Disappointments abounded as well.
Meanwhile Anne had suffered a series of maternal disappointments.
This was to be but the first of many disappointments in this direction; there was apparently some fatal scruple, both in Henrys own mind and in that of his continental subjects, as to pressing their suzerain too hard.
They counsel abstemious habits, but set no time for the coming of Christ, and so are spared the perpetual disappointments that overtake the ordinary adventist.
She reached that point in her life and her career through hard work and dedication, surviving her earlier abuse and disappointments.