"Trembler" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of vanity and delusion; and when it begins to gripe your entrails, you pretend to have a motion, and then get up and preach nonsense. Yet you'll take it upon you to call your betters children. Marry come up, Mr. Goosecap, I have got children that are as good men as you, or any hypocritical trembler in England." ...
— The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete • Tobias Smollett
... this call that he is no trembler. Hasten to him, for, if thou delayest, perhaps he may doubt the strength of his charms, and hell will lose the fruits of his temerity. Truly, the fellow is such a genius, that I can ...
— Faustus - his Life, Death, and Doom • Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
... if it hide Inexorable to thy zeal: Trembler, do not whine and chide: Art thou not also real? Stoop not then to poor excuse; Turn on the accuser roundly; say, 'Here am I, here will I abide Forever to myself soothfast; Go thou, sweet Heaven, or at thy pleasure stay!' Already ...
— Poems - Household Edition • Ralph Waldo Emerson
... her; this silly child is terrified at shadows. 'Tis but a faint, such as followed the announcement of her husband's death. If any one dare refuse you entrance, tell them you go in your Queen's name. Foolish trembler," she added, in a tone of relief, as her commands were instantly obeyed, "why this excessive agitation, when thou hast seen a faint like ...
— The Vale of Cedars • Grace Aguilar
... must be still a trembler, fearful Love! Danger seems gathering from beneath, above, Still round thy precious things;— Thy stately Pine-tree, or thy gracious Rose, In their sweet shade can yield thee no repose, Here, where the ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, - Issue 566, September 15, 1832 • Various
... her clasp'd hands descended to her knee She sinking whisper'd forth, 'O God, 'tis he! The good Man, though he guess'd the pleasing truth, Was far too busy to inform the Youth; But stirr'd himself amain to aid his Wife, Who soon restor'd the trembler back to life. Awhile insensible she still appear'd; But, 'O my Brother!' was distinctly heard: The astonisht Youth now held her to his breast; And tears and kisses soon explain'd ...
— Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs • Robert Bloomfield
... would be saved by Jesus Christ, through faith in his blood, cannot be counted for such," &c. The sin against the Holy Ghost is an abandonment of Christianity—"to crucify the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." (Heb 6:6) Poor trembler, wouldst thou crucify the Son of God afresh? If thy conscience says, Never! never! thou hast ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan |
