Roused
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Becky
roused
up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings.
She had sunk into a dreary apathy and would not be
roused.
But I can tell you that I stared when I saw that it was none other than Major Elliott that had
roused
me up.
He now
roused
his wife, who kept her eyes closed.
The first shock he received, and one that
roused
him in his sluggishness, was the thought that he must at length begin to think of his marriage.
Maritornes, who had been by this time
roused
up by the same outcry, suspecting what it was, ran to the loft and, without anyone seeing her, untied the halter by which Don Quixote was suspended, and down he came to the ground in the sight of the landlord and the travellers, who approaching asked him what was the matter with him that he shouted so.
They
roused
them up, and bade them get the horses ready, as at sunrise they were to engage in a bloody and arduous single combat; at which intelligence Sancho was aghast and thunderstruck, trembling for the safety of his master because of the mighty deeds he had heard the squire of the Grove ascribe to his; but without a word the two squires went in quest of their cattle; for by this time the three horses and the ass had smelt one another out, and were all together.
The first part of his history had not yet reached him, for, had he read it, the amazement with which his words and deeds filled him would have vanished, as he would then have understood the nature of his madness; but knowing nothing of it, he took him to be rational one moment, and crazy the next, for what he said was sensible, elegant, and well expressed, and what he did, absurd, rash, and foolish; and said he to himself, "What could be madder than putting on a helmet full of curds, and then persuading oneself that enchanters are softening one's skull; or what could be greater rashness and folly than wanting to fight lions tooth and nail?"Don Quixote
roused
him from these reflections and this soliloquy by saying, "No doubt, Senor Don Diego de Miranda, you set me down in your mind as a fool and a madman, and it would be no wonder if you did, for my deeds do not argue anything else.
CHAPTER XXWHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF CAMACHO THE RICH, TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT OF BASILIO THE POORScarce had the fair Aurora given bright Phoebus time to dry the liquid pearls upon her golden locks with the heat of his fervent rays, when Don Quixote, shaking off sloth from his limbs, sprang to his feet and called to his squire Sancho, who was still snoring; seeing which Don Quixote ere he
roused
him thus addressed him: "Happy thou, above all the dwellers on the face of the earth, that, without envying or being envied, sleepest with tranquil mind, and that neither enchanters persecute nor enchantments affright.
He awoke,
roused
himself up, shook himself and stretched his lazy limbs, and seeing the havoc the pigs had made with his stores he cursed the drove, and more besides.
'What's the matter?' cried Mr. Tupman, as a loud knocking at his door
roused
hint from his oblivious repose.
Undo the hamper, Joe.'The fat boy, who had been effectually
roused
by the compression of a portion of his leg between the finger and thumb of Mr. Winkle, rolled off the box once again, and proceeded to unpack the hamper with more expedition than could have been expected from his previous inactivity.
Joe!Joe!'(Sundry taps on the head with a stick, and the fat boy, with some difficulty,
roused
from his lethargy.)
There was something in the sound of the last word which
roused
the unctuous boy.
Mr. Pickwick was
roused
from the agreeable reverie into which he had been led by the objects before him, by a deep sigh, and a touch on his shoulder.
He was
roused
from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane.
The old gentleman smiled good-humouredly as he drew his chair forward--the remainder of the party drew their chairs closer together, especially Mr. Tupman and the spinster aunt, who were possibly rather hard of hearing; and the old lady's ear-trumpet having been duly adjusted, and Mr. Miller (who had fallen asleep during the recital of the verses)
roused
from his slumbers by an admonitory pinch, administered beneath the table by his ex-partner the solemn fat man, the old gentleman, without further preface, commenced the following tale, to which we have taken the liberty of prefixing the title ofTHE CONVICT'S RETURN'When I first settled in this village,' said the old gentleman, 'which is now just five-and-twenty years ago, the most notorious person among my parishioners was a man of the name of Edmunds, who leased a small farm near this spot.
'Hollo!' was the sound that
roused
him.
It was therefore settled that Mr. Tupman should be left at home in charge of the females; and that the remainder of the guests, under the guidance of Mr. Wardle, should proceed to the spot where was to be held that trial of skill, which had
roused
all Muggleton from its torpor, and inoculated Dingley Dell with a fever of excitement.
He was
roused
by a loud shouting of the post-boy on the leader.
It subsided as quickly as it had been
roused.
The hour and the place were both favourable to contemplation; Mr. Pickwick was
roused
by the church clock striking twelve.
How it would have
roused
the terror that used to come upon me sometimes, sending the blood hissing and tingling through my veins, till the cold dew of fear stood in large drops upon my skin, and my knees knocked together with fright!
Slumber soon fell upon the senses of Mr. Winkle, but his feelings had been excited, and his admiration roused; and for many hours after sleep had rendered him insensible to earthly objects, the face and figure of the agreeable Mrs. Pott presented themselves again and again to his wandering imagination.
Shall I send 'em in, Sir?"'These words
roused
Tom from his reflections.
Mr. Pickwick had meditated himself into a doze, when he was
roused
by the chimes of the neighbouring church ringing out the hour--half-past eleven.
It was clear that the whole establishment was
roused.
'Pray, go on, sir--disgraceful and rascally proceedings, I think you said?''I did,' said Mr. Pickwick, thoroughly
roused.
The sound of approaching footsteps
roused
him.
So he
roused
himself, and began to undress, when he recollected he had left his watch on the table downstairs.
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