| 单词 | prostration |
| 例句 | He did his prostration, his head to the ground. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was unable, after prolonged and insidious interrogations, to ascertain the causes of Amaranta’s prostration. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo felt a twinge of conscience when he saw Meme’s state of prostration and he promised himself to take better care of her in the future. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The first prostration, I prayed the Quran verse “Say He is God, the one and only”; the second prostration: “Say O you who are unbelievers, I worship not that which you worship. ...” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of nervous prostration following on great loss or waste of blood.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Their generational confidence, optimism, and highly developed sense of teamwork did not set them up for a prostration of any sort. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z There, the twenty-five-year-old protests that “religion is ever found the mother of mental prostration, and the right arm of political oppression.” Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z The gap between opprobrium and opportunity can appear vanishingly small these days – a symptom, perhaps, of the insatiable news cycle, ever hungry for fresh rounds of scandal, prostration and onward-and-upward resolution. Could Mel Gibson's latest controversy end his career? 2010-07-02T13:39:00Z I followed as best as I could, and can at least report that sujud, the prostration step in Muslim prayer, is soothing. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z His attempt at this messy prostration is sincere, but toward the end he drops a revelation that fundamentally changes the entire book: The doctors predict he won’t live through his 40s. For a Former Addict, Recovery Brings Only Temporary Relief 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z I already wish Mr. Koh — whose movement seems increasingly tentative and whose prostrations are becoming more frequent — would stop while he still has knee joints. Art Review: Crawling for Peace in a Not-Quite Salt Mine 2011-03-10T16:30:07Z The financial markets were “on the verge of nervous prostration” awaiting the court’s ruling, as Joseph P. Kennedy, then chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, recounted. Column: Here's why the debt ceiling is not only stupid — it's unconstitutional 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z With his thick beard, heavy-rimmed glasses and a prominent bruise on his forehead from prostration in prayer, he was notoriously prickly and pedantic. Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Washington state prosecutors are charging two teenage boys with hate crimes for allegedly beating a 13-year-old Muslim schoolmate while ordering him to perform religious prostrations. Two boys charged with anti-Muslim hate crime in Washington state 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Elsheikh made no complaint to the Red Cross of abuse during his detention; he was given a medical examination when taken into U.S. custody that showed only a “prostration mark” from praying. Prosecutors use words of British ISIS militant against him 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Most worshippers brought their own prayer rugs and clay tablets used during prostration, said the broadcast. Friday prayers resume in Tehran after nearly two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Expect the same prostrations before corporate power from the diverse appointments in Biden's Cabinet and, should it be required, the same state repression. Papering over the rot: Joe Biden's window dressing can't end oligarchy 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Wilson’s symptoms, which included “high fever, severe coughing, and total prostration,” Barry wrote, “perfectly fit influenza and have no association whatsoever with stroke.” In 1918, the Spanish flu infected the White House. Even President Wilson got sick. 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z She added “this was portrayed in commentaries as an act of submission, of prostration. And anyone who knows me knows that I submit to no one.” Austrian foreign minister defends wedding curtsy to Putin 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Shortly after Piers Morgan’s latest prostration before Donald Trump – the one involving free chocolate – Harrison found herself, she writes in the New Statesman, sitting in the same Kensington cafe as the interviewer. Run into a Trump apologist in your local cafe and what exactly should you say? | Catherine Bennett 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Aman Abdurrahman, who police and prosecutors say is a leading Islamic State ideologue in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, knelt in prostration and touched his forehead to the ground as the sentence was announced. Islamic State Terror Leader Sentenced to Death 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Soon the imam is leading them in prayer and prostration, and pronouncing a khutba or sermon. Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The practice is described as a form of "penance" and includes sleeping on the ground and performing 1008 prostrations. India temple's 'child piercing' condemned 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Most suffer surface burns or heat prostration, which occurs when people’s internal temperatures rise because they can’t produce enough sweat. Heat a possible factor in 12 Maricopa County deaths 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z On Monday, a sign outside the main prayer room used four pictographs to remind worshipers to wear long enough shirts so that their lower backs were not exposed during prostration. London Attack Suspect Known as ‘Abs’ Appeared in Film About Extremists 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Face taut, voice soft, Mr. Munoz’s televised prostration was a far cry from the robotic statement issued by United days earlier, expressing regret for “re-accommodating” a traveler. Sean Spicer, United Airlines and the Fine Art of Repentance 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z That bending was an act of prostration to the Buddha, said Pema Chujen, a Tibetan woman who was leading a group of ethnic Han visitors around the monastery. Printing the Ancient Way Keeps Buddhist Texts Alive in Tibet 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z “The Queen is suffering from great physical prostration, accompanied by symptoms which cause much anxiety,” announced Sir James Reid, Queen Victoria’s physician, two days before her death in 1901. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z All power greetings – whether they involve bowing, curtsying or prostration – are asymmetrical. What does Donald Trump’s handshake say about him? | Peter Collett 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He had pitched headfirst toward the raised lectern in a prone position reminiscent of reverential prostration. A look inside the trial of Dylann Roof 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Archaic traditions of reverence, such as prostration before the monarch, were reintroduced, and Buddhist temples and festivals were infused with royal imagery. Thailand Bids Farewell to King Bhumibol Adulyadej 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But it lacks neither that nor the dramatic irony of Liston’s collapse: in effect, prostration to a demiurge of history on the turn. Alma Thomas’s Late Blooms 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I’m hardly an arch-conservative, and whenever I write things that college students disagree with, I get a lot of email demanding retraction, recantation, apology, prostration. Liberal intolerance is on the rise on America’s college campuses 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Never mind the European Union’s 10 percent unemployment rate and 0.3 percent growth rate, Greece’s prostration, etc. George Will: Vermont’s Bernie Sanders has mountains to climb 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z This week, the party’s founder, Cuauhtémoc Cardenas, called on its president to resign, saying the PRD finds itself “in a grave situation of prostration and exhaustion, like never before in its quarter-century of existence.” Mexican politics in disarray amid case of kidnapped students “I don’t think it was because of the actual prostration that I got the penalty,” Abdullah told the Associated Press afterward. NFL says Husain Abdullah should not have been penalised for praying 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z When physical prostration is not possible, then symbolic prostration with gestures or even with one’s eyelids or less suffices. Ramadan, Day 17: Finding God 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Walitha'walitha is closely associated with funeral rituals, which can include other Islamic elements like facing west during prayers - roughly the direction of Mecca - and ritual prostration reminiscent of the Muslim sujood. When Islam came to Australia 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Never strong or robust, for some years she had been subject to attacks of nervous prostration. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z He then went through the prayers, with the bowing, prostrations and sentences of which they should be comprised; and the Prophet prayed with him, guided by the angel's movements and words. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z He has duties, it is true, but they did not strike me as being wearing ones, or as threatening nervous prostration. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z But this stooping is nothing to the bodily prostrations he has to undergo to get into some passages of the temples and underground tombs. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z He will avoid headaches, fevers, colds, anaemia, nervous prostrations and diseases of every kind which rack the body and make life a misery, irrespective of his attitude to the question of survival after death. Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago 2012-04-18T02:00:15.717Z The days of high festival were her days of bitter prostration. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Uneasy at the great disparity of numbers, Mohammad renewed his supplicating prostrations. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z My spirit had grovelled in a state of prostration, stripped of its wings and its wand of power. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He was a dear old man, and, unlike other Boers, he did not quote from the Scriptures, a concession which, to be properly appreciated, demands the lassitude and extreme prostration of violent nausea. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z With the downfall of Napoleon was involved the prostration of France. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Abbas and Ali then perfumed every part of the body that comes in contact with the earth during the ceremony of prostration: forehead, nose, hands, knees and feet. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z In a hot bath there is at first a feeling of oppression and violent throbbing of the head, followed by prostration, a highly feverish condition, and a relaxation of the entire system. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z The prostration of the manufacturing interests of the country, which ensued soon afterwards, rendered the Merino of comparatively little value, and ruined many who had purchased them at their previous high prices. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z There is a prostration of the vital powers—great want of energy. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z The dimmed look of his eyes and the complete prostration evident in voice and bearing told this plainly, as he replied: 'What is there for me yet to hear?' Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z When the hour of prayer is called by the Muazzin, the spacious quadrangle is invaded by a veritable sea of Believers; their hurrying waves scarcely leaving in the serried ranks the needful space for prostration. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z After a time he spoke of the varying forms of nervous prostration; then he asked whether this very interesting young lady could have, by any possibility, something weighing upon her mind? Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The effects on the sheep are immediate prostration and apparent death; but they will soon recover. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z In August, 1829, 20 out of 22 boys at a school at Clapham within three hours were seized with fever, vomiting, purging, and excessive prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was something to find in the apathy of prostration a brief respite; it was something to close her eyes and lie quite still. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z One drop placed on the tongue of a cat caused immediate prostration, and death in seventy-eight seconds. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z He was taken to his father's house, where, on recovering consciousness, he evinced extreme prostration, with nausea, a fluttering pulse, and all the evidences of physical collapse. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z For drudgery and duty she has no strength, taste, or talent; and the thought of these things are enough to give her dyspepsia, insomnia, and nervous prostration. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The prostration becomes so extreme that the patient frequently slips down in bed from sheer weakness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Nobody can ever have felt so severely as myself the prostration of family society from the circumstances you mention.... Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z If nothing is done to stop it, by next year it would be called nervous prostration, perhaps. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z “She must be on the verge of nervous prostration already, and this would just about cap the climax.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z They are always followed by symptoms of peritonitis and the condition of intense prostration which this brings on. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The prostration, too, is more decided in proportion to the degree of fever present. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z These low and lowering rates of interest, instead of denoting financial strength and industrial prosperity, are a gauge of increasing prostration. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z After that hysterical strain, he fell into still more complete prostration. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Its commercial recovery from the prostration in which the old war left it was again arrested by that of 1812; and this time it did not rise again. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z So that it was not weakness or modest tremors or prostration would betray her. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z As the disease advances the prostration becomes greater and the pulse grows weaker. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The skin is perspiring, the countenance oppressed-looking and flushed, the pulse rapid and feeble, and there is evidence of considerable bodily prostration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z There is not a suggestion of nervous prostration nor of minister's sore throat. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z But there was such a terrible outbreak of Family Influenza just before you came that some sort of prostration for a time was inevitable. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z To stop the scourge, they tried to soften the heart of God by kneelings and prostrations—by processions and prayers—by burning incense and by making vows. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z In cases accompanied by prostration mucus may accumulate in the bronchial tubes, and be the cause of the patient's death by preventing the due a�ration of the blood. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He appeared throughout in a fainting condition, and hung his head in a pitiable state of prostration. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z For the said Catriona so reeks and hums with genius that there is no refuge for the desperate reader but in straightforward prostration. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Nervous prostration, influenza, a high temperature—and sharp pains, which between ourselves I'm inclined to think are perhaps not so bad as she imagines. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z In the generalities we find great muscular weakness or prostration and tired feeling over the entire body. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z On the other hand, adynamic symptoms, such as excessive prostration, tremors, subsultus tendinum, and the like, are frequently prominent from the beginning of the attack. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was the stronger mind, made stronger by the force of love, overawing the weaker, made weaker by the prostration of the affections. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z A sister I had not seen for ten years and a brother-in-law recovering from nervous prostration were in town. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Then all three of them, obedient to her command, departed, after a series of the tiresome prostrations that were a continual weariness to her. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z I would have nervous prostration if I had to wait until after inspection to hear the sequel. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The prominent symptoms are pain in the region of the kidneys, oedema of face, tense and frequent pulse, great prostration, profuse epistaxis, violent delirium, and hyperpyrexia. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z That evening's post brought Arthur Greatrex two letters, which finally completed his utter prostration. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The general constitutional symptoms are exceedingly severe, and advance with great rapidity, the patient passing into a state of extreme prostration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The speech was interrupted by the appearance of a eunuch, who, making his prostration in the door-way, stood silently waiting permission to speak. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z This sort of experience would probably give her nervous prostration.” The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The symptoms connected with the nervous system are among the most characteristic of the disease, and of them none is more marked than prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I have not, as a prince, bowed to any one; I do not know how to perform the act of prostration. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z In the course of the disease the coat on the tongue becomes brownish and dark, the countenance dejected, and the prostration of the patient is great. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There was a prostration and an exit, and then silence. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Half his life is spent in prostration and seclusion, under the martyrdom of gout. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Pain and rigors may both be wanting, and nothing but the extreme prostration, the frequent and feeble pulse, and the distended condition of the abdomen will indicate the gravity of the danger. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Thus extreme bodily fatigue and utter prostration after long illness are apt to cause hallucinations. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z She was in a state of complete prostration. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The pain and weariness of travelling did their part to aggravate the disorder; and mental discouragement—the sickness of hope deferred—completed my prostration. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Insomnia produced its usual effects, deep dejection, nay, complete prostration. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Generally, however, the prostration becomes extreme in the third and fourth weeks of bad cases, the patient lying helplessly on his back, and frequently slipping down in bed from sheer weakness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Two years ago I was attacked by paralysis of the lower limbs— "Always say 'lower limbs' when talking to a lady, Philip— "—lower limbs, followed by general prostration of the entire system. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z After a stage of excitement and violence, when he had behaved like a madman, came a period of nervous prostration; by degrees he became almost idiotic. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z That never lost its hold on him under the most disastrous circumstances, neither in the delirium of fever nor in the utter prostration that followed it. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It is not without significance that even at this period of prostration he bids his wife tell Ann that his official life is ended. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z When the disease is prolonged and the prostration is extreme, a pulse of from 140 to 150 is not uncommon. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z A week later I met Mr. Cupple and he said that the cablegram had given his wife nervous prostration. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z But then she falls back into this sort of prostration, the fever comes back, and she refuses everything. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The heat which last year seemed to bring healing to Mrs Vane, brought this year weakness and nervous prostration painful to see. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z The victim of nervous prostration is not found in the working-man's world; the fixed rate of wages relieves the nerves, but exercises the muscles and the balance of health is kept. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z This modification of the heart-sounds is always an accompaniment of great prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The Most Usual Means by which the ascetic and the sanctified individual seeks to make life more endurable comprises certain combats of an inner nature involving alternations of victory and prostration. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z We, the elders, embark, expecting the usual speedy prostration; but, placing ourselves against the mast, we determine, like Ulysses, to maintain the integrity of our position. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Especially should those emerging from "nervous prostration" be suffered to be without it—they have trouble enough in any case. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z But what a folly to talk of that prostration, among all the prostrations that surround us! The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Nausea and vomiting are more common than in typhus, while the utter prostration of the latter disease is wholly wanting, and so is of course the characteristic eruption. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But poor Sims Reeves evidently expected to have heat prostration or a sunstroke, for he always wore a big cork helmet to rehearsals, the kind that officers wear on the plains of India. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z In cases of great prostration, accompanied with loss of appetite, much valuable time would be lost. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z But when he got there, the eminent specialists who examined his heart ignored his nervous prostration. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The crises of life have their hour of loneliness and prostration, their agony and bloody sweat. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z One of the most urgent of these is the prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z She became very unwell, suffering from utter prostration of strength and from hysterical affections. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z In cases of great prostration, where it is necessary to act with promptitude, the following infusion may be substituted:— Thoroughwort, 1 ounce. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Abraham's posture here is the beautiful expression of entire prostration, in the presence of God, in the sense of utter weakness and nothingness. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Our maid has nervous prostration from the fright that those two dreadful Squaton women gave her the day they visited our house after going to Cora’s. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z The most marked feature of the third variety is the excessive prostration, which is shown in the feebleness of the heart's action and the loss of muscular strength and of control over the sphincters. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z In several of their novels they have, indeed, dwelt upon this condition, and have lamented the misery and mental prostration which it entails. The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z It does not produce the same prostration that usually attends the administration of diuretics, for its tonic property invigorates the kidneys, while, at the same time, it increases the secretion of urine. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Though she paid for it in prostration afterwards, she felt that without some such intermission she could never get through the night. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z It was on this same morning that Judith made a desperate effort to rouse herself from the prostration into which she had fallen. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z General bleeding will accomplish the same result, but the good which is done by it is often more than counterbalanced by the prostration it induces. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z One director has nervous prostration, and another is too aged to attend meetings, but none have been elected in their places. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z Everywhere were economic prostration, social disorganization, and pinching poverty. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z Sometimes he bored me a little, for the tone of his conversation was not cheerful, tending as it did almost exclusively to a melancholy dirge over the financial prostration of our common country. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The princes knew well how to profit by the national prostration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Under such circumstances, and in a disease where the tendency to prostration and cardiac failure calls for stimulants and food, it is evident that strict care must be given to the diet. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The attacks of pain were so severe as frequently to produce vomiting and the greatest prostration. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z Full an hour she gave to her uncontrollable grief, locked in her room, sobbing in utter prostration. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z It’s positively cruel his harping on our pinching and saving when every one knows that business in America has completely recovered, that the prostration’s all over and p. 437that immense fortunes are being made. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Prayer with them is homage which the worshippers are required to offer five times a day, according to a fixed ritual, with prescribed genuflections, prostrations, and touching of the ground with the forehead. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z When it takes place in cases of general prostration it betokens threatening depression or exhaustion of vital energy. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The attacks lasted only a few seconds each, but they recurred almost regularly every hour, and were attended with intense prostration, and sometimes with vomiting. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z They think that this is a new state of affairs, which henceforth is bound to continue, but it is an attack of hysteria, after which exhaustion and prostration will follow. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z While playing hide-and-seek with imaginary pursuers, the Grande Mademoiselle had fallen into a state of physical and moral prostration. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The result is almost prostration and he will not recover from it for a considerable time. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z Coldness of the surface attends prostration, either from temporary collapse or from positive exhaustion. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z "Now, why didn't he give it to my brother George, who got nervous prostration making stump speeches for him at the last election?" Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "I wonder that more of us do not have nervous prostration." Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z I lay in all the prostration of a bruised and subdued spirit, praying fervently and loudly unto God that He might be pleased to cover me with his hand till his wrath was overpast. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z The typhus is an universal prostration of the forces of the body; it is no wonder then that Kenelm felt no inclination to leave his bed. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Not only are the principal symptoms succinctly described, but its contagiousness and tendency to early prostration fully recognized. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z To make matters worse, the hopelessness of his situation brought a prostration of mind and body, and the hardships and privations he had undergone in his wanderings began to tell upon Harry. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Here there were eight young gentlemen in various stages of mental prostration, all very hard at work, and very grave indeed. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z We ought to kneel down when we can; it expresses reverence and prostration. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Thereafter no more mansions in his heart, but only a chapel for adoration and prostration. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z In this form the disease, however, does not always run a mild course, as alarming prostration is very apt to come on later in its course. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Madalina went to bed with a raging fever—a nervous prostration. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The second opened with his marriage to Kathleen, went on to her death and ended with the appalling mental prostration of Rupert. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z She's got the symptoms of nervous prostration; all the signs of it. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z At three o'clock every afternoon the sister must repair to some private place for profound prostration. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z After the third or fourth day nourishment should be given in small quantities at short intervals, as every two hours, every hour, or even every half hour when the prostration is extreme. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Many wondered why some of them did not suffer from nervous prostration. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z I cannot even pause to call attention to the slow recovery of Buffalo from her absolute prostration. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The next year my husband again suffered a serious break-down, followed by another long season of nervous prostration. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z There was greater prostration, and more imminent peril, than all were aware of, and more, we suppose, than ever before. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z In some cases this results from the presence of serious complications which induce a state of great prostration, while in others it is associated with great diminution or entire suppression of urine. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The inordinate desire for money has brought down on many a man serious nervous prostration. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z Eusapia, having reached a condition of hysterical dissociation, presents the material symptoms of such a condition, for the nausea, paralysis, amnesia, loss of vision, prostration, etc., are classical symptoms of hysteria. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z My husband's health, never very strong, broke down entirely, and a long season of complete nervous prostration followed. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z Very pleasantly, however, does Mrs. Ware speak of those interruptions and prostrations, as if they were the ordinary condition. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Profuse epistaxis occurred on the seventh day of the disease, requiring plugging of both anterior and posterior nares, and followed by great prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Lately, we hear much about worry, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the like. Think A Book for To-day 2011-07-27T02:00:35.180Z She has been known to suffer from partial paralysis, from hysteria, nausea, amnesia, loss of vision, as well as great weakness, prostration, etc., after the s�ance. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z He passed a day of great suffering and semi-unconsciousness, and at night was carried up to his bed, from which he only arose after months of utter prostration. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z It is a disease, a moral disease, and takes the place in the spiritual life of that which the doctors are fond of calling “nervous prostration” in the physical. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z But the symptoms in either case are essentially the same—prostration, chilliness, feverishness, and sometimes vomiting and sharp pains in the head, back, and limbs. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I do not remember what critic uses the word ‘prostration.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The whole of the following week I was laid up with great nervous prostration. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Then will follow a state of utter prostration—the death rattle—the silent tomb. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The heart is calmed, the brain is soothed, utter prostration and despair appears, mercifully, a thing of long ago. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Symptoms Referable to the Nervous System.