Thus any excessive secretion, as of bronchitis or catarrh, is carried upwards, and finally expelled by coughing.

O, but two sons he hath worse than himself: Christmas the one, a pinchback, cutthroat churl, That keeps no open house, as he should do, Delighteth in no game or fellowship, Loves no good deeds, and hateth talk; But sitteth in a corner turning crabs, Or coughing o'er a warmed pot of ale.

She had presence of mind enough to disguise her alarm by a fit of coughing, bending nearly double and covering the lower part of her face with the ends of the headdress folded over.

Once Artie came up coughing and choking and watched a few seconds to see if the wind was blowing the smoke away as fast as the signs were made, because that was important.

I just stood up, then fell down again, coughing and choking, and my ears were buzzing all the time.

He staggered about laughing and coughing till Mike began to expect a fit of some kind.

The opposite of the numerous kings of Europe who bear the title of King of Jerusalem, Don Custodio made his dignity felt and got from it all the benefit possible, often frowning, making his voice impressive, coughing out his words, often taking up the whole session telling a story, presenting a project, or disputing with a colleague who had placed himself in open opposition to him.

After bidding his friend good-by, he moved away coughing and rattling his silver coins.

Here Juanito was attacked by such a violent fit of coughing that some of the spectators became annoyed.

The good man had to content himself with coughing, winking to his helper, and gazing toward the street, as if to say, "They may be watching us!"

"And what should we do then?" "Then we'd start a real one, now that they're going to massacre us anyhow" The violent fit of coughing that seized the silversmith prevented the rest of this speech from being heard, but Chichoy must have been saying terrible things, to judge from his murderous gestures with the blowpipe and the face of a Japanese tragedian that he put on.

As may be seen" The silversmith was attacked by another fit of coughing so severe that he finally asked all to retire.

"If they want to force us to kill or be killed" Another fit of coughing on the part of the poor silversmith prevented further conversation, so the workmen and apprentices retired to their homes, carrying with them hammers and saws, and other implements, more or less cutting, more or less bruising, disposed to sell their lives dearly.

She turned from him coughing, and that sign of her weakness, the sight of her thin shoulders shaking filled him with pity that was passion itself.

In the interests of peace and good-fellowship, however, he hoped he could go through the night without coughing.

While George was with him last evening, he had a bad fit of coughing, which resulted in the raising of a gill or so of blood.

And yet the stage-manager will go to the trouble, for the sake of a quite misguided realism, of making the hotel orchestra play against the dialogue as if the persistent coughing of the audience were not sufficient handicap to his team.

When half the distance to the haven of the stable had been covered it betrayed symptoms of some obscure distress, coughing poignantly.

Here the Captain swallowed some wine without adequately preparing his throat, and fell to coughing.

Coldly indifferent alike to the man's cursing and coughing and to the daughter's ejaculations, she appeared to be looking at the mountains.

A spasm of coughing seized him; he gasped and choked, his wasted body shaken and racked, his dissipated face hideously distorted by the violence of the paroxysm.

" Another fit of coughing seized him, and while he suffered she again watched him with that curious air of interest.

"There's nothing at all the matter with me but a slight bronchial trouble," continued the other, coughing again.

As they moved toward the house,Mr. Taine choking and coughing, his daughter chattering and exclaiming, and James Rutlidge critically observing,Mrs. Taine dropped a little back to Aaron King's side.

We knew each other as two lodgers do who have rooms off the same landing, and who hear each other sleeping, coughing, dressing, and so at last become used to one another.