| 单词 | appal |
| 例句 | It appals me to discover that I want to see this new dining table more than I want to see Cordelia. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The horror of someone trying to reproduce what I once did appals me. Peter Brook: and for my next trick ? 2011-03-16T21:31:01Z The object is to amaze and appal, to stretch the limits of the child's imagination. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z It manages to appal, tickle and move, all at the same time – that's quite an achievement. Getting On and The Secret Life of the National Grid 2010-10-27T07:00:00Z It needs films that challenge and disturb, that appal and revolt; that have us bolting towards the exit in search of a stiff drink at 10am. Does Lars von Trier’s ‘vomitive’ new film spell the end for provocative cinema? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z “I would looooove to play Trump! He fascinates me so much. Fascinates and appals me. It’s unbelievable that he’s gotten this far, just unbelievable.” John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “I’m often trying to either appal or amuse or entertain you with an idea,” he says, addressing her. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z We're usually warned that the outcome is bound to appal devoted readers and disgust detached critics. One Day: a waste of a good tome 2011-08-24T09:51:15Z Hold on - whether that prospect thrills you, appals you, or leaves you cold, don't make that assumption. Laura Kuenssberg: Is Keir Starmer a prime minister in waiting? 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Ruth Jones, Labour MP for Newport West, added that the situation "continued to appal". Gwent Police: New messages reveal more misconduct allegations 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The wild child of rock n' roll had found a whole new generation to appal. Obituary: Jerry Lee Lewis 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "I know this will shock and appal the local community and I want to assure them we will do all we can to identify and bring to justice those responsible." Leytonstone stabbing: Dead teen named as Ghulam Sadiq 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Spain may be preoccupied with domestic issues – the landmark trial of Catalan independence leaders and the sudden eruption of the far-right, to name only two – but the Brexit pantomime continues to fascinate, confuse and appal. 'Un big mess' – how the rest of Europe views Brexit 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z On February 4th, she sent her last extant letter to Beuscher: “What appals me is the return of my madness, my paralysis, my fear & vision of the worst—cowardly withdrawal, a mental hospital, lobotomies.” Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Then, the plan held, overreaction from these groups would appal “normies”, or normal, average Americans. ‘It’s OK to be white’ is not a joke, it’s careless politicians helping the far right | Jason Wilson 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z "Her voting record in Congress appals and terrifies me," Swift wrote, citing the politician's votes against equal pay and domestic violence legislation. Trump 'likes Taylor Swift 25% less' 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z "As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appals and terrifies me," she wrote. Taylor Swift breaks political silence 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The experiences of individual soldiers both appal and inspire. Anthony Beevor’s new history of Arnhem 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr Trump enjoys 89% approval ratings among Republicans, despite a string of unfulfilled campaign promises, because he is a fighter who makes liberals mad, appals hoity-toity intellectuals and frightens foreigners. Paul Ryan’s retirement suggests his brand of conservatism has lost 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z This of course appals many people for serious reasons that do not need to be re-rehearsed here. Tony Blair’s a flawed messenger – but he’s worth listening to on Brexit | Martin Kettle 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z When we talk about the “normalisation” and Trump, we are referring to the scary possibility that his antics may one day cease to appal. Trump’s great feat? Making Mitt Romney seem the epitome of common sense | Emma Brockes 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Such social engineering would appal Western voters and be struck down by Western courts. How foreigners misunderstand Singapore 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Good, crisp, clear design, and guaranteed to appal small-c conservatives everywhere. Premier League 2016-17 season review: our writers’ best and worst 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “President Trump’s executive order against refugees and Muslims should shock and appal us all.” World reacts to Donald Trump's US travel ban – live 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “President Trump’s executive order against refugees and Muslims should shock and appal us all,” he said. Theresa May 'does not agree' with Donald Trump's immigration ban 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z "President Trump's executive order against refugees and Muslims should shock and appal us all," he added. Theresa May does 'not agree' with US ban on refugees - BBC News 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z He appals liberal Filipinos and human rights advocates, but is seen as a saviour by others. Leila de Lima: The woman who dares to defy Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte - BBC News 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The crimes of Ankara and Berlin – where families sharing festive joy were deliberately targeted and murdered – should rightly shock and appal. Don’t let our response to Ankara and Berlin be the one terrorists wish for | Owen Jones 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Then, of course, there’s the instant admission any curious teenager can obtain to sites that would probably appal even the most liberal among us. Porn in the classroom? Here’s why it makes sense | Jenni Murray 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z It is a similar trajectory that Isis now follows as it hunts for fresh ways to appal, lest it become yesterday’s news. How Isis hijacked pop culture, from Hollywood to video games 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z What should appal us about Yulin is not which particular animal is being killed, but that too many animals in the west are treated nearly or just as cruelly. Why it’s OK to eat cats and dogs | Julian Baggini 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The idea of handing more power to the federal revenue agency would appal Brazilian business, which must contend with one of the world’s most complicated tax codes. Taxmen on the take 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z More than 75 years later, it is the behaviour of his teachers that still appals him. Last witnesses of the Holocaust 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z So the Democrats running for office there often have views on guns, coal or fracking that appal progressives, who are therefore reluctant to knock on doors for them. Dreamy footsoldiers of the Left 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z But, grateful though I am for any compliment, the suggestion appals me. I'm happy to drift along with Google at the wheel. Ukip's another matter 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z This new assertiveness may appal some Western leaders, but it thrills the Russian public. Emotions stirred in 'divided Russia' 2014-05-13T14:26:20Z "The idea of not being at home at night appals me." Damon Albarn on life, elephants and gospel 2014-04-29T23:29:07Z "That a man can be targeted when he is attending a hospital to visit his wife and newly born son continues to appal all right-minded members of society." Man jailed for police officer murder 2013-12-06T12:48:59Z The murderous attack on a British family in the Alps continues to appal and intrigue. Paper's websites cheer Murray 2012-09-11T05:25:47Z What particularly appals Ferdinand is that this case has nothing to do with him and, in his mind, it should have been Terry who was left out if he was facing such a serious allegation. Euro 2012: Tough calls make a rod for England's bedraggled back-line 2012-06-03T21:30:04Z The loud-thumped tail that welcomed one and all, The volleyed bark that nightly would appal Our tim'rous errand boys—these things are o'er. To Your Dog and To My Dog 2012-05-22T15:16:52.220Z When running with hounds he is borne along by speed and by excitement, and so goes skying over obstacles which appal him when trotted quietly to them on a schooling day. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z But it is not simply by the signs that appeal to the eye that one gets an idea which is apt to appal one of the vast problem of the dead in China. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Gather, then, the tips that fall; Don't let vulgar chaff appal; To the Bar you've had your "call"! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z No doubt it would appal David to think that such a man was now leagued with Saul as his bitter and implacable enemy. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The storm rages wildly, and the mountains of surf and sea appal the stoutest heart. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The wild beast rage of the mob, as they watched their leaders fall, yet dared not make the rush en masse which must carry the place, was enough, of itself, to appal the stoutest. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The terrific walls of the fortresses do not appal or overwhelm, for all about them cluster the gardens. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Better to wake if even your dreams appal you. "Der Tag" The Tragic Man 2012-03-19T02:00:28.147Z Not that when the door was shut upon her, the room in which she found herself did not something appal her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The book has been opened now, and its prodigal variety of infinite charm appals me, even though a substantial part of my pleasant duty has been accomplished. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Their duty calls; Their duty calls—no more they know; No fear of death their faith appals; All the clear summons hear, and go. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 2012-02-21T03:00:19.417Z The future appals me--I shudder at its contemplation, wondering to what you may be goaded. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Happily, since the period which occupies us, advancing science has done much to mitigate its horrors, but in the eighteenth century, the sickening details of its course were enough to appal the bravest. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The doom of the farmer must be something calculated to appal,--to spread terror broadcast, or his pestilent example might be followed by other swine. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z But soft—no dangers can my heart appal, I have a soul that can despise them all. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z They show us what we all were and thus appal us; but they are as little responsible on this account as is a piece of granite for being granite. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z But more than anything, it is the awful and impenetrable silence that impresses and appals the silent and dignified nomad of the desert. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z The thinker who is really free, is independent; he is under no dread; he yields to no menace; he is not dismayed by law, nor custom, nor pulpits, nor society—whose opinion appals so many. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z All over Spain domestic animals used in the service of man are treated mostly with callous insensibility to their sufferings, and often with cruelty that appals and disgusts the stranger. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The mere aspect of Upper Provence is calculated to appal the patriotic magistrate. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Even they would cease their clamor for a time and then the stillness of the night was appaling. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z “Foaming and frothing from mountainous height, Roaring like thunder the Rhyadr falls; Though its silvery splendour the eye may delight, Its fury the heart of the bravest appals.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Do Thou preserve it, in the hours of guilt, When foemen thirst for blood that should be spilt, And keep it strong when traitors would appal. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z We may add, in the words of our immortal bard, that his lordship was a man, "Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil!" Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He handled them as if they were vestments and, despite the warmth of the afternoon, their weight did not appal him. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z It was well for them that Miller Scott rose to the importance of the occasion and dealt out such a rain of death dealing bullets as to appal the intrepid Indians. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z No wrongs our breasts alarm, No fears our hearts appal, Unswerving justice nerves our arm, We cannot conquered fall. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z The Parish Magazine is the only thing that appals me in Moresby. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z "So be it," answered the Khalif; "I have only one favour to ask: permit us to have a lantern, for the darkness of this dismal place appals us." The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Yet the misfortunes which had overtaken her were enough to appal the stoutest heart. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z Should He so appal mankind, as to enforce an involuntary acceptance of His claims? Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Terror has crept beneath your ocean wall, Horror is over-reaching, to appal; Your sons are menaced by a furnace fiery: What of the night? Rebel Verses 2011-07-22T02:00:18.367Z Some intoxicate by their beauty; others appal by their foulness. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z I realize that my right collar-bone and three ribs on the same side are broken, and when I remember where I am, the deplorableness and utter helplessness of my condition appal me. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z No supernatural terrors could appal him now, no fearful imaginings begotten of cold and darkness. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z It is not one which would appal ordinary beholders: the boatmen, we may suppose, thought chiefly of securing the fish. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z It is an alternative enough to appal the stoutest heart, and no wonder Claverton’s brain sickens at the thought. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z But the marvelous powers of this invisible force appals the stolid thinkers on "solid matter." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z "Such a waste of waters almost appals me!" Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z What the storm is to our senses—something that raises, appals and lifts up our very being by its sublimity and terror—the strife of the passions is to the soul. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Think over all thou might'st have been, Contrast it then with all thou art: A retrospect so dark and keen May well appal thy shuddering heart. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z And they invoked their benison On boatsmen led by Denison, Neither the rapids nor the falls Along the Nile these braves appals. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Yet even these did the silence of the great ship somewhat appal. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z Later on in the voyage, when they were navigating the lower stretches of the mighty river, its vastness might appal them, but could never excite their admiration as this early part of the cruise did. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z But I must tell you in another letter the circumstances thereof—for though a week should have passed since I wrote on the other side it quite appals me. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z And the idea of a cull appals journalist Rod Liddle, who presented a radio programme this week on birds of prey. Are birds of prey back? 2011-03-04T10:35:24Z Immortal are they, clothed with powers, Not to be comforted at all; Lords over all the fruitless hours; Too great to appease, too high to appal, Too far to call. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Yvonne Dewhurst had endured so much these past few days that awhile ago she would have affirmed that nothing could appal her in the future. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Edith Cavell was doomed to death by that same tyranny that had consummated the horrors of Louvain, that had heaped up atrocity upon atrocity to appal all Christendom. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z Moments seem like years, And loneliness his soul appals. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z The accommodations you offer, taken into consideration with the prices you charge, are sufficient to appal the world! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z After the terrible thing which I attempted, death appals me. . . . 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z Does the thought of it ever appal them? With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War Oh! ere they bleed, Let Nature's voice thy ruthless heart appal! Heathen Mythology I tell you frankly that the thought of an empty theater appals me. The Hillman I grew a stranger to you--in sorrow and misery I have to think of you, and the consciousness of guilt appals me when the soughing wind whispers your name in my ear. The Wish A Novel The banks of the waterfall almost joined at the top, yet, separated by an abyss of immense depth, presented that abrupt appearance which so often astonishes and appals the traveller amidst the Grampian Mountains. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom If Ben found nothing to do, the family would be reduced to two dollars a week, and to live comfortably on that small sum might well appal the most skilful financier. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck "Immortal are they, clothed with powers, Not to be comforted at all, Lords over all the fruitless hours, Too great to appease, too high to appal, Too far to call." A Critical History of Greek Philosophy What an appaling fact! we might say, echoing Lord Shaftesbury’s words. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade A Harmless Ghost is not a Ghost at all, Unworthy of the name; no Headless Man, Or other spectre that could men appal, Would condescend to live 'neath such a ban. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 A big gold and crimson love bursting out from beneath the varnish covering her hazy pigments would probably appal and frighten her. A Top-Floor Idyl At the moment, the crack of doom that is to herald an eternal silence cannot more appal. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Its booming echoes may the soul appal, But no reviving showers on nature fall. The Arm Chair I longed to probe this madness of his that I might convince myself of it, otherwise Hubert's situation must for ever appal me. Bye-Ways The ghosts of former victims done to death amid every circumstance of horror within that den arose not to appal her. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising "It would require an army to conduct them to Paris; besides, it is necessary to appal, and the blow is only terrifying when struck in the sight of those who have lived with the guilty." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 If in the glorious strife the hero fall, He proves no danger could his soul appal; And, but to dare so great a toil, shall raise Each age's wonder, and immortal praise. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The sight was sufficient to appal the most dauntless heart. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The thought of such a phænomenon cannot well be said to startle the mind:—it palsies and appals it. Eureka: A Prose Poem The lack of the discipline to which he had become accustomed would appal and disquiet him. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war No difficulties or perplexities seemed to appal him or disturb his judgment, and his courage and skill were equalled by his immovable self-composure. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 That sounds like good advice, but the whole political game appals me when I consider that it will be six years before I can even run for the House of Representatives—" "True! Ancestors A Novel I could stand a few faults and minor vices in my future lord; but such an array of excellencies appals me. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Being "broke" did not appal him, nor the loss of a job fill him with quaking. The Blue Goose All this shows the havoc of battle, but the sight that appals is the human dead. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry He led her through the Gothic hall, With bones and skulls encircled round; "Oh, let not this thy soul appal!" Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed They can never appal us with horrors, for we have fed upon nothing else for so long a period, that we have become accustomed to them. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital And consciousness itself is essentially greater than the very vastness which appals us, seeing that it embraces and envelops it. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) He stood with his bag on his arm, pretending to survey the front of the Alhambra, when there flashed into his mind a thought to appal the bravest. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) And surely to say truth, he never showed greater magnanimity, nor never was better followed nor more honored of those of the religion than now he is, which doth not a little appal the enemies. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Not the clean heart transpierced; not tears that fall For a child’s agony; not a martyr’s woe; Not these, not these appal. A Father of Women and other poems And so because the sea rages and roars against the coast at St. Leonard's, and appals your eyes and ears there, my dearest Hal, you think we had better not cross the Atlantic now. Records of Later Life She comprehends our unmoved gaze; she feels herself powerless; anger crosses her front; she cannot charm, but she will appal us; she rises high, and glides all revealed on the dark wave-ridge. Shirley Does the magnitude of it all appal you—do you want to quit? Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike Upon an image of immortal stone, Seated and vast, the moon of Luxor falls, Lending to it a stillness that appals, A mystery Osirian and strange. Many Gods But, worse than these sounds which but stun the ear and confound the intellect, what sights, oh! human kind! appal the heart! Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Your description of the terrace, or parade walk, covered with my fellow-creatures, appals my imagination much more. Records of Later Life They are represented as mighty of stature and terrible of mien, calculated to appal, not attract, to inspire fear, not to kindle love. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion That is true," said Rutler, "you appal me; happily, there is no likelihood of this. A Romance of the West Indies III Wherefore continue, still enshrined, thy rites, Tho dark Thibet, that dread ascetic, falls In strange austerity, whose trance appals, Before thee, and a suppliant on thee calls. Many Gods The sights which met his eye in the gloom of that awful night were enough to appal the stoutest heart. Henry IV, Makers of History Soothing as the calm that falls When the winds and billows cease, Comfort us when fear appals, Spirit, Peace. Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church It appals, it frightens, it makes upon many hearts and minds a sinister impression: how is this suffering of innocents to be reconciled with the Benign Will of a God Who is Perfect Love? The Prodigal Returns The bravest men share this gift, and some whom the shock of conflict appals. The Wild Geese Every thing in these meetings breathes obscurity, and is calculated to appal the human mind. Roman Catholicism in Spain Our present puzzles us, our future sometimes appals us. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science Blest were our lot, if still from danger free: “But nought a villain's daring power restrains, “And terror soon our virgin minds appals. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Were it not wisdom, then, to close our eyes On duties crowding only to appal? Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul When on our life the curtain falls, And fast descends a threatening night, Then, lest dismay the soul appals, The stars shine bright. Hymns from the East Being Centos and Suggestions from the Office Books of the Holy Eastern Church He goes on to give the details of this inequality and wretchedness, in terms calculated to sicken and appal one to whom the picture is new. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The lance and fire-weapon are in his hands; the spirit-thunder no longer appals him: he knows its origin and nature, and uses it in the accomplishment of a terrible retaliation! The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Prosecutions had been commenced against some of them, and Hall manifested that stern severity of character, which appals guilt. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Fabian, like those legendary cavaliers whom nothing appals, passed with fearful rapidity over hillocks, ravines, and fallen trunks of trees. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The aim of Philosophy is not edification but the possession and enjoyment of Truth, and the Truth may wear an aspect which, while it enlightens, also blinds or even at first appals and paralyses. Progress and History The language is intensely difficult to learn, for it has sixteen cases, a fact sufficient to appal the stoutest heart. Through Finland in Carts The fate of these two men during the next year might naturally so appal the popular imagination, as to approximate more closely the prophecy and its accomplishment. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 A. Wars harm all ranks, all arts, all crafts appal: At Mars' harsh blast arch, rampart, altar fall! Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. In heaps the throttled victims fall; Down sinks their mangled herdsman near; The murderous cries the stag appal,— Again he starts new-nerved by fear. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets But it is not the waste of blood that so appals, it's the waste of effort and the waste of heroism. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia Him, who ne’er listened to the voice of praise, The silence of neglect can ne’er appal. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems “Art thou blind to the means of promoting thy earthly happiness?” demanded the demon, fixing on Fernand a glance intended to appal and intimidate, but at which he on whom it was bent quailed not. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf These are of a kind to appal one in reading them. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 There are some themes that by their very wealth of suggestion appal the most ready writer. Children's Books and Their Illustrators I am singing, doctor, to divert my attention from a sight which appals me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The lady then explained that she was not of mortal birth, and that he who wooed an immortal bride must be prepared to encounter dangers such as would appal the ordinary race of men. Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I do know how dear you are, but it appals me when I think of how little background you have for me. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The fearful strain upon the muscles, their utter helplessness and inactivity, the frightful swellings, the effect of weight upon the racked and tortured sinews, appal me too much even for speculation.” A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Such transformations might appal, Had I not stood in regal hall. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) These thoughts are too horrible to be borne with equanimity; the stillness of night appals her, she can stand it no longer. When the Birds Begin to Sing But the labyrinth," said Tam, with a ring in his voice as of one who knew—"the labyrinth cannot appal the man who has found a clue to its windings. The House with the Green Shutters The prospect of a long journey would appal them. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] The click, which the box-door made and must make in shutting, was followed by a 'Hush!' calculated to appal the intruder who was disturbing the service. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 Such slaughter of their own men, with no apparent loss on our side, was enough to appal the bravest of mankind. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 But I am not going to appal you with domestic details. When the Birds Begin to Sing But this withering fire did not appal these young Australians. The Kangaroo Marines All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 The unknown dangers he anticipated, rendered more terrific by their vague indefinite character, were enough to appal a stouter bosom. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 I can imagine an examination paper which might appal many fat graduates. A Tramp's Notebook To all this the answer is doubtful, and the doubt appals him. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Yet fear of ill my heart appals, And all my wonted courage falls. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse I am sorry you have had illness in the house; I am so used to sickness that it hardly appals me when it applies to other people. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 What means this league of allied kings, with that preparation for war, with which it appals Europe, and grieves humanity? Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II And which appals the heathen who Bow down to wood and stone. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) At length, this reflection arises in a form to appal them. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea But ah, I know my wife is dead, And giants on her limbs have fed, So strange, so terrible are all The omens which my heart appal. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse You chatter in a dozen languages to your sisters: my French appals a Paris cabman; you play any instrument I ever heard of: the guitar is my limit, the fandango my repertoire. Iole If we knew the exact percentage, I suspect, it would appal us. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 He was conscious that he had been thus weak, though there had been nothing in Mr Apjohn's manner to appal him. Cousin Henry The darkness and silence were enough to appal any one; but the courage of our Viking-boy rose to the occasion. Viking Boys Can snake, Gandharva, fiend appal The giants' sons who scorn them all? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse It is animated by a fine, contagious indignation, and its vividly terrible episodes, which appal while they fascinate the reader, seem to be written in characters of blood and fire. The Day of Wrath What see I—ha—ha!" shouted Lady Rookwood, amidst discordant laughter; "that which might appal a heart less stout than mine—a figure anguish-writhen, with veins that glow as with a subtle and consuming flame. Rookwood Not for me the profiteer's Lucky hauls, But a prospect of lean years That appals; Yet, although I dimly grope On an ever downward slope, I espy one gleam of hope— Overalls. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 Dangers seen sometimes appal us, or appal those who love us: but they are not more real than many we never dream of. A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies I know what love for me thou hast, What firm devotion unsurpassed: Thy valour and thy worth I know, And glory that appals the foe. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Then, too, there is a cowardice of the imagination that can shake the strongest heart, and this resurrection from the dead, from the murdered, appals my imagination. The Return Of The Soul 1896 The inconvenience which she suffered during what George Sand calls "the sublime martyrdom of maternity" would appal the wife of the humblest pauper of a New England village. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 The ruffian’s design, in this savage threat, was doubtless to terrify us into submission; or, at least, so to appal and agitate us, as to make our exertions more confused and feeble. The Island Home Annie’s natural dismay, terrible as it was, soon yielded before the appeal to her conscience, which the pastor supposed would appal her. The Billow and the Rock The perils of the wood, and all The woes thou countest to appal, Led by my love I deem not pain; Each woe a charm, each loss a gain. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The suddenness of this outbreak did not appal me, for, in the dangerous life of Africa, a trader must be always admonished and never off his guard. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver As if in sudden madness, she wildly stretches out her hands as if to push away the thronging phantoms which appal her. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The great number and variety of such inquiries as are propounded by readers should not appal one. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The prospect of the opening and of the result is tremendous, and enough to appal the stoutest heart; however, we have weathered many storms, and I hope we shall do so in this case. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents The night—the dark—will soon be here, The gloom that doth my heart appal so I How can I tell what may be near? Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse When they saw the high ships, saw them glide up between the shady woodlands and rest on their silent oars, the sudden sight appals them, and all at once they rise and stop the banquet. The Aeneid of Virgil Was this all a horrid dream, a fearful jest of the summer's night to appal my soul?' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The blasts of midnight shake the hall, Hoarse sounding like a demon's voice, which the stoutest hearts appal! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century They might slay her so that she left perforce her mission unaccomplished; but no dread of such a fate had even an instant's power to appal her or arrest her. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The scenes presented were enough to appal the stoutest nerves. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Springing into a sitting posture, and by an involuntary impulse reaching out my hand for my gun which lay close to me, I beheld a sight that was calculated to appal the stoutest heart. The Gorilla Hunters To get him into the slings might have perplexed Hercules himself, but nothing could appal the bo’s’n. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands He shuddered, as no doubt the bravest cowers When he can't tell what 'tis that doth appal. Don Juan But she was of too brave a mould to suffer any foe—even the foe that conquers kings—to have power to appal her. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The obstacles to be overcome are described as enough to appal the stoutest heart by the admiral, who certainly was not a man of faint heart. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. It is a scene like this which appals the sailor’s heart. The King's Own "Your foolhardiness appals me, and heaven knows, I never expected that I should be in a position to call you foolhardy." The Angel of Terror The hour—the yelling and swearing and banging at the doors—the lurid glare flashing from the sky to show us each other’s fear-stamped countenances—those united to bewilder and appal us boys at least. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors It was pitchy dark; indeed, the intense darkness, the strong gale, and the heavy surf on shore were enough to appal any man entering the lifeboat. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign It was indeed an object to appal the stoutest heart. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas There was something strange and terrible, and sufficient to appal a heart stronger than that of a boy who had suffered from a long and severe illness. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor Even more than the knowledge of the many difficulties and discouragements which might await them beyond it, did the thought of the dangers of the sea appal them. Shenac's Work at Home Adown thy body skips the pit-a-pat Of treatment once heard in a hospital For plagues that fascinate, but half appal. Silverpoints Each carries in its name its dominant characteristic, the one full of attractiveness, the other partially unveiling depths of shame and punitive retributions which might appal the stoutest heart. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. There was at least a cosmopolitan polish about the Major; drawing-rooms would not appal him nor the thought of going to Court throw him into a perspiration. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House These considerations presented themselves to the young Muscogulgee, but they did not appal him. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 No wonder that the task I've now to tackle— Something new and smart for Tricksy Trip!—appals. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 But that phrase 'stewards of His mysteries' almost appals me. Letters to His Friends The wickedness of London appals me; and yet I am no paragon. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The millions of the public money which lie wantonly strewed over the South African veldt would appal even the most phlegmatic of financiers. On the Heels of De Wet The Moral The Moral: There's nothing much glummer Than children whose talents appal. The Best Nonsense Verses It was a sight indeed to appal the stoutest heart. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Where, then, can I grope And not be met by echoes that appal? Freedom, Truth and Beauty But small that portion of the wondrous whole, These sparkling segments of that circling Soul, Which all embraced, and lightened over all, To cheer—to pierce—to please—or to appal. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 If but women were Half as kind as they are fair There would be an end to all Miseries that do appal. Here are Ladies There is everything here to delight the eye, and fill the mind with wonder,— "All that expands the spirit, yet appals." Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The ghostly glimmer of antiquity appals him—he visits the ruin only with a companion, and at midday. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 All around this frantic carnage—raging through the prostrate host, Damayanti, soon awakened—with her heart all full of dread; There she saw a hideous slaughter—the whole world might well appal. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems In fact, nothing would appal him more than to learn that you are now in this country. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont It conjures no phantasms to appal the superstitious fancy, and its place in primitive mythology is conformably inferior. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Oh, care’s the King of all— A King who doth appal; But shall we who love delight bow before him? The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison No black scowlings—no horrid gnashing of teeth—no hideous shriekings will there appal the loving ones who watch and weep by the side of him who is dying disconsolate. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 I have lived with many blessings—I have well fulfilled my part, I have given thee beauteous offspring—death hath nought t' appal mine heart. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems The vastness of the field, the smallness of your numbers, the indifference of the masses, must neither discourage nor appal you. Dawn of a New Day "All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gathers around this summit, as if to show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below." The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The injustice of the existing set of rules simply appals the Radical. Post-Prandial Philosophy No dangers could appal his courage; no difficulties force him to abandon his projects. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Such things hold beauty and terror; they entrance, they appal; but they never shock. Lore of Proserpine He has written his adventures and we are to publish them and I am translating the honest captain into English grammar, a thing which appals him much more than Papuan savages. Gilbert Keith Chesterton And yet, it did not appal me, as the idea had often appalled me. Daisy in the Field It was only of late that she had come to realise this, and the horror of the awakening still at times had power to appal her. The Swindler and Other Stories While the mere victor's may appal or stun The servile and the vain—such names will be A watchword till the Future shall be free. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 The sight at first almost appals, but fascinates. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Wind and storm and landslip feed the lone sea’s gulf outside, Half a seamew’s first flight hence; but scarce may these appal Peace, whose perfect seal is set for signet here on all. A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems It was exactly the passive state that she had desired to evoke in Christa; but there are many spectres that come to our call and then appal us with their presence! The Zeit-Geist But again doubt would succeed, the very large sums involved would appal some new ministry, and the effort would be interrupted. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase They comprised the first detachment of 850 regulars and 300 militia, the advance attacking party—"the flower of Wadsworth's army"—embarked to "carry the Heights of Queenston and appal the minds of Canadians." The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 In the midst of great difficulties, sufficient to appal and disconcert any ordinary mind, our stupendous fiscal affairs have been conducted with unrivalled firmness, ability, and success. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It is the mysterious that appals brave men, for who of earth might hope to struggle against the very fiends of the air? Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France Jokes made about those who have never fallen, ‘too great to appease, too high to appal,’ are voted bad taste. Masques & Phases What appals us, what purges our passions with pity and with terror as we contemplate it, is not the external, the social effect of the act, but the personal, the internal effect of it. Is Life Worth Living? His chagrin at his failure "to appal the minds of the Canadians" was so great that ten days later he resigned his command. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 I perceive that the falsity of life appals your spirit. Atmâ A Romance The trail is through dolour and dread, over crags and morasses; There are shapes by the way, there are things that appal or entice us: What odds? Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists "Bless my soil, I can't be bothered with these matters in business hours," said the gentleman, and is severity was something terrible, but it did not appal the Rev. Andrew Rowbottom. The Missing Link But the size of Russia and the exposed eastern frontier of Germany seemed to appal him. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I In that case the perception that the moment had come to execute a merely general design might well appal him. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth We priests, like physicians, are called on to witness a great many distressing scenes, which many a time appal our weak human nature, and almost overcome our charity by terror. May Brooke Sudden execution they might have braved, though that will appal almost any heart; but lingering torture was what they might fear, to which Page 102death should succeed only when nature could bear no more. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons No one minds being dead; it's the dying that appals. Secret Bread But, as we turned and made for the ship, the strange sensation of hearing only through the feelings of the body grew upon me; the thought of perpetual silence began to appal me. Carette of Sark What appals him is always the image of his own guilty heart or bloody deed, or some image which derives from them its terror or gloom. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth A few lines I can remember sang in words of high commendation of— —Joseph Biggar, That man of rigour, Whose form and figure Do foes appal! The Life Story of an Old Rebel The pink meat my lady toys with on Limoges china comes to her table by ways that would appal her. Poor Man's Rock In heaps the throttled victims fall; Down sinks their mangled herdsman near; The murd’rous cries the stag appal, Again he starts, new-nerved by fear. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine She was no weakling, but this was a prospect to appal the strongest man. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The stormy wave could not appal; Nor where the savage trod; He braved them all, and conquer'd all, For freedom and for God. The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 For four hours' space I feel no annoyance, forget all care; poverty cannot frighten, nor death appal me. Machiavelli, Volume I Anyhow she is apt to believe herself and in a matter of the heart can find her way through difficulties which would appal a man. In the Days of Poor Richard Rumours of trouble with natives do not appal him, because he knows before he slings his gun over his shoulder that he is going forth to inflict due punishment upon the insurgents. The Boer in Peace and War These might the boldest Sylph appal, When gleaming with meridian blaze, Thy beauty must enrapture all, But who can dare thine ardent gaze? Fugitive Pieces But the Quakers, having broken the power or dominion of the priesthood, what terrors can fanaticism hold out to them, which shall appal their courage in their later hours? A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 Virginia," he said, "your missionary zeal appals me. Balloons "No cross—no crown"—the mandate, With cruel meaning falls; The heavy-laden soul shrinks back, The lonely way appals. Idle Hour Stories Dark shadows there are, but they hide no mysteries to appal and unman. The Unity of Civilization He said: 'Were I to enter into a detail of the atrocities which have been committed in Ireland, the picture would appal the stoutest heart. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The fear appals me that the seer can see. The Seven Plays in English Verse Proceed, brave BALFOUR, whom no flouts appal, Collect stupidities and do them all. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 5, 1892 No Giant Despair, no Golgotha Death-Dance, or Sorcerer's Sabbath of 'Literary Life in London,' appals this pilgrim; he works resolutely for deliverance; in still defiance steps stoutly along. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Battle, murder, and sudden death—even spectres and fiends—can appal no more. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance The prospect of living alone in the old homestead failed to appal her. Sandy But—quite the most wonderful thing of all The things that astonish, amaze or appal— As though a jelly turned suddenly rigid, It has made "TAY PAY" grow suddenly frigid! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The terrible, disfigured countenance did not appal her, though the memory of it would haunt her all her life. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories I'll meet any one face to face, but these juggling, incantation individuals appal me. Romance Island While o'er proud Lebanon the storm appals, In jagged lines the arrowy lightning plays, Soften'd to Israel's sight by intervening haze. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 He stood as one apart—a lonely watcher whom no danger could appal. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories I felt that the prospect of certain and imminent death must appal her; and to see the look of terror break over her face confronting death was what I could not bear. Aylwin There are the huge stones which appal you with the Roman weight and perpetuate in their arrangement an order that has modelled the world. Hills and the Sea A debauch longer and more utterly sickening and vile than the last followed, after which I would settle down into a condition of hopelessness which would appal the bravest and strongest. Fifteen Years in Hell It is not that which appals me; I ask nothing more than to live my life out loving the dead. The Tracer of Lost Persons The obstacles in his way were colossal; but we have learnt that obstacles do not appal his indomitable genius. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter With a courage which no danger could appal, he possessed the utmost calmness of temper and sweetness of disposition, by which all who conversed with him were engaged to love and esteem his character. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. It was an appaling time, in whose death-laden atmosphere political action was impossible. Speeches from the Dock, Part I The idea of the huge size of it seems to take the human mind in a curious grip and appal it. Five Nights "A strange question that for a man to ask himself—What did he do during those hours?—a question to appal him." Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Hence dangers cannot check it, nor threats appal, nor offerings of greater pleasures lure it to give up its demand for Freedom. The Case for India It is the absence of human virtue which appals him; if the salt have lost its savour wherewith shall it be salted? Robert Browning The Sermons of Swift," says Scott, "have none of that thunder which appals, or that resistless and winning softness which melts, the hearts of an audience. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 Who is he—what is he, my poor child, that his very name should thus appal thee? The Vale of Cedars The question, what he did during those hours, is one that may well appal any one. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories "It is the absence of something rather than its presence which appals and depresses us," Reggie Forsyth observed, "an absence of happiness perhaps, or of a promise of happiness." Kimono Proceeding on our journey, we came suddenly to a large river, the sight of which would appal the firmest heart. Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes My Christian brethren, think awhile, and such thoughts will cease to appal you. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence The law of the land may the petty appal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 He had a gentleman's horror of those resorts in gin-shops, or kept by the disciples of gin-shops, where he would surely be robbed,—which did not appal him,—but robbed in bad company. Mr. Scarborough's Family Him who doth appal us so, The wild monarch of the mountain See! a woman calm and slow Follows. The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome Here were no cliffs to scale, no mysterious mountain to appal, nor any visible obstacle to oppose his conquests. The Crater "No misfortune can appal me now," murmured he gallantly. The Man from Brodney's Mutual fears appal the mingled group, Starting alternate at the unknown tongue: They fear a foe in each uncertain form That through the gloom imperfectly appears. An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects There are facts which may appal the bravest—but I implore you to tell us what you have seen.’ A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen The sight of the gibbet, however, which was raised fifty feet high, seemed to appal him, for he had not been apprized of the ignominious nature of his punishment. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827 The consequences were such as might well appal the stoutest heart. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are By Jove," said Saunders, taking a straw, and at the same time staring in open-mouthed wonder at the tall host; "you appal me! The Man from Brodney's Such burnt-out worlds may well appal, If they must still continue dead, And universal night end all; But, one by one, as speed shall fail, Each may some rival mass assail, Till nebulas again prevail. Poems House-dog, a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor. The Devil's Dictionary Does the idea of death appal you very much?’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall All sons it surely would appal,Except the passing meek,To see a father lose his all,And from an independence fallTo one pound ten a week! More Bab Ballads It was enough; the girls believed it all, Grandmothers, mothers—thoughts did them appal— Even infants trembled at the demon's name; And when the maiden hung her head in pain,. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Foaming and frothing from mountainous height, Roaring like thunder the Rhyadr falls; Though its silvery splendour the eye may delight, Its fury the heart of the bravest appals. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery And what appals me most of all is that I shrink from going on deck to face it. The Shadow Line; a confession So I lifted my arm, the right, With never a hand at all; Only a stump, a sight Fit to appal. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man There are times when it appals me and there are times when it thrills me with a sweetness and a happiness that I have not known since she died. The Octopus : A story of California Larkin's intimidating smirk with a look of fury, which—for he now believed he held the winning cards—did not appal him. Wylder's Hand But the inexorable deliberation of justice appals me. The Yellow Streak The solitude, the strangeness of the place, almost appal me. An Enemy to the King Oh, it didn't take long to arrive there, those who arrived at all; The machine guns were certainly chronic, the shindy enough to appal. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man I am sure it is quite true that out from all the despair which sometimes appals us, we shall come into the same complete victory. The Personal Touch Shall the spite Of yon tormentor thus appal thy heart, While I, thy friend and guardian, am at hand To rescue and to heal? Poetical Works of Akenside Anna, after the lapse of a century, had greater reason, surely, to apprehend her dissolution, than in the bloom of youth, or at the commencement of her widowhood; and how appaling the prospect! Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II Wind shall not hurt thee, Rain not appal thee, Lightning not blast thee; Thou art worn so frail, Only the moonlight pale To an ash shall burn thee, To an invisible Pain. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 I burn and yet I freeze, I flame and cool as fast, In hope to win and for to lese, my pensiveness doth last; Why should my dull spirit appal my courage so? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Their words are soft, leading our hearts by gentleness, in the same manner as in their moments of just indignation they appal and confound us. Life in Mexico Possessed of a strong, discriminating mind, capable of enduring long continued mental labor, he unites with activity and energy a determined spirit, which enables him to overcome obstacles which would appal most men. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The enormous mass of figures did not seem to appal him; the maze was straight enough beneath such skillful eyes. Roden's Corner No direful visions appal their happy souls, nor terrific ghosts of quondam hours stand arrayed before them. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" Scorn the tremendous sounds that now appal thee. Imogen A Pastoral Romance A rain of stones both great and small Down on the crowd of warriors crashed, On every side destruction flashed, Thy heart the slaughter did appal. Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas "Rent paid by rhymes at Oakly may be great, "But rhymes for taxes would appal the state," Exclaim'd th' exciseman,—"and then tithes, alas! May Day with the Muses When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho! Satanstoe The words ward and guardian appal my Angelina! but what are legal technical formalities, what are human institutions, to the view of shackle-scorning Reason! Tales and Novels — Volume 01 The heart of Edwin, which no human terror could appal, sunk within him; his nerves trembled, and the objects that surrounded him, swam in confusion before his eyes. Imogen A Pastoral Romance I will not gloss over the appaling dangers of universal suffrage in the United States. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Why, it deafens, it appals, it submerges you in an uproarious sea of fault-finding; and in a word, you might as profitably oppose a hurricane. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Fair in his tints unfold the scenes of state, The senate listens and the peers debate; Pale consternation every heart appals, In act to speak, when death-struck Chatham fails. The Columbiad And these also: Trust thine affairs to the Subtle, to God that knoweth all, And rest at peace from the world, for nothing shall thee appal. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Did ye think the mere show of your guns on the wall, And your shouts, would the souls of the heathen appal? War Poetry of the South Source divine, and Life of all, The Fount of Being's fearful sea, Thy depth would every heart appal, That saw not love supreme in Thee. Daily Strength for Daily Needs Has treason scaled the harem's wall, Whose height might treason's self appal, And slavery's daughter fled his power, To yield her to the daring Giaour? The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems The phantom shapes—oh touch not them— That appal the murderer's sight, Lurk in the fleshly mandrake's stem, That shrieks when pluckt at night! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes These gods smile for ever: if you find one who frowns, like Fudo, the frown seems but half in earnest; it is only Emma, the Lord of Death, who somewhat appals. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series The dangers that often appal Christ's servants have a way of often disappearing when they are marched boldly up to. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Lord Ronald hath come from the Paynim land With a bride that appals the sight; Like his dam she hath moles on her dread right hand, And she turns to a snake at night. Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Lord Ronald hath come from the Paynim land With a bride that appals the sight; Like his dam she hath moles on her dread right hand, And she turns to a snake at night. Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 If this page does not appal you, nothing will. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects She moves in the best society, and the thought of a high tea at 6.30 would appal her. If I May Had I cared less for the human beings about me, so much suffering, so much national tradition of suffering would have revolted, as it did indeed appal, me. On Something And He knew that dangers and death itself will not appal a soul that is touched into heroic self-forgetfulness by His love. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII There was enough in that to appal the stoutest heart, it is true, and he now felt that it was all over. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Before him prospects which might well appal The stoutest heart. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Yet although Death's voice calling us from afar may seem all sweetness, his voice coming nearer has a note of dread in it that appals the most death-desirous heart. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Mary kept her eyes fixed on the fatal spot, and stood as if entranced,—it was indeed a sight calculated to appal and rend the heart of a mother. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Thus we find ourselves, as before, in a state of transition, and this state of transition is just what appals us. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) After that other ascent in the heart of the tropical forest he declared he did not mean to let anything appal him henceforth. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics "Better to serve my purpose foul I'll fix it for the eighteenth night, And raise such storm as may appal The bravest soul that lacks daylight!" The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects All the terror life had to appal the human spirit had been faced, in that moment when the doctor's hand upon his shoulder had told him Jenny was to die. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Her shame can find no shelter meet; Their eyes her soul appal: Forward she sped, and at his feet Fell down, and told Him all. A Hidden Life and Other Poems The men are furious, the women are ferocious,—nothing can appal, nothing discourage them. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) But this conclusion, involving the belief that inherited sin is infinite, and deserving of infinite punishment, appals the mind. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation Fearing that it might appal Mother's heart, he tells not all That befel their friends so kind. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Such thoughts indeed had come to him, but unwelcomed, involuntarily, as those foul thoughts which will sometimes torture the pure, or those base thoughts which may appal the noble. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Dawson is perfectly cynically outspoken to me over the business which, I confess, appals me. The Lost Naval Papers Shakespeare, "Make mad the guilty and appal the free." A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 I'll thunder music shall appal the nymphs, And make them shiver their clattering strings: Flying for succour to their Danish caves. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Sometimes with Christians of most generous souls; Anon, with those whose conduct him appals, Till the important day at last came round; When at a house, hard by, he tinkering found. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Howbeit they err who praise this gloomy birth, So frail and desolate and void of mirth That one poor firefly can her might appal. Sonnets Soon will come the doom most dreaded,With a horror that appals;Lo! before their downcast facesGrimly stare the workhouse walls. Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine Moore gives this warning:— "The phantom shapes—oh, touch them not That appal the maiden's sight, Look in the fleshy mandrake's stem, That shrieks when plucked at night." The Folk-lore of Plants I do not ask," resumed the Philosopher, "as one who should imply that the probability of even a complete saturation ought to appal a ratiocinative being, endowed with wisdom and virtue. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Frighten, affright, alarm, terrify, terrorize, dismay, appal, daunt, scare. The Century Vocabulary Builder Nay, even the savage god of war, whose strength appals the giants, repressed his wrathful bluster, being forced to such submission by this my son, and became gentle and loving. La Fiammetta That sight was most appaling; yet, I was obliged to endure it without complaining. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison Could we collect the statistics of the immense amount of death and putrefaction happening every moment in this earth, they would appal us. Sadhana : the realisation of life Thy coming doom the round earth shall appal, And all the hearts of freemen beat for thee, And all free souls their fate in thine foresee— Theirs is thy glory's fall! The Poems of Schiller — Second period Oh, I am tossed amid the surge again Of doubt and anxious fears; thy tale appals With ominous sounds of ill. The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy When you have left the camp No devil will again appal our troops. Maid of Orleans I ne'er have viewed a circle so august, But the sight swells my heart within my breast And not appals me. Demetrius The noise and confusion, the constant invasion of my privacy, the demands upon my time, appal me. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill But all to late, and o'er the gate Of Freiburg's council hall Sir Konrad's head, with features dread, The traitor's eyes appal. A Book of Golden Deeds His voice and hand were both arrested by a roar, or rather a shriek from the beast, that was sufficiently terrific to appal even a stouter heart than that of the naturalist. The Prairie What art thou, double-tongued, deceitful being, Who wouldst bewilder and appal me? Maid of Orleans It did not a little appal the pedlar, when, in the midst of a black heath, the young man told him the nature of the commission with which their hostess had charged him. The Monastery Now the last ruin the whole host appals; Now Greece had trembled in her wooden walls; But wise Ulysses call'd Tydides forth, His soul rekindled, and awaked his worth. The Iliad Wickedness that is immeasurable, in connection with power that is superhuman, appals the imagination. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 The solitude chills him, the silence appals him. Nature and Human Nature Do princes quake and fear Before the phantom which appals the vulgar? Maid of Orleans It's said things to his form sometimes that are quite horrifying, I assure you; things about Property, and about our duty to the poor, and so on, that are positively enough to appal you. Philistia Nay, flung full stretch on the blue, he blazes, he dominates, he appals! Pagan Papers This luridly extravagant picture, however, did not appal her. The Point of View The answers which she had received had not come from the highest members of the aristocracy, and the houses which she visited did not appal her by their splendour. The Way We Live Now His movement was deliberate, but he kept his flaming gaze fixed upon the object of his wrath, and into his lean, ashen countenance came such demoniac fury as to appal those who saw it. The Winds of Chance Nothing could appal the mind so much as the contemplation of eternal solitude. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, But the condition of the country appals me! Leah Mordecai The violence of the battle may be cheaply braved, but the insidious attacks of disease appal the boldest. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan The same article on the hoof is all held by a ring of speculators at figures which appal the man of moderate means. The Fiend's Delight The sight was one to appal the stoutest heart. Nonsense Novels "All this does not appal me," said Mrs. Markland, and she looked up and smiled faintly through tears that could not be repressed. The Good Time Coming Truly, even without the passion of love, there had been much to shock and appal a young heart in the fate of the playfellow of her childhood, the suitor of her youth. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland The idea of your going to live in lodgings in an obscure part of London is more than I can bear, and now it really appals me. Demos Now and then such passages amaze, appal me—but I am getting used to them. Our Friend the Charlatan The world of to-day with its roaring machinery, the unceasing toil of its working classes, its strife, its poverty, its war, its cruelty, appals me as I look at it. Nonsense Novels After which harrowing denouement sufficient to appal the stoutest he snapped the blade to and stowed the weapon in question away as before in his chamber of horrors, otherwise pocket. Ulysses Around each pure domestic shrine Bright flowers of Eden bloom and twine, Our hearths are altars all; The prayers of hungry souls and poor, Like armed angels at the door, Our unseen foes appal. The Christian Year Under the best of circumstances, the prospect of being left alone in the midst of that inhospitable wilderness was enough to appal. The Lure of the Labrador Wild "The time has gone by when the terror of his name could appal us," cried Joseph, proudly throwing back his head. Joseph II. and His Court When this news came to Sasan, he was drowned in the sea of appal, knowing that the whole state had turned against him, great and small; and his trouble redoubled and his care became despair. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 Oh, if you could only see into Enry's soul, the depth of his contempt for a gentleman, the arrogance of his pride in being an engineer, would appal you. Man and Superman Three solemn parts together twine In harmony's mysterious line; Three solemn aisles approach the shrine: Yet all are One—together all, In thoughts that awe but not appal, Teach the adoring heart to fall. The Christian Year My existence is sadly cold and stern, and full of horrors that appal. The Lady of the Shroud Those dreadful words papa spoke before he was afflicted! words I will never put on paper; but they ring in my ears still; they appal me: and then found at their very door! Hard Cash Wherefore continue, still enshrined, thy rites, Though dark Tibet, that dread ascetic, falls, In strange austerity, whose trance appals,— Before thee, and a suppliant on thee calls. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 With these requisites he undertook a quest which, at that time, was not unattended with actual danger, and had much in it to appal a more timid disposition. Redgauntlet Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, all Shall feel the shower of Mercy fall, And startling at th' Almighty's call, Give what He gave, Till their high deeds the world appal, And sinners save. The Christian Year The ruin of private fortunes, the distress of all ranks, was such as might appal the firmest mind. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 On the other hand, the idea of entering a strange house appals me. Poor Folk “This aching monotony of life, these days of peaceful, uneventful felicity, they appal one.” Three Men on the Bummel Child and friend, there is a look in your father's face which appals me. The Coming Race For where’er the sun does shine, And where’er the rain does fall, Babe can never hunger there, Nor poverty the mind appal. Songs of Innocence and Experience Her beauty, it appals one, it is so painfully indescribable. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Such a revelation of such a man was enough to appal me, for a moment conscience cried out that he must have heard that Cocheforet had escaped him, and through me. Under the Red Robe If there is nothing in it which appals and revolts you, if your conscience is satisfied with a few ready sophisms, or if you don’t care a pin for your conscience, fall to! Essays in Little The sudden face of death might appal me for a moment, but the fear is over. Last Days of Pompeii When the situation was finally summed up, however, nearly three-fourths of the city had to be rebuilt or remodeled, and the cost of doing this was enough to appal the strongest hearts. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. Macbeth But this conclusion, involving the belief that inherited sin IS INFINITE, and deserving of infinite punishment, appals the mind. Beacon Lights of History Montoya, accompanied by six Indians, set out upon the journey, which by land to-day is enough to appal the boldest traveller. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 There is one fact that appals you,—the Infinite; if you feel it within, why will you not admit its consequences? Seraphita Sometimes the grossness and impurity, the ignorance and downright wickedness of the underworld appal and frighten me. London's Underworld O Tombs! what virtues are yours! you appal the tyrant's heart, and poison with secret alarm his impious joys; he flies, with coward step, your incorruptible aspect, and erects afar his throne of insolence. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature Why, the word must not appal you—you have a spirit like mine, that scorns fear; and, for that reason, Nina, in all Rome you are my only confidant. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes First words, where down my woodland walk she led, To her blind sister Patience, Foresight said: - Your faith in me appals, to shake my own, When still I find you in this mire alone. Poems — Volume 3 Such play as this the devils might appal! Poems — Volume 1 I was afraid these would appal the footman who unpacked my things. Seven Men You appal the tyrant's heart, and poison with secret alarm his impious joys. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature "Holy maiden," answered Adrian, "the danger you hazard does not appal me;—I seek one whose life is dearer than my own." Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Nevertheless, no task could appal the inflexible spirit of the man, and he had registered a silent vow that Ormuz Khan should never leave England alive. Fire-Tongue First words, where down my woodland walk she led,To her blind sister Patience, Foresight said: - Your faith in me appals, to shake my own,When still I find you in this mire alone. A Reading of Life, Other Poems |
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