| 单词 | faintness |
| 例句 | There was no doubt that the Witch had got over her faintness; and now that one saw her in our own world, with ordinary things around her, she fairly took one’s breath away. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z And, for the first time in my life, I felt the dizzy faintness of motion sickness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It is all over, thought Kit, with a wave of faintness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A faintness of the body is my familiar, but not the sudden, evil faint of a body infected by horrible surprise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The humming sound and the unvarying white light induced a sort of faintness, an empty feeling inside his head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I have them, these attacks of the past, like faintness, a wave sweeping over my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z What is harder for the nonpoor to see is poverty as acute distress: The lunch that consists of Doritos or hot dog rolls, leading to faintness before the end of the shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If the patrols appeared he might plead an attack of faintness, but it was not likely that they would believe him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And then the faintness came over her once more—waves upon waves of sickness. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z After a few moments he tried to get up, but a faintness came over him and a feeling of turning over and over in a ditch of leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The static of the radios, like surface noise from an old LP, added to the melancholy, as did the juxtaposition of their scratchy faintness and Mr. Herbert’s hearty yet poignantly isolated presence. For the Solstice, a Bach Appearance on the G Train 2012-12-23T22:44:46Z During one conversation I brought up Alicia Silverstone, one of her co-stars in “Time Stands Still,” figuring that a possible faintness of praise might establish a limit to her generosity of spirit. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z Pregnant women experienced sleeplessness, racing hearts, and faintness, and described their bodies as “boiling” or “on fire.” How much heat is dangerous during pregnancy? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z “This would boost the morale of the Uyghur movement after a long period of faintness and tiredness,” he said. China slams U.N. ‘farce’ on Xinjiang as Uyghur exiles praise report 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He also found that the numbers of galaxies increase with faintness, as we would expect if the density of galaxies is about the same at all distances from us. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But “if clear cardiac symptoms develop when returning to running, such as chest pain, excessive shortness of breath, lightheadedness or faintness,” people should get evaluated, Strange said. Take it slow when returning to running with long covid 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z And stay alert to serious symptoms, such as chest pain or pressure, severe shortness of breath or dizziness, or faintness, and seek medical attention immediately. Want to get back into exercise following pandemic lull? Then go slow and stay safe. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Another is that they may ignore the warning signs of what's called heat stress - such as faintness and nausea - and keep on working till they collapse. Summers could become 'too hot for humans' 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z That, coupled with the small size and faintness of Ultima Thule, creates an even more complex trial for the scientists and engineers to overcome. On New Year’s Day, a spacecraft will zoom by the most distant object humanity has ever visited 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The star’s intrinsic faintness—as well as the attenuation of its light across vast galactic distances—means that it is best observed at near-infrared wavelengths where interference from interstellar dust is minimal. Have Astronomers Found Another "Alien Megastructure" Star? 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z He paused to tell Lee how to organize the information: to list faintness, high blood pressure, and ear congestion as three separate problems, not one. Why Doctors Hate Their Computers 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Unclear what caused the faintness, Kuchar was optimistic it was just temporary. Coming to grips with coming up short - Golf Digest 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Speaking afterwards with reporters, Kuchar said he was experiencing faintness throughout the day. Matt Kuchar suffers dizzy spells in first round of RBC Canadian Open - Golf Digest 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Those who have experienced hunger or faintness after skipping some meals are experiencing the effects of a high carb diet, as exemplified by this absurd breakfast; their metabolism has adjusted to draw on glycogen reserves. The Best Thing to Eat Before a Workout? Maybe Nothing at All 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Dizziness and nausea are common problems experienced by astronauts returning from orbit, as are feelings of faintness caused by a drop in blood pressure. Tim Peake nursing 'world's worst hangover' after six months in space 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z High blood pressure, faintness, panic attacks, loss of consciousness, seizures. Molly, a form of MDMA or ecstasy, can cause fatal reactions 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z It would detect stars and galaxies that lay beyond the limit of faintness of giant ground-based observatories. Hubble Space Telescope Struggled to Get Off the Ground 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z In pockets of the country — in Tennessee, Maryland and Washington — people reported physical symptoms like headaches, nausea and faintness. Ebola’s Other Contagious Threat: Hysteria 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Or with dizziness, a more generalized term referring to a range of off-kilter sensations including wooziness, faintness, unsteadiness, spatial disorientation, a feeling akin to swooning. Vertigo: A common problem that left one man teetering for months and months 2014-04-21T20:25:00Z Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was taken by ambulance to MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Thursday morning after experiencing faintness and shortness of breath. Attorney General Eric H. Holder hospitalized 2014-02-27T16:51:44Z This differs from the hyperventilation episodes that are more likely to be associated with acute anxiety and that result in intense tingling of the extremities, faintness and, occasionally, loss of consciousness. Breathlessness has many causes, and they’re not all connected to disease 2013-02-18T22:30:01Z Rule No. 1: Panic after defeat, at the sight of dissension in the ranks and especially at a clear demonstration of faintness of heart. On Basketball: After Heat Panic Twice and Win Twice, Series With Pacers Is Tied 2012-05-21T16:28:59Z Yates, scared by her faintness and whiteness, ran out of the room and despatched a hasty messenger. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z This he did, in spite of the increasing pain and faintness, and having delivered the reply he had been forced to collapse. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Suddenly Felgate staggered, as if seized with faintness, and fell on his hands and knees. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Even on Pike's Peak, 14,109 feet, in the United States, many of those who go up in the railway suffer from faintness, sickness, breathlessness and general lassitude. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z It was nothing less than madness; and there were odd moments when the truth, that it was so, rose up in his mind, turning his whole soul to faintness. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z After she drank some she sat for a minute or two quiet, then she murmured something about a sudden faintness, and that she would go home. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The "shock" of a wound and the "pain" of an operation cause faintness, sometimes death. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z To Elaine, the sight was horror and agony untold; it acted physically on her nerves, and produced a dizzy faintness from which it took her several moments to recover. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The sun came out so powerfully that several of the people were seized with faintness. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Her heart heaved convulsively, a faintness and dizziness came upon her, and she would really have fallen had she not been supported by the kind attentions of her benefactress. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Again and again the gentle maiden nerved her voice to speak, but faintness overpowered her, and a dreamless sleep already fanned her with its over-shadowing wings. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The others are beyond the reach of the spectroscope, owing to their faintness. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z She tried to say more, but a faintness came over her, and she staggered a little and would have fallen if the drone had not unconsciously put a wing behind her and supported her. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z Then Crouch again complained of faintness, and asked permission to lie down upon the bed. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z A little faintness came over me, doubtless from the interest I feel in the history you have related to me.” The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z A mist swam before her eyes; a sudden faintness seized her, and she clung to the back of the sofa for support. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z The faintness and insensibility that had alarmed them so, proceeded more from the effects of a severe blow on the head, which had stunned him for the time being. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z The strengthening of which he speaks is the opposite of the faintness of heart, the failure of courage deprecated in verse 13. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z After supper, Cæsar and Captain Crouch, who had entirely recovered from his faintness, played écarté with an exceedingly dirty pack of cards. