 I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed ; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.  The Quarterly Review - Page 3791818Full view - About this book
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - 1903 - 692 pages
...the bed, and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he uttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 pages
...held up the curtain of the bed, and his eyes: — if eyes they may be called — were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...spoken, but I did not hear. One hand was stretched out as if to detain me ; but I escaped, and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the court-yard belonging... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1904 - 324 pages
...the bed, and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he uttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1911 - 366 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed down-stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1911 - 360 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. longing to the house which I inhabited; where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and... | |
 | Wilhelm Ad Paterna - 1915 - 154 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, secmingly to detain me,- but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging... | |
 | Langdon Winner - 1978 - 400 pages
...crisis of nerve, is still not ready to accept the life that he brought into existence and simply panics. "He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained... | |
 | George Levine - 1981 - 368 pages
...eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sound, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken,...detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs.'"* The mind here retreats from consciousness of its own ineptitude, or from recognition of its anomalous... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1982 - 338 pages
...held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, 20 were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...court-yard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where 25 I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening... | |
 | George Levine - 1981 - 368 pages
...eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sound, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken,...seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs."9 The mind here retreats from consciousness of its own ineptitude, or from recognition of its... | |
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