| 单词 | palsied |
| 例句 | The old woman, shrunk by age and time to little bigger than a child, held on to a stick as tall and bent as herself with palsied and swollen-knuckled hands. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He would tease her by telling her just how, with her and her apples gone, all the gods were frail and withered—drooling, palsied, quivering hulks, slow of thought and crippled in mind and body. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And they were completely unmoved by his angry contempt: “You, standing palsied at the gate of death and yet afraid to die!” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An old priest, palsied, walking with a cane of ash. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutching its credit card in hands palsied with anticipation, Lost in Showbiz catches its breath long enough to advise: don't all subscribe at once, you'll crash their server! The celebrity journalists coming to the rescue 2011-01-06T20:00:02Z Michael the filmmaker tags along, capturing all the shrieking, cursing, howling, body twisting and slamming with phony surveillance images and irritatingly palsied camerawork. | 'The Devil Inside': ?The Devil Inside,? A Fake Documentary - Review 2012-01-06T20:26:38Z Spastic, palsied and off-balance, I’m taking crooked notes about this place. Beautiful Poems About a House of Horrors 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z On the spot, they decide to liberate Claude from the company of the palsied, demented, and wheelchair bound. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z In front of a billion or so viewers, Witz was palsied with pleasure. Oscars 2014 Recap: 12 Years a Slave Is King, and Lupita Nyong’o the Princess Bride 2014-03-03T15:59:17Z She had the intellectual capacity of a two-year-old, was incontinent, never fully regained her ability to speak, struggled to perform basic daily maintenance routines, and had a palsied arm. The true story of the U.S. president who kept his disability a secret 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z A plucky disregard for public opinion has its charms, but Mastriano perhaps too wholeheartedly embraces John Quincy Adams’s 1825 injunction that politicians should not be “palsied by the will of our constituents.” Opinion | Why Mastriano’s candidacy presents a special danger to the nation 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He struggled with palsied hands to shield his exposed body with a thin towel. In Haiti, a brutal reckoning over an all too familiar task: Rebuilding 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Recall his laughing imitation of a disabled reporter, palsied arms and hands shaking. Is Donald Trump a bully or bold protector? That depends on whom you ask | Arlie Hochschild 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z As Washington prepared to host its first-ever World Series, a soldier injured in the Great War — “helpless and palsied and in his early twenties” — showed up at Griffith Stadium hoping for a job selling peanuts. Perspective | In October 1924, all Washington could think about was its first-ever World Series 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z You wonder what life would be like if that palsied kid in the trailer had medical attention. Attitudes toward children and the working poor fit for Scrooge 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z But Adams sabotaged his own cause by declaring, in his first annual message no less, that if voters did not like such expensive measures, lawmakers should not be “palsied by the will of our constituents.” Analysis | No matter what he does, history says Trump will never be popular 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Prematurely old, his whole body palsied with Parkinson's Disease – it was as if in that moment, Americans, most of them anyway, looked back, recognized his greatness, and embraced their native son. Ali's America 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Even in his palsied state in the championship rounds of his life, his eyes sparkled and his wit remained as sharp as the punches with which he tormented nearly all of his 61 opponents. Muhammad Ali: fighter, joker, magician, religious disciple, preacher 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Five years on from the Wall Street crash, the world economy is still palsied. Davos: the failures' club 2013-01-22T20:53:47Z The panic that had palsied Europe was after a long interval succeeded by a fierce reaction of resentment. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z With six small children and a palsied husband upon her hands, Juliette had to find work. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "Beware!" she went on more loudly, and harshly, tapping with her stick on the floor, and snaking her palsied head at me. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The old man screamed a palsied curse at her. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He averted his eyes and held out a palsied hand. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Wherever his influence passed, the arm of the inquisitor was palsied, the chain of the captive riven, the prison door flung open. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z America is rocked within Thy cradle, Liberty, By Africa's poor, palsied hand— Strange inconsistency! Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It must have been a full five minutes before he pulled himself together, and tried to divest himself of the unnatural horror that palsied his energies. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z "It is well you said that!" the Vicomte cried, his face purple, his hands palsied with rage. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Again the cross-bow twanged, and the next moment the bear was close upon Gerard, where he sat, with hair standing stiff on end, and eyes starting from their sockets, palsied. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Moaning and shaking, the scared and palsied chevalier stood helpless by, wringing his hands together. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z It was one of those sudden things which, like the phenomena of earth, strangles the breath and leaves men palsied. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z This last effort palsied the engineer, his fingers relaxed, and he slipped again to the floor, nerveless but writhing. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Better, a thousand times, that every pulse of life should cease—better that all the gods should fall palsied from their thrones, than that the creed of Christendom should be true. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Can the Federal arm be palsied by the action or non-action of a State? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Ghosts fade from the brain and the shrivelled deities fall palsied from their thrones. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z When the glories of this world fade from the vision; when am- bition becomes an empty name; when wealth turns to dust in the palsied hand of death, of what use is philosophy then? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Time had wrinkled his face, and the frosts of four-score winters had whitened his woolly locks, palsied his limbs, and dimmed his vision. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z He spoke quietly again, though under her finger-touch his arm shook as if it were suddenly palsied: "I don't jest plumb understand ye." The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The lamps flew by, and she still stood there, with the palsied shake of her head and hand, looking out into the darkness, in rumination. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z My little bird"—here he laid a palsied hand upon the shoulder of Peggy, who choked noisily—"has flown away at last. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Alice thrust backward a palsied hand and, clutching the young man she had danced with, dragged him forward. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I was no sooner astride of it than a mob of townspeople gathered without, and among them a palsied beggar, who bellowed out that he would hextricate me for 'arf a crown, sir. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z In the midst stood Tresham, his haggard features and palsied frame bespeaking the extremity of his terror. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Yet unlike the politician he did not lose his ideal and become palsied and apologetic. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z For having once taken the sword in hand, he did not let it fall until his arm was palsied by death. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The ocean cable and the facilities for travel have palsied insular prejudice and lifted the embargo on the free interchange of ideas. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z As the pen drops from their senile palsied hands they will see the Correspondence take new lease of life, and they will turn their faces to the wall, smile, and die happy.” Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z On a traitor’s heart be the curses of night, And palsied the craven hand That fails in the hazard of furious fight For God and our Native Land. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Genius alone is helpless in the presence of a palsied national opinion. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z She stopped, reared back, and then stood perfectly still, quivering all over in a state of palsied excitement. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z There, with wild, imploring eyes, the old man half stretched forth two palsied hands, his forage cap falling unheaded to the floor, his whole frame shaking. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z The boy tried to give him water but the bowl fell from the palsied hand. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z "I'm heavy and dull," replied George; "my pulse rises and fa's, my heart throbs, and my legs hae been shakin' under me, as if I were palsied." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z "To be sure, to be sure," and she nodded until the jet ornament in her black bonnet seemed to have become palsied. