 ... painful shriek and fainted. When we came into the room she was still in a state of insensibility, and, as we stood around, she slowly opened her eyes; but the moment that they became conscious of my presence, she leaped up with frantic joy, and strained...  Rattlin, the Reefer - Page 116by Edward Howard - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Edward Howard - 1836 - 1000 pages
...presence, she leaped up with frantic joy and strained me in her arms, and then, laying her head upon my shoulder, burst into a passion of tears. Mr. R. cast...parting pang. All this may seem very vain-glorious, but I cannot help it — the truth is dearer to me than my bashfulness — and I believe so well of the... | |
 | 1835 - 592 pages
...presence, she leaped up with frantic joy and strained me in her arms, and then, laying her head upon my shoulder, burst into a passion of tears. Mr. R. cast...ineffable felicity, which I hope will be present to me when I am in my dying hour; for assuredly it will make light the parting pang. All this may seem very... | |
 | Edward Howard - 1856 - 296 pages
...presence, she leaped up with frantic joy, and strained me in her arms, and then, laying her head upon my shoulder, burst into a passion of tears. Mr. R. cast...for assuredly it will make light the parting pang. This affair changed the whole current of Mr. R — d — n's ideas, and altered his plans for me. I... | |
 | Edward Howard, Frederick Marryat - 1873 - 404 pages
...presence, she leaped up with frantic joy, and strained me in her arms, and then, laying her head upon my shoulder, burst into a passion of tears. Mr. R. cast...for assuredly it will make light the parting pang. This affair changed the whole current of Mr. R — d — n's ideas, and altered his plans for me. I... | |
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