He had little hope that Maggie would ever return the strong feeling he had for her; and it must be better for Maggie's future life, when these petty family obstacles to her freedom had disappeared, that the present should not be entirely sacrificed, and that she should have some opportunity of culture,—some interchange with a mind above the vulgar level of those she was now condemned to live with.
She wondered if he remembered how he used to like her eyes; with that thought Maggie glanced toward the square looking-glass which was condemned to hang with its face toward the wall, and she half started from her seat to reach it down; but she checked herself and snatched up her work, trying to repress the rising wishes by forcing her memory to recall snatches of hymns, until she saw Philip and his father returning along the road, and she could go down again.
Will followed her at a little distance, and leaned against the tall back of a leather chair, on which he ventured now to lay his hat and gloves, and free himself from the intolerable durance of formality to which he had been for the first time condemned in Dorothea's presence.
It is one of those cases on which a man is condemned on the ground of his character—it is believed that he has committed a crime in some undefined way, because he had the motive for doing it; and Bulstrode's character has enveloped me, because I took his money.
Raffles, with whom he was condemned to breakfast.
I certainly agree with Miss Garth's view of the matter, whether I am condemned by it or not.
Here was a weary experience in which he was as utterly condemned to loneliness as in the despair which sometimes threatened him while toiling in the morass of authorship without seeming nearer to the goal.
She bethought herself now of the condemned criminal.
And at last he got to the mines, and he was condemned to stay there for life—for life, just for writing a good, noble, splendid book.
He felt always the furious hatred that must seize a man condemned when he compared himself with the doctor, sane and healthy, who had the inestimable privilege of life.
When he could not understand a thing he straightway condemned it.
This was the burden of his plaint to Valancy and he condemned the "hypocrites" of Deerwood and its surrounding communities with some rich, meaty oaths that happened to reach Cousin Stickles' ears as she passed through the hall and nearly finished the poor lady.
The Mo Zi, the principal Mohist work, condemned offensive war and urged people to lead a simple life harmful to none.
First Lady Michelle Obama was condemned as an "angry black woman" when she was campaigning for her husband in the 2008 presidential election.
A militarytribunal condemned him to death.
Israeli Arab MPs condemned the legislation but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised it as a "defining moment".
Those who fail to enter university are often condemned to a life with little prospects.
Not long ago, a deputy to the People's Congress put forward an idea that anyone who abandoned pets should be condemned.
" Next morning Faithful John was condemned, and led to the gallows, and when he stood on high, and was about to be executed, he said, "Every one who has to die is permitted before his end to make one last speech; may I too claim the right?
Thereupon a trial was held, and as she could not answer, and defend herself, she was condemned to be burnt alive.
