And then, in the loneliness of the dark, on the heaving breast of the sea that he recognized as one more of the eternal enemies, he began to whimper and cry
plaintively like a lost child.
Old Laska, who had not yet fully digested her delight at his return, and had run out into the yard to bark, came back wagging her tail, and crept up to him, bringing in the scent of fresh air, put her head under his hand, and whined
plaintively, asking to be stroked.
At last, when the ship drew near to the outskirts, as it were, of the Equatorial fishing-ground, and in the deep darkness that goes before the dawn, was sailing by a cluster of rocky islets; the watch --then headed by Flask --was startled by a cry so
plaintively wild and unearthly --like half-articulated wailings of the ghosts of all Herod's murdered Innocents --that one and all, they started from their reveries, and for the space of some moments stood, or sat, or leaned all transfixedly listening, like the carved Roman slave, while that wild cry remained within hearing.
She was wont to say
plaintively, "I'm afraid the faculties was too much divided up between my twins.
The sledge slid along in the midst of a
plaintively intense melody.
He could hear the tattered man bleating
plaintively.
His companion followed him, and the poor goat ran after them all, bleating
plaintively.
I called to him--most
plaintively, I remember; and he stopped and looked back.
he called
plaintively to the blind, insensate walls.
Again the ape plucked at his shoulder, jabbering
plaintively.
As they drew near, the men redoubled their cries, while the girls, tossing their bare arms in the air, exclaimed
plaintively, 'Awha
You've deserted in the heat of the battle, Miss Lackland, and gone over to the enemy," Tudor said
plaintively.
