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Definition of Despondences
1. despondence [n] - See also: despondence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despondences
Literary usage of Despondences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Victorian Poets: A Study of Clough, Arnold, Rossetti, Morris; with an by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1908)
"They tell of his unshaken hopes for the future when the cause shall triumph, but
also of the deep despondences which fell upon him when he knew that he ..."
2. Language and the Study of Language: Twelve Lectures on the Principles of by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... upon c despondences like those here given as the result of accident is wholly
preposterous: no sane man would think of ascribing them to such a cause. ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... cordiais are not constant, but often some fainting lit?, and despondences ;
the spirit bbw- eth where it ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer: Or, Short Reflections Upon the Faith, Life, and by Ambrose Serle (1818)
"What conflicts, perturbations, hopes, resignation, despondences, will not the
Christian, find in the constant opposition of the carnal to the spiritual life ..."
5. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker, Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay (1831)
"... and raptures, that betrays them into superstition and enthusiasm, most commonly
followed by dejections and despondences, upon which they are ready to ..."
6. Natural History of Enthusiasm by Isaac Taylor (1859)
"This motive of affection to the Lord makes provision, moreover, against the
despondences that attend a want of success; for although a servant of Christ may ..."
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