| 单词 | blench |
| 例句 | But wherever the mûmakil came there the horses would not go, but blenched and swerved away; and the great monsters were unfought, and stood like towers of defence, and the Haradrim rallied about them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I saw music publishers tremble and Italian civil servants blench before her assaults. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z And for those who blench and tremble at the thought of audience participation, take a breath. Review: Finding Community in ‘As You Like It’ 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, again and again, I found myself reading and agreeing with Thomas, however much I blenched at the idea of making novels out of "superobjectives", "thematic questions" and "seed words". Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z This may cause some fans to blench, but it’s in keeping with some of the character’s adventures as written by Don McGregor in the 1970s, when King T’Challa took on the Ku Klux Klan. Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther is a hopeful first step for diversity at Marvel 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Although not a man of her crew would have blenched had orders been given to steam full speed ahead towards the huge German battle-cruisers, Crosthwaite realized that such a step would be utterly useless. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Had my escort blenched for an instant our fate was sealed. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Those savage yells might well make a woman blench. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z What is't you blench at? what would you ask? speak freely. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But for the present he neither blenched nor lost his temper. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The visits of these great people, however--not that Mrs. Gilson blenched before them, she blenched before nobody short of Lord Lonsdale--had place in the summer. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z She knew this, yet she hung irresolute a while, blenching before the manual act, listening to the persistent rush and downpour of the rain. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "Put that down!" was all he said; and met the other's eyes without blenching, though I think that he was a trifle paler than he had been. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Though sometimes you do blench from this to that. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He recognised all that might be made of it by his listeners, friend or foe, and he blenched. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z To Dennis's gratification the sailor did not again blench at the suggestion of a fight with the Spaniards. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z "Yes," I replied, without blenching, though his face grew dark. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Was he, ready as he had been to provoke the quarrel, of those who blench when the time comes to make good the taunt? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z His faith in ideal justice and love never blenches. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Fate gave Mr. Pitt a cruel game to play, but he was not one to blench at phantoms. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z I thought he would blench, but he did not. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z A moderate reformer might well have blenched at the sight, and questioned--as many did question--whither this was tending. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Yet now he had a new courage and a new hope that distilled jewels from his lips, which almost caused the degraded jurymen to blench. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Therefore, although these unfortunate mutinies had somewhat complicated the case, it would never do to blench at so critical a moment. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z He recognized the gravity of his position, but accepted it without a murmur, for it never should be said that the last baron of the house of de Vaux had blenched in face of duty. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z My lips blenched, my eyes rolled in a paroxysm of agony; the most fearful sense of impending calamity oppressed me and I seemed to expect death, or something worse, to fall upon and overwhelm me. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z But he would not blench nor lower his eyes. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Newcastle, indeed, had blenched before the storm, and openly took part against the Hanoverians. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Though his death seemed near he did not blench He upped his brush and he ran the trench. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The hapless victims lie limply, or sit hunched upon the woman's lap, nerveless, wasted, apathetic; faces white and hopeless, abdomen lax and tumid; the blenched limbs soft as butter, weak and dangling. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z I did not blench when I learned that, judicial executions apart, ninety-nine per cent. of hangings were suicidal, so that, certain other precautions being observed, a presumption could be made preponderatingly probable. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z He stood long facing them, waiting, and never blenching. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The tone was sharp and defiant, the smile scornful and satirical, but she did blench—no doubt of it. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z And she looked at her brother fixedly, and his sunken face blenched, and from the wounds against his eyes dropped tears of blood, and his body was shaken with spasms. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z “One thing’s certain”—the girl continued not to blench at her irony. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z And he followed this extraordinary question with a piteous, a blenching glance. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z A blaze of hot light poured down on to the court, making the women droop and blench in their chairs. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z It was past three in the afternoon, cold with a blenched light. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z They fiercely charged the trench; They took the outer line; Who saw a visage blench? Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z Twice his barrel covered Murray, and he took deadly aim at the young man; but the blenching was not on the sailor’s side. