"In low spirits" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... than to confess to being in low spirits," said Missy. "I never do it, and therefore am always ...
— Resurrection • Count Leo Tolstoy
... matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits again; for I had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair might be some great hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I could not imagine. It seemed altogether past belief that any one could make such a will, or that they would pay such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying ...
— Short Stories of Various Types • Various
... and sing a 'pont neuf',—[a ballad]—or cut a caper, to la Marechale de Coigny, the Pope's nuncio, or Abbe Sallier, or to any person of natural gravity and melancholy, or who at that time should be in grief? I believe not; as, on the other hand, I suppose, that if you were in low spirits or real grief, you would not choose to bewail your situation with 'la petite Blot'. If you cannot command your present humor and disposition, single out those to converse with, who happen to be in the humor ...
— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield
... mentioned that we did not fail to meet with the moist and oppressive weather found under the belt of calms under the equator. Frequently I felt as if I could scarcely breathe, and nearly everybody was in low spirits and ready to grumble. Jerry and I vowed that the air was abominable. Cousin Silas ...
— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston
... must not think of such things. You will send Keith away in low spirits, if you have not a bright face and a smile for him ...
— Macleod of Dare • William Black
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