I choked back the cry which rose to my lips; I gripped my hands behind me, in a desperate attempt to hold myself in check; and, fascinated as by a deadly serpent, I stood staring at the cabinet.

At that instant Diggory, who had been craning his neck forward to get a better view of the intruder, suddenly gripped Acton's arm, and, putting his mouth close to the latter's ear, whispered, "It isn't Blake; it's old Noaks!

As for me, an awful fear had gripped my heart.

He became aware that his hands, in gripping both her shoulders, were hurting the girl.

" I saw her clasping fingers convulsively grip the rail, and, even at that distance, marked a sudden flame of color in her cheeks.

Piers shifted his hold, and in that instant Tudor found and gripped the edge of the table.

Then Walkyn laughed, and hurling the pale head down at the nearest soldiery, drew from his smock his mighty axe and swung it, but lo! 'twixt him and the pike-men was a surging, ravening mob that closed, front and rear, upon knight and squire, upon pike-man and man-at-arms, men who leapt to grip mailed throats in naked hands, women who screamed and tore.

Her clenched hand was gripping Maggie's wrist.

" She shifted the knife and gripped the handle.

Thus it came about that, by the time he had reached the other bank with his load, the Friar's sword belt was loose albeit he knew it not; so when Robin stood on dry land and the Friar leaped from his back, the yeoman gripped hold of the sword so that blade, sheath, and strap came away from the holy man, leaving him without a weapon.

As Roy came swinging by he held a small megaphone to his mouth with one hand, while the other gripped the steering wheel tightly.

Why I did not grip the rope, and spring up out of danger, I cannot say.

The long cold night passed wearily, and the howling of the wolves caused me to grip my revolver, yet at daybreak we arose refreshed, and notwithstanding the terrible pangs of hunger now gnawing at our vitals, we were prepared to renew our desperate dash for liberty.

It was not envy that gripped his soul either, for Jerry was generous by nature.

Then he walked to the door, shot back the bolt, and, with his right hand gripping the butt of his pistol, flung it wide open.

Jeff was the colour of parchment when he found himself in the saddle, whereon he sat huddled up, gripping the horn.

As true as a die, Joe's hands caught and gripped the bar of the swinging trapeze.

The lawyer-vines gripped our ankles and flung us upon our faces scores of times, but we scrambled to our feet and rushed on.

Kurt held his breath while he peered down the gloomy road, his heart pounding, his hands gripping the rifle.

Here is a risky job, but a pocket full of gold pieces, if we can get aboard and safely off again, Who'll go across with me?" There was a babel of voices, the men crowding about me, all else forgotten as the lust of greed gripped their imaginations.

He waited neither to find his stirrups nor grip the reins firmly, but the same athletic leap which carried him into the saddle set the horse in motion, and from a standing start the animal broke into a headlong gallop.

Her hand gripped the opera-glass tightly, for it was in danger of falling.

He gripped his ears with both hands; he felt those lobes so firmly secured to his cheekbones, and those blobs of flesh which remained to him of his wolfish ancestors.

And drawing closer his right hand gripped his gun and the trembling passion of the gunfighter set him shuddering.

Ivy gripped the steps, and other stories.