"Terrified" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... himself, without warning, on the brink of a theological abyss. Unwilling to worry him; eager to accept whatever he told her he believed, but in despair at each failure to understand what it was, Esther became more and more uncomfortable and terrified. ...
— Esther • Henry Adams
... The landlord lay terrified, half stunned, and bleeding; and Mary, though she often looked back apprehensively, saw no ...
— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade
... no, if all the powers of the world were there to compel her; and as for Thomas, conscience had reduced the firmness of a man who once upon a time could kill to a condition of fear and trembling. Yet terrified as he was, he considered that he was here under the obligation to obey powers even higher than his conscience, and disobedience might bring upon him some evil greater than that under which he groaned. So up he got, trembling in ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII. • Various
... a single antagonist he is sometimes more than a match, as seemed likely in the present case. The rieta being attached to the pommel of the saddle, of course the bear, in pulling as he did, hand over hand, steadily brought the vaquero and his steed nearer. The horse, terrified, trembled in every limb, and tried to rear; but his strength was as nothing when opposed to the steady power ...
— The Young Miner - or Tom Nelson in California • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... words, when her ear was greeted by a low sound, which bore some resemblance to a laugh. Terrified and trembling, she cast a rapid glance around the room, but could see nobody; she then examined a small closet which adjoined the chamber and looked under the bed, not knowing but that some person might be concealed there—but she could uncover nothing ...
— City Crimes - or Life in New York and Boston • Greenhorn
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