"Beyond control" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bravado, insolent and sarcastic; but now, baffled in his plans, checkmated by a girl, and believing himself unobserved, the gambler had given way to his true nature, both expression and manner exhibiting a temper beyond control. ...
— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish
... him. If this failed, I was prepared to strike him, for my temper was beyond control. That he, standing towards me as he did, should dare to mock me, was more than I could brook. But at that moment there spoke a ...
— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini
... titter of the bell in the closet off the library only increased his defiance of facts beyond control. He went to the long distance with a reply to the premier's inquiry ready ...
— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer
... the Anglo-Saxon dryfan]. A ship drives when her anchor trips or will not hold. She drives to leeward when beyond control of sails or rudder; and if under bare poles, may drive before the wind. Also, to strike home bolts, ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... fairly grew weak and sick with anxiety and suspense. Mrs. Dering did not say much, but when the carriage came, and she put on her hat, while the girls got the pillows, they saw that she was pale and trembling, and that her voice shook beyond control when she gave Dr. Barnett ...
— Six Girls - A Home Story • Fannie Belle Irving
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