10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOUGH OF DESPOND»
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Slough of Despond in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Slough of Despond and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Nature Guide to Ontario
The view over the Slough of Despond is spectacular. Overlooking Colpoy's Bay,
this high promontory of escarpment outcrop also offers a panoramic view of the
Algonquin plain below as well as Griffith, White Cloud, and Hay islands.
Winifred Cairns Wake, 1997
2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
of Allusions
505 smoke-filled room slough of despond \,slau . . . di-'spand, ,sl u-\ A state of
extreme depression. The term comes from John Bunyan's 17th-century
allegorical masterpiece Pilgrim's Progress [q.v.]. A slough is a bog, a place with
deep mud ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
3
Dangerous Journey: The Story
of Pilgrim's Progress
Now I saw in my dream that, as they were hurrying along and talking, they had
drawn near to a quagmire in the middle of the plain, which was called the Slough
of Despond. And before they knew what was happening, they had both fallen into
...
Oliver Hunkin, John Bunyan, 1985
4
The Works
of that Eminent Servant
of Christ, John Bunyan: ...
Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the slough of Despond alone ; but still
he endeavoured to struggle to that side of the slough that was furthest from his
own house, and next to the Wicket-gate ;f the which he did, but could not get out ...
5
The Big Book
of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
... with true) or SLOW (rhymes with cow); for despair or degradation, and the
Slough of Despond in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, SLOW (rhymes with cow).
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worse, ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 1999
6
The Whole Works
of John Bunyan ...: Reprinted from the ...
Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Christian, in Slough of Despond
alone ; but still he trouble, seeks endeavoured to struggle to that side pi i II to get
fur- 00 tiier from his of the slough that was still further own oust from i,js own
bouse, ...
John Bunyan, George Offor, 1862
7
The Works
of John Bunyan: Allegorical, figurative, and ...
Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone; but still
he :'i'fi'hlf'gé'ful: endeavoured to struggle to that side ther from his of the slough
that was still further on home' from his own house, and next to the wicket-gate; the
...
John Bunyan, George Offor, 1853
8
The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to ...
f The Slough of Despond descrihed. gave him his hand, and he0 drew him out,
and set him upon sound ground, and bid him go his way. Then I stepped to him
that plucked him out, and said, Sir, wherefore, since over, this place is the way
from ...
John Bunyan, William Mason, 1814
9
Edmund Spenser: New and Renewed Directions
(Mut., vi.1) The poet, in the course of his own peregrinatio, has it seems come to
that point which the Ancrene Riwle before him called "accidie"" and Bunyan after
him the Slough of Despond,12 and at which Redcrosse arrived in his encounter ...
10
The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World, to that which is to ...
Christian and Pliable in the Slough of Despond. Now I saw in my Dream, that just
as they had ended this talk, they drew nigh to a very Miry Slough that was in the
midst of the plain, and they being heedless did both fall suddenly into the hog.
John Bunyan, Robert Hawker, 1822
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOUGH OF DESPOND»
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Slough of Despond is used in the context of the following news items.
'Southpaw' lead actors pack punch
And then, down and out, battered and grieving, he must somehow climb out of his slough of despond toward redemption. Which of course, must come in the ring ... «The Olympian, Jul 15»
StageStruck: A Provocative Gift
... up with Aidan's belligerent isolation, assigns another young novice to his care, in hopes the challenge will pull him out of his self-imposed Slough of Despond. «Valley Advocate, Jul 15»
Clevelander Kevin P. Keating turns the darkness up to 11 in his …
As the story progresses, miring folks ever deeper in the slough of despond, human depravity descends to abyssal depths. This is manifestly not a "beach read" or ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
'Rebalancing' takes a back seat to George Osborne's cutting
Rolls-Royce is far from the only British manufacturing outfit to be mired in a slough of despond. The entire sector is struggling compared with the dominant ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Nick Kyrgios beats Milos Raonic at Wimbledon with laughs, curses …
By the middle of the second set Kyrgios seemed to have fallen deep into some kind of slough of despond. At one point he snapped at a woman who, he thought, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Passion and honesty of Andrew Strauss wins over England players
... new director of cricket's audience was perhaps his most important: the team he is supposed to guide from their present slough of despond to sunlit uplands. «The Independent, May 15»
Russia 2014: promised land or slough of despond for investors?
It is an open secret that in 2014 Russia had to go through the mill. There have been many issues and misunderstandings throughout the year and some of them ... «Fordaq, Apr 15»
Getting 3D Printing Out Of Its Slough Of Despond
When the answers to those questions become clear we'll know whether the 3D industry is out of its slough of despond, or whether the current leaders are ... «Seeking Alpha, Mar 15»
The hope and despair of being a Winnipeg Jets fan
Those lapses into hope are not intervals that relieve the despair. ... a supporter of a sad-sack team lifts his head from the slough of despond and finds reason to ... «The National, Feb 15»
Let's shorten the football-baseball gap
... cute-as-the-dickens Budweiser commercial aired — there is no escaping the subsequent descent into the Slough of Despond for fans such as this columnist. «Daily Press, Feb 15»
