1 Condemned in life's infernal mine, condemned in solitude to pine.
Between the Acts (1941) By Virginia WoolfGet Context In Unit 8 2 So much the greater must have been the solitude of her heart, and her need of some one on whom to bestow it.
Hard Times By Charles DickensGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II 3 Thus easily did Stephen Blackpool fall into the loneliest of lives, the life of solitude among a familiar crowd.
Hard Times By Charles DickensGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV 4 They had seen no one, near or distant, for a long time; and the solitude remained unbroken.
Hard Times By Charles DickensGet Context In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI 5 Connie went for walks in the park, and in the woods that joined the park, and enjoyed the solitude and the mystery, kicking the brown leaves of autumn, and picking the primroses of spring.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H LawrenceGet Context In Chapter 2 6 He resented the intrusion; he cherished his solitude as his only and last freedom in life.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H LawrenceGet Context In Chapter 8 7 The industrial noises broke the solitude, the sharp lights, though unseen, mocked it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H LawrenceGet Context In Chapter 10 8 Now it was languor, and all but solitude.
Mansfield Park By Jane AustenGet Context In CHAPTER XXIX 9 By degrees they fell off, one by one; and, for an hour, in the dead of night, the street was left to solitude and darkness.
Oliver Twist By Charles DickensGet Context In CHAPTER LII 10 She had no resources for solitude; and inheriting a considerable share of the Elliot self-importance, was very prone to add to every other distress that of fancying herself neglected and ill-used.
11 She was ashamed of herself, quite ashamed of being so nervous, so overcome by such a trifle; but so it was, and it required a long application of solitude and reflection to recover her.
12 Her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.
13 Half an hour's solitude and reflection might have tranquillized her; but the ten minutes only which now passed before she was interrupted, with all the restraints of her situation, could do nothing towards tranquillity.
14 As with some persons who have long lived apart, solitude seemed to look out of its countenance.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyGet Context In BOOK 1: 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression 15 But they remained, and established themselves; and the lonely person who hitherto had been queen of the solitude did not at present seem likely to return.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyGet Context In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble