 ... look at what he saw, as if all before him was undergoing a strange and bewildering change which confused his brain — the wandering, lost motions of his hands, which seemed feeling for something familiar to them, on which they might take hold, and...  The Idle man [by R.H. Dana]. - Seite 391821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 534 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold, and be assured of a safe reality— the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning...the eye, and a half piteous smile about the mouth at times, which one could scarce look upon without shedding tears. As the derangement increased upon... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1833 - 508 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold and be assured of a safe reality — the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning...but slight oscillating motion of the body — all these expressed, with fearful truth, the dreamy state of a mind fast unsettling, and making vain and... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1833 - 508 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold and be assured of a safe reality — the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning...which surrounded him — the continuous, but slight oscillat3 O ing motion of the body — all these expressed, with fearful truth, the dreamy state of... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1850 - 494 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold and be assured of a safe reality, — the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning his own being, and •what surrounded him, — the continuous, but slight, oscillating motion of the body, — all these... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...hold and be assured of a safe reality — the under monotone of his voice, as if he wasque^ tioning his own being, and all which surrounded him — the...but slight oscillating motion of the body — all these expressed with fearful truth the dreamy state of a mind fast unsettling, and making vain and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 Seiten
...bewildered state of a mind fast unsettling, and making vai:i and weak efforts to find its way back to iU wonted reason. There was a childish, feeble gladness in the eye, and a half piteous srnile about the mouth, at times, which one could scarce look upon without tears. As the derangement... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold and be assured of a safe reality, — the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning his own being, and what surrounded linn, — the continuous, but slight, oscillating motion of the body, — all these... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 Seiten
...safe reality, — the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning his own being, and what surrounded him, — the continuous, but slight, oscillating motion of the body, — all these expressed, with fearful truth, the bewildered state of a mind fast unsettling, and making vain... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 Seiten
...something familiar to them, on which they might take hold and be assured of a safe reality, — the what surrounded him, — the continuous, but slight, oscillating motion of the body, — all those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 526 Seiten
...philosophical man, I shall take his work across the water.' — Hawkins's Lift ff Kean, ii, 168. — ED. the under monotone of his voice, as if he was questioning...was a childish, feeble gladness in the eye, and a half-piteous smile about the mouth at times, which one could scarce look upon without shedding tears.... | |
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