repining
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Repining and supineness, however, were not suited to my father’s character; for, with mildness, he united decision and even boldness of spirit.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander
I might have been more kind, more tender; now Repining wrings my bosom.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
Now reverend Ely, like the deputy Of God's great deputy, ascends the throne; Which the Queen Mother and ambitious John Repining at, raised many mutinies: And how they ended, you anon shall hear.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
But, ah! a few there be whom griefs devour, ����And weeping woe, and disappointment keen, Repining penury, and sorrow sour, ����And self-consuming spleen.
From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk
Repining at my humble lot, her words—that estimated well the value, the nothingness of life compared with life eternal—have spoken the effectual reproof.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
