Houses in twos and threes pass by us, solitary farms,
ruinous buildings, dye-works, tanneries, and the like, open country, avenues of leafless trees.
But the girl seldom failed to propose a removal to the garden, where Uncle Venner and the daguerreotypist had made such repairs on the roof of the
ruinous arbor, or summer-house, that it was now a sufficient shelter from sunshine and casual showers.
Bumble, turning out of the main street of the town, directed their course towards a scattered little colony of
ruinous houses, distant from it some mile and a-half, or thereabouts, and erected on a low unwholesome swamp, bordering upon the river.
It was getting crazy and
ruinous now, from long neglect.
I could not forbear admiring at these odd appearances, both in town and country; and I made bold to desire my conductor, that he would be pleased to explain to me, what could be meant by so many busy heads, hands, and faces, both in the streets and the fields, because I did not discover any good effects they produced; but, on the contrary, I never knew a soil so unhappily cultivated, houses so ill contrived and so
ruinous, or a people whose countenances and habit expressed so much misery and want.
After having combined with the Executive in betraying the interests of the nation in a
ruinous treaty, what prospect, it is asked, would there be of their being made to suffer the punishment they would deserve, when they were themselves to decide upon the accusation brought against them for the treachery of which they have been guilty?
"The Recruiting Sergeant" has the touch of grim desolation, which belongs inevitably to a country plundered of its men and swept with the
ruinous winds of rebellion.
`As I walked I was watching for every impression that could possibly help to explain the condition of
ruinous splendour in which I found the world--for
ruinous it was.
A political row has broken out after a north-east politician blamed the demolition of an Aberdeen office block on "
ruinous" business rates.
The "silent majority" has castigated President Duterte's critics and detractors for their "errant,
ruinous, and incorrigible ways," Malacanang said Friday following a survey showing he remains the most trusted government official.
The organized corruption at large scale is
ruinous for national economy.
The play was about a family who had an addicted youth who became
ruinous of the family.
He said the snowfall in lower altitude Chitral villages had last time occurred in late 1960s, and it will prove
ruinous both for the cereal crops and fruits in the area.
The consequences have been
ruinous for the long-term economic stability of the Middle East, but they go far beyond the economic.