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Jun's expression changed; his features blenched, then a flame of blood rushed over his face. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z “There is rat poison in the house,” I said, and saw my lips curving in the bitter gleaming smile of a Medusa as he blenched and shook under my words. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Margaret Hayley saw the expression of her face, but neither blenched before it nor seemed to feel any anger at the manifestation. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The white man walked down off his verandah and stood confronting this fellow, whose brutal face blenched and lowered before the scathing, stare. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The hearts of the passengers within thumped audibly, and if one could not see how they blenched, it was only owing to the obscurity of the mildewy inside of the old Mail. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Bodley with excellent truth described himself as “the carrier’s horse which cannot blench the beaten way in which I was trained.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He touched his face and she shrank away blenching. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Fix thine eye upon me that I may see it blench as I go on. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Nay, blench not, good my lords; I mean not you; the idle words I say Can have no sting for you! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z His face has caught a reflection of the crimson dyeing hers, but his look shows no sign of blenching. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z He staggered back a pace, blenching from the uplifted knife—then ran, with all the speed of his limbs, with all the white fear of the pursued. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Sugarman blenched and skipped back, and the line of fists wavered. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Lucy saw Curtis’s face blench in the half darkness. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Steady as one that had in bronze been cast, Amid the blenched, grey tempest and the blast. Poems of Emile Verhaeren "Ha!" exclaimed Mr. Dalroyd and, soft though his voice was, Joseph blenched and cowered. Our Admirable Betty A Romance I will not blench now, in the last struggle, though perils thicken around me. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Gertrude obeyed like an automaton, though she blenched a little when the small station building at the Siding roared past, and in a few seconds the 926 was again bettering the schedule. A Romance in Transit It was a constant feature of their relation that this lady could make Fleda blench a little, and that the effect proceeded from the intense pressure of her confidence. The Spoils of Poynton She gave him a look that made him blench; then she caught the heavy church-door, and dashed it to with such force that it fairly groaned. Landolin In a good season, a large village can pay from seven to nine thousand rupees revenue without blenching. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel If that ye stammer or blench, or anyways boggle at the swearing, he will not believe you; and by the mass, he shall die. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The Englishman, somewhat weak and unsteady from exhaustion and ill-treatment, could still look the arbiter of his fate straight in the eyes without blenching. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He to whom it was addressed, started, blenched ever so slightly, his countenance immediately resuming its mask of bronze impassibility. In the Whirl of the Rising Gentlemen, I blench at nothing for the Cause to which we are all devoted, to which we have dedicated our lives and fortunes. The Intriguers Rose was the one who had blenched under the ordeal. Rose MacLeod If there was anything upon the face of the earth or of its waters of which the Mexican was afraid or which had the power to make him blench, he had never met it. Frontier Boys in the South Seas By a terrible effort he kept himself from visibly blenching at her words. A Life Sentence A Novel It was terrible to see Sue blanch and blench; to watch the fluttering of her lace jabot as her bosom heaved beneath. Leonore Stubbs He quails not, he blenches not, before that angry foe. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion If that ye stammer or blench, or anyways boggle at the swearing, he will not believe you; and, by the mass, he shall die. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) At the boy's cry, they shuddered, and more than one man blenched. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers E'en in that pass whereat the boldest blench, The "aching time" will quickly turn to bliss, When, having borne the devastating wrench, I hear you murmur, "Rinse your mouth with this." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 Others, I could not but remark, were scarce able to support his neighbourhood—Sir William eviting to be near him, Mountain dodging his eye, and, when he met it, blenching and halting in his story. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) She beheld with a distinct blenching of the spirit Sir Isaac advancing towards her. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman But there is one great pledge, a solemn warrant of her resolve to swerve not, to blench not, which England has already offered. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Outside—the blustering surf they heard, And the bravest there would ha' blenched to know That they must be taken at their own word. Collected Poems Volume Two He tapped his six-shooter and even Lynch blenched, for the fighting light had come into his eyes. Wunpost He never blenched at the idea of millions of human beings writhing in everlasting torment; and why should it be blasphemy, or even incivility, to wonder if he himself has gone to perdition? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) If it had been all else in all the world,—if it had been my life before my life was your life, I think that no one would have seen me blench. Marion Fay Dona da Costa blenched, and stared at him breathless, a strange light in her eyes, but not that which he had expected. Dreamers of the Ghetto Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition With his remorseless scissors he hovers over Germany and Austria in a way that would make the two Kaisers blench. