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Slough of Despond

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Slough of Despond
bog enmiring and discouraging Christian. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress]
See : Despair
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Well, you dropped Linton with it into a Slough of Despond.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
Men and women danced in moccasins, and the place was soon a-roar, Burning Daylight the centre of it and the animating spark, with quip and jest and rough merriment rousing them out of the slough of despond in which he had found them.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
We were in the Slough of Despond tonight, and Mother came and pulled us out as Help did in the book.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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