"Shivering" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Remains of a very bad Flux, which he had had ever since the preceding Autumn; after being cured of the Flux, and most of the oedematous Swellings, was seized with an intermitting Complaint in February. He had no regular hot and cold Fits; but every second Day, after a slight Shivering and Cold, he was seized with Gripes and a Purging. In one or two of the Fits his Pulse was very quick, and the Pain of the Bowels very acute and severe; which obliged us to blood him, and give him a Dose of the saline oily Purge; after which we treated the Disorder ...
— An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany • Donald Monro
... ominous wail. Nothing whatever could be seen; the pale dim dawn was veiled by mist and snow, and each time the icy particles were driven against the window, they left behind them a thicker curtain of frost. Mrs. Costello went shivering back to bed, but she did not sleep again. She began to consider anxiously how far the boat that was carrying her dead could have come before the storm commenced. At midnight it had been quite calm, probably indeed till ...
— A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 - A Novel • Mrs. Harry Coghill
... sorrows attend you! I see you sit shivering, With lights at your window; But long may you wait Ere your arms shall enclose him, For still, still he lies, With ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various
... night clerk, and demanded some blankets of him. After considerable delay, he obtained two thin blankets, and thoroughly chilled from his walk in his bare feet, returned to the room. Passing our door, he spied Eddie curled up and shivering, about half asleep. I was asleep, but a cold, uncomfortable sleep that is no real rest. He walked in, and placing one blanket over Eddie and one over me, went back to his own bed colder ...
— Football Days - Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball • William H. Edwards
... on recovering himself was to creep back cautiously to the side, and lower down the stone over the open well, shivering still as he realised more fully the narrowness ...
— In the King's Name - The Cruise of the "Kestrel" • George Manville Fenn
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