And his heart within him fluttered, Trembled like the leaves above him, Like the birch-leaf palpitated, As the deer came down the pathway.

Her heart palpitated.

But a little while before, she, like himself, had come from yonder, and would have fallen unless a friendly hand had restrained her; and the frightful shudder of that moment yet palpitated in her veins; she could still and ever see the damp black pit with the little lantern far below.

There was one heart, however, amongst them, that palpitated with an emotion that hardly admitted of control, as they approached the sacred edifice, for it had identified itself completely with the welfare of the rector's son.

You may conceive what I felt at seeing mademoiselle in the place once filled by our dear mamma, I was so choked with sorrow, bitterness, and indignation, and my heart so palpitated, that I could not speak, and I believe they thought I was going to faint.

But on this occasion we were too engrossed to notice a scene whose picturesque humour usually fascinated us, for as the carriage jogged over the rough roads the poor little arbre de Noël palpitated convulsively.

palpitated Diamond, astounded.

It was not an ordinary silence, the silence of a still room, or of emptinessbut a silence that throbbed and palpitated with an unheard life, a silence which was thrilling because it spoke a language which Roscoe was just beginning to understand.

By this time supper was over, and the family were about to separate for the night, when Stephen, the grocer's eldest son, having risen to quit the room, staggered and complained of a strange dizziness and headache, which almost deprived him of sight, while his heart palpitated frightfully.

palpitated Robinson.

Till this moment every one thought herself secure of success, but now each felt an equal certainty of being excelled; and the heart which a few minutes before exulted with hope, now palpitated with fear.

Her heart palpitated; for a second time she began to doubt the honesty of Grimes.

Amalia read in the noble countenance of Alvise what he felt at that moment; she was affected, and, for the first time, her heart palpitated within her bosom.

Straight before her gleamed and flashed and ebbed and palpitated the aurora.

The hearts of the children palpitated with emotion; their sobs arose above all others; and, taking each other by the hand, the wan, emaciated, badly-dressed little girls hastened to the pulpit, where stood their father, with his face bowed upon the leaves of the Holy Book, and laying their hand upon his passive arm, they sobbed forth, "Father!

Her heart palpitated violently, for frequent reports reached their ears, of whole families falling a fearful prey to savage brutality.

If it had been dipped in his own blood his utterances could not have been more forceful-could not have palpitated with a heartier affection for his Chinese brethren's sake.

The shadow still palpitated loosely on the threshold.

She was nude and her flesh palpitated beneath the caresses of the sun.

It seemed to the little group of friends as if the whole city palpitated with the fact.

The ruddy glow palpitated like a live ember naked to the wind.

She fairly palpitated with joy and babbled away with the freedom of a sunny brook in the shadow of a grim forest.

Here at all events had once palpitated a civilization which was now a ghost.

Nothing palpitated in his verses, which lacked depth and which, most often, contained no idea.

As the coffin was taken out to the hearse, my heart twisted and palpitated, as if a command had been laid upon it to follow, and not leave her.