I was grieved and shocked more than I can tell you, my dear friend; I knew what a blow it was to you.
This always shocked me like a momentary glare of insanity.
I protested in vain against this false principle, saying that it was inadmissible, and that the classic Brillat-Savarin would have been shocked at such blasphemy.
LXVII With these which might the solid anvil bore, (So well their ends were pointed) there and here, Each aiming at the shield his foeman wore, The puissant warriors shocked in mid career.
They shocked all conservative minds; all rulers and dignitaries; all men attached to systems; all syllogistic reasoners and dialectical theologians; all fashionable and worldly people; all sects and parties attached to creeds and forms.
But the English Revolution, then in progress, and in which a king had been executed, shocked the lovers of constitutional liberty in France, and reacted then, even as the French Revolution afterwards reacted on the English mind.
Luther, when he visited Italy, was extremely shocked at the infidel spirit which prevailed among the clergy, who were hostile to the circulation of the Scriptures, and who encouraged persecutions and inquisitions.
It would have shocked and irritated the nation beyond all self-control; and it is probable that the whole Catholic population would have been assassinated, or hunted out, as victims for the scaffold, in every corner of England.
We cannot turn over the pages of one of the popular dramatists of the age without being shocked by the most culpable indecency.
The convulsed motions of his fingers and face worked for some moments; whilst the count and Lord Colambre, much shocked and alarmed, stood in silence.
Though not actually promised or specified, he knew that she took it for granted; that it was upon this hope, this faith, she consented; he knew that she would be shocked at the bare idea of his going into the army.
I did not think you would be so much shocked at a discovery, which proves that our family and yours have some little connexion.
I just stood looking out of the window, behind this curtain, that my poor Lady Clonbrony might not be discomfited and shocked by the sight of one whom she can't abide, the very minute she come home.
I'm indeed surprised and shocked at Uncle Robert's sudden death.
I was shocked at the calm way in which she referred to her possible accusation, and also at the reference she made to her presumptive inheritance.
Her face was dreadful; even the straightforward one exclaimed in a shocked tone, "You must be awful sick!
But notwithstanding the fact that I have shocked the religious sentiment of that party, I do not want them to defend Christianity any more; they will bring it into universal contempt if they do.
Frederick could scarcely trust himself to speak,--the change which had come over Alrina within the last few days quite shocked him.
Mrs. Marshall was surprised and shocked at the sudden change which she observed in Miss Fisher's manner towards her, and could not account for it in any way, as she had always hitherto been so kind.
Such a reference to the great apostle of American protection, I confess, shocked me; but I suppressed my feelings in consideration of her sex.
The part which Timoleon took in the assassination of his brother shocked many of his own partisans.
There was a curious expression of shocked horror in his, eyes as they stared past his wife into the silent room.
The one shocked thought of his heart was "Christine.
There was such bitterness in her voice that for a moment it shocked him into silence; she looked at him with burning eyes.
I laughed because I would not be unworthy of my companion, who was genuinely amused; but I was, in reality, shocked at the tempest I had raised.
You must ask himself that," said Kirsty, with a wisdom I have since learned to comprehend, though I remember it shocked me a little at the time.
The modern mind is naturally, but vulgarly and unjustly, shocked by this kind of familiarity.
This announcement was interesting to Marvel and Nerle, but greatly shocked the aged Ki, who asked: "What is to become of our kingdom?
Then the king spoke, his voice sounding so sweet and agreeable that it almost shocked Nerle, who had expected to hear a roar like that from a wild beast.
He was still shocked by the freedom and relief that had overwhelmed him in the parking lot.
When the price rose over $11, Claude shocked the online bulls by selling most of his shares.
Joe was shocked again at how untouched and beautiful she was.
He was a good deal shocked at my asking what part his father took on the occasion of the attack, but for a very different reason than that which I suspected.
There I was shocked to hear that Sir Francis himself had died of apoplexy, and that Margaret, the sole heir and survivor, had gone back, with her health injured, to live with her aunt in the south of England.
Then he cried out to us to repent; and spoke first to us, and then to God, in a way that would have shocked many--but it did not shock me.
The political devotee may be shocked at the uncompromising treatment of some of his favorites, while he can not fail to admit the ability which is evinced in the estimate of their characters.
God knows I was shocked when I heard in Denver he was to be tried for the crime.
She is shocked to see how gray, how fitful, nervous, irritable, he has become.
Friele was shocked at the recital; and at his request Gutenberg conducted him to the printing rooms, and showed him copies of the Bible.
Marton said this to the vicar, who was deeply shocked to hear of the wickedness of the man from whom he had accepted the cup.
These last words were underlined and shocked the curate.
I remember being somewhat shockedwhile listening to sermons preached by my son, H.
At first the idea of playing cards for money shocked him beyond all expression.
I was very painfully shockedto hear of your father's death.
