Nerved by the courage of desperation, she opened the door.
It nerved her to be brought into his equation, even in the form which should finally be eliminated.
The door was open; she stood in it for an instant with eyes nerved to receive the tragedy.
Whereupon the author was seized by a sudden resolve, and packed up a hand-satchel and set out for the city, with all the forces of his being nerved for an assault upon this ill-fated clergyman.
He was nerved and braced; whatever oscillations the mind might go through in its search for another equilibrium, to-night there was a moment of calm.
They were so now, just as heart and soul were nerved to an effort which could not be made at all without the nobler sort of self-confidence.
Nor is it to be doubted for a moment but that some ministering angel aided the mother to unfasten the rope, and at the same time nerved the heart of poor Lear to endure the trying ordeal of her perilous situation.
The separation from them was a trial such as rarely falls to the lot of mortals; but he nerved himself for the undertaking, and when the hour arrived his strength was sufficient for the occasion.
She has nervedthe frail and shrinking heart of woman for high and holy deeds.
Whilst the great masses were either blind, or indifferent, she was nerved by this faith to bear cheerfully all the sacrifices she was called on to make.
The denial of his manhood nerved him to seek for refuge in a foreign clime.
That brief glance filled his heart with pride and rapture such as he never felt before, and nerved him with the strength of a Titan.
But extremity of peril nerved him with the courage and coolness of despair, and, collecting his faculties, he stood at bay, in readiness for the ominous storm which threatened him.
He nervedhimself for the trip to Christmas Cove in a few days, however, and how he met and renewed acquaintance with his old-time sweetheart shall be told in his own words.
Now the same impulse nerved her, and for ample reason.
It had made her dare sixty miles of wilderness alone and helpless, it had spurred her to escape Greenvale and her sense of being a dependent pauper, and now that latent force for good or ill still nerved her.
Ever since that dark hour upon the rock by the water-side, when his companions came to him with their plan of enterprise, had resolution, strong as his love of life, nerved his heart.
He heeds not the ascent--his whole frame isnerved with an energy he never has felt before--it is his first essay in the path of duty.
Bill is now nerved with the energy of right, and the other with the strength of despair, maddened, too, with a desire for revenge.
The sight which had burst upon him was enough to have nerved with energy the most sluggish and unfeeling.
The Temple was raised from its ruins, and the exploits of the Maccabees had nerved the whole people to do or die in defense of the holy faith of their fathers.
This reply the Grand Master transmitted to the garrison, and it nerved them to fight even with more patience and self-sacrifice.
Since that time how many hearts have glowed, how many arms have been nerved at the remembrance of the Pass of Thermopylae, and the defeat that was worth so much more than a victory!
I nerved my heart for our last meeting--but the strings were fibrous, and they broke.
Three times a week she nerved herself for that heartbreaking journey in the raw morning air, resolved never to let Chook see her flinch from her duty.
At first Henriette could scarcely believe the assertion, but when she became convinced of its truth, she nerved her mind to meet the trial, relying upon that God "who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Still her love had nerved me to do what I otherwise could never have done.
It had nerved me to try; and so, with her warm kiss burning on my lips, I hurried off to the great metropolis without any definite idea why I was going.
Miss Gregory realized that this was the real onslaught; they would be nerved for shrieks this time.
And now, this is the time to take the baby away, while I am nerved for sacrifices.
He guessed she was waiting for the next move from him, and he nerved himself to be adequate to her unspoken demand.
He saw recollection waken in her eyes, and nerved himself to the sharp ordeal of changing it to repulsion and disgust.
You see him plucked from the slough by the strong hand of manly fellowship, and nerved and strengthened, if only for a little while, to play the game for the sake of that other's belief in him.
But for the sake of Richard's daughter she rallied her grand forces, andnerved herself to carry out her hated task.
But then he dashed away these thoughts from him, and with an inward prayer nerved himself for the coming effort.
The air was sharp and clear now, and, as he gazed on all sides, an inward shrinking from the proposed meeting came over him; and then again the consciousness that he was on duty's path nerved him for whatever might be before him.
The leaves are feather-nerved and persistent, like those of the Beech, frequently remaining on the tree, though in a withered state, till spring.
Brazilian trees and shrubs, with yellow flowers, and stipulate, feather-nerved leaves.
They had vengeance to do that made every stroke seem righteous and holy in their sight; that nerved each of their bare and sinewy arms as with the strength of a thousand limbs.
On the evening of Thursday he came nerved up to mention Miss Garnet, whom, as a theme, he had wholly avoided whenever Fannie had spoken of her.
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