"Horror-struck" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Again she called him by name, and at the same instant the ape, fretting under the restraints of the unaccustomed garments of the Tarmangani, tore the burnoose from him, revealing to the eyes of the horror-struck woman the hideous face and hairy form of a ...
— Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... out, "Waiter! waiter! waiter! who the devil is this fellow, that dares thus to insult a gentleman? Who is he? What is he? What do they call him?"—"Lord Camelford, Sir," said the waiter.—"Who? Lord Camelford!" returned the former, in a tone of voice scarcely audible; horror-struck at the recollection of his own impertinence, and almost doubting whether he was still in existence—"Lord Camelford!!! What have I to pay?" On being told, he laid down his score, and actually stole away, without daring ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan
... Horror-struck, bewildered, the weak man gazed upon the calm face of the Master-villain, as the scholar of the old fables might have gazed on the fiend who put before him worldly prosperity here and the loss of his soul hereafter. He had never hitherto regarded ...
— Night and Morning, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... dereliction from the path of duty, and by their representations that she had obtained the tacit consent of the king of Katunga to live out the full term of her natural life. But the people for many miles round, horror-struck at such impiety and contempt for ancient customs, rose to enforce the laws of her ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish
... satisfaction, as was testified by her peals of tiny laughter. The king stood staring up in speechless amazement, and trembled so that his beard shook like grass in the wind. At last, turning to the queen, who was just as horror-struck as himself, he ...
— Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know • Various |
