He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; andterrour and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity.
The passions are the great movers of human actions; but they are mixed with such impurities, that it is necessary they should be purged or refined by means of terrour and pity.
But how are the passions to be purged byterrour and pity?
Have mercy upon me, O GOD, have mercy upon me; years and infirmities oppress me, terrour and anxiety beset me.
Such a time of terrouryou have been happy in not seeing.
I boldly maintained the just distinction between a tragedian and a mere theatrical droll; between those who rouse our terrour and pity, and those who only make us laugh.
Sith to all other beastes of bloody race A dreadfull countenance she given hath, That with theyr terrour all the rest may chace, And warne to shun the daunger of theyr wrath.
They forget that one of the votes was illegally suspended, and that the rest were extorted by the terrour of an army.
Again, however, and more distinctly, it reached her; doubt then ceased, and terrour next to horrour took its place.
Eugenia, then, opening the door, found her sister almost demolished with terrour and dismay.
Here something crawled forth from behind that they seemed not to perceive, or it must have struck them with the same thrilling terrour as Emilius.
The fame of this Armado flew with Terrour Riding on Envyes wing; the preparation Was wayted on with wonder, and the approach Shewd the grim face of horrour: yet gainst all these Our Country and our Courages were armd.
Where is the terrour of our names, our powre That Spaine with feare hath felt in both his Indies?
His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead withterrour and vexation.
This account I would not delay, because I am not a lover of complaints, or complainers, and yet I have since we parted uttered nothing till now butterrour and sorrow.
Nor would he, to excite a speedy reformation, have conjured up such phantoms of terrour as these: 'A few years longer, and perhaps all endeavours will be in vain.
If a man by the terrour of present death, be compelled to doe a fact against the Law, he is totally Excused; because no Law can oblige a man to abandon his own preservation.
For seeing the aym of Punishment is not a revenge, but terrour; and the terrour of a great Punishment unknown, is taken away by the declaration of a lesse, the unexpected addition is no part of the Punishment.
And the spoyling a man of his goods, by Terrour of death, or wounds, than by clandestine surreption.
And the grounds of these Rights, have the rather need to be diligently, and truly taught; because they cannot be maintained by any Civill Law, or terrour of legal punishment.
Distress and terrouroften discover to us those faults, with which we should never have reproached ourselves in a happy state.
Junius is an unusual phenomenon, on which some have gazed with wonder, and some with terrour, but wonder and terrour are transitory passions.
Spain had been the last power in Europe which had openly pretended to give law to other nations, and the memory of this terrour remained, when the real cause was at an end.
All this is very dreadful; but, amidst the terrour that shakes my frame, I cannot forbear to wish, that some sluice were opened for these streams of treasure.
As it from us rais'd not a dust of pitty So did it give no terrour to the rest That did but live to see their fellows dye.
Their steel-hed speares they strongly coucht, and met 2 Together with impetuous rage and forse, That with the terrour of their fierce affret, 4 They rudely droue to ground both man and horse, That each awhile lay like a sencelesse corse.
With that they heard a roaring hideous sound, 2 That all the ayre with terrour filled wide, And seemd vneath to shake the stedfast ground.
Which when she heard, and saw the ghastly fit, Threatning into his life to make a breach, 8 Both with great ruth and terrour she was smit, Fearing least from her cage the wearie soule would flit.
He makes one important admission in regard to witchcraft; namely, that the confessions of witches might sometimes be the result of "a Deep Melancholy, or some Terrour that they may have been under.
Hounslow, whose heath sublimerterrour fills, Shall with her gibbets lend her powder mills.
By 1772 the Schadenfreude has deepened: "Their scenes of terrour are composed of gloomy woods, &c.
IV With that they heard a roaring hideous sound, That all the ayre with terrour filled wide, And seemd uneath° to shake the stedfast ground.
This manner of handling and usage being onkend and strange, were heavily spoken of, and a great terrour to others, who thought themselves warned of greater severity to come.
And this victorie to his wourde, and terrour to all fylthie lyvaris, did oure God wirk by such as yit leave and remaine witnesses (whither thei will or not) of the foirsaid workis of our God.
Prince by Lawe, is a terrour to the malefactour: his Maiestie is with all humblenesse serued, feared, and obeied.
And, having a new acquist of stout and warlike men, may be a terrour unto the confiners on that Sea, and to Nations which now conceive themselves safe from such an Enemy.
Can not thy crueltie in nothing be diminished seing me dismembred with the terrour of a thousand furious martirdomes?
Happy would it be, if we, who are intrusted with their interest, could find any arguments to convince them that their terrour was merely panick.
When arguments are confuted, precedents are cited; when precedents fail, the advocates for the bill have recourse to terrour and necessity, and endeavour to frighten those whom they cannot convince.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "terrour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
