"Unconsciousness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... performed a surgical operation at Poughkeepsie, New York, on a boy whose heart was too weak to permit the use of an anaesthetic, and who was lulled into unconsciousness by the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 • Various
... hopelessness of their folly. But the exquisite serenity of the night sky, where swam the moon, "a silver splendour;" the freshness of the sweeping breeze that dashed, keen from the east, over the sea against his face; all the glorious distance, the unconsciousness and detachment of nature from the fume and misery of life, brought him ...
— The Light of Scarthey • Egerton Castle
... from his pocket and concealed it "I will be avenged," said Belleville, with a convulsive smile, then sank into unconsciousness. ...
— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach
... their double sense and meaning both the continuance of the race and that grace of manner which the words are more commonly taken to signify. The double sense of the words is all the more significant for the unconsciousness with which ...
— The Note-Books of Samuel Butler • Samuel Butler
... flared into her eyes. For a moment she had wild thoughts of breaking into open rebellion. She hated her dress, she hated London, above all, she hated Aunt Anne. That lady's happy unconsciousness that anything had occurred drove the girl into furious irritation. Well, it was hopeless then, Mr. Magnus could say what he pleased, her aunt did not care for her—she would not mind did she fall dead in the street before her. The words in Maggie's mind were: "You don't look at ...
— The Captives • Hugh Walpole
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