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Men who would not in their selfishness give place for palsied misery, readily make room for the distinguished person who has received a miraculous blessing. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z As we entered, a scruffy man exited, pushing a busted cart — each palsied wheel pulling in a different direction — into a busy parking lot brimming with older-model automobiles. The Dollar-Store Economy 2011-08-18T22:30:52Z Thus peace and contentment soon returned to this house, and the love of her children restored Mrs. White the activity and determination which the loss of her husband had palsied. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z If a bodily limb even, a mere hand or foot, be fettered and palsied, the body itself either dies or droops into a smaller way of life. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The whitened locks, the wrinkled face, the tottering frame, the palsied limbs and faltering voice, are sure indications that the time of departure is at hand. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z But with palsied paralysis at stake, they would not be repulsed. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He came to London crippled from a wound and palsied from fever and set about finding work. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z He does not, on entering a village, ordain that all the lepers in it shall be cleansed, or all the palsied restored to the use of their limbs. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Celtic Ireland was palsied then, and is palsied still, by the fear of what we may now call Father Furniss’s hell. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The grass shall wither under your feet; the hand be palsied that offers you the sacred Host; death and pestilence shall visit him who takes pity on your hunger. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z They had however a strong and practical conviction that He would make whole their palsied friend. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z May the arm that took that man’s life hang palsied by your side for ever! The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z And may this arm drop palsied by my side, When its cold sinews shrink to aid affliction! The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z "Oh, heavens! we shall both perish," shrieked Darcy, vainly endeavouring to raise his palsied arm,—"perish with the blissful shore in view." Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Left alone, she sat down, palsied by despair. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z He restores the palsied man to health, that they might know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z "Only do not become numb and palsied again, my father!" said he, embraced him but gently, and forgot what he had been going to do. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Every definite clue to their interpretation seems to elude us as we lay hold of it, like the drowned man who sinks through the palsied grasp of Glaucus. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z That are too worn to seek the skies, With palsied limbs and shaking knees, And fixed, dull stare, that only sees The stony ground. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z "Devil-fish" of Victor Hugo, Dread Pieuvre of caves where few go But are made your palsied prey, Where are now your gruesome glories, Dwelt upon in shocking stories? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z When he came out of the little office he was still smoking placidly, but the writing on the telegraph-form resembled the writing of a drunken or palsied man. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Trembling like a palsied monkey, I jumped out and ran for it. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Glaucus at first sight of Endymion greets him joyfully, seeing in him his predestined deliverer from the spell of palsied age which binds him. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Up to this time the girl had been palsied; now a flash of fire kindled through and through her, an intolerable weight seemed flung from her brain, she stood up and held forth her arms. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Many a palsied crew Painfully creeping through the Arctic night Have felt it fill their souls like fire and light. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z The Inca, the High Priest, the members of the Council, all were endeavoring to restrain their fright, but they were palsied with terror. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Even with his teeth chattering in his head, and his palsied old hand rattling the candlestick, he was compelled to state his theory of her absence. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z "So," in the language of Tennyson— "So we triumph'd, ere our passion sweeping through us left us dry, Left us with the palsied heart, and left us with the jaundiced eye." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z There was a murmur of astonishment—May and Rupert vividly interested, Lady Thetford white as a dead woman her eyes averted, her hand trembling as if palsied. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Half-suffocated, palsied with despair, he reeled back to the room where he had left her, and stared about it. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z His eyes looked as if about to start from their sockets, while his frame shook as though he had become suddenly palsied. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z He looked at me and ground his teeth—palsied with rage, shaking all over. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Here was infancy, nude and needy, reaching out its dirty little hands; and second childhood bent and tottering, with palsied palm extended, eying you with all the mute wistfulness of a starved spaniel. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Besides, the weight of his irons, the humidity of his cell, have palsied, have paralyzed his limbs. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z As the blind man walked, he met a man with palsied feet. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z So often were we who guarded him but a palsied band of nondescripts, that I wonder to this day at that hesitation which allowed the greatest of our soldiers to slip through Russian hands. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Many a blessing was bestowed on her as they raised their palsied heads to partake of her hard-earned pittance; and many a fervent prayer was poured out, when no mortal heard it. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Their palsied hands could hardly hold, or their fading sight distinguish, the cards, while their torpid faculties made them doze between each deal. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z With his blood freezing in his veins, with hands trembling and lips palsied with horror, he quitted the house. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z “If thou wilt be eyes to me, I will be feet to thee,” called the blind man, and, forthwith, he put the palsied man on his back. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z Sometimes she fancied that his hands grew palsied and his bright eye was dim, but repelled the fancy with terror. Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League 2011-03-03T03:00:48.280Z His garrison were palsied by surprise, the mysterious appearance of the Confederates, and the impunity of their situation. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z I am still feeble, palsied & have spells of great distress in the head. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z She stretched a palsied hand to him as if it would feel his flesh to reassure her of its reality. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z One can guess how this horrible letter palsied her; how this first face-to-face encounter with the world's sin and misery tortured and sickened her. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z She gazed at the trembling figure and the palsied limbs. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z I hope I may never again see anything like that poor wretch's face when his palsied hands first touched the cards which I dealt him. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Next comes the long duel between the Triumvirate and the palsied representatives of the Republican party. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z When mortal armies, mailèd and arrayed, Have in strange fear, or ever blade met blade, Fled maddened, 'tis this God hath palsied them. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z I could see that each had a slight palsied motion. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z "Alas, death palsied the hand of the Duke of Guise at the very beginning of his great work!" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The priest, palsied with terror, as ghastly pale as a ghost, could not help turning round; alas! the cook was always at his heels. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z And a palsied crone beside me moaned and sobbed 'I want to be baptized!' 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 And palsied be the hand that harms Earth's pleading signal to the skies, And Heav'ns immortal Coat of Arms. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Now I was shaking with the violence of one palsied, and presently the top fell down. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The state of religion in the Established Church can only be compared to that of a frozen or palsied carcass. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z "All his vibes are in the game," said Arsène Wenger, making a palsied hand-gesture before explaining how his striker likes to rip and run then pop caps in rivals' hind parts. The Fiver 2010-04-14T15:28:00Z He strode up to his mother, who has sunk helplessly into an armchair, and whose head seemed palsied with distress. The Undying Past He would have spoken; but his palsied tongue refused to move, even to implore for mercy. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 My palsied fingers touched the table, and presently I was on top of it, crouching among my books and manuscripts, feeling feebly for the lamp and the matches. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The guests were palsied with terror, expecting every moment to be their last. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Nevertheless, I do not remember to have had any extraordinary fear; none, I know, comparable with that palsied terror I suffered when the mutineers came first upon the stairs in the night. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Then the palsied feeling which had kept her seated went from her. Four Phases of Love They came to the lake-side on Slievegallion, and found there a wretched and palsied old man, whom they questioned, but who could do nothing but beat his breast and moan. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race But the grip of a past such as held him now was not the palsied touch of age. The Man from Jericho Turning his head, his master saw approaching a dilapidated hack with side-lanterns like great goggles and decrepit and palsied curtains. The Valiants of Virginia I stood like one palsied, my eyes glued on the burning eye of the big engine. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories Ay, but there’s a mair important thing I dinna ken, and that is whether I would be palsied wi’ fear like the earl, or face death with the calmness o’ the minister.” The Little Minister A huge plane hung from his right hand, the handle of which, formed in the shape of a ring, had grazed his knuckles, and which he vainly endeavoured to steady with his palsied fingers. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers I live on as the palsied animal lives, and if some day the spring fails, and the few herbs within his reach, he dies. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches "We are going to have rain," he said, attempting to smile, and unbuttoning his old coat with a palsied fumble. A Yankee from the West A Novel There was a murmur of astonishment—May and Rupert vividly interested, Lady Thetford white as a dead woman, her eyes averted, her hand trembling as if palsied. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir 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 He looked in the moonlight, with his tottering legs, his palsied head, and his flapping arms, like some ghastly phantasmal monster, whose limbs were pieced together by a hundred movable joints. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers As alcohol and the drunkard's palsied limbs are cause and effect, sin and judgment; so the national sin and the horrors of war are cause and effect, sin and judgment. Stand Up, Ye Dead And the palsied man rose, restored to perfect health. Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year "Had I been able when you went to meet the steer, I would have held you back with both hands; but I must acknowledge that I was palsied by fear." The Progressionists, and Angela. 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 He felt as if his tongue were palsied. On the Heights A Novel His voice caught in a tight knot of strangulation; he was dithering and palsied. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The palsied man may have said he had no faith in Christ. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians Rather than permit this, let the Church lift up their drooping hands and sustain their palsied knees, that they may be healed of their lameness. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The old palsied abbé came and chanted prayers for the dying, and some one played a “Dies Iræ” on the little organ. Leerie Her features grew rigid; her hands fell to her side, as if palsied; her eyes closed, an expression as of death lay on her lips. On the Heights A Novel I have fought under the banner of your king; and, though my arm was never palsied in the day of battle, death has been denied me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 But these four friends told him how they had been cured, and if the Master could heal them surely He could heal a palsied man. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews He did play to perfection, but now, poor devil, the wound he received has palsied his right arm, and he will never hold cards again—or, what he thinks worse, a foil. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Her limbs seemed palsied, and she lay there as if at the bottom of the lake. On the Heights A Novel The bowed and shrunken figure, palsied and shaking, was that of an old, old man. Haviland's Chum Let us bring our palsied friends to Him. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians Without a moment's hesitation, the Doctor seized his hat, and hastened along with us, to the wretched abode of the sick, and, as it afterwards proved, the palsied father. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Multitudes of people, lepers, palsied, and those having all manner of diseases. The Bible Story The raytube fell from his palsied hand; but he didn't notice. Monsoons of Death Their parents had both died, leaving them to care for a palsied sister and a little brother. The Children of the Poor It seems to me that the truth the Lord would teach us here is this: The honor He put upon the faith of these four men who brought the palsied man to him for healing. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians For a few weeks the arm of persecution seemed to be palsied. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 For from many of those who had unclean spirits, those spirits came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. The Bible Story More than once he thought of hanging himself, but he could not rise for dejection: all his limbs were palsied. Black Forest Village Stories Guilt and fear paled his cheek and almost palsied his tongue as his lips feigned a welcome—nor was Perozzi less moved. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Whether the palsied man himself had any faith we are not told; it was when He saw “their faith” that His power was put forth to cure the sick of the palsy. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians No wonder, that when Wabun passed away, Their torpid natures should have lost the charm That held so perfect, with its gentle sway, Yet slacked so quickly, with the palsied arm. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation And demons from their victims flee, The dead their slumbers break; The palsied rise in freedom strong, The dumb men talk and sing, And from blind eyes, benighted long, Bright beams of morning spring. The Bible Story She was palsied, incoherent with dread; in her eyes was a look of death. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure "I want himself," said he, as with his palsied hand he motioned to Dalton to come out. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life All that he then had found fault with in her—viz., her long nose, and ugly fingers—all these she had given him, only omitting her long, palsied neck. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Patrician state, plebeian blood Soon foster sybarites, and they, Squand'ring their riches, wood by wood, Die palsied wrecks debauched and gray. Blooms of the Berry I ask not the palsied or the jaundiced, nor men troubled with bilious or nervous affections, for they can see danger in every thing. Essays on the Constitution of the United States A mist swam before Michal's eyes, her feet tottered, her whole body was palsied. Pretty Michal The husband was blind, the wife palsied; but they had been left in charge of a sprawling family of their fifth generation, which haste and the warm weather forbade our counting. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 The dagger dropped from his palsied grasp, and, at the same instant, his sword flew above his head. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 It was only when his failing limbs could bear him no longer, as conscious existence slowly retreated from the palsied nerves, that he revealed himself freely in truest and tenderest form of expression. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University Such pastimes nerve one of the arms of the nation when in battle; but for them 'twould be palsied. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) It was some time before their palsied tongues could speak, and when they did, the words came almost in whispers. Doubloons—and the Girl Honor felt her heart paralysing as she watched the progress of the lantern; a hand seemed tightening upon her throat and her limbs grew palsied with fear. Banked Fires The sentences raced as if they were in a hurry to get themselves said before the pen should drop from a palsied hand. Old Crow His palsied family had expected him to spring backward, and at his howl they heaped themselves wondrously. The Monster and Other Stories Old Micajah had a palsied arm and hand; but, in spite of this, he managed to earn a precarious living with his turning-lathe. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches As if to shut out some terrible sight, he screened his eyes with one palsied hand, and sank back limply into Colonel Cummings' arms. The Plow-Woman “Your tears do you much honour and me much shame,” says my lord, with a palsied trembling. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Granny White looked like a crooked letter of the female alphabet in a peroda waist frock with a very full skirt, and a black silk sunbonnet upon her old palsied head, which wagged incessantly. The Co-Citizens He palsied the character 231 which could never die; heroes sunk pusillanimously under his hand; and in his torpid silence, even Milton seemed suddenly deprived of his genius. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors At these words, the man with the chin-beard was seized with a palsied tremor. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) That he had to be helped into his limousine, that he had to be wrapped up like a baby, that his head was palsied and his hands fluttering, seemed strange and rather inexplicable to Amos. In the Heart of a Fool Instead, he remembered the little reed whistle in his hand, and swung round to blow upon it, in spite of the palsied hand clutching at his arm. The Missourian Shivering dumbly like a dog, palsied with pain, yet compelled by an instinct which she dared not resist, she drew her wedding-ring from her finger and dropped it into the plate. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales "Because it's so," he thundered, stamping the ground in fury while his palsied head shook more noticeably. Wings of the Wind He took the notes from Blount’s palsied hand and spread them on the desk before him, but as he was jotting down the totals Blount grabbed them wildly away. Shadow Mountain He sat panting and blinking and shaking his ever-denying, palsied head. In the Heart of a Fool His palsied hands were dipping down, dipping down, bathing themselves in the deep silk hat. The Missourian He stood pointing at her, his jaw trembling as if the intensity of his passion had palsied his tongue. The Bondboy Thus, in palsied patients, a few years after the attack, we often find scarce any trace of the palsied muscles remaining; they are reduced almost to simple cellular tissue. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) She had forgotten to explain to Polly about her Baltimore venture, and she shivered so vigorously that sleep was impossible to her palsied bones. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Their wan, pinched faces, gaunt forms and palsied vitality were an outstanding reproach to a flower-like but decadent aristocratic culture founded on the muck of cruelty and oppression. Orphans of the Storm Jacqueline looked at the imploring eyes, at the palsied hand on her bridle. The Missourian Have I really grown so old and palsied, or is the whole thing imagination? Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Still, gathering counsel from despair, Braddock disdained to yield; still, strong in this point only of their discipline, his soldiers died by his side, palsied with fear, yet without one thought of craven flight. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 It is not a pleasant sight to see strong men palsied with fright, but we have seen many such these days. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone The men pointed to the palsied man, and prayers were remembered by many who were not pious. The Flute of the Gods She felt the perplexities of the world where good and evil are often so mixed that when the problem passes from thoughts to deeds, the judgment is darkened and the will palsied. The Quality of Mercy At seventy, say, when I am palsied and she is old and fat, will romance be alive then? Robinetta His own palsied mother, at the verge of life, looked to Alere for all that the son can do for the parent. Amaryllis at the Fair The warmth of the generous heart of youth Will die in the frozen breast— The look of Love and the voice of Truth Be charmed to a palsied rest! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 May your tongue be palsied––may your magic fail––may––.” The Flute of the Gods Collected into a mass almost as rigid as that of the Earth Giants, the victims waited, palsied as a rabbit that awaits the approach of the serpent. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 "That!" screamed the Earl, pointing a palsied finger at me. The O'Ruddy A Romance Bull, with a palsied smile and a deep, quavering note of gratitude, put up his shaky hand. Nan of Music Mountain There was a slight palsied oscillation in his head. Dr. Sevier His step was more shambling than ever, and his hands, clutching his hat-brim, trembled more than her gnarled, palsied ones. The Crevice About this time, the right half of the body was instantaneously and completely palsied. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Butler palsied and shelved, Halleck all powerful and with full steam running the country and the army to destruction—such is the truest photograph of the situation. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 He is in convulsions; and after the relaxation, lo, his right hand is palsied, his mouth awry, and his eyes a-squint. The Book of Khalid The poor girl burst into tears, and gathered up the palsied hand of the old man in both hers, as if she would not let him go. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 With palsied fingers I turned the key and admitted the professor and a kindly-faced elderly gentleman with a small black bag. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 It was these same summits upon which Wilson now looked which had greeted Quesada, and these same summits at which Quesada had shaken his palsied fist. The Web of the Golden Spider You palsied villain! the oath I took to you, and for which I have been accursed, expired yesterday! Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Even the withered flowers that had bedecked his death-couch were preserved with pious care, and no unloving hand could touch a single article that had once felt the impress of the now palsied fingers. The Elm Tree Tales The Congress is palsied by the inefficiency of the administration, and but for this, the Congress would have done far more for the salvation of the country. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The sight was more than the Mime could bear and he stood palsied with fear of such tremendous strength. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The scalping knife dropped from the palsied hand of Swift Foot, the scout. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The medicine man never looked so old as at that moment; so hopelessly old, so wrinkled, so palsied: he was no mate for Yaada. Legends of Vancouver She raised her languid eyes to her child, but her palsied tongue could speak no word of tenderness. Madame Roland, Makers of History Scott's fatal influence palsied, stiffened, and poisoned every noble or higher impulse, and every aspiration of the people. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Besides, he is an old man, gray-haired, and palsied; and, whether present or absent, deserved to be treated as a gentleman. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors The seventh verse says that unclean spirits were cast out and the palsied and lame were healed. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity He rested his palsied hand upon the rail and saluted. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. There are among the audience those who become seemingly palsied, powerless to move. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit “It’s all here,” he cried, holding up the volume with palsied hand. The Scarlet Feather 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 Evil spirits were cast out and the palsied and lame were healed. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity "I am a little lame," replied Bill, looking down at his palsied arm. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. May my tongue be palsied if I speak not the truth. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls For a moment, he could say nothing and stood with palsied lips while they gave back his stare. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton He walked with a twisted shuffle; his body shook palsiedly. Starman's Quest The weapon jumped out of line, went clattering down into the dust from the palsied fingers. Brand Blotters He says, for instance, to the palsied man, “Thy sins are forgiven.” The Faith of Our Fathers Her hat was awry, and what had once been a modish pompadour was toppled to one side and shed hairpins with every palsied nod of her head. Elkan Lubliner, American More haggard than the beggar himself, wasted and palsied, the rich man counts with his fingers the gain of the years to come. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving He had seen dreamdust addicts in the advanced state—withered palsied old men of forty, unable to eat, crippled, drying up and nearing death. Starman's Quest A huzza burst from the lips of the assembled thousands almost loud enough to pierce the ear of the king, now palsied in death. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series The age-worn fibres goaded to contract By repetition palsied, cease to act. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes There was a man once brought to Jesus—carried by foul men; he was palsied, and lay on a litter or bed, unable to move himself at all. The Old Helmet, Volume II Within this edifice is a large bath; and in and out of this, the maimed, palsied, and rheumatic, are constantly hobbling, crawling, or being carried. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children For a queer second I did see ourselves in that inevitable mirror, but cadaverous and out-of-date and palsied—a dusty set of old waxworks, simpering inanely in the lumber-room of Time. More Trivia She was palsied afraid that Milt would leave them. Free Air They bear their burden uncomplainingly, groan dolefully in the wind, and shake their old palsied heads. An Anarchist Woman In your case it is not the bodily frame that is palsied; it is the heart; and the command comes to you, sweet as the invitation,—'Give it to me.' The Old Helmet, Volume II In mothers it causes miscarriages and in children it causes stillbirths, freaks, deformities, feeble minds and idiots; also, deaf and dumb, palsied, stunted, sickly and criminal conditions. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The old woman's face took on a palsied and haunted look. Privy Seal His Last Venture The father was as much changed in Mat's eyes as the daughter; he could scarcely walk; his feet seemed just able to bear him; and his hand was palsied. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Eating your fill, that's all you do, you palsied cur, you! The Power of Darkness The calculating and timid palsied their daring counsels by weak irresolution of wicked duplicity. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack I shall never forget the spell that came over me as she raised her palsied arm and showed me where she had lived a hundred years ago. The Sheep Eaters His head shook and his hands seemed palsied. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City He, then it was that gave the blind their sight, And made the palsied leap with bounding tread; And as you'd wake the sleeping in the night From even their sleep awoke the slumbering dead. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 IX. And entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city. 2And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a bed. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. Shaking, trembling, twitching in every limb, with wild, dilated eyes and almost palsied step, O'Grady came out. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Helpless and palsied by the merciless ropes, she tries passionately to reach her little mouth to his. The Light of Scarthey It used to reproduce the old woman's palsied movement of the head exactly. Tongues of Conscience That which had been rugged enough for a lifetime of work became palsied after a few weeks of this king's sport. Young Hilda at the Wars And he, lonely and palsied at heart, eating out his soul in bitter solitude, he saw his plans of vengeance all frustrated, so much elaboration so simply counteracted; it was he that suffered. Emily Brontë If the membranes of the brain be the seat of the disease, the pain is more intense, and frequently the limbs are in a palsied state. An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time He poured out two little glasses of the contents of the old decanter, and drank one—Stratton, whose temples were throbbing, and whose hand trembled in a palsied way, following his example. Witness to the Deed Father stood palsied as grim, unshaven faces lowered at him, as a sinister man with a hooked nose stalked forward, his fist doubled. The Innocents A Story for Lovers The step was palsied now that had been foremost in the charge. The Scarlet Letter Another day of triumph for the right,— Of laurels fresh for Exmouth and for thee,— When Afric's Demon, palsied at the sight Of Europe's Angel, bade the slave go free! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 For Mrs. Mosby depended on the palsied arm of her brother for support. Stubble Gods! what a scream of horrid terror rose from each helpless sufferer, unanimous, as that accursed sound fell on their palsied ears, and tortured them back into life. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Ah, madame," she replied, ominously shaking her palsied head, "you would not ask that question if you had known Ruy Gonzalez as I did. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 He was excited, elated, frightened; but happily he was strong enough to perceive that a chance of obtaining distinction was within his grasp, and he clutched at it, though with palsied hands. A Son of the Immortals "There, there, in the wood yonder," answered the boy, crouching still lower, and pointing with his finger, whilst his hand shook as if palsied. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 So threatening was the outlook that Grenville urged Pitt to combine with him for the overthrow of an Administration which palsied national energy. William Pitt and the Great War The great anaconda of secession was palsied and made to fade! History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Anasarcous swellings often take place in palsied limbs, in arms as well as legs; so that the swelling does not depend merely upon position. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases He stood at the opening in the vines, with one slightly palsied hand fumbling at a loose tendril as the judge passed down the short yard-walk and out at the gate. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights "I'll come with thee, but may thy flesh wither on thy bones, thy hands be palsied and thine eyes become sightless if thou hast a thought of betraying thy Cæsar." "Unto Caesar" Iskender did his best to personate the last agony, writhing and rolling his eyes, and clutching at the air with palsied hands. The Valley of the Kings For a moment she did not answer, and the pistol which had done its work so well dropped noisily out of her palsied hand. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The only refuge seemed to be within the walls of the churches, where the shivering congregations gathered, mute in a palsied supplication like the stone figures carved upon the walls above them. The Story of Rouen The deaf man looked up at him wonderingly, but took the paper in his slightly palsied hand and bent his head close above the printed sheet. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Caligula saw him coming towards him, his yellow teeth were chattering in his mouth, he stood there palsied with fear, a prey to a deadly feeling of hate and to one of abject terror. "Unto Caesar" This he held up, palsied, before his face, bowed to it thrice, his lips moving soundlessly, then the hand slipped weakly to his knees, the grasp relaxed, and the image clattered on the floor. The Justice of the King It was believed that Pichegru had purposely palsied his own and Jourdan's abilities, and the needless armistice he made with Austria went far to confirm the idea. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) There was an instant of stark, palsied silence. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play There, among the gloomy alleys, Progress halts on palsied feet, Crime and Hunger cast our maidens by the thousand on the street. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg And now the bandmaster perceived the occupant of the bed, a palsied, bloodless phantom of the past—an inert, bedridden, bony thing that looked dead until its deep eyes opened and fixed themselves on him. Special Messenger He once told Boswell not to think of his health, but to sit up all night listening to Johnson; for "one had better be palsied at eighteen than not keep company with such a man." Dr. Johnson and His Circle And out of the window a white face leaned, And a palsied hand the pale face screened. The Book of Humorous Verse "Get up, you swine, and get a move on!" rasped a voice in perfect English from the depths of the hole; while a palsied silence settled on the audience. No Man's Land I never knew but one man you could trust with a woman, and he was so palsied that a child could push him over. A Little Union Scout She tried to cry out in her agony of terror; but again her voice died away in her bosom, and all her powers seemed palsied. Cruel As The Grave Palsy, either consequent to compression of the brain, or dependent on partial exhaustion of the energy of that organ, may, when the palsied limbs become affected with tremulous motions, be confounded with this disease. An Essay on the Shaking Palsy Who that saw him come had not deemed him palsied in good earnest?' The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio His palsied tongue could not utter a single cry for the relief of his agony. The Day of Wrath "By strangulation," said the old gipsy, raising her palsied hand to her throat. Rookwood I never remember to have felt thoroughly unnerved before, but now I found myself actually shaken, palsied. The Return Of The Soul 1896 And everywhere, let palsied souls be delivered, and attain to glorious freedom! My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The man’s eyes were dilated, his face turned the colour of putty; his lower lip had dropped, and his hands were trembling as though palsied. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas The old woman made a feeble, almost palsied gesture with her thin white hand, and Gregorios advanced and seated himself upon the divan at some distance from his patient. Paul Patoff At this juncture, a person without his hat, breathless with haste and almost palsied with fright, rushed through the midst of them and, stumbling over the threshold, fell headlong into the church. Rookwood Rhodope Here Came one all palsied in his fear, Chattering and white, to Paris abed, Flusht in his sleep—told Hector dead, Dead and dishonoured, while he slept. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems I know not what is the matter; To swallow is perfect pain, And my Vocal Chords seem palsied!— The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 Madison punched the button for me with a palsied, manicured thumb. Measure for a Loner Throughout his life has Gregory Darrell loved me, O white, palsied innocence! and he is mine at a whistle. Chivalry His arms were palsied and turned in so that he could not use a crutch, his lower limbs turned in also. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Heretofore there was ever for the boy in his visions of the Army a background of unable years and a palsied hand, slow decay in a parlour, with every zest and glamour gone. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Huns in Europe The weakness and divisions of Christendom invited their approach and palsied resistance. Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm Doing good," it has been well said, "is a faculty, like any other, that becomes weak and atrophied, palsied for lack of use. Life and Conduct He was decrepit, yet spiteful; a hoary, old, tottering, palsied villain, hurling curses at all who ventured into his evil presence. The Lady of the Ice A Novel Shall I, a mediator between God and man, falter in my speech, and my tongue hang palsied in my mouth, because Aurelian speaks? Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Then he straightened his shoulders anew, and flexed the sinews of his knees, and pressed the palsied hand against the breeches' seam. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Aye thou art weak," said she again, "but that which I will give will bring back the strength to thy palsied limbs. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Elmer E. Elsworth palsied the tongues of mere talkers; and in the tragic silence that followed, great, brave, and true men began to think. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens She shook her head, and the effect on the coal-scuttle, which had now become quite palsied with age and hard service, was something amazing, insomuch that Marie’s sympathy merged irresistibly into mirth. The Madman and the Pirate And as he toiled along, the aged man continually groaned, and continually wrung his palsied hands, as if a sorrow, no lighter than his years, afflicted him. The Holy Cross and Other Tales With a hand a little palsied he buttered a scone, and his lower lip was dropped and his eyes were vacant, showing him far absent in the spirit. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure The palsied hands, white and beautiful to the last, lay smooth on the counterpane; and when occasionally one or other of his daughters knelt down and kissed him, the old man feebly smiled. Agatha's Husband A Novel But he shook with so palsied a fury that for a time he could only surrender to his physical weakness. The Tyranny of Weakness Some of the feathery particles sailed forward and struck the canvas, the greatest effect being produced by the wind, but the monster was palsied before he could reach forward and seize his victims. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them Overladen and morose, she will be palsied in the hand she unremittingly holds up against Ireland. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Dugald picked at his fish with no appetite, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, a silent old man palsied on one side, with a high bald head full of visions. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Agatha instinctively held down the palsied hands, which were trying to lift themselves towards heaven—not in prayers! Agatha's Husband A Novel The old man raised a hand that was palsied with rage and his voice shook. The Tyranny of Weakness Old Indian arts, and Indian spells, And all their subtle seeming, Passed quick away—as truth expels, The palsied power in dreaming. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians “Come in, child, come in,” said the old beldame, as with palsied hands she undid the fastenings. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend He was fidgety, indeed, to that degree that would induce you to think that he was a little palsied. Rattlin the Reefer He laid his hands on the palsied limbs. French Pathfinders in North America He must have been a powerful, active man in his youth; but a weight of years had sadly pulled down his strength, and palsied his once unfaltering hand. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Suddenly I started back with a cry of horror; my limbs refused to act; the sword fell from my grasp, and I stood palsied and transfixed, as if by a bolt from heaven. The Rifle Rangers “Bless thee, my son—bless thee!” said the old woman, laying her palsied hand upon Vanslyperken’s head. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Something whispers him his hour has come, and with shrinking heart and palsied arm he awaits the encounter. The Lone Ranche I saw Farmer start from his seat on the gun as if shot, his flushed features turned ashen pale, and for a moment his palsied lips refused to give utterance to a sound. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Had, then, the Highlanders combined to push forward," observes this able writer, "must not the increasing terror have palsied all power of resistance? Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. But could I have brought my mind to the committing of a cold-blooded murder like that, the memory of mademoiselle's plea for the chevalier's safety would have palsied my arm. The Rose of Old St. Louis “This!” repeated the old beldame, lifting up the tail, and examining it as well as she could, as the vibration of her palsied members were communicated to the article—“and pray, child, what is this?” Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend As much as a bow and arrow in the hands of him whose eyes have departed, or a spear in the grasp of a palsied man. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 He became angry and said: "I should rather be palsied in one-half of my body than do so." The Faith of Islam The world’s heart is palsied, sick: how can any limb of it be whole? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Trafford uttered a groan of despair, and stood, for an instant, like one palsied. Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught There is a voice in every heart which is not palsied, or deadened, or dumb, that will plead in my defence. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Then I stopped; for Hamilton was like a palsied man, and no one asked what those tokens of a leaflet pierced by a dagger and an old branch hanging to the knife might mean. Lords of the North Rather let the arm of Israel be palsied than to fail when the Kingdom is in sight. The Coming of the King There was no one near him now to speak a good word for him, not even his palsied old grandmother. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories The tongue is loosed whose utterance fear has palsied, and Charley stretches forth his hands to the strong arm of his earthly saviour. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The dear Lady Jane must have had a penchant for society to leave the poor palsied man to tumble into his tomb alone! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 He drew from it with palsied fingers for all burial expenses, looking about him in a dazed way. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story There is thy gift and palsied be my arm if my hand toucheth it again. The Coming of the King The deadly dagger which the Mexican Dwarf poised to transfix his victim was never flung, but dropped with a metallic clatter from his palsied hand. Frontier Boys in Frisco His sight is dim, and his hand is palsied. Art in England Notes and Studies Oftener they are fed by an attendant, who puts the victuals into their mouths as he might do if they were palsied. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia His flushed face turned white; his hand fell upon the bench as if suddenly palsied. The Drummer Boy To sap the will, to galvanize the mind as from a German electric battery, palsied resistance to aggressive Germania. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life But ridicule in the hands either of cold-blooded or infuriated Malice, is harmless as a birch-rod in the palsied fingers of a superannuated beldam, who in her blear-eyed dotage has lost her school. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 No record lives of their ensanguin'd deeds: The past seems palsied with some giant blow, And grows the more obscure on what it feeds. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Men saw the fountain of Spanish trade at England's mercy; they knew how narrowly the Plate fleet had escaped, and a panic palsied Philip's finance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 But these palsied limbs and this giddy head could not be trusted to carry him there again. Cobwebs and Cables The next instant she was almost palsied with recurrent terror: the footfall, stealthy, shuffling, weighty, sounded again. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Curtis did not fail to note that the aged clergyman's handwriting was crabbed and palsied as his bent frame. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Beneath his iron mask did tears lurk, and dull agony, and palsied fear—surely a man could suffer like a woman, even though he endured most nobly? The Captain of the Kansas He has lost faith, and his arm is palsied. A Hero and Some Other Folks For the first time in his life he shrank back shivering and terror-stricken from the edge of the crevasse, with palsied limbs and treacherous nerves. Cobwebs and Cables Vacant eye and palsied right arm watch this deed of Kuru's shame!” Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse The palsied fingers of his left hand could scarce turn the key. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North Mr. Strumley let the letter slip unnoticed through his palsied fingers. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers When sliced across with a knife the root of the Horse radish will exude some drops of a sweet juice which may be rubbed with advantage on rheumatic, or palsied limbs. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Would not such as these be only plucked-out eyes and palsied hands? Bahíyyih Khánum Bessy looked out on the ruts, the hoardings, the starved trees dangling their palsied leaves in the radiant October light; then she sighed: "What a good day for a gallop!" The Fruit of the Tree He was the nearest approach I saw in China to the Exeter Hall type of opium-eater, whose "wasted limbs and palsied hands" cry out against the sin of the opium traffic. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Again his feet seemed palsied as he neared the restaurant. The She Boss A Western Story Even though the palsied hand of England—filled with robber gold—be held out to her, Italy's vows, Italy's sense of obligation, Italy's word once given, can never be broken. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers No, never! not while my palsied fingers could find strength to draw a knife across her throat. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 But at that the wounded man raised a deter rent hand shaken with palsied anxiety. A Pagan of the Hills The decrepit University had given him, as best she could, the dregs of her palsied philosophy and something of Latin. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance And in the hundred years since we asserted for ourselves a separate place and proper name among the nations, our college has been no palsied or atrophied limb in the national organization. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Dumb be the lip, and palsied the hand that would, in any wise, dishonor them and their efforts to uplift humanity! Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro I watched her struggles with my own power palsied by that same old curse, poverty. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 On reaching the door, I slammed it to with a violence that echoed through the hushed and palsied house. A Christmas Story Man in His Element: or, A New Way to Keep House On they came, with shaking heads and palsied thighs, tottering and trembling. The Well of Saint Clare Never was Jesus more glorious than when He stooped to lift the palsied, to heal the sick, to feed the hungry. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals But a terror seized him, and he walked behind the counter and put his palsied hand into the box where he kept cancelled checks, and picked out one of Gabriel Carnine's checks. A Certain Rich Man The cruiser, stricken by the brief calm which had previously palsied the schooner's movements, lay helpless in a double sense, being unable to either move or fire. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Slowly, with palsied movements, he at length arose and took up his basket, doubled himself up before her with an almost ludicrous excess of deference, and finally hobbled away. The Swindler and Other Stories Near by was a palsied crone, so eager to witness the hanging that she had been carried to the scene in her rocking-chair, which was placed upon an improvised platform. The Story of Cooperstown One step into the room he took and paused—palsied with a sudden fear which exceeded anything he had known. The Golden Scorpion For a time my faculties were palsied, and I was made an impotent spectator of the ruin that environed me. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 One quenched in darkness like the sinking star, And one the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham His basket was by his side; his chuddah drooped low over his face; he sat quite motionless, save for a certain palsied quivering, which she had observed before. The Swindler and Other Stories An oil, prepared by infusing the crushed lavender flowers in olive oil, is recommended for anointing palsied limbs, and at one time a spirit was prepared from lavender flowers which was known as "palsy drops." Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses His hands are palsied, but his mind is intelligent. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 I told her how the fear of her danger palsied my exertions, how the knowledge of her safety strung my nerves to endurance. The Last Man But if nothing was said the dark circles round Peregrine's eyes and the occasional trembling of his hand betrayed to the men his sleepless nights and the palsied fear that infected his heart. Tales of the Ridings The children found Granny Cronk with bent shoulders and palsied hands toiling over the supper. From the Valley of the Missing As it was, his attention wandered for some minutes from the words that came from her palsied lips. A Dozen Ways Of Love He was the very picture of palsied eld; "His nose and chin they threatened ither." Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Its streets were blocked up with snow—the few passengers seemed palsied, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter. The Last Man Many of the house windows were wide open, and old heads with palsied nods, like Chinese toys, appeared in them; some children were tumbling about before the door. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel For a second the three women fairly cowered beneath Eugene Hautville's eyes, and Margaret Bean began to stammer as if her old tongue were palsied. Madelon A Novel He straightened himself up, and, with a look carefully averted from the palsied man before him, he said, in a steady tone, "What my brother William says, I say." The Black Douglas "I think—I think you owe me something now beyond your keeping, Captain Ireton," he quavered, at length, mumbling the words as do the palsied. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs. The Last Man "You shall know, traitor," shrieked a palsied hag of eighty, whose lurid eyes had already gloated on every public execution that had taken place in Toulouse. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales O mortals! ere the vital powers decay, Or palsied eld obscures the mental ray, Raise your affections to the things above, Which time or fickle chance can never move. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch An instant she stood as if palsied, trembling, from head to foot, although he could perceive nothing. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West His Judith will never strike: her arm is palsied 82where it swings. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers He understood, and his breath was labored, his flesh palsied—and still he was going to obey. The Trail Horde What followed Benita knew not, as one might well suppose, herself being stunned by a blow on the head, beside being palsied with terror. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor There was Swope, standing palsied and impotent, with a growing terror in his face. The Blood Ship He had, as a companion, a bent and shaky old man, whose voice, however, possessed a resonance which belied the wrinkles and palsied hands. The Adventures of Kathlyn During the reading of the journal Dr. Lacey's heart seemed to go through a benumbing process, which rendered it perfectly palsied. Tempest and Sunshine With the wild threat the banker rose unsteadily and his palsied hand went into his overcoat pocket, to come out clutching a magazine pistol which he brandished before him. Destiny The shock of the surprise still palsied her will. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story My second will be brought upon the stage From lisping childhood down to palsied age. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses He would have begged for his life,—begged abjectly, cravenly,—but his teeth chattered and his parched tongue was palsied. The Sheriff's Son I do not know even now why the incident should so much have alarmed me, but it is a fact that for the moment I was palsied with fear. The Betrayal There came a certain day That she lay upon her bed Shaking her palsied head, With words she gasped to say Which had to stay unsaid. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Archaeology and connoisseurship, those twin ticks on palsied art, are upon us. Art The cannon's stroke throws customs down The black and bottomless abyss, And quaking are the gilded crown And palsied feet of prejudice. 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse So he mounted the mare, Bounce, and set forth at a foot-pace, with Johnny striding alongside and noting how the white palsied hand shook on the rein. Hetty Wesley The hand that held the lamp began to shake as though it were palsied; she swayed weakly from side to side; then there was a crash, and they were in darkness. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories The palsied state of the executive in England is a fortunate circumstance for France, as it will give her time to arrange her affairs internally. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 I could rest as often as I needed, but the cold water palsied me, and I feared cramp. Montlivet He bade the palsied man walk, that they might know that “the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.” Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Ecclesiastical tyranny muzzled the mouth lisping God's praise; and instead of healing, it palsied the weak hand outstretched to God. No and Yes The palsied hand moved, despite the boastful sense of physical law and order. Unity of Good The palsied condition of England leaves it probable, that Denmark will pursue its hostilities against Sweden. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 But now he seemed palsied and I a giant. Montlivet For news had come to the lonely farm That three were lying where two had lain; And the old man's tremulous, palsied arm Could never lean on a son's again. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library He felt all his hopes numbed and palsied in the face of this omnipotent despair. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel But whatever he would say was never said, and after a little the palsied tongue ceased trying to articulate, and only his eyes showed how clear his reason was to the last. The Cromptons His ministers dictate boldly in the north, because they know it is impossible they should be engaged in the war, while this country is so completely palsied. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The hands that I held were warm and trembling, though my own were cold and leaden as my palsied tongue. Montlivet And yet, as Max looked at her—at this helpless, infirm old creature with the palsied hands and the lackluster eyes—he shivered. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel This palsied old man pressing youth and vigor to the wall! The Grey Cloak It will show how perfectly palsied was my heart when I tell you that I could not feel either horror of crime, grief for Volaski's death, or gratitude for his bequest. The Lost Lady of Lone His arm sank nerveless to his side, palsied by that frozen touch; his voice was so unnatural that he started at the sound. The Fatal Glove But the palsied man covered his face with his hands and groaned. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem And that was at a time when we were only at the handshaking stage, the palsied beginnings of love:—you, I mean! An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Yes, Francisco displayed great presence of mind, and that's the most valuable quality of a soldier—it will save him when courage and strength are palsied. The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 The kind of paralysis was exactly represented, with the palsied hand extended to me to shake, as in the case of the original. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Whether from design, or because age and his sufferings had really palsied him, he came back tediously to life and warmth, nor for many days professed himself able to stand erect. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches He came then unto Jerusalem and I saw Him there heal lepers, cast out evil spirits, cure the blind and the sick and the palsied. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Fate feeling for her shears, and peevish through want of sleep maybe, or mayhap irritated by their obstreperous behaviour, jerked the strings which bound those marionettes called humans to her palsied old fingers. Leonie of the Jungle Such is ever the end of departing from God—songs palsied into silence or turned into wailing when the judgment bursts; death stalking supreme, and silence brooding over all. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Even then she sat like one palsied by despair, until a cry of distress aroused her. Ishmael Or, In the Depths The person of one of the very highest American judges was preserved unharmed, while death palsied the murderous hand that had sworn to take his life. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State The nervous arms of the palsied man at his feet gripped him frantically. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem As the strife between nations of that civilization died away, material prosperity, general cultivation and luxury, flourished, while the weapons dropped nervelessly from their palsied arms. The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future He swung round and looked at her, palsied in amazement. Married Life The True Romance Jealous feuds rent the survivors, and idleness palsied every nerve of industry in the colony. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens What power was this that, loosed, had stricken them to palsied, moaning things! The Miracle Man Feeble arms clasped the Christian about the knees and he looked down on the tangled white locks of the palsied man, who had searched for him until he had found him. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem In this pursuit, their time, spirits, and talents are wasted; their tempers soured; their affections palsied; and their natural manners and dispositions altogether sophisticated and lost. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Apes and birds and other animals that can imitate human beings should all be excluded from the council chamber, as also idiots and lame and palsied individuals. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 I let him rise, almost palsied with horror. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative The twisted thing was standing now, standing but still deformed—with crooked neck, with curved, bent, palsied arm. The Miracle Man The apparition lifted a palsied hand on which the skin was yet fair and young and pointed after the Maccabee, losing himself in the groaning mass in the city. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "You are always so good, monseigneur Chamilly," the old woman groaned in a plaintive, palsied voice, without straightening her doubled frame. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making I can not throw off the palsied oppression of its finale to poor, poor Hetty—and Arthur almost equally commands my sympathy. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years And at its fingers traced The words, as with a wand, The traitorous and debased Upraised his palsied hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 So the taste becomes accustomed to the most irritating stimulants, and is finally palsied by their continued application, yet the necessity of having recourse to these provocatives becomes daily more imperious. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Feet are stayed Though in mid-waltz, and laughter, though at height, Hushes, and maidens modishly arrayed For matrimonial conquest, shrink with fright; And Fashion palsied sits, and Shopdom takes to flight. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, have no use for the sick and palsied, or of those incapable of work through age or youth. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 Our palsied hands went out to each other. The Road He tried to straighten himself, but instead dropped down upon the table and buried his face in his palsied hands. A Daughter of the Snows This idea is resumed yet more dramatically in the image of the palsied oak, cleft like "a distorted mouth that splits its rim gaping at death." Robert Browning He eyed his palsied hand as it reached out, shaking, for the tea-cup. Hocken and Hunken It seemed to be a perfectly pleasant field,—acres and acres of mild old grass tottering palsiedly down to watch some skittish young violets and bluets frolic in and out of a giggling brook. The White Linen Nurse Oh, these years of bitter anguish!—What is life to such as me, With my very heart as palsied as a wasted cripple's knee! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 He, riding on ahead, silent, alone, Was stopped by a beseeching ancient crone Who hobbled to his side, as if in pain, And clutched with palsied fingers at his rein. Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale He must have palsied her at once, this wild, free creature of the woods who couldn't stand the cramped haunts of men. Somewhere in Red Gap Still, this palsied wreck was with us for a time and had started in that very morning to carry on. Ma Pettengill And on the travellers palsied In frenzied crowd they pour. The Sorcery Club If he could only arrest that palsied, uncertain arm! Truxton King A Story of Graustark Her limbs palsied, but she struggled to her feet and looked back, her eyes dragged about against her own volition. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories And the reaper stooped and stooped again, and with every sheaf he gathered together one of us fell stricken and rolled in his agony, while the rest stood by palsied. At a Winter's Fire Over and over, in a dazed way, they said the fateful syllables, as if the bullet that tore through the weary brain at Washington had palsied the nation. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Hugh's eyes seemed to turn round and round in his head, his legs began to tremble and his palsied lips parted helplessly, as he pointed to the colors she flew. Nedra She sat as one palsied; and before she could recover strength or faculties, there in the doorway were the two policemen. No. 13 Washington Square His eyes were dim and his hands palsied, but he knew what he was looking for. Lady Merton, Colonist What palsied spirit, condemned to rust in inactivity, had found solace in this burlesque of shipcraft? At a Winter's Fire Mrs. Unwin, who had supported Cowper through so many dark and suicidal hours, afterwards became palsied and lost her mental faculties. The Art of Letters The man who cringed before him, palsied, misshapen, a mere wreck of humanity, might have been a being from another sphere—some underworld of bizarre creatures that crawled purblind among shadows. The Lamp in the Desert A shadow of the empty, good-humoured smile still lingered on a painted mouth palsied with fear. The Dark House Children called good morning, and a few ancient dames too old even for work upon the flakes nodded their palsied heads at me. Sweetapple Cove But I was sick and weak, and my appetite rose in its strength at mention of the word brandy, and when I would have spoken it palsied my tongue. Fifteen Years in Hell I think I palsied fate; and I long took pride in this gift. Pélléas and Mélisande Perfect! and all this to waste On a graybeard's palsied taste! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Let these objects be kept constantly in view, and the Anti-corn-law League will be utterly palsied, had it a hundred times its present funds—a thousand times its present members! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 He heard them, but he could not call, for his tongue was palsied! The Youth of the Great Elector He admits that his palsied heart had been slumbering, and that, now it is roused by memories of his fawn-eyed love, he only wakes to agonies of remorse. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala He stood up in his carapace of stiffened clothes, shivering palsiedly. Pardners And yet these losses have not had power to bow that palsied head to the grave. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I That Book so prized, you tell me, friend, Is full of false and deadly tales: You say, "a palsied world bewails Its influence; but it soon shall end." International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Quavers ran through me, my tongue was palsied, my teeth chattered, my knees knocked together, and I felt like a man that was sent for and couldn't go. A Texas Matchmaker I'm palsied grown with mortal pains, My withered limbs are useless now; My voice is almost gone you see, And I can hardly make my bow. Voices for the Speechless "I'll try to like him," said she, as the palsied hand stroked her disordered curls in token of forgiveness, "I'll try to like him," adding mentally, "but I do hope he won't come." 'Lena Rivers Their first stop was at Chorazin, about five miles distant, and the sick began to rise quickly from their beds, and Jesus had only to impose his hands for the palsied to cease quivering. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story In Capernaum, His northern headquarters, a man apparently at unrest in soul about his sins, and palsied in body, is first assured of forgiveness, and then made bodily whole. Quiet Talks about Jesus In vain the villains essayed speech; each palsied tongue beat out upon the yielding air some weak words of supplication, then clave to its proper concave. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull "Let my tongue be palsied if I forget, for a day, the loved ones at home," said Hananiah. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon It is probable they well knew that the controuling hand of the regent was that day palsied by death. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 The effectiveness of his entrance was helped by his appearance behind a colonnade, and there he stood, only half revealed, swaying unsteadily while his palsied hand adjusted his monocle to survey the scene. Analyzing Character To pretend that I felt anger at his intrusion, or emotion of any sort, save the one sense of palsied terror, would be to depart from the truth. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 Northern hands and eyes are, of course, never so subtle as Southern; and in very cold countries, artistic execution is palsied. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm I gave the public works of merit, Written with vigour, fraught with spirit, Applause crowned all my labours; But thy delusive pages speak My palsied powers, exhausted, weak, The scoff of friends and neighbours. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 478, February 26, 1831 "Bless thee, my son--bless thee!" said the old woman, laying her palsied hand upon Vanslyperken's head. Snarleyyow Samuel Adams, for instance, though "prematurely gray, palsied in hand, and trembling in voice," must have had difficulty in restraining himself. George Washington She turned and putting up a little white arm, which shook as though palsied, began to extinguish the lights. The Mettle of the Pasture The palsied head was turned upon the pillow and the light of life returned to her glazing eyes. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession Even the king's officer, palsied by the suddenness of the attack, had not followed. The Courage of Captain Plum |
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