It was with a heavy heart that I acquiesced in the departure of this energetic, strong-willed man, who had carried out my plans with genius and who was indefatigable as a co-worker.
I gave in, with a heavy heart, for I feared that this visit, in view of the situation at Paris, might be construed as a provocation and cause an inclination in London to support France in case of war.
Rose with a heavy heart, and my head empty, from having read so little of the Scriptures this last week.
I shall have to groan long, perhaps, with a heavy heart; but if I am not hindered materially by it in the work of God, it will be for the benefit of my soul.
I saw myself called to be less than ever a man of this world, and walked out with a heavy heart.
Rose with a heavy heart, and took leave of St. Hilary, where all the happier hours of my early life were passed.
Discouraged by the ominous predictions of the witch, Saul went into battle with a heavy heart, and as though his fears had infected his troops, the result proved disastrous.
Hezekiah succeeded in collecting this sum, but he did it with a heavy heart, for he found himself obliged to remove the golden ornaments which adorned the temple.
A later poet describes this time of trial with a heavy heart.
With a heavy heart Jeremiah, attended by his disciple Baruch, prepared to visit Gedaliah in Mizpah.
It was therefore with a heavy heart that he came to say good-by to Margaret before his return.
I bid him farewell with a heavy heart, and he expressed with peculiar warmth and feeling his sense of the interest I had taken in his fate.
No one would have thought from her appearance that she had waited for him last night hour after hour, and had at last gone to bed with a heavy heart, and not to sleep-to toss, and listen, and suffer a thousand tortures of suspense.
He came up again, with a heavy heart, and examined his till.
Sharply he shut the door again, and turned the key with a heavy heart.
He pointed to a tent on the hillside, and it was with a heavy heart I went forward.
The father, on being dismissed, by the tyrant Bonner, went home with a heavy heart, with his dying child, who did not survive many days the cruelties which had been inflicted on him.
With a heavy heart I went to my room, and having no hope to excite me to exertion, I sunk down almost in despair.
I lift my heavy heart up solemnly, As once Electra her sepulchral urn, And, looking in thine eyes, I overturn The ashes at thy feet.
Hopes apace Were changed to long despairs, till God's own grace Could scarcely lift above the world forlorn My heavy heart.
A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne From year to year until I saw thy face, And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time.
I went back with a heavy heart and an anxious mind; and God knows that I made many fervent prayers that this girl should never come again to give me her sad history.
Though not quite recovered, I left, the same day, for Longueuil, where I entered the monastery with a heavy heart.
As I looked at the mother I saw the downcast look, and noticed the sigh that escaped a heavy heart, as she listened to the claim and price set upon her little darling.
After making it a subject of earnest prayer, I became settled as to the course to pursue, and concluded to unburden my heavy heart to my parents as I had done, to my beloved companion, which I did after our Sabbath meeting.
I left with a heavy heart, and called at the sanitary rooms to ascertain the location of five unvisited hospitals.
I left her, with a heavy heart, yet strong hope that her young master (as she called him) would be defeated.
I got up in the morning with a heavy heart and an anxious mind.
A footman led the way to my carriage, and I drove through London with a heavy heart.
The guides took charge of Wharton, and, with a heavy heart, the young man retraced his steps to his father's cottage.
Perceiving everything to be quiet within, Katy at length mustered resolution to enter the dwelling, where she found the peddler, with a heavy heart, performing the last sad offices for the dead.
The disappointed operator collected his instruments, and with a heavy heart proceeded to pay a visit to the room of Colonel Wellmere.
With a heavy heart, the black, assisted by a few of the dragoons, proceeded to prepare it for the reception of the ladies.
On the morning that Mrs. Darcy gave me formal notice of her relinquishment of the solemn office she held, she bent her steps homeward with a heavy heart.
She moved through the village with a heavy heart; and her check apron went to her eyes.
But I little thought of the excellence of thy character and of thy teachings, when, with a heavy heart, I set out about this time, on a morning of early spring, to take my first lesson from thee in a sandstone quarry.
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