Word: comfortless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...program will consist of the following pieces: "St. Paul's Suite," by Gustav Holst: "On the Plains, Fairy Trains," by Thomas Weelkes; "Five Love Songs," by Brahms; "Adoramus Te," by Palestrina; "Fire, Fire, My Heart," by Thomas Morley; and "I Will not Leave You Comfortless," by William Byrd...
...program for the Plymouth concert tomorrow will include the following numbers! "Hallelujah Chorus," by Beethoven (to be sung by the combined choruses); "I Will not Leave You Comfortless," by Byrd; "Gently Johnny," English Folk song; "Choruses from the 'Mikado,", Sullivan; "Fire, Fire, My Heart," by Thomas Morley; and "To Thee Alone Be Praise," by Bach...
...American Notes (1842) Novelist Dickens noted the U. S. citizen's "dull, sullen persistence in press," coarse ridiculed usage," "that flayed comfortless America's custom, so "licentious very prevalent in [American] country towns of married persons living in hotels, having no fire side of their own." Of a party of Pennsylvania legislators who came to greet him, Dickens observed "Pretty nearly every man spat upon the carpet, as usual; and one blew his nose with his fingers-also on the carpet, which was a very neat...
...guarded by six volunteer White Russians. Marie called them in to the car to thank them and say goodbye. "I wanted to say something significant to them so that they too would remember me for ever, but I could not utter a word; only tears, bitter tears and comfortless, rolled down my cheeks. Thus I said good-bye to Russia." When rumors that Marie intended to apply for U. S. citizenship lately reached Grand Duke Cyril, pretender to the Russian throne, he threatened to revoke her title and rights. The rumor is neither confirmed nor denied. Marie will tour...