"Gregarian" Quotes from Famous Books
... arm about her and gathered her closer to himself. He saw at once, that, sensitive as she was to every impression, this fear was a contagious one, a mere gregarian affinity, and that she needed the preponderating warmth and strength of a protecting presence, the influence of a fuller vitality. He did not speak, but his touch must in some measure have counteracted the dread that oppressed her. She ceased ... — Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 • Various |