Here they found the unfortunate girl, seated, or rather couched like a hare upon its form — her head-gear dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity. Novels and tales of the author of Waverley - Page 83by sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822Full view - About this book
| 1819 - 792 pages
...upon its form — her head-gear dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild...gibbered, made mouths, and pointed at them with her bloody ringers, with the frantic gestures of an exulting demoniac. " Female assistance was now hastily summoned... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1819 - 346 pages
...saw herself discovered, she gibbered, made mouths, Eg and pointed at them with her bloody fiirgers, with the frantic gestures of an exulting demoniac. Female assistance was now hastily sum* moned ; the unhappy bride was overpowered, not without the use of some force. As they carried... | |
| 1819 - 792 pages
...upon its form— her head-gear dishevelled ; her night-clotbes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity. When che saw herself discovered, she gibbered, made months, and pointed at them with her bloody fingers,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 238 pages
...rather couched like a hare upon its form —tier head-gear dishevelled; her night-clothes torn -ami dabbled with blood,—her eyes glazed, and her features...the use of some force. As they carried her over the threshhold, she looked down, and uttered the only articulate words that she had yet spoken, saying,... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...upon its form— her head-gear dishevelled ; her night clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild...When she saw herself discovered she gibbered, made TRAGIC AND PATHETIC. 205 mouths, and pointed at them with her bloody fingers, with the frantic gestures... | |
| Walter Scott - 1849 - 732 pages
...hare upon its form— her head-gear dishevelled; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood,— bei gly according to Touchstone's directions to Audrey,...honour gude e'en, and mony o' them, bonny Mr. Sharpit gesture« of an exulting demoniac. Female assistance was now hastily summoned; the unhappy bride was... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1852 - 404 pages
...upon its form — her head-gear dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild...gibbered, made mouths, and pointed at them with her bloody lingers, with the frantic gestures of an exulting demoniac. Female assistance was now hastily summoned... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 654 pages
...upon its form — lier headgear dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of Insanity. AYhen she saw herself discovered, she gibbered, made mouths, and pointed at them with her bloody fingers,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - 386 pages
...dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her VOL. xiv. z features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity....her bloody fingers, with the frantic gestures of an exultingdemoniac. Female assistance was now hastily summoned , the unhappy bride was overpowered, not... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...its form, her head-gear dishevelled, her night-clothes torn aud dabbled with blood, her eyes gluzed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of...demoniac. Female assistance was now hastily summoned ; the uuhappy bride was overpowered, not without the use of some force. As they carried her over the threshold,... | |
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