dolent
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Certainly not; as without the opposite there is no pain; as is shown by that golden Pythagorean poet when he says: Hinc metuunt cupiuntque, dolent gaudentque, nec Respiciunt, clausæ tenebris, e carcere cæco.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.
When the King heard thereof he was passing heavy and dolent, and considered within himself how he might be delivered from this grief.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Souvent j'allais jadis aux guinguettes pour y voir danser le menu peuple; mais ses danses étaient si maussades, son maintien si dolent, si gauche, que j'en sortais plutot contristé que réjoui.'
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
