Ned had other things to tell her, about the United States forts, troops, and ships of war, and she had stories to tell with excited vivacity that set forth sadly enough the wretchedly unsettled condition of her country, which she appeared to love so well, after all.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
The main thing is to arrange one's home diet on sound lines, and learn to enjoy the simple and wholesome foods, of which there is a great variety obtainable, and at prices possible to all but the wretchedly poor.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
"How horribly he had dwindled, how wretchedly small he had become!
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith