" "Sir," answered the Sultan, "I am sure you have a good reason for not doing so, and having heard your cry of distress, I am come to offer you my help.
This can be such a severe blow to their self- esteem that they must eradicate the cause of their distress.
" It shows an evil disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress.
He then said to himself: "I shall no longer distress myself at being struck at by these Game-cocks, when I see that they cannot even refrain from quarreling with each other.
When the farmer heard the news of the boy's death he was terrified, and afraid of being brought to justice indeed, his distress took such a powerful hold of him that he fell fainting to the ground.
He was in great distress, and when he lay down after his day's work, found no rest, but tossed about in his bed, sorely troubled.
So it went on cooking and the porridge rose over the edge, and still it cooked on until the kitchen and whole house were full, and then the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world, and there was the greatest distress, but no one knew how to stop it.
But the nearer the twelfth year approached the more anxious grew the merchant, so that his distress might be seen in his face.
Then she was in great distress, and could not tell, but at last she remembered the necklace which she had given to the animals, and she sought for and found her little golden clasp on the lion, and she cried in her delight, he who is followed by this lion is my true husband.
Be quiet, Gretel, said Hansel, do not distress yourself, I will soon find a way to help us.
On the third day came the Queen, and when she saw that nothing had been spun yet, she was surprised; but the girl excused herself by saying that she had not been able to begin because of her great distress at leaving her mother's house.
nderborg Castle; he cannot escape or see the bitter distress of Copenhagen.
He thought it was some young chicken that had strayed there, and was raising cries of distress; but it was the General's little daughter, decked out in lace and finery.
His faith had grown strong in the poor fisherman's cottage; the light which had never shone into his father's mind, in all the richness and sunshine of Spain, was sent to him to be his comfort in poverty and distress, a sign of that mercy of God which never fails.
The Viking's wife considered him as beautiful as Baldur, and his distress raised her pity; but Helga said he ought to have ropes fastened to his heels, and be tied to the tails of wild animals.
The corpse lay in a bedroom, near to the one in which we sat, and the old man was in great distress and weeping like a child.
It was a slate, in such distress because of a false number in the sum, that it had almost broken itself to pieces.
Tossing my beach bag onto the sand, I began wading toward the animal, who continued to writhe as if in distress.
