A torturing silence of wan dismay -- Shrieks and curses of mad souls dying -- Then down they sank to slumber and sway Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying.
Frozen men that mock us with a wild, hard laugh That shrieks and sinks and whimpers in the shrill November rushes, And the long fall wind on the lake.
At the report a series of shrieks rang out from the shrubbery towards the house, whilst George Washington gave a wild yell and began to kick like a wounded bull, bellowing that he was "killed--killed.
They cut off his head, notwithstanding his shrieks and cries, and carried it about the city on the tip of a pike, a dreadful symbol of their hostility to the enemies of Caesar.
As they went over a vise-like grip caught his arm, and amid all the infernal confusion he somehow connected that despairing clutch with a succession of shrill and piercing shrieks which rang in his ear, seeming to be close to him.
Shrieks arose so piercing that they wrung her heart as if with a physical agony.
Hardly had she spoken when suddenly and without warning there was an outburst of shrieks from the whistle of the engine, answered and blended with that of another.
In vain he shrieks with wild despair, In vain he strives to fly; Still at his back the hell-born crew Their cursed business ply.
Twas fill'd with shrieks and dying groans, And mangled limbs and shatter'd bones-- In heaps they lay!
Seven days, seven nights, with the shrieks of despair Did Ellen in torment convulse the dim air, All cover'd with oil to the chin.
The shrieks of the birds still hovering near reminded him, and he soon came to.
As they approached, the shouts of the boatswain and the shrieks of a multitude of birds reached their ears.
Approaching his slave, he ordered him to get into the boat; the latter only replied by piteous shrieks and cries, clinging as tightly as before to the gun with arms and legs, while he seized the tackle in his jaws.
Shrieks and cries arose from the unhappy blacks on the maindeck, who believed that their last moments had come.
The scene was grand and sombre, a few sea-birds only appearing, who, with their loud, wild shrieks increased its melancholy character.
Scarcely had he concealed himself when he knew, by the cries andshrieks of his own countrymen, that the work of butchery had begun.
The last of the three dhows had now stranded, and the cries and shrieks which arose showed that the Arabs were throwing the unfortunate blacks into the water, and compelling them to make their way on shore.
From her cries and shrieks it was evident that she believed some dreadful fate was about to befall her.
And so the cocktails and the wines and the food in many courses, the two waiters in evening clothes, and the talk and the shrieks of mirth, were just as they must have been before so many, many times in this room.
The way they all rushed at him with little shrieks of laughter, talking together, excited as girls!
The tugboats shrieks and shrieks again calling beyond the next bend and away.
I shall never forget as long as I live the chorus of laughing, the shrieks of laughter, that greeted this innocent little speech of mine.
The shrieks of women folks brought me to the spot.
Three shrieks flitted from her corner like sparks from a funnel.
Not long after sunrise, two fresh legions of women entered their yard, to mourn with their old mistress, and theshrieks and lamentations of these visitors, were more violent than any of their predecessors.
Boo Khaloom was much enraged, but it was all to no purpose; he was only answered by shrieks of welcome, and the spears most unpleasantly rattled over their heads, expressive of the same feeling.
But when they spoke of interrupting my lessons I uttered such shrieks of despair that it was not to be thought of.
One would have said it was composed of shrieks and groans, and claps of thunder, and whistling winds, mingled with the songs of birds!
From his white and shrivelled lips issued no shrieks of terror.
I see the cunning instruments of torture and hear the shrieks and sobs and moans of millions dead.
When describing the shudderings and shrieks of the dying unbeliever, their eyes glitter with delight.
He heard the shrieks and sobs and cries of all the moaning, martyred multitudes.
The shrieks of the drivers to encourage the horses, the loud cries of Ave María!
We set off again au grand galop, drivers and outriders giving, from time to time, the most extraordinary shrieks to encourage the horses and to amuse themselves, wild and shrill enough to frighten any civilized quadruped.
Thus far I had written, it being now the evening, and I sitting alone, when a succession ofshrieks arose, even more awful than those which alarmed us last night.
A succession of feminine shrieks in the distance, added effect to her words.
Into this they rushed without ceremony just as the storm burst with all its fury, and crouching in a corner just out of reach of the rain, they listened to the howls and shrieks of the wind.
The rest of the gang immediately seized the culprit and carried him to the nearest tree, from whence his shrieks soon testified that his sentence was being put in execution.
The Wallachians had discovered the little back door which Simon had left open, and, stealing through it, were already inside the house, when the shrieks of a servant girl gave the besieged notice of their danger.
Their comrades petrified with horror saw them fall and then with frantic shrieks bent to the sweeps and fled for their lives.
He bears with stolidity torture that would wring shrieks of agony from one more highly strung.
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