Many ejaculations of pity broke from the ladies; I heard the expressions of "poor, helpless beings," and "unfortunate little creatures," several times repeated; to which the old gardener replied by very melancholy shakes of the head.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
ejaculations of pity broke from the crowd, touched by the filial piety, the extraordinary and hopeless anguish, of so young and beautiful a being.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
To be sure he had suffered heavily, and there was something not displeasing in the spirit he discovered in telling the story-a spirit I am unable to communicate, as it owed everything to French vivacity largely spiced with devilment, and to sudden turns and ejaculations beyond the capacity of my pen to imitate.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell