| 单词 | agonised |
| 例句 | Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road—a long, agonised wailing, as if from fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Go on; go on! Speak, I command you!” said Van Helsing in an agonised voice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I was agonised with the idea of the possibility that the reverse of this might happen. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z As I sat I heard a sound in the courtyard without—the agonised cry of a woman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z As I passed over he moved back, and his exclamation of horror, “Gott in Himmel!” needed no enforcement from his agonised face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Henceforth no effort of mine, no piteous cry or agonised entreaty, would make them even look at me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In its day, this adaptation of Nell Dunn’s stories for the Wednesday Play spot was notorious for its agonised abortion/miscarriage sequence; but there’s more to this than outrage. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Ten years later Edward Burra was using watercolour to very different effect, rendering the interior of a Mexican church in bloody, muddy tones complete with an agonised Christ. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z As his dad, Taylor looks agonised, face deeply incised with wrinkles and far older than his years. Submarine ? review 2011-03-17T15:00:01Z And yet there isn't the same agonised cultural studies industry around the issue of consuming films on TV. Peter Bradshaw on watching films in the digital age 2012-07-29T18:30:01Z In the face of my agonised dithering, they would launch fast, brute-force attacks – sometimes effective, sometimes foolhardy. The joys of being an absolute beginner – for life 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Coogan's Raymond meets his daughter's demise with an agonised show of remorse; yet his pained expression doesn't have you reaching for your hanky. Steve Coogan: forever Partridge? 2013-04-15T15:29:00Z Some listeners found a metaphor in the agonised jury deliberations in the recent Archers murder trial. From EastEnders to Outnumbered: how TV found drama in Brexit 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Landau is agonised, self-questioning and vulnerable, at once a kind of damaged father figure to Tucker and yet also perhaps someone who lets him down, like an errant son. A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, as the turret swings laboriously from this direction to that, it makes a sound so raw and agonised, it could drive a man insane. My hopes for peace 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z Steven Spielberg’s high-minded account of whistleblowing in the Watergate era, after the Washington Post agonised over the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Best films of 2018 so far 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z David O Russell's film puts the agonised story of Dicky – the hopeless drug-addict and screw-up – into the context of a hopeful, positive comeback story. High on Crack Street scores the hits despite The Fighter's fancy footwork 2011-02-02T15:24:32Z It is the face that everyone remembers: that unstinting close-up of the tear-riven visage of French actress Maria Falconetti, maintaining agonised composure as her Joan of Arc is consumed by flames before a braying mob. Europe in 25 films: the critics’ choice 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z He would have agonised over it, I'm sure, but in the end, his conscience would have been clear and he would have given the order for it to be done. Game of Thrones: season three, episode five – Kissed by Fire 2013-04-29T12:14:00Z Both Holden and Hawkins got superior billing, but this is Alec Guinness's film through and through: his thin, agonised face, as austere as a medieval saint's, burns out of the screen. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z Yet the inspired calculation of action and agonised human reaction is irresistible and inescapable. The Wages of Fear: No 8 2010-10-19T10:47:00Z The cartoon, published on Holocaust Memorial Day, shows Netanyahu wielding a long, sharp trowel and depicts agonised Palestinians bricked into the wall's structure. Murdoch apologises for Sunday Times' cartoon depicting Binyamin Netanyahu 2013-01-28T21:04:35Z A prequel, it shows us how Luther came to be so agonised by taking readers further into Mo Hayder territory than I for one wanted to go. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice ?reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:12Z So Partridge is a pitch-perfect rendering of all that is inadequate and agonising in the human condition rather than simply an inadequate and agonised member of this sorry race? Pass notes No 2,838: Alan Partridge 2010-08-30T19:00:00Z I agonised about it, but in the end I knew I had to leave. Are the Rolling Stones worth dying for? 2013-07-03T15:49:36Z Suddenly, screens begin showing nuclear explosions, and the giant, troubled face of J Robert Oppenheimer – the physicist who worked on the atomic bomb, then agonised over what he had created. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z “What would people think”, she agonised, “if they knew the Blonde Vegan was eating fish?” Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z As you walk around these immense, twisted stones, faces and agonised figures seem to rise to the surface. The story of British art: my 5,000 year hunt for treasure 2012-07-10T17:31:39Z In the previous few years, he had been agonised by injuries that were making continued top-flight competition an impossibility; the fragility of human bodies is always a particular agony for athletes of Bryant’s calibre. Kobe Bryant's Dear Basketball: a love letter to a sport that is now a poignant epitaph 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Traditionally glossed as his wakeup call for isolationist Americans, it also speaks of his own agonised wakefulness and weariness. Casablanca ? review 2012-02-09T22:30:02Z Now, there is just Turner's agonised monologue, muttered like an exceptionally lucid sleeptalker, and sometimes as if through clenched teeth or an appalling migraine. Film review: Perestroika 2010-09-02T21:49:00Z As the months progressed, I developed gestational diabetes, and agonised over the prospect of another premature birth. Raising a black son in the US: ‘He had never taken a breath, and I was already mourning him’ 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z Now in his late 70s, the British painter appears to have done away with the agonised journeys in paint his earlier small canvasses recorded. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z This process, however, turns out to be rather more agonised and difficult than Felix could ever have imagined. Forget-me-not 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z After much agonised deliberation, we've come up with our Booker dozen. Here's our Booker dozen ? what's yours? 2011-07-25T13:31:23Z I agonised and I performed sweeping U-turns across the American canon. The Great American Novelist tournament: the final 32 2012-07-23T15:19:53Z When Diana eventually bins him off, he “told nobody of my agonised thoughts except God”. For hire: the former royal hangers-on who are hounding Meghan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z It purports to be an account of what it is like to be prime minister and it succeeds, sometimes through agonised interior monologues, in conveying the pressures, fears and excitements. Peter Wilby: 'Anybody who studies Blair is forced to the conclusion that what is really at the core of him is Christianity' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z How else to frame this litany of false dawns and hubristic triumphs; ignominious collapses and agonised soul-searching? Where now for the British film industry? 2010-10-07T22:00:00Z I think I might campaign for Dickens at London Bridge to start with – an agonised Pip or a worried Nancy would definitely while away a few delays. Give us more literature on public transport 2010-08-16T13:55:00Z It was an agonised tribute to their long and tender marriage – and it could hardly be more different from the specious snapshot so glibly offered up by Ferguson. Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z "She brings to her role just the right mixture of glacial poise and agonised tension," says Henry Hitchings in the Evening Standard. What to say about ... Flare Path with Sienna Miller 2011-03-15T15:50:48Z Among them, the fact he's relieved millions around the UK from croaking that annual, agonised: "When?" Should Andy Murray receive a knighthood? 2013-07-14T08:09:02Z Its agonised dilemmas and wounds exist only to be resolved within a couple of hours. In a Better World ? review 2011-08-18T20:40:01Z "Have a blueberry muffin," he says in that agonised drawl, and flashes a goofy grin. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z The ambivalence towards the piece set in early, when Tchaikovsky himself - fearing he had exposed too much of his own sexual guilt in his portrait of Byron's agonised anti-hero - called it "abominable." Prom 48: LPO/Jurowski – review 2012-08-19T15:56:24Z But on this occasion they agonised at length about what should happen to Brooke after she’s forced to face herself in the mirror. Greta Gerwig: ‘I don't need a man. I would have done all this anyway' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Robert Murray was the reedy-sounding narrator opposite Mark Stone's finely agonised Faust. BBCSO/Sinaisky ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:48Z Looking agonised, he puts his forehead in his hand. Noah Baumbach: ‘Marriage Story illustrates that to take sides is folly’ 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Bogarde is lit and made up to look more of a drawn and haunted figure than he actually was – particularly so in the agonised and very shadowy scenes in which his wife confronts him. Dirk Bogarde's Victim shines a light on London's shadowy past 2011-08-08T09:42:02Z The film stars as an agonised George VI, who struggles to overcome his speech impediment with the help of an unorthodox Australian speech therapist, played by Geoffrey Rush. The King's Speech on course to wear Bafta crown 2011-01-18T19:44:17Z Nothing changes a son as much as seeing the folly and the frailty of a father – or of a counterfather, or even, inescapably, given Greene's agonised Catholicism, of the Father. The Man Within My Head by Pico Iyer – review 2012-06-15T21:55:03Z Also on display is a letter to George Eliot which shows she clearly did not approve that the novelist was not married to George Lewis and agonised about how to refer to her. Elizabeth Gaskell bicentenary marked with exhibition 2010-07-20T14:49:00Z Postlethwaite portrayed Guiseppe as a proud man, convinced of his moral rectitude, with all of the Troubles of Northern Ireland in his agonised face. Pete Postlethwaite obituary 2011-01-03T18:27:54Z Desperately uncomfortable in his skin, his gaze agonised and his manner raw, he is the outsider at every occasion. The Place prize; Mayerling – review 2013-04-27T23:05:52Z We have world-class writers, directors, actors and technicians but instead of cohesion and confidence there is agonised self-doubt. French films glow with confidence and culture. Ours should do the same 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Irresistible even to the hospital-phobic, this series demonstrates both the tenderness and – despite the agonised wails of the adult male patients – the abiding toughness of humans. TV highlights – 01/05/2013 2013-05-01T05:59:01Z Incidentally, it was notable how many of Robinson’s high-profile supporters – even extreme fattists such as Hopkins – affected agonised concern about his weight. The dark stars of the far right compete to bask in the glory of Tommy Robinson 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Such agonised self-consciousness is an endearing feature of these journals, spanning more than 50 years and including personal material that hasn't appeared before. Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939-1995, edited by Lara Feigel and John Sutherland, with Natasha Spender – review 2012-08-03T21:55:00Z Sienna Miller looks suitably strained, tense and taut as the agonised Patricia and James Purefoy admirably conveys the sense of exclusion felt by the movie star caught up in wartime action. Flare Path ? review 2011-03-13T14:33:52Z "In the weeks that followed she agonised about the process itself but also about the effect it was going to have on the defendant," he added. Rapist Edward Weeks jailed after victim kills herself 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Matt Hancock and his staff agonised for hours over whether or not he broke Covid guidance when he kissed his aide, leaked messages in the Telegraph show, Matt Hancock's reaction to photo of kiss with aide revealed in text leak 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z "It affected me so much that I agonised over my future," said McCarthy. McCarthy 'thought about walking away from rugby' 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z But she agonised over the fate of her own parents, who lived on the outskirts of Mariupol. Mariupol: Driving into the 'apocalypse' to save mum and dad 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Sangorski agonised over every detail, at one point borrowing a human skull so he could accurately depict it in his artistic vision. The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z As China's debt-laden No. 2 property developer lurched from one crisis to another in recent months its creditors, investors, suppliers, and bankers agonised over its fate with little hope on the horizon. Analysis: Evergrande to speed up asset sales as hopes swirl about gov't lifeline 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z As China’s debt-laden No. 2 property developer lurched from one crisis to another in recent months its creditors, investors, suppliers, and bankers agonised over its fate with little hope on the horizon. Analysis-Evergrande to speed up asset sales as hopes swirl about gov't lifeline 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Many of the subsequent delays were political, as the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government agonised over nuclear power and haggled with EDF over the price. Hinkley C: Hundreds more needed to finish nuclear power station 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z He was then comatose for weeks and weeks on end, as doctors agonised over his treatment. Vietnam's British patient: 'I'd be dead in any other country' 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Never one to seek the spotlight, Trevor Carlin even agonised long and hard before allowing the motor racing team he founded to bear his name. The motor sport talent spotter: 'I get a fantastic gut feeling about people' 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z As China's debt-laden No. 2 property developer lurched from one crisis to another in recent months its creditors, investors, suppliers, and bankers agonised over its fate with little hope on the horizon. Analysis: Evergrande to speed up asset sales as hopes swirl about gov't lifeline 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z For nearly two-thirds of my life, I've agonised over germs, how they can be transferred, and how I can keep them at bay. Coronavirus and OCD: 'I spent 20 years preparing for this' 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z In the New York Times, a white reviewer agonised over whether it was her place to review such a book at all. American Dirt’s problem is bad writing, not cultural appropriation | Nesrine Malik 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Long since George Monbiot tellingly compared offsetting with the medieval sale of indulgences, their popularity as a flygskam cure seems undimmed, including among the most prominently agonised. If only saving the planet was as easy as planting a tree before speeding off in our SUVs | Catherine Bennett 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z He had clearly never heard the scourging din of Scentless Apprentice, on which Cobain’s agonised screaming of the seemingly innocuous phrase offers a deeply disturbing insight into the singer’s post-fame state of mind. Nirvana's 20 greatest songs – ranked! 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Suffice it to say that it doesn’t exactly boost morale to be greeted by an endless string of indignant, agonised, horror-movie-outtake variations on “How did you get this number?” all the livelong day. My dispiriting, infuriating – and illuminating – time as a political telemarketer 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z I agonised over whether to leave that time. I did not get back in time to hear what my father had to say. I’m hoping it was ‘I love you’ | Anna Sublet 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z "I make cameos in my films as dying animals," reveals the 41-year-old, who follows up his chilling leporine screech with the agonised low moan he gave an expiring deer in his previous directorial effort. Why Get Out creator finds rabbits scary 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z When it emerged that the suspect behind the Christchurch mosque shootings was an Australian, it set the stage for some agonised soul-searching in his homeland. Australia's moment of hate speech reckoning 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z "I really agonised about asking her - I didn't want to upset her, but I also thought that I couldn't let her die and not have some questions answered because I knew I'd always regret it." The Christmas present that could tear your family apart 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z According to reporting in the Post and elsewhere, the Obama administration agonised over whether to divulge the alleged operations. All you need to know about Trump Russia story 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Now 47, Shapoor abandoned his military uniform and decorations in 2000, fleeing from an Afghanistan agonised by a war that continues to claim civilian victims. No, Mr Salvini, migrants and refugees are not a burden – a photo essay 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The first time Donald Trump tweeted about Africa, he agonised over white people. While Trump tweets about white farmers, indigenous peoples face annihilation | Raj Patel 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Worried that he faced arrest for bank fraud and federal campaign finance violations, he reportedly agonised over the weekend before deciding to plead guilty. There’s only one cure for the cancer of Trump’s presidency | Jill Abramson 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z He agonised Wednesday night and all of Thursday about his capacity to compete in best-of-five-set matches at the highest level over the next fortnight. Andy Murray will face Benoît Paire in Wimbledon first round – if he plays 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z But nowhere was it taken harder than in England, where the vote dominated headlines for weeks, and all conversation on the topic was reduced to agonised soul-searching, finger-pointing and anguished gnashing of teeth. How Russia won the World Cup 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Then there is his agonised epiphany at understanding the word longing in his thwarted desire for a blonde “shikse”. ‘Savagely funny and bitingly honest’ – 12 writers on their favourite Philip Roth novels 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Is the French president - the newspaper agonised between the lines - poised to replace Mrs Merkel as the leader to call in Europe? Merkel visits Trump - so will she envy Macron's bromance? 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z "We agonised long and hard over it, but we did allow it," he said. Was changing Ordeal by Innocence right? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He will have no say in the agonised discussions to follow, except as collateral evidence. Boxers know the risks and their bravery is in continuing to take them | Kevin Mitchell 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z He has agonised in silence, bound for 50 years by the official secrets provisions he had to sign as a naval radio operator. Voyager disaster: 'The coxswain said "Sorry lads, we're done for" and sang Abide With Me' 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Even classical liberals who were most insistent on removing constraints on individual freedom agonised about atomisation. Liberalism is the most successful idea of the past 400 years 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z For Trump, his only solution is a agonised ripping of the social order. The Upstart Saudi Prince Who’s Throwing Caution to the Winds 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z He said he heard what sounded like "foxes fighting" and then realised it was someone shouting "help me" in an "agonised" way. Acid attack victim 'wanted to die' 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Adam Reynolds, 34, a banker from Kentucky, and his wife Ann, 31, a nurse, agonised about going to the pool. 'This isn't supposed to happen here': hush falls over Las Vegas after shooting 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Above all, both artists portray the human body in a way that is simultaneously sexual and agonised. 'He took sex to the point of oblivion': Tracey Emin on her hero Egon Schiele 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Guardiola, in particular, appears to lead an agonised existence in his technical area. Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Denied painkillers and adequate medical treatment, his slow, agonised death brought the stark privation of Australia’s offshore detention regime to renewed international attention. Death in detention: ‘I'd give everything to have him back’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z His mother agonised for years over what had happened to her missing son. 'I thought I was smarter than almost everybody': my double life as a KGB agent 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Watson also revealed how he agonised over the decision to come back to professional sport and some of his experiences away from the game. Essendon's Jobe Watson's returns to AFL with 'feminist' cap - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z There was a time when Eurosceptics agonised about “sovereignty”, sounding like the jurists and lawyers that many of them were. Brexit: how a fringe idea took hold of the Tory party | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z And yet he – it’s usually a he – is also more agonised and contested than ever. Comic book superheroes: the gods of modern mythology 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z There are eldritch screams, agonised physical contortions, highly formal enunciations of speeches and stage directions alike. Isabelle Huppert: ‘I’d love to work with Woody Allen or Noah Baumbach’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The opposition agonised for days over whether to attend the Geneva talks, and did so only under heavy pressure from the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia. Russian airstrikes threaten Syria peace talks, opposition says 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In the aftermath, amid the “unified agonised outcry” over a “terrible crime” that robbed so many of family and friends, “there could so easily have been demonstrations of anger,” he said. UK comes to standstill as it marks 10 years since 7/7 attacks 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z It was a decision he had agonised over and he backed British troops once the invasion was under way. The Charles Kennedy Story - BBC News 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Her face when she spanks a forehand long on the next point is a picture of agonised frustration. Serena Williams v Victoria Azarenka: French Open 2015 – as it happened | Les Roopanarine 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Remember all the five agonised days of frantic high-pressure negotiations as politicians scurried furtively around Westminster sounding out their potential partners? Next government could be a long time coming 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z This is the cue for an argument that cuts through attitudes like a cheese wire: mirth and derision at political correctness on the one hand, and agonised uncertainty from everyone else. The Tom and Jerry racism warning is a reminder about diversity in modern storytelling 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Then there are the "agonised noes", as I would describe the woman who told me she thought the status quo rotten but independence too risky. Scottish referendum: this is the hardest campaign I have ever had to call 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z The 34-year-old, who captained England during the disappointing World Cup campaign, said he had “agonised” over the decision since returning from Brazil. England captain Steven Gerrard retires from international football 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Her face when she spanks a forehand long on the next point is a picture of agonised frustration. Serena Williams v Victoria Azarenka: French Open 2015 – as it happened | Les Roopanarine 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z I left him and had a termination, which I agonised over for weeks because I had been so happy to be pregnant, and had already named the baby. I have struggled with depression and anxiety – it doesn't have to be the end 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The latest horrors produced more agonised hand-wringing, but no sign that Italian or European Union leaders are any closer to agreeing what should be done. Tidal wave 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It allows time for agonised thinking, not least on the long walk from the team’s huddle towards the goal. The English disease 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But said that while he had "agonised" over the decision, the monarch was not prepared to meet the royal couple for only 90 minutes. Maori king refuses royal meeting 2014-03-04T18:09:37Z Why is it so important for him that we are not constantly living in agonised expectation that the price of debt is about to surge? Forward guidance to be modified 2014-02-07T17:29:42Z This agonised process for just one sector indicates just how hard it will be to get a global deal on greenhouse gas emissions that the UN expects in 2020. EU hails global green tax on flights 2013-10-07T13:03:52Z The Camus/Sartre antagonism played into the agonised national conversation about the extraordinary violence of the Algerian war. When philosophers attack! 2013-09-21T00:33:58Z So when Sarah fell for Tom, she agonised over how to tell Chris. How does a polyamorous relationship between four people work? 2013-08-19T00:09:42Z Privately, he had agonised about the empty days ahead after leaving football. The A to Z of Sir Alex Ferguson 2013-05-12T10:30:01Z Her strategists still agonised over how to present her to the public. Hillary Clinton's long journey 2013-02-01T10:20:17Z "I agonised over the decision," said the right-hander. Yankees, Red Sox chase Japanese high school pitcher 2012-10-22T04:45:01Z He registered the tangled knot of grief turning slowly inside me and agonised over it; but, as if unsure about how to demonstrate his understanding, he was unable to speak to me about it. Decoding Dad's black-and-white world 2012-08-17T23:04:01Z When a move failed, one of the women constantly let out a huge cry of "Grrrr" in agonised frustration. Theatre critic Michael Billington reviews the GB Olympics women's fencing team 2012-07-15T18:10:01Z The main image that appears on broadsheet and tabloid alike was the agonised look of the Duchess of Cambridge, as she watched Andy Murray in Wimbledon action on Wednesday. Diamond deflects MP inquisition 2012-07-05T06:03:40Z He pulls a mock-fretful face, mouths an agonised: 'Am I all right?' Henry Cecil back in fashion as Frankel takes real flair to Royal Ascot 2012-06-17T16:38:53Z The novel's dramatic tension centres around the tug between Kate and Jack's drive to be world-beaters at track cycling, and their agonised attempts to deal with their daughter's illness. Gold by Chris Cleave – review 2012-06-02T23:05:05Z There are massive, agonised monuments everywhere: to the dead of the Warsaw Uprising, to the fallen and murdered in the east, the martyrs of Katyn. Euro 2012: antisemitic echoes that threaten celebration of football 2012-06-02T22:43:01Z Politicians fretted about how Job Centres would cope with queues of venture capitalists and City lawyers, and agonised over the plight of "the squeezed middle" or the travails of poor old "alarm-clock Britain". We did socialism and capitalism, and we're still in a mess. But there is hope 2012-06-01T18:00:00Z Here it expresses the tragedy of the poet's life, and a second theme is his agonised cry. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Yet the Dutchman is also remembered for the niggles, the strains and the agonised facial expressions as he winced in pain while prone on or hobbling from the turf. Arjen Robben: 'This feels like the only trophy that is missing' 2012-05-17T21:30:03Z He thought his agonised effort would never end.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z With what feelings must he have seen the agonised face of his father as he turned to bind him and as he learned that he must prepare not to sacrifice but to be sacrificed. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z The voice that came to him through the closed door was agonised. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z A brief pause, during which his eyes are fixed with agonised intensity on her head, a fact of which she is painfully conscious, though her own are riveted on the page before her. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The soul might lie dissolved in pleasure, or be agonised with woe; but the impulses of feeling, in order to excite passion, desire, or will, must be first communicated to some other faculty. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z "Prayers, the pleadings of an agonised, breaking heart may be vain—in vain—was vain, young man, for I tried it," replied Goody Grey, her voice suddenly changing from fierceness to mournful sadness. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z But there was no need; he looked in her face and understood the mute anguish, the agonised look of her eyes. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z There were agonised cries from women in the crowd. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The narrow meeting-house was crammed with villagers attracted by the loud and unusual noises, and affected by the agonised looks and gestures, of their neighbours. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The girl glanced in agonised appeal at the old man sitting motionless in his chair, his eyes on the ground. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Why are such agonised, visceral works of art so highly sought-after? Munch?s Scream and the art of anguish 2012-02-24T00:57:36Z But the call on him was sudden, and he sought, with an agonised mind, for one which would seem in the least degree novel. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Heavens!" she exclaimed in an agonised whisper, "Dad is bringing him in to lunch! A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Everything that breathes the breath of life has its moments of agony, and these were the throes that agonised Photography in that fell epoch of her history. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z His lips moved and his rescuer leaned forward to catch the hoarse, agonised whisper that came from them. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The agonised victim of a joke wore a pitched cap upon his head, which was set ablaze and was grilling his living brains. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "Oh, Miss Sibson," came from the corner in an agonised whisper, "please may I go?" Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He tried agonisedly to find one argument against it and could find none. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z "For my own sake I will keep you," he smiled, and looked gloatingly down at her beautiful, agonised countenance, with its wonderful eyes gazing imploringly at him, and the sensitive mouth a-quiver. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z "Oh, they are for—for different sorts of ground," Amanda explained feebly; and she cast an agonised glance at our driver, who had obviously overheard, and was chuckling in an offensive manner. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z Her eyes were resting upon him with a look of agonised appeal. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z But she only succeeded in shifting their weight from one part of his body to another, and under his agonised expostulations soon desisted. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "I will," said the agonised father, and kneeling down on the blackened earth, while bending over one child already dead, and another almost ready to expire, he cried unto God for help and mercy. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z "Oh, let's have an end of this," he said, with agonised impatience. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z This kindness from a stranger, in some degree, restored tranquillity to his agonised feelings. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z And the girl interrupted him with an agonised cry. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The words greeted her ears directly she entered the bedroom upstairs, and the dark eyes of the woman in the bed looked at her, with agonised questioning and dread. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z What a wild, agonised picture of passion and asceticism! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z He darted an agonised appealing glance at Manasseh, who sniggered inscrutably. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Forget who can the agonised impatience bolted and Chubb-locked in the breast of that lonely bachelor, but expressed in his folded arms and upturned face. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z "I could not help it," said this poor victim of early habit, in an agonised voice. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Now again, from far up that long gleaming triangle, came the raucous, agonised appeal for aid, this time quite distinctly audible. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Leaving the tired Hottentot to squat over the fire, she paced frantically up and down near the waggon, turning over impossible projects in her agonised mind. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z She looked at him with agonised, imploring face, which mutely prayed him to try and understand her; and there came slowly into his sunken eyes a vague intelligence and a dim, dim smile. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z My hostess, Mrs. Jeremiah Donovan, was a handsome young woman, tall, fair, and flushed, agonised with hospitality, shy to ferocity. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z One agonised shudder from each, then all was still. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Sirs, sirs!" he gasped, in an agonised whisper, "it is not good. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z I knew in a moment that that agonised cry came from a human throat, and headlong from my kartel I dashed. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z We are in an agonised tension at the sight, as if behind all this were hidden some hostile element, before which all must fly, and against which the abyss alone gave protection. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Following on this came a period of oblivion, and then an agonised recovery. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z I stood still again and again, agonised by the sound, and now I cannot imagine how I resisted it. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The sight of his twitching face and agonised eyes remained with Blair for many a day. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Again and again were they most cruelly tortured–but in all essentials, though ever and anon they wrung some sort of agonised denial from his lips, Savonarola's testimony as to his divine mission was unshaken. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z There was no answer to his agonised mental inquiry. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Small though the loopholes were, spears were several times thrust through, and as each of them was poisoned, a single scratch would have resulted in the agonised death of the receiver. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z One Sunday morning a message came to me before the service from an agonised mother: "Pray for my child: the doctor has been and gives no hope." In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen 2011-09-23T02:00:24.177Z But the agonised violinist suddenly made one stroke of the bow, such a mad despairing stroke, that his chains fell rattling from him, and his mysterious assistant and the other foul mocking forms vanished. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The little bird gave an agonised chirp, dropped like a stone to the ground, and changed into Dulcie, affrighted and panting for breath. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Round the aerodrome the loaded car jolted and bumped, going as fast as the driver could make it, glittering with the fire-extinguishers held by the agonised white-faced passengers. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Her heart was still too full of wrath, of surprise, of agonised, impotent rage, at the happenings of the last two hours. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z As she sang, an agonised expression came over her face, her limbs trembled, her efforts became more and more painful. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z His lips twisted as with some agonised effort to produce words from a lacerated throat. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The girl could only look at her with agonised eyes. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Certain circumstances of the affair, circumstances of quite an everyday nature, though they had appeared to the amazed and agonised sister incredible, had roused a good deal of public sympathy with Jack Oglander. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z She took the rough, blackened hand in hers, and he murmured 'Mutter,' in a voice full of agonised longing and entreaty. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z And then the agonised pleading: "O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death." My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Feeling for the hoops of the cart-hood I very slowly dragged my agonised limbs upwards, until my head touched the top of the hood. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z For in its window is a row of tiny corpses—birds, raw, red, with agonised plucked little throats, the throats through which the sweet notes came. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z It seemed to me to express deep perplexity and almost agonised helplessness. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z All her imagination was concentrated on Sylvia—her sanguine, happy arrival, the morning's long agony, her hopeless, agonised departure. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z She had sung a song her mother had been fond of, and in the mind of the widowed man all the past had leapt into agonised distinctness. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z He remembered her white and agonised look when he had thrust her from the door of Craig's house and bade her run. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z His agonised eyes, fear-stricken, glinted white in the moonlight, and there was foam on his jowl. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z There was a moment of ludicrous but agonised suspense! Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z He was silent, solemn, and though a rare smile might come to his lips, it never reached his eyes; but that expression of brooding thought, of agonised conflict, had left him. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z In a swift moment of agonised apprehension he knew also that there had always been an element of insecurity in those very hopes and purposes on which he had set his heart so eagerly. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z It had pierced, as with a fiery sword, the torpor which had unwrapped his love with its protecting armour and that love had awaked to agonised consciousness, vivified and intensified. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z One minute of deep agonised silence, one brief struggle, and then the proud young head bowed humbly before the Abbot--"Punish me, my father--I had indeed forgotten myself." The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Quick! stop him!” she gasped, with an agonised look. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z At these words an agonised cry burst from the woman's heart; she caught up the boy and covered him with tears and kisses, crying: "I will go--I will go!" For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Juggins!" he wheezed in an agonised whisper, "I am a poor native Indian, totally unpractised in Derby riding. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z The sound sent to his soul the first agonised stab of futility. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z An endless term of waiting in motionless patience ensued, and the agonised watcher felt the dull silence around like the influence of a petrifying basilisk, slowly tormenting its victim to death. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The monotony of an uneventful day was only broken by the occasional rubbing of Esau’s back, amidst the victim’s agonised appeals for mercy, as he thinks it is rubbed away to the bone. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z "What is it?" they inquired, and the Jew, taking in the situation, endeavoured to free the agonised messenger from the captain's powerful grasp. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z At last the Rector raised his eyes, and as he met his wife’s agonised look, he smiled gently, and then bent over her and kissed her brow. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z As she fought with herself through the long night hours, distraught yet tearless, it came to her with agonised reiteration that the resolve marked the end for her of all that makes life young. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z It was the agonised cry of his frightened heart for the one only being who had ever loved him, and whom God had removed from him. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z At length he could endure it no longer and sank to the ground with an agonised groan. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Facing outward they faced him, and seemed to take on a forced and painful grin, as though still wearing the expression of an agonised death. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The Rev. Eli Mallow rose slowly from his seat, and, with an agonised look in his face, walked up and down the room for some time before sinking back into his chair. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z “They may ride off again,” said he, in an agonised whisper, to his more patient comrade. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z When Oluski first saw it, he uttered an exclamation of agonised anger, at the same time clutching hold of Wacora’s arm; but for its friendly support he had fallen to the ground. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Corpses, many of them horribly hacked, lay in every attitude of agonised contortion, and great smears of blood spattered the canvas of the tents, as also the dirty-white garments of the assailants. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z A tall black fiend armed with a great curved knife had stepped to the side of the victim, whose agonised, livid, terror-stricken face was sufficient to haunt Wagram to his dying day. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z For he had forgotten his wounded shoulder, and, starting up suddenly on that elbow, an agonised groan was the result. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z At last only a few yards remained, and with agonised faces Baby Jane's team looked for the last fatal kick. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z He destroyed birds' nests, and cut the little unfledged ones in pieces, before the eyes of their agonised parents. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z "Heaven have mercy upon me!" exclaimed the agonised girl, dropping upon her knees. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z It was not a frightened face—it was the face of one who had been agonised, but it was also a face of great perplexity. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z From a smaller enclosure a few yards away to the right came a chorus of agonised appeals for milk from the waiting calves. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Rupert was about to speak to the boy who stood silently before the closed door, when he heard a long agonised scream within the house. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Tressa was standing very straight and still in a strange, supple, agonised attitude, her left forearm across her eyes, her right hand clenched, her slender body slightly twisted to the left. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z With open robes and bodies agonised, Lost women writhed beneath that darkling sky; There were sounds as of victims sacrificed: Behind him all the dark was one long cry. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z There was something grimly foreboding about those agonised calls sent out to the world for perhaps twenty minutes, and then—silence, nothing more. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Koos took this for the torch of a tracking fiend, and again rushed forward with a scream of agonised dismay. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Our mother lay on the floor, Bettina standing over her, agonised, helpless. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z And in that space of time her agonised soul had touched all depths. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Such unknowns contributed to making setting tuition fees the hardest decision so far, said Dr David Mackintosh, the deputy vice chancellor of Kingston University, who said most institutions "agonised" over the issue. 'Unparalleled uncertainty' 2011-05-13T23:08:54Z While she was engaged on this strange, painful pilgrimage, there welled up in Katty's heart a flood of agonised regret and resentment. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Was it the agonised accents that moved her? The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Once more then sat the Secret Conclave; and once more went forth the edict for this fresh spark of Liberty, that had sprung up in agonised Italy, to be stifled like the rest. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z No," she burst out in an agonised voice, "it is not in God's hands! The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Not least the fact seems likely to be, if not the most important England player of the next decade, then perhaps the most tantalising and easily agonised over. England's Andy Carroll is not the first with a thirst for success 2011-04-01T23:06:09Z He had discovered that she shrank with a kind of agonised horror from the ordeal, and he had begged Lord St. Amant to join him in trying to spare her. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z But to rear up and try again and again, all the while giving utterance to wild, agonised neighs—very screams. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z With agonised heart he urged on the pursuit, joining his appeal to that already made by the young Englishman. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z "Let us go back and rejoin our bodies!" cried Djamouk in an agonised voice. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z It terrified me, though afterwards on recalling it, it seemed to me that it might have been more a look of agonised appeal than of menace of any kind. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z He wandered restlessly in and out of the house, and though he never mentioned Laura, his mother knew that he was missing her with an almost agonised sense of loss. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z I lay under the bed for an hour—stifling—agonised. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Her eyes drop despairingly from his face, not gaining the assent they have so agonisedly asked for; and she struggles dizzily to her feet. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Before I overtook the women, I heard the agonised cries of my dear boy, my darling William, in the paws of that horrible monster. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z His face grew agonised as he spoke; and he rose hastily and kissed Louise. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z There are tears upon her face— Tears newly shed, and scarcely dried: Close, in an agonised embrace, She clasps the infant at her side. Three Sunsets and Other Poems 2011-03-08T03:00:46.420Z Alas! he never knew what that agonised sound was like, but I did, and I have never forgotten it, and I never shall. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z There is no trace of rouge on her pinched cheeks; nor any vestige of black, save that painted there by agonised vigils, under her hopeless eyes. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The mutilated man pressed upon him, and it was only the almost tangible darkness which prolonged his life for a few more agonised seconds. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Then, with an agonised look up at him as she clung to his hands, “He will not help them?” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z But again a sound from overhead stopped us—a quick step across the floor, the opening of a door, and then a scream so shrill, so agonised, that it made my heart stand still. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z After an agonised pause he said: 'Tell me, Hannah, is there nothing I can do to make atonement to thee?' The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Again the cards were dealt and O'Hara bet the limit; and the Earl of Dankmere came back with an agonised burst of chips that scared out Lacy and Sir Charles and left Quarren thinking. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Busy people are whispering there anxiously, but the principal sound that is heard is an agonised gasping for breath. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z The waterman wishes to relieve him, agonised by the thought that his sweetheart, who has passed unscathed, as it were, through the very gates of death, may after all be dead! Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z “It can—they have,” is the agonised answer, as the sounds of the chase come fainter from the forest. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z He was interrupted by a bellowing scream from his companion, an agonised cry of fright. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z “I have already told you that I will not harm you,” replied the Unknown, in a more gentle tone, gazing at her agonised and altered features. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z On the plane back from Mexico he agonised over how to break the news to the ferocious England manager, Alf Ramsey. Harry Pearson: The art of ruling oneself out 2011-02-04T00:06:00Z Feeling and not manner would naturally have prompted that abrupt, agonised supplication and threat. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z With eyes set in agonised suspense, and ears also; Lena listens, too, to hear what her father may say. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z I found myself stammering, with a look of agonised deprecation and apology at him. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z It was fully turned towards her now, and she saw that it was ashy pale, and, like his voice, betrayed an agonised tension of feeling. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z There were sombre philosophers, who agonised over the world's pain, wore very long hair and monstrous neckties. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z In a stifled, agonised voice the boy implored: ‘I want to go back to father.’ Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z That scornful laugh at parting precluded all hope: though in his agonised struggle he begged aloud for mercy, calling upon Pierre Robideau by name. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Tuition fee protesters burned effigies of the Liberal Democrat leader His parliamentary party split, his ministers agonised, and students cried betrayal, taking to the streets to protest and attack the police. Landale Online 2010-12-27T09:56:28Z The moment before she had confronted us, a silent agonised woman; now her words rattled forth with such feverish volubility we scarcely knew her. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z “Shoot, Se�or; for the love of all the Saints; shoot them dead; they are bad men,” he gasped in an agonised voice. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Their hearts melted with compassion for the agonised parents, and they declared that the son must be a rascal to cause them so much suffering. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Then the poor girl sank down in the rocky niche where she had climbed first, and burst into an agonised fit of weeping. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z The pain subsided, but worse followed; a dreadful cough, that never ceased—a long, agonised struggle against a slow drowning of the lungs. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z I felt my heart swell at her piteous, her agonised expression. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z Dimly I distinguished Derry's face—young, faithful, agonised, interceding for his lovelier self.... The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Today both of us agonised throughout another final day of the season that will cause the pain to linger a long time. Pain and pride for Somerset nearly men 2010-09-16T20:02:00Z Shrewdly, rather than focus exclusively on the play where Afghanistan collapse to 42-7 chasing only 80 to win the camera concentrates on the agonised, and eventually ecstatic, reactions of those on the boundary-side. Andy Bull: The amazing story of Afghanistan cricket 2010-07-20T14:06:00Z How Green must have agonised as he considered the scene from the bench. Dominic Fifield: James is one bright note at least 2010-06-18T20:53:00Z The most obvious is that of an agonised Rob Green scrambling helplessly back towards his line as the loose ball dribbles into the net. World Cup 2010: Jamie Carragher quick to deny lack of pace a problem 2010-06-14T23:06:00Z While the clash had appeared innocuous, Ferdinand's agonised scream immediately alerted those present to the gravity of the incident. Ferdinand out of 2010 World Cup as curse of captain strikes 2010-06-04T22:00:00Z At Flushing Meadows on 12 September, she hit a nadir not touched upon by King but agonised over by the media. Serena Williams seeks serenity but is not afraid to face her foes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Cook admitted to a sleepless night as he agonised over the balance of England's attack and admitted that he had wanted the security of a sixth specialist batsman. 10-wicket Swann sinks Bangladesh 2010-03-16T08:33:00Z Again he saw nothing but the blood-red vapour of his fury, and through it a pair of widely opened eyes staring up at him in agonised terror. The Undying Past For Heaven's sake, Marion," said her agonised lover, "tell me, tell me at once what you mean, and do not torture me longer with this strange and unintelligible conduct. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 As he finished, he hung his head over the chair, and covered his face with his hands, to hide from me his agonised face. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 He saw the carriage twice in the Park, and bowed, to obtain a cold recognition from her ladyship the first time, the cut direct from her the second time, and an agonised look from Maude. Lady Maude's Mania She moaned out long, agonised sighs; she seemed to turn away in pride, ignoring him; she seemed to face him again, not defiant. The Unknown Sea Distressing information!" said Madame d'Harville to herself; then she suddenly shrieked out, in agonised accents, "My daughter, my daughter, my daughter, perhaps! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 "I am going to get out!" said she in an agonised voice. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico She who would have yielded her life for him could only watch him drifting downwards with an agonised sense of her helplessness. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel I did not know what to answer, and gazed upon her in astonishment for some minutes, when suddenly her face grew agonised, and she manifested symptoms of impatience. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The agonised cry now was no effort to waken deaf ears; it called after Christian himself, gone past reach of her remorse into unknown night. The Unknown Sea In these verses the outcast sons of good families, the "gentlemen-rankers," dwell together in an agonised companionship of common loneliness. The Sources Of Religious Insight White hands were lifted, and sparkling eyes rolled themselves in agonised protest. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Under the three swinging candles, upon the altar-like stone, the grey beard and the agonised little man played at poker. Last Words He came toward her stealthily, moving more swiftly as she put the stone basin of the pool between them and cast an agonised glance up at the distant terrace. The Moonlit Way This weariness, this irritation, this disgust belonged to life rather than to death; it was a sharp longing to escape from consciousness of Kitty—Kitty, alert and agonised in her suspicion. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Her agonised touch, the expression of her wild, troubled eyes, made Dot's heart thump within him, but his face showed no sign. Love's Usuries At first Bindle had been a silent and agonised spectator, refusing all invitations to join in the singing. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle This agonised blush was the one thing that Sophy could ever clearly recall of the moments that followed. Shadows of Flames A Novel Stoutenburg saw it all, right through the gloom, and he ground his teeth together to smother a cry of agonised impotence. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel He relaxed and was about to turn around, when that same agonised choking call smote his ears again. Thirty One whole end of the house fell over into the field, and I felt the floor slope away beneath me as I made an agonised clutch at the framework of the bed. Windyridge The ghost dropped its hands and turned agonised eyes on me. Man and Maid There were times when Cecil Chesney agonised over this degrading vice which was slowly sapping his manhood and self-respect, which was turning him into a bowelless egoist. Shadows of Flames A Novel In the agonised, drawn face of the dead man he recognised that of Mantisa, the Police detective. Harley Greenoak's Charge The spirit of Lalusini, agonised and bloody, rose ever before my eyes, beckoning me onward, and my one thought was how soon I might bury my spear in the heart of her slayer. The Induna's Wife With a raucous yell he flung himself back, and then, in a paroxysm of agonised convulsions, the rebel and treacherous murderer yielded up the ghost. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising What she saw smote the smile from her lips in a flash of agonised fear. A Question of Marriage He was quickly followed by Mrs Somerton, at whose appearance Frank’s agonised bellows increased tenfold, while Jack went sullenly to the fireplace and waited for the scolding which he knew would undoubtedly be his. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War With a snarling, agonised yelp the beast dropped back howling, and for a second or two the ardour of the others seemed checked. Harley Greenoak's Charge “You are here, then!” exclaimed the Rector, in agonised tones. The Sapphire Cross The full charge of Treble A ripped through the dark, chocolate coloured hide, and the beast fell, as though knocked over by a stone, kicking and rolling, and uttering a raucous, agonised bellow. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising An agonised gasp of fear passed from one to another. A Question of Marriage No trace of wound or blow was upon him, whereas the body of poor little George showed every mark of brutal violence, from the deadly stab to the agonised contortion of his face. A Veldt Vendetta Mary asked, and Mrs Mallison had an agonised conviction that the girl was going to turn atheist into the bargain! Lady Cassandra It needed not the agonised stare upon that awful upturned face—or rather what once had been a face—to tell in what unspeakable torture this wretched being had died. A Frontier Mystery The momentum of the speed of his own horse had carried him some distance onward, even while the agonised cry of the despairing man was sounding in his ears. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The spirit of the nation revolted at the tyranny they had so long submitted to, and these fearful crimes were the agonised expression of endurance pushed to madness. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Third Pier.—Woman with a bandage across her face. 90Above this cap the corbel consists of a seated figure, naked, with distorted mouth and an agonised expression. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Mrs Mallison cast an agonised glance at the sideboard and bookcases, as if terrified of offending their susceptibilities. Lady Cassandra Gothelindis seemed to expect that she would do so, and to revel in the prospect of the lengthened torture of the agonised woman. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 One man in three of the advancing line fell agonised or dead. The Battle of Blenheim Then a flushed face might be seen, by the blue light of the portfires, rising from behind a neighbouring piece of rock, the eyes staring, the mouth open in agonised expectation. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 In the east a cloud arose,—it passed over the moon, sailed in loneliness across the clear sky, and stood over the most agonised heart upon earth. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Angerstoff did not make his appearance till noon, and his looks were ghastly and agonised. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 It was possible to aggravate to him the horrors of that event tenfold, and to increase inconceivably the torture of his already agonised mind—and poor M'Intyre found it was so. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 "What say ye!" cried the agonised old man—"who is my son?—how shall I know him?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Did you ever hear the cry made by a wounded man when the cup of cool water for which he has long agonised is brought suddenly before his eyes? Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories A moment's agonised apprehension, and then she staggered back, faint with joy. A Monk of Cruta Her agonised efforts to retain at least her last and youngest would be even stronger than with her first born. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy The door opened, and the young woman, who had been listening at the back of it, rushed in and flung herself on the bosom of the agonised man. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 The agonised sense of decent justice could not be stifled. Oliver Goldsmith She flushed as she realised the effect of her presence, and cast me an agonised look which, without her expectation, perhaps, roused every instinct of chivalry within me. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories You simple child! you simple child! don't you see that lovely Annunciata loves you with all the intensity, with all the agonised love of which a woman's heart is capable? Weird Tales, Vol. II. Meanwhile, Joyce had been to see Baby Douglas asleep in his crib and was weighing the pros and cons of her problem with agonised uncertainty. Banked Fires Then she sent forth that terrible, agonised cry for help, which reached the ears of the four men who were even at that moment waiting and listening at the garden door. Under False Pretences A Novel It was clear from his agonised and distraught eye that he had not come merely to exchange civilities. The Deaves Affair In almost agonised suspense he watched it rise from the floor, float motionless for a moment, and then slowly forge ahead in the teeth of the wind, gathering speed as it went. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror When the enemy departed, the agonised father came down from his retreat and found lying in the hut the mangled corpse of his little girl. A History of the English Church in New Zealand The sick woman watched her sister's conduct in agonised suspense. Jena or Sedan? "Oh, no," she said, in a tone of almost agonised entreaty. Under False Pretences A Novel He started to back away from them, keeping the light playing on the agonised, fascinated face of Deaves, who stood rooted to the ground. The Deaves Affair One gets tired, indeed, whatever may be the conception and execution of it, of seeing that monotonous and agonised form for ever exhibited in one prescriptive attitude of torture. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing An agonised printed appeal from the fevered pen of Pinkerton, pasted on the inside of the lid, beseeches that care be taken of the glass and silver. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The blade entered his stomach, and he fell forward with an agonised cry. The Count's Chauffeur The blow was given in the character of Appius, in the “Art of Criticism;” and it is known Appius was instantaneously recognised by the fierce shriek of the agonised critic himself. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors So far, were only he himself concerned, one would sympathise, though contemptuously, with this agonised reaction of a proud, perhaps a vain, man of mere intellect. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion With you, with you abide the faith and hope, In this dark hour, of agonised mankind. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems Now and then the agonised cry of some poor suffering fellow could be heard above the tumult. The Boys of '98 The theatres were closed and the churches were opened; above the rumblings and explosions of the agonised volcano could be heard the tolling of the bells. The Naples Riviera So the preacher is lifted by his love for his Master into a love for all for whom He agonised and died. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching I was not the only one who had agonised at that moment. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The bandages concealing them from view then fell off, and to my agonised sight were disclosed objects that struck me as strangely familiar. Byways of Ghost-Land "If," said Arthur Balfour, in one of his agonised asides, "the fellow did not undisguisedly enjoy such supreme happiness, our lot would be more bearable." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 Only when we reached home, and Aunt Euphronasia met her with outstretched arms on the threshold, did this agonised composure break down in passionate weeping on the old negress's shoulder. The Romance of a Plain Man The agonised wretch understood its import better than I did. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 "Who is it?" she cried, in a suppressed voice, that had all the sharpness of an agonised shriek. A Noble Woman James Brandon looked in a ghastly way, which made his sickly face seem agonised, and he slowly drew out his purse and handed his son the money. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam For, in answer to the question, there came a scream, a terrified, agonised scream, mingled of fright and remorse and––relief. The Shepherd of the North “You red dogs!” she cried in an agonised voice. The Crimson Tide A Novel It was in the tender places of her heart that the girl agonised and by comparison to the torture there, the monster was benign. The Paliser case It was quite thrilling to listen to its deep knell, and to think that those same tones must have fallen upon the agonised ears of the poor victims of an odious tyranny. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' She looked up from her work and saw Ted standing with his hands in his pockets, gazing with an agonised expression at his portrait of Audrey. Audrey Craven But a weapon—he must have a weapon—and Dan's agonised glance, sweeping the room, fell upon the débris of the broken chair. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue Lights flashed around him, and teetering backward he leaned weakly, against some metal object until gradually his head cleared; but his lungs remained tortured, and his breathing a thing of quick, agonised gulps. Under Arctic Ice Europe agonised and they dined and danced, displayed themselves at the opera, summarised the war as dreadful, dismissed it, gossiped and laughed. The Paliser case Vingora Rocks The agonised interest with which that little boat was watched80 by all on board will always live in my memory. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' This is true repentance—no anxious fears for our own future, but love grieving and agonised for its offences. The Romance of the Soul Nothing more for two years—and then the picture of a pond and my baby brother floating on it, whilst with agonised hands I seized his small white coat and held him fast. The Prodigal Returns A sudden stillness fell upon the camp, to be presently broken by the agonised scream of a woman, shrill and startling, followed by wailings and melancholy moans. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob She seemed to be assuring him, in an agonised way, of his own good faith. The Prisoner Even in thy suffering and pain, the agonised spirit is wrapped, bandaged, swathed in ruffles. The Book of Khalid Lock the door;' and Michael obeyed the doctor's orders, though an agonised voice outside entreated admittance. Lover or Friend His big hands were knotted, the perspiration stood in beads on his white forehead, and his agonised voice rose and went ringing away into the forest. The Silver Maple It was a blood-curdling and almost human cry, and Shad likened it to the agonised cry of a lost soul in the depths of eternal torment. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob "But he made her give it back," said Lydia, out of agonised certainty that she must above all believe in him. The Prisoner Looking up with a look of pale horror, her eyelids in agonised curves over her eyes, her mouth quivering. The Marriage of Elinor The agonised woman then tried to get out at the windows, but these were already nailed up. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement A full-voiced shout answered her from farther up the canyon, and she ran stumbling toward the sound, too agonised to shed tears or to think very clearly. Sawtooth Ranch Miss Luscombe was talking rather loudly and most confidentially to Rathbone, who had an expression of willing—but agonised—martyrdom on his fair pink, clean-shaven features. The Limit He did not go home that late afternoon and in the early evening strolled about the streets, once meeting Choate and passing on Weedie's agonised forecast. The Prisoner “Why did you do this?” she repeated in an agonised voice. The Dark Star "How soon?" repeated Mrs. Montgomery, with an agonised accent. The Wide, Wide World The leader cast one agonised glance towards the American but Bill sent back a hopeless negative, and cleared his throat and twitched his New York tie. The End of the Rainbow Vance wrung his hands, hurling coffee all over Brown in his agonised indecision. The Gay Rebellion "Holy Mother!" she exclaimed, startled out of her habitual sullenness by her mistress's agonised face. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The pure air of heaven, breathing so sweetly upon his pale and agonised countenance, revived him for the moment, and his energetic mind in a short space was restrung and wound up to fresh exertion. The Buccaneer A Tale She remembered distinctly enough the agonised appeal of his parents that every man and woman would join in the search for the child by keeping their eyes open wherever they went. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Pens�e caught a glimpse of her white, agonised countenance as she rushed past them, moaning, to her own room. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange By every agonised pang, by every hour of unfathomable bitterness, by every solitary year of self-chosen exile, he insisted that he must prevail. The Rhodesian Again the agonised cry came from the pump, almost curdling my blood. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West So sharp, so excruciating was the pain, that instinctively I raised hand to eyes but checked myself, and with tears gushing over my cheeks, blind and agonised, I stumbled away from that hellish vapour. Great Britain at War This continued while with agonised eyes Esther watched the hands of the big clock on the wall creep from five minutes past seven to eleven past. Juggernaut Again and again she lay still in the utter inertia of exhaustion, only to be quickened into agonised movement once more by the touch of the tiger's cruel claws. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula So much was true, even though that minute had agonised Rosemary beyond words. Master of the Vineyard In that lightning flash of mutual recognition, the end he had wrought for, and agonised for, was achieved. Captain Desmond, V.C. At this moment they heard outside the house a tremendous uproar, the snorting, panting, puffing, and agonised throbbing that could only proceed from a motor in distress. The Twelfth Hour Before her agonised eyes it fell to the floor with a loud, clear "ping." Juggernaut The agonised look he gave as it fell into the water is far beyond description. A Sailor of King George He entered the room where Mabel was lying, and fell on his knees by her bedside, bowing his head upon the quilt in agonised despair, after one glance at her pale sweet face. The Giant's Robe Philip of Orleans was really astonished when he beheld his agonised wife, and ordered an antidote to be given her; but time was lost in administering the poudre de vip�re. Political Women, Vol. 2 Then he felt something touch him on the shoulder, and he broke into an agonised yell. Border Ghost Stories We will get her such a goodly husband——' A low, melancholy wail from Margot Poins' agonised face—a sound such as might have been made by an ox in pain—brought him to a stop. The Fifth Queen Crowned Seated on her black palfrey was Lady Margaret, who had been watching the struggle with breathless and agonised anxiety. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 If he heard the faint and agonised appeal from within Mr. Slack chose not to heed it. The Life of the Party For a moment he rocked to and fro agonisedly. Jonah and Co. There was a moment of agonised suspense which seemed extraordinarily protracted, and then he alighted, unhurt, on a pile of blankets, the unexploded bomb still in his hand! With Haig on the Somme There was a period of agonised and fruitless discussion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 A brave man had gone to his death, but to what a death, if that agonised face and distorted visage betokened aught! The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea “My darling, you are ill,” he said, in a voice of agonised anxiety. The Mistress of Shenstone She seized the skirt as it lay at her feet, and, striving with agonised endeavours to control the trembling of her hands, drew forth from its pocket a file and would have taken his wrist. The Light of Scarthey Crystal gave a wild scream, and with an agonised gesture of terror clutched the highway robber by the coat. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days I have seen some dancers who look positively agonised as they do difficult steps.” Patty's Success Gabrielle, watching her narrowly, saw a sudden peace descend upon her agonised face. The Tragic Bride She gave one agonised glance upward to the towering cliff, with the line of sky above it. The Mistress of Shenstone The scared, well-nigh agonised look of inquiry with which he turned to his mistress was lost upon her. The Light of Scarthey He was physically wretched, but even while he was racked with agonised fits of coughing and prostrated with pain it did not occur to him to think that he was in danger. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Branwell raved on, delirious, agonised; and the blind father listened, sick at heart, maybe self-reproachful; and the gentle sister listened, shuddering, as if she saw hell lying open at her feet. Emily Brontë How should there be with the agonised, deserted woman as hostess? A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg "I had it in me!" was his agonised exclamation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Sir Adrian staggered back, fell on his knees and clapped his hands together with an agonised cry: "Cécile...!" The Light of Scarthey “Yes,” said Stratton in a strange voice as he held out his hand and gazed with agonised eyes wistfully in those which looked so calmly in his; “we were just going—Miss Jerrold.” Witness to the Deed Again poor Omar squirmed in pain and gave vent to a shrill, agonised cry. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Then the strain of agonised thought began once more to whirl in her mind. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Subtle as the birth of an emotion—solemn as the presage of a disaster—terrible as the throes of dissolution, was the pang that agonised the Rosicrucian. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He knew nothing of the heart-pangs of others; nothing of great determinations which alternated with wild despair; nothing of agonised prayers, of sleepless nights, and of vain endeavours to prove his innocence. The Day of Judgment Half-an-hour now passed, and then the boy’s agonised tension was broken by three shots ringing out almost together. The Peril Finders She was a brave woman, and although her heart almost stood still with agonised apprehension, she did not lose control of herself for an instant. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia If in the stillness of that Christmas night Wilhelmine, realising this, agonised, as countless women have realised and suffered, the next morning she showed no sign of the night's anguish. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg "These villainous bipeds do fearfully exorbitate mine ear," said the agonised musician. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 For an agonised moment he felt unequal to the occasion. The Return of Blue Pete Nor yet, descending her cabin-stair, to see a table profusely spread, at either end guest, alike uncourteous in keeping their seats, on the laces of both an expression of agonised despair! The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea It was the agonised cry of a wretch begging for mercy. The Tiger Hunter Many of their wounded were lying there as well, and the air was rent during 24 hours with their agonised groans, which were awful to hear. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War In that upper room he had lain through that agonised night of crisis; the dawn-twitterings of the summer birds seemed to be still in his ears. Robert Elsmere Mark caught it in both his, and there was an agonised look in his eyes. The Bag of Diamonds A sudden plunge was heard, a thump, and the agonised shriek of a suffering bedstead. Margaret Montfort As, at the sound of footsteps, she raised her pale, agonised face, something like a gleam of hope came into it. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Then came ten seconds more of mute and agonised suspense, and men's fingers tightened their grip on the revolvers. The World Peril of 1910 The sight of this catastrophe, superadded to his already agonised feelings, caused the unhappy artist to swoon. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains I had already imparted to Harcourt the history of my life; and when I came in, I threw myself upon the sofa in despair, and relieved my agonised heart with a flood of tears. Japhet in Search of a Father A short rest might recruit the animals, but I could not bring myself to halt again, as my heart was agonised by the cries of my suffering children. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness And if David had not clutched him, he would have plunged headlong from the raft into the sea in his fright and agonised terror. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek Margaret was in agonised amazement at the newness of the misery she was suffering. Deerbrook He listened intent, agonised, feeling that if a sound reached him he would cry aloud and on the instant become a raving madman. The Northern Iron “May you not find your eternal death depend on it!” said Thérèse, agonised by suspicions as to whose hand it was by which her child had died. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance And whether those eternal flames should or should not get possession of him, there would be before him a life agonised by the dread of them. Cousin Henry They do not speak of what delighted or agonised them ten years ago, though the effect may have extended to the whole of their subsequent lives. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Something dreadful had happened: but Philip loved her: he still loved her—for nothing but agonised love could have inspired the glance which yet thrilled through her. Deerbrook Neal, looking at him, saw in his eyes an expression of wild terror—an agonised appeal against the horror of death. The Northern Iron “No, no, you little fool,” cried the agonised old man, grasping hold of her, and dragging her towards himself. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Guttural cursings and a dreadful agonised moaning follow in the silence that seems the more intense through the contrast. No Man's Land They were shouting in tones of despair, screaming in agonised accents; while some, who had evidently gone mad, were gibbering and laughing in voices that bore a striking resemblance to that of the hyena! Ran Away to Sea The agonised tone of these last words brought back the colour which Hope had lost in the tempest of emotions, in which anger was uppermost. Deerbrook His second son was killed at the dreadful battle of the Blue Licks, as his agonised father had been compelled to abandon him to the merciless foe. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky And under the influence of that passion his humour changed from agonised pity to a fierce determination of conquest. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She had been a silent agonised spectator, controlled by the belief that the value of persons would eventually be proved higher than the value of things. Men of Affairs This sentence was fortunately not carried out, but it served to keep the Reformers and all connected with them in a state of agonised suspense. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 But great will be the joy of that furacious individual, as he speculates in secret on the increased demand of his agonised public. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 She lifted her hand and gasped out one word—just one word—repeated over and over again in a tone of agonised entreaty. About Peggy Saville You know the sort of smile with which I am wont to reply to the agonised despair of my victim, and the memory of it ought to make your brain freeze in your skull. The Day of Wrath Once she stirred, and a look of dread, almost terror, came into her face, and I heard her utter in an agonised voice the single word "Harold." Adventures in Many Lands “Seems to be an English gentleman, sir,” said Leigh, in answer to an agonised appeal from Sir Henry’s eyes. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" Despair would have seized upon the gold-lover at that time, had not his guardian angel risen before his agonised mind. Saved by the Lifeboat And down rained the blessed tears, and relieved the dry, parched soil of the agonised heart. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time No sooner, however, did Lady Nora’s eyes fall on the officer’s countenance, than she uttered an agonised cry, and threw herself by his side. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean I saw her start forward; I heard the agonised scream; a pair of snow-white arms were extended, and she sank, fainting, upon the cliff. The Scalp Hunters The father’s agonised soul was quieted, but as quietness partly returned to him, a new expression appeared on his countenance. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar The groans of agonised terror that escaped from their riders were drowned by the yells of the pursuing horsemen. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Through all this tempest, however agonised, firm and unwavering came the answer— “Christ!” Mistress Margery Her sister gives out an agonised cry; while her father trembles on taking her into his arms, and totters as he carries her to her state-room—believing he bears but a corpse! The Death Shot A Story Retold Each countenance bore the agonised look which I had beheld before the fatal signal was given to the firing-party to perform the work of death. Old Jack Although true-hearted, these poor girls were so agonised by suffering and terror that, in a moment of weakness, they disclosed the secret. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar His eyes were fixed with a look of agonised intensity on the white face of the young artist. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient "Your mercy; I supplicate it," she cried in an agonised voice. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette And when, with his keen blade, Meleager struck off the head, even as the quivering throat drew its last agonised breath, louder still shouted the men of Greece. A Book of Myths His small soul was full of agonised dismay and bewilderment. 'Me and Nobbles' And all this in the tick of a watch, in the space of time filled by one agonised beat of the heart. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea A small portion of this, lukewarm or cold, offered to me last night could not have hurt anyone, while my dancing might then have been less like the agonised wrigglings of a landed carp. My Reminiscences "Oh," she wailed in one long, agonised moan, sobbing and writhing in the intensity of her torture, "how can I bear this?" The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Poor indiscreet little Thecla had a suite of rooms on the first floor, and lived alone within them with her Greek maid, and agonised. An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) And, heedless of the frantic and agonised gestures of the unhappy youth, he drew him angrily away. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 For a few more days continued this agonised wrestling with death, during which they who would have given their life for Harold's could only look on and pray. Olive A Novel We know it by his agonised look by the convulsive movement of his limbs, and through fellow-feeling realise his pain. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches He found it out, and, humiliated, I may say agonised p. 365with shame and fear, he called with a friend, begging that the imputations might not be published. Memoirs He had been sitting there for an hour—an agonised hour! The Sins of Séverac Bablon Suddenly a sharp agonised yell was heard inside the carcase. Black Ivory A cry burst from the agonised father, who stooped, and stood in the attitude of one ready to plunge into the sea. The Lifeboat On its neck was crouched a leopard, which had fixed its claws and teeth deep in the flesh of the agonised animal. The Gorilla Hunters The poor boy struggled—he absolutely agonised—with the pole. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole By that time it had left the agonised father far behind. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Giving one agonised cry, the grandfather leaped after her, but the surging boat swept in at the moment, and the old man fortunately fell into that instead of the sea. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue Poor mother! if she had only known what a conflict between good and evil was going on in the breast of her boy, how she would have agonised in prayer for him! Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan They also hear the cries of agonised men and women rising even above the howling storm, and hasten their operations. Battles with the Sea Meanwhile the mountains and valleys of Ungava were traversed far and near by the agonised father and his men. Ungava There was an agonised expression in the man’s countenance which would have touched a heart much less soft than that of Lawrence Armstrong. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America With a shriek of agonised emotion, it vanished behind the pelican of the wilderness. Post Haste Poor Mrs Langley had left him with agonised self-reproach, on being assured that he should be fetched off on the morrow. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale "O, you know nothing of sin," said the woman in an agonised voice. Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission I looked out, and behold! in hated gold letters, upon the hated blue board, the bitterly hated word “Academy” met my agonised sight. Rattlin the Reefer Any attempt to help them was utterly hopeless; we heard their despairing shrieks, and for an instant saw their agonised countenances as the ship swept by them, and all trace of them was lost. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor It was long ere I could erase from my memory the agonised expression of his countenance, as I beheld it when I attempted to draw the lids over his starting eyeballs. Mark Seaworth I don’t know!” answered her father in an agonised tone of voice. Paddy Finn |
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