Plodding through Bunyan's
Slough of Despond seemed preferable.
What's in a place name? Romanticizing the map
Their straightforward embodiments of aspects of human nature and abstract concepts, through such characters as Knowledge, Beauty, Strength, and Death in Everyman and such places as Vanity Fair and the
Slough of Despond in The Pilgrim's Progress, are typical examples of the techniques of personification allegory.
allegory
I've never been a painter, but in a
slough of despond, or when overcome by paralyzing lethargy--for moments, hours, days--psychically wired to the TV set, my only friend, I've had occasion to be an armchair painter, thanks to Mr.
Ull Hohn
Similar to the
Slough of Despond, the No-Molar is comprised of the CEO, the legal department and the service director.
Dealing with muddle-headed Mutant Ninja communicators
Obstinate remains behind, but Pliable goes with Christian until he deserts him at the
Slough of Despond.
The Pilgrim's Progress
He wanders into the
Slough of Despond, from which he cannot get out because of the weight of the burden of sin on his back, until at last he is rescued by Help.
Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, The
Peter Jewell, via email Cheer up, Paddy CAN I cheer up my old mate Paddy Shennan, who appears to be in a
slough of despond over the referendum result (ECHO, June 25).
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In 1890, for instance, the Cardiff Argus declared: "No place more closely resembled Bunyan's
Slough of Despond than Cadoxton and Barry."
"Lesson we can learn from a 'gentrified' street
While you're in this
slough of despond you're not letting your boyfriend enjoy you and you're not letting your relationship reach its full potential.
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So when Nick found himself unwillingly unemployed for the third time, he didn't waste precious moments meandering through the
slough of despond - or even just sitting sadly in the pub.
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Just over a fortnight ago you would probably have felt confident putting your house on Celtic to win this, as most Motherwell fans had taken up residence in the
Slough of Despond after watching their team scrape just five points from their first 10 matches.
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Pollini and Brendel are both remarkablyinteresting pianists for whom middle age is neither a
slough of despond nor a repetition ad nauseam of earlier triumphs.
Music
Yet from this
slough of despond, Meteorites unexpectedly began to take shape.
I'm up there with the bard
Now, though, the modern parent is made of sterner stuff and, as a survey last week revealed, the "empty-nest" phenomena, whereby parents whose children have left home sink into the
slough of despond, has been exposed as the laughable myth it surely is.
Good luck son - we'll set three extra places for Christmas dinner! OPINION: lifeinthebuslane
A large portion of the electorate prefers to blame George Bush for the current
slough of despond in Iraq, but there are few people who don't remember the British Prime Minister seeming to outshine him in the argument for the war, and so his reputation has suffered by association.
so long, pardner