"Terrified" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... great pain, and he asked her for his medicine. Instead of giving it to him she went and poured it away, before his eyes. Then he saw what she meant, and, weak and helpless as he was, he was frightened, he was terrified. 'You want to kill me,' he said. 'Yes, M. le Marquis, I want to kill you,' says my lady, and sits down and fixes her eyes upon him. You know my lady's eyes, I think, sir; it was with them she killed him; it was with ...
— The American • Henry James
... hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against ...
— The Mistakes of Jesus • William Floyd
... looked so terrified. 'Oh! aunt,' and she threw her arms round her aunt's neck, and began crying wildly. 'Poor Lily's gone—there's ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... amazed and terrified by the fiend she had conjured up in the man. He seized the table, and looked a giant in the mighty ...
— The Cockaynes in Paris - 'Gone abroad' • Blanchard Jerrold
... mess, trying to cajole him. Upon the instant, he became very crafty; an excess of prudence promptly congealed his natural impulses. In an actual spasm of caution, he scarcely trusted himself to speak, terrified lest he should commit himself to something. He glanced about apprehensively, praying that Magnus might join them speedily, ...
— The Octopus • Frank Norris
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