"Unearthly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had surrounded his island with mist that day, and, in the helpless void of things unrevealed, a steamship bound for Liverpool came with engines slacked some points north of her course, blowing her fog-horn over the breathless sea with that unearthly yell which must surely be the sound whereby the devil summons his ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... one quick, searching glance at the features of the young girl, and Honor saw in a moment how every tinge of color died out of his face, a grey, unearthly shadow crept over it, and his features assumed a set expression of misery which ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... unearthly yell I had never heard. He was not so drunk that fire would not burn him, and the pain made him howl like a wounded buffalo. They rolled and struggled, and the firebrands were scattered in every direction. In a moment they sprang to their feet, ...
— Field and Forest - The Fortunes of a Farmer • Oliver Optic
... than a quarter of an hour the trampling of horses' hoofs was heard, and through the gloom of night a large body of horsemen was seen galloping up through the street of the ruined village. As they got near, they gave vent to the most unearthly shrieks and cries, intending, undoubtedly, to terrify us. Captain Driscoll was not, however, totally unprepared for them. He had stationed the best marksmen of the party behind the walls of the enclosure and at the windows of ...
— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston
... wise man's laurel, wears; In the path of wisdom found, Lo! his hoary head appears With unearthly glory crowned. ...
— Religion in Earnest - A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York • John Lyth
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