What chance had we, the lost 'province' cut off from the national affairs of the emerging Irish Free State and ring-fenced from the traditions of Westminster by a sectarian parliament at Stormont, but to be subjected to nothing more than pygmy politics and politicians?
When feeling lost or cut off, when feeling shattered by the harshness of life, inhale deeply and slowly.
Realising that he was going to lose, Moluag cut off his finger and threw it ashore north of the broch of Tirefour, enabling him to claim victory.
As the talks ended, the positive tone indicated that the two sides had made up for much of the ground that was lost when North Korea cut off all dialogue in March.
The prophet Ezekiel heard this exilic threnody: "Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely".
Sen. Rand Paul loses effort to cut off aid to Egypt.
Their training center in East Rutherford, N.J., lost electricity and was cut off to traffic by flooding and debris, prompting the team to cancel practice Tuesday.
The interrogation was cut off, losing what Mr. Soufan regarded as a possible lead on the whereabouts of Bin Laden.
"If you lose, you have to cut off part of your ear with a scissors and eat it," he told her. "You have to feel the pain".
I've often found myself lost in her books,completely cut off from the world sometimes.
