It came into her mind once that she would ask her father to let her go home again; but dwelling on that prospect made it seem utter dreariness to her: a married woman gone back to live with her parents—life seemed to have no meaning for her in such a position: she could not contemplate herself in it.
I contemplate at least a temporary withdrawal from the management of much business, whether benevolent or commercial.
The tables were now turned on that dear brother departed, and to contemplate the frustration of his cunning by the superior cunning of things in general was a cud of delight to Solomon.
But she became conscious of the two strangers who suddenly paused as if to contemplate the Cleopatra, and, without looking at them, immediately turned away to join a maid-servant and courier who were loitering along the hall at a little distance off.
Farebrother, my dear sir, is a man deeply painful to contemplate.
Casaubon visiting the Grange; and though the room was a little overheated with the fire, which had sent the spaniel panting to a remote corner, Rosamond, for some reason, continued to sit at her embroidery longer than usual, now and then giving herself a little shake, and laying her work on her knee to contemplate it with an air of hesitating weariness.
No matter what the subject might be, a brainracking effort was made to squirm it into some aspect or other that the moral and religious mind could contemplate with edification.
Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning.
If you're approaching 30 and feeling disconnected careerwise, contemplate a move.
Clearly I just needed more time to contemplate.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, contemplate your life, and how you'd like it to be.
When you're away from your everyday routine, you're better positioned to take a look at where you are in life and contemplate where you'd like to be.
Give time to contemplate.
So it is today as we contemplate our automated future.
" Here are five of my tips to contemplate as you reach for your goals.
Coubertin considered women's sport "the most unesthetic sight human eyes could contemplate" and in 1912 declared that "the Olympic Games must be reserved for men.
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that's enough for one man's life.
Needing quiet time alone to process your thoughts and contemplate life, you may appear distant or guarded at times.
While banking on nostalgia and growing international markets to make up for flat home-entertainment sales, studios and their indie competitors will find much to contemplate in the behavior this year of a domestic audience whose likes and dislikes were often startlingly pronounced.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, contemplate your life, and how you'd like it to be.
