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He was really improving; more than that, he was conscious of a certain satisfaction in this passive observation of novelty that was healthier and perhaps TRUER than his previous passion for adventure and that febrile desire for change and excitement which he now felt was a part of his disease. Nor were incident and variety entirely absent from this tranquil experience.
Even as the picture now appears, somewhat faded, and moreover seen at a disadvantage amid its cold surroundings of polished white marble, it is a composition of wonderful, of almost febrile animation, and a painting saturated with light, pierced through everywhere with its rays. The effect produced is absolutely that which the mystical subject requires.
Rheumatisms, sharp febrile attacks, and dysenteries ensued, which were attributed in the public prints to the unhealthy nature of the climate of Dorjiling. The following summary of hospital admissions affords the best test of the healthiness of the climate, embracing, as the period does, the three most fatal months to European troops in India.
The native Californians, both Indians and whites, have an universal remedy for febrile affections, and indeed for sickness of almost any kind; this is the temascal, a sort of hot air bath, shaped not unlike a sentry-box, and built of wicker-work, and afterwards plastered with mud until it becomes air-tight.
Does not this sentence read as if it were written in stress of some effusive febrile emotion, as if he wrote while still pursuing his idea? And so it reminds us of a moth fluttering after a light. But however vacillating, the sentence contains some pretty clauses, and it will be remembered though not perhaps in its original form.
She turned to me with so strange and febrile a look, yet with so wild and startled a welcome in her eyes. "Hush!" I said. "You wanted me, child; I am here." I saw that she had turned to lean against the organ, and that she was shaken with sobs. "What have you done, Vesty? Wicked and false beyond any woman I know you!" "Have you seen him?" she sobbed. You were married only last night."
When first he found himself isolated in the crowd, he had counted over with febrile eagerness the money which lay in a substantial heap before him. "Saved!" he muttered between his teeth, speaking to himself like one who is dreaming, "saved! Thank God! ... Two hundred and fifty pounds ... only another fifty and I'll never touch these cursed cards again ... only another fifty...."
Helen wavered a moment, then obstinately continued. "Yes, I have. I've forgotten it absolutely. If I ever said it, I must have been suffering from febrile lesions, if there are any such things, and I hereby wave the promise aside with the magnificent gesture of a satrap ordering somebody to execution." Isabel no longer smiled; her answer was a little acid and very distinct.
I had read a few chapters of the "Assommoir," as it appeared in La République des Lettres; I had cried, "ridiculous, abominable," only because it is characteristic of me to instantly form an opinion and assume at once a violent attitude. But now I bought up the back numbers of the Voltaire, and I looked forward to the weekly exposition of the new faith with febrile eagerness.
The next moment and without any warning a black outline appeared in the moon-illumined density. It was Adam Lambert pacing up and down with the impatience of an imprisoned beast of prey. A second or two later the febrile hand of the smith had gripped Sir Marmaduke's shoulder. "You have brought those proofs?" he queried hoarsely.
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