"Pulsate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fresh thought came to him,—one which made the blood run more quickly through his veins and caused his heart to pulsate with quite a foolish joy. If—if she had indeed gone away out of a sweet womanly wish to save him from what she imagined might cause him embarrassment or perplexity, then—then surely she cared! Yes—she must care for him greatly as a friend,—though only as a friend—to be willing to ...
— God's Good Man • Marie Corelli
... space. Owing to the laxity of the connective tissue in this area, the effused blood tends to diffuse itself widely, and, according to the position assumed by the patient, gravitates to the region of the eyebrow, the occiput, or the zygoma. When a large artery is torn the swelling may pulsate. A haematoma of the scalp may readily be mistaken for a depressed fracture of the skull, owing to the fact that the margins of the effusion are often raised and of a firm resistant character. A differential diagnosis can usually be made by observing that the swelling is on a higher level than ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles
... confidence in women during these difficult days when, forced to mark time, she herself seemed at loose ends. Visiting the Academy of Design, she studied "in silent reverential awe," the marble face of Harriet Hosmer's Beatrice Cenci, and declared, "Making that cold marble breathe and pulsate, Harriet Hosmer has done more to ennoble and elevate woman than she could possibly have done by mere words...." Of Rosa Bonheur, the first woman to venture into the field of animal painting, she said, "Her work not only surpasses anything ever ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... In going down to the second floor, he found a piano open and new music upon it, which Miss Ludolph had evidently been trying; but she was not there. Yet a peculiar delicate perfume which the young lady always used pervaded the place, even as her song had seemed to pulsate through the air after it had ceased. She could not be far off. Stepping to a picture show-room over the front door, Dennis found her sitting quietly before a large painting, sketching one ...
— Barriers Burned Away • E. P. Roe
... what is it makes pulsate the robe? Why tremble the sprays? What life o'erbrims The body,—the house, no eye can probe,— Divined as, beneath ...
— Robert Browning: How To Know Him • William Lyon Phelps |
