloped in plasters and bandages pull
lugubrious faces, obviously far worse off than the little girl faced by biting bugs; sister's conjuring tricks may not be very clever, but she does a marvellous juggling act; your friends may have pets--but pets can bite.
Wanting others to benefit from his plight is the generosity of spirit we enjoyed for years on the BBC sofa, when his big heart shone out from an appealingly
lugubrious personality.
An interesting variety of instruments included oboeist Andreas Wittmann doubling on
lugubrious cor anglais and every performer appeared in solo mode.
In any case, by the time she realized what was really going on, she had all those distractions in cash and kind-to finally bring a smile to her
lugubrious lips!
Synopsis: In the gloomy mountains of Shadowvale, Ascot Abberdorf is expected to marry a
lugubrious Count and settle down to a quiet life terrorizing the villagers.
