To my mind it was as affrighting in its suggestions of unholy survival as the whole appearance of the vessel or the countenance and mechanic manners of the most corpse-like man of the crew of her.
A dismaller and wilder, nay, a moreaffrighting picture I defy the imagination to body forth.
The hours in which convictions were upon me, were such troublesome and such heart-affrighting hours, that I could not bear, no not so much as the remembrance of them upon my heart.
The storms are past, the terrors vanish all, Which in his way did so affrighting fall; He grieves nor sighs no more, his race is run Successfully, that was so well begun.
This consideration, or the consideration of Christ as exercising of this office, will help thee to put by that visor wherewith Christ by Satan is misrepresented to thee, to the weakening and affrighting of thee.
The light thou beholdest Stream through the heavens, In flashes of crimson, Is but my red beard Blown by the night-wind, Affrighting the nations!
You are accused of making An horrible disturbance, andaffrighting The people in the Meeting-house on Sunday.
The Dyaks knew of this affrighting hollow, and would not approach any nearer to it than was unavoidable.
The future was blurred, crowded with ugly and affrightingfiends passing in fantastic array before his vision, and mouthing dumb threats of madness and death.
Not even the stirring exhortations of the chief, whose voice was raised in furious speech, could induce his adherents to again approach that affrighting spot.
The stranger whose guise suggested a lawyer to the quidnuncs of Bison was not seen again in the township during the ensuing fortnight; but affrighting rumor, which soon became deadly fact, told of the mill closing down for lack of paying ore.
He turned resolutely toward the rising sun, and began his lonely and affrighting Odyssey.
Now then, in thy hands take My adder-fring'd affrighting shield, which with such terror shake, That fear may shake the Greeks to flight.
Like almost all women she possessed this wondrous and affrighting faculty.
One imitative little imp covered his face with an old black handkerchief, thereby so affrighting his playmates that the panic seized himself and he wellnigh lost his wits by his own waggery.
Thus, without affrighting her little guests, she led them by the hand into the chambers of her own desolate heart and made childhood's fancy discern the ghosts that haunted there.
The Indian bellowed forth a succession of most hideous outcries, somewhat affrighting us till we interpreted them as the war-song with which, in imitation of his ancestors, he was prefacing the assault on Stamford.
The Deponent spoke not one Word of these Accidents, for fear of affrightinghis Wife.
She had given so many proofs of her natural courage that it must be equal to even so affrighting a test as the near presence of the Alaculof Indians.
Thus, without affrighting her little guests, she led them by the hand into the chambers of her own desolate heart, and made childhood's fancy discern the ghosts that haunted there.
One imitative little imp covered his face with an old black handkerchief, thereby so affrighting his playmates that the panic seized himself, and he well-nigh lost his wits by his own waggery.
The Old Man has hurried, for he is out of breath; and the deadly pallor of his cheek is almost affrighting to see.
I passed from the cabin into as raging and affrighting a scene as was ever witnessed in any ocean.
However, by affrightingthe watch with their pistols, they got off safe and a night or two after broke open a linen-draper's shop, and took out a large parcel of linen.
But his hands fumbled in untying the rope which had bound her to him, and he became conscious of an affrighting lassitude which brought with it a grimmer menace than the howling furies of the reef.
But it was affrighting to realize that the very physical feature which provided a refuge might also immure them in a living tomb.
He was equally useless and ignorant before the affrighting mystery.
Immense and weird, the cellar; and the doorless doorway, leading to the cellar steps, seemed to lead to affrighting matters.
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