—Great prostration of muscular strength is a very early symptom, and constitutes, in most epidemics, one of the remarkable features of the disease. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The adoration, the ‘prostration,’ of the writer of the sonnets is of one kind with this. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Why, you yourself can understand that such a life of alternate prostration and over-excitement must wear you out. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z It is the conscious prostration of the soul in His most holy Presence. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z The prostration that has followed, the terror it has inspired, have so affected her nerves, that she has desisted from every attempt to rid herself of the ring. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The lethargic or tranquil form of rabies in dogs is manifested neither by furious madness nor by palsy of the jaws, but the nervous prostration is shown in a profound lethargy and apathy. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z To a man of his temperament there was but one end—mental prostration, with its dire result, the lunatic asylum or the suicide’s grave. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Since his prostration consequent upon the news of Elsie’s disappearance Stephanus had not been asked to do any labour in the quarries. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Never recovering from the prostration into which he had been thrown by Fordham’s revelation, he had sunk into a decline and had succumbed three months later, tended by his son devotedly to the last. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z His shoes are off his feet, and his prostrations and general attitude differ in no wise from those employed by the other devotees—the outcome of a lifetime’s habit. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z In other cases there is chilliness, a general feeling of headache, malaise, and prostration, with lack of appetite or nausea, gloomy forebodings, taciturnity, nervous excitability, and restlessness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The prostration of body extends to his mind. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Laura recovered from her prostration filled with an intense longing to get away from the savage surroundings, which had too surely left their mark upon her spirits. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The phantoms that peopled my nights must have destroyed life if God had not forbidden it—remorse that came too late—cries uttered to inexorable silence—doubt—anguish—prostration worse than death. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z As one man they sink down in their twofold prostration, forehead to the earth, then rise again, and the droning hum of voices goes out upon the shimmer of the scorching air. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Gangrene sets in—not progressively, as in malignant pustule, but simultaneously over a more extensive surface—and is followed by great prostration, stupor, dyspnoea, cyanosis, collapse, and death. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z She had youth in her favor, but, at best, nervous prostration was a slow matter. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z No place experienced the general prostration more sensibly than Peru. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z On the verge of fatal prostration, no sins were blacker than his own. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z But with weak and nervous persons, who believe in supernatural appearances, the effects of fright, under such circumstances, produce the most painful feelings, total prostration of the faculties, and sometimes fatal consequences. Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z She again slept for some hours, but complained of great prostration after the sleep. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Their religious enthusiasm soon ceased to content itself with mere prostrations. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z In such a state of vital prostration or feverish excitement, entire herds are carried to the public markets or to annual fairs with other animals, and nearly all sent to the shambles. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Often this is the main reason for the relaxation of muscle tissue and the sense of prostration that has come over them. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z At least it was so with Brother Martin; until at last, omitting a prostration or a genuflexion would weigh on his conscience like a crime. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Malignant congestive cases were distinguished by prostration, coma or delirium, or both; opisthotonos; and a pulse varying extremely in its degree of frequency. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Her whole body would be numb presently—her clutch be relaxed by cold and the prostration of the nervous and muscular system. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z After a couple of hours of this, heat and prostration would follow, coupled with terrible thirst. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Undoubtedly these septic conditions were accompanied by great mental prostration, and this was emphasized by the knowledge that they are often fatal. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It is difficult at first to learn the various genuflexions, inclinations, and prostrations. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z This complication is attended with increasing dyspnoea, decided lividity of the face and extremities, and great prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z On weekdays of Lent this prayer is read twice at the end of each service: first, with a prostration after each of its petitions, then with one final prostration. Great Lent: A School of Repentance Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians 2011-06-15T02:00:21.910Z Then perforce they must lie down, but they generally get up to their work again after the prostration which follows is over. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The apomorphin acted promptly in making the stomach relieve itself and produced a complete and immediate sense of prostration. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Insurance has almost given me nervous prostration now, and I don’t want to have anything more to do with it. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Further, it is distressing and exhausting, and contributes to the muscular and nervous prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The Lenten rules of the Orthodox Church pay great attention to prostrations: through them the body participates in the effort of "breaking down" our pride and self-satisfaction. Great Lent: A School of Repentance Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians 2011-06-15T02:00:21.910Z Within a few days the last thread of hope was snapped by fresh returns of h�morrhage and utter prostration, with renewed feverish agitations of the tortured spirit. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Ordinarily a snake-bite is followed by a sense of extreme terror and prostration that lowers the resistive vitality. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z In cases of great prostration with mental debility, in the hopeless vacuity that precedes death by inanition or starvation, it is sometimes very effective. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Alcoholic stimulants, chlorate of potassium, and muriate of iron are equally indicated, especially when the period of prostration has set in. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z And the whole prayer is read again, with one prostration at the end. Great Lent: A School of Repentance Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians 2011-06-15T02:00:21.910Z The worship of the day closes with prostration to the image, when the brahmin locks the door and comes away. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Often there is much restlessness, difficulty of breathing with complaint of heaviness, and perhaps prostration. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z There was something in the abandonment of his attitude that indicated even more pathetically than his face and figure his utter prostration—a prostration quite inconsistent with any visible cause. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Menstruation is said not to be uncommon in the early stages of typhus fever, and may be so profuse as to greatly increase the prostration or even to cause death. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z On Saturdays and Sundays, days of Eucharistic celebration, the dark vestments are replaced by light ones, the Lenten melodies are not sung and the prayer of St. Ephrem with prostrations is omitted. Great Lent: A School of Repentance Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians 2011-06-15T02:00:21.910Z Belief in God is not a faith founded on reason, but a prostration of the reasoning faculties on the threshold of the unknown. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z He was very ill, indeed, and lay most of the time with closed eyes, in a state of great suffering and prostration. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z I feel that after so long a journey utter prostration will succeed to the excitement which carries me through where I see others, more robust than myself, failing on every side. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z There is, moreover, rarely the same amount of prostration or stupor in the latter disease, which is also attended by coryza and more bronchial catarrh than is often present in the former. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Later his prostration increased, and he passed away in an unconscious state on the 19th. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z For well she knew that her own babes had not had the disease, and that the time of their prostration was at hand. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z But very probably, some chance token of a once familiar presence may have stolen into his mind, even through the prostration of disease. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Mrs. Carpenter was resting, in a very abandonment of rest; but in the abandonment of the moment shewing, as she did not use to shew it, the great enervation and prostration of her system. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z The amount required to prevent fatal prostration will of course vary in each case. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z No other causes are at all necessary to account for the mesmeric prostration. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z But these symptoms had been replaced by others that might prove not less dangerous in the end: great prostration, alarming weakness, and what appeared to be a settled cough. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Suffering and prostration had broken down the hard coldness of his nature, and it seemed as if he had become like a dependent child. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Poor Indian was fast being reduced to a state of nervous prostration. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Still, there are many cases, not necessarily of very grave type, in which there is a marked sense of weariness and exhaustion, and of course in all cases of typhoid character the prostration is great. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The question in regard to mesmerism is two-fold: first, how is the mesmeric prostration to be accounted for? and secondly, how is it to be disposed of? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z January had never, even from his chapel, heard anything more agreeable than Victor's assertion, which set him free from the prostration, dosing, and starving which he had had to go through. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Then commenced the slow rallying from the utter prostration, and the gradual regaining of strength. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The same prostration reigned at the War Office, where they had received the news at five o'clock. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The fever was remittent in type, with a great tendency to become continued; it was characterized by rapidly developing extreme prostration, and was very fatal. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z In soft and weak natures, where the nervous system is subject to cataleptic seizures, mental and bodily prostration is frequently almost the normal condition. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z She got drunk frequently, but the newspapers always said that she fainted or was attacked with nervous prostration. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z During the time that Oswald was recovering from the prostration consequent upon the fever, he and Wulfhere drew carefully a plan for the fortress already determined upon. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z During these trying and frequently unhealthy intervals the temperature in the shade reaches or even exceeds 100� F., and sunstrokes or prostrations by reason of the heat, particularly in the cities, are numerous. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z All the cases were characterized by great prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Thus, when other children of her age were playing with their dolls, she was dreaming of the prostration of nobles and of the overthrow of thrones. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z The influence of nervous prostration in the father may be overcome by conditions in the mother tending to help development. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z From this he only recovered to linger a few days in a state of bodily prostration, and die accusing himself of having killed his son. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z It is usually acute in type and associated with marked prostration. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z When the disease attacks elderly people, an early resort to alcoholic stimulants is usually necessary, in consequence of the excessive prostration it induces in them. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It varies from a mild intestinal catarrh, causing slight symptoms, and yielding to treatment in a few days, to cases of severe vomiting and diarrhœa with extreme prostration. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z By the prostration of the king of the woods—the mighty pine—they had achieved independence and freedom. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z The prostration by grief is only equaled by that of violent disease. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z He took from the folds of his cloak as he spoke a thick book, and gave it to the wizard, who received it with three several prostrations. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z To do this thoroughly it is not necessary to make him sit up, which, where great prostration exists, is often attended with danger. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z There was an out-cry in their passion-laden strophes which gathered volume as the years rolled over Italy, until at last, in her final prostration beneath Spanish Austria, they seemed less poems than authentic prophecies. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Sphex came, examined the eyes and pulse, and made no more of it than a nervous prostration. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z His flaccid lips, his fixed and sunken eyes, announced his complete mental prostration. 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 After the ceremony of a general prostration there was a tumultuous rush for the companion-ladder. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z There is a period of an�mia, mental depression, marked languor, and unmistakable evidences of physical prostration out of all proportion to the precedent symptoms. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I feel a general prostration of the system. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z Then, the immediate strain on his energies being over, Bruce collapsed for a brief time into a state of utter prostration. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z And now ensued the terrible state of exhaustion and utter prostration consequent on my great loss of blood and the fever which had so long been devouring me. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The affair was a campaign before it was a prostration at the Throne of Grace. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The pulse becomes weak, thready, and frequent; the temperature lacks the typical remittent character of normal measles; there is unusual prostration; and the nervous centres are profoundly concerned, as shown by delirium, convulsions, and coma. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The experience of her husband's deathbed had impressed her with an idea that dangerous illness must be accompanied by terrible prostration, delirium, raging fever, dull stupor. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z His features first grew composed, then rueful, and finally he turned himself on his face in humble prostration. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z The symptoms are intense fever, prostration, vomiting, diarrhœa, sneezing, cough, and profuse discharge from the nose and eyes. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Having been an invalid since his birth, the severe application of his college course left him in a state of great prostration, and he was obliged to leave his studies and travel for his health. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z The monarch is approached with shoulders bared, and three prostrations to the earth. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z It is not uncommon for him to find himself impeded in his progress by the prostration of the female members of the family to kiss his garments, even his shoes. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z The Icelander's condition on his return had inspired suspicion, and upon questioning, he discovered who was the guilty cause of the man's prostration. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Slight omissions, which were next to unavoidable under the circumstances, became so annoying to Mrs. Smith, herself, as it has been seen, labouring under great bodily and mental prostration, that she could not bear them. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z He had adventured his all; and the result must be success, or the utter prostration of his hopes. Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z Casting himself upon the rocky floor in an attitude of prostration, the youth listened in awe to the moans of the wind which had succeeded to the hurricane. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Weariness, utter exhaustion, were marked in his pale-worn features, while his attitude bespoke complete prostration. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Gloom, depression, sleeplessness, prostration, sometimes collapse, a consuming fire within, a paralyzing frost without—you know what it is—we call it neurasthenia. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z Notwithstanding his prostration by sickness, the rebel surveillance over him did not stop. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z Why grovel in the prostration of death, like the serpent whom ye worship? An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z But although prostrations are wanting, and rosaries are untold, the vagrants still preserve their knavish reputations unblemished. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Aunt Bertha was taken ill one day; the doctor said it was prostration, and he feared she might not rally. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z As Miss Harper had said, she was like one in a dream, but it was over at last; and, totally worn out and exhausted, she was sleeping a deep dreamless sleep of utter prostration. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z "He's spending the good old Summer time in a sanitarium, just because he thinks he's got nervous prostration, and the Lord knows when he'll be back in harness again." Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z Lebeau cried, in as eager and anxious a voice as his utter prostration would permit. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z "No matter!" cried Leo, recovering from his prostration, and breaking out into the wildest despair. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z At last, with the constant strain she became mentally exhausted, and in spite of her efforts to the contrary for a long time lay upon the bed, a sufferer from nervous prostration. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z The following is said three times, each with a prostration. Orthodox Daily Prayers 2011-01-18T03:00:12.820Z Because of too much work or too much leisure the race is marching with fatal speed toward general prostration of nerve, of body, and of mind. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z They found Jean and his mother kneeling near M. Philippe Oberl�, who was breathing with difficulty, and was in a state of complete prostration. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Ruth was lying on her berth, almost in a state of prostration, with Jean kneeling on the floor by her, resting her head upon the same pillow. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z Then he relapsed into silence, and so great was his prostration, that he pushed his breakfast away from him. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z At that point, make three prostrations, saying: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Orthodox Daily Prayers 2011-01-18T03:00:12.820Z He had marked the brilliance of the eyes and the strained air of excitement about him, the attentive care of his valet, and now this sudden look of prostration. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Scrambling to my feet, I found myself looking right at the walrus whiskers of the ex-prime minister who without missing a beat said: "There, there young man, gratitude is one thing - prostration quite unnecessary." The thrill of the count 2010-04-23T15:01:00Z The temperature remained normal and there was no marked prostration. Food Poisoning This sometimes attacks the horse in the spring or fall, and is shown by soreness and swelling in the glands of the throat, a cough; difficulty of swallowing; discharging at the nose; and general prostration. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. "That is the first step, called 'contritio,' or prostration," said the old man, sagely. The Undying Past He on whom my sole dependence was placed lay in the room where I sat, in a state of prostration bordering almost upon unconsciousness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 She, too, like her husband showed signs of severe nervous prostration. The Princess Galva A Romance It acknowledges the existence of supernatural powers, but they are to it powers of evil who are ready to afflict and injure, to be approached only in terror and with servile prostration. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The effect on the sheep is immediate prostration and apparent death, but they will soon recover. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. When the tidings of her death came, he soon sprang up from the prostration of his grief with a burning desire to consummate his beloved work. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame Not a ray of reason can enter a mind darkened for a lifetime by ceremonials in which candles, chantings, swinging censers, and prostrations are regarded as worship. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise From the standpoint of survival of the fittest, such vices are virtues, for severe and continuous exertion under tropical conditions bring prostration and predisposition to disease. Races and Immigrants in America From an almost animal perfection of health, she passed after her recovery from that prolonged fainting fit into a state of nervous prostration, the more remarkable from its contrast to her former robustness. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 The Kidney Worm is frequently fatal; and always produces weakness of the loins and hind legs, usually followed by entire prostration. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. But while her mental powers increased in strength and activity, she became subject to repeated attacks of bodily prostration; and her once round and graceful form was but a shadow. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 But the deepest prostration followed; the cup we had now to drink was the more bitter after the intoxication of pleasure. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. "Discoloured face,—complete state of prostration,—yet the pulse strong, quick, and regular," said the doctor, imperturbably, and pointing to Jeanne. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 It is impossible to think of conveying the subject to Paris in her present state of prostration. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The next stage of the disease is faintness and vertigo, which is shown when the animal is put upon exertion, being followed by excessive trembling and entire prostration. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. However touched he was by her sweetness, however much he was moved to respond to this prostration and surrender, he yet saw only too clearly that at bottom it was a failure of strength. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel The disgraceful prostration of Prussia was not owing to the bad material of the army, nor especially to the obsolete tactics. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. It is the prostration of men's souls before, and the laceration of their bodies to appease, an idol. The Acquisitive Society The child's arms were bound behind his back, and his feet were tied together; his physical prostration rendered him unable to keep upon his feet. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter There comes a happy pause, for human strength Will not endure to dance without cessation; And every one must reach the point at length Of absolute prostration. Rhyme? And Reason? With that he rushed off, putting down the cue with a rattle, and seeming to Ayala to have recovered altogether from the late prostration of his spirits. Ayala's Angel At last did Linton strike the right chord of the fellow's nature; and in his subdued and crestfallen countenance might be read the signs of his prostration. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) I'll have nervous prostration or something worse if this pressure continues. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The greatest men have known a period of prostration in calamity: it was enough for honour that they should rally and re-collect their forces. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus He has no nervous system—oh, happy sponge!—therefore he cannot have nervous prostration, hysteria, or epilepsy. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Why I did not, can only be explained by a sort of prostration of all my faculties, which had come upon me with the events of the night and morning just past. The Book of Susan A Novel The symptoms aside from the whoop are the difficulty of taking breath and the great prostration after the paroxysm and the frequent vomiting of the food, brought on by the violent coughing. Dietetics for Nurses Lord Amherst was even subjected to personal indignity and insult for refusing to perform the kotow or prostration before the Emperor. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade Nor did I see the pilgrims whom one reads of as circumambulating the city on their knees by a series of prostrations, bowing their heads in the dust and mud. The Unveiling of Lhasa She got up from her seat with a smile that but partly dissipated the prostration Mrs. Gereth had recognized in her attitude. The Spoils of Poynton It was one of those fragile games in which one run makes a lot of difference, the sort that has a fringe of nervous prostration for the spectators. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside Rectal Feeding.—When the prostration is great, it is sometimes necessary to give saline enemas and even rectal alimentation to prevent collapse. Dietetics for Nurses He threw himself on a sofa in a state of complete prostration. Lives of Celebrated Women We were greatly surprised to find among the crowd of pilgrims several Chinese who, chaplet in hand, were executing all the prostrations just like the rest. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The prostrations of the credens before the Perfect were in their manner and import identical with the prostrations of the catechumen before the exorcist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" All these signs, however, would be only momentary, and a degree of depression, even to prostration, would invariably follow. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Rectal Feeding may be found necessary when the prostration is great. Dietetics for Nurses Spiritually, she felt a prostration worse than death. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance And is devotion thought too much on earth, When beings, so superior, homage boast, And triumph in prostrations to the Throne? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes My effort made him happy, and I began to think my prostration was merely the reaction from over-excitement; and by degrees what I began to please our host I continued for my own satisfaction. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Since the battle the army had been constantly diminished by sickness or prostration and by more straggling than I ever saw before. The Battle of Gettysburg The symptoms usually present in those suffering from ptomaine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, pain more or less violent in character, and prostration which is at times alarming. Dietetics for Nurses The utter prostration of this unhappy woman, her fixed eyes, and her loss of expression, revealed only too well the agony of her mind. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 I left my bed, from very shame at prostration, long before I was able, and returned with her to Hillside, whither Mrs. and Mr. Lang invited me for the rest which she now considered necessary. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 His fear was not the prostration of nervous terror. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Here the Slavonian deputies, who, with their constituents, had been mainly instrumental in raising the Austrian Government from its prostration, were singularly punished for their treachery against the European Revolution. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 All food is withheld for a period; the duration of this starvation must necessarily depend upon the condition of the patient, the violence of the poison and the extent of the prostration. Dietetics for Nurses I heard the King mutter as he signed the Mosutu to rise up from the prostration he had made. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story In fact, for some days she lay in a complete state of nervous prostration. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The old man was in a state of very great prostration, and was obviously dying from sheer decay of all his faculties. Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa I shall always think it was the excitement, and the prostration consequent on the hunt, which so nearly consigned me to an African grave.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand Differentiating Characteristics.—More mucus and blood in stools; greater prostration; greater rise of temperature; and less anemia than in chronic enteritis. Dietetics for Nurses There followed a series of prostrations and adorations, culminating in the offering of a small image of Maat, the goddess of Truth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" In taking the vows there is no prostration beneath the veil. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. A paralytic stroke in 1844 deprived Donizetti of his reason; for four years he lingered on in a state of mental and physical prostration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The Turk lowered his head, and assumed an attitude of utter prostration. Peasant Tales of Russia As they pass him they worship the living Fô by three prostrations, and then place themselves upon the divan, each according to his dignity. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] After this unwilling prostration to the Sheikh, we went on without any further trouble. What We Saw in Egypt In the midst of their internal convulsions, and through all the prostration of their national strength, the Poles had never lost their individual courage, or the ennobling feelings of civil independence. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 In conformity with the assumption of the title dominus and of the diadem, was the requirement of prostration from all who were admitted to an audience with the emperor. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. On returning to the house I found that both the Major and his wife were in a state of complete prostration. A Frontier Mystery The master opens the book, and reads some pages, according to the capacity of his scholar, who then makes three more prostrations in sign of thanks, and returns to his affairs. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] For heat prostration, to give stimulants, 10 to 12 drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a little water, or hot drinks. Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks There was a movement, and a dozen of the largest warriors, those who had formed the bodyguard of the old chief, stepped forward and saluted the new chief with a prostration. The Blind Lion of the Congo This sudden prostration of strength was no doubt owing to the extraordinary exertions I had made to disengage myself from the enemy's grasp, and to the quantity of blood I had lost. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Neither did they enter at the principal gate, but sought for some side door, and approached with eyes downcast, and made three prostrations, and pronounced the words Lord, my lord, great lord! The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. He next passes his hand rapidly over his wound, closes it, and everything after a while resumes its pristine condition, no trace remaining of the diabolical operation, except extreme prostration. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The savage people showed the strangers a poor little booth to sleep in, and went away to their own lairs, with many prostrations, for they really thought them "children of the sun." Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories At this period the King fell into a discouragement amounting to physical prostration. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty When Justinian entered the hall with a numerous retinue of palace officials, all the assembly, consisting of the highest dignitaries of the realm, threw themselves upon their faces in humble prostration. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Parliament has passed a very unfavourable night; for the most part in a state of extreme prostration: dozing heavily at intervals, but now and then exhibiting symptoms of restlessness. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The most inclement weather will not check their intrepid devotion; they continue their prostrations amid snow and rain and the most piercing cold. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Dwight had led his squadron through a campaign fierce in its occasional fighting, but well-nigh fatal through hardship and heat prostration to many besides himself. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Terrorized Paris was in a state of stupor and prostration. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The cases of distemper were got rid of with less suffering to the animals, and with less—in fact, no—prostration or emaciation than I have ever before witnessed. The Dog After a repetition of the humble prostration, which had lately been introduced at Byzantium in this aggravated form of Oriental submission, the slave withdrew. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Besides the pilgrims whose devotion is exercised within or about the Lamaseries, you find many who have undertaken fearfully long journeys, which they execute with a prostration at every step. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] How would you dress a cut? a burn? a sprain?What would you do for a person suffering from colic? nausea? diarrhœa? chill?What are the symptoms of shock? heat stroke? heat prostration? American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick But in this prostration of strength, in this terror of despair and abandonment of dignity, is there not already a complete downfall? Priests, Women, and Families The latter's nervous prostration had been due chiefly to the fact that he was entirely ignorant of what was expected of him. Command His malady was a common one among those whose fears, greatly excited by the disease, usually induced symptoms of prostration and debility, as great, if not as rapid, as those of actual cholera. St. Patrick's Eve It is to expiate these involuntary murders that they undergo fasting and penitence, that they recite certain prayers, and that they make prostrations. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] A doctor should be consulted if either one occurs often, or if vomiting is accompanied by pain, prostration, diarrhœa, fever, or other acute symptoms. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick Poor Sedon was left lying in the boat in a state of complete prostration. A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island At one end there is the figure of a kneeling man, the head almost touching the ground in the body's fervent prostration in front of the group representing Glory, Trinity, and St. James. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Much better is the state of preservation of the precanonical liturgies, or long song services constructed by simply joining a series of kišubs or songs of prostration. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms For my part I was so seized with pain and terror when apprised of the dreadful tidings that my convalescing daughter, perceiving my state of prostration, became again ill. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Hushed was every tongue, calm was every bosom, save those of one solitary mendicant priest at his midnight prostrations. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Thou hearest, O Shamash, petition, prayer, and appeal, Humility, prostration, petitioning, and reverence. The Christian View of the Old Testament It was an easy task, for they were tears of joy—of a joy that had quite unnerved him in his present state of prostration and weakness. The Lamplighter Students of the history of liturgies will be also particularly interested in the unique breviary compiled from eight songs of prostration, a lamentation for the ancient city of Keš with theological references. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms They almost always turn out, on careful examination, to be suffering from some form of nervous prostration. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 She was accompanied by her mother, and after prostration before the altar, they retired to their devotions in the body of the church. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 The intensity of direct insolation, as well as of radiation from the earth’s surface, may produce heat prostration and sunstroke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Such was the prostration of these wretched beings that, without turning their heads to Yvon, or even addressing a single word to him, they let him carry out the corpse of the deceased child. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium Many months of prostration followed the dental operation, and it was more than a year before she was again restored to health. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Midsummer came and with it a great suffocating blanket of heat which brought prostration to the world at large and to little Rosie O'Brien a new care and a great anxiety. The Rosie World I've knocked around a good deal, and I'm suffering from religious prostration. Stories of the Foot-hills That effort was followed by great physical prostration, and he determined not to quit his retirement at Midhurst until spring had fairly set in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Such utter prostration of intellect had been expected by none; for the old man, up to the very night before the Trial, had expressed the most confident trust of his son's acquittal. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) She was liable to long fits of depression, to long attacks of headache and prostration, to much suffering from nervous exhaustion. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Mrs. De Smythe, Her Mother,Who is threatened with nervous prostration. The Sweet Girl Graduates Russia was, at this time, going through a period of prostration as a result of the last Russo-Turkish war. Contemporary Russian Novelists The effect upon the system is rapid and alarming, a few hours of such an attack sufficing to reduce the strongest person to a state of extreme prostration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" By the time she was put to bed she was suffering from nervous prostration. Banked Fires For a week or so we did not see Mrs. Sheehy, but heard piteous accounts of her prostration. An Isle in the Water If I rejoiced in a clean apron in the morning, I was sure to make a full-length prostration thereupon on my way to school, and come home nothing better, but rather worse. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Possibly, I may be in the clutches of some approaching attack of nervous prostration, I hope not, I am sure! Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century One morning on his arrival Evan was directed to the library where he found George Deaves in a state of prostration. The Deaves Affair The doctor himself was understood to say that the poor lady's nervous system was utterly unstrung, that she was in a hyper-sensitive condition which might readily develop into nervous prostration unless she was carefully guarded. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. There was no morbid illusion of the fancy, but there was utter prostration of the intellect.... Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles But such custom furnishes no precedent for prostration, or such exaggerated marks of reverence. Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book The "kneeling" here, and the "meekly kneeling" in the rubric after the Consecration Prayer, exclude prostration, which is not kneeling. The Church Handy Dictionary A physician was summoned and a trained nurse, and for a month she lay helpless with nervous prostration; her first serious illness in seventy-five years. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Although her exhaustion and prostration on the raft had, apparently, been even greater than his, yet youth was on her side, and she had been able to rally much more rapidly. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia One morning when he had been obliged to give up painting, through a sudden fit of prostration, on following her to the door, he took her hand and held it a moment. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 The words 'meekly kneeling' in this rubric exclude prostration, which is not kneeling. Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book Time after time the collective judgment and consequent prostration of the entire party was proven well timed by the arrival of a shell uncomfortably close. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Fortunately, these fits of rage were as short as they were violent, and then ensued prostration and tears. The Grandee Nervous prostration’s what he called it—says as you need a rest with quiet and nothing to disturb you—plenty of good food and sea air—” “Oh stop!” The Bandbox It was her face of despair, her attitude of utter weakness and prostration, her downcast eyes, her averted look. A Castle in Spain A Novel There was nothing seriously the matter with her, the doctor said, but she was suffering from shock and nervous prostration, and must be kept quiet. The Beggar Man This stimulus, is to be resorted to whenever there are signs of prostration of body or mind, both in the beginning and after stages of the disease. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria For some weeks he was down with a renewed attack of fever and prostration, and his wife had to come from Samoa to nurse and fetch him home. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The engagement began at 5.15 and ended at 8.15 A. M., resulting in a loss to the Americans of one killed and seven wounded, and the death of one from prostration by heat. The Boys of '98 But the prostration consequent upon all this excitement was so great that he found it necessary to carry her to the open air. A Castle in Spain A Novel He listened to this with more tolerance than surprise, giving Tommy a look that implied his distress to see my prostration taking the form of hallucinations. Wings of the Wind I know not how it was, but the prostration of my poor mother seemed to give me new strength to bear up under this terrible affliction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 It should be borne in mind that the writer of these buoyant pages was, even while he wrote, harassed by responsibility, stinted in sleep, and often struggling with the prostration of sea-sickness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Her attack of alarm having subsided she seemed to fall into a condition of extreme prostration. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales At that sight all Russell's courage subsided, and he fell into a state of mental prostration as extreme as that which he had experienced when "His Majesty" had confronted him in his flight. A Castle in Spain A Novel Indigestion arising from a prostration of the nervous system, should be treated with great care. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) She had been so utterly overwhelmed by the death of Mr. Lawrence, that, in her state of nervous prostration, it had been impossible to see any one. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart A frightened servant 189 who did not know the difference between sunstroke and heat prostration nearly killed her before a doctor came. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards A prominent physician told me the other day that many a condition of nervous prostration now could be directly traced to selfishness. Carmen Ariza He heard nothing—he felt nothing—he knew nothing, but that extremity of prostration to which a moment’s respite would be Dives’ drop of water, and yet, in such circumstances, anything but a mercy. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 Large quantities of stimulating food, frequently taken, serve to increase the nervous prostration. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Psychologists class the feelings bound up with flight, cowering, and prostration under the common head of "asthenic emotion". Five Stages of Greek Religion In this entire prostration of the nervous system, she forgot—if she had ever been conscious of the words that filled him with a tumult of painful feelings. Mabel's Mistake No wonder there were lunatics in Galveston, and unnumbered cases of nervous prostration. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work Some know the Moslem form of worship with its prostrations and genuflexions. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Hence, in cases of great prostration, when it is desirable to introduce nutriment into the system, without delay, the animal and vegetable broths are a desirable and convenient form of supplying aliment. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Spend a season where no dreary winters will engender melancholy while waiting for a lingering spring, and where no sizzling heat will threaten prostration. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists Clorinda endeavored to help herself, but the effort was a failure, and there she lay covered with confusion, for she could not think of giving the real cause of her continued prostration. A Noble Woman The first thing, in her mind, was to get rid of the nervous prostration from which Lettice had been suffering, and to restore her to health and strength. Name and Fame A Novel There must not be a cat on the premises, or the King will assuredly have nervous prostration. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales In cases of great prostration, what is recommended? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Do we not each day perform nine times nine prostrations, our face towards Mecca? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 It would require some illustration drawn from modern machinery to express the wholesale prostration of bodies and souls where covetousness has secured continuous power and has been able to get in its full work. The Social Principles of Jesus When the fever abated, Nan fell into such prostration of strength that it was difficult to believe she would ever rise from her bed again. Name and Fame A Novel She was suffering from nervous prostration, and it was only the accident of Mrs. Arson's holiday plan for her children that had enabled her to obey the doctor's advice to breathe mountain air. Dreamers of the Ghetto When there is much prostration, some hot peppermint tea or other stimulant may be found necessary to bring on reaction. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) No more grinding fear, no more "bad days," no more wishing to die, no more nervous prostration. In Times Like These There was something in the sweep of the branches which suggested the utter prostration of the heart beneath the first shock of a great affliction. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy For he was haggard and worn, as she had never seen him, with dark lines under his eyes, and an air of prostration and fatigue. Name and Fame A Novel As his chariot stopped at the door the merchant appeared on the threshold and made a profound prostration. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt It’s no wonder she can afford nervous prostration if you do!” The Gorgeous Girl The pulse was strangely intermittent, the heart muffled, and the doctor set it down to nervous prostration brought on by strenuous attendance at church. Melomaniacs The solitude was on his nerves, this haunting dog, his own reflections, all had combined to reduce him to the verge of nervous prostration. The Hound From The North If you attack the fever, they die of prostration of strength; if you endeavour to support the constitution, they die of oppression on the brain. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 This, however, was no consolation to Chebron, who threw himself down on a couch in a state of complete prostration. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt They fall easy victims to scrofula, consumption, nervous prostration, insomnia, and other diseases. Treatise on the Diseases of Women It was understood the prostration had taught him one useful lesson––he no longer cultivated the rages for which he had been locally famous. The Bondwoman A feeling of utter prostration accompanied by an inordinate thirst comes over me. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba January 20th the weather was so severe that the slightest effort produced complete prostration. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras I beg my most humble duty and service be presented to my ladies, your Honour's lady and sister.”—Can prostration fall deeper? Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges When this amount is more than natural, especially when sufficient to produce weakness and prostration, then it becomes "profuse." Treatise on the Diseases of Women "Large apertures into the peritoneum of the rabbit, do not immediately induce a dangerous prostration, of strength." p. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Democracy was odious in New England, where the prostration of her commercial interests, the ruin of many and serious injury of all her citizens, had rendered the administration exceedingly unpopular. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Nations which had, till then, been only emulous in prostration to the universal conqueror, now assumed the port of courage, prepared their arms, and longed to try their cause again in battle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 He did so, but trying to keep his contracts with every one gave him in the end an illness many people in this country have, called nervous prostration. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Occurs in the Pale.—On the other hand, when this condition occurs in those who are very weak, pale, and thin, there is usually great prostration, which may even become most alarming. Treatise on the Diseases of Women Once I was watching the prostration of a Worcestershire oak. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand On two recent occasions have been seen evident proofs of the utter prostration of that class which once domineered over the entire nation. Roman Catholicism in Spain Praise—various prostrations, and then singing a hymn to the god. 4th. The Religion of Ancient Egypt Our formal bow is simply the modification of a servile prostration, and the graceful bow of a lady of society is but the last remaining trace of a genuflection. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Often there is melancholia, great depression, and not infrequently complete prostration of the nervous system. Treatise on the Diseases of Women She had never quite recovered from her prostration of the first days, or nights, of marriage. The Rainbow In one of them she lies in bed helplessly ill from grief and utter prostration. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street “Finally I told her if she was going to have nervous prostration getting ready to take physical culture, she’d better wait and take it when she was convalescent.” The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret Before this screen the Viceroy and other officers performed the usual prostrations, in token of gratitude to his imperial Majesty, for his having vouchsafed us a prosperous journey. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton May Be Promptly Cured.—To all women who are suffering from this general debility, exhaustion, and nervous prostration I earnestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier. Treatise on the Diseases of Women As they rose from their knees after the last prostration, they made the air resound once more with their shouts, crying "Long live great Genghis Khan!" in repeated and prolonged acclamations. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series I was in a state of complete prostration, while he seemed to be in his element. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The other folks down stream are making so much noise that they’d give every trout in the brook nervous prostration. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret This present was brought, after his departure from the hall, by the old eunuch, who took care to tell us that before we received it we must make nine prostrations according to the Chinese custom. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton I was taken last May with nervous prostration; also had female trouble, liver, stomach, kidney and bladder trouble. Treatise on the Diseases of Women Such is my prostration at this moment, that the duties of my office, and not less its cares and its responsibilities, seem a burden quite beyond my power of bearing. The History of Dartmouth College In the sudden energy of that new possibility of escape Elinor rose up again from the prostration of despair. The Marriage of Elinor In her physical prostration and mental disarray the thought of suicide was with her. Amabel Channice The victim and the other dishes were then removed for the use of the Captain and crew, and the ceremony ended by three genuflexions and as many prostrations. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton I suffered for years with painful menstruation, pains in the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness and nervous prostration. Treatise on the Diseases of Women When he was gone, Europe was utterly worn out by his terrible energy, and collapsed suddenly in a state of universal nervous prostration. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Faith had spent the early morning upon her couch;—no need to ask if she felt stronger than yesterday,—every line and feature shewed prostration—and patience. Say and Seal, Volume II He repeated his prayers, the bowing, the kneeling, the prostrations, with great care and full attention. The Saracen: The Holy War The prostrations being made and the offerings placed on the altar, the earthen cow is broken in pieces and distributed among the people. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Before Paragot had appeared they lasted two or three days, till they spent themselves leaving the patient in great bodily prostration. The Belovéd Vagabond And the little pinted shues, with heels sot in the very center of the nerves, ready to bring on prostration, and blindness. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Faith rallied somewhat from the prostration that succeeded those days of anxiety; but then the fever again asserted its empire, and strength, little by little but daily, lost ground rather than gained it. Say and Seal, Volume II |
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