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 He would have said she turned a shade more unhealthy, in a yellow way, but not a nerve in her seemed to blench. The Prisoner She blenched with fear and with the intense sensation of proffered licence suggested to her. The Rainbow And blench not at thy chosen lot; The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown—yet faint thou not. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul —Nay, Ellen, blench not thus away, And, mother, cease these signs, I pray; 685 I meant not all my heat might say. Lady of the Lake Let us examine without blenching, the actual and alleged evils of slavery, and the array of horrors which many suppose to be its universal concomitants. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It was a hand that had guided bucking bronchos and held lassoed steers, and the man weary with life's battles knew that a friend had come to his aid who would blench at no enemy. A Man of Two Countries "And," he added warningly, "you will not blench—this time?" A Bachelor's Dream The two looked steadily in each other's eyes; then the warder blenched. Fantômas I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick:73 if he do blench,74 I know my course. Hamlet If you must see me"—the unfortunate attorney blenched—"write and say so. Anthony Lyveden Nay, if any stop there were To dam this fount that welleth in mine ear For hearing, I had never blenched nor stayed Till this vile shell were all one dungeon made, Dark, without sound. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The stolid peasant did not blench even at this. A Victor of Salamis Separated from all their friends, they were in desperate plight; yet they blenched not. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France The idiot blenched; he understood that movement well enough, though it was a stone he anticipated, not a stick; with a foolish cry he dropped his arms and slouched away down the lane. The Wonder And seeing all this, because the air of our watch-tower is so ice-cold and keen, we neither tremble or blench. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions But after that great combat which we had in the boat off Yarmouth river, he never faced me again without a certain reluctance and blenching, as though his conscience misgave him. Athelstane Ford But now the rest saw him blench; then with a cry, at once of wonder and inexpressible joy, his arms closed round the tattered outlaw’s neck. A Victor of Salamis I was the tenth of the third batch, but I never blenched. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... But the Whittington in him was up, and he did not blench. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Men who had not blenched when brought face to face with death that menaced themselves, bowed to the earth, weeping like women, as mortal weakness stole upon the strong right arm of the Confederacy. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I do not even blench from my principle where I find that it brings what is called "taking a sight" within permissible forms of expression: Rabelais not only establishes its antiquity, but makes it English. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Before the triumphs of the Court, Before the honours of the Bench, Wild days there were of toil and sport, Long ere our brows had learned to blench At threatenings of the first grey hair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 Lycidas met without blenching the calm sad eyes of the speaker, but he could not answer the question. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History The doctor was silent for a few moments, gazing full in the American’s face, the latter receiving the look without blenching. The Peril Finders The sight—as the fleet's mine—of course is sweet, But there's one thought that rather makes me blench:— Supposing that Fremantle had been French? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 In this rough world men must be prepared for fortune's buffets—and shame to him that blenches, say I—but when through us Fate strikes those we fain would shelter, methinks it is another matter. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish The brave, stern, old woman's face was blenched, and her eyes were almost set in horror, as she prayed; the great drops running down her cheeks. Curious, if True Strange Tales Zarah looked her father full in the face; she pale, but she blenched not. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History While her eyes met his without blenching she turned ghastly white, her face seeming to wither into sudden age. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science From the task my courage blenches, But—what will be the consequence on those clamorous Rad Benches? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 Durtal blenched before the dread of long evenings and the abominable melancholy of days that never ended. En Route I love thee far—far more Than either the brief life or the wide realm, Which, it may be, are menaced;—yet I blench not. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry The next minute the mirth died out of his half closed eyes, and a scowl appeared upon his brow, as he fiercely gazed in the eyes that did not for a moment blench. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France The matter being afoot, keep your instruction, And hold you ever to our special drift; 369 5 Though sometimes you do blench from this to that, As cause doth minister. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Did not visibly blench; answered, in off-hand manner, that London Police had had opportunity of substituting the silent boot for those in ordinary use, and had not availed themselves of it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 On, into the Valley of the Shadow they strode; thinned, reeling, broken under that terrible hail—but never blenching. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death April blenched, but she took the blow standing. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Yet they never change the darkness Or blench it with noise; Alone on the perfect silence The stars are buoys. Amores Poems Perhaps the girl had been expecting it, for she did not blench, though Eubank's eyes were on her face. In Kings' Byways Or," she added, as if she could not bear to see him blench, "he could think so. The Coast of Bohemia Rivetted by an inexplicable influence, Olive had read the letter through, without once pausing or blenching;—read it as though it had been some strange romance of misery, not relating to herself at all. Olive A Novel All the country side, all the little Maryland villages and farmhouses blenched beneath that sound. The Long Roll The Cuban grew cold, under the burning sun, and, professional conspirator though he was, his face blenched. Plotting in Pirate Seas "The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders,—these are the masters of victory." Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Cornelia blenched, for no reason that she could think of; she could not gasp out the "Yes" that she tried to utter. The Coast of Bohemia Poor man after having during so many years escaped from the arrows and bullets of the Indians, he was fated to fall under the tomahawk, and his bones to blench upon the desert sands. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet His discipline was of the sternest, his censure a thing to make the boldest officer blench. The Long Roll Cracis was silent for a few moments, gazing searchingly into his visitor’s eyes, which met his frankly and without blenching. Marcus: the Young Centurion But not a man blenched as the rowers bent to their oars, gladdened by the feeling that the current was with them, as they sent the boat rapidly along for their last halting-place. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise The overseer took a step or two forward and grasped the chain, to stand holding it, gazing frowningly the while at Nic, who met his gaze without blenching. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land He gazed suspiciously at the young chief; but Ali did not blench in the slightest degree. Middy and Ensign Sir Francis stopped short and looked at him sternly without speaking, making the boy blench. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden He tried hard to look firmly in the captain’s face, but his eyes would blench. Marcus: the Young Centurion And when she did not blench, he began to accuse her as men were used to accuse their daughters in the bright days of the Sailor King. Clayhanger The others blenched—no word could they utter, nor one laugh laugh. . . . Browning's Heroines They made me blench with noise and stench, But more, I do believe, To know them gaining inch by inch The earth whereby we live. The Village Wife's Lament The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders,—these are the masters of victory. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune There was, I am sure, no blenching nor flinching from the encounter which seemed imminent. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' This word, sometimes confounded with ‘unblanched,’ is from blench, a causal of blink. Milton's Comus Dost thou think that I who have seen a town sacked, in which thousands perished by sword, by flood, and by fire, will blench from my purpose for the outcries of a single wretch? The Literary World Seventh Reader And yet he did not blench, nor would he; being half French and of good blood, at a time when good French blood ran the more generously for a half century of war. The Long Night Not one from danger blenches, They vie in skill and pluck And when they reach the trenches, We call them all Canuck. War Rhymes by Wayfarer Never yet was born Tresilyan who blenched from a challenge; so she answered at once to express “her sense of Mr. Fullarton’s kindness, and her regret that he had not come earlier in the evening.” Sword and Gown A Novel Yet deem not that I doubt of victory, Or place defeat or death before mine eye; It blenches not! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan “He blenches not! he blenches not!” cried Rebecca. The Literary World Seventh Reader Though she was still pale, she had recovered her composure and she met his gaze without blenching. The Long Night Burr blenched slightly, but neither the red signal nor its effect was observed by Mrs. Smith, who, glad to shift the task of entertaining Colonel Burr, introduced him to Mrs. Rosemary. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett In peace will I go to his bidding let the spae-wrights ban or bless; And no man now or hereafter of Volsung's blenching shall tell. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs I blenched, and she knew too well I wist The fearsome fate of the goblin tryst. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea “Foul craven!” exclaimed Ivanhoe; “does he blench from the helm when the wind blows highest?” The Literary World Seventh Reader With him went enthusiasm, the high-wrought resolve, the eye that without blenching could look at death. The Last Man Some were on their knees praying fervently, while other parties were singing hymns in voices which made the strongest-hearted among us blench. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben She thrust a hand up each jacket-sleeve, folding her arms, but she let the fierce wind smite her full in the face without blenching. The Portion of Labor His face was blenched, but something like a stricken purpose dwelt on it. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories Then I blench and break out Into a cold sweat. Berry And Co. For the first time she blenched a little. The Second Honeymoon Ledantec never blenched, and the judge presently continued— "You are the real author of the crime in Tinplate Street." The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood And so the tale was told; we sat there, we three, blenched and panic-stricken, gazing into each other’s eyes. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher He had thought the King might 'blench,' but he does much more. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Mrs. Wesley saw how they blenched and how she compelled them to steadiness; and turned her own away. Hetty Wesley He told her his fee, and she blenched, but paid it. Dangerous Ages He blenches not! he blenches not!" said Rebecca; "I see him now: he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbacan. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Her eyes still blenched at the remembrance of that day and night's anxiety which she had endured alone. The Moon out of Reach There too he determined to delay no longer: if the King should but blench, he knew his course. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot. Poems The man who dared make the attempt that Buller made must have had nerves of steel, and a soul that would not blench if ordered to storm the very gates of Hades. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front For an indignant instant Eve felt her seclusion unwarrantably violated; she turned upon the invader with her blushes, and the venturesome Luigi blenched before the gaze. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 He spoke very quietly, but there was something in the tense, hard-held tones before which she blenched—a note of intolerable fear. The Moon out of Reach To avoid discipline and to blench at pain is to evade life. Preaching and Paganism "Land sakes, Mr. Geoffrey!" and Mrs. Trapes actually blenched before the glare in his eyes that was so strangely at odds with his soft, lazy tones. The Definite Object A Romance of New York She never blenched a bit under the fire of glances fixed upon her. The Lost Lady of Lone The recruits were outnumbered at least five to one, but in such a desperate situation they did not blench. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad She knew this, yet she hung irresolute a while, blenching before the manual act, listening to the persistent rush and downpour of the rain. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France But though he asked himself this, he was wishing violently that she should care; he was hoarding up the announcement of his Sunday absence to spring upon her and make her blench. Married Life The True Romance She blenched at the force and fire of his unexpected onslaught, never dreaming how deeply her thrust had gone home. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The man in the doorway was tall and lean, and the prison blench upon his face was in unpleasant contrast to the ruddy tan of the faces about the table. Judith of the Plains I saw her blench: yet even while she bandaged me at my bidding, I did not arrive at understanding the folly—the cruel folly of that speech. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot; The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown,—yet faint thou not! The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics This only caused a growl of determination, and no one blenched or seemed disposed to shrink from the foremost exposure. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader He lavished all his hoard, full tale; They did not blench, they did not quail. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 I did not blench, and she said— 'Vary good. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Richard blenched, as if he had been struck with a whip. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Art thou so poor to blench at what thou hast done? The False One It did not blench, and I began to wonder if, after all, he might not be honest. The Princess Passes Death, which yesterday he would have blenched to behold, now beckoned him. The Truce of God But she blenched, meeting his eyes as be continued to nod. Hocken and Hunken Musa got closer to Mr. Ziegler, who did not blench nor cease from his humming. The Lion's Share The man who would blench at even two hundred yards of water, with waves even three inches high is totally, unworthy of the name of a British Seadog! A Dream of the North Sea What love that shall kiss my brow Nor blench at the brand thereof? The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse Nay more, Love will forgive anything: Did love demand it, love, though it might blush, would not blench. Hints for Lovers Loveday blenched before that searching gaze, the rare red burned in her cheek and her own eyes sank abashed. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly It had to be looked out on the map, but the chauffeur, trained to the hour, did not blench. The Lion's Share To have blenched for a moment would have been ruin. In the Wrong Paradise Her pinched features and over-wise eyes told a tale of suffering, and so did her high-pitched, quivering voice, as it made elfishly sharp remarks about the boys until they blenched before her. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Perchance, one and all, they would have blenched had the pinch but been severe enough. Sir Mortimer There was a brief pause, and he braced himself to face, without blenching, the thing that a moment before, his soldier's training notwithstanding, had turned him sick with horror. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories But in the representation of animals, as we shall afterwards observe, more care was taken in softening and blenching the colours, so as to produce a better representation of nature. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Not a cheek had blenched; not a hand had trembled; not a voice had been lifted to protest or counsel surrender, despite their meagre capacities for defense and their number, but a handful. The Frontiersmen Say, boys," said the guide, as he stalked along with his heavy load, never blenching, "if you want to get a pair o' moose-antlers, now's your time. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods He, however, blenched not a step, but, glancing his severe eye round the group, which half encompassed him, at last bent it sternly on Sir Edmund Andros. Twice Told Tales Once more we can take our rightful place among aggressive and well-groomed men; we can look in the face without blenching those human leviathans who are ever creased, razored, and white-margined as to vest. Mince Pie He blenched at hearing my voice, and strove to conceal the package beneath his arm. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 To attempt a rescue would have been madness; even the most reckless Town Major would have blenched at the idea; and the Regiment, in the comparative safety of their trench, could only look on helplessly. The Sunny Side The tone of it was so different from the woodsman's generally strong, happy-go-lucky manner of speech, that Dol blenched as if he had been struck. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Quailed not, nor blenched, while she, above the ire Of elemental ragings, dared aspire On victory's wings resplendently to soar. The California Birthday Book In contrast to this brown his sweeping white moustache and bushy eyebrows, blenched flaxen by the sun, showed strongly. The Rules of the Game She did not blench,—she did not change countenance. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I I understand you now; and I may tell you that the strongest characters blench in my presence, and submit to my domination. Back to Methuselah With thee, the devils could not so contrive That I would blench or falter from my love! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini The Countess, without blenching, gave the signal for what Sir Jee called the "adjournment" to the hall. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns She has blenched, and the skin that is drawn over the bones of her face like a shroud grows whiter every moment. Light He then held the terrible instrument suspended some moments over his head, during all which time he was seen neither to change his posture, move a muscle, or his countenance to blench. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Shall faith abjure her skies, Or pale probation blench her down To shrink from Truth so still, so lone Mid loud gregarious lies? John Marr and Other Poems "Oh!" said Helen, without blenching, "uncle would do as I wish." Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Fortunately she knew her duty, and did not blench. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns The light from the sky, pale as a dawn, had blenched the young girl's golden hair and turned the trace of a smile on her cheek into something like a wrinkle. Light Even the imperturbable man of the world in front of her momentarily blenched at the news. Mr. Prohack Sugarman blenched and skipped back and the line of fists wavered. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People They are ideal figures, speaking with a force and an elevation unknown in actual experience; they never blench, they never waver, but move adamantine to their doom. Landmarks in French Literature And if no beautiful and graceful young girl blenched on the stage, neither did the beautiful and graceful young girls in the audience blench. The Roll-Call But that blenching light is making the corpses shine like tombstones. Light "However—" The next instant he blenched once more. The Regent He had faced worse things without blenching, and he had not begun to feel the monotony that Capper had dreaded as his worst enemy. The Knave of Diamonds A sudden quiver shot over Lenoir's face at this order, and his cheek blenched under the tan; but he neither spoke nor resisted. In the Days of My Youth But he blenched, and all his presence of mind was needed to preserve a casual, cool demeanour. The Roll-Call The idea came to her that if she blenched then she would for all time forfeit his respect as well as her own. The Top of the World Though he had started jocularly, Edward Henry finished by blenching. The Regent Gallant boy! the beads of perspiration stand on his young brow, but there is no look of blenching! Nancy Cool, shrewd, adroit, wary and wily, never baffled, never off his guard and never bluffed; with a reserve of power and expedients always sufficient, with a courage that knew no blenching, he moved forward. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio The spectators were unanimous that neither had blenched. More Bywords She blenched a little in spite of herself. The Top of the World And women of a provincial town, who had led peaceful, cloistered lives, they did not blench or falter in the presence of ghastliness which only men are supposed to have the stoicism to witness. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Even so, and though her face betrayed trouble and some irresolution, she did not blench, but faced her accuser with a slowly rising passion that overcame her shyness. The Castle Inn The remaining troops of Bolívar were in their rear, traversing slowly the defile; and until they reached its mouth, that living wall of Anglo-Saxon valor neither stirred nor blenched. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 And more than all, he hungered to see some wavering of courage, some blenching from the thing to come. Alcatraz Tears from her eyes long used to weeping have blenched the coloring of her life existence, and she is passing through life with the shadow of the grave upon her desolate heart. Sowing and Reaping Ah, could I, could I backward turn The pages of that Book, How often would I blench and burn! Ballads of a Bohemian Others, I could not but remark. were scarce able to support his neighbourhood - Sir William eviting to be near him, Mountain dodging his eye, and, when he met it, blenching and halting in his story. Master of Ballantrae If that ye stammer or blench, or anyways boggle at the swearing, he will not believe you; and by the mass, he shall die. The Black Arrow And he set his teeth when he saw that Perris did not blench. Alcatraz He blenches not! he blenches not!" said Rebecca, "I see him now; he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbican. Ivanhoe I don't think I'm a coward, Mistress Blythe—I've looked an ugly death in the face more than once without blenching. Anne's House of Dreams In an instant the expectant calm of Westminster was ended, and the very Speaker in the chair blenched at the sound of the policemen's whistles. Ann Veronica, a modern love story Three years back you would have blenched at the name of murder. Merry Men Long and bitter was the battle, and the Burgers were fierce without head-strong folly, and the Wheat-wearers deemed that if they blenched now, they had something worse than death to look to. The Well at the World's End: a tale What thing are you that seeming man must blench at a little blood? Martin Conisby's Vengeance The violet ashen sheet clung to the furred soot of the chimney: you could still see the blenched letters. Mary Olivier: a Life Turl's face blenched ever so little, but he made no other sign of being startled. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Quietly she returned her gaze, nor blenched a moment. Weighed and Wanting He woke in a cold sweat and lay trembling, blenched with fear. The Forest Lovers The soul of the new comer blenches and shivers occasionally as he contemplates the grisly, crazy scene, and thinks of all that menaces the women at home. The Subterranean Brotherhood There are too many vulgar associations connected with it, to be adapted to the gentleness of His fixed purpose that blenched not, nor faltered, whatsoever came in the way. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Purcell, strong, dark-browed fellow that he was, wavered and blenched for a moment under the surprise of this audacious attack. The History of David Grieve Like Hamlet with the king at the play, "If he but blench, I know my course!" she said. Weighed and Wanting There grew to be a rather bleak look in his face, something blenched his blue eyes. The Forest Lovers If I could believe that we British were the bolder innovators, I should admit it without blenching; but observation and probability seem to me to point with one accord in the opposite direction. America To-day, Observations and Reflections And since he blenches away from the charge against these same revellers, consider if he may not have some good reason more than he cares to utter for letting the matter sleep. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day He saw her blench; saw fear stare from those dark eyes that could be so very bold. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The stunning truth fell on her; but, though she felt that all was lost, not a whit did she blench, but fronted them all as proudly as ever. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes She broke off, blenching at the abrupt change in his expression. The Vision of Desire The wild-rose and the elder, drenched With rain, made pale a misty place,— From which, as from a ghost, he blenched; He walking with averted face, And lips in desolation clenched. Poems Gabriel now, as his eye rested full upon that threatening brow and those burning eyes, was convinced that he saw before him the terrible Pierre Guillot, whose very name blenched his father's cheek. Lucretia — Complete Gabriel now, as his eye rested full upon that threatening brow and those burning eyes, was convinced that be saw before him the terrible Pierre Guillot, whose very name blenched his father's cheek. Lucretia — Volume 03 And the remarkable fact is that in no respect did she blench from the situation as she found it. Letters of Catherine Benincasa This blush, that burns my cheek, had long been past; These trembling limbs, that blench so from the light, Had gotten strength to bear me manfully. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. "I can loot the bazar," he burst out, without blenching. The Home and the World A shudder shook the boy's frame, and his face blenched. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 6. She had not been invited, and she had blenched every time she thought of it. We Can't Have Everything A holy man of considerable learning, Fra Raimondo was also of mild disposition, much inclined to sigh over dangers and blench before exposure. Letters of Catherine Benincasa Surprised, yet blenching not, Muskets were seized and shots at random fired E'en as they fled. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Bimala blenched inwardly at the figure, but tried not to show it. The Home and the World "Why—him, for sure!" said Diana suddenly, pointing at the narrow-eyed fellow who, blenching before her fierce look, turned to flee. Peregrine's Progress Let me behold thee then in thy bodily shape, if thou be'st indeed a fiend," replied the dying knight; "think not that I will blench from thee. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 But Dr. Cashmore no more blenched now than he had blenched at the puce garment. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Yet I blenched not, But helped you clean your musket, clasped your belt, And sent you forth, with many a cheery word. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. You marveled, not that he had endured it without blenching, but that he had endured it at all. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front She raised a haggard face, its youthful beauty distorted by horror, its pallid cheeks stained with mire, and I blenched before the look in these wide eyes. Peregrine's Progress He blenches not!—he blenches not!" said Rebecca, "I see him now, he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbican. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Winchesters and shotguns protruded from the line threateningly, but the mob came on as though it were going to press through, and determined faces blenched with excitement, but not with fear. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories Louisa had incontestably blenched, for the bizarre Sarah, who conserved in Brighton the inmost spirit of the Five Towns, had thought fit to tell the servants nothing whatever. Hilda Lessways The winter mountain night, Jackson's army, she did not fear; but the staring malicious world in the face of Aunt Perrine did make her woman's heart blench. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 But the Duchess spake not, nor blenched even when the dagger gleamed to strike—O sweet God of mercy, to strike! Beltane the Smith He looked at me in his superior sort of way, and observed without blenching that he was head of the House.' The Pothunters Tho’ cruel hands with mighty flail Have threshed us, yet we have not blenched: The sea of blood could naught prevail, That fire is burning, still unquenched. Songs of Labor and Other Poems How many different types of female character in different spheres of action it would show—the self-sacrificing mother, the tender and devoted wife, the benevolent matron, the heroine who blenched not in battle! Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" And at that she blenched but clung doggedly to his promise. The Awakening of Helena Richie How now—how now!" cried Giles; "do ye blench before this churlish carrion? Beltane the Smith Loyalty and obstinacy will look facts in the face and never blench, and every one remains truer to his social circle than to his private judgments. Without Prejudice Valiantly had the kindred fought there, and no man of them had blenched, and much had they won; but the way was perilous before them, for the foe was many and many. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale No craven blenching when the tattered Stars and Bars bear up in battle blast. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance But he neither for that, nor for aught else would blench one whit. Old French Romances For after all, in these new days, it could be no easy matter to find men whose minds were sterilized, who could face without blenching all the horrors of the capitalist regime! Love's Pilgrimage He looked at Julian as he spoke, much as he who proves a horse offers some object suddenly to his eyes, then watches to see if he starts or blenches from it. Peveril of the Peak I blenched at last—visibly suffered under his eye, and he liked it. "—that you tell your secret or be fastened to that post from noon, say, until the crocodiles make an end of you!" The Ivory Trail Even he might have blenched at the strange life-path fate would lead him over. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance I was not born a coward; I have seen Death near at hand, and face to face with death My spirit hath not blenched. Boris Godunov: a drama in verse He bore her scrutiny without blenching or even changing colour. Madame Midas The nearest and dearest may turn away in grief and horror, but the doctor blenches not. Friends and Neighbors As I knew he meant me no bodily harm, I did not blench. The Red Planet Whatever comes, I will not blench from the truth. Ruth All this inconsistency Seneca must have contemplated without blenching; and there is something touching in the serenity he preserved amidst the conflict that must have perpetually raged between his natural sense and his acquired principles. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits They both looked at one another steadily, but the white face of the woman did not blench before the scintillations of his eyes. Madame Midas She used his language, that would have been shocking to her ordinary moods, without blenching, and in their common agitation her mother accepted it as fit and becoming. Dr. Breen's Practice "Married her?" his brother gasped, blenching at the very thought. The Sea-Hawk Still the strong face did not blench, and still the scornful smile played about the thin lips. A Double Barrelled Detective Story People blenched at the thought of war; stocks fell; the attention of the whole world was arrested. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power Nay, Ellen, blench not thus away, And, mother, cease these signs, I pray; I meant not all my heat might say.— The Lady of the Lake I blench and withdraw on this side and on that. Essays — First Series She drew back into her chair, recoiling before him, and he saw horror leap to her eyes and blench her face. The Sea-Hawk So he said: “Give me the point and edges that I know, that I may smite myself therewith and not the foemen; for I have feared and blenched from the battle.” The House of the Wolfings Yet they made every churchman there blench, and the preacher changed the subject with all haste. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 The Prince of Noirbourg bade his beleaguered lieutenant not to lose heart: he himself never for a moment blenched in this trying hour of danger. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh They picked him up unconscious but alive, and for once Lord Wellington was seen to blench as he flung down from his horse to inquire the nature of O'Moy's hurt. The Snare Tressan fell back aghast, his face blenching to the lips; for if justice was at hand for her, as the Abbot said, then was justice at hand for him as well. Saint Martin's Summer The captain blenched, and fear entered his glance. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Susan herself felt how well her self-command was obeyed by every little muscle, and said to herself in her Spartan manner, "I can bear it without either wincing or blenching." Half a Life-Time Ago I will not blench—ah, say you lie! Polyeucte But she did not blench in the least, though she remembered whose words he was quoting. T. Tembarom Was he to blench and tremble at the mention of the name of a Court lackey out of Paris, who brought him a message from the Queen-Regent? Saint Martin's Summer He colored still more deeply, but meeting her searching gaze without blenching, he said, firmly and quietly: "She will always do what is right and noble, God bless her!" A Face Illumined And here the old harridan railed at me until the child whimpered for fear and even I blenched before the woman's fierce aspect and shrewish tongue. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Dr. Jessop passed the candle before them many times, once so close that it almost touched her face; but the full, quiet eyes, never blenched nor closed. John Halifax, Gentleman When the sun's rays slant down upon your grate, then the fire blanches and blenches, cowers, crumbles, and collapses. Yet Again "Can it be time already?" asked mademoiselle; yet a panic took her, and she blenched a little. Saint Martin's Summer Why blench if your conscience accuses you of no fault? The Prime Minister But now, and suddenly, she was before me again, this poor Spanish lady I had slain upon a time, wherefore I blenched and shrank from her coming. Black Bartlemy's Treasure The blood crept slowly back into his blenched face, and his glance grew in insolence, almost in menace. Captain Blood I thought that he would blench, but he did not. Under the Red Robe Terrified by that threat, Valerie had blenched, and had felt her spirit deserting her. Saint Martin's Summer I would not blench even if it did. The Prime Minister "No!" says I, and so bitterly-fierce that she blenched from me. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Colonel Bishop stood in the waist, his great face blenched to the colour of clay, his mouth loose, almost afraid to look at the sturdy ruffians who lounged about the shot-rack on the main hatch. Captain Blood Trent set his teeth hard, and he never blenched. A Millionaire of Yesterday He caught his breath with a sudden gasp and blenched a little. Saint Martin's Summer He blenched and swayed as in proximity to a loveliness beyond endurance. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story He blenched, and partially rose, unable to conceal his dismay. An Unsocial Socialist My antagonist faced me bravely, with no blenching of his sunburnt face and no flinching of his bold, blue eyes. The Adventures of Gerard And the highwayman endured the rope, as the practised gambler loses his estate, without blenching. A Book of Scoundrels But L’Olonnois did not blench: he told the men that audacity was their one hope, also that he would pistol the first who gave ground. Essays in Little The matter being afoot, keep your instruction And hold you ever to our special drift; Though sometimes you do blench from this to that As cause doth minister. Measure for Measure Patience herself, what goddess e'er she be, Doth lesser blench at suff'rance than I do. Troilus and Cressida The red walls of the farmhouse, the zinc roofs of the outbuildings, the stone walls of the kraals, all reflected the fierce sunlight, till the eye ached and blenched. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Anyhow I had begun to feel that if Braxton came in now I shouldn't blench nor falter. Seven Men Some things he had never yet talked about; it made his mind blench to think of talking about them. Soul of a Bishop As if by inspiration, she grasped the other’s band with a force which blenched the knuckles. Lair of the White Worm There can be no evasion To blench from this and to stand firm by honour. Troilus and Cressida Then answered Sigurd— "Ne'er shall I flee, Though thou wottest me fey; Never was I born for blenching, Thy loved rede will I Hold aright in my heart Even as long as I may live." The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda They agreed, and that they might blench the less at death, she gave them a draught of wine. The Danish History, Books I-IX There is an irrepressible gaiety of genius which enables it to bear the whole weight of the world's misery without blenching. Dark Lady of the Sonnets |
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