For some time there was no sign of returning animation, but at last his efforts were rewarded by a slight tremor of the half-closed lids.
Not a tremorin the whole giant frame--his attitude as menacing and defiant as that of EL ADREA himself.
His eyes bulged, his tongue protruded, his face turned to a ghastly purplish hue--there was a convulsive tremor of the stiffening muscles, and the Manyuema sentry lay quite still.
His voice was a queer muffled tremor as he slowly said: "Unwrap the thing and show it to him.
He would face death without a tremor sooner than this.
The two men glared at each other in a duel of wills in which steel cut steel without a tremor of yielding.
A curious ripple or tremor ran over her body, such as may be observed in persons recovering consciousness after a swoon.
Trying to keep the tremor out of her voice, she asked with apparent carelessness: "Who was my visitor, Mr. Le Roy?
To have saved her life, Laurel could not have repressed that agitated start, that tremor that shook her from head to foot at sight of her old enemy's face!
It was the idea of a return that after a confusion of loud words had broken out between the others brought to her lips with the tremor preceding disaster: "Can't I, please, be sent home in a cab?
Maisie did take it in--took it with a long tremor of all her little being; and then as, to emphasise it, he drew her closer she buried her head on his shoulder and cried without sound and without pain.
I was about to ask him what he meant, when a sort of preparatory tremor passed over his whole person, as a faint ripple may be seen upon stagnant water even before the wind is felt.
And then, as his hand grasped the lower rung, she opened her eyes slowly, and a tremor ran through her frame.
A close observer would have noticed the faintest tremor and shiver throughout his body.
In response a curious tremor passed over Ben's frame, giving in some degree the effect of a violent start.
Harry felt a tremor pass through his mind, the barest touching of mental fingertips, a recognition that sent a surge of eager blood through his heart.
The thought cut through Harry's mind, sending a tremor up his spine.
He felt a strange sense of hesitation come over him, and a tremor of dread that made him flinch from his task, till he thought of Pengelly, and the money that was to be his reward.
The two officers, on his entrance, felt an inwardtremor Don Torribio bowed to them.
Nothing refreshed his burning forehead, his temples beat as if about to burst, and a nervous tremor agitated his whole body.
Laugh at me, ridicule me," she said with a tremor in her voice.
I'd been studyin' about what you said on ther ridge," she told him falteringly, and the tremor of her voice electrified him.
Bear Cat's excitement of resolve brought a tremor to his voice.
Save one of 'em, Turney," she said without a tremor in her voice.
His manner is angry, but the tremor in his voice sends a ray of warmth to my heart.
They are very beautiful, Luba," I said, controlling thetremor of my voice.
Dead," Father Francis said, a little tremor in his voice.
I am not very happy," she said, with a little tremor of the voice; "perhaps that is it.
That sombre monody outside was like the tremor and boom of the drums funebre.
The deeper notes were amidships, in the alleyways and round the engine-room casing; but there the ship itself contributed a note, a metallic murmur so profound that it was felt as a tremor rather than heard.
At night, in the quiet, sometimes the ears could detect the shudder of the weighty rapids by San Antonio; but it was merely a tremor felt; there was no sound.
She was in a great tremor of agitation and excitement as she sat down upon the rustic seat--so great a tremor that she had scarcely been able to walk steadily down the roughly-made steps--a tremor which had grown with every step she took.
She went down-stairs, with what a tremor in her and sinking of her heart it would be impossible to say.
The simulated tremor of a skilful penman is rarely successful in deceiving a trained eye.
Illustration: The signature of Ivan Wilson, herewith given, will serve as an illustration of the tremor almost inseparable from forgery.
Illustration: This signature represents thetremor due to illiteracy.
As to signatures especially, attention is called to the "tremor of fraud," which is to be detected by the microscope, and stress is laid upon the necessity of observing just where this tremor falls.
Illustration: The tremor of feebleness is shown in this signature.
From somewhere distant there traveled a dull noise of shouts and singing, a confused blatancy of far voices; and as it swelled and sank and swelled again, a tremor ran over that silent waiting throng like a wind-ripple on standing crops.
She was all purpose and directness; no tremor disturbed her.
She had recognised the tremor in Jim's voice as he begged for the interview; how many such requests had been made of her!
He spoke without a tremor of the voice, but he clenched his hands as he waited for her answer, and his eyes were eager.
We have good blood," said Judith at last with a tremor of pride in her voice.
And though he looked into wide-open eyes, which met his without a tremor of their lids or a suggestion of a downward glance, Jim was more thrilled than by the sweet confusion Beth so oft discovered, even to her accepted lover.
He was trembling a little himself, being genuinely inspired with a feeling above his own capacity to retain long; she felt the tremor in his voice as he asked the favour.
She made the statement in her usual soft tones, but a slight tremor of excitement underran her voice.
But it is only the blind who can walk without a tremor on the edge of an abyss, and there was no longer a bandage across his eyes.
I wish you'd run around for a minute, Billy," he said, his tone evincing none of thetremor which he felt in his heart.
Don't," she cried averting her eyes with a tremor in her voice.
She tried to ask and faltered; a tremor pulsed in the upper lip.
He felt the tremor in her voice and her hands, in her deep breathing; and his manhood came to rescue their balance in words that sounded foolish enough: "So my old mountain talks to you, too?
Just once, the watcher felt a tremor for the rash climber.
This, too, was on the Firing Line, but reason how she would, she could not subdue her fears, nor keep the tremor from her hands as she ran back to the bed room dimly lighted by the candle above the desk at the head of the bed.
