a-tremble

The whole fabric of society is a-tremble with them.

Chapter 10: The Vortex 2010

A general smile followed, in which Wolf Larsen joined, and the dinner went on smoothly, thanks to me, for he treated me abominably the rest of the meal, sneering at me and patronizing me till I was all a-tremble with suppressed rage.

Chapter 24 2010

Then I called Killisnoo, long and soft like the howl of a wolf, till the women were all a-tremble and the bucks looking serious.

SIWASH 2010

Damp and soggy where it was not sharp and rocky, buffeted by storm winds and lashed by the sea, with the air continually a-tremble with the bellowing of two hundred thousand amphibians, it was a melancholy and miserable sojourning-place.

Chapter 29 2010

In one union, with two thousand members, Mr. Cunniff found every man a socialist, and from his experiences Mr. Cunniff was forced to confess, "I lived in a world that showed our industrial life a-tremble from beneath with a never-ceasing ferment."

THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010

His nose shot swiftly to the side, nostrils a-tremble and bristles rising along the spine; and straight and true, he followed the sudden scent to his master's head.

KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010

The green darkness was continually a-tremble with flame, through which broke greater illuminations of forked lightning.

CHAPTER XXVIII 2010

And a very artistic work she made of it, too, spinning it out over half an hour, a lace and a button at a time, never taking her dark eye off me as I sat entranced-and not once did she fumble or show the least loss of composure, although I knew she was inwardly a-tremble with excitement as she gratified herself by making us both wait.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Not my vision of Venus, exactly ... but it seemed as though centuries had passed since Mandeville, my randy imaginings of Elspeth were still fresh in mind, and as I contemplated those enormous endowments fore and aft, and the massive shapely thigh thrust out of her peignoir, I came all over a-tremble, pointing like a gundog.

THE NUMBERS 2010

Spring presently begged to be excused, and bowed solemnly over her hand again, thanking her for her kindness and loyalty to two distressed fellow-countrymen; when Brutus had led him off, Susie remarked that he was a real gent and a regular caution, but there was something hard and spooky about him that made her all a-tremble.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010