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Meanings of despair of in English

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Usage of despair of in English
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Elizabeth waited in despair of putting the case as she felt it.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884
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Thence comes the despair of all the great masters of the word.
Essays in Rebellion
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Leopold and most of the aristocracy fled, in despair of its defence.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
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There was something very pathetic in the steady despair of his voice.
The Lighted Match
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For the moment it might seem justifiable to despair of the republic.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 1 of 2)
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The crew of this fourth ship, in despair of saving it, landed.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
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And again she seemed to see the despair of the unfortunate Antonia.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
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It was the despair of his father, the torment of his mother.
Mercy Philbrick's Choice
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For the first time, he felt the despair of the armadillolike race.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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The despair of all concerned would draw tears from the dryest eye.
Penelope's Postscripts
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The mute despair of the old woman will certainly teach them nothing.
Theresa Raquin
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Háfiz was an Epicurean without the atheism or the despair of Epicurus.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
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He relieved that doubt in a manner which I despair of describing.
The Legacy of Cain
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Jeanne looked at him with the fascinated despair of some stricken animal.
Jeanne of the Marshes
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When I was a child I was the despair of my mother.
The Conflict
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Pity for the individual, not despair of the race, is his motive.
Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series]
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