The fatigue and change, the talking evening and restless night, had produced their effect; her very thoughtlessness and ordinary insouciance rendered the rush more overwhelming when it did come, and the weeping was almost hysterical.
Honora came back to Sandbeach thoroughly restless and wretched, reproaching herself with having wasted such constant, priceless affection, haunted by the constant dread of each morning's post, and longing fervently to be on the spot.
Phoebe, to whom a doubt on that score would have appeared high treason, nevertheless hated the presence of Mr. Calthorp as much as she could hate anything, and was in restless anxiety as to Titania's behaviour.
His year of ill-health and of her attendance had made him dependent on her; he did not enter into novelty or beauty without Bertha; and his old restless demon of discontent made him impatient to return to his ladies.
She retraced Robert's restless form in every window, and thought how little she had then augured the fruit of what he had suffered.
She found herself loathing the perfumy rooms, the sleepy voice, and hardly able to sit still in her restless impatience of Lolly's platitudes and Charles's insouciance, while Rashe could never be liked again.
He is very restless to find out the remaining objections to his management, and Randolf will have more influence with him than I ever could, while he considers parsons as a peculiar species.
A dark, threatening, straggling ledge of rocks rises above the surface of the water some distance from the shore, over which the restless sea breaks in fleecy clouds of spray.
Standing on this lonely shore, there is a fascination in listening to the solemn moan of the restless sea, in whose bosom there is so much of sadness, of direful secrets, and of unspent power.
So the people of Torre del Greco, at the foot of restless Vesuvius, ignore past experience, and all former outbreaks of the mountain which destroyed Pompeii.
The large garrison constitutes the most restless element, but as its members are amenable to martial law, which is always prompt and decisive, good order is easily preserved.
When a restless spirit moved their owners, they promptly set sail for the coast of Barbary, where, surprising some unprotected settlement, they burned the place to the ground, enslaving those whose lives they spared.
All that afternoon he had been tossing his restless head from side to side, uttering deep, low groans, and murmuring now and then to himself words which Miss Anne could not understand.
Inheritors of thy distress, Have restless hearts one throb the less?
That night was far more fair-- But the same restless pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon.
Nor lies the babe nearer the nursing-place Than Allah's smallest child to Allah's grace; Nor any ocean rolls so vast that He Forgets one wave of all that restless sea.
He showed his ability as an executive by restraining the restless population under the excitement which accompanied the revolution in the neighboring colony of Santo Domingo, which ended by the loss to Spain of that island.
Never was there a war before in which so many stimulating deeds of bravery were done in such a short time, and this in spite of the fact that the public has been restlessfor more action.
The frequent drenching rains and inadequate equipments have also done much to render the men restless and anxious to fight.
Besides, the present is an age of adventure in which restless and daring spirits abound in every portion of the world.
My efforts were not all in vain, and I have contributed, in my own modest way, to that renaissance of historical labours which will remain the honour of this restless century.
The notary made his appearance after a moment, with his familiar stiff gestures, and his restless eyes quivering behind his eye-glasses.
And Walter was growing more and more restless over his stewardship and the burdens it involved.
Now discontented ghosts begin their rounds, Haunt ruined buildings and unwholesome grounds; Or at the curtains of the restless wait, To frighten them with some sad tale of fate.
Cromwell was no exception; the most conservative of men, he also grew angry and restless when he saw the reign of the saints beginning in earnest.
And the light on her aged face was wonderful; she was like one waiting for a great joy, restless at times, and going to the windows of her room as if impatient for its arrival.
The General was occupying himself with a book, but as the hours went by he grew restless and laid it down.
These things made her restless and unhappy, for she could not but contrast the splendour of the Protector's character and government with the selfishness, meanness and incapacity of the Stuarts.
No doubtful way was hers, the single-hearted woman of lofty aims, of restless feminine activity, of holy impatience with sin.
That some such melancholic refinements were restless in the brains of many I have no doubt.
For mart and street you seem to pine With restless glances, Book of mine!
With restless eyes that peer and spy, Sad eyes that heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes!
After the treaty of Ghent in 1814 the restless American pioneer began to make encroachments.
The broad plains were free from the enervating influence of the Tropics, on the one hand, or the stern and rugged landscape features which nurse the restless Norseman, on the other.
Your restless zeal alone has impeded your pardon hitherto.
The poor, tortured, restless brain slowly stopped its grinding whirl, and the thin limbs, heavy with years of hopeless toil, straightened out in an endless sleep.
She fell to stroking the poor face, and the hands getting more restless each moment.
Some way I always getrestless when these warm days begin.
Something in the touch and tone of this spring afternoon made him restless and full of strange thoughts.
He was one of those nervous, restless mortals who require but little sleep.
She was getting restless by this time and aimlessly she got up and walked to the front of the car and back again to her seat, hardly noticing that the other occupants were staring at her with some wonder.
The restless agitation she continually felt, rapidly wore upon both health and spirits, and their failure only increased the nervous desire to find what now seemed of tenfold importance to her disordered fancy.
Go to sleep, child, Mabel is tired," and off she ran to her own room, leaving her cousin to soothe the restless child as she could.
A fear, of she knew not what, entered her mind, and she began to feel a restless impatience to find the written promise given by her sister, which remained as the only security for the money with which she had so weakly parted.
I am sorry to say that Titania's Mirror was a bit too thickly inhabited by mosquitoes for comfort, and there were restless turnings and muttered expostulations to be heard for some time after lights were out.
On this particular morning, however, a more observant person might have noted a restless anxiety underlying Diana's gaiety.
After dinner she went to the library, restless and lonely, yet glad to be alone; thankful she had postponed to the morrow, the return of Mrs. Marmaduke Vane.
David laid his hand gently on hers, as it lay upon her muff, and the restless working of her fingers ceased.
The birds all seemed restless and uneasy at this conversation, and looked upon one another with suspicious glances.
Twinkle did not want to give up her charges at first, as she had become interested in them; but Chubbins heaved a sigh of relief and declared he was glad the "restless little beggars" had a mother that knew more about them than he did.
The other leaned over the edge of the box, and his small, restless eyes wandered over the now closely-packed auditorium.
His restless eyes peered with eager interrogation into those of the younger man.
He held her glance with his own, with that close, intent look which binds soul to soul, and in his deep blue eyes there danced the restless flames of his own undying mirth: "La!
Suddenly the young man paused in his restless walk and stood in front of his friend--an earnest, solemn, determined figure.
Chauvelin had paused in his restless walk, He gazed on his colleague, a frown of puzzlement on his pale, set face.
Fortunately for tourists, the world, restless though it might be, could not hurry, and Abelard was to know of the pointed arch very little except its restlessness.
The idea is the stronger and more restlessbecause the Church of Saint Michael is surrounded and protected by the world and the society over which it rises, as Duke William rested on his barons and their men.
There was a restless going and coming of members, as if they could not stand being bored by their duties any longer, and then, after a brief absence, found strength for them.
While I was talking to Mrs. Murdock, a messenger came down to say that her husband specially wished to see me, so we both went to his room, but he had dozed off into a queer restless sleep before we arrived.
I heard you walking about last night; you were restless and did not sleep.
