Unbelieving, Dan turned his eyes on the list and to his utter astonishment found his name posted.

The four boys gazed at one another for a moment in blank astonishment, and then burst into a simultaneous roar of laughter.

At length he said, with a slight tremulousness in his voice, "Does nothing suggest to you who she is, Phil?" I turned round to look at him with profound astonishment, but he turned away from my look.

He looked carefully at it, and to his intense astonishment saw the image of a brown face, with dark, intelligent eyes, and a look of awestruck wonderment expressed on its features.

" In mute astonishment, his father followed.

The two prefects gazed at him for a moment in open-mouthed astonishment; then Acton broke the silence, exclaiming, "Why, Browse, what's the matter?" The "sap" certainly presented an extraordinary appearance.

" All the colonels of this small army were on horseback, a fact which caused me no little astonishment, for I had heard my uncle say again and again, and there can be no question but that he was a brave and skilful soldier, that the man who went in the saddle to meet savages was courting his own death.

Treadwell fairly gasped, though only from sheer astonishment.

All this was not beheld by the inhabitants without the utmost astonishment, which incited them to come down in crowds to the coast, with no other view, as it appeared, than to worship the new divinities that had condescended to touch upon their country.

exclaimed Piers in genuine astonishment.

the bare-legged Beppo proclaimed, pushing his way between dignitaries and elegant nobles and taking a position, in wide-eyed astonishment, in front of the pulpit, where he could watch every movement of his quondam school-fellow, whose words carried no meaning to his unlearned ears.

When I had finished, Mr. Falkland rose from his seat, and, to my infinite astonishment, threw himself into my arms.

she asked, standing still in unfeigned astonishment.

"Jack's question is only a natural one," said Rachel, to her brother's unbounded astonishment.

Mrs. Eustice put out her hand to Ada, then gazed down at her in evident astonishment.

She was admitted to Patsy's private room, where Beth and Louise were also sitting, and they looked upon their visitor in undisguised astonishment.

The Boy came out again, and to his almost incredulous astonishment, there was Joe dragging the unfortunate Anna towards an ighloo.

Ha, ha, ha!" Acton eyed him for a moment with a look of indignant astonishment; then he began to smile, Jack Vance commenced to chuckle, and very soon all three were laughing in concert.

The first emotion that stirred Barnaby True was one of extreme and profound astonishment; the second thought that came into his mind was that maybe some witty fellowof whom he knew a good many in that place, and wild, mad rakes they were as ever the world beheldwas attempting to play off a smart, witty jest upon him.

These were all dreadful prodigies, which filled the people with inexpressible astonishment, and the Roman Empire with an extreme perplexity; and whatever unhappy circumstance followed upon these, was sure to be either caused or predicted by them.

" I left him standing in angry astonishment and rushed forward.

To his unutterable astonishment the little man had not moved.

For an instant there had come amazement, a dumb astonishment, at the intrusion.

It was several years after its first appearance that I read the Pioneers, and I read it with a delighted astonishment.

Terrapin-buzzards was bad enough, though it was true that this might be used innocently, as in a moment of mild dismay, or as an exclamation of mere astonishment without sinister import.