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Secchi's type I is characterized chiefly by the breadth and intensity of dark hydrogen lines, together with a faintness or entire absence of metallic lines. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Both symptoms are usually accompanied by faintness or giddiness, and are more decided in the initial than in the later stages of the attack. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was best Miss Strickland thought that the reason and cause of her faintness. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z In any case, the faintness was leaving him by the time the startled boys came up and found him sitting in the shadow. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Their fur dress had a thick covering of snow, and, hardy though they were, they looked weary almost to faintness. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z On account of the probable faintness of the planet, at least the twelfth or thirteenth magnitude, Metcalf's method of search is well adapted to this practical problem. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z She felt again the hot blast on her cheek, lived through the flash, the shock, the onset of faintness. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z I sat up and rubbed my eyes to clear them from the sickly faintness which stole upward from my throbbing hand. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z First, the part bitten becomes inflamed, then sickness and faintness come on, followed by difficulty of breathing, and then by death. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z But the pain soon brought on faintness, and he desired the Duke of Lauenburg in French to lead him out of the throng. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z This was the verdict given on the death of a man I knew who, from what you would call faintness, fell down in a swamp and was suffocated. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z There was a ringing in my ears, and I was affected with vertigo, a dimness of vision and faintness, which rendered me absolutely unfit for travel. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z One lives through a good deal, but I all but succumbed to the pain and faintness. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z At this altitude, and with autumn fairly begun, coolness might be expected, but the heat, which a fortnight ago seemed moderating, has returned in fury, with that peculiar faintness about it which only autumn gives. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Walking, even standing, after taking a dose is apt to cause a feeling of faintness and even complete syncope. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z I heard the song of the seamen at the windlass, coming across the water with an airy faintness, and then I set my face to the hillside. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z If you be shut away from the men's rooms, cry out for faintness or with heat, and so run out into the shop where moneys are changed. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z A deadly faintness assailed her, and she could scarcely breathe. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z But, whatever the cause, he ailed through November, and in the beginning of the following month, while sitting on the bench at Ludsey, he was seized with a great faintness. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He crawled forward over the flags for miles, it seemed; then the knot of the bandage got loose, and a great faintness came over him. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z All at once the dizzy faintness which had come over me in the side-street near the Guildhall returned, and set the room spinning about me. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Then, while an unpleasant faintness crept over him, he felt for the long knife which the prospector uses for cutting up an occasional deer. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z All her energies were concentrated in fighting against the faintness that threatened to overcome her. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The colonel strenuously disavowed any faintness of heart. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z A little of the brandy soon served to dispel his faintness. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z Even now a faintness was created, that was painful to endure.” Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z But even before the faintness could wholly overcome her, another sound rang out sharper and clearer far from the room below her. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z When at last I heard the welcome sounds of his approach, and felt that at last the moment of certainty was come, a faintness seized me, and I remained motionless, unable to enquire my doom. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z You see, it was only a passing faintness. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z His voice is as an immense trumpet, and God's angels go with him, who allow not hunger to hurt him, nor any faintness. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z It’s so utterly unthinkable to me that a man——” “But why evoke the idea at all?” she insisted in a lowered voice, that snapped despite its faintness. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Gorgeous blue shadows lurked here and there, the faintness of the colouring adding to its beauty. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z A queer kind of faintness was coming over him. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The languor, depression of spirits, in some instances faintness and want of appetite, induced by intemperate gratification, call loudly for some stimulus, and give a relish to spirits. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z Everywhere in our life are faintness and weariness, and decay of the body, and yet every one desires that he may live long. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z It was delicate and penetrating for all its faintness, pleasurable too. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z He wondered whether he could overcome his momentary faintness, lest they should think he had eluded them, and proceed to put their hellish threat into immediate execution. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Such a faintness came all over me, you might have then an' there Knocked me down, sir, with a feather or tied me with a hair. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z On hearing this, the sons of Turenn fell into a faintness like the faintness before death. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z His nerves had been on the strain for a long time, and he began to feel the attack of a languor akin to faintness. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The voice was deep, yet still with the faintness as of distance in it. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z I did not, however, see him return, for now that the excitement had departed, a great faintness was stealing over me. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z But the suddenness of the thing overcame him for the moment and gave him a feeling approaching that of actual physical faintness. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z If I let the faintness of despair reach my heart I shall become worthless. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Her eyes remained closed, but not now altogether from faintness. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The lady said all at once a faintness came over her, and as she fell back on the lounge she seemed to realize what had taken place. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z She drew herself up, and shook off the veil of faintness. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z And then a kind of faintness came over her, and perhaps she might have sank to the ground, but that she laid hold of her grandmother's arm. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z His wound had bled considerably during the journey; but the effusion had stopped when the faintness supervened. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Shall life be stabbed and no justice compensate these sickening drippings of the soul in her secret faintness? Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The feeling of faintness overpowered Petra more and more, and through all, the words were continually sounding in her ears, "I knew this man once, long ago!" The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z I almost smiled, through the creeping faintness, to think how annoyed he would profess himself to be, "called out of bed at this ungodly hour!" and how once arrived, he would toil to help me. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z They have sufficient knowledge of the deathly throb of the steamer, the quiver that sends unutterable faintness and nausea to those susceptible to seasickness. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z The violence of the pain was sometimes excessive, and when the paroxysm lasted longer than usual it generally produced faintness and vomiting. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z Certain pears are striped by a paleness or faintness of color, these are called panache, and are considered sports of their namesake varieties which they resemble in other respects. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Afterwards, whenever she came into a close atmosphere, this room was always before her, reminding her of the faintness and of the clock's "I-knew-this-man-once-long-ago!" The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z His confidence and the faith that the young king had placed in him had been justified; for an hour later Alexander came out of his faintness, and, although weak, the fever had left him. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z A nausea, a blind faintness, crept in upon him; where were the hopes of Mrs. Pascoe, now?—A satisfied, panting breath, full of heat, rose from the crowd. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The revulsion that came over her was bewildering; she swayed again, this time not from the thrust of the water but with sick faintness. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z After Hannah got over her faintness, I told her that we had better not marry, until I was in a better way of living; to which she also agreed. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z A sudden spell of faintness induced his servant to send for me—the wrathful, snarling servant who received me with so little grace on my first visit. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z As a serpent's fang it stings me, Leaves me almost dead: Ah! the faintness that it brings me With the future fled! Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z She read it and a faintness seized her. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z "Oh," exclaimed Enid, her limbs trembling, the blood flowing away from her heart, her face deathly white, fighting against the faintness that came with the reaction, while old Kirkby supported and encouraged her. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z He swallowed rapidly, and a horrible faintness seized him which gave place to a queer sort of anger. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Its faintness is such that it can be seen only by a practised eye under favourable conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z But by the faintness of its shine there was a timeless vacancy to be travelled still. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This increases in the case of the beginner, until in a few minutes a feeling of warmth and faintness comes on, often attended with nausea, vomiting, and headache. Insanity Its Causes and Prevention 2011-08-29T02:01:05.400Z Not a sickness, but a sort of dim faintness. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z One sunset, weary and horribly sick at heart, I was crawling back to my usual camping place on the outskirts of the town, when a sudden faintness seized me. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z Classic heart attack symptoms do include chest pain or pressure, but other hallmarks are shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and faintness. Chest pain severity not a heart attack indicator 2011-08-11T19:26:09Z She had known of my “fine-lady faintness,” as she termed it, and I could see she despised me for it. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z She could not raise the right leg; and could neither sit up for the faintness which then ensued, nor lie down with ease because of the pain in her back. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z It was not such things as these that could quench her resolute spirit; but she was exhausted to faintness; since yesterday she had gone through more than even her unusual strength could bear. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z She bent down, with the light of a big hanging lamp upon her, and, forgetting the faintness and pain, which was considerable, Dane felt his heart bound within him. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z As I struggled up the hill-side the sense of faintness and exhaustion passed away, and with strength hope came again. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z My passions are all asleep, from my having slumbered till nearly eleven and weakened the animal fibre all over me to a delightful sensation, about three degrees on this side of faintness. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z "It is only an attack of faintness," he called to the audience, but the excitement could no longer be allayed--all were pressing across the orchestra to the stage. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z A sudden faintness overcame him; all seemed to swim before his eyes, and he heard nothing of what they said. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z More probably the companion of Sirius shines with light of its own, though its excessive faintness in comparison with its bulk indicates that its condition must be very different from that of an ordinary star. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z The same faintness overcame her that had stricken her down that night. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z When he had that all his weariness would pass as a dream; he would hunger no more, cry no more, feel no more sickness or faintness. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He would have risen, but fell back with faintness. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Her faintness had passed, but Mother Meadows had been inquiring into causes. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z I jes’ let go yell on yell, until a faintness came over me, and the sound leg which had been all on a tremble gave way, and I sot down. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z In a sudden faintness she shut her eyes. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The faintness which had come upon her endured only for a short while. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The heat was not overpowering; he had not been riding fast, or in any way exerting himself, nor was he subject to attacks of faintness. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The reverberant hills seemed to be playing pranks with the echoes, and as she sat motionless on her horse and listened, a feeling of faintness came over her at the possibility of the sound's direction. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Assailed by a sudden faintness, she was obliged to leave the room. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Then a deadly faintness takes possession of her; she must be dying; then all is blank. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z The “feminine’s” condition now demanded his attention, as the temporary faintness was passing away, and she showed signs of returning animation. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z "I may return, if I overcome this faintness." Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z With a celerity quite inconsistent with her previous faintness, she seized the moment that Victor disappeared to dart by him and gain her carriage, which stood in waiting at the porch. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The order was promptly and amply obeyed, and before dinner was half over Robert's irritability and faintness had vanished, and he was the usual assertive, domineering Robert Campbell. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z She no longer felt the grip of faintness on her heart. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Put a man into a close, warm place, and for the reasons above given he will feel a great faintness. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Many are so overborne with toil, disappointment, and faintness, that they have no heart for it. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Then the faintness and vertigo returned, and he seemed to be slipping away somewhere—not altogether unpleasantly, nor against his volition—somewhere where there was darkness and stillness and rest. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z I drank it off, but it did not calm the fever which she took for faintness. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Moir waited until the faintness of the sounds told how far gone the men were. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z He had a touch of fever, shivering, and a little faintness. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Let us have another standard set up, another starting-point established, another goal fixed, that we may run without weariness, and walk without faintness, and be crowned at last with a laurel worth the wearing. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z A sudden faintness seized upon the young girl, as she spoke. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z We had not far to go, but my heart seemed to sink with every step I took; as I perceived the dark trees of the park rising before us, a sudden faintness seized me. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The messenger returned with word that the Inca, who had recovered from his attack of faintness, deemed me a rebel and refused to be entrapped. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z But May, struggling against a sick sensation of faintness, was scarcely able to grasp the meaning of what was said to her. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z They wondered at his courage and his stout heart, for he now showed no sign of faintness nor change of colour. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z It came back to his memory with painfully acute clearness that his mother had sunk down once before in a violent tremor and faintness at the mere sound of his name. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z By a mighty effort she fought back the faintness and regained a little of her self-control. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z When Dr. Heriot had watched the reviving effects of the cordial, and had satisfied himself that there would be no return of the faintness, he quietly but peremptorily desired that Polly should leave her. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z But already she had recovered from this sudden attack of faintness and dizziness, of which, with characteristic impatience for all feminine weaknesses, she was now thoroughly ashamed. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z They are struggling, heaving, dying; on them, on these creatures of the silent, moving sea, settles the nauseating faintness of the unsubstantial air. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Mrs. Weymore sunk down on a lounge in a violent tremor and faintness. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z When you feel the faintness you described, take the number of drops mentioned, but on no account exceed it. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Mildred, who ailed nothing ordinarily, had secret attacks of palpitation and faintness, which would have caused alarm if any one had guessed it, but she kept her own counsel. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Also she gave him a smile, all the lovelier for its faintness and rarity. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z His pulses throb with ardent life, and have none of the "inexplicable faintness" of a deathlier school. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z He felt like falling over in a limp heap, abandoning himself to the sick faintness which made his head swim. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z Rose saw young Harris approaching, and a faintness took hold upon her limbs. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z A dreadful faintness was stealing over her, a faintness she was powerless to fight against. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z A sudden faintness came over her as she listened to these pleadings, and she trembled so violently that she was obliged to seat herself for a moment. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z He struggled yet more desperately, and the resulting pang brought waves of faintness above his head. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z I have spells of faintness and very bad feeling in my head, fullness and pain—and besides sore throat. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z "I hope he'll ride it out, I wish that queer sort of faintness had not come over him." Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z What do you suppose caused your sudden faintness at the concert? Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z How her knees trembled, and what a faintness came over her, yet she walked mechanically forward. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Indeed, a faintness had come upon me, and I swayed to and fro until the volley rang out with a crash of thunder and lights danced fantastically before my eyes. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z You always were——” Then a paroxysm of faintness took him, but he struggled with and overcame it. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He was well with the exception of a dreadful faintness at his stomach, the consequence of leaving off the stimulus to which he has been so long accustomed. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z Each time she experienced a slight chill and faintness, for which she was at a loss to account. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z He was dying when he was helped on to a stretcher and brought home to camp; but he made his report very clearly and calmly until he was overcome by the last faintness of death. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Still onward,—lightly, swiftly: now in sight of the boundless sea, now diving down into the plain, without faintness or despondency, or any other feeling but a passionate determination to save a man's life. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The clear searching element rushed unresisted into his mouth and ears—the faintness of death spread over his exhausted limbs—and his senseless form, tossed to and fro, became the sport of the heaving billow. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Workers exposed to n-hexane experienced faintness and tiredness, sweaty hands and feet, numbness in hands and swelling and pain in feet. 'Poisoned' workers turn to Apple 2011-02-23T12:28:51Z He and other workers said the poisoning caused sweaty hands and feet, sudden numbness in hands, swelling and pain in the feet, tiredness and faintness. Chinese workers appeal to Apple over health worries 2011-02-22T06:44:30Z There may be some amount of aura preceding such attacks, and also of faintness following them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z I was hungry up to the point of faintness, for since early morning I had been riding or walking almost continuously, and had eaten food but once. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z I am perpetually hungry; and it is the unpleasant hunger that expresses itself in a dislike for food, in listlessness, inability to work, flabbiness, even faintness. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Mattie dropped again into the chair from which she had risen at the appearance of Ann Packet, and struggled with a sense of faintness which came over her. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z In the descent the King was seized with a sudden and momentary faintness. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z These works have between them all the vices possible to epic verse, dulness and flatness, faintness and quaintness and incoherence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "It will leave a mark," she said, overcoming her faintness. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Mrs. Nelligan felt a sense of sickly faintness come over her, and had to grasp the window for support. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z It is well, also, to have Eau de Cologne, hartshorn, and salts, in case of sudden faintness. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Mrs. Walter rallied herself, smiled and said there was nothing the matter with her but a sudden faintness which had passed off. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z The endless afternoon wore on—she crawled along the forest-way, stumbling every now and then from sheer faintness, and tearing her hands and face in the brambles of the roadside. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Her knees trembled threateningly beneath her, faintness seemed stealing over her senses. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z A sudden faintness seized her, and she sank into a chair. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Ulric was visibly struggling against an attack of faintness, yet his face flushed angrily as the other made an attempt to support him. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z That G. Newall’s spectroscopic photographs for rotation of the corona again gave no result is a clear indication of the faintness of the corona at 3′ from the limb; but F.W. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z They enter the room of the double casement; and Pierre sits down, overpowered with bodily faintness and spiritual awe. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He felt with anguish a growing faintness overcoming him. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Against this twofold faintness of ours we must lay hold on the word of Christ and fix our gaze on it much more firmly than on those thoughts of our weakness. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z Having managed to get over her first fit of faintness, she, holding on to the bed and against the wall, succeeded in dragging herself towards the table and dropped into a chair. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Owing to the great contrast between the brilliancy of the coronal light at its base and its increasing faintness as it extends farther from the sun, no one photograph will bring out all the corona. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Against the breaking heart, and the bursting head; against all the dismal lassitude, and deathful faintness and sleeplessness, and whirlingness, and craziness, still he like a demigod bore up. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Her growing hunger and faintness and the heat of the day were telling on her. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Seized with faintness, she fell on her knees, making the sign of the cross. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z A deadly faintness came over her; she loosened the grasp of the door she had clutched, her legs sank under her, and she fell lifeless on the ground. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Yet oft, as her faintness would permit her speech its way, she begged the assistants to comfort her father. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Much oftener than before, Pierre laid back in his chair with the deadly feeling of faintness. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z On hearing her lover's probable fate, she nearly choked over a piece of ham, and had to resort to a dose of vinegar to conquer a sudden faintness. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z About half an hour before our kind doctor's call, mamma's faintness returned. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z A sickening sense of fear, a feeling of faintness, came over her. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The experiment ran for three months, a rather lengthy observation time, but a necessity given the faintness of the signal compared to the other sources of emission from the sky. Astronomer Opens New Window Into Early Universe 2010-12-09T15:17:00Z Some nameless sadness, faintness, strangely comes to me. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z And now a sudden faintness came to Chip as the chasm in her own life was thus opened. The Girl From Tim's Place Many a time before, perhaps, you may have been seized with faintness and aversion at some imagined evil, that might as well have been enacted in some distant planet. A Cursory History of Swearing When Ayesha, with the help of the eunuch, got over her faintness, she went to the window and looked down, but she could only see the darkness of the chasm below. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The next stage of the disease is faintness and vertigo, which is shown when the animal is put upon exertion, being followed by excessive trembling and entire prostration. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. I will follow him,” she said, trying again to arise, but was prostrated by a deathly faintness which followed her effort. Zula When night 28 came, she had crept into a thicket, covering herself with boughs; when daylight dawned, she had pushed on again, ever growing weaker and oft stumbling from faintness. The Girl From Tim's Place Madame de Quernais, weak with exhaustion, was battling against growing faintness. A Blot on the Scutcheon A feeling of faintness came over me again; I knew that I was deadly pale. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He was afraid that faintness had attacked her; and supporting her with his left arm he bent his head down to hers. The Undying Past I felt myself turn pale—the blood seemed to creep and curdle in my veins, and a sensation of mortal sickness and faintness came over me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Roger, seeing the Countess moving forward, and evidently quite recovered from her faintness, was seized with a spasm of shyness. The Great Mogul Occasionally it brings on faintness and convulsions, and still more rarely, sudden death. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Then Caesar shuddered in every limb, his hair stiffened, and faintness of heart, checking his steps, stayed him at the very brink. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Ah, what means this sudden dimness of mine eyes, this faintness—can it be death? Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' This explained the reason of his faintness under sudden emotion. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But this motionless waiting became almost intolerable to active Lady Jess, and the sharpness of her hunger changed into faintness. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Expressing the extremity of weakness, hanging all in faintness. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Hunger and faintness will not add to your courage, my daughters; sit down and eat. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec I have saved her once again,—but oh, this deathlike faintness stealing o'er me robs me of my strength. Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' After that they helped lift the wounded knights up to their horses, supporting them there in such wise that they should not fall because of faintness from their wounds. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions But it was only a momentary faintness that paralysed him. The Children of the World For a moment sea, and sky, and sands swam before her in a hot mist, and then the faintness passed away, leaving her tearless and trembling. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Yet when the end came her very first feeling was that of physical faintness and exhaustion. The Shadow of a Man The paper fell from his palsied hand—a sudden faintness came upon him— the room grew dark—he staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Yea, he deemed that the sickness and the sweat of death was even then upon him, for an exceeding faintness overclouded his spirit. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions With their husbands and sons summoned to wrestle with death, what wonder that 'feelings of faintness' overtook them, and that for those feelings they resorted to the only unfailing remedy they knew—alcohol! Stand Up, Ye Dead It came back to his memory with painfully acute clearness, that his mother had sunk down once before in a violent tremor and faintness at the mere sound of his name. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Here again he was seized of faintness and nausea, fierce tremors shook him and sinking into his elbow-chair he sat crouched above the desk, his face bowed between clutching hands. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The paper fell from his palsied hand,—a sudden faintness came over him,—he fell back almost senseless in his chair,—exhausted by excess of grief, he remained a long time in a stupifying anguish. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact But already Sir Launcelot's strength was failing him, for his brains were even then swimming with faintness. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions He was attacked by sudden faintness and would have fallen, but for Macheson’s outstretched arm. The Missioner With a sudden sensation of physical faintness she turned from the table. The Gambler A Novel The Major shivered and a sudden faintness and nausea seizing him, leaned weakly against a tree, and ever, as he leaned thus, their voices reached him—his low and eager, hers a-thrill with tenderness. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The modern high-powered rifle carried far, and he judged by the faintness of the reports that the bullets had been fired from a point several hundred yards away. The Guns of Europe Simms's jaw dropped suddenly, and a sickly faintness stole over him, that even all his late potations could not supply courage enough to hear such a story unmoved. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) When, at length, the faintness of death overtakes you, and you can no longer offer resistance to our arms, we will again spread the tables in your prison-house, and fatten you for the sacrifice.” Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 The question down to what degree of faintness should stars be included, resolved itself into the equivalent question, What should be the length of time during which the plates were exposed? Astronomical Discovery A sensation of faintness almost overcomes her, but by a supreme effort she conquers her weakness, and crushes back, too, the rising horror and anger that have sprung into life. Faith and Unfaith Such a feeling of faintness came over her that she was on the point of falling; but she was seized and carried out. Mary I had placed one in my mouth, and swallowed it, but as I was taking a second from the blue flames, I suddenly felt a faintness. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Gen. Jackson now complained of faintness, and was again placed upon the litter, and after some difficulty, men were obtained to bear him. From Bull Run to Appomattox "It is my stepmother's!" she exclaimed emphatically, and at the sound of her voice Lady Paula sprang to her feet, instantly upon the defense, and her faintness forgotten in this exciting moment. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel She squeezed in among the columns, with a feeling of sick faintness. Shadows of Flames A Novel Her face paled and a feeling of faintness came over her. By Right of Conquest A Novel Shall sloth and faintness win Thy peace, O Thou, the martyr’s God? Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion "Go—away," she said, in her whispering voice, which preserved even in its faintness the remains of her former clear utterance. East Angels Lydia was once more alone, faintness and weakness deadened her pain, and as the intense heat in the small cell diminished owing to the torrents of rain which poured down outside, she fell asleep. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The faintness passed, and Sophy sat thinking feverishly how she must act. Shadows of Flames A Novel I brought you away on the plea of faintness, my daughter. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois I was soon covered with blood from head to foot; but I stood calmly, until faintness came on, without stirring; then I staggered back, and sat down upon a chair. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience A feeling of misery, of real physical faintness came over her. Man and Maid About an hour after eating, a sensation of nausea and faintness was experienced in both cases, followed by nervous tingling, some cold perspiration and accelerated and weakened action of the heart. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous I heard no more: a faintness came over me; my heart ceased to beat, and all consciousness left me for some time. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 This was the last time he went out; for in the afternoon he was seized with sudden faintness and sickness and had to take his leave. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History I sat down on the bank of the path after I’d reached it, a’most dead with faintness an’ hunger, so put my hand in my pocket to find my pipe. Seven Frozen Sailors The pain of his wounds has become intolerable, a deadly faintness seizes him—and before his final unconsciousness his hand closes with convulsive grip upon the skull belonging to a fleshless skeleton lying there within. Haviland's Chum As I did so a strange feeling came over me, a feeling as of the faintness caused by starvation. The Induna's Wife In the third week after Easter a hot fever attacked me, with great faintness, discomfort, and headache. Dürer Artist-Biographies Whereat faintness overcame her, and she dropped helpless upon the sidewalk. Dorothy's Tour We raised her; her faintness was of short duration, and her mother whispered, "Don't be alarmed! the shock will not harm her." Waldfried A Novel It grows in the North, and the fruit gives life to strong people and faintness to the weak. Seeds of Pine A sudden faintness succeeded to this excitement, and he lay back weak and exhausted. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Kate never spoke, but a sick, cold faintness crept over her, and she stood almost breathless with anxiety. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago A numbing faintness with a painful retching at once assailed him. The Destroying Angel She jumped up from the bed, white with fear, her faintness forgotten in the urge to escape. Know Thy Neighbor The fresh air that brushed by us, like fine steel points, relieved me of my oozing faintness, and in the ease of my circumstances I could attend somewhat to my bruises. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 She shrieked aloud in the anguish of the keenest disappointment; her eyelids closed, her senses failed, and faintness overwhelmed her. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Then the sickness and faintness of death came upon Finn, also a great horror and despair overshadowed him, so that he was about to give himself up for utterly lost. The Irish Fairy Book Then he darted away, swaying from side to side with faintness, and disappeared in the foliage which lined the path he was following. Eleven Possible Cases Madame d'Aiguillon was weeping bitterly, and sinking down with faintness in view of the bloody death to which her friend was to be led on the morrow. Josephine Makers of History She was seldom free from nausea, and suffered a great deal from faintness and palpitation of the heart. A Life Sentence A Novel The smell of the cab was still faintly present to his senses, and a certain leaden chill about his feet; all else had disappeared in one vast oppression of calamity and physical faintness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) I staggered forward, trying to beat back the horrible faintness that was overwhelming me, and to follow them, stumbled over a corpse, and fell headlong. The Red Symbol If we go without food, we are not surprised when faintness or weariness supervenes. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Then somewhere very near a great voice croaked briefly and was silent—so close that it poured a wave of faintness over the hearer, seemed to send numbing electricity tingling along his motor nerves. The Record of Currupira She suffers from palpitation of the heart and faintness; her pulse is intermittent; she complains of nausea and dizziness. A Life Sentence A Novel She dipped her handkerchief in the trickle of water and wiped the cold drops of faintness and agony from his forehead. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl The pain dispelled the faintness for the time being, but I made no attempt to rise. The Red Symbol But I have not strength—oh, what sickly faintness comes over me! surely this must be ——.” Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution That exhaustion, that mournful faintness which comes over us, when we see all parties fallen into error, all truth and inspiration mingled and disfigured by human passion, is not to be called indifference. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. He rose, as she really expected him to do, to see her to her cab; but a sensation of dizziness and faintness made him sit down again and bury his head in his hands. A Life Sentence A Novel In every hour of faintness My cup runs o’er With faithfulness and mercy, And love’s sweet store. Kept for the Master's Use Anne had already revived from the faintness that overcame her on the steps of the synagogue. The Red Symbol Ruth was bandaging his wound when she noticed his growing faintness. Doubloons—and the Girl Oh, it is nothing, dear, only a passing faintness; but I shall lie on the sofa, and you shall finish your talk. Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest She had conquered the feeling of faintness—conquered the terrible rigidity of limb which used to attack her at these times. A Life Sentence A Novel Ruth was putting on her wide brimmed shade hat, when a wave of faintness swept over her, and for a minute everything turned black. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted A sudden faintness seized me; the room is warm. A Mad Love He felt comfortable and anxious to ride ahead for hours, the only drawback being that gnawing hunger, that weary faintness, which could only be dissipated by food. Through Apache Lands For at the name of Heinz a deadly faintness had overcome Mrs. Willoughby. Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest For a moment horrible nausea and faintness made him lean against the tree for support. Cudjo's Cave The sight of him, his set face and brooding eyes, made her heart stand still, while a sudden faintness seized her. Banked Fires In Coleridge we feel already that faintness and obscure dejection which cling like some contagious damp to all his writings. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century “I remember your faintness, and all that, the day he called.” Household Papers and Stories He may lose blood and be attacked by a paralysing faintness. Cavalry of the Clouds The appalling cry of "A mad dog! a mad dog!" struck distinctly upon my ears, and brought a deadly faintness over my limbs, and a cold sweat on my forehead. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Then, as she convulsively jerked the window close again, she was overcome with deadly faintness, and herself fell upon the matting, striking her head as she fell, and losing consciousness. Coquette I find myself overtaken by a sudden faintness. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain I was only aware of a feeling of faintness. Miss Cayley's Adventures He must conquer the blighting faintness which accompanies loss of blood, keep clear-headed enough to deal instantaneously with adverse emergency, and make an unwilling brain command unwilling hands and feet to control a delicate apparatus. Cavalry of the Clouds She was seized with a sudden faintness, and sunk back on the bed exhausted. Ellen Middleton—A Tale The young carter had just enough presence of mind to roll the heavy wine-cask into the grass, and then increasing faintness reeled about him. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 I thank you——” The girl attempted to lift the hand to which she still clung to her lips, but a deadly faintness seized her. Peggy Owen and Liberty The thought I had adopted from the first, "I will not perish in this wilderness," often revived my sinking spirits, when, from faintness and exhaustion, I felt but little desire for life. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 He foresaw its beneficial effect on his system, which he had understood was to blame for his occasional attacks of faintness, which had latterly been rather more frequent. When Ghost Meets Ghost He was scarcely able to stand for faintness. Maria Antoinette Makers of History I had placed one in my mouth and swallowed it, but as I was taking a second from the blue flames I suddenly felt a faintness. The Count's Chauffeur And so it follows: for the Redcrosse Knight, being overcome with faintness by drinking of the fountain, is thereupon attacked by the giant Orgoglio, overcome and thrown by him into a dungeon. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Occasionally, while scrambling over logs and through thickets, a sense of faintness and exhaustion would come over me, but I would suppress it with the audible expression, "This won't do; I must find my company." Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 Adelle took the letter from him with a sense of faintness that she could not explain. Clark's Field Let a person remain, for a time, in a crowded, ill-ventilated, hall or church, and headache or faintness is generally produced. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) It had been a mere passing faintness, a momentary sensation, not worth a thought; yet it was felt there was a difference in Shirley. Shirley She stood with white face, her heart seeming to shrivel, and fall away to laboring faintness. The Rustler of Wind River He who avoids flesh and fish, escapes much of that languor and faintness, at particular hours, which others feel. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery "I fell in," whispered Patty, and closed her eyes again as the tiresome faintness crept over her. The Making of Mona And then she looked so weary, so overcome, so ready to collapse with faintness! The Peace of Roaring River Whitman's services in the hospitals began to tell seriously upon his health in June, 1864, when he had "spells of deathly faintness, and had trouble in the head." Whitman A Study There came on first a feeling of faintness, with rigor and a sense of weight at the pit of the stomach; soon after which the patient cried out as though in the agonies of labour. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development He has none of that faintness between his meals which many have, and which tempts thousands to luncheons, drams, tobacco, snuff, and opium, and ultimately destroys so much health and life. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery To regain it—to overcome that throb of her being of which the after effect was a faintness unto death—she was obliged to walk steadily, holding her head high. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Yet we all experienced a feeling of absolute faintness when that report came, for Compiégne, or anywhere within one hundred kilometres of it, is too near. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium Mabel turned deathly pale, and, yielding to a sudden faintness, sat down. Mabel's Mistake A rapture unspeakable, a faintness full of peril, invaded our whole being. Pepita Ximenez But with a great effort she overcame her faintness. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Lois was seized by sudden faintness; but a saving thought restored her. The Side Of The Angels A Novel But it strengthened him, and when he put down the window after a few moments, his faintness passed altogether. The Quality of Mercy He remembered that the rattlesnake had touched her in his first spring, and took the faintness as the working of his venom in her veins. Mabel's Mistake It was strange, but a sort of faintness crept over her heart as she saw the dress; and she sat down powerless, with both hands falling in her lap, gazing upon it. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The heavy perfume of tropical flowers so saturated this suffocating atmosphere that the chevalier experienced a kind of intoxication, of faintness. A Romance of the West Indies A faintness blotted out the whole strange scene—the town-gates, the eager faces, the gesticulating figures, the houses, the frightened woman at my side. Dreamers of the Ghetto Then a deathly faintness came over the debutante, and without a word or motion she sank upon the stage, like a statue of snow which the sun had touched. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals One would have thought him fishing for pearls in the depths of the river, he was so fastidious in finding the exact current best calculated to restore a young lady from faintness. Mabel's Mistake So did he speak; but confusion and great fear fell upon Priam, And every hair was erect on the tremulous limbs in his faintness. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Suddenly she shuddered, and a horrible faintness came over her. The Ivory Snuff Box The room reeled—a faintness came over the heroic child; but she was soon herself again. The Big Nightcap Letters Being the Fifth Book of the Series For a few moments a deathly faintness overcame him ... his eyes closed, he felt unconsciousness rushing in upon him like a black cloud. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 I watched the movements of these two persons listlessly, for the faintness had not quite left me, and they seemed to me like creatures in a dream. Mabel's Mistake A deadly faintness seized him, total darkness was around him, and he knew no more. Raiding with Morgan A deathly faintness seized me; I sank into a chair beside the bed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He managed to get through the hours in the dissecting-room, standing on his head from time to time as a precaution against faintness; but his heroism gave way before the horrors of the theatre. Audrey Craven And a faintness, almost a feeling of despair, came over her. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic When Georgiana recovered consciousness, she found herself breathing an atmosphere of penetrating fragrance, the gentle potency of which had recalled her from her death-like faintness. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories An awful faintness was upon her, and everything about her seemed distant. The Hound From The North I could not conceal my agitation, and gave the same old hackneyed reason—heat, fatigue, sudden faintness. Against Odds A Detective Story Must ’a’ been just a little touch of faintness, maybe. Once to Every Man After her momentary faintness, Miss Brown—the young teacher—roused herself to see what could be done to protect her charges. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic "Hope there'll be a good spring of water right in the edge of them," said Sile, but his voice was huskier than ever and he was struggling against a feeling of faintness. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White He proceeded to make these dispositions, with speed and dexterity, and in a moment after Crawford felt the sickening pain subsiding and the slight faintness leaving him. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Rosario grew pale as death, and it was with a sigh of faintness and fatigue that she set her basket on the ground. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore She’s a stout lady who complains of faintness before the play ends, and I have to ask them out to supper. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Dizziness, faintness, and blindness, the skin clammy, cold, and bluish, or livid; temperature low with dreadful tetanic convulsions, and finally stupor. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 He gave a great lurch forward as his faintness grew upon him, and in an instant he seemed to be all but covered with wolves. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White There is an embarrassing pause, and for an instant she appears about to succumb to a feeling of deadly faintness. The Masked Bridal He was seized with such gripings and faintness that he was sure his last hour had come. The Story of Don Quixote The faintness of chaperons would no longer imperil his comfort. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry The faintness seized me again, my head swam as I was between two rounds of the ladder, and again I fainted. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. An awful faintness and trembling seized him as he approached it and bent his head close down to the marble. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 "Mr. Savine was seized by a passing faintness, but is recovering," he said. Thurston of Orchard Valley When he had dictated the last words of his will, a sudden faintness came over Don Quixote, and for three days after that he was in a state between life and death. The Story of Don Quixote Deacon Joe showed signs of faintness when he spoke of him. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry It was very warm, and we had a wish to bathe; a faintness seized me in the water, and I fell to the bottom. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. A haze, as from the dropping of a shade, seemed to have formed and hung over the room, and in unison sounds from without acquired a certain faintness, like that born of distance. A Breath of Prairie and other stories As time went on my sensations of illness and faintness increased. The First Violin A Novel Suddenly she was seized with dizziness, then an electric thrill or trembling passed through her whole body, and a wave of faintness swept over her. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Though she opened her eyes slowly, there was now no trace of faintness or exhaustion. The Education of Eric Lane But when they saw the gorgeous beauty of their new dresses, they were very proud, and tried to hold themselves up, and not to give way to this strange weakness and faintness. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. Cologne, camphor and ammonia should also be in the rooms for use in cases of sudden faintness. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society But though I struggled on to the end, yet at last a deadly faintness overcame me. The First Violin A Novel And that is why, when the two came into Wibert's hall, Saint Rigobert paid the money to the Governor without a word of his hunger or his faintness. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts Once more, crushing back hunger and faintness, he summoned up his spirit, and vowed that if the beasts could fight their way to cover, he could. The Backwoodsmen The reaction was too great, and, a faintness coming on, her head sank upon the side of the bed where Tom lay. The Cabin on the Prairie He tried to sit up again, and succeeded without undue faintness. The River Prophet The old pain at his heart returned, a faintness was on him, and he reeled to the ground. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. While our three-inch telescope suffices to show R, it is better to use the five-inch, because of the faintness of the star. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers She wanted to have her baby in her arms, that its touch might lull the deadly faintness at her heart; and when she felt a little better she sent for Mrs. Heron and Janet. Wee Wifie But now a faintness came stealing over him. The Cabin on the Prairie She was much as usual until the warm weather came, and then one evening she complained of palpitation and faintness, and the next day she seemed very weak, and so it has gone on. Our Bessie As he took his seat, the tide of inspiration went from him, and a deadly faintness came over him. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. The star η is a very difficult double for even our largest aperture, on account of the faintness of one of its components. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Dermot stood suddenly erect and crushed down a certain faintness that had been rising in his heart. The Cuckoo Clock A deadly faintness almost deprived her of the power of speaking. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Brightness, therefore, had been taken as implying nearness to us, and faintness great distance. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Grannie could not help uttering a suppressed groan; her face turned white; she felt a passing sense of nausea and faintness; the work dropped from her hand; the perspiration stood on her forehead. Good Luck The first star of telescopic interest that we find in Andromeda is μ, a double difficult on account of the faintness of the smaller component. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers He stood by her, and repeated his question about faintness. Say and Seal, Volume I Spirits of camphor or aromatic spirits of ammonia, a few drops on a handkerchief or piece of cotton, held five or six inches from the nose, relieves faintness. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The mystery of the unknown beatitude within the Wonder Houses oppressed me to faintness. The Belovéd Vagabond When fresh these poisons are deadly, producing excessive faintness, palpitation of the heart, nausea, and deep pallor, soon followed by death. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The removal of the boot had brought on a sensation of faintness, and she sat perfectly still and quiet while the girls swathed the foot in wet bandages. Not Like Other Girls The sweet tide surged backward, beat in a wave of faintness upon her heart. The Readjustment Dizziness, faintness, and blindness, the skin clammy, cold, and bluish or livid; temperature low with dreadful tetanic convulsions, and finally stupor. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts But her attacks of sudden faintness she could not control; they represented the only genuine feature of her indisposition,—at least they, and the continued insomnia which was an important symptom. Too Old for Dolls A Novel When he ceased reading to her and began to read to himself, weariness and faintness stole over her. The Wide, Wide World The almost evanescent faintness of Holmes's comet at its next return accounted for its invisibility previous to 1892, when it was evidently in a state of peculiar excitement. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition When the faintness of fatigue had passed, she fixed her eyes on the still face of him who had been her lover. The Readjustment The coachman, white and shaky, was talking and gesticulating; his mistress, looking very fair in her faintness, had been helped out of the carriage by a tall man with a brown face. A Vanished Hand Were these the hearts that had so lately made old Toby's leap up from its faintness? A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Once again on level ground Will was forced to sit down and rest until a sudden faintness passed. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain The paper fell from the palsied hand—a sudden faintness came upon him—the room grew dark—he staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father No faintness of heart, no doubtful stroke, will ever in the result be flattered by this third hole. The Complete Golfer When the sufferer had recovered from his faintness he drank a glass of brandy, which seemed to revive him. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives Indulging in such conjectures, I had groped my way some two or three miles up the gorge, when I became sensible of a singular faintness stealing over me. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The faintness which had almost numbed her senses passed away. The New Tenant A faintness came upon her; she turned to flee to her chamber—the candle dropped from her trembling hand, and she was shrouded in impenetrable darkness. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father And everywhere there was faintness of heart and grief of spirit, for the enemy had wasted their fields and slain the bravest of the men, and little store remained to them of food. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Pain, faintness, and nausea follow severe bruises, and, in case of bad bruises of the belly, death may even ensue from damage to the viscera or to the nerves. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) She broke the seal and turned the lock and then sank down in a sudden faintness of heart. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton There was a singing in her ears, and she found herself battling hard with a deadly faintness. The New Tenant To hold the porch-roof slender girls Of milk-white marble stand arow; Doubt never blurs a single brow, And never the noon's faintness curls From their expectant hush of pride The lips the god has glorified. Gloucester Moors and Other Poems “Go on,” said Bracy; and the next moment he was drawn back upon the stone, with no worse suffering than a fit of faintness, for his leg was numb with the cold. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Symptoms.—The symptoms of sprain are sudden, severe pain, often accompanied by faintness and nausea, swelling, tenderness, and heat of the injured parts. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Angry, from faintness and fatigue, I came to a tavern near the city gates. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. He settled Myra back again among the cushions on the couch, and insisted upon her drinking a glass of aguardiente, which made her feel more feverish than ever but revived her and dispelled the faintness. Bandit Love For an instant, as she leans against the wall behind her, a faintness steals over her. Only an Irish Girl Amongst the various forms of his physical discomfort, faintness, fever, giddiness, and raging thirst may be mentioned. A Book About Lawyers There is often drowsiness and stupor, and the breathing is labored and the pulse weak and irregular, with faintness and cold sweats. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) He closed his eyes but the odour of the viands reached him and increased his faintness. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Were I to draw the picture of cruelty, I would paint him with a feminine faintness. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Suetonius relates the same thing of Caius Caligula, who although, when he arrived at manhood, endured fatigue tolerably well, was still occasionally liable to faintness, owing to which he remained incapable of any effort. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction "Nanna!" he cried, and she responded bravely, fighting with all her strength against the inflowing tide of faintness. The Doomsman "In 'King Lear,' Shakespeare's vision sounded the abyss of horror to its very depths, and his spirit showed neither fear, nor giddiness, nor faintness, at the sight," says Brandes. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare On Monday she tried to rise and dress, in order to attend the funeral; but she was attacked with faintness, and was obliged to return to her bed. Germinie Lacerteux His splendid physical condition supported its brother Mind and saw him well of his faintness, but the two red days left their mark. Anthony Lyveden This ring is a very broad one, its particles being widely scattered, hence its extreme faintness. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The defect of distention in the arterial system is accompanied with faintness; and its excess with sensations of fulness, or weight, or pressure. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life His recent attack of faintness had left him so weak that for some time he was obliged to remain in a little alcove on the staircase and rest himself on one of the divans there. The Giant's Robe In the first faintness of the dawn the tired-faced troopers cheerfully filed out and formed in front of the quarters, each one, as he passed through the door, depositing his arms at the officer's feet. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. A strange faintness, accompanied by nausea, was creeping upon her. 'Me--Smith' Under the bidding of the liquor the faintness from the exertion and reaction was leaving me. Desert Dust These weak convulsions, as they are occasioned by the disagreeable sensation of faintness from inanition, are symptoms of great general debility, and thence frequently precede the general convulsions of the act of dying. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Perhaps it was because of the faintness that stole over her, or because the pain was sharper than she could well endure. Brand Blotters The feeling of faintness that she had struggled against for so long passed away. The Slave of Silence In this condition it remains for eight or ten days, and then declines more slowly than it rose until it is reduced to its original faintness, about three hundred days after the rise commenced. The Story of the Heavens For a moment Denton stood white and wild-eyed; then came a terrible faintness, and he sat before one of the little tables. Tales of Space and Time “Oh!” she choked, fighting desperately against a wave of faintness that threatened to overwhelm her. Shoe-Bar Stratton A deathly faintness fell upon him, and he clutched at the edge of the tank; but even as he clutched his sight failed, and he felt himself sinking down into the depths. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk He was continually emptying out from the full fountain of his own heart cupfuls of rich life to reinvigorate other lives in their faintness and exhaustion. Personal Friendships of Jesus This is the simplest type of nebula; it is characterised by extreme faintness, and seems composed of matter of the utmost tenuity. The Story of the Heavens The infinitely-tired and worn pilgrim, destroyed by the violence of his passions good and bad, with faltering steps,—helped, in the faintness of death upon him, by Wolfram,—approaches the white Page 386 bier. The Wagnerian Romances When he had recovered from his momentary faintness, she managed somehow to get him over to the blankets spread beneath the ledge. Shoe-Bar Stratton But as soon as she stepped into the cold water, a sudden faintness seized her; she clutched at the air convulsively with her hand, took one step forward, and fell. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A sudden access of fatigue and faintness reminded her that she had eaten nothing this morning. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York They are of every variety of strength and faintness; their distribution seems guided by no simple law. The Story of the Heavens How languishingly it trembled on the leafy spire, and glimmered with dying faintness on the mountain's sable brow! till it expired and resigned the world to the gradual approaches of night. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales She had just stepped again into the cold water, when a trembling and faintness seized her: she clutched at the air with her hand, took a step forward, and fell down. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales I trembled and felt a faintness come over me—for I was then young in guilt. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 Twenty minutes later Curly lay back on the bunk with a sudden faintness. Crooked Trails and Straight But that kind is strongly marked in the very fact that there is a sort of faintness in it. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Asthma, cramps, depression of spirits, faintness, giddiness, hiccough, prostration, sinking sensations and sleeplessness, are all frequently due to the same cause. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Finally Marion gave over trying to swallow the supper, and assuring herself with the determination to go early to bed, and so escape faintness, she went up three flights of stairs to her room. The Chautauqua Girls At Home Before mid-day blood was spouting from out five vital wounds and in a few seconds faintness began to spread over him. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry If there is evidence of panting, faintness, fatigue, or pain, the exercise should be stopped at once, for it is nature's way of saying "too much." Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition I closed my eyes, partly from faintness, partly to hide from the other poor fellows the joy that leaped to them. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The truth is that for simple weakness, faintness, exhaustion, fatigue, cold or wet, the best remedies are simple fresh air, pure water, digestible food and rest. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say In his panic he had succeeded in climbing the tree as far as the lowermost branch and had been seized with a sudden faintness. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force He tried to rouse himself, but a faintness had seized him. Uncanny Tales She felt a faintness, a sinking at the heart. A Black Adonis She walked for a mile or more recklessly, close veiled, with swift level footsteps, though her brain was in a whirl and a horrible faintness all the time hovered about her. Anna the Adventuress Both the popular and professional beliefs in the efficacy of alcoholic liquids for relieving exhaustion, faintness, shock, etc. are equally fallacious. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say "Thank God!" she gasped, and then a sudden faintness came over her. The Crack of Doom The tender had recovered from his attack of faintness and resumed his work at Madge’s airline. Madge Morton's Victory A deathly faintness overcame him, and he fell heavily; still clasping the girl, now senseless like himself. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Now a feeling of chilliness and numbness and faintness had crept over me, a cold sweat was on my forehead. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales If a concentrated solution is taken, it operates as a corrosive poison, producing violent pains in the stomach, vomiting, faintness and great weakness. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines With a great effort Nell overcame the deathly feeling of faintness which came upon her. The Unknown Wrestler In the weak there is languor, faintness, flaccidity of the breasts, general depression, and pains in the back and loins. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Again, and more powerfully, came over her senses that insidious, creeping faintness; that sickening of body and soul together. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter The protector of Abaquir lost his life, and he himself received some slight wounds; but the faintness which succeeded was more the effect of fatigue than of blows. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers In the train, she was attacked by a sensation of faintness, and remembering that she had eaten nothing all day, she went into the dining-car, and sat down at one of the little tables. Virginia Eleanor sickens with fear, a dizzy faintness numbs her nerves, the room swims round. When the Birds Begin to Sing Should slight faintness come on, it is better not to interfere with it, but use outward remedies—camphor, cold water, vinegar, etc.—as they maybe salutary. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Then a faintness came over her—she wasn’t used to late hours! Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts In walking to the cabstand they met Robert, and exchanged greetings; a sick faintness came over her, but she talked it down, and her laugh sounded in his ears when they had passed on. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Conquering her faintness, but still quivering from head to foot, she turned upon him with a defiant look. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He had received a great blow, a stunning blow; but he was able to postpone the faintness which would follow it till he should be where no eye could see him. The Bertrams She struggled as against physical faintness, struggled successfully. The Creators A Comedy Their thoughts were turned into a pleasanter channel by the arrival of Miss Sheldon, recovered from her faintness and eager to be of service to them. Gold Out of Celebes Then she closed her eyes again, but this time it was only exhaustion, not faintness. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar But it was not so easy to overcome the faintness that had seized upon her. Patty's Summer Days I think that pulls me up; at all events, I have since had no return of faintness. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The mental fog had lifted and the feeling of faintness was gone. The Branding Iron But the Snow-birds are sometimes affected with a dizziness or faintness which makes them fall from the limbs, or during their flight. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Mingling with the other outdoor fragrances, the odor of the coffee gave Tory a sensation of momentary faintness from sheer hunger. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest If there is paleness and faintness, Pulsatilla is the remedy, especially if the forehead is principally affected. An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time The knife dropped from my grasp; and, overcome, as much by fatigue as by the faintness produced by disappointment, I fell backward, and lay for some minutes in a state of partial insensibility. The Boy Tar While Edwards talked she could but listen, frightened all the time at the faintness of her solemn resolution, which had seemed so irrevocable when she made it. Duffels |
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