"Morose" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sort of antechamber, and entered a room in which was a turn-up bed. On a black wood table were many phials, which had contained different medicines. The prelate's countenance seemed uneasy and morose; his complexion was still yellow and bilious; the brown circle which surrounded his black, squinting eyes ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
... be nicer than I am," admitted the young man, glumly, and thereupon he became silent and morose and Louise found her ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society • Edith Van Dyne
... is neither unsocial, nor morose. He welcomes the stranger as heartily as the most hospitable patriarch. He receives the sojourner at his fireside without question. He regales him with the best the house affords: is always anxious to have him "stay another day." He cares ...
— Western Characters - or Types of Border Life in the Western States • J. L. McConnel
... river at intervals, most of them in the main current close to the far bank, and often hardly visible against the mottled background of caving earth, fallen trees, and flickering mirage. Their restlessness was silent, morose, and one of them was ...
— The River Prophet • Raymond S. Spears
... departure to seek a home with his Grandpa Walker, Colonel Butler had not been so obedient to his daughter's wishes. He had changed in many respects. He had grown old, white-haired, feeble and despondent. He was often ill at ease, and sometimes morose. That he grieved over the boy's absence there was not a shadow of doubt. Yet he would not permit the first suggestion of a reconciliation that did not involve the humble application of his grandson to be forgiven and taken back. But such an application was not made. The winter days went by, spring ...
— The Flag • Homer Greene
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