Thus nerving himself to all that could task his powers, Randal Leslie crossed the threshold of Lansmere House, and in the hall he found the baron awaiting him.
In fact, if you could have looked into his heart, you would have seen that Harley was, for the first time, making a strong effort over his passions and his humours; that the whole man was nerving himself to a sense of duty.
The girl held her breath, nerving herself for a last desperate stand.
He was nervinghimself to the effort of decisive speech, which should set danger at arm's length and end their distracting situation once for all.
But, nerving myself again, I passed one arm beneath the shoulders as before, raised him a little, and once more there was a low moan.
Hiram sat nerving himself, his distress accentuating the stern strength of his features.
He was nerving himself for Mrs. Whitney as one nerves himself in a dentist's chair for the descent of the grinder upon a sensitive tooth.
Nerving myself to be as practical and matter-of-fact as possible, I wiped the moisture from his brow with my handkerchief and patted his cheek soothingly.
Up and down, up and down he paced, while I, sitting quietly in my chair, waited, nerving myself for the scene I anticipated.
I was just nerving myself to summon Katie and tell her to serve dinner when the door opened and Dicky's rapid step crossed the room.
Mallalieu, nerving himself for what he felt to be coming.
She bit her lips to keep back the hysterical sobs that rose in her throat, nerving herself with clenched hands, and followed him.
The voices in the next room continued, until Diana almost prayed for the moment she was waiting for would come; suspense was worse than the ordeal for which she was nerving herself, It came at last.
She asked herself the question over and over again, with shaking, soundless lips, praying for courage, nerving herself to meet him.
See the huge creature with muscles of steel, his heart a furnace of glowing coal, and the strength of a thousand horses nerving his sinews.
I glanced up at the threatening outline, nerving myself for a final struggle.
Prissy stood nerving herself to speak the words which were in her heart.
Priscilla walked by Janet's side, white and silent, nerving herself for the coming interview.
Hugh John in a muffled voice, nervinghimself for the coming crisis.
Then she fell silent, looking at him furtively from time to time, her hands restless in her lap, nerving herself to speak.
Nerving herself with a strong effort she tapped with trembling fingers and, at the sound of an answering voice, went in.
She did not turn her face toward her lover; but she drooped her head and clenched her hands tightly together upon her knees, nerving herself for the blow.
It is the young recruit who is dangerously convulsed by the upheavals of our day, and it is to him I bring the nerving counsel of the Lord: "Stand fast in the faith!
There is a glorious hope shining across the cancer waste, and it is nerving the will of research with unconquerable perseverance.
Marching together our country to save, God shall be with us to strengthen our cause, Nerving the heart and the hand of the brave.
And her strong arm is nerving to strike with a will Till the foe and his boastings are humbled and still!
I am very sorry, very, very sorry to hear this," she said, nerving herself to speak.
They who would be something more Than they who feast, and laugh and die, will hear The voice of Duty, as the note of war, Nerving their spirits to great enterprise, And knitting every sinew for the charge.
I made no reply, but nerving myself with a great effort, walked with him through the chamber to the inner doorway.
I raised my revolver, fingering the trigger, and nerving myself for the shot, but the object had dropped behind a rock before I could fire.
The opportunity at length arrived; and, nerving himself for the race, the hunter sprang past the moose, brushing the very tips of its antlers.
It is true it was a sort of a Virginius tragedy, and Guapo had great difficulty in nerving himself for the task.
I began to feel that I had made my last effort, and I was nerving myself for another stroke when my hand touched something hard.
I am setting my teeth and nerving my muscles for the encounter, which must be fought out hand to hand, when--crash!
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