Her heart itself seemed at last to break forth, and soar up out of her, in a speechless supplication--"Let this cup pass!
Mr. Ochterlony stood speechless for a moment, and then he heard a faint sob, and fled in consternation.
The suggestion filled Mrs. Ochterlony with a certain speechless fury which was born of her grief.
Speechless at first they stood, then cried aloud in their anguish, "We shall behold no more our homes in the village of Grand-Pre!
Silent a moment they stood in speechless wonder, and then rose Louder and ever louder a wail of sorrow and anger, And, by one impulse moved, they madly rushed to the door-way.
Taking a lantern from one of the men, he walked back to the speechless and frightened girl and held the light to her face.
Not only are all the facts and circumstances collected with the care of a lawyer getting up a brief, but words and names that look dead and speechless are analyzed as with magnifying power, till they take significance and life.
There lay its speechless fragments spread out on the table, while the yawning frame leaned against the wall.
Ida gazed at her in speechless terror for an instant, then, as if she could look no longer, she flung up her arm across her eyes.
In the morning the poor girl was found, but she was speechless and died in a short time.
Mary listened for a moment in speechless indignation, and then said: 'But I wish to be as well dressed when I travel as at home; any lady must do so.
When the girl ended there was a speechless horror in our hero's face; and two or three times tears glistened in the eyes of Nancy as she hurried through with the horrible recital.
The two leading conspirators were simply speechless from amazement and rage; and then Murfrey's eyes fell upon Nancy with a dark look of suspicion.
Little as I believed these words to be true at the time, the sound of them so dulled me with apprehension that I could only stare at her in speechless amazement.
I could hear the girl sob where she had sunk upon the platform, and caught one glimpse of De Croix, his face yellow in the weird glare as he stared in speechless terror out over the water, his hands clutching the palisades.
What centuries of Indian superstition rested behind the fateful utterance, I know not; but facing that horrible spectre as we did, his words held me in speechless awe.
For a moment I made no response, heldspeechless by surprise; and she questioned again, almost imperatively.
How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart, In unremitting drudgery and care!
Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages.
Nay, but she knelt speechless and motionless, and waited until He spoke to her; spoke to her by the sweet, trustful little lips whose lightest touch was dear to her.
Illustration: She knelt speechless and motionless] She was no craven, and she faced the position in all its cruel bearings.
So for an hour, an hour of speechless sorrow, they sat.
Valentinois stopped, and in his speechless way, held out his hand to Bayard, who merely bowed stiffly.
They passed by in a moment, leaving me speechless with anger, for owing to my failure to preserve a disguise, I had allowed my beard to grow again, and D'Alegres without doubt recognised me.
A subtle and speechless rapture fills and exalts the spirit.
In one case, a poor, pale, clean-looking, and almost speechlesswoman presented herself.
But at that ghastly look a glimpse of the real truth broke upon her; and she stood speechless and appalled.
When she had finished, he could make no response; he could only lean against the wall of the prison, speechless and motionless.
Unable to utter a word, they looked at each other in wild but speechless terror; and yet, in the anguish that wrung their hearts, their thoughts followed the same course.
The executioner dropped his arms to his sides and glanced at the three men in speechless amazement.
He was almost speechlesswith surprise at seeing me, for he had not spoken a sentence in English or seen a white person since his arrival at this lonely post five months before.
In a few moments Wu came to our tent, almost speechless with rage and stammered, "Damn fool soldiers come try to take our horses; say if mafu no give them horses they untie loads.
Even Mr. Bob shook with speechless mirth, till the veins on his forehead stood out like strings.
I couldn't answer anything, but looked at him speechless while he goes to the door, peeks outside of it very careful lest any one might be listening, and then comes tiptoeing back.
I was too speechless with indignation to utter another word.
The lady turned to acknowledge it; our eyes met, and we stood fixed and rooted to the spot, each speechless and pale with emotion.
The young mother leant over the child a moment in speechless misery.
He pulled himself up in speechless horror, and looked once more into the big mirror.
Olive was speechless with amazement, while they stood looking at the girl, not knowing what to do to relieve her terrible agony.
Mr. White was speechless with astonishment, and immediately called in Mr. W.
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