His powerful aid, and calls the opprest his friends. ❋ Joel Barlow (1783)
You know that Weston was formerly in the same state with Cowper, and you likewise know that he is subject to that calamity when opprest with care and business. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And the guilt-burthened Soul is no longer opprest. ❋ Unknown (2008)
“Have patience with me till to-morrow,” said he, and they granted him the delay he sought; whereupon he went away, sore concerned for what had betided him and knowing not how he should do, and sat down in a solitary place heart-heavy, care-full, thought-opprest. ❋ Unknown (2006)
At length She opened her eyes, but still opprest and bewildered by the effects of the strong opiate, ❋ Unknown (2004)
I was opprest by a noisome suffocating smell; and perceiving that the grated door was unfastened, I thought that I might possibly effect my escape. ❋ Unknown (2004)
She confirmed the arguments which Himself had already used: She declared Antonia to have been deceived by the wandering of her brain, by the Spleen which opprest her at the moment, and by the natural turn of her mind to superstition, and the marvellous. ❋ Unknown (2004)
That still we thinke our hearts would breake with sorrowes so opprest. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Painting his wants by sicknes pale and wan; With other griefes, that others force opprest, Aduising stay, (as what is but they can,) Whilst he that fate to come, and past, nere feard, Concludes to stay till strength decayd repaird. ❋ Unknown (2003)
(For through the head the body strait with sorowes is opprest:) ❋ Unknown (2003)
Then with a trembling voice he said vnto her: “Ah Madame, how farre be my thoughtes farre differente from those which you do thincke me to haue: I feele my hart so opprest with care, as it is impossible to tell you what it is, howbeit the same hath not beene of long continuance, being attached therewithall, since my comminge hether, which troubleth me so sore, as I cannot tell whereupon well to determine.” ❋ William Painter (N/A)
And the guilt-burthened soul is no longer opprest. ❋ Thomas Hanly Ball (N/A)
He never opprest any mans parts, nor ever put any man out of countenance. ❋ Various (N/A)
Indeed, I hope and trust that it may be continued a year or two farther, until the recovery of Rome from the most perfidious enemy she and Italy were ever opprest by. ❋ Various (N/A)
He took special care of the petitions that were given him by poor and opprest people. ❋ Various (N/A)
If I might be admitted to kiss her sweet lips again, or once more press her divinely rising breasts, perhaps my vigour wou'd revive, which now I believe lyes opprest by witchcraft. ❋ 20-66 Petronius Arbiter (N/A)
Did not Heracles win himself honor though he was opprest, and the slave of Eurystheus? ❋ Walter Barnes (N/A)
Nay, upon my Word, if I had liv'd three Winters in _Lapland_, and found it as much opprest, I would have made War with my Pen on the _Danes_, with the same Spirit, and attack them for so basely distressing the Slaves that croucht to them, and durst not on pain of Ruin howl under their Rods. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
Regent and hir said soldiouris, wha onlye does forge sick vane reportis to withdraw the heartis of trew Scottisemen from the succour thai aught of bound dewitie to thair commoun-weall opprest. ❋ John Knox (N/A)
To be briefe, restoring the whole, except a small portion bestowed amongst the wearie souldiers, he entred the citie which before was opprest with troubles, but now suddenlie refreshed, bicause there was hope of reliefe and assured preseruation. ❋ Raphael Holinshed (N/A)
